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Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Feb., 13 pp. Great Britain, State Schools in. J. Murray. Amer. Ecclesiastical Rev., Philadelphia, Feb., 4 PP. Ibsen's Women, Some of. Daniel Kilham Dodge. New Englander and Yale Instruction, The Right of. Rev. Thomas Bouquillon, D.D. Rev. R. J. Holaind, Rev. Thomas BouThe Parent First. Lace. Mrs. Palisser. The Chaperone, St. Louis, Jan., 5 pp. Literature (American), A Claim for. W. Clark Russell. N. A. Rev., Feb., 12 pp. Pottery, Its Teaching, and Its Beauties. Anna Hinrichs. The Chaperone, St. School Controversy (The) in the United States. James F. Loughlin. Amer. Ecclesiastical Rev., Philadelphia, 4 pp. Characterizes the discussion as "a tempest in a tea-pot," and says there is time to teach young Catholics religion outside of school hours. School Question, Dr. Bouquillon on. Francis Silas Chatard. Amer. Ecclesiastical Rev., Philadelphia, Feb., 6 pp. Syrian Art and Industry, Early. Phrenological Jour., New York, Feb. 4 pp. Illus. Titian (Tiziano Vecelli), 1477-1576. Italian Old Masters. W. J. Stillman. Century, Feb., 5 pp. Illus. POLITICAL. Australian Registry of Land Titles. Edward Atkinson. Century, Feb., 6 pp. Describes the Torrens system. Ballots, Distinguishing Marks on. Henry T. Blake. New Englander and Yale Rev., New Haven, Feb., 6 pp. England, The Duty and Destiny of, in India. Sir Edwin Arnold. N. A. Rev., Feb., 21 pp. League (The) as a Political Instrument. Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Feb., 3 pp. National Elections, Perils of Our. Ex-Senator G. F. Edmunds. Forum, New York, Feb., 11 pp. National Guard (The New). Francis V. Greene. Century, Feb., 16 pp. Illus. Descriptive of our militia of to-day. Politics, Independence in. A Protest. Linton Satterthwait. New Englander and Yale. Rev., New Haven, Feb., 6 pp. Politics, The Physician in. Editorial. Buffalo Med. and Surg. Journal, Buffalo, Feb., I p. Presidential Electors, The Choice of. Hon. E. J. Phelps. Forum, New York, Feb., 12 pp. Appointment of the President by party Conventions open to abuse, but the good sense of the mass of the people relied on to keep it in check. Story (The Short). Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Feb., 9 pp. Reviews a score of popular short stories by well-known writers. Tammany Hall and the Democracy. The Hon. Richard Croker. North Amer. Rev., New York, Feb., 6 pp. Tariff (the), How to Attack. The Hon. Wm. M. Springer. N. A. Rev., Feb., 9 PP. China, Foreign Influence in. The Rev. A. P. Parker. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb., 9 pp. The Chinese are responding as rapidly as could be expected to the civilizing influence of the West-political, commercial, and missionary. The Church should send 6,500 more missionaries to do her work. China (The Gospel in), How it Spreads. The Rev. John Ross. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb.. 4 pp. A sketch of mission work in the city of Tieling, telling of its exciting and stormy beginning and its successful results, as seen four years later. Mission China, Winning for Christ, Importance of. The Rev. John R. Hykes. ary Rev. of the World, Feb., 12 pp. China, by reason of its size, population, resources, and moral condition is the great mission-field of the World. The future of the Mongolian race hangs upon the efforts of the Christian world. Civilization, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism as Factors in. Professor George H. Shodde, Ph. D. Homiletic Rev., New York, Feb., 6 pp. Curch and State in New England. Paul E. Lauer, A.M. Johns Hopkins University Studies, Tenth Series II-III. Church Property, Taxation of. New Englander and Yale Rev. New Haven, Feb., 3 PP Covenant, The 'Half Way. Williston Walker. New Englander and Yale Rev., New Haven, Feb., 24 pp. Doubt and Doubters. Rev. J. Q. Adams, Christian Thought, New York, Feb., 11 pp. Faithful in the Land (One of the). C. J. Vos Kamp. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb., 2 pp. The funeral of Wong Kong Fuk, pastor at Fayen, near Canton, China. Humanity, The Divinity in. Lyrian Abbott, D.D. Homiletic Rev., New York, Feb., 5 PP. Incarnation (The). Does the Church Believe in? Charles C. Starback. New Englander and Yale Rev., New Haven, Feb., 18 pp. Japan, An Evangelistic Tour in. The Rev. Frederick S. Curtis. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb., 4% PP. A two-weeks trip among the villages in the vicinity of Hiroshima, in June, 1891, and the results of an inspiration to speak extemporaneously. Luke's Gospel, The Characteristics of. Henry Evans, D.D. Homiletic Rev., New York, Feb., 4 pp. Missionary Uprising (The Great). The Rev. D. L. Leonard. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb., 7 pp. Tells of the organization of the London Missionary Society, in 1795, and its splendid and far-reaching results. Moravian Anniversary (A Memorable). The Editor-in-Chief. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb., 6 pp. An account of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary, or Third Jubilee of the Society for the furtherance of the Gospel among the heathen, held in the Moravian Chapel, London, Nov. 19, 1891. Olympian Religion (The). (I.) Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. North Amer. Rev., Feb., 11 pp. Prayer, The Call to. Editorial. Miss. Rev. of the World, Feb., 3 pp. The week of prayer for foreign missions, and the circular issued by the Church Missionary Society in 1890. Preaching (Effective), Elements of. York, Feb., 5 pp. Rev. R. T. Cross. Homiletic Rev., New Preaching, The Theme, the Method, and the End of. Rev. George M. Stone. Homiletic Rev., New York, Feb., 2 pp. Scripture, The Inerrancy of. Rev. Principal Alfred Cave, B.A., D.D. Homiletic Rev., New York, Feb., 8 pp. Sermons (Recen:) Striking Thoughts from. Homiletic Rev., New York, Feb., 1 p. Alcohol Poisoning in London, and Heart Disease as its Fatal Result. Dr. Wynn Animals, The Nearness of to Man. E. P. Evans. Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Feb,, 14 pp. Gives some very interesting instances of social life among insects, and the Soko Chimpanzee. Anthropology, Notes in. Phrenological Journal, New York, Feb., 3 pp. Unconscious Recall of the Forgotten, Evidence of Purpose in Nature, Man affected by other Worlds, Ancient Monuments in Brittany, Insanity in the Negro, etc. Brain Surgery, Clinical Contributions to. John B. Roberts, M.D. Buffalo Med. and Surg. Jour., Feb., 8 pp. Cosmology, Scientific aud Metaphysical. (Second Article.) J. DeConcilio. Amer. Ecclesiastical School, Philadelphia. Feb. 14. pp. Gulf Stream (the), Recent Discoveries Concerning, John E. Pillsbury. Century, Feb., 7 pp. Illus. Health, Science of. Phrenological Journal, New York, Feb., 7 pp. Includes papers on Football, Vegetarianisın, etc. Hereditary Transmissions, Interchangeability of. Dr. J. F. Burns. Qtly. Jour. of Inebriety, Hartford, Jan., 10 pp. Inebriate the Confirmed), Absence of reasonable motive in Criminal Acts of. Dr. L. D. Mason. Qtly. Jour. of Inebriety, Jan., 12 pp. New York, Matter and Man. Charles W. Millard, Ph.D. Christian Thought. Moral Science, Study of. J. W. Lowber, Ph.D. Phrenological Journal, New Phrenology, Practical. Mrs. W. G. Whittemore, Samuel T. Duffill, James McNeill. Phrenological Journal, New York, Feb. Transverse_Presentations. Eugene Everett Barnum. Buffalo Med. and Surg. Journal, Buffalo, Feb.. 4 pp. SOCIOLOGICAL. Association, The Influence of. Rev. W. C. Wilbor, Ph.D. Christian Thought, New York, Feb., 17 pp. General Booth's Work, A Year of. Albert Shaw. Forum, New York, Feb., 10 pp. German Labor Colonies (The) for Tramps. Francis G. Peabody. Forum, New York, Feb., 11 pp. Describes the working of the system of dealing with mendicancy. Jews (The) in New York. II. Richard Wheatley. Century, Feb., 21 pp. Illus. Descriptive. 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