LITERARY NOTICES | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 18, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 16.

LITERARY NOTICES.

CHEERFUL TO-DAYS AND TRUSTFUL TO-MORROWS. By Margaret E. Sangster. Illustrated. 319 pages. Cloth. Eaton & Mains, New York.

The book is a plea to the child of God to trust the All-Father implicitly, under all circumstances. "There is always blue sky somewhere, and all things are always working together for good to those who love God. The peace that passeth all understanding shall keep us, as the sentry keeps the camp, if we but trust and obey." Thirty-two helpful chapters, told in simple, cheerful, sympathetic words.

ARCHIBALD MALMAISON. By Julian Hawthorne. Second edition, with chapter of "After Thoughts" by the author. Illustrated by Freeland A. Carter. 12mo, cloth, 265 pages. Price, $1.25. Published by Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York and London.

IMPERIALISM.—A pamphlet of seventy-eight pages, by Charles W. Sarchett, Algon, Iowa. The author is opposed to imperialism in all its forms, and sees cause for alarm in the trend of affairs in this country. The past history of nations and men is freely drawn upon in exposing various evils inwrought in our educational, social, mercantile, financial, and political systems, and the attempt is made to show that history is repeating itself for the worse in this once "land of the free." While the author feels the situation keenly, unfortunately his ideas are not expressed in the clearest or most readable manner. Conway & Shaw, Des Moines, publishers.

THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM, a study of the Twentieth Century Crisis in World-power. By D. H. Woodard. A well-written tract of fifty pages,—No. 3, Vol. 4, of The Safeguard and Armory Library, issued quarterly by the Safeguard Publishing Co., Portland, Me. Price, 25 cents per year. This number, 8 cents. The writer gives a brief but comprehensive view of Russia’s history, her growth, religion, and ambitions. From these he forecasts a future for her, suggesting that her aim is nothing less than world dominion. By the side of the historical phase he places prophecies of Daniel, Revelation, and Ezekiel, and while we are sure he errs in the application of certain symbols, notably the prophecy of the two-horned beast of Revelation 13, yet the outcome of the whole situation is the battle of Armageddon not far distant, and the coming of Christ to set up a kingdom of peace and righteousness that shall know no end.

THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY REGISTER for 1899-1900. An exhaustive catalog, giving detailed information concerning the university, its teachers, and studies pursued. From it we learn that Cornell shows the largest registration ever reached in its history, the total to date being 2,240. Forty-four States and fourteen foreign countries are represented in its students. 444 pages. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

THE SHORTER LIFE OF D. L. MOODY. Vol. 1—his life. By Paul Dwight Moody and Arthur Percy Fitt. Colportage Library edition. Vol. 5, No. 83, February, 1900. Paper. Price, 15 cents. Annual subscription to library, $1.20. Chicago, The Bible Institute Colportage Association. This first volume deals only with the main outlines and turning-points of the life of the great evangelist, and with matters of a strictly personal nature.