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“There was room for a good book on the Religions of India, and the task of writing it could not have fallen into more competent hands than those of the veteran missionary Dr Murray Mitchell, who only a few months ago died in his ninetieth year, after a brilliant record of life-long experience of mission work in India.”—Aberdeen Daily Journal.

MOSAICS FROM INDIA: Talks about India, its Peoples, Religions, and Customs. ByMargaret B. Denning. Large crown 8vo, art cloth decorated, with 28 illustrations6s

“Of thrilling interest.”—Spectator.“One of the most readable and instructive volumes on India it has ever been our privilege to read.”—Aberdeen Journal.

“Of thrilling interest.”—Spectator.

“One of the most readable and instructive volumes on India it has ever been our privilege to read.”—Aberdeen Journal.

VILLAGE WORK IN INDIA. Pen Pictures from a Missionary’s Experience. ByNorman Russell, of the Canada Presbyterian Church, Central India. Crown 8vo, art cloth, with 8 full-page Illustrations3s 6d

“This book is literature. There is a noble work to describe, and it is described nobly.”—Expository Times.

FROM ZOROASTER TO CHRIST: An Autobiographical Sketch of the Rev.Dhanjibhai Nauroji, the first modern Convert to Christianity from the Zoroastrian Religion, With Introduction by the Rev.D. Mackichan, D.D., LL.D., Missionary of the United Free Church of Scotland, Bombay. With Portrait and other Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra2s

“It has a charm of its own, and wins the reader to an affectionate regard for this pure and saintly servant of Christ. Dr Mackichan has written a fitting Introduction and a tender Epilogue. It is in many ways a unique book, and should be in every missionary library and read in every missionary household.”—U.F. Church Monthly.

THE EDUCATION OF THE WOMEN OF INDIA. ByM. G. Cowan, M.A. (Girton.) Cloth, with twelve Illustrations3s 6dnet

“Miss Cowan presents us with the useful results of a great deal of intelligent study of the problem, and of the factors which go to the solution.”—The Times.

THE WRONGS OF INDIAN WOMANHOOD. By MrsMarcus B. Fuller, Bombay. With an Introduction byRamabai. Large crown 8vo, canvas binding, with numerous Illustrations5s

“Turns a searching light upon the sorrows of Indian women and the customs to which they are at present bound to submit. An impressive study, written with commendable moderation.”—Bookman.

CHILDREN OF INDIA. ByJanet Harvey Kelman. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth extra1s 6dnet

MEN OF MIGHT IN INDIA MISSIONS. The Leaders and their Epochs, 1706-1899. ByHelen H. Holcomb. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with 16 full-page Illustrations6s

“This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book of 350 pages deals with the rise and progress of the kingdom of Jesus Christ in India.... The story of missionary progress is traced from 1706 to 1899. The romance of missions is once more charmingly illustrated in this ably-written and most attractive volume.”—Illustrated Missionary News.

THE COBRA’S DEN, and other Stories of Missionary Work among the Telugus of India. By Rev.Jacob Chamberlain, Author of “In the Tiger Jungle.” Crown 8vo, ornamental cloth binding, fully illustrated3s 6d

“Interest in the narrative of missionary work, life, and incident is maintained throughout by a charming felicity of diction, and the plea for increased missionary effort is both able and convincing.”—Daily Record.

IN THE TIGER JUNGLE, and other Stories of Missionary Work among the Telugus of India. By the Rev.Jacob Chamberlain, M.D., D.D. Large post 8vo, antique laid paper, cloth extra. With Portrait and seven Illustrations3s 6d

“There is a romance about many of these stories which will appeal particularly to young people: but the missionary aspect is never lost sight of, and the volume is well calculated to win many new friends, and perhaps volunteers, for the foreign field. The illustrations are good.”—Record.

