Two little books, helpful to all persons and bearing comfort for stricken hearts, and for those weary with the burdens of life, are to be found in “Meditations on Life, Death and Eternity.”[H] They are like friends to whom one would turn for companionship. The books were translated and compiled from the larger work of a distinguished German writer, and were arranged in their present form at the request of Queen Victoria, who prizes them very highly, as the original was a great favorite of the Prince Consort.
That Mr. Barnes fully accomplished what he set out to do when he produced the “Hand-Book of Bible Biography,”[I] a brief examination of the work will satisfy any one. His aim was to produce a book that would be complete as to names, that should contain all the facts, and that should be within the means of all Bible students. Each biography is a story complete in itself, with many illustrations and maps.
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[C] In the Lena Delta. A narrative of the search for Lieutenant Commander De Long and his companions. Followed by an account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole. By George W. Melville. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1885.
[D] Paradise Found. The Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole. By William F. Warren, S. T. D., LL D. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1885.
[E] Personal Traits of British Authors. By Edward T. Mason. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1885.
[F] Custom and Myth. By Andrew Lang, M.A. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1885.
[G] The Cathedral Churches of England and Wales. Cassell & Company. New York: 1884. Price, $5.00.
[H] Meditations on Life, Death and Eternity. By Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokkè. Translated by Frederika Rowan. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe.
[I] Hand-Book of Bible Biography. By the Rev. C. R. Barnes, A.B. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. Price, $2.25.