gratifying to find one who is investigating science in the light of Christian faith, and is interested in healing both the bodies and souls of men. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. The China Mission Year Book. Being "The Christian Movement in Even a brief review of this volume indicates, as possibly no other publication can, the vastness and diversity of the Christian missionary work being done in China. This is the fourth year of its issue, and the rapidly increasing number of subscribers indicates an ever wider appreciation of the great value of this exhaustive and careful compendium of missionary enterprises and interests in the new republic. The titles of a few of the thirty-five chapters may indicate the wide field covered by this year-book: "General Survey," "Missionary Conferences of 1913," "Revolution in China," "Progress and Fruits of Christianity,” "Evangelistic Work," "The Chinese Press," "The New Education," "Woman's Work," "Sunday School Work," "Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations," "Christian Literature," "Bible Translation and Circulation," "Roman Catholic Missions." The various appendices relate to a large number of missionary facts and statistics including a "directory of missionaries" arranged by missions, by provinces, and alphabetically. A careful index makes it possible to readily refer to practically any subject in connection with the evangelization of China. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. The Function of Teaching in Christianity. By CHARLES B. WILLIAMS, PH.D., Professor of New Testament Greek and New Testament Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Nashville, Tenn.: Sunday School Board, Southern Convention. Cloth, 12m0; pp. 260. $1.00 postpaid. The purpose of the author, as the title of this volume indicates, is to show the prominence and function of teaching in the Christian religion. In Part I he endeavors to show that Jesus, and the New Testament writers regarded Christianity as a school of thought and action. Jesus, the twelve apostles, Paul, and the bishops or elders of the early church were all teachers of religion. Part II considers the various classes of modern Christian teachers, such as parents, Sunday School teachers, teachers in schools, colleges, universities and theological seminaries. Part III sets forth the various functions of these Christian teachers, in directing the religious thinking of the world, and in leading the young to Christ as Saviour and Lord, in training Christians in lives of sacrifice and service, in suggesting methods of social betterment, in stimulating effort for the evangelizing of all nations. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. The Reports of the Boards and Permanent Agencies of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. 1913. Philadelphia: Witherspoon Building. Copies in paper covers sent free to ministers; but in Cloth 35 cents each. To other persons 40 cents in paper and 65 cents in cloth. Few books of equal size are received annually by every minister of our Church, and few are less valued in comparison with their real worth. It is not to be expected that the long pages of financial returns will attract very close attention, but large sections of these volumes contain material of deep interest, carefully prepared illustrations, and matter which is of great value to all who desire to have an intelligent understanding of the vast work done by the various boards and agencies of our church. It may be well to commend to the thoughtful consideration of our pastors and other church workers the reports last issued. A valuable feature which appears again at the close of this volume is the combined statistical report, with the names of the churches and of the clerks of sessions. The church is to be commended for its loyal support of its Boards, but there is still need of stimulating wider interest by spreading information as to these various lines of missionary and benevolent service. Princeton. Letters to Edward. By MALCOLM J. MCLEOD. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. Cloth, 12mo; pp. 224. $1.00 net. To those who believe that the custom and art of correspondence have disappeared before the killing haste of modern life, these letters will come as a pleasing surprise. They were written, with no thought of publication, by a prominent New York pastor to a young friend in the ministry from who he was separated by illness and finally by death. As a memorial of this friendship they possess a deep human, and even a pathetic, interest. They are characterized by kindly humor, keen criticisms, and shrewd observations. They discuss a wide variety of topics, from golf and Muldoon to higher criticism and church unity. In a realistic way they reveal the unique and difficult conditions under which a modern metropolitan pastor must labor, and the methods by which one of these pastors is winning deserved success. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. Wheel-Chair Philosophy. By the REV. JOHN LEONARD COLE. New York: Eaton and Mains. Cloth, 12mo; pp. 154. 75 cents net. The lessons this recital sets forth were learned in the school of pain and disappointment and anguish. They are not the expressions of fancy but the facts of personal experience. One who has suffered from a distressing accident, and has known the sustaining power of Christian faith, and the joy of answered prayer, here gives at least the partial explanation of the message of the Apostle Peter, that the trial of faith is "more precious than gold which perisheth, though it be tried by fire." Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. The Devotional Life of the Sunday School Teacher. By J. R. MILLER, D.D. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Cloth, 16mo; pp. 110. 50 cents net. As the author himself says: "The real power in Sunday-School teaching is not in methods, important as it is to have the best of these, nor in equipment, valuable as this is, but in the teacher's own spiritual life. 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' is the divine revealing of the secret of power in all Christian work." With such a true conception in mind, Doctor Miller has left this little volume as a legacy to his fellow workers, and has emphasized the need and possibility of being under the continual and complete control of the Holy Spirit, if one is to be efficient as a teacher of spiritual truth. Such an experience is to be attained not only by prayer and the study of Scripture, but by a constant abiding in Christ and complete surrender to His Spirit. The manuscript of this volume was found among the papers of the author after his death. It is peculiarly characteristic and will be highly prized by the host of Doctor Miller's friends, for he was himself a devoted Sunday School worker, and was known as the most popular devotional writer of his age. This book reveals the secret of his power and will do much to perpetuate the influence and the inspiration of his life. