Sidgwick
& Jackson
lacking in character or distinction.
lacking in character or distinction.
Athenaeum - London - 1912a
days, is well worth reviving.
learned Nonconformists and to confine not, handed the crew over to Capt. Gibbon, True, The Athenaeum is primarily a
the B. D. and D. D. degrees to those who who has taken his own line from the first. literary paper ; but as such it is bound to
understand divinity in its true sense.
How He has had poor material, there being hardly take account of the whole of literature and
many of the present D. D. s do this ?
any heavy men, and his work has been most account of that part which is most
Personally, I hope that the proposals of hampered by illness among the crew. But vital, which expresses most strongly and
the Professors may find acceptance, but I he has turned out a creditable boat which spontaneously the actual thought and life
look for opposition on side issues, especially may, at any rate, hunt Oxford home, if it of the time. If we have paid increased
on the question whether the Divinity Pro. 'cannot be expected to win.
J. attention of late to social reform, this
9
was
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attention is justified by the increase of
Skrine (Francis Henry), Bahaism, the Religion of
LIST OF NEW BOOKS.
Brotherhood, and its Place in the Evolution of
books and interest concerning, its various
(Notice in those columns does not preolude longer
Creeds, 1/8
Longmans
aspects. But it may be noted that, where
review. )
A lucid exposition of the mystical and pro-
the opinions expressed seem to approach
ENGLISH.
gressive religion which, originating in Persia,
special pleading or question. begging, they
Theology.
has swept over the East. The Messiab of this
are usually presented as belonging to the
creed was Baha 'Ullah of Teheran, born in the
Collyer (Robert), Thoughts for Daily Living,
reviewer rather than the paper. An absolute
early years of the nineteenth century, whose
selected and arranged by Imogen Clark, 2/6 net. son, Abdul Baha, is its present exponent.
standard of independence is, in fact, not
Lindsey Press
Some of the tenets of Sufism and Babism were
possible in such reviews as deal with The writer of these Thoughts,' of whom adopted by its founder and made into a far-
questions still hotly debated and unsettled.
some brief account might well have been given, reaching emotional idealism, based on the
is an optimist of the type of Emerson, with unity of mankind and natural phenomena, or
Coming to the particular review to which the difference that he is explicitly Christian, the creative impulse immanent in all things
though he has much the same range of topics.
our correspondent objects, we gladly inform
and equalitarian theories. In some ways the
The book contains little that strikes one as
him that we can answer in the affirmative his
creed approximates to Pantheism, except that
new, yet its counsels have the freshness which
question whether any one but a Socialist
the conception of a personal God is more
comes from experience and original thought, pronounced. It has endured great persecutions,
could have written the review. As for the while here and there, in the midst of observa- and largely satisfies the emotional and intel-
mediæval Christians, the results of their tions more or less external in character, lectual needs of the East.
behaviour, as stated by our correspondent,
we come upon hints of something more profound. Vassall-Phillips (0. R. ), The Mustard-Tree: an
The selection has been on the whole well made,
seem hardly relevant to the followers of a
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Church of England with regard to finance and
positions which our article does not take up.
and history of the Church, of the Papacy and
the proposals for reform which are under con-
We nowhere state that national aggression
the sacraments, to the divinity of their Founder,
sideration. The author, recognizing, in common as affording the only sufficient explanation of
against the country does not exist, or that with the promoters of this reform, how much
the phenomena. The writer has, we think,
the duty of defence may be left to those we have to learn from the methods of the over- somewhat hampered himself by dealing with
who like it. What we do say is that there
seas Churches, deprecates our following them two opponents in the course of one and the
is another and immediately pressing battle
in the matter of constituting the diocese the
same argument. The difference between the
self-sufficing unit in financial matters; and position of the Rationalist who denies, and the
to be fought at home against the forces of we think he makes out his case for a Central Christian outside the Roman Communion who
disease, ignorance, and prejudice-a battle Board convincingly. The chapter on The affirms, the divinity of our Lord, is, for his pur-
in which The Athenæum has always taken a
Presbyterian Model,' and on the effect of pose, fundamental; and in the attempt to
vivid interest.
