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The laws, rules, and chances are then dealt with in an exhaustive manner, and practical suggestions on drawing, coming in, betting and bluffing are profuse. There is a chapter on luck and superstition, in which the author shows the logic of some persons' luck and others' ill-luck. That luck and ill-luck tend to equalize, he says, is true, but it may take a very long time for the equalization.

At the end there is a complete glossary of the technical

terms.

The Eternal Life. By Hugo Münsterberg. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $0.85 net.

This essay is written in the form of an address from one friend to another who is supposed to be sitting with him before an open fire. Professor Münsterberg deals with the subject psychologically, and while the work will appeal particularly to students of philosophy, it will be found of interest to general readers. Professor Münsterberg believes in this world there is an eternal present-no past, no future. Our being is eternally a part of the universe, so we are immortal in our essence, but not individually. He explains what he means by values, and says it is in the attainment of these that we shall live forever.

An American Abelard and Heloise. By Mary Ives Todd. The Grafton Press.

Except for the style, which is good, this book is of little value as a literary production. It is an essay in the guise of a novel, and as a novel is most unsatisfactory.

As the exponent of a new religion, which we hope the author doesn't think it is—but fear she does it speaks of things almost old enough to be forgotten, and disproves religious tenets that Darwin and his followers have put in the class of things to be studied, not believed.

As the advocate of woman's equality with man, the book becomes worthy of consideration. The author does not seem to fully grasp the fact that woman, although she ought to be equal with man, cannot help but be different. We believe in women's equality with man. But we do not believe in woman's intrusion upon man, her absorption in man. Woman's sphere is different and should remain so. She should insist on equality,

she should be granted equality. But for her labors and her usefulness and her dominion she should remain in her own. sphere. Who would seek to make a woman into a man? Not we. Mary Ives Todd, perhaps.

Among the books received the past month are ten volumes of the revised edition of Rolfe's Shakespeare (American Book Co.). This series is intended for use in the class-room, but is quite as well adapted for the use of the general reader. The changes from the well-known first edition are in the revision of notes, substitution of comment by the editor for quotations from other critics, and some excision and substitution. The volumes are of handy size for the pocket and are illustrated.

We are also in receipt of three volumes of the Gateway Series, which is under the editorship of Henry Van Dyke. These are primarily intended for use as text-books.

In addition to the above we wish to acknowledge the receipt of the following, some of which will be reviewed in subsequent issues:

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EDITOR'S TABLE.

The Saint was leaning against the window-seat looking out into the twilight. He turned half way about and nodded gravely as I closed the door, and then resting his chin in his hands gazed again through the open window. I moved quietly to the other end of the window-seat and looked out across the court. Figures were moving about, indistinct in the dusk, and the sound of voices and footfalls mingled with the irregular noises of the street. A burst of laughter rose from a group about the sun-dial, and further along someone shouted up to a lighted window, "Oh Jim, come on down!" The dusk deepened into dark. After a time, a quartette singing "Jerusalem Morning" passed slowly up the street. "Well, good Lord, I'll be ready when the great day comes :"-the words died away and for a moment there was silence.

The Saint turned at last. "These are the goodliest days of the year,” he mused, and I assented, for I thought so too.

S. M. H.

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