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Show I A GREAT RELIGIOUS LIBRARY, The. New Schaff-llerzog Encyclopedia of Religions Knowledge .Edited by Samuel .Mucauloy Jackson, D. D.. LL. D., lOdltor hi Chief, with th assistance of Charles Colcbrook Sherman and Geor,?o William Gllmor!, M. A., Aasoelate Editors. Vol. IV. Complete In Twelve Volumes. Funk Wagnalls Company, Publishers, 2sew York. This volume completes one-third of tins croat set of books of rolieious knowledge, and vungcs from "Drae-suko," "Drae-suko," the great German preacher, tc "boa," I ho Portugese episcopate on tin: western eoast of India, founded in 1531 hy Pope Paul J II. The number of topics top-ics treated is 'MS, the number of collaborators col-laborators is 17G, the number of pages. 500. Tho publisher issued this fourth of (heir twelve volumes just three months alter ilio appearance of Vol. ITJ., thus exhibiting tho strength of prompnoss as well na the practical effectiveness with which good scholarship can work to a common end and purpose. In so far as exactness and certitude are concerned, con-cerned, the definitions, comments, explanations, ex-planations, and verities themselves, certainly cer-tainly tfifsl.i'fv tliirntn in lw wnrlr Ilj There has been used in this volume all of the results of recent explorations I and discoveries, and these are brought to bear in the support of the authenticity authentic-ity of Holy Writ, and all matter is handled han-dled with tho absolute impartiality . which is shown to be tho aim of the editors of this great series of books. "Whcro opposing views aro entertained, I rpportuuity is given to advocates of j both sides to presont them. The au- thors have aimed to select the men Lost. ! qualified to write upon the different subjects treated in tho work, and spo-t spo-t cializcd scholarship is easily recognized ( in iho names of the authors of the va- ! rious articles. It is a decided advan tage to have ever- article signed so that the reader will know the authority upon which the presentation made rests. This feature of the work is well recognized rec-ognized in the strength of the contents of this volume in biography and his tory, where in the biographical group arc given, among the hundreds of names of lesser importance, "Duns Sc.otus," by R. Scebcrt'cr, of the University of Berlin; "Du Plessis-Mornay," bv "Professor "Pro-fessor Theodor V. Schoft, of Stuttgart; "Moister Eckhart," by Professor S. ir. Dent sch. of Berlin: "Jonathan Rd-v,ards,'? Rd-v,ards,'? by Dr. R II Foster, of the Olivet College, Michigan, and the late , Professor E. A. Park, of Andover; "Erasmus." by Professor E. JCmerson, , of Harvard; "Tho Erskines," by Dr. Ijii-iii.) v nwiai. in .:s.uerucen; ivuseoius of Caesarea." h- Dr. Edwin Pretisehen ; "Kenelon." by the late Pastor Jacques l-.iini. of Geneva: "Theodore Flted-lie." Flted-lie." by the late Dr. Philip Schaff. D. D., and Professor David S. Schafi': "St Francis of Assisi.?J by Otio Zockler, of Gnefwald; "St. Francis Xnvier," by Professor Carl jMirbt, of farbur-"Paulus farbur-"Paulus Gerhard." and '(.Justus Gese-liius." Gese-liius." by Professor Carl Berthcau of J San i burg. This encyclopedia is a boon to hardworking hard-working pastors, men whose time is lim-jfed, lim-jfed, and whose access to great libraries is so of i en impracticable. This work tires to them the compilation of all the libraries in the world upon subjects with winch pastors are most likely to be called upon to deal. Tho articles aro compact and also comprehensive; conciseness con-ciseness and brevity aro tho rule, and vet the information supplied is so full that the pastor who has this work need not go outside of it for information that l.e needs in the preparation of his sermons ser-mons or any addresses or discourses in the line of his worje. Of historical significance and interest :"l .Professor George Gilmore 'd " Druids." Socin's "Druses," Avlmer .iaudc's "Dui.l'obors." Moore's" and 0 1 lien's "Dunkers." Berthcau 's "Pa-JI "Pa-JI Controversies." and Stamouli 's I .astern Church." The article on Kg.vpt is bipartite the work of I'rofessors Gilleit. Gilmore, and Katlen buhch. The story of the "Congress of bins" is told by 1rofessor ' Mirbt ; while that of the "Church of England" i- from the pen of Professor D. S .Seha ft". J. A. Cederberg contributes the article on "Finland." and Professors -octz and Pfeuder that on "Prance " The "liffect ot the French Revolution on Religion" is described