LITERARY NOTICES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 20, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 16.

LITERARY NOTICES.

By Editor

"Daily Help" is a little book published by R. H. Woodard & Co., 220 and 222 North Charles Street, Md. Price, 75 cents. It is a compilation of sermonettes for every day in the year, from the writings of Spurgeon. It contains many rich little gems of thought which the earnest digger after truth will find stored in the mines of God's word. Bound in neat muslin.

"Little Comrade Mine," a little octavo book by Martha Burr Banks, author of "Princess Dandelion's Secret" (D. D. Merrill Co., 44 and 45 Bible House, New York). Price, $1.00. A bright little story with a good moral of making life happy by infusing itself into someone else's life. Daintily bound in white muslin, illustrated cover, and nicely printed.

A literary curiosity which we have received from Prof. A. P. Stout, of Los Angeles, Cal., is "The Life of Christ, chronologically arranged in one sentence of 500 words." We have not had time to thoroughly examine it, but on a casual examination we would say that, apart from the unique way in which it is presented, it would be valuable as a ready reference. We would like to suggest to the author that if in his reprints there could be references inserted in brackets after each event or number of the sentence, in finer type, the little leaflet would be simply an invaluable index. Price, 15 cents single copy.

We received some time ago two tracts published by the Arnold Publishing Association; the first is a paper on "Rome's Avowed Purpose to Control the State and Her Success in Great Cities," by Rev. I. J. Lansing, M.A.; the second, "Church and State, their True Relations," by the above author, and also "The Pope as Spiritual and Moral Head of the World," by Charles J. Little, LL.D. Both of these are published under the general head of "National Danger in Romanism." The first contains warnings based on facts which should be considered by every American citizen, but when the second states that we need apprehend no danger from the Protestant churches of this country, we respectfully demur. There is at present as much danger from Protestant churches as from the Roman. Many Protestants seem to fear Rome, while they are drunken by the wine of her fornication, received from so-called Protestantism.

Worthington's Magazine for February opens with a decidedly interesting paper by J. A. MacKnight, entitled "Brigham Young: A Fair Sketch by One Who Knew Him." When a boy Mr. MacKnight, as a relative of the so-called "prophet," was a member of Brigham Young's household, though not a favored one, as he was not considered a tractable young "saint." In view of Utah's struggle for statehood, and the general amnesty just granted to Mormons by President Harrison, this article possesses a timely interest; and the numerous beautiful illustrations, reproduced from photographs, admirably supplement the text. Other interesting articles follow, among which may be mentioned Mrs. Livermore's "Old Virginny—Fifty Years Ago," "The Story of the Tile Fish," and others. The illustrations are good, and the departments well filled. $2.50 a year, 25 cents a number, A. D. Worthington & Co., Hartford, Conn., or of book sellers.