HINDUISM AND CHRISTIANITY. ByJohn Robson, D.D., Author of “The Holy Spirit, the Paraclete,” etc. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth extra3s 6dnet

THE MOSLEM CHRIST. An Essay on the Life, Character, and Teachings of Jesus Christ according to the Koran and Orthodox Tradition. BySamuel M. Zwemer, D.D., F.R.G.S., Author of “The Moslem Doctrine of God.” Cloth, with Illustrations and Facsimiles3s 6dnet

SOO THAH. A Tale of the Making of the Karen Nation. ByOlonzo Bunker, D.D., Thirty Years a Missionary in Burmah. With an Introduction byHenry C. Mabie, D.D. Crown 8vo, illustrated3s 6d

SirWilliam Muir, Edinburgh, in a letter to the author, says:—“I have read your ‘Soo Thah’ with the greatest pleasure and profit; more so, I might say, than that of any other book after our Scriptures.”

FIRE AND SWORD IN SHANSI. Being the Story of the Massacre of Foreigners and Chinese Christians. ByE. H. Edwards, M.B., C.M., over Twenty Years a Medical Missionary in China. With an Introduction by DrAlexander MacLaren, Manchester. Large crown 8vo, with upwards of forty Illustrations, Maps, etc., handsomely bound. Cheap Edition2s 6dnet

“Inspiring in the revelation it gives of a heroism and self-sacrifice that may well stand comparison with what we read in the case of the early martyrs.”—Glasgow Herald.

MISSIONARY METHODS IN MANCHURIA. By the Rev.John Ross, D.D., Missionary of the United Free Church of Scotland, Moukden. New Edition, with additional chapter. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations and Plans3s 6d

“Dr Ross writes a quiet, methodical, business-like, instructive style, and is manifestly a thinker.”—British Weekly.“A contribution towards a study, systematic and comparative, of missionary methods.”—Preston Guardian.

“Dr Ross writes a quiet, methodical, business-like, instructive style, and is manifestly a thinker.”—British Weekly.

“A contribution towards a study, systematic and comparative, of missionary methods.”—Preston Guardian.

CHILDREN OF CHINA. ByC. Campbell Brown, Author of “China in Legend and Story.” (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth extra1s 6dnet

A MISSION IN CHINA. ByW. E. Soothill, Translator of the Wenchow New Testament; Author of “The Student’s Pocket Dictionary”; Compiler of the Wenchow Romanised System, etc. Large crown 8vo, with numerous Illustrations, and in artistic binding5snet

CHINA IN LEGEND AND STORY. ByC. Campbell Brown, formerly Davis Scholar of Chinese at the University of Oxford, and for ten years resident in China. Large crown 8vo, illustrated, cloth, with Unique Native Design3s 6dnet

“Ten years’ residence in China, close contact with the inhabitants, and an attentive ear for native stories and traditions have furnished the material and inspiration for Mr Brown’s volume of sketches.... On their narrative side alone, and with their strong human interest and colour, the stories should commend themselves.”—Scotsman.

CHINA’S ONLY HOPE. An Appeal by her greatest Viceroy, Chang Chih Tung, Viceroy of Liang Hu, with Indorsement by the present Emperor. Translated by the Rev.S. I. Woodbridge. Introduction by the Rev.Griffith John, D.D. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Portrait of the Author3s 6d

“One of the most remarkable, if not the most remarkable, hook written by a Chinese for several centuries.”—London and China Telegraph.

CHINA IN CONVULSION; The Origin; The Outbreak; The Climax; The Aftermath. A Survey of the Cause and Events of the Recent Uprising. ByArthur H. Smith, Author of “Chinese Characteristics,” “Village Life in China,” etc. In 2 volumes, demy 8vo, cloth extra, with numerous Illustrations, Maps, and Charts21s

“The fullest and fairest statement of the causes of the outbreak which has yet been made.”—MrsIsabella L. Bishopin theDaily Chronicle.

CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. ByArthur H. Smith, Twenty-seven Years a Missionary of the American Board in China. New and Enlarged Edition, with numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, art linen7s 6d

“A very striking book. One of the best modern studies of that remarkable people.”—Sydney Morning Herald.

METHODS OF MISSION WORK AMONG MOSLEMS. With an Introduction byE. M. Wherry, D.D. Being those papers read at the First Missionary Conference on behalf of the Mohammedan World held at Cairo, April 4th-9th, 1906. Cloth4snet

MISSION PROBLEMS AND MISSION METHODS IN SOUTH CHINA. By DrJ. Campbell Gibsonof Swatow. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Coloured Map Diagrams, and sixteen full-page Illustrations. Second Edition6s

“Teeming with valuable testimony as to the characteristics of the people among whom his life work has been carried on; containing a well of information as to the methods by which he and his fellow-workers are introducing the Christian religion into China; adding to this an abundance of broad-minded criticism of, and intelligent comment upon, the missionary and his work—the series of lectures gathered together in ‘Mission Problems and Mission Methods in South China’ are so good, that I take great pleasure in recommending the book, to all who are interested in the subject of foreign missions or the broader subject of the Far East.”—Daily News.

VILLAGE LIFE IN CHINA. A Study in Sociology. ByArthur H. Smith, D.D., Author of “Chinese Characteristics.” Demy 8vo, art linen, with numerous Illustrations. Fourth Edition7s 6d

THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS. A new translation byWilliam Edward Soothill, Principal of the Imperial University, Shansi; Compiler of the “Student’s Pocket Dictionary,” Translator of the “Wenchow New Testament,” and Author of “A Mission in China,” etc. Large crown 8vo, cloth15snet

The Discourses, commonly known as the Analects, contain the sayings of the Sage as recorded by his disciples. The Analects holds a somewhat similar relation to the Confucian Classics that the synoptic books of the New Testament hold to the whole Bible, and, like the Gospels, is the most popular book of the Canon.

THE ORIGINAL RELIGION OF CHINA. ByJohn Ross, D.D., Author of “Mission Methods in Manchuria.” With Diagrams from Original Plans, and other Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra5snet

A satisfactory account of the Earliest Religion of China can be found nowhere at present except in a voluminous work by de Groot. Students of Comparative Religion will undoubtedly be grateful for the publication of this exceedingly valuable book, and there are missionaries and many others who will find it very serviceable.

THE MARVELLOUS STORY OF THE REVIVAL IN MANCHURIA. Transcribed byJohn Ross, D.D., from the letters of the Rev.James Webster. With Portraits6dnet

THE LORE OF CATHAY; or, the Intellect of China. In five parts, Arts and Science, Literature, Philosophy and Religion, Education, History. By the Rev.W. A. P. Martin, D.D., LL.D., Author of “A Cycle of Cathay,” etc.10s 6d

“‘The time,’ writes Dr Martin, ‘is not, I trust, far distant when the language of China will find a place in all our principal seats of learning, and when her classic writers will be known and appreciated. Nothing should tend more to hasten the advent of that time than the broad sympathy, informed with knowledge, which enables writers like Dr Martin to show how much of human interest attaches to “The Lore of Cathay.”’”—The Times.

EAST OF THE BARRIER; or, Side Lights on the Manchuria Mission. By the Rev.J. Miller Graham, Missionary of the United Free Church of Scotland, Moukden, Manchuria. Crown 8vo, with Illustrations and Map3s 6d

“A book which takes rank among the most interesting, practical, and well-informed books of missionary travel which has appeared of late years. A series of excellent photographs gives additional charm to a book which holds the interest from the first page to the last.”—Sunday School Chronicle.

THE HEATHEN HEART: An Account of the Reception of the Gospel among the Chinese of Formosa. ByCampbell N. Moody, M.A. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations3s 6dnet

“The most illuminating book on missions I have ever read.”—Rev.W. M. Clow.