by Dr. Paul 'fhackcrt, of Gottingen. Dr. Sharp-los Sharp-los iiresents tho history of the "Society "So-ciety of Friends," and' Dr. TIcnry S Aash writes on "Exegesis or llcr- : Jeejieutics." Tho volume contains numerous arfi- ' . ?,", l5ir1iI,-. i'iects. as "Ecclcsi-nMi's," "Ecclcsi-nMi's," by Klvinert: "Edim." bv lfo"- i ; rs. ' Ivli.i:.Ii. " - Elisha." " ISnoc'h," Mi i.v Von Orelh:- "Ephracni," by JsVstlc 1 "Euphrates." by Rogers; "Ezekiel " 1 bv Von Orelli; and "Galileo," hv 1 Gil the, as well as many others on ethical I an I scientific, lines as. "Duty," by Bur- ger; "Ecstacv." by Gilmore aud 1 .memo; "Emanation." by Ileinze- 1 Hnlightiiieiit," bv Troolsfeh; "Eth- f 3cs," by Xash: "Evolution." by Hein- f w: "Faith." by Nash and Kirn: and ' lasting," by Achelis. The new volume contains a number r. very interesting things on archeo-logical archeo-logical subjects, sevoral of which are contributed by Dr. Immaniiel Beirut gor the well-known Gorman Orieutal-isfc. Orieutal-isfc. of Jerusalem. Among these are llobrow Dress and Ornament, and Fam-jly Fam-jly and -rarriage Relations from pa-Inarchal pa-Inarchal times. Dr. Ucnzinger tells us lat originally marriage was effected by purchase; he defines what were the woman's property rights, describes her legal and social status, her status as a widow, etc. The list of contributors and'collab-orators and'collab-orators for this volume cocupies four I'J'ges and embraces the names of all those be;;!; known to Biblical science, .'irdieology, philology, and critical re- The same general typographical m homo ol accuil nation and dinrritical marks that has been carried through thi previous volumes is used here, and adds to the convenience of consultation ami pronunciation. There is also a bib-'Ograplucal bib-'Ograplucal appendix which brings the bibliography of the articles in the four volumes down to July. 1!)09. It is a monumental work, and the publishers aro getting it out with extraordinary speed and in a stylo to commend it to till scholars ami literary workers, and especially to occlcsiitsts of every name and aetivitj'. It is a great biblical 1 i 1 brary lor all;, a magnificent v.-ork for 2 very one who thinks. IN EARLY TIMES. llan. Son of a Gunmaker. Bv I-Ian'ev Itenvlll. The Cochrane rubllslilnir Coin-pnny. Coin-pnny. New York. The author explains that his aim in this writing it was to tell "an intorest-K intorest-K and attractive story, historically correct, with good moral -sentiment: one that leavos the reader satisfied that the time has been well spoilt." The time taken for the narrative was - .-just after tho Kevolution, and the hero. Allan, is a young man who has his wav in the world to make, while May Ricti-nrdBon, Ricti-nrdBon, his aspiration, was both well born and rich. But ho went to the wilderuciK aud bad fayorin" fortune Coming back, May's father received him cordially, and he was thrown much with May, but sho rebutl'ed him, though she knew that he would novor ask her again, a dilemma which she got out of herself. It is a lively, vigorous story, full of action, and it shows much familiarity with tho characters, mannors, and ciib-toms ciib-toms of that day. The reader is suro to enjoy tho story, which will keep him deeply interested from the first to the last page. HENRY HUDSON, EXPLORER. Henry Hudson: a Brief Statement of III Alms and Ills Achievements. Bv Thomas A. Janvier. To which Is Added a Newly-Discovered Partial Record, now First Published, of the Trial of the Mutineers Mu-tineers by Whom Ho and Others were Abandoned to their Deaths. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. The contents of this work embrace, first: "A Brief Life of Henry Hudson," Hud-son," aud "Newly-Discovered Documents." Docu-ments." Those documents, however, while showing that the mutineers, who loft Hudson to his fate, turning him adrift in a shallop, to die of hunger, ui. iiiuieiuem weatner, or at the hands of the savages, ho being never heard of alter, are not complete. The now documents docu-ments provo that the mutineers were brought to trial, but uono of them continue con-tinue beyond that to give the result of the trial. The Life of Hudson tells of him the things usually told of a man, his birth, education, and his course in life. He was fortunate in choosing tho career oi. a navigator, and his discoveries in tho waters of North America cause his name to bo "the best known excepting except-ing only that of Columbus of all the names of explorers