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to describe in words the peculiar timbrt of the oboe. The biographer does no succeed. at any rate, in doing this in tho part of biography that relates to hii compositions; but she has succeeded 1T the rest of the book in making. without any special distinction in style, a read able account of the man. This volume is one of the best in the series on the Mas. ter Musicians. (E.~ P. Dutton & Co.)
 "A Boy on a Farm" by Jacob Abbott Two famous books in one-Rollo at Work and Rollo at Play, by Jacob Abbot-with an introduction by his son, Dr. Lyman Abbot, in which the character of the fa- nous friend of children is drawn with loving and discriminating care. The il- lustrations are all that could be asked and the book is welcome either for school or home use. But we confess we like the old titles better. American Book Col.
 The Boy, How to Help Him to Suc- ceed. Tn preparation of this practical volume on that interesting theme. ''The Boy" MT. Fowler has had the assistance of three hundred and nineteen American men Of marked accomplishment, who have from the point of view of their own personal experience answered many inte- esting questions regarding the training. education and discipline of young lads. The books contain many suggestions heipful both to parents and to young people and number of maxims worthy of recording deeply in the memory and character. (oakwood Publishing Co.,, Bos- ton).
 Social ''Ethics," by James Melville Coleman.-The reason for the existence of this book is the dissatisfaction of the author with the point of view taken by the ordinary teacher of ethics. Even though when not anti-Christian, the point of view omits the recognition of the au- thority of God and the supremacy of Jesus Christ in the field of ethics. The authors contention is that we must look at the facts of the universe from the po- sition of Jesus, if we are to gain the proper perspective. If we neglect to do this, no mater how nearly they may re- semble Christian philisophy, will be fa- tally defective. The author. of course, would apply his system to every portion of cosmic philosophy.
 The Oldest Code of Laws in the World, translated by c. H, w. Johns, is a lit- tie book but one of great value. It is the civil code of Hammurabi, King of Ba- bylon about 23OO B. c. The contents of this code have been so often and SO fully
 
 familiar with it's general features; but this fact will make them only the more eager to study the details. The translator Is connected with the British museum. but in his translatons he has been guided in a measure. by the renderings of German and French orientalists. This book fur nishes the text of Prof. Delitzsch's lec- ture on Bible and Babel which attracted so much attention a few weeks ago, and n01iod a a man Emperor. Qmported by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 2 cents.).
 American Railway Transportation, by Emory R. Johnson-A valuable addition to Appleton's Business Series. The author is conservative in his sympathies. does not point out some of the facts to which anti-monopolists give prominence, and scarcely refers to the literature in which such facts are emphasized. He even fails to adequately consider the anti-monopoly that railway charges, like those in com petitive business should be determined by the cost of service. But these limitations do not affect the authoritative quality of his work His volume gives the most thorough analysis of the past and pres ent conditions of American Railway ser vice that has yet appeared. Every im- portant phase of the subject is consid- 
 and express matter, the attitude of the courts toward the regulation of rates and the issue of injunctions in labor disputes the most recent legislation for the taxa tion of railways and the prevention of discrimination between competing ship pers. An important feature of the book is the frequent comparison of the Ameri- can regulations. rates, etc, with those of the principal countries in Europe.
 
 The Creation of Matter. by w Profeit M. A. This is a course of lectures upon the Thompson lectureship foundation whose design seems to be diffuse among the public scientific knowledge upon theistic basis. The net result, of Mir. Profeit's discussion Is that If we take theories of matter, force. life and thought accepted by scientists of the present day we can not be materialists.