interest in the plot and characters, but the impression is spoiled by an insistent twentieth century woman's suffrage atmosphere. (A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago. $1.50).

The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfy, by John Webster, fill a new volume in The Belles-Lettres Series. The volume is edited well by Prof. Martin W. Sampson. We know very little about the author of these plays, but they are worthy of this fine edition and are worth studying among the other masterpieces of the seventeenth century. (D. C. Heath & Company, Boston. 60 cents).

We have very little to say about Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. With the exception of a few lines there is no real value to his writing except as a revelation of the man. Most of his popularity among the few is due to his utter disregard of custom and other people. (Small, Maynard & Company, Boston).

The Gospel Message is the latest volume of the second series of The Methodist Pulpit. Dr. M. C. B. Mason is the corresponding secretary of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society, and himself a negro. There is a human and personal power in each of the sermons that is striking, perhaps most in that on reaching the masses. It is a matter of satisfaction that the series is becoming so representative. (Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati. 50 cents, net).

There are so many interesting incidents in the childhood of the great musicians that a collection of readings such as Stories of Great Musicians cannot fail to appeal to the little folks. The information about these master composers and players will not soon be forgotten. (American Book Company, Chicago).

Concerning Them Which Are Asleep, by Daniel H. Martin, and An Easter Message to Hearts Bereaved, by John Willis Baer, are both messages of comfort inspired by the Easter time. The first mentioned is the larger and more elaborate booklet, the latter short but unique in conception and execution of design and printing. Both are worthy to put into the hands of bereaved friends or to read for one's own heart comfort. (Winona Publishing Company, Chicago. 50 cents and 25 cents).

Dr. Stall's series of books for men climaxes with What a Man of Forty Five Ought to Know. In some ways this is as important as any volume of the series. A father can tell his son what he ought to know, though he fails often to do it. The young husband often seeks knowledge to meet his new duties.

The older man seldom thinks to ask, and there is

little likelihood of his being told what it is important for him to know. This little volume is just what he needs to keep him out of danger as he grows old. (Vir Publishing Company, Philadelphia. $1.00).

The Bible-School, by A. H. McKinney, is a valuable handbook on Sunday school methods. It covers every phase of the work quite fully, though briefly. We do not like the phrase, Bible-school, as the field described is wider than that name would cover. The more common name is much better. (Lentilhon & Company, New York City).

The Crimson Blind, by Fred M. White, is an interesting detective story of which we are getting so many in these days. In most respects it lacks the unpleasant features that are general in this class of stories. The crimson blind itself is too conspicuous and forms one of a few glaring flaws in the story. The language is good and the characters worth knowing. (R. F. Fenno & Company, New York City. $1.50).

The Blue Book of Missions, 1905, will be a necessary book for every student of mission work. Its value is guaranteed by the name of the editor, Henry Otis Dwight. The statistics and descriptions of the work in the different fields and by the different societies is of such a nature as to fill the need for up to date facts on the work through the world. (Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York City. $1.00 net).

The idea that gave life to Wit and Humor of Well Known Quotations is certainly original. Marshall Brown has gathered together the various quotations from newspapers and poets and great writers which illustrate or comment on such familiar sayings as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." It would be monotonous to read the book through, and often there is a failure to be funny, but you can hardly turn a page without a laugh. (Small, Maynard & Company, Boston).

Hymns and Spiritual Songs and Hymns for His Praise are two good collections of the best recent gospel songs. They are best suited for evangelistic services or prayer meetings and young people's meetings. (Winona Publishing Company, Chicago. $25 per hundred and $10 per hundred).

J. R. Miller has prepared a Manual for Communicants' Classes which should be widely used, and should help much in training the children for church membership. Along with it comes a baptismal booklet, Given to God, which is very pretty, but cannot be used very well by ministers who prefer a different form for the service than the one used in it. (Presbyterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia. 10 cents and 25 cents).

