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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 23, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 17.

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LITERARY NOTICES.

“AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ANNUAL,” N. W. Ayer & Son, newspaper advertising agents, Philadelphia, Pa.
We have received a copy of this immense annual of 1,470 large pages. It enumerates more than 21,000 newspapers and periodicals, with much information regarding character, size, circulation, political and religious characteristics, names of publishers, etc. The work is valuable as a GAZETTEER embracing a vast amount of information concerning the location, population, political complexion, physical features, agricultural products, and manufacturing industries of every state and county in the United States and Canada; also the location, population, railroad connections, express, telegraph, and banking facilities of every place in which a newspaper is published; also complete lists of religious, agricultural, educational, medical, scientific and mechanical publications, as well as of all others issued in the interests of any trade or profession. To the advertiser it is the standard authority, and a valuable aid. Without it he is likely to spend much money unprofitably. Carriage free, $5.00. Address the publishers as above.
“LIVING TOPICS CYCLOPEDIA.” Volume I, “From a Boy.” John B. Alden, 10 and 12 Vandewater Street, New York.
John B. Alden will not down; he believes in cheap publications for the masses, and is doing his part to make them cheap. His latest is one under the above head, and the Living Topics Magazine. The Magazine is published on the basis of 500 pages for 50 cents. These publications give just such information as one seeks for in vain from the large cyclopedias. Topics are treated in alphabetical order, and as often as the alphabet is covered, a new series will begin and the same course be resumed. Each bound volume contains an appendix, bringing all important matters preceding up close to the date of publication. Volume I, just issued, covers from Abbas to Boyesen, in an excellent, handy form, neatly bound in cloth, and sells at the low price of 50 cents. Any one may have specimen pages free by applying to the publishers.
“A SQUARE TALK TO YOUNG MEN.” By H. L. Hastings. Scriptural Tract Repository, 47 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. Neatly bound in cloth and illustrated, 75 cents.
This little book is the famous lecture of Mr. Hastings on Inspiration, which has been printed by the ton and sold by the million, put in better shape for preservation, consisting of 30 pages, and another little work of nearly 100 pages by the same author, entitled, “Are There Corruptions in the New Testament?” The two works, thus put together, form a valuable compend on the subjects treated, full of telling arguments put in an interesting way.
“READINGS FROM THE BIBLE SELECTED FOR SCHOOLS.” Woman’s Educational Union. The editorial committee is composed of W. J. Onahan, J. H. Barrows, C. C. Bonney. Price to schools, 25 cents; by mail, 30 cents. Scott, Foreman & Co., Chicago.
For this kind of work we presume it is as good as could be produced. The selections from the Bible are culled to please Hebrews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. Scriptures containing expressions, doctrines, and names repugnant to any of these classes are omitted. While we believe in the reading of the word of God, in whole or in part, if it be not garbled, we do not believe that our public schools have any right to force its reading upon any class whatsoever. The public schools are not the proper place to teach religion; they are not established for that purpose, nor can they in the nature of the case be qualified teachers of the word of God. The effort is a step and an aid toward the complete union of church and state in this country, foretold in the word of God.
“THE CULTIVATOR’S HANDBOOK ON UNIVERSAL OR PLANETARY LAW OF THE PLANETS, SUN, MOON, AND SIGNS.” By L. Chadwick, 27 Pine Street, Chicago, Ill. 110 pages; price, $1.00.
This work is in line with many others of the present day, a recrudescence of paganism under the form of astrology, occult science, etc. The object of this book, and other works also issued by the publishers, is to tell people how to plant, sow, reap, harvest, etc., under the most benign influences of the heavenly bodies. For those who like that sort of thing it is about the sort of thing they would like.
“STORIES OF MARY AS FOUND IN THE ‘GLORIES OF MARY, by St. Alphonsus de Liguori;’ or EVIDENCES OF MARIOLATRY.” By Prof. F. A. Wagner, John F. Rowe, Cincinnati, O. 208 pages; price, 15 cents.
The above is the first number of a new publication, “The Gospel Quarterly.” This book is a presentation of Catholic errors as found by the most reliable Catholic authorities. It makes some telling points.
R. H. WOODWARD COMPANY, Baltimore, Md., announces a new book, “Story of Turkey and Armenia.” This book will contain a full and graphic account of the recent Armenian massacres, which have aroused the civilized world. A number of articles have been written by men of international reputation for this book, and it will be beautifully illustrated with nearly one hundred engravings, and will be sold by subscription.
“A PRINCE OF THE REALM” is a neat little pamphlet of 56 pages, containing “Lessons from the Life of Rev. W. C. Willing, D.D.,” by Mrs. J. Fowler Willing, 463 W. 32d Street, N. Y. Mrs. Willing gives us a very pleasing and on the whole helpful sketch of her deceased husband. The author is a prominent W. C. T. U. worker, and is at the head of the Evangelistic Training School, New York.