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the means q making an interesting soure-
az m their voyage. In the froptIspiece
arc 1rouped in colors the smoke-stacks and
fiags of the principal TRANSMITTING nnes'
For sale 6y the Presbyterian fuoi'ea-
ton Committee. 49,
A Biblical Discovery. Am Je,c or Genii,e
Or. he Created Origin of ne facfS. 10y
THOMAS A. DAWES, author OF Ooslnoso-
nv, or Mysteries OF Creation. &C., "S.
New York; g. W. DILilHoBaA, sue ss,
10 q. W. CARLETON * Co. : Pages lol
The alleged discovery Is THIS. Two Two
verses in me first chapter OF uehesis fe"u
Verse 81. And God said let as make
man in orr IMAGE. after our likeness
ard let taem have dominion over !oo
San of the sea and over the fowl or tne
oir and over the cattle and over MI me
earth and over every creepIng thlng VHH0
creepeth upon the EARTH" -,
Verso u. $50 God created man IN ms
own image. in the image OF God created
He hlm. male and female createu ne
them r. .,,o
Mir. Davies contends that the use oil the
word so IN verse n has LED 10 an eEroueou9
connection between the two verses. az re-
fcrrine 70 the same acts OF creation;
whereas the Hebrew text requires 90 10 90
and and he saws that the Oxford REVISION
has adoptel the change. PUTTING the
word 1,,d IN tine beginning OF verse
.27 makes that verse refer 70 ahotpor
and very different creation. ne also
contends that the Hebrew text au-
thorizes another important aItetatloh'
which the Oxford reyson has NOV az
cepted-ylZ. In verse q the WoFd ttHns-
lated nan Is Ha-Adam-IHE man. 30 tilet
man in verso &c 10 Adam in a large generic
prgnIiDN. not III
pairs of the iiye types of the human race.
Whereas Tqr Adam in verse y refers 70
the creation OF Adam. the husband OF
Eve and the progenitOr OF the Hebrews or
Jews. from whom the Saviour. jesus
Christ, descended, according to MS eartn-
IL lineage. He says that oy TINS arrauge-
ment God exalted lbs divine son by giving
Him n better blood from when 10 spring.
He asserts that the creation IN verse
q does not have the wide dominion
conferred uuor that of verso 80. Ihey,
the class first created under the name
Adam. were the Caucasians. Mongolians'
MaIavs. Indians. and negroes, who have
held DOMINION over ali the earth through
all history. aud still hold It; WINE tue
second class was the Hebrew race (luciud-
ing the Jews. which has never he!d 40
minion, and has been scattered throug l.
out the world" etc. THE Adam. the nus,
band Of Eve, was created 10 70 tho head
of the Jewish line 10 evolve the Saviour"
And vet he asserts that hebrews
were created N numbers thTougholt INC
HOLY Land. and Cam had no difficulty n
getting n Hebrew wife IN tho Land or NOD
without marrying his sister. or course
then. this author REJECTS the unity OF the
human species and relies upon etnhoIoRy
"a 2 science. and the great law OF repro
..ctlou az the same types. But when ne
ONES TO maintain that all the creations
were executed N six actual DAYS ne as
cards geology. natural philosophy. ana as
trouo1ny and employs the most IaPlu
and gigantic chemistry lmaginaOle. " haI
he saws about the establishing OF the law
OF gravity Il absurd.
The mere makeup" OF this BOOK Is
curious enough. Its prose parts consist
10 q great extent OF short, TepetlIious
essavs aud aTe separated by NUMBER OF
medical illusions. one or two OF which
are perhaps the best things in 1T. On
PAGE lOl our erratic and unscientihc au-
thor sums up MS contentious IN some
sixteen "pOstulates considered as settled
on the basis Of the Hebrew inspiration"
What need ba3 "postulate" OF HeOrew
inspiration for its establishment vi
course he restricts the deluge IN the days
OF Noah 10 the subjects OF his second
creation. tho Hebrews.
A Fqqi Misunderstanding and otter Stories.
BY W. HFrHBURG. Translated by ELISE
L.. LlTHRoP. With forty-four Illustra-
tions. New York Worthlngton Com
pany. JosEPH j. LITTLE, receiver, 74'
Broadway. 1873.
These are fne stories by an author OF
great celebrity. Indeed. the books issued
by the Warrington Company give tho
ier the very choicest gems of foreign
romance and cannot DO too highly appre-
eiated by the public.
Ar'ices. SDeectes. and POEMS Of Carlys w..
Harris. Edited by his mother. New
York: j. 5. O3uWE. Price 81.
The case of CARLYLE Harris. who was cleo
trOcuted in New YORK for the murder OF
his WIFE ia fresh IN the public mind. The
volume before ~ contains very little that
has not appeared in the newspapers IN one
form or another.
: The ANenGun, which is about the fore
most En- glish literary critical authority,
confirms q lengthy aud very compliment
airy review OF AoNeURE ID. CONWAY
"Barons of the Potomac and the Kappa
hammock" recently issued by the Groller
Club.
FIN annual RsD0rt Of the Board Of Fire COM
nlissoners and The Reports OF the chief En-
amer Of the Fire Department and Superul-
tndent Of Fire-Aiarm Telegraph, Of Rich
niOnd, "a, for he Year Ending December
81, 1892. Richmond Everett Waddey
Company. City Printers. 1888.
Market Gardening and Farm Notes. By BUR-
NET LAMBETH. New York: ORANGE,
JUDD Il Co.
A practical treatise on gardening. truck
farming. DC.