deriving powers of self-government from a draw both together into his net, it is the
secular source, is well worth careful attention. Rationalist—his primary object-against whom
In 'John Francis : a Literary Chronicle The author's main point is that, without he is least effective. "As an illustration of
of Half a century, written by his son, the
recourse to legislation, the Church has at this the Catholic faith-according to the modern
moment sufficient powers and sufficient re-
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method of apologetic, and supported by ample
sources to reorganize
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father, before he joined the paper in his and effectively—at least, in many essential direc-
quotation from the past—it is admirable. The
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appendix we have a small group of sermons
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perhaps, have been surprised had we com-
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Fine Art and Archæology.
and what she stands for and secular ideals.
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A survey of the position of the Anglican the anti-social tendency of art, and urges that
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its inaccessibility to the generality of mankind
century, of the Archbishop's personal work and is symptomatic of some inherent flaw in its
which prison reform was also demanding the office he holds. A note of optiinism is charac- structure ; that art is, in fact, centrifugal and
much of our attention. An illustrated article teristic of the “ charge," fortified by comparison diffusive rather than centripetal. He points
with the Church's work and influence in other
on the conditions existing in coal mines
out that in the very few epochs in which art
ages. Determined effort to understand and
appeared in our issue of May 7th, 1842.
has been the possession of the popular æsthetic
appreciate the changing position, the new
Should a book on the subject appear to-
sensibility, its esoteric appeal has been the
interests, aspirations, and difficulties connected greatest. Lastly, he sketches various suggestions
day, we should consider ourselves to be with the awakening of the democracy and of for the diffusion of culture, beginning, not froin
keeping within our province in judging
women, is called for.
the top, but from below-not taking the Elgin
it by the light of personal knowledge Epistles of St. Paul : the Authorised Version, marbles into Whitechapel, but creating a
amended by the Adoption of such of the Altera-
gained underground. We might even again
sufficiently decent environment to help in their
tions made in the Revised Version as appreciation.
introduce illustrations which would allow of Necessary for correcting Material Mistrans- Babylonian Boundary-Stones and Memorial-
comparison of the work of hewers in the lations, or making clear the Meaning of the Tablets in the British Museum, edited by L. W.
“difficult places" then and now. Happily,
Inspired Writer, the Text prepared by Sir King, with an Atlas of Plates, 40/
Edward Clarke, 2/6 net.
it would not be our lot to-day, as it was in
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British Museum
This version of St. Paul's Epistles-prepared
1842, to reproduce an illustration of a
Contains thirty-seven texts, translated with
by a layman and, in the first instance, for a annotation and editorial matter, twenty-five
woman on all fours dragging, by a chain practical purpose-should prove useful to of which have not been previously published.
fastened round her waist and passing be- many readers. It raises, indeed, no
The Babylonian system, which included as one
tween her legs, a truck filled with coal.
questions of interpretation or scholarship, of its social features the system of boundary.
yet it derives a real part of its value from the
The workers a class which, it should
stones for the protection of private property,
fact that it represents the experience and lasted from 1450 B. C. to 550 B. C. A number of
not be necessary to point out, has no
thought of an individual mind applied directly complete photographic reproductions of some
boundaries of caste or birth — have the
to the collective work of scholars and applied, of the monuments are supplied, and the work
in our opinion, with considerable felicity. We
right to be heard on all questions of vital
as a whole has been excellently done.
should have preferred to find the text arranged Dickens
The idlers, rich or poor, supply
importance.
(Guy), Catalogue of the Acropolis
in paragraphs rather than verses. The Epistle Museum : Vol. 1. Archaic Sculpture, 10/6 net.
the chief drawbacks to liberty and progress.
to the Hebrews is included.
