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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
BgsYAS. BY James Anthony Froude. English
Men of Letters Series" edited by John Morley.
New York Harper & Brothers. San Francisco :
A. L. Bancroft & Co. Emo, PIP. l1S.
Mr.. Froude enjoyed theological training
In early life, and in the preparation OF the
present work this proved of great assistance
to him. 1t is both a biography and theo-
logical essay, perhaps more OF the latter
character than the former. OF course to
comprehend the truth regarding Bunyan's
character the reader must have proper light
concerning the religious conditions that sur
rounded his life, and so the emotions
which moved him, the hopes he en-
tertained, the fears he felt, must be
analysed, and this no mere recital
of the events of Bunyan's life would do. 1t
may be objected that Mr.. Froude has made,
what should be brief biography in popular
series, the text for an exposition of his own
peculiar views in many topics, and to an ex-
tent this is true. But as the mixed charac-
ter of essay and biography, narrative and
criticism, is purposeful, we do not see how
Mr. Froude can be blamed for introducing
argumentative chapters. 1t is a mere matter
of taste, and If the chapter on Conviction
and Sin reads as a sermon by Froude, with
Bunyan and his daysas a text, there can be
no question that it was the place for a SER
mon, if Mr. Froude so chose; and then no
one will even attempt to deny that the chap
ter, with its fellows, is beauty of compost
ton, a marvel of rhetoric and a model of
pure, warm and earnest English. But aside
from tie dissertations in the volume, it is a
concise, clear biography, and one of the most
rational of the many written of Bunyan.
CHEERFUL WORDS By George Macdonald. Intro
duction by James T. Fields, and Biography by
Emma E. Brown. Spare Minute Series. Boston ::
D. Lothrop & Co. Price, 81
There is scarcely an English religious au-
thor to whose works the title, Cheerful
Words, can more properly apply than to
those of George Macdonald Itexpresses the
element which characterizes his productions,
an element which strengthens while it cheers,
which instills new light and life into the
doubling or discouraged soul, and incites it
to fresh effort. In this volume the editor has
brought together, with careful hand, some
of the choice passages from Macdonald's
works, written in various keys and upon vari-
Gus subjects, but all marked by healthy senti-
ment. In quoting what late critic has said
of the g electrical consciousness which char
acterizes his writings, the editor remarks :
"The breadth and manliness of tone and SEN
timent, the deep perceptions of human ma
ture, the originality, fancy and pathos, the
fresh, out-of-door atmosphere everywhere APP
parent above all, the earnest, wholesome,
but always unobtrusive religious teaching
that underlies all his writings, give to the
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netic power that is indesciibable." The in.
PRODUCTION to the volume is from the pen of
James T. Fields, a personal friend and ardent
admirer of the author who regards Macdon-
aid as master of his art, and believes in hold
ing up for admiration those like him, who
have borne witness to the eternal beauty and
cheerful capabilities Of the universe around us.
TINS AMERICAN DECISIONS. By A. c. Freeman, of
the Sacramento Bar San Francisco A. L. Bar
croft & Co. Volume XIV.
The cases re-reported in this volume will be
found originally in these State Reports Lit
tells Kentucky Reports, volume 5, 1924 !;
Monroe's Kentucky Reports. volumes l and
3 1S24-5; Martins n L. Louisiana Reports,
volume 5, 1924 5; Pickering's Massachusetts
Reports, volume g. 1886; Governs New
York Reports, volumes 3-5, 1926; Hawks
North Carolina Reports, volume 4, 1856;
Ohio Reports, volume 2, 1885,; Sergeant &
Rawles Pennsylvania Reports, volume Is.
1926 McCord's South Carolina Reports,
volume 3. 1856; Chipman's Vermont Re
ports, volume 2, 1924 Aiken's Vermont Re-
ports, volume L, 1856; Randolph's Virginia
Reports, volumes "a, 1916 The present
volume is in keeping with the high character
It's predecessors have won for the SERIES 1t
is accompanied by pamphlet which is an
index to the editors notes If the first fifteen
volumes, and to the table of cases re-reported
In volumes XI. to Nv, 1760-1S2S.
''The Art of Speech" is a work by L. T.
Townsend, d. D., of the Boston University
1t is from the press of d. Appleton & Co.,
and is a neat rocket volume. Professor
Townsend says: 1.-The author is quite
sure, in his treatment of the subject,
that he is indebted, directly or indi-
rectly, to every one who has ever written
upon language This expression of indebted
ness is also a confession of both obligation
and gratitude to the earnest and faithful pio-
neers and predecessors in the field of speech
lore. The frequent reference to the Bible as
authority and as a source of illustrations
may possibly be criticised but further re-
Election will, perhaps, produce conviction in
lL6 Illiub vi dll, litdJ Tie COufrt AGIGlu
adopted, while in line with specific profess
sional duties, is also the very best method,
even when venturing before larger public
The lofty and inspiring conceptions of the
Bible, the linguistic purity of the Common
Version, together with its universal distribu-
ton, rendering it of easy access to every Eng
lish student, wherever he may chance to be-
combine, it must be confessed, in making the
Bible more apt and convenient book for
rhetorical reference than is any other"
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