These two volumes contain the biography of one of the most remarkable Englishmen of our time. John Lawrence exemplified the highest and most characteristic qualities and virtues of an Anglo-Saxon, and his life is the history, more or less complete, of British rule in India during the most memorable period since Englishmen first gained a footing there. Lawrence’s career is first traced, from the time when he went out as a young student for the Indian service, through the rapid steps that brought him into positions of authority and showed his extraordinary tact and firmness in dealing with the native population, up to the time when his position as the master of Indian administration was recognized in his appointment to the Lieutenant Governorship of the Punjab. But it is of course in the period of the mutiny that Lawrence, as the “Savior of the Punjab,” reaches his full development, and it would not be easy to exaggerate the power of this part of Mr. Bosworth Smith’s narrative in awakening enthusiasm for his subject. But it will be found that Mr. Smith has given the work even greater claims to attention, by making of it one of those great biographies which form, perhaps, one of the most interesting groups in literature—the few books in which a vigorous individuality is brought out with perfect success.

These recollections, written down by his successor and life-long friend, and covering the whole course of Stanley’s life, make up so fine and sympathetic a picture of the man, that even if a more ambitious biography appears later, these reminiscences will be preferred to it by many. The accounts of Stanley’s life at Rugby and Oxford, and of his early manhood, have a special attraction. The whole memoir, while by no means effusive, communicates to the reader much of the feeling with which Dean Beadley writes of an intimate friendship “of more than forty years.”

“No book of greater importance in the realm of theological philosophy has appeared during the past twenty years than Paul Janet’s ‘Final Causes.’ The central idea of the work is one which the whole course of scientific discussion has made the burning question of the day, viz., that final causes are not inconsistent with physical causation. Janet does not contend against evolution in Nature; but only against the atheistic interpretation of evolution, which denies the presence in it or operation behind it of intelligent and definitive finality.”—The Independent.

This volume is the account of a journey in the track of the Israelites along the Red Sea, among the peaks of Sinai, through the Desert of the Wandering, and up to the Promised Land.

From Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D.: “I was so interested in its perusal that it was with difficulty that I could persuade myself to lay it down. I find it more interesting than a novel, and full, besides, of valuable information, sound reflection, and clear thinking. The descriptions enable one to see for himself the objects on which the writer looked. The style is clearness itself. One never feels at a loss to know the meaning, and is never tempted to read a section over again to be sure that he has quite understood it; but is borne along with a delightful sense of enjoyment. Without the jolting and fatigue of riding on a camel’s back, one has all the pleasure of an excursion through those scenes which must be forever sacred to the lovers of the Word of God. Nor must I forget to add that every now and then a delightful humor bubbles up in these pages, which adds immensely to the charm of a very charming book.”

“The historical studies which have elevated this author’s works to the highest position have made him familiar with those beliefs which once directed the world’s thought; and he has done literature no better service than in this little volume.... The book is, then, to be accepted as a sketch, and as the most trustworthy sketch in our language, of the religions discussed.”—N. Y. Christian Advocate.

“‘An Honorable Surrender’ is a healthful, breezy, American romance, not abounding in incidents or dramatic situations, but clever and readable on every page. For the writer knows human nature well, and looks on the sunny side of it; while her literary style is pure, graceful, and polished. It is some time since we have read so bright a little novel.”—Phila. Bulletin.

Mr. Gilder’s book is an account of the voyage of the Rodgers, her discoveries and destruction; with the thrilling personal narrative of his own solitary and perilous journey through the Siberian wastes. The whole story of the Jeannette is given from its papers and the accounts of survivors. It will be seen that the volume possesses an extraordinary interest.

“The present book is only one of the series of treatises which Dorner has written; but it contains most of the distinctive views by which he is best known. It is an attempt in plain words to bring the doctrine of Christian eschatology into harmony with the best knowledge and the best thought of the age.... It brings theology into harmony with man’s deepest longings, and bathes its rugged logical corners with the melting tenderness of Divine love.”—N. Y. Tribune.

“Upon opening this fine volume one perceives instantly that he has before him a piece of literary work done in that spirit of literary conscientiousness of which we have been speaking. But while he finds this conviction justified as he reads on, he finds also another thing true, and that is, that the poem is written from the heart, a genuine effusion of love for the memory of a great man.”—Chicago Standard.