The Rev. T. Brown's paper, which rune through both' numbers, on "The Blackboard as a Missionary Agency," is somewhat primitive, like its illustrations. 'H." continues his papers on the New Testament, and the Rev. Jas. Gilmour contributes a very readable article on Vegeta nanism, which has already been read in the Vegetarian, This is in the August number. 2 It has been truly said that the women of China want the attention of missionaries much more than the men; to learn of Christianity is a much more welcome addition to their less existence. The missionaries awaken in them entirely new faculties, for most of them, as the Bible-woman of Swatow said, reason no more than do the cows they fend in the fields, Miss E. M, Fisher's paper in the Septem= ber Recorder on The Enlightenment of our Native Christian Women, How can be accomplished isa most useful one and if the women are not actually converted, they are at least taught to use their minds a little, The Rev. C. F. Hogg gives a table of the Chinese equivalents for foreign religious terms used by the Roman Catholic priests, with explanatory notes.
All will read with interest the Rev. D. 'Y|L. Gifford's bright! written memoirs of Dr. Heron and the Rev. J. H. Davies, of Corea. There are the usual notes, correspondence, &e., in both minibers, and the high character of the Recorder continues to be well sustained, The Messenger. Shanghai, August and September, 1390, Printed by the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese.
The Rev, Webster's pers on "Christian Missions in Manchuria" are well worth reading, for it is remarkable how much has been done in that province with comparatively small means. All aries will be interested in Mr. Wrig account of a native Christian Conference. Mr. Archibald's pamphlet on Dr. Wright need not be farther alluded to, as we may hope that the controversy is now at rest. Dr. Faber's papers on the Famous Women of China are rather spun out, and the readers of the Messen er could probably realise "of what kind the entertaining literature of the Chinese is", without having two stories from Mr. Giles' translation reprinted bodily, and being then told that Christians are to be earnestly warned against reading them. There is a long In Memoriam account of the late Miss Fanny Boyd in the September number, and extracts from a readable diary of a journey from Hankow to Honan. The pleasantest thing in the number is Mrs. aluirhosd's little sermon, "On which side is the key @utports.
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