New-York tribune., 1891-12-26
SOME NEW BOOKS.

Professor Andrew Wilson'S "Glimpses Of Nature
iarpcr Brothers) is the work of one who needs no
Introduction 10 those who are even moderately ac-
quainted with the current happenings of the scientific
world. lie has gathered together in this book the most
noteworthy OF his exceedingly popular papers contrib
uted TO 9The London Illustrated News under the mod
est name of Science Jotngs" There plenty OF men
who know all there to know about the wonders OF te
world Of science. but only few OF these have tie
happy faculty Of relating these wonders In such way
as to interest instruct the average nonscenunc
reader When we say that DR.. Wilson is one OF these
few we have paid this little book OF his the highest
possible compliment and which the readers VIII
agree Is fully deserved This is age when the spirit
of scientific investigation is all the time encroachine
on the domain Of miracle. But with royal impair
faty science Is at the time unfolding to our view
facts quite wonderful as the miracles OF oia' IL
is strange that so little account Is taken OF the MIRA
ces OF nature that spread before this scencewor
shipping generation. Or, rather II would be strange
did we not remember that as a rule, men OF science
sneak in Gtongue not understanded OF the people"
Necessarily. much Of their tcrmnology Is so techhc
as TO be jargon TO the unscientfc reader ana even
n that were not So IL too often happens that man OF
science feels 1t beneath his dignity to pay any atten
tion to ciearness and simplicity of expression AS
he does not desire the applause of the mob he takes
no Mains 10 make It understand him. Without giving
our here for believing that in this matter scen
tfc men make serious mistake, we VIII Simply
advance Dr. Wilson'S book as happy example OF
science made popular II is not that the facts about
sn,ders sea urchins and whatnot. and the curious
ways OF plants the wonders Of the microscope. and
so on are In themselves important But told as
tbev are here they not only fix themselves on the
memory but whet the appetite of the reader for moro
Of the same kind
"Uniyersasm Asserted the Hope Of the Gospel
by the Rev. Thomas Alljn, elliot Stock. London)
states the arguments Of Unversasm with ability ana
clearness But, like many other religious contro
versia books It will probably convince only those VINO
are already convinced Paradoxical as the statement
may seem the very OF Universalism has been
ifs misfortune Its ideas have permeated the other
denominations thai the average Christian who comes
to believe 1t does not find all necessary TO JON the
Jniversalst denomination. He can be virtually d
JnyersaJst in his own denomination. This fact and not
any prejudice against he idea of universal salvation u
doubtedly explains the numerical weakness Of The Uni
versalst Church In this very book there Is striking
Illustration Of this. letter 10 the author from
Canon wilberforce, OF the Anglican Church, says u
am deeply grateful to you for your noble book.
II IS the very best compendium OF the glorious truth OF
modern timesn Mr. Allins book fully deserves
these words of praise which themselves most sig
nfcant indication Of the tendency Of modern religious
thought
Father Hecker filed large place in American
Catholicism, and his Life, sympathetcany written
by the Rev. Walter Elliott The Columbus Press New
York.. viii be read with interest by all Catholics
and many Protestants Archbishop Ireland writes an
introduction for IL which fairly threbs with good, whole
some Americanisn lie regards Father Hecker as an
admirable type of what American Catholic priest
should be- and intimates that the Church needs more
priess Of this sort than it has.