Cambridge University Press
If poor, they are largely negligible in forming Ha-'am (Ahad), Selected Essays, translated A scholarly piece of work which should be
public opinion ; if rich, they have great influ-
from the Hebrew by Leon Simon.
invaluable to students. The Introduction
Jewish Publication Society of America
ence, and are, it seems to us, apt by their
contains some careful notes on such points as
A well-selected volume of essays, expressing material and technique, subjects and meaning,
very habits of life to become the chief the attitude of advanced Judaism towards the and costume. There are illustrations in the
exponents of prejudice and ignorance. Our spiritual and practical problems of current text of the various exhibits, critical descriptions,
reviewer points out the
risk of this as thought. Breathing an intense spirit of nation- and full references to authorities concerning
great: he does not say that it frequently
ality, they yet bear evidence of a wide culture them. This volume deals with the sculpture
happens.
and of the of the period preceding the invasion of Xerxes
Jewish difficulty which
sionist"
" and the Zionist solutions is presented
in 480 B. C. , at present contained in the first
seven rooms of the Museum. The second yolume
in an
attractive form. The translation has is to contain the rest of the sculpture, the terra-
been revised by the author.
cottas, and the architectural fragments.
are
new
anity catholic appreciati rejects both the “ mis-
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Eeligion of
ulation of
Lobynas
and pro-
in Persia,
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7, whose
exponent.
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com.
Griffith (F. Ll. ), Karanog, the Meroitic Inscrip: Reid (John), Eila, and Other Poems.
Germany in the Nineteenth Century: Five Lec-
tions of Shablul and Karanòg : Vol. VI. of
Glasgow, Fraser & Asher tures by J. H. Rose, C. H. Herford, E. C. K.
the Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, Here is another versifier who treats the Gonner, and M. E. Sadler, with an Introductory
issued from the University of Pennsylvania, realm of imagination " as a “holiday resort. " Note by Viscount Haldane, 2/6 net.
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other. The collection of miscellaneous texts
declares that the Muse bids him to satirize during the last century is excellent, and the
and the exhumation of altars, stelæ, inscriptions,
his age and country, but that he ends by praising
lecturers are all experts on politics, intellectual
and the like at Naga, Meroe, Shablal, and
both. The verse of Hudibras' and
and literary history, economics, and education.
Karanog, brought a large amount of material,
ingenious double rhymes lead us to suppose
They should, however, have had more space
and time to deal with their themes : 124 pages
which is presented and classified here. Owing
that the intention is comic ; but as a whole
to the extreme difficulty of the language, the the poem is monotonous and flat, despite occa-
of text is a meagre allowance, indeed, for so wide
a survey, and Prof. Herford, who has two dis-
progress of decipherment has been slow. The sional flashes of verbal wit.
book is well furnished with palæographical Treasures of Lucretius, Selected Passages from
courses, really says very little on some leading
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beauty. "
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metaphysical poets. The rest show poverty
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tion. Literary merit being the standard, essential; indeed, we think it the best means In spite of the obvious sincerity of the proceed-
defective verses are occasionally omitted.
for any sound philosophical teaching.
de
H.
lo-
18
season.
nd
1
ings here recorded, the topics and their treat,
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He does not know, he says, a word of Persian.
collation and comparison of the most significant
If he were an expert in that way he might modify
his view that Omar's references to love and
passages in Böhme's works, and if the inter-
Geography and Travel.
pretations cannot always be accepted, they
wine are merely human, and have no reference demand consideration from the profound study Adams (Joseph), Ten Thousand Miles through
to philosophic doctrines.
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vignettes. There are some irrelevancies. The
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quality it has, happily, seldom been our lot It forms Vol. XV of the Special Campaign and customs. The effect is again unequal
to encounter.
Series,
now fascinating, now tedious.
Bell
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which can be acquired from books, but hopes
The author narrates a series of psychic
qualified to stimulate the teaching of kinder- that a practical manual such as the present may
experiences in support of a friend's claim to be
garten teachers and others similarly situated.
be a help towards gaining satisfactory results.
the reincarnation of Queen Elizabeth.
The instruction embodied in these booklets Woolwich and Sandhurst Mathematical Papers for Chambers (R. W. ), Widsith : a Study in old
is familiar in our schools at home, but its clear Admission into the Royal Military Academy
English Heroic Legend, 10/ net.
presentation here under the headings Things and the Royal Military College for the Years
Cambridge University Press
to Do,' 'Things to Think About, and A 1905-11, edited by R. M. Milne, 6/
This volume embodies a close and thorough
Little to Read' is valuable.
