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observers who have resided in the district, we have not merely a reve- lation of local conditions, but of world-wide tendencies. The maps are beautifully drawn and the materials carefully selected. The descrip- tive pages present the facts with most intelligent interpretation. Ele- ments of population, conditions of public health, economic status, political activities, criminal tendencies, amusements, church work, educational agencies, charities, philanthropies, and organization of self- help are all admirably treated. The volume should be placed by the side of the "Hull-House Maps and Papers" on the shelves of every student of social life in America.

C. R. Henderson.

The Ne^o in America. By T. J. Morgan, D.D., LL.D. Ameri- can Baptist Publication Society. Pp. 203, i2mo. gi.

The eight papers collected in this little book are the deposit of long matured and careful thinking, after varied and extended personal contact with many aspects of the conditions discussed. We may ques- tion the author's perspective sometimes, as, for instance, the implica- tions from the absence of an academy equal to Worcester Academy for black pupils. Does the South possess an academy equal to Wor- cester Academy for white pupils ? On the whole, however, the book is candid, moderate, kindly, serious, and stimulating. It deserves respectful attention both north and south.

A. W. S.