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I i WATTS’S LITERARY GUIDE: B E I N G A M O N T H L Y R E C O R D O F L I B E R A L A N D A D V A N C E D P U B L I C A T I O N S . No. 96.] NOVEMBER 15, 1893. [P rice One I’ ennv. N E W P U B L I C A T I O N S . Messrs. Watts & Co. have just issued “ The Liberty Annual for 18 9 4 ” (6d.), under the editorship of Mr. W. S. Crawshay. The opening paper is by Mrs. Josephine Butler, on “ The True Conservatism and the True Liberty;” Mr. Donisthorpe follows with “ A Practical Step towards a Free MintMr. O. E. Wesslau contributes an article on a cognate subject, “ Bank Reform or Chaos?” Mr. Arthur Lynch offers “ A Criticism of Socialism Mr. F. W. Read, with considerable historical acumen, furnishes a resume of “ The Statute of Labourers and the Eight Hours’ B i l l ; ” Mr. J . Greevz Fisher formulates an indictment in relation to “ Commercial Reform and the Post Office Monopoly while Mr. M. D. O’Brien concludes the symposium with an extraordinary poem, entitled “ Towards Empire.” T he second volume of the selected works of Professor Huxley is published, under the title of “ Darwinian»” (5s.). We strongly recommend this series to the attention of our readers. T he L ib e r ty R eview is to be issued as a weekly journal, commencing on Saturday, December 2nd. Under the editorship of Mr. Frederick Millar, who has secured a formidable list of contributors, the venture promises to be a brilliant success. It will be published by Messrs. Watts & Co., and the price will be twopence. Mr. R ichard Galliknne, who took a prominent part in the D a i ly Chronicle correspondence on “ Is Christianity a Failure?” has published a statement of his views, under the title of “ The Religion of a Literary M an” (3s- 6d-) Dr. H utchison Stirling is writing a work on “ Darwinism,” the first part of which— “ The Workmen ”—will consist of character-sketches of the three Darwins, grandfather, father, and son; while the second will lie an examination of the theory of natural selection, under the title of “ The Work.” T he Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, M.A., has, in “ The Development of Theology” (is.), sketched the progress of liberal theology from Blake to Shelley, showing how the poets have helped to break down harsh dogmas and spread a more ennobling religion. T he Rev. John Owen, whose work on “ The Sceptics of the Italian Renaissance ” was favourably reviewed in these columns at the time of publication, has issued a companion volume on “ The Sceptics of the French Renaissance ” (10s. 6d.). Mrs. Annie Besant’s “ Autobiography ” ( i 6s.) is to be issued by Mr. Fisher Unwin early in the autumn. The book will lie of interest as a study in psychology. Messrs. Williams & Norgate have published a newwork by Mr. J . H. King, on “ Man an Organic Community.” Mr. King, it will be recollected, is the author of “ The Supernatural,” which was noticed at length in the L it e ra ry Guide by Mr. Charles Watts. T he history of the South Place Society, in London, which has been such a powerful factor in the promotion of Rationalist thought, and which this year reaches its centenary, has been written by Mr. Moncure D. Conway, and will he published by Messrs. Williams & Norgate. The volume will contain some original letters relating to the early life of Robert Browning, and other literary friends of William Johnson Fox, M.P., who was for thirty-five years minister of the Society. Mr. Leslie Stephen is writing the monograph on the late Miss Constance Naden for “ The Dictionary of National Biography.” In Messrs. Williams & Norgate’s “ Library of Translations of Foreign Theological Works” the following are in hand, and will appear shortly:— “ The History of Dogma,” by Adolf Harnack, Professor of Church History at the University of Berlin, with a preface by the author specially written for this edition ; “ The Time of the Apostles,” by Professor Ilausrath, of Heidelberg, being a continuation of his “ Times of Jesus,” with a preface by Mrs. Humphrey Ward; “ A History of the Hebrews to the Time of Jeremiah,” by Professor R. Kittel, of Breslau. This series will be under the general editorship of Professors Cheyne (of Oxford) and Bruce (of Glasgow). Mr. G. W. F oote is engaged on a new edition of his “ Heroes and Martyrs of Freethought.” O U R L I B R A R Y S H E L V E S . A stone of polished red granite, surmounting a grave in the Jewish cemetery at Alexandria, is inscribed to the memory of Emanuel Deutsch. Born in Prussia, domiciled in England, employed for eighteen years in the British Museum, a deep student of Sanskrit, Aramaic, Phoenician, and other oriental tongues, combining great learning with choice gifts of exposition,— he was a type of enthusiastic and high-minded scholarship. Stricken by a fatal cancer, he left England a few months before his death to seek warmth and mental recreation in Egypt. He sailed up the Nile to I.uxor, returned ill and weary to Cairo, and thence to Alexandria, where he died in May, 1873. The valuable essays he contributed to various publications were collected in a posthumous volume of “ LITERARY REMAINS ” (John Murray ; 18 7 4 ; 465 p p . ; published at 12s.). The

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WATTS’S LITERARY GUIDE: B E I N G A M O N T H L Y R E C O R D O F L I B E R A L A N D A D V A N C E D P U B L I C A T I O N S .

