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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Sep 8, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 36.

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LITERARY NOTICES.

“LOOKING UNTO JESUS; OR CHRIST IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE.” By Uriah Smith, author of “Daniel and the Revelation,” “Here and Hereafter,” etc. 300 pp., illustrated; cloth, $1.00. Review and Herald Publishing Company, Battle Creek, Mich.
This book is an entirely new treatment of an old subject, old as the fall and need of man. It presents in its thirty-three clearly-written chapters, Christ as Creator and Redeemer, His Incarnation, the Lesson of the Cross, the Great Central Theme of the Bible, the Sacrificial System, the Meaning of the Sanctuary Service in which that System centered, the Sanctuary of the New Covenant, the wonderful prophecy of Dan. 8:14, the Priesthood of Christ, the Finishing of the Mystery of God, the Atonement, the End of Sin, and other things of interest to Bible students. This little book throws great light on the plan of salvation, and makes plain many otherwise obscure passages. The book not only holds for the reader a wonderful sight of information, but it opens mines worthy of eternal working. It contains twenty-eight original illustrations, of which nine are full page. The book contains two indexes, of Bible texts, and of subjects treated or referred to. It is a worthy book.
“KRISTIGA SAHTIBA” (in English, “Christian Temperance”), by Mrs. E. G. White. International Tract Society, Hamburg, Germany.
This is a neatly-printed (in German text) and well bound (in cloth) translation of the English work in the Lettish or Lettonian language, the language spoken in one of the Baltic provinces of Western Russia, and we know not how much farther. We are glad to see the work so issued. May it open the hearts of many to the fulness of Gospel truth.
Advance sheets of a new life of Christ, entitled “THE DESIRE OF AGES,” have come to our table. It is a long-looked-for book from the pen of Mrs. E. G. White, and will appear early in October. It is safe to say it will not only not be a disappointment to those who are waiting for it, but the fulfilment of great expectation. In art and typography it is more than ordinary, and its matter is a message of life and hope.
Richard Realf was a poet worthy of a better fate. His works are mostly fugitive, the largest collection known to be in one’s possession being thirty-four. But the friend of the poet, Col. R. J. Hinton, has gathered 170 of these poems consisting of lyrics, and the Funk & Wagnalls Co. are about to put upon the market a book containing 60 of these gems, with a sketch of the life of the poet, who ended his sad career in this city, in 1878. They will be published by the Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York.
Hereafter the Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York and London, will be the sole publishers of the famous “Loisette Memory System,” presented in Prof. A. Loisette’s remarkable book, “ASSIMILATIVE MEMORY; OR, HOW TO ATTEND AND NEVER FORGET.” The book is 12mo, cloth, and will be sold at the reduced price of $2.50 net. The original price was $5.00. Special inducements are offered to schools.
“Studies in Sabbath Reform.” By Abram Hubert Lewis, D.D. 126 pages, paper covers; ten cents, post-paid. American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, N. J. These studies, numbering 14, are helpful to any student who desires to investigate the true basis of Sabbath reform, Christ’s attitude respecting the Sabbath, and kindred questions. The author is a well-known Seventh-day Baptist editor and writer.
“The Handy War Book” is a neatly printed pamphlet, published by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio, giving a vast deal of information and statistics respecting war matters, size, population, etc., of the islands involved, classification of ships, with fine war maps of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, Havana and harbor, West India Islands, and a map of the world. By Lieut. E. Hannaford. Illustrated by pictures of vessels. For sale by all news dealers. Price, 25 cents.
“What the Scientists Say against Flesh-eating,” “A Simple Guide to a Natural and Humane Diet,” “Is Flesh-eating Morally Defensible?” are the titles of three little booklets by Sidney H. Beard in advocacy and defense of a proper, wholesome diet for man, a vegetarian diet. Mr. Beard’s articles and arguments are sound and convincing, and written in an excellent spirit. Price, one penny each. Probably 5 cents each in America. Address, Herald of the Golden Age, The Beacon, Ilfracombe, England; or Marshall, Russell & Co., 6 Panyer Alley, Paternoster Row, London.
“What Shall Be Done for Our Sailors?” is a pamphlet of 32 pages, by J. C. Paulding, bearing the imprint of the Freytag Printing Co., 118-126 Walker Street, New York. It is written to reveal the past and present condition of our sailors physically and morally, the cruelties which they have been and still are made to suffer, and the need of reform in the laws regulating their relations with their employers. Surely they need help.
“A Summer’s Fishing on the Bowery” is the title of a little pamphlet by George D. Dowkontt, M.D., giving an account of medical mission work on the Bowery. It gives information regarding the Bowery and its inhabitants; it shows how medical work may be used to aid in mission work. Published by the Medical Missionary Record, 121 East Forty-fifth Street, New York. Price, 3 cents a copy; 48 pages.
“The Fruit-filled Life” is a little tract on good, practical religion, largely based on Col. 5:22, 23, “the fruit of the Spirit.” While it contains a little erroneous theology concerning the punishment of the sinner, its general teaching is good. The author is Elizabeth Nelson McBride, Greenfield, Iowa.
“The Mormons of To-day” (a series of seven articles which first appeared in the Christian Herald). By Gen. John Eaton, LL.D., ex-United States Commissioner of Education. Worthy of careful reading. 34 pages; ten copies, 5 cents. Address John Eaton, Washington, D. C.