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examination of the Old English heroic poem. It
Contains all the papers for the years desig-
deals with the German heroic age which was the
Philology.
nated in book- form. Presented compactly
environment of Widsith,' with its embryonic
Catalogue of the Telugu Books in the Library of and in sequence, they should prove useful to
story material, the critical theories that have
the British Museum, coinpiled by L. D. Barnett, those entering for the examination and desirous
been expounded on it, its geography, language,
32/6
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and metre. The actual and small text is
of testing the standard of the questions set.
Telugu is the most important, numerically,
placed towards the end. The resurrection of
of the Dravidian languages spread in varying All Time Tales : Fairy Tales and Story Poems,
Juvenile Literature.
Müllerhoff's theories, which have received
strength over Southern India and Northern
scholarly depreciation, especially by the Oxford
Ceylon. The extant Telugu literature may be
edited by C. Eliot Norton; Northland Sagas, school, of late ycars, is interesting and curious.
Baid to have originated early in the eleventh
retold by Henry Gilbert ; and Tales from the
We are inclined to think that the author has
century with the version of the ‘Mahābhārata'
Kalevala, retold by Nannette Webb, 9d. each. somewhat overrated • Widsith' and under-
Harrap
by Nannaya. Since then the literary output
rated 'Beowulf. '
has steadily increased in extent and quality.
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The present compilation should be invaluable
child's library, all the literatures of Europe 1912, 5/ net.
Collingridge
to students of the language.
are ransacked and
less wisely Guest (L. Haden), Theosophy and Social Recon-
adapted. of the three booklets under
Gadelica : & Journal of Modern Irish Studies,
struction, 6d. net.
consideration, one calls for comment. The
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national epic of Finland, a collection of old
Dublin, Hodges & Co.
This booklet is an honest and useful attempt
ballads relating the history of four principal to increase that volume of public opinion
School-Books.
heroes, has been excellently translated by Mr.
which may eventually create an environment
W. F. Kirby (Everyman Series), but remains
Heaton (Ellis W. ), The Junior Scientific Geo-
in which each will have the opportunity of
little known to the general reader. It is a long
graphy: Book V. The Monsoon Region of Asia,
growth which his stage of development needs.
literary pilgrimage to make for material for
iod. net.
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To the Theosophist the differences between
juvenile adaptation, and one hardly worth the
men depend upon the length of their evolution,
This book is intended especially for candidates trouble, for, shorn of the rhythmic lilt of the and not on differences of their essential nature.
taking the Oxford Junior Local Examination, simple Finnish_metre, so closely followed in
in which the Monsoon region of Asia is ap-
Dr. Guest is a little prone to dwell on the
the Song of Hiawatha,' little remains in a condition of terrestrial perfection which is to
pointed as an optional subject in geography. bald prose version to satisfy any of the needs emerge from the confusion of the present.
The author has again shown his ability in of youthful readers.
For robust souls this holds no lure compared
rendering his information attractive to readers.
Fiction.
with that presented by the idea of perpetual
The facts are expressed in simple language, and
data are obtained from recent sources, while Birmingham (George A. ), The Major's Niece, 3/6 struggle and growth. In outlining a scheme
the diagrams and other illustrations
Smith & Elder
of education in citizenship, he emphasizes
numerous and well chosen.
New edition in the Waterloo Library. For
the utility of statutory meetings, not suffi-
notice see Athen. , May 6, 1911, p. 502.
ciently appreciating, we think, the greater
Science,
Dickens (Charles), David Copperfield, Vol.
learned Nonconformists and to confine not, handed the crew over to Capt. Gibbon, True, The Athenaeum is primarily a
the B. D. and D. D. degrees to those who who has taken his own line from the first. literary paper ; but as such it is bound to
understand divinity in its true sense.
How He has had poor material, there being hardly take account of the whole of literature and
many of the present D. D. s do this ?
any heavy men, and his work has been most account of that part which is most
Personally, I hope that the proposals of hampered by illness among the crew. But vital, which expresses most strongly and
the Professors may find acceptance, but I he has turned out a creditable boat which spontaneously the actual thought and life
look for opposition on side issues, especially may, at any rate, hunt Oxford home, if it of the time. If we have paid increased
on the question whether the Divinity Pro. 'cannot be expected to win.
