The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-30
THE SCHAFF-HERzoG.

m,e Srook Sherman and GeSrfs eS Gators i''H ana
Gilmore NJ. A. Assoc,a1efu A,anf uoditors: 1ito Ciar-
the io'o,,stjpc iol,o%,siSj Eeckwith, ID. D.; Henry
f,iTG King Carroll IL D; lanes lanes McCur9
Drscoll, u. D.; James ,innrv hITue''?s sylvester
dy, Pm r.; 3 Albert Henry Newman,
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r,;s third volume of the New Scnan
lnos E,ncvclopcdia of hehelous
TnnnTicdge appears about tnIcc ";o"ths NE
HnoM H1,o tbe second volume. and II Is the %
altei asn of the publishers TO issue INC
pu'anendiur volumes Cine WoIN hont
SUE. .nIcted in Twelve XolnmeS) S ap"I'
mr. H. ,nlume ranges from 'ham,et
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TO- ,.s rcccive the full and accuratc
s.,mani which is characteristic VI '',n =,
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plan ~ continue mention oil the ieao
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text is written by more 9nSrn$ors rn%n and is
dre9 od al q cost Of 100000,
prog proHui"tonob this volume docs not con
.,s many topics as its predecessor,
~ number Of pages IL lS cAa,u'9
,o an size, and the iact that inc nun a.
her Of topics is less Is duc InS" s those
.t. ~ cbaracrer and treatment OF Inesei
M I;ot in manv instances required
r1l,+by treatment, than 10 any chanse
~ ihe editorial programme, b
;" The same policy toward Blollcal SUI SUI
-" ,s Guided the editors in the earlier
33nstallments is pursued Ill the Ioluu,f @
before us. which contains a no'npvl u,,rcb- H.
az ,men Among these are the seventeen Ea
men, ar,;cIc ON sChristology,' by Dr.
TIA IT, s. Schair; Comparative ne
I;%ion,, (lo pagcs), by Professor Teoree
r,.Sg,mnro. ECongregationallsts %
pages), by the Rey. Morton Pex'Tr' Ns nr
Hthurch and State Is paGeS'' ~
George James Bayles, etc .u :,
Tbc volume is exceptionally Inll M
,ho biographical and historical depart
.nanfe Among the more important p'o
mrnnbical articles may be meGtlon,ea
those on "Charlcma,gne, e,a;ss onafieS ;;
s V.D sChrysostom, HGontH%EGlust,
..Copsiantinc the Great (Nlct3}r
cohuIi1eS' JpIf1eSS' "Dante'' on. r. Vincent}: !:
HDayiJ ); etc. "Christinn Socialism
on1 ..Cnmmunism are among the new
s,h;ecis presented. and Will undoupt-
odiy find a great many readers now thaI
Soc.;aI Science is receiving the Atten-
ton of churchmen throughout the iana,
urelv theological IN character, sugh D;s as
cin,ine IN - = :SConfession, "Confrm,a,,,
t;nn ;, ssConstantinopolitan Creed
Adolf Harnack), Councils ana
Svnods; a. Hauek), etc. Pro5eSs"i @ pso
Zockler writes on Creation; ana ~ ~
1 fessnr Victor Schultze ocntrlbntes an
art;cIe upon the "Cross and Its Use;
and one on the "CrucihXiop. The
ssCrusades' are treated by Professor
Frederick Wiegand, while Dogma ana
Dogmatics'' are considered by DR. Al
bert II. Newman. NDo
Other important topics are; De
onnt of Christ TO Hell,p by Professor
M Iautcrburg, of the University on
Rernc Switzerland; "Drdache, by
Dr Adolf Harnack; and "Ceremonl al
Deflomnnt and Purification, by Fro
fessor Kong. DR.. l. Bcnzinger SUP
plies an article upon Dancing In I;o
Dr. David Schah eontrlonIes tnu n,S
tory of the Dcaconess from aneien'
70 present times in an exhaustive ar
As the newest encyclopedia upon theo
lorical subjects. this book Will appeal 'c
nli ministers. 1t will be found an easy
means for refreshing the memory uPol
subjects which have escaped IT, ana
n desires to obtain information in'
characteristic features of the cntirf
work arc reflected IN this volume. one
hundred and forty-two colIapoTatorl
have produced the seven hundred ahl
fifty five subjects treated IN as lIlPa, }ar
4ial a manner as only modern scholaf
shin can. The purpose has been to pre-
sent both sides Of all debatablc ques
tions, and the information gwen is th
very latest available. The art'el
s.Deism'' will serve TO show the IN
elusive manner Of treatment OF SUP
icct i'll which different views nave la n, prn'
held There are others of the sam
kind distributed throughout. the volume
as . Creation and Preservation, Dog
ma and Dogmatics,' etc.
As usual. exhaustive photographic
are supplied, and the volume contain
4 supplemental bibllograPnlcal appena'
which brings the list of books GOVERN
the topics from Volume TO the end % o
Volume III, down to January 100.
This feature places AT the disposal o
n 4he reader the latest information avail
h able that has been published.
Among the contributors TO tn,s t1 ,h
ume not already mentloned' arc ~
+ Department Editors, DR.. G.. A. BeckWiti
III DR.. Henry X Carroll, DR.. FRANCIS Dri:
coll. Professor j. Frederick McCurd1
L Professor Henry Sylvester Nash, an
Or. Albert Henry Newman. DR., RudolP
| Binder. lecturer at New YORK ohlNe
sity, contributes the article uPo
UChristiau Socialism. - while DR., Wi
liam Henry Larrnbee IS the author
that on Communism.
III Among the eminent German co
Il laborators should be mentioned Dr n
bert Hauck. DR. Adolf Harnack, Prote
sor Karl Mirbt, Professor Frederic
Konis, Dr.. Emmanuel Benzingcr, an
Il Professor Conrad Won Orclh
81 1t is evident that the standardd,
81 editorial labor i'll this volume VIII
IL found TO have equalcd that of }
rI predecessors. The characteristic typ
Il graphical devices TO facilitate eonsr
\ tatfon, which distinguish tho Funk,
I'll Wagnalls Company reference public
" tions, have been adopted throughou
I'll ms usual, the longest articles conta
I'll practical summaries Of their conten
III Immediately under the title head, al
the paragraphs are numbered SO rs
II facilitate reference.