The Flower of Destiny is a story of the love of Napoleon III and Eugenie by William Dana Orcutt. It is all quite interesting, but no one can open the book without delaying a long time over the illustrations and the beautiful page designs and the cover. This firm is without rival for the beauty of its work in printing and binding the novels it publishes. McClurg & Company, Chicago. $1.50).

(A. C.

A reprint of Annie Trumbull Slosson's White Christopher is welcome. It is a sweet, short story, widely familiar. The lesson is clear and good, the story sad. The sixty-six pages make a good length for reading out loud. This edition is nicely gotten up, and the illustrations are particularly fitting. (Sunday School Times Company, Philadelphia. 75 cents).

Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs is the best hymn book for small churches we have ever seen. It is bound in full cloth, blue and gold, a very rich appearance. First came three hundred hymns, a selection of the favorites, the best of the ages. The rest of the book contains one hundred and fifty of the popular gospel songs and twenty-one responsive readings. For an all round book there is none better. (Winona Publishing Company, Chicago. 40 cents).

A translation from the Italian of Pinocchio, The Adventures of a Marionette, brings to us the favorite fairy story of a foreign nation's little folks. It is a pretty story, which will be enjoyed by many a little American. The translation is good and the pictures are excellent. & Company, Boston. 40 cents).

(Ginn

Child Life in Mission Lands is a small book written by Ralph E. Diffendorfer which has already been used successfully by many Junior mission bands. It is prepared for definite class work, and though suited for reading will be liked most in connection with a regular study class. It is well fitted to interest the little folks. (Young People's Missionary Movement, New York City).

We are printing in this number an address by Dr. Jefferson at the Peace Congress last fall. The Official Report has reached us. It is full of short addresses, and contains the complete minutes of the session. (The Peace Congress Committee, Boston).

Hope Hathaway is a rather highly colored story of Western ranch life. Frances Parker writes with assurance and skill. The plot is well developed and the characters fit together well, but there is too much of the extraordinary to be convincing. (C. M. Clark Publishing Company, Boston. $1.50).

The House by the Red Pump is a simple, dreamy little story by Evelyn Watson. It is quiet, pleasant reading. The plot is sketchy, the char. acters are the best part, the style rather fervid, the conclusion somewhat abrupt. (The Becktold Company, St. Louis, Mo.)

A new volume from Howard Agnew Johnston is always welcome. He has just started on a trip through our missionary stations around the world, but he has left behind him a study of the Way of the Blessed Life, The Beatitudes of Christ. Its spiritual message is fine, in the form of short devotional sermons. (Winona Publishing Company, Chicago.)

MAGAZINE NOTES.

The Boys' Teacher is a new monthly publication by the David C. Cook Publishing company which will fill an important place among Sunday school helps. The three numbers which have been received are full of material for illustration adapted directly for work with boys, and the suggestions of method and approach are fine.

This year has been widely observed in memory of John Knox, the traditional date for whose birth is 1505. Among many special numbers which the weekly magazines have devoted to the great reformer, The Interior, April 27, is easily the best. In addition to an able editorial, articles entitled "Knox the Man," by Rev. Hugh Black, "Knox the Reformer," by Rev. James Stalker, "Knox the Maker of Scotland," by A. Taylor Innes, and "The Mind of Knox in the American Church," by Prof. A. C. Zenos, are all worth reading.

At sixty cents a year The Housekeeper is the best woman's paper to be found. It is cheaper in appearance than several well known journals at a higher price, and the stories are not of as high a class of literature, but it is a good, wholesome paper in every part.

Two valuable articles on John Knox by Rev. John R. Davies appeared in The Presbyterian during April. The more important of these appears as one of the leading articles in this number as the best general treatment of the subject we could find.

The Baptist Review and Expositor is an important religious quarterly edited by the faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville. The most valuable article in the April number is "The Baptist Position for Today," by Prof. E. H. Johnson. The names of James Orr, A. H. McKinney and Francis R. Beattie prove the magazine something more than a narrow sectarian publication.