The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-27

cafeful literary nnlSn or the Skllled ana conscientious author.
 "'Life's' Gibson Calendar" which has grown to be an annual artistic institu . ton, is announced for publication at an early date. Every year the edition of this handsome calendar has been eX- hausted before New Years. and ad- vance orders in the publishers hands indicate that the demand will again eX- ceed the supply.
 "The Social Comedy" is the catching title of handsome volume of full-page drawings in line and wash announced by Life Publishing company to appear some time in October.
 Concerning the new and excellent book, New Testament Critics Answer ed," 100000 copies of which have al- ready been sent out, the author of which is William E. Todd, pastor of the Congregational church at New Leban- on, N. Y, the review of the work by the Chatham, N. Y, Courier, is append ed. The book has additional interest here as MT. Todd is a native of Con- necticut, and many of his people live in and adjacent to New Haven. MT.
 Todds mother, Mrs. Ellen J. Todd, is
 a resident of our neighboring town,
 Wallingford, and formerly resided in
 New Haven. The book has received
 many favorable comments, among
 them the following from The Chris
 tian Work" His New Testament Crit
 ics Answered, is timely, able excellent,
 unansWerable." Of MT. Todd, The
 Christian Herald says: His wide
 archaeological researches have given
 him a wide and enviable reputation.
 The Kansas City Journal says of him:
 'tDr. Todd is a popular preacher, pro-
 gressive, successful" The Chatham
 Courier: New Testament Critics An
 swered," by William E. Todd, is nicely
 bound in white and gold and published
 for the churches by William F.. Todd,
 Congregationalist pastor at New Leb-
 anon. has been off the press now for
 some months. (Two hundredth thou
 sand illustrated S2.) It contains his ad-
 dress in defense of the present order
 and compilation of the Holy Scriptures
 and the authenticity of all the books of
 the New Testament, which was given
 some time since at Centerbrook, Conn.
 and in the hands of a publishing con-
 mittee is being sent all over the world.
 Since it's publication many leading men in Theological and educational circles on both sides of the ocean have taken a similar position in their teach ings and are preparing to re-establish and maintain it. As pioneer and in harmony with the trend of these days, the book is said to have contrib uted to increased literary activity and historical research. Even at the Vati- can-Rome-a commission" has been provised to investigate conditions rela- tive to present requirements and to in- stitute proceedings for encouraging enlightened study of the origin of the Bible, the historic basis of the church. From the Vatican press is being issued copies of the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles-in the vernacular, to be sold at the easily reached price of from to s cents per copy, and orders have already l been received for hundreds of thous- ands of copies. Modern thirst for first t-hand knowledge of the Word of God is being supplied from nearly every possible source, marking | a different showing from days not l very far remote. This is cause for l general rejoicing,
 'The Christian Work" (Bible | House. N. Y) one of the most in- fiuential and widely circulated of | church periodicals has given the ad- dress an elaborate illustrated review 1 and enthusiastically says it is timely, 1 able, excellent, unanswerable," Other national papers have given it | ample and favorable mention and the i author is constantly receiving "con- | gratulations for such an addition to l the worlds religious literature" Plans have been arranged for another | edition should it be required. MT. Todd has had numerous debates, | several of them public, with fnfdels, | agnostics and skeptics and this is his | answer to the supposed scholastic l at nullification of the written | faith. He received on the Fourth of | July last, the personal thanks of Presi- lent Roosevelt and of the Secretary of War, Hon. Elihu Root for his Memorial Day" address an extract 1 from which appeared some time ago in the Courier. He is a member of the Archaeological Institute of America (which founded the American schools at Athens and Rome), Fellow 'f the American Geographical Society md members of the American His :orical Association and is to address he county Ministers Association in Emanuel Lutheran church. Monday, September 1, on Modern Social Prob. ems"
 The Century has recently come into possession of an interesting collection 'f unpublished letters of Sir Walter Scott, written to a very interesting character in the early part of the last
 century, Mrs. Hughes, the grandmoth-
 r of the author of Tom Brown"
 Richard Whiteing, the author of No. J6hn Street" has written q nov I, "The Yellow Van," story of rural England. which is to appear first in | The Century Magazine. lt
 Miss Clara Morris has just finished a