, 1881-10-15

my. thhfouElilt miogal Mlht lfcG Itot!1 hii$'
thing ut nh exciting tiNturG. M!ss Annie
Curry !licts befnrc tho publication nf "SclIont-
Girls" but not bcfnre slla hatl finished the
na1inscrlpt, i ls n9w Issued By her
wisI gxpressctt before I!sr dciili, md Is pab.
lisllcd b. Cassell. Potter, 0aipin l. Co.
THEOLOGICAL. WORKS.
Bronson e. kccter has put forth smnll
volume bearing tl'o title "4t SHIRT lftstary
Of the l}ible," iii which lle proposes to FUR
nish Ills renders with IN popular account uf
t1,o formation aud development Of thu
Canon" 1lu ciaitns io Eayo drawn his int
terlals mainly from tic early Christian
Fathers, and from Drs. Davidson md Yves
colt of England. Tho author evidently
writes to carrya point, We Recommend To
those of his renders WHO have not 1cccss to
the caritcr authorities n careful study or
Wescott ul the Canon Of tic New Tesla
mcnt, md kiel on tho Old Testament, who
nre both lntcr attl much nlnre re!inl}1g tl,an
Or. Davidson, wnosH works OIL tho Canon
aro now seldom referred tn by the best critic
al scholars. Tile statements of alleged fuets
that arc lnade by Mr.. kneer shond not be
accepted Without careful Sitting, although Ills
atfirmatlons ara put forth with tho utnlust
confidence.
Bible viii! an Exp'a"aory % Il ss and d Critical 5 Com. Com
n,untary "-the Commentary on tho New
Testament BY Bishops and otller clergy ut
the Anglican Church, commonly called Tho
Spcaker's Commentary" We have formerly
noticed tho volume OH JOINTS Gospel anil tho
Acts Of tho Apostles. Tlle present volume
begins with tile Epistle to tho RolnnI,s, al,a
ends with the eptstle to Philemon. 1t Is
etl!tcl by i. Z. Cuuk, II. A., Cat5Un Ut Exeter.
~ IN Tia nreYt.;',s yoiInnrs. Somat,Mcs ; ,t,%;
carly Fathers are followed, as ii srr,ls to
us, too clusely. but rs y Whole We commend
s aYscn IN nte ~ 'tseps ~ ao Tget
ESnncia,iv vaii,nhin nra t|G t,,trnImn,tnu Il,
Ii, scvarnl books Of lie New Testament. "
-"Tbc Essence Of Christianity = n scc-
on.l edition Of u translation OF work 1,y
Ludwig Fe'!erbacll, OF Gerntn'iy. which first
GefM,lo Sowm 70 t''9 teo!oIfIi Wofa t;far
,sii, ~ f"rn"S E;n,nrho, ,n,tshs,i II w.,
srcol1ii German edition Of Ills wurk in tSiS
The translation was nltttu by Marian Evans,
translator ot strauss Life ot .Ieslls." Ino
Aeticnn msy ia,ust"i ,s M;'l.. w..
1nnst % stan,;cni t;cr",.s of his dmy oS As II io..r
ns lBi;j 1lo claimed to ltnye showi, thut
Christianity l,as in fact long vanished, not
os tLn le Iesh at ,har t iaD f., te t'iu NJ. ..
nrnettcni Christians in til, wUri,l tOtiny tjin,l
tilcro were ut Tie beginning Ut this century.
Such writer's llRyc destroyed Christianity y
grgat Miahy ti1es. any yes IL ives w 5slst
~ n0,nIe. t o'''y VIII cfe''slls po"er a.'o
p'of"'e''ec. "
Tho religion of l3sd,llla Is Just now at-
tracing s1,esal utlpntiou. There uro many
w!lo coi,lullt Tint tho cnrlter Buddhism wis
Witt, DHddIIts, Or Saccya AIulil, tauEi1t Ills
followers tn strive after rs tic supreme
gu0tl, WIS tho rest Of cturnnI utlconscIol,y.
ness OILERS DISPUTE tlilS pusitloll, 1natntalli-
iE iiat Mivvah Was t,o plessesl1'ess 0t eol1
9'l ti,!s subject" l}udIha 9ltl Enrly nutldll..
Ism by Arthur Lille {late l.gglt1ent oG
Lucknow, who, ARGUES tint tho earlier
Buddhism was strictly tl,eistic; that, atcoul-
luz to y late f9rln Of IT. Hutllltt himself WIS
%ursliipcl Us Gud: ntld TUT this VII! f0iinWet
by THIRD form, according to WHICH thcru
waS nn Hod nlltl no immortality. Mr. Lille
| holds that tho Buddhism Of Ccyluu, Chtun
@ n Jap ~ varer t ,Iio,, o oF.1'Gi HI ILL., ,osM, ail
o r, na H., m'I ,rt,,,1ir 1 ueg sio ~ G
!a l's1l,y !vH.tH9ey ~ tao pra.iISe niln.tist.
op +, ponr W sS iy ~, c cou
~ aeE.t W., ~ to eutGi, netMet;n II;
GssHGlls1n iln Wy Entity ,nscct4clsh VI At!Ila-