The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-03-31
Literary Notes.
PUBLISHERS LATEST LISTS.

table lies one (Nlessrs Lee & Shepard's, Boston,
that is really quite treasure IN ITS way from
the quantity of artistic pictures that fill 1t from
cover to cover. In taking up some ofthe recent
lists we merely wish to let the readers OF the
Central know what sort of provision is promised
for spring entertainment, that may more espe-
cially meet their tastes and wants.
The Messrs Scribner enumerate many attrac-
tive volumes in their April bulletin me ORE
ain and Gro,oh of the Psalms, is the title OF a
series of lectures by the late Professor Murray
of Johns Hopkins University, whose premature
death last winter was so widely deplored He
was, as is well known, son of the Rev. DIR.
Murray Of Kirwan fame. 1t is claimed that
these are among the very first lectures ever de
livered in this country on the Scientific Ian
guages and literature, on the purely academic
side, and away from the restrictions inseparable
from theological teaching The work will natu-
rally be particularly attractive to ministers and
theological students.
Faith and Character, by DR.. Marvin R. Vim
cent, is collection of discourses with an under
lying thought that binds them together in some
methodcal fashion, we take it, for none of these
publications are as yet before us. We make lit
tie more than an enumeration of those in press
and just issuing. Gates into the Psalm Country
"a curious title for such books by the same
author, and has been out some little time Prof
Fishers Discussions IN History and Teology are
not grave and lengthy ones but are rather what
Max Muller styles Chips from the Literary York
'%op-not important enough to be wrought into
solid volumes, but too good to be used for
r nAl Ill 4l,4 l.
ening the columns of the Central from the &C
complished pen of its scientific editor, the reader
will be better prepared to take up Prof Asa
Grays Natural Science and Religion. or, an
tagonisn's Of Religious and Scientific Thought
two recently delivered lectures now produced
In book form. The second volume of Canon
Westcotts Bible Commentary Ne,0 Testan1enO is
ready: it covers 50. John and the Acts A new
Life Of Lord consfeld-brilliant as some of
Macaulay's portraiture, it is said, comes to us
singularly enough, translated from the French.
Mr.. Sidney Lanier-our born and bred South
erner, in whom we have right to feel some
pride-has a new book which is emphatically
heraided-The Science of English Verse AS he
illustrates the practice better than almost any of
our poets south of the charmed line, no doubt
the work will be valuable His Boys Froissart
was fine idea we'll wrought out, and it deserves
the success it is having. DIR. Gerhard Uhlhorn's
Conflict Of Christianity NTH HeatheniSn, if it is
treated from the evangelical point of view, is
timely, and will be of much Importance. Studies
IN the Ne,0 Testament we cannot have too MANY
of if they are of the right kind, and we may be
sure r. ?, Robinsons are. Prof Baird's
work on THE Huguenots is also one of the Messrs
Scribner's late issues but its merits have had
full consideration in various columns within
reach of many of our readers. The above named
list comprises most of the spring books of this
House.
The New York branch of the great English
House, Messrs. Macmillan & Co., have a biop-
raphy on their list which is attracting wide at
tention-Th Life and Work of Mary Carpenter
who Ia distinguished English NJ ?. recently saidl
has done more for the Hindoos than all the
statesmen of the last generation. Sir times after
she had passed her sixtieth. year did this enthu-
siastic woman go to India on the business of this
vast work of the East She was thesister of the
eminent scientist William Carpenter. Third
Series of Freeman's Historical ESSAYS is another
Of the last issues of this firm. Mrs. Grav's
Fourteen Months in China is published also
by it.
The Messrs. Houghton, Osgood & Co.'S list of
''ew publications is not 50 large as usual owing
no doubt to the fact of their great disaster bv
tre, which must have hampered their movements
somewhat. A very thoughtful and wise vol
ume forthcoming, is called Certain DANGEROUS
Tendencies III Americon Lie which as the pa
pers came out serially last year in the atlantic
Monthly, attracted no little attention. Mr.
Hughes new book, The Manliness of Christ
startles the devout reader by its rather daring
title; but the subject is treated, it is said in a
becoming and reverent manner Joseph Cooks
last book Tabor, is just announced.
The Messrs Harper Brothers still continps
their Series of English Men of Letters. Southey
and Chaucer are the latest The first volume Of
Our O'0n Tunes, by Justin Mccarthy, has lust
reached us 1t is very admirable. and shall be
considered more at length hereafter. Symond's
Studies Of the Greek Poets is one of their late re-.
publications. work full of charm for the
scholar. They also reproduce Madame de Re
musats disillusioning Diary Of the period of the
First Empire
The Appleton House announces the closing
volume of Mr.. Martins Life Of the Prince CON-
sort--a noble study as the whole memoir is. Of
true man, even though he was Prince. One
could wish plain republicans were more like