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LEO XIII AT THE BAR OF HISTORY; Discus
Ry Randolph Harrison Mc.lim. DID,. rector Of
the Church OF the Epiphany, Washington, d. {.
Washington: Gibson Brothers.
The religious world has taken considera-
BILE interest in DR.. McKimrs recent writings
en- the subject Of the.batkolic Church, and
this Interest will doubtless be extended to
the little volume which embraces his reply
to Pope Leo's Encyclseai on Christian Uni
ty. DIR. McKim promptly negatives the
proposition for a reunion of the Anglican
church with the Church Of Rome, as pre-
paratory to the further and larger step Of
a complete reunion Of Christendom. He
says that when the respective doctrinal
positions Of these two great communions
are examined ut becomes at once apparent
that they are SO fundamentally at variance
that without radical and far-reaching
union is impossible" The author then pro-
ceeds to discuss a number OF the eiemen-
tary differences between the two COM
munions. including the following topics: st.
Peter and the Power of the Keys, The
Primary of st. Peter. The Prlmacy
Anciently Conceded to the Bishop Of Rome.
The Development of the Papacy, The Forg-
ed lsidor.an Decretals. Irenaeus on the
an on the Equality of Bishops, The Church
of Rome and Holy Scripture, Gregory the
Great on the title, Universal Bishop"
The Dogma of the Immaculate Copception.
The Dogma Of Papal Infallibiiity and Papal
1nfaliibility an Ignis Fatuus.
Period. 1S17-1sSs. By John W. Burgess, ThD,
LIP New York: Charles Scr1incr's sons
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
This series of histories was opened by a
volume on THE Colonial Era" by Rev.
Geo. P. Fisher. which was followed by The
French War and the Revolution" by Prof.
VIM. P. Sloane. who has since written
notable life of Napoleon. The third volume
was The Making Of the Nation" by the
late Francis A. Walker. and the present
volume will be closed by another BY DR..
burgess. who Is professor of political
science and constitutional law In Columbia
University. New York. This middle pc
ROD Of the nations history has attracted
many writer's and is yet difficult task
for it involves some of the fercest con-
troversieS that ever ragged within a body
polite. and the bitterness to which they
gave btrti has not wholly subsidized. Hence
impartiality as we'll ability are demanded
In the historian who would tell its story
DIR. Burgess acknowledges these difficulties
hut declares that the time has arrived when
1t should be undertaken in a thoroughly i'm
partial spirit He admits that he assumes
the task with many misgivings, but his
work indicates that he has subdued what
ever prejudices may have possessed him.
The result is a valuable historical volume
NURSERY 1RoBI.EMs Edited by DR.. Leroy N.
ENLARGED ea Edition. 't'r New eY Tho New and
porary Publishing Company.
This book consists of answers by Dr.
Yale. who is lecturer on the diseases of
children in Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege, to letters written to him by mothers,
who ask practical questions about the
practical problems of child rearing. There
seems to be absolutely, mo limit to the
curiosity and questioning caracity of
range from the problem" of diet to ques-
tions Of bangs. premature badness and
bow-legs. Dr. Yale's replies furnish vast
fund of information of value to all par
ents. V1[D,
SPANISH CASTLES BY THE RHINE: A Trip
bSiinn,,ne sons ' washington ""'
An ingenious scheme has been followed
in the inception and arrangement of these
stories. which relate three distinct sets Of
adventures and yet age connected one with
another by slight association, The adj
ventures themselves are>deliciously unlike
ly. yet at no point do the three story-tell-
actually violate the possibilities. Accord
ing to these tales the German principaft-
ties are the places for keen Americans with
a taste for romance to haunt IN their
travels. -'
THE JEssAMY BRIDE. b.. F. Frankfort Moore.
Chicago: H. S. Stone 4 Co.
oliver Goldsmiths biographers deny that
there was ever any basis for romance
such as that which has been woven out
-
Mary Horneck. whom he playfully called
his "Jessamy Bride" Mr.. Moore, however,
Is not deferred by this fact from utilizing
the story as the basis of very pretty
novel, which reproduces the life of London
in the day of Goldsmith johnson. Burke.
REYNOLDS. Garrick and Boswell. all of these
characters being brought into play, and
made contributors to the tale.
TRANSATLANTIC CFATELAINE. By Helen
Choate Prince New York: Heughton, Miiin
& Sens. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne Sons
It Is unfortunate that this story, which Is
we'll conceived and strongly told. should
not be permitted to find its own course
without having to thread the rather mis-
leading and tiresome rivulets of introduc-
ton. At the other end, too. 1t Is not wholly
pleasing, for the conclusion Is sentimentally
unsatisfactory and might we'll have been
artfstically happy. The main scenes are
laid In France, with an American heiress
as the central figure.
THE WHITE HECAToMB AND OTHER STOR-
les. By WIN. Charles Sculiy. New York:
Henry Holt & Co. Washington: VIM. Bnllan-
tyne & Sons.
AS in Mr.. Scully's former volume. 'Katir
Stories" South Africa furnishes the scenes
and incidents of these tales of tragedy.
Most of them deal exclusively with the ma
tives and reproduce many of the quaint
and horrible customs Of the blood-thirsty
tribes that are gradually succumbtng to
the in-march of civilization. There Is some
reading In the book that Is dramatic and
much that is gruesome.
ZISKA: THE PROBLEM OF A WICKED SOUL.