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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 10, 1898

LITERARY NOTICES.

“Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language.”—Designed to give the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of over 60,000 Words and Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-speaking peoples, with Synonyms and Antonyms: containing also an Appendix of Proper Names, Foreign Phrases, Faulty Diction, Disputed Pronunciations, Abbreviations, etc., etc.; 1,225 Pictorial Illustrations; Abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language, by James C. Fernald, Editor; Francis A. March, L.L.D., Consulting Editor; Associate Editors—John W. Palmer, M.D., Francis A. March, Jr., Ph.D., William R. Cochrane, Emma Fiske Roberts, M.A., Frank H. Vizetelly. Large 8vo, cloth sides, leather back, including Introduction, 924 pp. Price, $2.00 net. Bound in tan sheep, $3.50 net. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company.

We have received the above long-promised dictionary, and are not disappointed. It is more than the peer of any other students’ dictionary; it is far superior to any other. It of course is not unabridged; and we would advise first of all the purchase of the unabridged, “The Standard,” as the one English lexicon par excellence. But if one can not afford that, let him purchase the “Students’ Standard.” It is unequaled, a marvel of condensation and clearness. Printed from good, clear type, on fine paper, and abounding in illustrations; it will be prized by the student and busy man.

“The Eastern Question in the Light of God’s Promises to Israel, Prophetic and Historic,” by H. E. Robinson, Review and Herald Publishing Company, Battle Creek, Michigan.

The object of the writer has been to illuminate the much-agitated “Eastern question” by shedding upon it the light of prophecy. We can in no better way indicate the contents of the book than to quote a number of its seventeen chapter headings: The Israel of God, The Hebrew Nation, The Gentile Nations, Universal Restoration, Another Gospel, The Promised Land, The Sanctuary, The Kingdom of Christ, The Doom of Turkey, Turkey and Russia, The Day of the Lord, The Four Winds, The Second Exodus. The book is well written, well printed, and neatly bound in cloth. Price, $1.00; in paper covers, 50 cents.

A bound volume of The Converted Catholic for 1897 comes to our table. James A. O’Connor, editor and publisher, 142 West 21st Street, New York. This magazine (monthly) is especially designed for the conversion of Roman Catholics to evangelical Christianity; and one of its special features is therefore testimonies from recent converts, witnesses of the facts of the Gospel. Four thousand have already been published. Its warfare is against Romanism not Romanists; and it clearly portrays the dangers which menace this country from the influence of Catholicism. Sample copies on application. May the Lord bless the editor in his work of saving souls. The price of the magazine is $1.00 a year.

The Cosmopolitan for February presents for thoughtful readers the following articles of interest: “The Last of the Valois,” “How the Banana Is Grown,” “The Personnel of the Supreme Court,” with portraits of all the justices, save the last appointed; “The Utilization of City Garbage.” These and other papers are well and fully illustrated. For sale by all news-dealers. Price, ten cents.

Among the interesting papers in McClure’s Magazine for February are Dr. Nansen’s “Future North Polar Expeditions,” illustrated by photographic reproductions and drawings from life; “The Last Days of George Washington, from the Manuscript Diary of His Private Secretary, Colonel Tobias Lear;” and “Reminiscences of Men and Events of the Civil War,” by the late Charles A. Dana. Price, 10 cents, by all news-dealers.

Birds for December gives a sketch of the Ornithological Congress, and beautiful illustrations and descriptions of the Mountain Bluebird, Allen’s Humming-bird, the Green Winged Teal, the Black Grouse, the Flamingo, the Verdin, one of the tiny birds, and four others of equal interest. An excellent magazine for children. Price, $1.50 a year; single numbers, 15 cents.