, 1879-02-15

"lhG ejcnentS"t OF "anlN,nl8,H as the boar,
tlu bear, The bcrpcnts, etc.; Of "cnemtcs, -
GIANTS, dwarfs. etc.; Of "barrenncAs,n famine,
demon of "tllr dcsert," the sphinx. hurricane,
!loul, abandon, tllu mirage ur Hatan's water,
Azaxcl, etc; Of "ul,staples," rs 9ryln and
cl'arsbfs. Scottish giants, DEVILS bridges; Of
"lllusf0n.h natural trearterics, Chinese mcr-
t'laI.l. a'iisdlc, etc.; Of "darkncss," embracing
Tue Primes Ut Darkness, tic moonlight vn.npirs
,lcstroylng. angela, salan ui.l Job, ETC.; ot
t,lcath,o death ON tfr palo horse, Christ md
dcnta, tlancc of death, Ute. In rcfcrcnccs to The
scrIpturcsi whcrurer they touch tesc subjects,
Slr. Conway alwAya spcakA OF t(lcm ab VIC
gcuds."
The general subject OF Part III. Ia "Thc Drug
on" This division. alap, consists OF twelve
Gte6; ~ s osS oy !" pko: t5kx es s,s asSsSpSS e as
u TUG twelfth ehapter. Here Mr.. Conway dis
t!ngulscs between tho Dragon that "lurks III
oil theology which represents theH,ntvcrse aa
r,naa. 10 agsa ol struggle pS!wscn good nn md cyl
aEuinst tic ilesh," n,t THAT it]tn Of necessity
tnuglt by sctencc, which is another name for
Tie supremacy Ut 1nw.n lie sce1us TO think the
time Is coming when nlI evil will he traced back
he says, "Ior ii1an tu bu interested IN all 'On-
nipottnt' Presumably. wluac power Is limited at
tie precise point where It is needed, MID whose
tnornl government 10 ano!her na,ue for mans
ental pesslIl!sm Is tic Pauline theory Ut INIT
Ter, Ms,E 1t Is the speculative urotuplusn out Ut
which llus beon evolved, N n1any shapes, wntel,
relnn'hs for 0tlr cousfdcrutfot,-tl.e Devil.h Mr..
Conway, 1t may be trOrur to enY, Nus formerly
unttArfan minister VI tile must liberal Hcl,ool.
Wc believe 'e M longer claltns to accept Chris
tia1litY in any aelikc.
'IIlr seeonu volume OF this work is wholly de-
voted to ''lilc Devil" Ii, tie twcnty-ulne
chapters of this volume, thu author presents
the results OF Ills iQnlrlcs III tho wide runge of
l!tcrntnre permitting tu this subject, l1e dis
tingusocs tl!c dragon from tic Dcyil. ilc COLI
slera tits plurAl "EIDlieim " with the singular
verb, Us fonnd In the u!l Iestlticnt, as inllcat-
ism. Thu "leGcnd :" uf Eve, md her tempta-
tt,, he traces to tllc fuller legend of the l[n.
ilrst, Leitstf,, who was separated from Aiu, AMI
hccAEle Il 1uvll, iltl then tempted tito srrund
wife. Eve. Nevertheless, he contends that tue
eartser Hebrews Ind no Idea Of one .pursonnl
tic acc,lscr. After tho captivity. Satali ,yus
deemed - tic Prlscc of this woril," especially
In tllc New Testament. Clrist's sncrttcU Ut
himself wus nil Offering to the Devil. The fdea
myths. 'l'ie Holy uhost Is ultimately tic Dc.
stro'er, for tue sin ngat1st litn luth no for
gtyenrss. From such posuts tile author
aya"ees 10 uGss t.s ~ rre , o.
"W:tcbcrurt,'' aud "Anfnlniisu." Ia tilc clos.
Ing chapter Mr.. Conway lu.,ka forward hope
fully to brighter day; but whether there is to
b. any relfgtUn at All iii that coming day VIZ
distinctly developed either LII this or a,,y other
pArt u[ ttlc book.
Tile work heforc us evInces much learning
and research, and affords moro Information 0n
tic general subject VI "Dcmopoiugy alld Devil
Lora'' than cail bo fo,ad in any other sugtc
h,ok. Every theological sctolar<st0nlu read L..
ME. Conway dues 1ut.stu,n to haye sufficiently
considered whether eupcrstltons 80 widespread
as those Which ie brings to our notice arc not
likely aftsr all to have sonc bas!s OF truth. 1Ic
comedies tlmt there have nlways boon n conflict
III the world between good aud bad principles
and men. II So, then possibly It extends
9nsaS f So,rou 81 ths If ysRs sca pts s:n. ,,o to
those OF tho heathcn, 1t would DO
well to inquire which accounts arc the bricfer
und simpler; a,,u whether the simpler stories
arc not probably the original, from which the
turrs hut the reader will ].lt!gu Tor himself as
to these points. 1t would certainly have been
usore satisfactory TO I'LL rnadcEs II our author
lind distinctly Indicated hls own belief, ur dis
hultet, iii relation To tic existence of personal
God, tic question III to Il fundamental titsttnc-
tiun between mural Good ntil evil, n.1 the itu-
mortality Ut this human SOUL For thcsu tlucd-
tlopa ars suggested ut q multitude Of puints III
the wide rnslge oi the writer's learned and ln-
gcnious treatment of hts subject. And It woulI
llnvt dctracted nothing, 1t ece1ns to III, iron,
que iorce OF ihe Views presented, u the auttnr
lud aostnIned from t'ie use ol enitiets Which
must be fevolt1ae 10 every derout reader, an
es1he'nH WANT Ut oeeol1llllE respect 1or ll!e
must cherished consictlons ot the cutiru Chris
tin World.
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF THE
SEA.
Very few llaye any definite idea OF the in,-
,ncnse yoIue of the protlusts anpun1ty o,,tn,ncd
fr,vn 't,,c am Somr ,nfor,nottan c,,r.ar,,tnot
4ioA. -'1 es"' e'"- '"'o' s'neS''aue
h'arloe RESOURCES may 10 obtafhcd from the
following extracts cotnplled by 7. l.. Simnouds.
tic author of tlu ubove work. Concerning
nritt.h ,r,,to In anv.. !. f,ur I,nno,to ~ III,
1.'s a,.s.sI ,. w ,sys..,.. ,.'n.', ~, ~, ~"
13ou1 npfoa" nasc iasec'S '''cfease'' 10 VIII pf
seen by ute lollowiuE igurcs, Ewing the value:
1H;,B B..,.................. ......... + 1eS, U7j
1s0u -. go. .'.....,........ .-.." Esl, 55?
1879 ......:. ..'..' ....''.''-'''.'": 1'a1Do74
In 1876 tic aggregate inp1rts VI 0rcnt Brit
min of sl,cll.Hs. t,eurs, coral, sporfgrs, mother.
oiocarl. blubbcr, 1ortoscsuell, oysters, surtnra,
",aa ..ara s,,o. ~, nm wv,
eea!,sh'1's' c'e'' "e.' o'sf "..'ove'o"' ....
"Il'e number u craft OF al! kinds engaged
off ireland and Scotland in fishing Tor gOte III
1876 was oU,612, with crews of GS, ,ts}6 men. The