p. 176 | LITERARY NOTICES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 16, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 11.

LITERARY NOTICES.

By Editor

From the National Religious Liberty Association we have received No. 1 and No. 2 extra of the Religious Liberty Library, price 50 cents a year. No. 1 is a pamphlet which we have noticed before, and which should be widely circulated, entitled "Due Process of Law and the Divine Right of Dissent," a review of Judge Hammond's decision in the celebrated King case, in which the defendant, R. M. King, was tried for breaking the Sunday law of Tennessee, contrary to the guarantees of the Constitution of that State. Price is not given. No. 2 extra is a 12-page tract (price 2 cents) entitled "Religious Intolerance in the Republic—Christians Persecuting Christians in Tennessee," and is a reprint of an article by Mr. B. O. Flower, the editor of that live magazine, The Arena. The article should be circulated by the thousands. Address 267 West Main Street, Battle Creek, Mich., or 43 Bond Street, New York.

Two volumes come to us from Laird & Lee, 263-265 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, entitled "The Son of Man." It is sad enough to hear the mutterings of the insane, without putting them in print, for these two volumes are but the senseless maunderings of an insane man on the subject of religion, written by one who believes himself to be the Christ. We do not know which is most to be pitied, the poor deranged man who wrote the book, and who threatens to humble in the dust those who despise it, though he leaves no life after this in which to do so great a work, or the publishers who would put such books as these before the public for gain.

"Drummond's Addresses"—"The Greatest Thing in the World, Pax Vobiscum, The Changed Life, 'First!' A Talk with Boys, How to Learn How, What Is a Christian? The Study of the Bible"—in one very neatly bound little volume in white muslin and silver gilt lettering, almost too dainty for everyday handling. R. H. Woodard & Co., Baltimore, Md. Price seventy-five cents. These lectures are some of them excellent, and all contain some good, helpful suggestions, with the exception of the last, "The Study of the Bible," the tendency of which is evil and only evil and annuls some of the good rules found in the forepart of the book. It puts the Bible on the same level as any other religious book or books.

From the University of California—College of Agriculture—comes a "Report of the Viticultural Work during the Seasons 1887-89," prepared under the direction of Prof. E. W. Hilgard. This extended report of nearly 350 pages is part of the report of the regents of the University. From the same source, "Methods of Fermentation and Related Subjects," during the years 1886-87, by Prof. E. W. Hilgard, illustrated by diagrams.

WE wish we had time and space to notice all the fine holiday issues of our contemporaries which have been sent us. The daily Examiner, of San Francisco, surpassed itself, as did also the Tribune, of this city. We think it is better perhaps to say one good word for all, newspapers, household and housekeeper's magazines, and periodicals, and our great monthlies, and the papers for the children.