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From Bishop Beckwith, of Georgia. "Since you sent me the copy of Dr. Geikie's 'Life and Words of Christ,' I have been so little at home, that it has been impossible for me to give it the careful examination which it deserves. Still, I have read it sufficiently to satisfy me of its great value, and that you are to be congratulated for giving to the American public a work of such interest.

"As a book of history, giving a clear statement of the condition of the world prior to and at the time of our Lord's coming, it furnishes an admirable commentary upon St. Paul's declaration in Galatians, that, when the fulness of the time had come, God sent forth his Son,' etc.

"Interwoven with our Lord's life, is the history of the Jews, their customs as a religious people, and their national and domestic life. The book, therefore, is of value, not merely to the theological student or the student of history, but the family. It furnishes information which every one should possess, and which thoughtful people will be glad to gain from so agreeable a teacher. I have not been able to examine the book with reference to the author's views upon the great doctrinal questions which divide Christendom sufficiently to form a judgment as to those views; his comment upon one or two doctrinal passages, I have read, and I am led to believe and hope that he has been too wise to write in the interest of any party. If I am correct in this, it, of course, adds much to the value of what Dr. Geikie has done. Hoping that your enterprise may be crowned with success, believe me, most respectfully,

"JOHN W. BECKWITH, Bishop of Georgia." From Dr. John Hall.

"In these volumes (Life and Words of Christ') the resources of Christian literature are not disregarded; but the results reached, and not the processes, lie on the surface.

"Assuming that Andrews, Ellicott, Neander, Langé, and others of the same class, provide for the minute and curious inquirer, the author has aimed at producing a book of continuous, easy narrative, in which the reader may, as far as possible, see the Saviour of men live and move, and may hear the

words he utters with the most vivid attainable idea of his circumstances and surroundings. The result is a work to which all Christian hearts will respond, and which will render to its readers increasingly real the wonderful works and the gracious words of the Man Christ Jesus.'

"The value of the work is enhanced to scholars by a body of 'notes,' so placed as not to distract the attention of the general reader; and a good index facilitates reference. One must regard such issues of the American press with profound satisfaction. JOHN HALL, D.D.,

"Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church."

From Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island. "Dr. Geikie has performed his task-the most difficult in biographical literature-with great ability. His pages evince abundant and accurate learning, and, what is of even more consequence, a simple and cordial faith in the Gospel narratives, which, while enabling him to profit by the best results of modern criticism, shields him from the temptation to tone down or dilute the supernatural and divine features of the character and ministry of Christ.

"The work is noteworthy for certain special merits when compared with any previous treatment of the same theme. Its style is fresh, animated, and vigorous. Its arrangement of the subject-matter is such as to present the parts of that wonderful life of the Son of God in their due co-ordination and interdependence, thereby producing on the reader's mind the impression of a continuous organic, divinely-ordered whole from the beginning to the end.

"Dr. Geikie's Life and Words of Christ' cannot fail to win the approval and admiration of an intelligent Christian public. The more widely it shall circulate, the more it will be regarded as a most valuable addition to a branch of sacred literature which ought, in every age, to absorb the best fruits of sacred scholarship, and to command the highest gifts of human genius.

"A. N. LITTLEJOHN, D.D.,
"Bishop of Long Island."

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HURD & HOUGHTON have just ready the promised volume of discourses on home and its relations, a subject always full of interest, by Dr. Charles H. Hall, of Brooklyn, a vigorous and incisive thinker. The title of the book is" The Church of the Household."

"THE Birth of Jesus," by Rev. H. A. Miles, just ready at Lockwood, Brooks & Co.'s, would be a good holiday gift to a rationalist. It is heterodox, but entirely reverent; thoughtful, suggestive, and very well worth reading by any one who is not afraid to see what can be said on the other side.

HARPER & BROTHERS, by vigorous enterprise, have succeeded in pushing through a second and larger edition of Prime's "Pottery and Porcelain" in time for holiday trade. The immediate success of this book, exhausting the first edition at once, is the more remarkable in view of the large number of publications this season, on this or similar subjects.

DODD, MEAD & Co. have had remarkable success with their Lubke's "History of Art," of which the second volume is now ready, just in the nick of time. The edition is almost entirely exhausted by wholesale orders, and those who have occasion to order copies must do so in a hurry. The second volume is much larger than the first, and contains special chapters and many plates found in neither the German nor English editions.

THE last two publications of G. P. Putnam's Sons, for the year 1877, will be the third volume of their "Select British Essayists;" comprising "The Tatler," Guardian," and "Freeholder," and Mr. Frothingham's "Life of. Gerrit Smith." This last possesses special interest as the biography of a man of exceptional originality of character, and-of an active philanthropic life, and also as throwing light on the history of the anti-slavery movement. It con-. tains some valuable correspondence of the antislavery leaders, including some previously unpublished letters of Charles Sumner. A fine portrait of Gerrit Smith has been engraved for the book by Bannister, and it contains also some further illustrations on wood.

THE most important work on Ireland and its interests issued in many years, "Sullivan's New Ireland," is just published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., to meet the demand, in a new and cheap edition, price $1. It throws a great deal of light on Fenianism, and on that Irish party in Parliament to which Mr. Sullivan belongs, and is therefore of great value to all. intelligent Irishmen, and not less so to the many Americans who have sympathized with the Irish in their struggle with the English rule. "The Ladye Chase," is the title of alittle volume by Bishop A. C. Coxe, author of Thoughts on the Service," Impressions of England," etc., now republished as entirely revised by the author.

LEE & SHEPARD have now ready the longannounced book, "The Simple Truth," by Rev. Robert Collyer, intended primarily, as a gift by a clergyman to the happy couples he marries, to help them keep happy and grow happier. Everybody who knows Mr. Collyer will readily imagine how hearty, manly, and helpful a book it must be. They also have ready"Princess Eve," said to be an engaging story, translated from the German of Clementine Helm by Rosa Sachs, and equipped with good illustrations; and the speech that Senator Sumner prepared describing his Personal Relations with the President and Secretary of State," a speech which he never delivered, and which may very properly be printed now, when, as his friends believe, he is very unjustly criticised and purposely misrepresented.

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J. R. OSGOOD & Co. publish this week C. and Michael-Angelo," of which we spoke last C. Perkins' admirable volume on "Raphael week; a duodecimo edition of "Child-Life in Pictures," twenty-four Heliotype engravings of Pictures by Reynolds, Greuze, Eddis, Landseer, and others; Col. Waring's travel sketches in eastern France, "The Bride of the Rhine; or, Two Hundred Miles in a Row Boat on the Moselle," charming in description and beautiful with abundant pictures; 44 Manners and Customs of Ye Harvard Student," a series of cartoons by Francis Gilbert Attwood, representing, with some caricature and a deal of underlying truth, the less studious and quiet life and habits of some of the blithe young men at Cambridge-not a coarse book, but a humorous. and enjoyable one; and, as the new volume ... the English and Foreign Philosophical Library "Outlines of the History of Religion to the Supremacy of the Universal Religions," thoughtful and important work by Prof. C. P. Tiele, of Holland, translated by J. Estlin Carpenter.

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