by land and sea." His tercentenary, marking the throe hundred years since his discovery of the Hudson river, is to be celebrated with great pomp in New York on September Septem-ber 12th next. Hudson held for a long time tho record of "farthest north," and his efforts wore chielly directed to the finding of the "Northwest Pas- ' sage," which baffled him and other navigators for conturics. Tho data given here are perfectly authentic, and . rho work is one of high merit. H car- -ries in illustrations fac similes of title pages of works on navigation that " Hudson probably used; the famous ( mermaid picture, and various . charts. The author has done his work ' commendably well, and in the style of 1 he sincere, keen aud competent his- tonan. J . 0 :j A BORDER WAR, STORY. The Men of the Mountain. By S. R Crockett. Illustrated. Published by Harper &. Brothers. Now York. Mr. Crockett always writes euter-ainiug euter-ainiug stories, and unfailingly he lets his readers know that he is a Scotsman, Scots-man, and a patriotic one, too. This new story; of his lakes us to tho borders bor-ders of Switzerland, Germany, and I?CC'T "' nlc year of great things. if'1-, lc Spiels well tho simple and sturdy l.te of the mountaineers inl n-ry. 1S, ,?f tho mountain n,n 'n CU' jan,s,ys. their perils, and the thiugs they did in their hatred of the Germans m that, great war. The hero is,, naturally rrom the Crockett standpoint, a minister, and quite us io " b'r,,h0 1,eoiue is a staunch, sclt-repcctiug. independent young woman, who is known as the school I mistress. The ebb and flood of the war, the activities of the people, their aril.e JFranC' J'; their 'terror Mil S-Si thc-V r,mi 1,1 50 'oK. are I J well told, and tho courageous spirit t int supports (hem in it "all is' de noted with a comprehending power hat makes the recital go straight to !'C heart In all this sort of narra-.ion narra-.ion .rockctt is at his best: l.i. d-,. I he Lilac Siinbonnet" was an idyl charming and fresh as tl,c dew of the s'iSry1!? rnadf n,5 lhi Present now ' ,f vigor and ...harm, and tho leader who procures it will be well repaid for the reading. A NOBLE PRIENDSHIP. ineips. iVlt.li . Illustrations bv W t Smodloy. Published by riarncr Brothers, Now York City. lia,pcr & A pathetic story this of an old man .Tonatliai, Porch, who was a f-, jl lir?' In Ins time he had boon teacher of o-lna o-lna and ffoometry in the normal school. .iient fault of his own, and at the last lint, his collio dog, Dav d. Beiin' inrasscd by the town for the faV m tbe dog which he couldn 't pay, t ,0 doL was taken to the pound, but escaped Then Jonathan sold him to a lady who was the ; Lady Bountiful 0f Hi old man s dreams, and the scenes where she becomes aware of the strong affect af-fect ,on that, exists between the o 1 man and the dog. are deenlv nfiv,, ,:?'., Aim when she learns of the training the do" has had, and sees what l,! c do in the way of spoiling aud aril HELPFUL PICTURES OF LIFE. Pa Fllekinper's Folks. Bv Bessie Ti Hoover, lliuntrated. Published bv ll-ir per & Brothers, New York. 1 JI,lr" This ia a chaTming book. Ifc con-h'nZ con-h'nZ fC,V? cI,nters, what might bo cal cd a series of word panorainas, presenting scones in "the homely an-nals an-nals of tl.o poor." Pa Pliekinger is "u unobtrusive, kindly old man. and Ala .Niclunger is the soul of hospitality and industry. I heir numerous progeny arc-shown arc-shown as the usual cantankerous, con-tending, con-tending, .selhsli Jot of yillago life, with callous intrusion upon each other's cherished preserves, and a brutal sef-hshness sef-hshness that reeks not of any other's lights. But; in all Iho narratives hero is a thread of gold that leads to tho inorking out of the great truth in practical prac-tical forms, that every one is dependent upon others and that those who aro the least desired or reputed are often the ones who are the most educative and helpful, The family are put through the vicissitudes common to actual life and all in all, though tho work is one ot the realistic school, yet in it is tho leaven ot righteousness, dutv. and spirituality spir-ituality that make for uplift of character char-acter and exaltation of spirit. The well d0"C ,IOr Trorlr oxct!:dil,Kly RECKLESS RANGE LIFE. S,I!iH.3itS;.s",:in' wS Tn this-Ktorv Happy Hawkins is tho nct.ve character, also the narrator; but the hero is Silver Dick, alias.Jim .lii i-son, i-son, who was a gambler, a cook, a boss, a manager, and. after a while