Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-12
OTHER NEW PUBLICATIONS.

/ VI 0En NEW TaOOEiOHllONS.
/ THE LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSE-
/ WELT. twenty-fifth President Of the
! United States. BY Murat I1alstead. au-
/. thor Of THE Life of William McKin-
/ ley History of the War Between the
States, etc Illustrated. Akron. o.:
The Saalfried Publishing Company; 39l
/ pages.
/ There is little that is new in this vol
ume; nor could there we'll be; for Presi-
| dent Roosevelt has been so prominently
| before the public for some years that his
! life has been pretty fully exploited in
newspapers and ma gaines. None the
| less. with the enthusiasm Of an aanlirinE
| bioSra phcr. Mr.. Halstead has written a
| most interesting book, and one valuable
| for reference. The illustrations are pro-
| fuse.
! THE MODERN AMERICAN BIBLE; ST.
Paul and the Letter to the Hebrews BY
Frank Schell Balcntine. Thomas Whit
iaker & Sons. Scranton. Pa. For sale
by Hunter & Co. and Miller & Rhoads.
This is one of a series Of five handy lit
tie volumes processing to present the orig
inuI text OF the New Testament trans
lated into the modern American form
and phra seolcey. It's author is a clei-
gyman of the Episcopal church in Penn
svlvania and himself and his work is
highly commended by many religious and
secular reviewers.
The faith of the church is not tied to
an acceptance of standard English
Bible as an exac: reproduction IN our
tongue Of the hebrew and Greek origi-
Da;s. The acceptance OF those originals
rs the inspired revelation of God to man
does. however underlie the faith of our
Universal Church OF Christ. For more
than three centuries the translation made
in the reign OF King James I. by con-
vention OF pious and scholarly divineS has
been in common use among all branches
Of the church. and consecrated in public
and private worship of all the English
speaking race and in all their religious
and secular literature
But not few revisions Of that version,
either in whole or in part. have appeared
from time to time. In the eighties Of the
last ccntur! revision of the whole Bible
was made after months and years of la.
borious and reverent toll by picked schol-
ars Of every branch of the English and
American church 1t was not designed
nor expected to suppiant the ola version
md has never been substituted therefor
III the regular worship of the church.
But its great value has been recognized
md conceded by all Christian scholars.
That revision, however. pernetuated the
quaint old English form and phra seolcgy
of the sixteenth and seventeenth centu-
ries.
This little book revercEtlE accepts the
original Hebrew and Greek text as it
has come down through the ages as the
inspired word. and only processes to dis
card tie modern subdivision in chapters
and verses. and to gI-e the original text
in form and phraseology conforming to
present thought and speech. cursory
cxamina ton presents no occasion Tor adj
verse criticism as at all i,npairing the
standard version The book will, we are
sure, meet with approval and welcome
from very many intelligent and God
fearing readers and may hope to accom-
plish 4 somewhat successful mission.
ETERNALISM; a Theory of Infinite JUS
tice. Ry Orlando j. Smith Houghton,
Min1en & Co, Boston and New York
This book is a lahored effort to un-
settle all faith. 1t is Eol ueistical. or az
nostic. or even infidelic in the common
acceptation of that word 1t is simply
atheistic.
The theory of the author reflects the
idea of any se!f-eNisting Gcd. either of
creation or of Providence. 1t assumes
that mind and matter are self-existent;
have been such from all eternity past,
and will be such for IL eternity to come.
It accepts the old heather idea of the
transrrigr~ ton of souls, and regulates
any interest in then-lil1e that OF the
most beniehted savages Of heather lands,
of responsibility to a divine Creator ana
Governor.
The theory of the book, simply stated.
is the severest condemnation.
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topher; Illustrated: The Saalheld Pun
fishing Company, Akron. O.
This work might very properly be con-
sdered as a blending of the respective
STYLES of Baron Munchausen and Jules
Verne for it is about as lmrrobaole
piece of fiction as could be possibly
ina gined But who cares? It's good
story-a story calculated to Increase the
sale of midnight oil-and callous indeed.
would be the mortal who could lay IL
aside after reading the first three chap
ters The InviHibles are a band of con-
conspirators, whose aim is to overtime"
the Russian government and establish IN
Russia the principles of liberty ana
Justice An element of vindictiveness also
actuates the motive of the lnvisbles. Tor
nearly every one of them has suffered
in one way or the other from the car
or his ninions. In the membership of the
organization are distinguished men OIL
many rationalties. who are willing to
sacrifice their wealth and their talents to
accomplish the aims of the order. The
habitat Of the "Invsbles" is a vast cave
in Tennessee which is equipped with
many mechanical appliances and vast
wealth. Here the conspirators plot, and
it is here that the hero of the story meets
with many startling adventures. A de-
tective who is following on the trail of
the Inyisibles forms prominent figure
in the novel and performs some mar
velous feats. The scene frequently shifts.
We find our hero first in India and then
afterwards in Tennessee and Louisiana.
It is in New Orleans that he meets his
ratl1er insipid lass, who
might as we'll have been ignored alto
gether by the author.
The ending of the story. though salts
is novel in the extreme. Indeed
tho whole book is nothing if not novel
Mr.. Christopher assuredly has a vivid
magination and draws upon it freely.
SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE REyOLU-
TION, l7So-17S3 McCrady. Price. $3.50
net. The Mcmillan Company.
This is the second volume of a work
that has attracted great attention. and
which is a highly valuable addition to
South Cardinals history. The period
covered is that during which General Ma
thaniel Greene comma nded the patriot
army. The author gives vast deal of
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