J. attention of late to social reform, this
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1
attention is justified by the increase of
Skrine (Francis Henry), Bahaism, the Religion of
LIST OF NEW BOOKS.
Brotherhood, and its Place in the Evolution of
books and interest concerning, its various
(Notice in those columns does not preolude longer
Creeds, 1/8
Longmans
aspects. But it may be noted that, where
review. )
A lucid exposition of the mystical and pro-
the opinions expressed seem to approach
ENGLISH.
gressive religion which, originating in Persia,
special pleading or question. begging, they
Theology.
has swept over the East. The Messiab of this
are usually presented as belonging to the
creed was Baha 'Ullah of Teheran, born in the
Collyer (Robert), Thoughts for Daily Living,
reviewer rather than the paper. An absolute
early years of the nineteenth century, whose
selected and arranged by Imogen Clark, 2/6 net. son, Abdul Baha, is its present exponent.
standard of independence is, in fact, not
Lindsey Press
Some of the tenets of Sufism and Babism were
possible in such reviews as deal with The writer of these Thoughts,' of whom adopted by its founder and made into a far-
questions still hotly debated and unsettled.
some brief account might well have been given, reaching emotional idealism, based on the
is an optimist of the type of Emerson, with unity of mankind and natural phenomena, or
Coming to the particular review to which the difference that he is explicitly Christian, the creative impulse immanent in all things
though he has much the same range of topics.
our correspondent objects, we gladly inform
and equalitarian theories. In some ways the
The book contains little that strikes one as
him that we can answer in the affirmative his
creed approximates to Pantheism, except that
new, yet its counsels have the freshness which
question whether any one but a Socialist
the conception of a personal God is more
comes from experience and original thought, pronounced. It has endured great persecutions,
could have written the review. As for the while here and there, in the midst of observa- and largely satisfies the emotional and intel-
mediæval Christians, the results of their tions more or less external in character, lectual needs of the East.
behaviour, as stated by our correspondent,
we come upon hints of something more profound. Vassall-Phillips (0. R. ), The Mustard-Tree: an
The selection has been on the whole well made,
seem hardly relevant to the followers of a
Argument on behalf of the Divinity of Christ,
but it includes a few rather trite utterances too with a Preface by R. H. Benson, and an Epilogue
teacher whose kingdom was not of this world. pompously introduced.
by Hilaire Belloc, 5/ net.
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We cannot take upon ourselves to argue Cunningham (Archdeacon W. ), Emiciency in This book addresses itself to those whuse
anything from the probability, if they had
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The questions further put before us imply
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Church of England with regard to finance and
positions which our article does not take up.
and history of the Church, of the Papacy and
the proposals for reform which are under con-
We nowhere state that national aggression
the sacraments, to the divinity of their Founder,
sideration. The author, recognizing, in common as affording the only sufficient explanation of
against the country does not exist, or that with the promoters of this reform, how much
the phenomena. The writer has, we think,
the duty of defence may be left to those we have to learn from the methods of the over- somewhat hampered himself by dealing with
who like it. What we do say is that there
seas Churches, deprecates our following them two opponents in the course of one and the
is another and immediately pressing battle
in the matter of constituting the diocese the
same argument. The difference between the
self-sufficing unit in financial matters; and position of the Rationalist who denies, and the
to be fought at home against the forces of we think he makes out his case for a Central Christian outside the Roman Communion who
disease, ignorance, and prejudice-a battle Board convincingly. The chapter on The affirms, the divinity of our Lord, is, for his pur-
in which The Athenæum has always taken a
Presbyterian Model,' and on the effect of pose, fundamental; and in the attempt to
vivid interest.
deriving powers of self-government from a draw both together into his net, it is the
secular source, is well worth careful attention. Rationalist—his primary object-against whom
In 'John Francis : a Literary Chronicle The author's main point is that, without he is least effective. "As an illustration of
of Half a century, written by his son, the
recourse to legislation, the Church has at this the Catholic faith-according to the modern
moment sufficient powers and sufficient re-
present senior proprietor, we read that the
method of apologetic, and supported by ample
sources to reorganize
her administration
father, before he joined the paper in his and effectively—at least, in many essential direc-
quotation from the past—it is admirable. The
usual historical points of controversy, as be-
its youth, had given much consideration tions, and by making more use of the laity. tween Rome and the rest of Christendom,
to the social reforms advocated by The
where it is a question of “serving tables. hardly come within the scope of the work.
