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Religion, etc., continued.

Coomaraswamy, A. K. Buddha and the gospel of Buddhism. Putnam, 1916.

Goodman, Paul, and A. D. LEWIS. Zionism; problems and views, edited by Paul Goodman and Arthur D. Lewis, with an introduction by Max Nordau. Unwin, 1916.

Contents: Herzl, Nahum Sokolow. David Wolffsohn; a memorial address, The chief rabbi. Surely the people is grass; a poem, Ch. N. Bialik. A spiritual centre, Achad Ha'am. One of the smaller nations, Rev. Dr. J. Abelson, The renascence of Jewish aesthetics, B. B. Benas. England and_the_ Jewish national movement, Herbert Bentwich. Zionism and the American Jews, L. D. Brandeis. The revival of Hebrew, Eliezer Ben Yehudah, and other articles. Husband, R. W. The prosecution of Jesus; its date, history and legality. Princeton University, 1916.

Kready, L. F. A study of fairy tales; with an introduction by Henry Suzzallo. Houghton, 1916.

Lambert, J. C. Missionary knights of the cross; stories of the indomitable courage and stirring adventures of missionaries with uncivilized man, wild beasts and the forces of nature in many parts of the world. Dutton, 1916.

The adventure of

Mackenna, R. W. death. Murray, 1916. Moore, C. H. The religious thought of the Greeks; from Homer to the triumph of Christianity. Harvard University, 1916.

Contents: Homer and Hesiod. Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and the mysteries. Religion in the poets of the sixth and fifth centuries B. C. The fifth century at Athens. Plato and Aristotle. Later religious philosophies. The victory of Greece over Rome. Oriental religions in the western half of the Roman empire. Christianity, Christianity and paganism.

Mozley, J. R. The divine aspect of history. Cambridge University, 1916.

Mylne, L. G. The Holy Trinity; a study of the self-revelation of God. Longmans, 1916.

Shannon, F. F. The enchanted universe, and other sermons. Revell, 1916.

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The blue-china book;

early American scenes and history pictured in the pottery of the time; with a supplementary chapter describing the celebrated collection of presidential china in the White House at Washington, D. C., and a complete checking list of known examples of Anglo-American pottery. Dutton, 1916. Deals with British pottery of about a century ago, decorated with American views.

The

Cousins, Frank, and P. M. RILEY. wood-carver of Salem, Samuel McIntire, his life and work. Little, 1916.

An interesting tribute to art-craftsmanship in this country, with 127 plates giving details of carvings. Eastman, Max. Journalism versus art. Knopf, 1916.

Eberlin, H. D., and ABBOT MCCLURE. The practical book of early American arts and crafts; with a chapter on early lace, by Mabel Foster Bainbridge, with drawings by Abbot McClure. Lippincott, 1916.

Hamlin, A. D. F. A history of ornament, ancient and medieval. Century Co., 1916.

"Books on ornament are many... Yet there appears a singular lack of systematic treatises on the

Fine Arts, continued.

The art of looking

at pictures; an introduction to the old
masters. Dodd, 1916.

"A beginner in the study of art soon discovers a
group of defects in the pictures of the old masters
which seems to make any sincere enjoyment of
them impossible... For such people this volume is
designed... It is a rudimentary book... It tells
not only what to look for in the work of a painter,
but where to look, and how." Foreword.

Wood, Grace, and EMILY BURBANK. The
art of interior decoration. Dodd, 1916.

Wright, W. H. The creative will; studies
in the philosophy and the syntax of æs-
thetics. Lane, 1916.

BOOKS ABOUT MUSIC

Fryer, Herbert.

Benson, R. H. Robert Hugh Benson;
an appreciation, by Olive Katharine Parr.
Herder, 1915.

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Gilder, Richard Watson. Letters; edited

by his daughter, Rosamond Gilder. Hough-

ton, 1916.

Hamilton, Allan McLane. Recollections

of an alienist; personal and professional.

Doran, 1916.

Heaton, Sir J. H. The life and letters of

Sir John Henniker Heaton, by his daugh-

ter Mrs. Adrian Porter. Lane, 1916.

Howells, William Dean. Years of my

youth. Harper, 1916.

Marshall, John. The life of John Mar-

shall, by Albert J. Beveridge. Houghton,

1916. 2 v.