an carl, head ol a great English family The heroine is Barbe Judson. the ' iml favorite and pet of Happy Hav. A t " F kini?, who was a cowboy working for lier lather. Happy saw her grow un from a child to a beautiful girl anc'l then to a young ladv, and when she came back from college ho fell dceplv m Jpvo with her. Tho life of tho ranch, the lively, hair-raising incidents, tho misunderstandings, malevolent gossip, gos-sip, and tho fights "and slaughters all torm a series of sensational episodes, strongly related. .Tabe. Judson, father of Barbe, was n shiftless sort of a man V V ,f,lvor i:)ic,c t00,c charge for him. Barbo s mother was separated from her lather, but appeared at the last in a way creditable to Silver Dick's generosity gen-erosity and chivalry. It is a fine story, lacking much and improved in the lack of tho wickedly sensational acts and abnormal speech of tho assumed range man. Tho story is wrought out in detail in the most admirable stylo. AT SIDE WORSHIP. "Anne," inspired by the old Sudbury Sud-bury moetiug-housc, is a poem that displays dis-plays Lizolte Woodworth Reeso at her best, in a new volume of her poems, viz.: i Her eyes be like the violets, Ablow in Sudbury lane; When she doth smile, her face is sweel As blossoms after rain; With KTlef r think of my gray hairs, And wish me young again. In comes she through the dark old dooi Upon this Sabbalh dav; And she doth bring the tender wind That sings in bush and tree; And hints of all the apple boughs That Jcissed her by tho way. Our parson stands up straight and tall, For our dear souls to pray, And of the place where sinners go. Some grewsomc tilings doth say: Now. she is highest Heaven to me; So Hell is far away. Most stiff and still the good folk sit lo hoar the sermon through; But if our God bo such a God, And If those things be true. Why did He" make her then so fair, jxna both her eyes so blue? A flickering light, the sun creeps in. And finds her sitting there; And touches soft, her lilac gown. And soft her yellow hair; I look across to that old pew, And have botli praise and prayer. Oh, violets In Sudburv lane. Amid the grasses green, This maid who stirs ye with her feet Is far more fair. I ween! I wonder how my forty years Look by her sweet sixteen I "IF ONLY. ' ' In much of Charles Buxton Going's verse there is tho unaffcctediicss of "in old hymn, says the New York Evening Post. "Star-Glow and Song" (Harper & Co.) is full of poems' like "The March of Men," in which tho thought thrusts its contour sharpl- through its (lowers: If you could east away tho pain, I ho sorrows and the tears. And let tho joys alono .remain I-rom all departed years; If you could quite forget the sighs And recollect the song . What think you: would you be as wise. as helpful, or as strong? If you could lay the "burden down That bows your head at whiles. Shun everything that wears a frown. And llvo a life of smiles Bo happy as a child again. As free from thoughts of care-Would care-Would you appear to other men More noble or more fair? Ah no! a. man should do his part And carryall his load. Rejoiced to share with every licart J ho roughness of the road. Not given to thinking overmuch Of pains and griefs behind. Cut glad to be In fullest touch . ith all his human-kind. "A MARATHON." . In tho Illustrated London News, there is tho following from that competent master and critic, Andrew Lang, on ai much-abused imitation: "Why do they call It a Marathon?" somebody asked me at the Droclinadrooklt games. Mac or ten men were padding the weary hoof around a ouarter of a mile course. JCIghty times a quarter of a mile makes twenty miles, and the runners wore going to run all night, going to run an day, until they accomplished their course. I thought I knew why this deplorable de-plorable exhibition is called a "Marathon, "Mara-thon, and told the inquirer that, in -Hio ClllIhachus being Polemarch. the Athenians defeated tho Persians at Marathon, Mara-thon, and that somebody ran twenty miles to Athens with the news of the victory, llicro was no race in the matter. vnni!,1. r,(i 1 Ml l,h! ,rull,? In a bookless alley I happened to possess Mr. Macau-leys Macau-leys crib to Herodotus, who wrote about an Athenian long-dlstanco runner, Phei-dippides. Phei-dippides. who ran from Athens to Spuria ,V?.vH,c .j01; 'r'p- .amI j1!'1 thc task ,n ; lu.,1 Il.nd "oihhis when wo come to the battle about the Marathon runner. iiiJW,Ml0 ',l"i0,r ,f tl,c lmtll oueer Hlppia, tho