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CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS' NEW BOOKS.

INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY.

Edited by Prof. C. A. BRIGGS, D. D., and Prof. S. D. F. Salmond, D. D. THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. By Prof. S. R. DRIVER, D. D., Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Cr. 8vo, net, $2.50. "By so ably giving, in a clear and condensed form, the results of his learned labors, Dr. Driver has conferred a great boon on theological students, as well as those interested in theological inquiry. The publishers are to be congratulated on their successful commencement of an important and what promises to be a most useful enterprise." ― Scotsman.

FROM DR. PHILIP SCHAFF.

"It is the most scholarly and critical work in the English language on the literature of the Old Testament, and fully up to the present state of research in Germany."

FROM PROF. C. R. BROWN.

"I like the book. It is constructive, not destructive; and, while the author uses his literary taste and critical acumen with fearlessness in the search for the facts, he continually shows how these facts make the Bible a larger as well as truer book."

FROM DR. GEORGE P. FISHER.

"The learning and candor of the author will make the volume extremely attractive to all inquisitive students of theology."

FROM PROF. WILLIS J. BEECHER.

"Dr. Driver has accomplished this work in a scholarly manner, without pretension and without asperity. His book will have an important influence, both in spreading the opinions he advocates concerning the Old Testament, and in facilitating the refutation of those opinions so far as they may be unable to endure having their truth tested."

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION MANUALS.

THE USE AND ABUSE OF MONEY. By | ENGLISH COLONIZATION AND EMDr. W. CUNNINGHAM.

PIRE. BY ALFRED CALDECOTT.

THE FINE ARTS. By Prof. G. BALDWIN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BEAUTI-
BROWN.
FUL. By Prof. WILLIAM KNIGHT.
Each volume 12mo, net, $1.00.

The purpose of the series, of which the foregoing are the first volumes, is to bring within the reach of the mass of the people the results of the latest investigations in literature, science, philosophy, history, and art, thus supplying a system of popular education quite independent of University Extension. They are written by acknowledged authorities.

THE FOURTH GOSPEL.

Evidences of its Johannean authorship. Essays by Dr. A. P. PEABODY, Prof. EZRA ABBOT, and Bishop LIGHTFOOT. 8vo, $1.50.

The late Prof. Abbot's paper consists of an exhaustive sifting of the historical evidence, while Dr. Peabody and Bishop Lightfoot treat of the internal evidence of the authenticity and genuineness of the Fourth Gospel.

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THE LIFE OF AUSTIN PHELPS.

A Memoir. By ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
(Mrs. Ward). Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
"We are drawn irresistibly to this memoir. The writer
has painted a true portrait of her father,- true to the ideal,
and yet not omitting to make it true to life. You are brought
near the man and made to feel the secret of his power."-
Boston Herald.

HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

IN THE TIME OF JESUS CHRIST. BY EMIL SCHURER, Professor in the University of GiesTranslated from the second German edition-revised and enlarged. 5 vols. 8vo, $8.00, net. "Under Professor Schürer's guidance, we are enabled to a large extent to construct a social and political framework for the Gospel History, and to set it in such a light as to see new evidences of its truthfulness." English Churchman. "As a handbook for the study of the New Testament the work is invaluable."— British Quarterly Review.

THE INCARNATION

OF THE SON OF GOD. By Rev. CHARLES GORE, editor of "Lux Mundi." 8vo, $2.00.

This book, which consists of the Bampton Lectures for 1891, is addressed to a general rather than special theological audience. It is wholly in the modern manner, and rests its claims upon experience and fact as opposed to the older, abstract, dogmatic method.

THE SABBATH IN

PURITAN NEW ENGLAND.

By Mrs. ALICE Morse Earle. 12m0, $1.25.

"A more entertaining and instructive essay in our early colonial history has not heretofore got into print. A faithful study of old chronicles, town and church records, and journals has provided the author with abundance of material, and she has put it into very agreeable shape."- Boston Beacon.

The above books for sale by all booksellers, or sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 743-745 Broadway, New York.

JOSEPH HARDY NEESIMA.

By ARTHUR SHERBURNE HARDY,

Author of "But Yet a Woman," "The Wind of Destiny," "Passe Rose," etc. With Portraits of Mr. Neesima and Hon. Alpheus Hardy.

Crown 8vo, $2.00.

The career of Mr. Neesima is one of the most interesting of this century. When a boy he ran away from Japan to America. He was so fortunate as to fall into the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Hardy of Boston, who educated him until he graduated at the Andover Theological Seminary. He returned to Japan as a missionary, founded a university which has been a potent influence in the new Japan, and when he died, two years ago, he was probably the most famous of Japanese. The biography consists largely of letters from Mr. Neesima to Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, which throw much light on the modern transformation of Japan, and the narrative portion is in the admirable style which Professor Hardy has taught us to look for and enjoy in his writings.