Contents: v. 1. Frontiersman, soldier, lawmaker,

1755-1788.

v. 2. Politician, diplomatist, statesman, 1789-1801.

Moore, George. George Moore, by

Susan L. Mitchell. Dodd, 1916.

Powys, J. C., and LLEWELLYN POWYS. Con-

fessions of two brothers. Manas Press,

1916.

Rawlins, J. A. The life of John A. Raw-
lins; lawyer, assistant adjutant-general,
chief of staff, major general of volunteers,
and secretary of war, by James Harrison
Wilson. Neale Publishing Co., 1916.

Richard, Timothy. Forty-five years in
China. Stokes, 1916.

Roscoe, Sir H. E. The Right Honour-

able Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe; a bio-

graphical sketch, by Sir Edward Thorpe.

Longmans, 1916.

Stevenson, R. L. Robert Louis Steven-

son, how to know him, by Richard Ashley

Rice. Bobbs-Merrill, 1916.

Tabb, J. B. John Bannister Tabb; the

priest-poet, by M. S. Pine. Georgetown
Visitation Convent, 1915.

Tristram, T. H. Thomas Hutchinson
Tristram for forty years chancellor of Lon-
don; a memoir. Longmans, 1916.

Ussher, E. F. B. In the land of Ararat;
a sketch of the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Free-
nian Barrows Ussher, missionary to Tur-
key and a martyr of the great war, by
John Otis Barrows; with introduction by
Rev. James L. Barton. Revell, 1916.

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Poland's case for independence; being a
series of essays illustrating the continu-
ance of her national life. Dodd, 1916.

Contents: Landmarks of Polish history, by August
Zaleski, Poland's struggle for independence, by Raj-
mund Kucharski. The population of the Polish com-
monwealth, by Arthur E. Gurney. Poland as an in-
dependent economic unit, by Stanislaw Posner. An
outline of the history of Polish literature, by Jan de
Holewinski. A sketch of the history of Polish art,
by Jan de Holewinski. The national music of Poland,
by Marguerite Walaux. Intellectual Poland, by Leon
Litwinski.

Shakespeare's England; an account of
the life and manners of his age. 2 v. Clar-
endon Press, 1916.

Waugh, W. T. Germany. Jack, 1916.
Wise, George. Campaigns and battles of
the army of northern Virginia. Neale Pub-
lishing Co., 1916.

Wright, I. A. The early history of Cuba,

1492-1586; written from original sources

by I. A. Wright. Macmillan, 1916.

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by George Wharton Edwards. Penn Pub-

lishing Co., 1916.

Contents: Malines, and some of the vanished
towers. Some carillons of Flanders. Dixmude.
Ypres. Commines. Bergues. Nieuport. Alost. Cour-
trai. Termonde (Dendermonde). Louvain. Douai.
Oudenaarde. Furnes. The artists of Malines. A
word about the Belgians.

Endell, Fritz. Old tavern signs; an ex-

cursion in the history of hospitality; with

illustrations by the author. Houghton,

1916.

Galloway, C. F. J. The call of the West;

letters from British Columbia. Stokes,

1916.

Grenfell, W. T. Tales of the Labrador.

Houghton, 1916.

Contents: That Christmas in Peace Haven. Sainte

Anne de Beaupré. The Christmas voyage of the

Handy Lass. The gifts of poverty. Paingo, the

lonely one. The Northern chief. Uncle 'Lige's

story. White Fox. Three Eyes. The luck of the

Little Rover. Kommak the Innuk.

Hawthorne, Hildegarde. Old seaport

towns of New England; with drawings by

John Albert Seaford. Dodd, 1916.

Contents: Portland. Portsmouth. Newburyport.

Salem. Beverly and the rocky coast. Gloucester.

Marblehead. Plymouth and New Bedford. Prov-

incetown. Newport. New London. New Haven.

Heusser, A. H. The land of the prophets.

Crowell, 1916.

Joyce, T. A. Central American and

West Indian archaeology; being an intro-

duction to the archaeology of the states of

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the

West Indies. Warner, 1916.

Lucas, E. V. More wanderings in Lon-

don. Doran, 1916.

Muir, John. A thousand-mile walk to

the Gulf; edited by William Frederic Badè.

Houghton, 1916.

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