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Report on Public Baths and Public Comfort Stations. By the Mayor's Committee, WM. H. TOLMAN, PH.D., Secretary. New York City, 1897.

THIS is an admirable account of provision made for health, con- venience, and comfort in the principal cities of the world, and an argument for the introduction and extension of bath-houses, lavatories, and public-comfort stations in American cities. There are many illustrations, a full index, and a complete bibliography. The report is indispensable for those who are working for public health and morality in towns.

C. R. HENDERSON.

Christian Life in Germany as seen in tJte State and Church. By EDWARD F. WILLIAMS, D.D. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1896. Pp. 313.. $1.50.

THIS volume is a noteworthy contribution to the study of the social work of the protestant (Evangelical) church in the German Empire. Those who desire to study the Inner Mission movement will find here a very good abstract of Schafer and of Lie. Weber, two excellent authorities. The author has himself studied the life and institutions of Germany in his visits among the people. The book is written from the standpoint of an "orthodox" man who is in mani- fest sympathy with the evangelistic work of Pastor Stoecker ; but the treatment is broad and fair to all parties.

C. R. HENDERSON.