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the present position of our Cathedral clergy:
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to the world, to creation, autonomous life and
take place before even partial success could aspect of Church organization; and in the
be obtained. ” Our courteous critic would,
appendix we have a small group of sermons
purpose, and man's religious and moral life.
perhaps, have been surprised had we com-
dealing with the relations between the Church
Fine Art and Archæology.
and what she stands for and secular ideals.
mented on the Housing of the Working Classes
Archer (William), Art and the Commonweal, 6d.
Davidson (Abp. Randall Thomas), The Character net.
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Bill recently introduced by a Conservative, and Call of the Church of England: a Charge This small “pronunciamiento" of Mr.
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A survey of the position of the Anglican the anti-social tendency of art, and urges that
Church throughout the world in the twentieth
found in our numbers in 1846_a year in
its inaccessibility to the generality of mankind
century, of the Archbishop's personal work and is symptomatic of some inherent flaw in its
which prison reform was also demanding the office he holds. A note of optiinism is charac- structure ; that art is, in fact, centrifugal and
much of our attention. An illustrated article teristic of the “ charge," fortified by comparison diffusive rather than centripetal. He points
with the Church's work and influence in other
on the conditions existing in coal mines
out that in the very few epochs in which art
ages. Determined effort to understand and
appeared in our issue of May 7th, 1842.
has been the possession of the popular æsthetic
appreciate the changing position, the new
Should a book on the subject appear to-
sensibility, its esoteric appeal has been the
interests, aspirations, and difficulties connected greatest. Lastly, he sketches various suggestions
day, we should consider ourselves to be with the awakening of the democracy and of for the diffusion of culture, beginning, not froin
keeping within our province in judging
women, is called for.
the top, but from below-not taking the Elgin
it by the light of personal knowledge Epistles of St. Paul : the Authorised Version, marbles into Whitechapel, but creating a
amended by the Adoption of such of the Altera-
gained underground. We might even again
sufficiently decent environment to help in their
tions made in the Revised Version as appreciation.
introduce illustrations which would allow of Necessary for correcting Material Mistrans- Babylonian Boundary-Stones and Memorial-
comparison of the work of hewers in the lations, or making clear the Meaning of the Tablets in the British Museum, edited by L. W.
“difficult places" then and now. Happily,
Inspired Writer, the Text prepared by Sir King, with an Atlas of Plates, 40/
Edward Clarke, 2/6 net.
it would not be our lot to-day, as it was in
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British Museum
This version of St. Paul's Epistles-prepared
1842, to reproduce an illustration of a
Contains thirty-seven texts, translated with
by a layman and, in the first instance, for a annotation and editorial matter, twenty-five
woman on all fours dragging, by a chain practical purpose-should prove useful to of which have not been previously published.
fastened round her waist and passing be- many readers. It raises, indeed, no
The Babylonian system, which included as one
tween her legs, a truck filled with coal.
questions of interpretation or scholarship, of its social features the system of boundary.
yet it derives a real part of its value from the
The workers a class which, it should
stones for the protection of private property,
fact that it represents the experience and lasted from 1450 B. C. to 550 B. C. A number of
not be necessary to point out, has no
thought of an individual mind applied directly complete photographic reproductions of some
boundaries of caste or birth — have the
to the collective work of scholars and applied, of the monuments are supplied, and the work
in our opinion, with considerable felicity. We
right to be heard on all questions of vital
as a whole has been excellently done.
should have preferred to find the text arranged Dickens
The idlers, rich or poor, supply
importance.
(Guy), Catalogue of the Acropolis
in paragraphs rather than verses. The Epistle Museum : Vol. 1. Archaic Sculpture, 10/6 net.
the chief drawbacks to liberty and progress.
to the Hebrews is included.
