Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-02

belief has all been in one direction. Having
 carefully distinguished between modern scien tiic conceptions of natural order and the
 speculative deductions that have been drawn | by certain individuals from these conceptions or from the facts upon which these conceptions | rest-having, in word, explained what mod ern science actually teaches-he passes in his second lecture, to the consideration of the re- | lations of science to religious belief. Con
 cerning this matter he says, among other | things, that to certain extent the attitude of l thoughtful men in respect to scientific be- | liefs, tendencies and anticipations may we'll ] be waiting one. Of his own attitude he
 says:
 accept substantially as facts, or as ap. parently well grounded differences, or as fair | ly probable opinions-eccording to their nature and degree-the principal series of l changed views which brought before you in l the preceding lecture. I have no particular predilection for any of them and I have no
 particular dread of any of the consequences which legitimately flow from them, beyond l the general awe and sense of total insuffic- 1 iency with which a mortal man coatemplates the mysteries which shut him in on every 1 side. claim, moreover, not merely allow ance, but the right to hold these opinions aIOnB WltQ the QOCtrlneS or Qatural 16HRlOn and the verities of the Christian faith. There are perplexities enough to bewilder our souls whenever and wherever we look for the causes and reasons of things but I am un- able to perceive that the idea of the evolu- ton of one species from another, and of all from an initial form of life, adds any new perplexity to theism. It might suffice to show that evolution need raise no
 other nor greater religious or philosophical difficulties than the views which have already been accepted, and held to be not inimical to religion.
 This book will be widely read and will give
 most of it's readers a much clearer idea than
 they have had of what modern science really
 teaches. Published by Charles Scribner's
 Sons, New York, and for sale in this city by
 Judd the bookseller.
 Joseph Cooks lectures on 'Labor" are pub
 lished by Houghton, Osgood & Co.,, Boston.
 There are ten of these lectures, and the titles
 of them are ''Infdel Attack on Property j"
 ''Secret Socalstic Societies D sRich and
 Poor in the Factory Towns;" "Mrs. Brown
 ing's Cry of the Children ;" "Sex in Indus
 try" (two Iectures); Wages and Children's
 Rights;" Natural and Starvation Wages; ;"
 'Is Justice g Peril to Capitalists?" ''Are
 Trades-Unions Nursery of Socialism ?"
 These lectures are as valuable as any that Mr.
 Cook has ever delivered and can be read with
 much profit by those interested in the great
 questions with which they deal. For sale in
 this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Lse & Shepard, Boston, have published a
 translation, by Virginia Champlin, of AL phonse Daudet's Kings in Exile" The principal personages of the story are king and queen least into exile by one of those revolutions of the people which make one think of earthquakes, thunder and lightning and volcanic eruptions." The kingdom of Ilyria, over which they had reigned in joy, had come to hate its sovereigns, and they were obligea to flee in peasants garb at night over the mountains to the sea, where French ship carried them to the unknown trials of exile. They reached Paris, and with their life in that gay city the story proper begins Here, with their one son and few attend ants, they set up a miniature court, ''the king living the idle yet well filled life of young swell" The queen, now more queen than ever, and giving her time ''to protesting, conspiring and informing all the courts of Europe of their misfortunes," be- came disgusted with her effeminate, weak, vacillating husband, and though they ap- appeared united, they generally had nothing in common but their misfortunes and their child. The two characters are skillfully con- trasted, and in the authors subtle analysis and development of each much of the interest of the tale is concentrated but the incidents are exciting, the scenes of Parsian life drawn with spirit, and the plot contrived and carried forward with so much skill that the readers interest constantly increases. For sale in this city by H. H. Peck.
 "Brain- Work and Overwork' is the title of No. 10 of the series of American Health Primers published by Presley Blakiston, of Philadelphia The author of this Primer is Dr. H. 0. Wood, Clinical Professor of Nerv- ous Diseases in the University of Pennsylva- nia Among the topics treated are 'Gene- ral Causes of Nervous Trouble" Work" ''Rest in Labor,'' ''Rest in Recreation" and 'tRest in Sleep" If those who work hard would pay attention to the contents of this little book it would be we'll for them. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The Yale Lectures on Preaching for 1879-80, delivered by Dr. Howard Crosby, are pub lished in attractive form by A. D. F. Ran dolph & Co.,, New York, in volume entitled "The Christian Preacher There are seven of these lectures In the first and second Dr. Crosby discusses the physical and mental prerequisites of success in ministerial work In the third he speaks of general knowledge and argumentive power as aids to the preach CTS effectiveness. In the fourth lecture he writes of Disposition, Manner, Habits," de- scending with great good sense to the most homely details, in the conviction that the lack of attention to details in themselves petty. causes the failure, more or less con- mon, of many clergymen who might other wise have been successful in good work. The fifth lecture treats of 'The Preachers Godward Living" the sixth of ''The Preacher and the World" and the seventh of 1.-The Preachers Relation to His Work" If young | preachers, or old ones either, would follow | the sound and sensible advice given by Dr. | Crosby in these lectures there would be fewer | poor preachers For sale in this city by F. | T. Jarman.
 Arithmetic for Young Children" is a | series of exercises exemplifying the manner | in which arithmetic should be taught to ! young children. The author of this book is | Horace Grant, and it was originally published | under the superintendence of the Society for | the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge This | edition is published by Lee $ Shepard. Bos | ton. With good teacher young children | might make rapid progress in arithmetic by | means of this book. For sale in this city by | H. H. Peck.
 "Our Common School System," by Gail | Hamilton, is. it is needless to say, very | sprightly and readable book. It contains, | also, some sharp criticism of the way in which the common schools in cities are con- 1 ducted, and though the author is not always | just, she hits the mark often enough to make | her criticism well worth reading. She spitches |