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THE CRISES OF THE CHRIST tBy G. Camp
bell Morgan y. d. anthor5 Of Life Problems
e ets; Chicago S flenitig i. Reyell Company
Minneapolis: n. Metsartl Thy. s Price 50. g.
The author of.stfIfs hook is#an eloquent
and successful preacher of the gospel OF
Christ as aceepted2sby those who cannot
be Induced to believe that modern criti-
cism has annfhiated the Christian scrip
lures as q revelation sof God and has re-
duced many portions Of them to the rank
Of fables AMI legends. Long ago, the Ro-
man emperor Diocletian thought he had
crushed the Bible and Christianity; pro-
claimed that he had done so by fire and
sword and had medals, inscribed with
that boast and his own image, struck off
and had pillars erected communicating
what he imagined'gwas a fact accom-
plished. Since them the same announce
ment has been made by others and it is
made to-day. The Christian religion, how
ever, seems to have immense vitality and
Dr. Morgan, in this book, gives some very
excellent reasons why tilt so. and shows
that there was deep earth-need for
the Christ who was foreshadowed as the
redeemer or the human race from the
power Of SIM where man was alienated
by 1t from God. DR., Morgan points to the
unity Of purpose all thru the Bible; the
consistency of the, writer's. separated by
| centuries Of time and in different coun-
tries, all pointing to. the unceasng divine
purpose. He shows how above all refor-
matory methods, Christianity solves the
allment OF humanity and has demon
strated itself to be the most potential re-
generating agency. known to the world,
| restoring to man the knowledge of God.
which was the original purpose of his
creation: DR.. Morgan Is a. writer of re-
markable power and simplicity of express
| sion and originality. II
| THE CAREER TRIUMPHANT, By Henry Rurn.
4 ham Boone author Of s.Eastoyer Courthouse, >
etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
me heroine of this story. Jocelyn Sails
ford, is introduced in Faecornield, young
girl with very blue eyes, very black hair,
4 hanging in a long braid down her back,
! she nursing and expressing an ardent
longing for a brilliant career. asE<opera
4 singer or dramatic star. SThe story tells
/ how She 'got there;' and it is a good
one. The scene Is in the south. but
Beriston is type Of the bluff ex-confed-
crate, wounded in battle, who has built
UP his fortunes since the war on the old
plantation and, with the neighboring
1 planters, finds amusement in raising
! hunting horses and following the hounds
after the fox, with many daring leap
1 the ladies Of the countryside Joining en-
Enthusiastically in the hunt. Jocelyn's
!: mother had been -courted in her youth
4 by Colonel Beriston, and his failure tic
win her left him WITH a sore Heart and
4 bachelorhood: The colonel naturally took
a deep interest in Joeelyn Safsford for OBJ
/ Xloust reasons, and sent her to New York
fora musical education, and succeeded, In
marrying her to his naphew, Lee Beriston
Il whom she did not love; franticauy. She
was welded to the stage, and the story
4 shows how that passion dominated her
j She came back to Lee, but, at ter a. few
i years, she went back to the. stage and te
1 associations could not hold her, not ever
motherhood. The book is most at,
1 tractiYely written. j !, va ~ Ia
A HISTORY OF ARABIC LITERATURE. B,
Clement Huart, neutrality-suspicious. for orienta
1 languages to the French government New
i York: D. Appleton & Co. Price $1.25 Min
neapolis:: N. Mccarthy 60 ~ $50
| 8 Professor Huart is one2of the most emil
nent orientalists In Europe, and has hat
large experience Sthea service Of thu
French foreign Offices. He has given spe:
cial attention to the arabic language. HI
gives a fine description of Arabia and tn.
Arabs-remarkable people of Semitic or
| igfa,2 who, in a sudden squirt, set fortl
| with franticaI zeal to- conquer the world
and went SO far as to terrify Europe an,
hold a corner Of it for a time. From TIL,
desert notable Arab poetry came, and
wonderful literature and transations int,
their language of Greek authors, as Arts
totle, when that philosopher was slenderl.
known in Europe. The account of Arabi
literature is brought up to date, and tn
professor gives a very interesting accoun
of the periodical press, in with Africa an
Syria. The author thinks brilliant ca
reer is before Arabic literature, if tn
language is made to express modern
thought more fully. OF that its Ski1fl1Il'