No. 96.]

NOVEMBER 15, 1893.

[P rice One I’ ennv.

N E W P U B L I C A T I O N S .

Messrs. Watts & Co. have just issued “ The Liberty Annual for 18 9 4 ” (6d.), under the editorship of Mr. W. S. Crawshay. The opening paper is by Mrs. Josephine Butler, on “ The True Conservatism and the True Liberty;” Mr. Donisthorpe follows with “ A Practical Step towards a Free MintMr. O. E. Wesslau contributes an article on a cognate subject, “ Bank Reform or Chaos?” Mr. Arthur Lynch offers “ A Criticism of Socialism Mr. F. W. Read, with considerable historical acumen, furnishes a resume of “ The Statute of Labourers and the Eight Hours’ B i l l ; ” Mr. J . Greevz Fisher formulates an indictment in relation to “ Commercial Reform and the Post Office Monopoly while Mr. M. D. O’Brien concludes the symposium with an extraordinary poem, entitled “ Towards Empire.”

T he second volume of the selected works of Professor Huxley is published, under the title of “ Darwinian»” (5s.). We strongly recommend this series to the attention of our readers.

T he L ib e r ty R eview is to be issued as a weekly journal, commencing on Saturday, December 2nd. Under the editorship of Mr. Frederick Millar, who has secured a formidable list of contributors, the venture promises to be a brilliant success. It will be published by Messrs. Watts & Co., and the price will be twopence.

Mr. R ichard Galliknne, who took a prominent part in the D a i ly Chronicle correspondence on “ Is Christianity a Failure?” has published a statement of his views, under the title of “ The Religion of a Literary M an” (3s- 6d-)

Dr. H utchison Stirling is writing a work on “ Darwinism,” the first part of which— “ The Workmen ”—will consist of character-sketches of the three Darwins, grandfather, father, and son; while the second will lie an examination of the theory of natural selection, under the title of “ The Work.”

T he Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, M.A., has, in “ The Development of Theology” (is.), sketched the progress of liberal theology from Blake to Shelley, showing how the poets have helped to break down harsh dogmas and spread a more ennobling religion.

T he Rev. John Owen, whose work on “ The Sceptics of the Italian Renaissance ” was favourably reviewed in these columns at the time of publication, has issued a companion volume on “ The Sceptics of the French Renaissance ” (10s. 6d.).

Mrs. Annie Besant’s “ Autobiography ” ( i 6s.) is to be issued by Mr. Fisher Unwin early in the autumn. The book will lie of interest as a study in psychology.

Messrs. Williams & Norgate have published a newwork by Mr. J . H. King, on “ Man an Organic Community.” Mr. King, it will be recollected, is the author of “ The Supernatural,” which was noticed at length in the L it e ra ry Guide by Mr. Charles Watts.

T he history of the South Place Society, in London, which has been such a powerful factor in the promotion of Rationalist thought, and which this year reaches its centenary, has been written by Mr. Moncure D. Conway, and will he published by Messrs. Williams & Norgate. The volume will contain some original letters relating to the early life of Robert Browning, and other literary friends of William Johnson Fox, M.P., who was for thirty-five years minister of the Society.

Mr. Leslie Stephen is writing the monograph on the late Miss Constance Naden for “ The Dictionary of National Biography.”

In Messrs. Williams & Norgate’s “ Library of Translations of Foreign Theological Works” the following are in hand, and will appear shortly:— “ The History of Dogma,” by Adolf Harnack, Professor of Church History at the University of Berlin, with a preface by the author specially written for this edition ; “ The Time of the Apostles,” by Professor Ilausrath, of Heidelberg, being a continuation of his “ Times of Jesus,” with a preface by Mrs. Humphrey Ward; “ A History of the Hebrews to the Time of Jeremiah,” by Professor R. Kittel, of Breslau. This series will be under the general editorship of Professors Cheyne (of Oxford) and Bruce (of Glasgow).

Mr. G. W. F oote is engaged on a new edition of his “ Heroes and Martyrs of Freethought.”

O U R L I B R A R Y S H E L V E S .

A stone of polished red granite, surmounting a grave in the Jewish cemetery at Alexandria, is inscribed to the memory of Emanuel Deutsch. Born in Prussia, domiciled in England, employed for eighteen years in the British Museum, a deep student of Sanskrit, Aramaic, Phoenician, and other oriental tongues, combining great learning with choice gifts of exposition,— he was a type of enthusiastic and high-minded scholarship. Stricken by a fatal cancer, he left England a few months before his death to seek warmth and mental recreation in Egypt. He sailed up the Nile to I.uxor, returned ill and weary to Cairo, and thence to Alexandria, where he died in May, 1873. The valuable essays he contributed to various publications were collected in a posthumous volume of

“ LITERARY REMAINS ”

(John Murray ; 18 7 4 ; 465 p p . ; published at 12s.). The

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