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story of the methods and institutions which he has established. While expert opinion on this side of the Atlantic is divided in respect to his emigration policy and some of the schemes for raising money, there are many of his measures which reveal a singular genius for social invention and inspiration of sen-ice.

C. R. HENDERSON.

Predigt-Probleme. By PROFESSOR DR. O. BAUMGARTEN.

Tubingen and Leipzig: J. C. B. Mohr, 1904. Pp. 149. In the modern spirit the author discusses methods of evangeliza- tion, topical sermons, Bible lessons, tedious and interesting sermons, biblical ideas and Christian experience, the modern consciousness, the enduring element in the festivals of the church. He urges the cultivation of spiritual energy, intelligence, imagination, determina- tion, positive faith with open-mindedness, intense piety. It is a serious appeal for the union of learning, practical purpose, and piety in the effort to win back the indifferent.

C. R. HENDERSON.

La reglementation du travail. By A. BECHAUX. Paris:

Lecoffre, 1904. Pp. 203.

M. Bechaux has written a large number of compact works on social questions, in which he has shown signal ability to select the essential points of the matter and present them tersely and vividly. He writes from a conservative point of view, opposed to socialism and critical to trades unions. In the volume under review he sketches the modern development of " factory laws," the attempts to secure international co-operation, and the socialistic efforts to pro- mote state monopolies.

C. R. HENDERSON.

Children's Courts in the United States: Reports Prepared for the International Prison Commission. By SAMUEL J. BARROWS, Commissioner for the United States. Washington : Govern- ment Printing Office, 1904.

Dr. Barrows has brought together and wisely interpreted the best collection of material we have on the most remarkable child-saving movement of the century. Judges Tuthill, Hurley, Murphy, Meyer, Wilkin, Lindsey, Stubbs, and other pioneers describe and explain