Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-31
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 ssThe Christian League of Connecticut, !" \ by Washington Gladden., which appeared in
 recent numbers of the Century magazine, is | now published by the Century company. It
 has attracted much attention for the meth \ ods it suggests of solving the usual problems 1 which confront all societies organized for I Christian benevolsnce and reform. It is g contribution to social and religious science | which is full of value and which will well re- I pay the careful study of those who are in- terested in the management and desire to se- cure the efficiency of such organizations. Some of the most thoughtful and earnest minds of the day have given these papers
 thorough enlargement as tending to help along, simplify and render more effective all | honest efforts for broad Christian work. For
 sale in this cisy by Judd the bookseller.
 "Among the Lakss' by William o. Stod- ! dard, the author of ''Saltillo Boys" Is g book for the little peopls. h Is 8 record of
 the deings and sayings of couple of ooun- try lads and little city chap who visits them. There are two little girls, too, who figure in the story and help to make things lively by continually getting into mischief. l It deserves and will find many readers among the little folks for whom 1t is intended. Pub lished by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, and for sale in this oity by Judd the book seller.
 "A Woman's Reason, by William D. How els, has for some time given pleasure to read CTS of the Century magazine, and 1t Is now published in book form by James R. Osgood $ O. It deals with the question, "How shall gsntlewomsn reduced from wealth earn a living 2' The heroine. suddenly finding herself poor instead of rich, goes bravely to work, tries every sort of work that girl possessing moderate accomplishments can do, 1 and fails in everything. She marries, and so the problem is solved for her, and the story l made agreeable thereby, yet ''she has ac- ! qaired no ideas of woman's work or womans destiny. She is glad to have solved in the cid way the problems that once beset her, aud In all that has happened she feels as if ! she had escaped rather than achieved To young girl, who has her living to make, ths heroine gives good advice, and in that, after all the discouragemsnt, lies the only hope offered. ''Do learn,'' she says, 'to do something that people have need of, and | learn to do it well and humbIy. and just as if yoa had been working for your living all your life, and when you are at work forget that you are woman, and above all, young | lady" The story is thoroughly interesting, and the style, of course, charming. For ! sale in this city by Judd the bookseller. s'Recollecsions of a Drummer Boy," by fa hraa nf ho Tzar
 as seen by Mir Kisffsr, who enlisted as 6 1 drummer boy. The papers were originally contributed So the St. Nicholas, but have been enlarged and revised. Tho book is | richly illustrated. IL Is 8 notable contribu- | ton to history and will be eagerly read not only by the youth. for whom 1t Is more 1 specially intended, but by adults also. It ! Is exceedingly interesting. Published by James R. Osgood & Co.,, Boston, and for | sale in this city by Judd the bookseller. A volume of "sermons Preached in Eng
 fish Churches" by Phillips Brooks of Bes- I ton, is published by E. P. Dutton < Go. f There are fourteen of the sermons and they include some of the best work that 1 Mr. Brooks has done. The reader will be 1 helped and stimulated by them. For sale | in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'sWit and Wisdom of Proverbial Philoso- l phy,' by Marshall Brown, is queer book. l The aim of the compiler has been to in- sert under various headings, arranged in | alphabetical order. few familiar quota 1 tions with examples of irreverent maltreat- ! ment on the part of American hunorists. There is much that is funny in it and not little that is melancholy. Published by J. B. Lippincott & Go, Philadelphia, and for sale | in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Natural History Reader," by James Johonnot, is good book. It's plan is one that will commend itself to parents and teachers, namely, of giving the young stu | dent number Of simply written extracts | from different writers on various depart l msnts of natural history. Thus, while the pupil is learning to read. an interesting sub 1 jsct attracts his attention. The book is an | important step in the direction of extending and simplifying useful knowledge. The ex- tracts arc well selected, and gre taken from the best authorities, from Darwin, among
 others. Published by D. Appleton & O., New York, and for sale in this city by l Judd the bookseller.
 ''Charity in the Ancient Church." by Dr. Gerard Uhlhorn. Is very thorough study of an interesting subject. pr. Uhlhorn makes an examination of the institutions Of Greece and Rome and even of ancient Judaism, and he arrives at the conclusion that, looked at in connection with any of these forms of civilization, this was 8 world without love. Contrary to species of teaching which was
 at one time general, that there was nothing in the ancient world to represent our organ ized institutions of charity and benevolence,
 he finds the germs of many of these institu-
 lions in their older forms of civilizaticn-in
 the guilds and other institutions of the
 Greeks and Romans and almsgivfng was no
 new thing among the ancient Hebrews. Ills
 argument is that the tendency of events and
 the necessities of men had begotten 8 state
 of things in high degree favorable to the
 advent of Christianity. The heathen world
 was groping toward that which Christianity
 brought to it. He is careful. however. to
 show that so far as the helpless, the poor
 and the needy were cared for in earlier times.
 1t was less on account of any love promptings
 than because of the feelings that the welfare
 of the State demanded it. The Greek was
 more inbued with the spirit of brotherly love
 than the Roman but generally the Greek
 and the Roman gave as the Pharisee gave, for
 his own pioridcation. All was changed among
 the early Christisna. They were brothers and
 sisters. With the growth of Christianity the
 change became general. Giving was prompt
 cd not by selfshness, but by love. Published
 hv Charles Ecribner,s Sons, New York and
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