Cambridge University Press
If poor, they are largely negligible in forming Ha-'am (Ahad), Selected Essays, translated A scholarly piece of work which should be
public opinion ; if rich, they have great influ-
from the Hebrew by Leon Simon.
invaluable to students. The Introduction
Jewish Publication Society of America
ence, and are, it seems to us, apt by their
contains some careful notes on such points as
A well-selected volume of essays, expressing material and technique, subjects and meaning,
very habits of life to become the chief the attitude of advanced Judaism towards the and costume. There are illustrations in the
exponents of prejudice and ignorance. Our spiritual and practical problems of current text of the various exhibits, critical descriptions,
reviewer points out the
risk of this as thought. Breathing an intense spirit of nation- and full references to authorities concerning
great: he does not say that it frequently
ality, they yet bear evidence of a wide culture them. This volume deals with the sculpture
happens.
and of the of the period preceding the invasion of Xerxes
Jewish difficulty which
sionist"
" and the Zionist solutions is presented
in 480 B. C. , at present contained in the first
seven rooms of the Museum. The second yolume
in an
attractive form. The translation has is to contain the rest of the sculpture, the terra-
been revised by the author.
cottas, and the architectural fragments.
are
new
anity catholic appreciati rejects both the “ mis-
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Eeligion of
ulation of
Lobynas
and pro-
in Persia,
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7, whose
exponent.
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to a far
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com.
Griffith (F. Ll. ), Karanog, the Meroitic Inscrip: Reid (John), Eila, and Other Poems.
Germany in the Nineteenth Century: Five Lec-
tions of Shablul and Karanòg : Vol. VI. of
Glasgow, Fraser & Asher tures by J. H. Rose, C. H. Herford, E. C. K.
the Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, Here is another versifier who treats the Gonner, and M. E. Sadler, with an Introductory
issued from the University of Pennsylvania, realm of imagination " as a “holiday resort. " Note by Viscount Haldane, 2/6 net.
Egyptian Department of the University
We think he would have been well advised to
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standing of the history of the German people
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other. The collection of miscellaneous texts
declares that the Muse bids him to satirize during the last century is excellent, and the
and the exhumation of altars, stelæ, inscriptions,
his age and country, but that he ends by praising
lecturers are all experts on politics, intellectual
and the like at Naga, Meroe, Shablal, and
both. The verse of Hudibras' and
and literary history, economics, and education.
Karanog, brought a large amount of material,
ingenious double rhymes lead us to suppose
They should, however, have had more space
and time to deal with their themes : 124 pages
which is presented and classified here. Owing
that the intention is comic ; but as a whole
to the extreme difficulty of the language, the the poem is monotonous and flat, despite occa-
of text is a meagre allowance, indeed, for so wide
a survey, and Prof. Herford, who has two dis-
progress of decipherment has been slow. The sional flashes of verbal wit.
book is well furnished with palæographical Treasures of Lucretius, Selected Passages from
courses, really says very little on some leading
tables, catalogues, indexes, and plates of the the De Rerum Naturâ, translated into English
figures. We think some account of the science
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would have been to the point. It is the field,
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perhaps, in which we have the most to learn
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passages in decasyllabic verse with an irregular Mahler (Margaret), A History of Chirk Castle and
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In this interesting history of a border strong.
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is divided into three sections: (1) of authors,
passages are chosen “ mainly for their poetical commended by an
(2) epigraphical, (3) general; and is so tho-
attractive style. The
beauty. "
illustrations are numerous and to the point.
rough as to make any detail readily accessible.
Walkerdinc (W. E. ), Hyacinths : a Poem.
Nasmyth (James), Engineer : an Autobiography,
Poetry and Drama.
Cambridge, Heffer
edited by Samuel Smiles. John Murray
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gentle motion of his verse is agreeable.
and somewhat conversational style, and de-
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This is a fairly comprehensive collection
This compendious history takes us from the
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Philosophy.