The Advance pronounces this "one of the most interesting of modern biographies," and adds: "Dr. Neesima was a man of genius as well as of extraordinary purity and beauty of spiritual character. . . . Professor Hardy has done his part with singular felicity and good taste."

For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers,
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, Boston.
II EAST 17TH STREET, NEw York.

American Religious

Leaders.

Jonathan Edwards.

Wilbur Fisk.

POINTS OF VIEW.

Essays by AGNES REPPLIER, author of "Books and Men." 16mo, $1.25. CONTENTS: A Plea for Humor; English Love By Prof. A. V. G. ALLEN. Songs; Books that have Hindered Me; Literary Shibboleths; Fiction in the Pulpit; Pleasure: a Heresy; Esoteric Economy; Scanderbeg; Eng.

By Prof. GEORGE PRENTICE. lish Railway Fiction.

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The Library of American Literature...

Highest authorities pronounce it the most valuable of recent publications. Should be in every American home and library. Illustrated specimen pages free. CHAS. L. WEBSTER & CO., 3 E. 14th St., NEW YORK.

WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?

A BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE,

BY

REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, of Columbus, Ohio; Author of "Applied Christianity," Lord's Prayer," etc. In one volume, 16mo, $1.25.

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CONTENTS: A Look into the Hebrew Bible; What did Moses write? Sources of the Pentateuch; The Earlier Hebrew Histories; The Hebrew Prophecies; The Later Hebrew Histories; The Poetical Books; The Earlier New Testament Writings; The Origin of the Gospels; New Testament History and Prophecy; The Canon; How the Books were written; How much is the Bible worth?

The aim of this volume, says the Author, is to put into compact and popular form, for the benefit of intelligent readers, the principal facts upon which scholars are now generally agreed concerning the literary history of the Bible. The work follows the conservative criticism which has not been unwilling to look at the facts.

If some of the theologians and religious editors who are now so noisily discussing the Blble were to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest this little volume, they would not so often hurt the cause of the Bible by making wild and indefensible statements about it. Dr. Gladden, who, it should be borne in mind, is not an infidel or heretic, but an orthodox Congregational clergyman in good standing, shows that modern critical scholarship has overthrown many of the traditional conceptions of the Bible; but he also brings out with striking force the real power, beauty, and authority of that venerable book as a Divine revelation. His sole aim is to tell the truth about the Bible, and he has a large enough faith in it to believe that the truth cannot hurt it, but, on the contrary, will raise it higher in the estimation of Christians. . . Men like Dr. Gladden, who present the results of their labors to the public in popular and readable form, are doing a valuable service to the Christian Church. - New York Tribune.

Dr. Gladden has eminent qualifications for such a work. We may note first his gift for luminous exposition. There is never the slightest doubt as to his meaning. He has a singularly clear vision, never losing his head in labyrinthine discussions. He looks at all questions with a sturdy common sense. His illustrations are sometimes homely, but they are always apt. The book under consideration reveals this characteristic. It is "for the people." One does not need to be a scholar in order to understand it. No one need refrain from reading it for fear it may be too difficult. Dr. Gladden has rendered a service to the church. He shows that the Bible can bear the most searching scrutiny; that one can be a candid scholar and a devout Christian; and thus he removes the opportunity for the flings of unbelief and the sarcasms of infidelity. He shows that the "letter killeth, but the spirit maketh alive." — Columbus Dispatch.

Emphatically a book for the people - for busy people who have not time nor, perhaps, ability to follow the learned discussions of Biblical critics, but who want to know the facts and legitimate conclusions of the current discussions about the Bible. Dr. Gladden gives us here the results rather than the process of scholarship, in a plain, simple, straightforward manner. He answers questions, so far as they can be answered, which continually crop up concerning the sacred books. He is stanchly conservative as to the essentials of Biblical criticism.... His general conclusion, and the tenacity with which he holds the essential unity, veracity, integrity, and indubitable authenticity of the Word of God, make his book an aid to faith of a most valuable character. Methodist Magazine (Toronto).

We are happy to recognize in his work the evidences of a true conservatism, together with an interest in the progress of critical science. Watchman (Boston).

OTHER BOOKS BY DR. GLADDEN:

APPLIED CHRISTIANITY. Moral Aspects of Social Questions. 16mo, gilt top, $1.25.

THE LORD'S PRAYER. Seven Homilies. 16mo, gilt top, $1.00.

For sale by all Booksellers. Sent post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers,

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY,

4 PARK STREET, BOSTON; 11 EAST 17TH STREET, NEW YORK.

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