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. Learning to Teach from the Master Teacher. By JOHN A. MARQUIS, D.D., LL.D. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Board, 16mo; pp. 79. 35 cents net. These chapters first appeared in the pages of The Westminster Teacher. They constitute primarily a message for Sunday School teachers. From the study of the methods and characteristics of Christ helpful suggestions are made in relation to the importance of the teacher's calling, the object which should be held in view, the method of gathering hearers, the need of a full knowledge of one's subject, the possibility of success in spite of discouragements, and the enthusiasm and personal magnetism which this high calling demands. This little volume is full of practical and inspiring suggestions for the modern teacher and throws into clear relief the divine skill and power of Christ. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. The Sevenfold Unity of the Christian Church. By the RT. Rev. A, C. A. HALL, D.D., Bishop of Vermont. London and New York, Longmans Green and Co. Cloth, 12m0; pp. 63. 75 cents net. This book contains the substance of addresses delivered at Retreats in the Autumn of 1910. It comprises an exposition of the seven unities described in the opening verses of the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians. At a time when the subject of the reunion of Christendom is so much discussed it is of interest and help to read such a statement of the vital spiritual unity which already unites in one body all the followers of Christ. It is only by recognizing and emphasizing this existing unity that the various divisions of the Christian Church can be brought more closely together; and such a thoughtful and sympathetic discussion as this volume contains will do much toward promoting the larger sympathy and coöperation which all who love our Lord truly desire. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. The Men of the Gospels. By LYNN HAROLD HOUGH. New York: Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. Habeeb the Beloved. By WM. S. NELSON, D.D. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Cloth, 12m0; pp. 102. 75 cents net. As Dr. Stanley White suggests in his introduction to this excellent story, the author not only sketches the character of his hero, but he lifts the curtain and reveals to us Syria, and enables us also to see how the work of the missionary in an oriental country is conducted. We can understand also the difficulties and hardships which a Protestant Christian may have to endure at the present day in the very land in which our Saviour was born. The book also indicates to us the transforming power of the Bible and more definitely of Christ whom the hero of the story found revealed in the Gospel. This little volume narrating the real experience of a Syrian Christian will not only prove of interest to the reader, but will suggest the need of missionary activity in that eastern land. Princeton. CHARLES R. ERDMAN. Mornings with The Master. By T. S. CHILDS,* D.D., Author of "Heritage of Peace," "Is Expiation a Fiction?" "Difficulties of the Bible as tested by The Laws of Evidence," "The Lost Faith," etc. Washington, D. C.: William Ballantyne & Son. 1913. Duod; pp. 108. We have in this attractive booklet thirty-one brief but very helpful meditations, each on some familiar verse from Scripture, and each followed by an appropriate hymn or religious poem. Such aids to devotion are usually as commonplace as they are numerous. This is a distinct exception. It is, perhaps, unique in its class. Certainly the reviewer has found it most helpful, and specially along the lines that in these days need most to be emphasized. Clear in thought, chaste in style, writing out of an unusually long and deep experience, Dr. Childs *Just deceased. has succeeded, as few do succeed, in giving his readers the very marrow of the Gospel. Not least worthy of praise are the poetical selections. We could wish that all who love the Lord Jesus might share our enjoyment of this little book. Princeton. WILLIAM BRENTON GREENE, JR. GENERAL LITERATURE The Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary. Referring to the notice of this Dictionary in the January, 1914, number of this REVIEW, the managing editor writes us that "the editors of the New Standard Dictionary do not prefer the forms fizl and abuze as inadvertently stated in the notice. . . . These forms are recorded, it is true, but the New Standard Dictionary's preferences are fizzle and abuse." Our statement was: "The simplified form is given the preference. Thus the word fizzle, given first, is defined under fizl; abuse under abuze." This statement evidently conveys an incorrect impression, regarding these two words, although it states the fact. The pairs are bracketed and the definitions naturally follow the second or subsidiary spelling, which in these two instances is the simplified spelling. However, the reviewer does not see why abuze is not quite as good a spelling as surprize, which is given the preference. At least it is put first. The position of the Dictionary in this matter is stated in the introduction: "In the spelling of words this dictionary generally prefers the simpler form when two ways of spelling the same word are used by acknowledged authorities," Introductory, p. xii. A further use of the Dictionary confirms and increases our estimate of its very great excellence. JOSEPH H. DULLES. Princeton. PERIODICAL LITERATURE American Journal of Theology, Chicago, January: CHARLES W. GILKEY, Function of the Church in Modern Society; D. D. LUCKENBILL, The Hittites; ERNEST D. BURTON, Spirit, Soul, and Flesh. II In the Old Testament; R. H. STRACHAN, Idea of Pre-Existence in the Fourth Gospel; FRANK C. PORTER, Source-Book of Judaism in New Testament Times; J. M. POWIS SMITH, The Deuteronomic Tithe; RENDEL HARRIS, St. Luke's Version of Death of Judas; EDGAR J. GOODSPEED, The Freer Gospels. Bibliotheca Sacra, Oberlin, January: HENRY A. STIMSON, Twentieth Century Congregationalism; GEORGE O. LITTLE, Addition to the Sum of Revelation, Found in Book of Esther; WILLIAM H. BATES, Religious Opinions and Life of Abraham Lincoln; EDWARD M. MERRINS, The Jews and Race Survival; Harold M. WIENER, Studies in the |