LITERARY NOTICES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 11, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 31.

LITERARY NOTICES.

By Editor

WE have received from Lucas, Richardson & Co., Charleston, S. C., a pamphlet on "Sunday Observance and Sunday Desecration, Their Effects on National Character, Happiness, and Progress." The substance of this is placed in the form of letters to Bishop Potter, of New York, and Rev. C. B. Wilmer, of Lynchburg, Va., and Colonel R. G. Ingersoll. We will notice this more fully in the future.

Popular Astronomy for June contains, among other interesting papers, the following: Shooting Stars, How to Observe Them, What They Teach Us (illustrated), by W. T. Denning; Professor Barnard's Work at the Lick Observatory, by S. W. Burnham; Testing Optical Glass for the Quality of Its Annealing, by John A. Brashear; Constellation Study (continued), by Winslow Upton, the last article in the series. The editor, Mr. Payne, has an illustrated article on the Pleiades. The Department of Practical Suggestions and General Notes is as full as usual. This is the best magazine for amateurs and students published. The annual subscription price is $2.50. Address, Northfield, Minn.

Astronomy and Astro-Physics is another magazine of interest in a more advanced line, by the same publishers, the price of which is $4.00 per year.

We have received from the publishers, 48 Paternoster Row, London, E. C., the nineteenth annual report for the year 1893 of the "Mission to Lepers in India and the East." It is a most interesting little document, giving quite a full report of the noble efforts that have been put forth by self-sacrificing ones in behalf of this unfortunate class. We may quote from it some time in the future. It shows favorable results among the lepers, 150 being baptized the last year.

The Pacific Health Journal, bound volume for 1893. This is the eighth year of the publication of this valuable Journal, the price of which bound is $1.50. The Journal itself is but $1.00 a year, and a cursory glance at the index of the volume would prove to anyone who is interested in matters of health that it is many times worth the price. There are thousands who pay from $5.00 to $500 a year in doctors' bills which might just as well be saved, or used in other ways more advantageously, simply by taking a good health journal and following its advice. We do not know of any at the same price that will give better information than the Pacific Health Journal, published at Oakland, Cal. Its editor and chief contributors are experienced physicians, in constant practice.

We have received a copy of the Healdsburg Enterprise, published at Healdsburg, Sonoma County, dated May 26, 1894. This number is devoted to a description of the county and its various enterprising villages, its soil and productions, statistics concerning its real estate, its educational, agricultural, mineral, and climatic advantages. An excellent description is given of the city of Healdsburg, two columns being devoted to the Seventh-day Adventist College. Two fine cuts are given of the South College Hall and the Students' Home.

The following tracts have been received from the International Tract Society, 59 Paternoster Row, London, E. C.: "As Free as a Bird," showing the liberty wherewith Jesus Christ makes us free; "The Literal Week," a tract of eight pages, showing how the week originated at creation was literal as declared in God's word. It shows that the only true way to understand science is by the word of God, and not the word of God through science. "Justice and Mercy" is a 16-page tract, showing God's wonderful mercy to the sinner, his love in giving men their own choice, and the fate of the wicked, which they themselves choose. "The Sin of Witchcraft" is an excellent tract of 32 pages, showing that Modern Spiritualism is identical with ancient sorcery, and giving us the only true antidote, God's word, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. These tracts are all excellent, and should receive a wide circulation. It would add to their value, it seems to us, if the prices were printed on them. Those who desire them may obtain them by addressing the International Tract Society, 59 Paternoster Row, London, E. C., England.