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material. It is divided into four sections, the
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A sound and reasonable plea for the teaching inaterial available, the book is aptly condensed
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metaphysical poets. The rest show poverty
urges that we should start with the current massing of events becomes tedious and drives
in quality. The compiler exhibits a welcome ideas with which every student is familiar, the reader into a false, because curtailed,
broadness of mind, including, as well as writers instead of beginning with the classics and perspective. The style is crisp and virile.
of different schools of religious thought, the proceeding “ad obscurum per obscurius,"
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Toyne (S. M. ), History of the Haileybury College
felt the greatness and solemnity of the sacred need more conversation and less lecturing. It
Debating Society, 2/6 net. Oxford, Blackwell
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ceded the Crucifixion and followed the Resurrec- justified. For pass-men such a method is timidity and unreality of their discussions.
tion. Literary merit being the standard, essential; indeed, we think it the best means In spite of the obvious sincerity of the proceed-
defective verses are occasionally omitted.
for any sound philosophical teaching.
de
H.
lo-
18
season.
nd
1
ings here recorded, the topics and their treat,
Hallard (James Henry), Oinar Kheyyam traduit Penny (A. J. ), Studies in Jacob Böhme, 6/ net.
ment never broaden out into essentials. Several
en vers français d'après la célèbre version
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mediocre poems are included.
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are sufficiently naturalized to appeal to French-
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He does not know, he says, a word of Persian.
collation and comparison of the most significant
If he were an expert in that way he might modify
his view that Omar's references to love and
passages in Böhme's works, and if the inter-
Geography and Travel.
pretations cannot always be accepted, they
wine are merely human, and have no reference demand consideration from the profound study Adams (Joseph), Ten Thousand Miles through
to philosophic doctrines.
Hardie (W. R. ), Silvulæ Academicæ : Verses and
upon which they are based.
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The author steers clear of the rocks and shallows
neat specimens of more difficult nietres. tion, with Introduction, Life, and Notes, by
Besides a number of epigrams, Prof. Hardie
of literary artifice, except where he quotes
A. M. Sellar.
includes in Latin hexameters a panegyric of
poetry. There is much lively description, and
A welcome and careful revision of the trans-
the book abounds in historical and social
St. Andrews, a poem on Buchanan, renderings lation of Dr. Giles, which appeared in 1842.
vignettes. There are some irrelevancies. The
of Homerica, and two long, pieces from Mac- Since that date much work of importance has
aulay's 'Lays,' as well as various prose passages.
mention of the Crippen case in a book dealing
been done on the book, especially by the Rev. with Canadian travel is grotesque.
The volume, as a whole, shows remarkable Charles Plummer, whose Latin text has been
versatility and resource.
used, and the translator has had an eye on the Baker (Capt. B. Granville), A Winter Holiday in
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Portugal, 12/6 net.
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This is a rambling and discursive book of
Mr. Newsham-Taylor's devotional and mis- Burton (Lieut. -Col. R. G. ), Napoleon's Cam-
travel, which, as long as it is spontaneous
cellaneous verse lacks inspiration. In thought paigns in Italy, 1796–7 and 1800, 5/ net. Allen
and unaffected, in no way detracts from the
it is trite and sentimental, and in rhythm Napoleon's campaigns in Italy revolutionized merit and interest of the writing, but adds to
pedestrian.
modern warfare, and a new account of them
it. But often these excursions remind us of
Poems, by C. W. M. , 3/6
H. J. Drane needs no apology. The present volume must the methods of Sterne, Fielding, and Heine,
C. W. M. 's mature work shows no advance be commended for its lucid treatment, interest- who for the author are disastrous models.
on the * juvenilia which his volume also ing historical parallels, and useful comments Much detacbed history is mingled with personal
includes. Verse so modish and so devoid of at the end of every chapter. There are 4 maps. observation and description of social manners
quality it has, happily, seldom been our lot It forms Vol. XV of the Special Campaign and customs. The effect is again unequal
to encounter.
Series,
now fascinating, now tedious.
Bell
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Catalogue of the Telugu Books in the Library of and in sequence, they should prove useful to
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W. F. Kirby (Everyman Series), but remains
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To the Theosophist the differences between
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The author has again shown his ability in of youthful readers.
For robust souls this holds no lure compared
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The facts are expressed in simple language, and
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the diagrams and other illustrations
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Science,
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