RELIGION. Abbott, Lyman. The theology of an evolutionist. Boston and N. Y., 1897. 16°. 230-Ab21 A companion volume to the Evolution of Christianity and Christianity and social problems. "It endeavors to indicate the direction in which modern thought is looking and ought to look for the interpretation of spiritual life." Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold. Christian institutions. N. Y., 1897. (International theological library; ed. by C. A. Briggs and S. D. F. Salmond.) 8°. 260-AL5 CONTENTS. Organization of the church.-Catholic creeds and the development of doctrine.- Christian worship. Buckley, James Monroe. History of methodism in the sq. 8°. 287-B85 Forlong, James George Roche. Short studies in the science of comparative religions, embracing all the religions of Asia. London, 1897. Maps and illustrations. 8°. 290-F76 Hort, Fenton John Anthony. The Christian ecclesia: a course of lectures on the early history and early conceptions of the ecclesia, and four sermons. London, 1897. 12°. 281-H781 Jevons, Frank Byron. An introduction to the history of religion. London, 1896. 8°. 201-J53 "The work is intended primarily for students who require an introduction to the history of religion, but will also, it is hoped, prove interesting to students of folk-lore and anthropology, and to the wider circle of general readers."— Preface. Renan, Joseph Ernest. Antichrist, including the period from the arrival of Paul in Rome to the end of the Jewish revolution. Tr. and ed. by Joseph H. Allen. Boston, 1897. 8°. 270.1-R2911 This volume is the fourth in a series entitled "Beginnings of Christian history" (Histoire des origines du Christianisme), published at intervals from 1863 to 1882. Sullivan, James S., ed. One hundred years of progress: a graphic, historical, and pictorial account of the catholic church of New England, archdiocese of Boston; embracing portraits and biographical sketches of the bishops, prominent priests, eminent church workers of the past [etc.]. and Portland, 1895. Illustrated. 4°. Boston 282-Su5 Van Dyke, Henry. The first Christmas tree. Illustrated by Howard Pyle. N. Y., 1897. 76 pp. 8°. 244-V281 "Dr. Van Dyke is here in his happiest vein, for his keen feeling for nature and his deep religious sense have combined to render this story, dealing as it does with the transition to Christianity from primitive savagery, vivid and moving in the extreme." Ward, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart (Phelps). The story of Jesus Christ: an interpretation. Boston and N. Y., 1897. Illus232.9-W21 trated. 8°. Zimmern, Alice. Old tales from Greece. N. Y. [London], 1897. Illustrated. (The children's study.) 16°. 292-Z6 "My aim has been to present to youthful readers the gods and heroes who played so large a part in the thoughts and writings of the ancient Greeks."- Introduction. SOCIOLOGY. Asbjoernsen, Peter Chr. Fairy tales from the far North. Tr. from the Norwegian by H. L. Braekstad. N. Y. [London], 1897. 95 illustrations. sq. 8°. j 398-Asi a story of Austin, Oscar Phelps. Uncle Sam's secrets: national affairs for the youth of the nation. N. Y., 1897. Illustrated. (Appletons' home reading books; ed. by W. T. Harris. Division 3, Social science.) 12. j 353-Au7 Clay, Henry. Works, comprising his life, correspondence, and speeches. Ed. by Calvin Colton; with an introduction, by T. B. Reed; and a history of tariff legislation from 1812 to 1896, by William McKinley. N. Y., 1897. 7 v. Portraits and other illustrations. 8°. Vol. 1. Bibliography of Henry Clay.— Biographical. 2. Biographical.- Index to vols. 1-2. 308-C57 3. Biographical.- Correspondence, 1843-51, with collateral letters and notes, ed. by T. B. Stevenson. 4. Private correspondence. 5-6. Speeches. 7. History of tariff legislation, by William McKinley. Clinton, Henry Lauren. Celebrated trials. N. Y. and London, 1897. 9 portraits. 8°. 340.9-C611 Corbin, John. School boy life in England: an American view. N. Y. and London, 1898 [1897]. Illustrated. 12°. CONTENTS. 1 373-C81 English schools.- Winchester.- Eton.- Rugby.Public schools of to-day.— English and American schools. Dole, Charles Fletcher. The coming people. N. Y. [1897]. 16°. 301-D68 CONTENTS. The prophecy.-Certain clear facts.- Heroism; or, the iron in the blood. The divine universe. The point of view.— Short cuts to success. The law of cost.- The problem of the prosperous. The ideal democracy. Possible revolution. The motto of victory.— The happy life. Hutchinson, Henry Neville. 392-H97 Marriage customs in many lands. N. Y. [London], 1897. Illustrated. 8°. "The present writer's object is to present to general readers a careful account of quaint and interesting customs derived from information scattered through innumerable volumes, not to discuss scientific questions connected with the origin of marriage and the human family."— Preface. Kunos, Ignácz. Tr. Turkish fairy tales and folk tales. from the Hungarian version, by R. N. Bain. N. Y. [London, 1896]. Illustrated. 8°. 398-K96 Maitland, Frederic William. Domesday book and beyond: three essays in the early history of England. Cambridge [Eng], 1897. 2 maps. 8°. 333-M28 CONTENTS.- Domesday book.- England before the conquest.— The hide. Means, David MacGregor. Industrial freedom. With an introduction by D. A. Wells. N. Y., 1897. 12°. 331-M46 "The author considers the existing methods of distributing the products of human activity by means of the wages system, and demonstrates that it tends to establish working people in a state of independence rather than subjection."— Introduction. National conference for good city government. Proceedings of the Louisville conference for good city government, and of the third annual meeting of the National municipal league, held May 5, 6, and 7, 1897. [5th conference. [5th conference. Vol. 4.] Phila., 1897. 8°. 352-NzI Seawell, Molly Elliot. Twelve naval captains: being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal. N. Y., 1897. Portraits. 12°. 359-Sei CONTENTS. Paul Jones.- Richard Dale.- Thomas Truxtun.— - Stephen Decatur.Richard Somers.- Isaac Hull. Charles Stewart.- Oliver Hazard Perry. Thomas Macdonough. James Lawrence. Society to encourage studies at home, founded in 1873 by Anna Eliot Ticknor. Cambridge, 1897. 2 plates. 12°. 374-S01 Contains a short account of Miss Ticknor, by Samuel Eliot, the chairman of the society from the beginning; and a sketch of the foundation and character of the society, by Mrs. Louis Agassiz. Spears, John Randolph. History of our navy, from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. N. Y., 1897. 4 v. Illus trations, maps, and diagrams. 8°. 359-Sp3 Thwing, Charles Franklin. The American college in American life. N. Y. and London, 1897. 12°. 378.73-T42 CONTENTS.-Its increasing power.- Certain great results. Its influence over and through individuals. Its influence illustrated in the three oldest colleges. Certain present conditions. Certain adjustments of its ethical and religious forces to its intellectual.Increasing cost of its education.- Certain difficulties. Its power in the future. Verdy du Vernois, Julius Adrian F. W. von. With the royal headquarters, in 1870-71. [Franco-Prussian war.] London, 1897. Portrait and folded map. (Wolseley series, vol. 1; ed. by Walter H. James.) 8°. 355-V58 CONTENTS. The war with the French empire. The struggle with the French republic. "The object of this [the Wolseley] series of books is to place before British officers and others translations of the best foreign military |