The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

is known no other attempt has been made to show the legality of the pro- ceedings which condemned Christ.
 Of this very remarkable book many criticisms and reviews have been made and many observations set forth. being opinions which have attracted wide spread attention of the clergy, the pub licist. the layman and the dilletante, among them being that of the Hon. John F. Richards. associate justice of the court of appeals for the First district of California.
 The detail of the arrest and trial of Christ from a legal standpoint by this eminent jurist is a masterful production It is indeed a classical judicial review of every phase of the worlds most tragic courtroom trial. It is a perfect and com plete exposition of an event which in importance stands alone in the Christian world. It places the author in the front rank of religious historians.
 Tn court of competent Jurisdiction for an infraction of the laws decrees. Jesus was given a fair trial on charges which constituted an offense against the prevailing law of the Roman empire Tie evidence sustained the finding" is the contention of the author of s'Ths Trial of Jesus.'
 The article by Judge Aiyar treat of the same facts as dealt with by Judge Richards, but his conclusions are entirely different. His paper abounds with cita- tions and transla tions from old Indian documents discovered at Taxila in the Punjab district of India, dating back to the conquering of that region in 326 by Alexa nder the Great. Reference is made to the narrative of Rab. Tagore. one of the great teachers of the Rishis again the writer refers to Acts of Pilate, translated from ancient manuscripts of the eleventh century. discovered at Tu- -in, Italy.''
 THE PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION" By Joseph Mccabe. Frontispiece War
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 cussion or attracted more brilliant minds than that of evolution. The au- thor of this volume. Joseph McCabe, is one of the foremost authorities and as a lecturer on this subject is known all over the English speaking world. The book is described by the author as "a general and untechnical introduce tion," but 1t is more than that, for the author. besides giving a full and clear account of the principles of evo- lution, sets forth the differences of opinion of evolutionists in way that will enable an inexpert reader to dis tinguish between what is settled and what IS unSetlieu. I O mention Dar- win. Huxley, Russell Wallace, Haeckel, Spencer and Weismann is to visualize the battle of giant intellects over con flicting views on the universally ad- mitted principle of evolution.
 "EUGENICS: A SCIENCE AND IDFAI.' By Edgar Schuster. Frontispiece War
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 pr. Schuster gives the Keynote to his book on eugenics in tM introduc- tion He says: "There are some who would claim the ultimate goal of eu- genics is a patriotic one-nameiy, to increase the commercial and fighting efficiency of the nation We do net however. intend to advocate it on these grounds. but would rather recommend it as road to increased happiness for the human race" Dr. Schuster traces the discussion of eugenics right back to the Greek poet Theognis and quotes from platos Republic" Aristotle Politics" and Campanella's sever teenth century book, "The City of the Sun. The labors of Francis Galton. the founder of the laboratory for eu- genics and the research work in Amer ica and the continent are fully dealt with. Mendel and his inquiry into the laws governing heredity are exhaustive ly explained by means of tables and striking illustrations from nature.
 HEROES OF PEACE" By F. J. Gould. Harper Brothers, pub
 fishers, New York.
 No hero tales are more thrilling than MT. Gould's vivid stories of the vic tories of peace. often historic. always real, in his book entitled Heroes of Peace." Conquests of nature in the service of man, the origin of the Red Cross, heroism for the good of others. the long struggle which produced the Atlantic cable--such themes and the peaceful conquests of historic figures make war tales tawdry and unat tractive. The wide popularity of MT. Gouid's lectures in this country and the success of "The Children's Plutar rch" insure a wide welcome for these stirr- ing tales of peaceful conquests
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