The American Japanese Problem
By Sidney L. Gulick.
Illustrated. $1.75 net; postage extra.
The writer believes that “The Yellow Peril may be transformed into golden advantage for us, even as the White Peril in the Orient is bringing unexpected benefits to those lands.” The statement of this idea forms a part of a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the entire subject as set forth in the title. The author has had a lifetime of intimacy with both nations, and is trusted and consulted by the governments of each.
The Influence of the Bible upon Civilisation
By Ernest Von Dobschutz, Professor of the New Testament at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, and now lecturing at Harvard as exchange professor of the year
$1.25 net; postage extra.
This is an attempt to answer by the historical method the great question of the day: “How can Christianity and civilisation advance in harmony?” The writer simply follows the traces of the Bible through the different periods of Christian history—a task which, singularly enough, has hardly ever before even been attempted, and never before successfully or even thoroughly done.
Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions
By Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Semitic Languages in the University of Pennsylvania