late ruler of Athens, guided the Persians to Marathon bv sea. dlsom- naiiccu inem and drmv them up in on" very deep, lino. ll0 then began to cough' more than usual," coughed a tooth away could not ilnd It. and said thev would MTV0,p,'lc,f- T,), AUu-nlans Imitated the Persian formation, with Calllinachus In command of a small territorial force on the right and with the Platacans on the lert wing. The center was weak, the wings were dense columns of attack. A mile separated the foes, and tho Athenians Athe-nians crossed ft at the double, which must have spread thorn out, one would think and weakened their impact. Tim Persians much more numerous, were successful In the center, hut the Greeks broke their wings, did not pursue, but swung around on both dunks of the Persian center routed it. and took Seven ships, Thev then rushed back to Athens, lest the Persians Per-sians should arrive there before them by sea. for some traitor had signaled to them by flashlight from a shield. That was all tho Marathon race that Herodotus men-1 linns. hre, at all events. The Persians lost over six thousand, the Athenians only ' bownVen.1J,'h l,IOy lia(I wlLhci' cavalry nor !,!!. l1 i?tIr:inse stor-v' Herodotus n,. , ,9 mltary critic; he ' iwiJ. 1 Vt!n 1011 ,IS what became of the inV.7 ! ' s.";,'l'ers and cavalry, though they VBht on 11,0 Jllaln heeaiiHo it suited Si r .vna0l,vtTs- 'vh(3 Hlory ot tll riin-' riin-' ? aiafhon to Athens must bo t i, . i0ni" ?tll0r historian, but I ought " l-n,,!, yUlikc'1 Ipnoranco of a fact ( known to5very sportsman. LITERARY NOTES. i m,srs.i Utitlry, "olt and Company announce an-nounce the publication of Kamsay Bon- ?,. MIelch ,8edl0-" ihti "ton- of a quartet-blood Indian waif, who has much of nVSmVJS'i' of ,n mystic An Instinct prompts him to leave hla northern wilds hero ho was born, and leads him to singular adventures among tho "pale-races "pale-races and through those to the discovery of his m salon, which he conceives to be tho recall of the Christian ministry to the ay whereby It is to save the world. In the pursuit of this mission In. encounters oIi011? .'"rsurles, not lcnst among them falling hi love. So profoundly have Roman ideas on l,o eminent and democracy affected the government of all modern nations that sncij a work as Professor George Willis Rotsford s "Roman Assemblies." which the Mnemlllau Company has Just published, pub-lished, cannot be regarded as merely another contribution to our mountain of classical loro. Roman Assembles in really the history of tho temporary success suc-cess and eventual failure of a stupendous struggle for popular rights. For that reason It is Intended primarily not only for specialists in ancient history, but for everyone Interested in sociology, politics, government, and public law. Ills appreciation of the Importance of his subject Professor Boisford hna demonstrated by his care In preparation, for tho lel.siirii of eighL yeara has gone to tho making of tho book. Among the results Is a number of new conclusions! on Important, questions which have long perplexed historians. Now editions arc announced by the Mnemlllau Company of Marlon Crawford'B "The White Sister," James L,one Allen's "The Bride of tho Mistletoe," Mabel Osgood Os-good Wright's "Poppea of the Poat-Of-flce." Ellen Glasgow's "Tho Romance or a Plain Man." and Wllllnm Allen White's "A Certain Rich Man." Messrs. Henry Holt and Company expect to publish early In September. "B'ig John Baldwin." by Wilson Vance, father of i.ouis Joseph Vance, whose "Brass Bow!" and "Black Bag" won popular appreciation. apprecia-tion. John Baldwin was a Puritan gentleman, gentle-man, and this story deals with his bov-hood, bov-hood, and his career as a soldier under Cromwell to the time when, as a loador of a colony in Virginia, he there establishes estab-lishes prosperity and law. It Is not a conventional Cavalier-Roundhead ro-manco, ro-manco, but the autobiography of a man whoso narrative of physical contests and strifes of conscience, portrays a simple naive, resolute character. Like 'Cromwell's 'Crom-well's Letters, this narrative reveals a hard-headed lighter, and a childlike servant ser-vant of God. The reconstruction of colonial co-lonial life in Virginia combines Imaginative Imagina-tive historic insight and a Defoe-like tldelity of detail. An historical romance with peculiarly engaging characters, stirring stir-ring Incidents, and a big. lovable and unconsciously un-consciously humorous hero. |