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Women OF the Bible. BY Eminent
Divinss. Illustrated. Women OF the
Bible Is series OF essays in the follow.
ing order; Eve, by Rev. John W. Chad
wick, ID. D.; Sarah, by Rabbi Gustav
GottheiI; Miriam by Rev. Henry Van
Dyke; Deborah, by Rev. W. IL z. Faunce,
ID. ID. Ruth, the Hleaner, by Professor
Richard Green Moulton; Hannah, by
Rev. Bishop John II. Hearst, ID. d.;
Jezebel, by Rev. Edward b. Coe, ID. D.,
Esther, by Right Rev. William Crosswell
Doane ID. D.; Mary Magdalen by Rev.
Newell Dwight Hollis, ID. D.; Mary
and Martha, by Right Rev. Henry q
Potter. ID. D.; The Blessed Virgin Mary,
by His Eminenoe Cardinal Gibbons. The
cnarUtsr and standing of the authors of
these essays are a sufficient guarantee
OF the interest and value OF the book.
The essays are beautifully illustrated
with full page plates by +. v. Da Mond.
W. p. Sayder and George Tobin. The
book has an illuminated title page and
the Kitcheil Composite Madonna for
frontispiece. 1t has richly ornamental
binding In purple ana gold New Y orb
and London: Harper s. Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
Napoleon. The Last Phase. BY Lord
Rossbery. This scholarly ana sympa-
thetio study Of Napoleon by one of the
foremost men OF our time, deals chiefly
with the st. Helena period of Napoleon's
career. Lord Rossbsry tells the story OF
Napoleon's imprisonment and death at
st. Helena, describing the real Napoleon,
as distinguished from the Napoleon OF
history. He gives very vivid ac-
count of Nspoleon's home, series
Of oowshsds made over by the Brit
ish into house, overrun with
rats, and extremely unhealthful. 1t was
swept by an eternal wind, 1t was shade
less, and it was damp. The lord OF SO
many palaces, who had slept Oh con-
-queror In SO many palaces not his own,
was now confined TO two small rooms OF
and ten or eleven high. Each Of these
rooms was lit by two small windows, and
they were wrstchedly furnished. The
one pleasure OF the captive's life, tbs au-
thor says, was an arrival of books. Then
he W ould shut himEelf up with them for
days together, bathing in them, revealing
in them, feasting on them. The author
~ Of % k.e
physical and mental deterioration OF Ma
poleon that began soon after he made
himself emperor. advancing rapidly, even
before the Waterloo campaign, and re-
duoings him at st. Helena to most pitia-
BILE condition. In summing up the char
acter of Napoleon, the author in the clos
ing chapter says: WAS he great manf
If.by great be intended the combination
OF moral qualities with those OF Intellect,
great he certainly was not. But that he
W as great in the sense of being ex5raor-
binary and supreme, we can have no
doubt. If greatness stands for natural
power, for predominenoe, for something
human beyond humanity. then Napoleon
was assuredly great. Besides that indefi-
nabls spark which we call genius, he
represents combination of intellect and
energy which has never, perhaps, been
equalIed, never, certainly, surpassed. He
carried human faculty to the farthest
point of which we have accurate knowl-
edge No name represents 80
completely and oonspicuously dominion,
splendor and catastrophe. He raised
himselfIby the use, and ruined himself
by the abuse of superhuman faculties.
He was wrecked by the extravaganza OF
his own genius. No less powers than
those which had satfected his rise could
have achieved his fall" Lord Rosebery
has given in this work a most fair and
generous estimate of the great emperor,
which no other Englishman has done.
He has shown desire to avoid and ex-
cuse unpleasant truths that would de-
tract from Napolson's greatness. The
book is exceedingly interesting, as would
be expected, from one who has for so many
years been in position to witness the
drama Of life In high places. portland:
Loring. short % Harmony
1ne h6nRiOn o. G6nttotHhu. ny
Charles F. Dole, author OF The Coming
Psople; Theology Of Civilization, etc.
In the preface OF this book the author
says: at has been my faith that religion
must be capable Of the most interesting,
persuasive and reasonable treatment"
In the work he commends the cardinal
subjscts.of religion 10 the minds Of young
N en-; believing these subjects are not
only extremely Interesting, but intensely
practical. "The time, "he says, 'has come
when religion. rightly understood, must
command the intelligence aud loyalty OF
the young, a. the most profound OF all
human interests, which NO Intelligent
being can afford to rule out or his
thoughts. 1t Is the key and Fscret OF
the happy life" The book shows what
place the modern ideal Of tbs gentleman
holds In society. Ths author has the