THE SAINTS OF FORMOSA: Life and Worship in a Chinese Church. ByCampbell N. Moody, M.A., Author of “The Heathen Heart.” Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with ten Illustrations3s 6dnet

“A charming book.... When Mr Moody tells us of the missionary side of his experience he is not less interesting than when he speaks of more general subjects.”—The Spectator.

FROM FAR FORMOSA: The Island, its People and Missions. ByGeorge Leslie Mackay, D.D. New and Cheaper Edition, large crown 8vo, art canvas binding. With four Maps and sixteen Illustrations5s

“One of the most interesting books on missions we have ever come across.”—Glasgow Herald.

CHILDREN OF WILD AUSTRALIA. ByHerbert Pitts. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth1s 6dnet

CHILDREN OF BORNEO. ByEdwin H. Gomes, M.A. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth1s 6dnet

CHILDREN OF JAMAICA. By MrsIsabel C. M’Lean. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth extra1s 6dnet

CHILDREN OF JAPAN. ByJanet Harvey Kelman, Author of “Children of India.” (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth extra1s 6dnet

THE GIST OF JAPAN. The Islands; their People and Missions. By the Rev.R. B. Peery, A.M., Ph.D. Large crown 8vo, art canvas, with eight full-page Illustrations5s

“This is an interesting and honest book, and its statements gain by its extreme candour, as well as palpable sincerity of the writer.”—Standard.

KOREAN SKETCHES. A Missionary’s Observations in the Hermit Nation. By the Rev.James S. Gale. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with eight Illustrations3s 6d

“The author of ‘Korean Sketches’ has gone in and out among the people for nine years. He has done so, moreover, as his book shows, in the kind of temper which qualifies a man to see what is best in a strange and very little understood race.”

IN AFRIC’S FOREST AND JUNGLE. ByR. H. Stone. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, illustrated3s 6d

“A welcome contribution to missionary literature. The illustrations are numerous and good.”—Christian.

DAWN IN THE DARK CONTINENT. ByJames Stewart, M.D., D.D., Lovedale. Demy 8vo, handsome binding, with nine Coloured Maps and Portrait of the Author6snet

“We have no hesitation in saying that Dr Stewart’s book will have permanent value as a standard history of African missions, and its excellent maps by Bartholomew give a praiseworthy completeness to its unity.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

DAYBREAK IN LIVINGSTONIA. The Story of the Livingstonia Mission, British Central Africa. ByJames W. Jack, M.A. Revised, with an Introductory Chapter, by Rev.Robert Laws, M.D., D.D. Large crown 8vo, canvas binding, with Map, a Plan of Livingstonia Institution, and many other Illustrations5s

“We have no hesitation in saying that this is one of the best missionary histories we have ever read.”—Glasgow Herald.

AN AFRICAN GIRL: The Story of Ma Eno. ByBeatrice W. Welsh, Missionary in Old Calabar. With eight full-page Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra1s 6d

“This book is interestingly written, and will, we doubt not, go far to accomplish its object, which is to interest children—and others—in the children of Nigeria.”—The Outposts.

CALABAR AND ITS MISSION. By Rev.Hugh Goldie. New Edition, with Additional Chapters by the Rev.John Taylor Dean. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Map and fourteen new Illustrations5s

“Mr Goldie has an interesting story to tell of the place, of its people, and of the mission work that has been carried on there. It is a story which the opponents of missionary enterprise can hardly get over.”—Spectator.

AMONG THE WILD NGONI. Being Chapters from the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa. ByW. A. Elmslie, M.B., C.M., Medical Missionary. With an Introduction byLord Overtoun. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations and Portraits3s 6d

“In this volume he has at once done a real service to missions, and has made a most valuable and interesting addition to the fast-growing literature of Central Africa.”—The Times.

CHILDREN OF EGYPT. ByL. Crowther, Old Cairo. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth1s 6dnet

THE ANGEL OPPORTUNITY. ByJessie F. Hogg. Author of “The Story of the Calabar Mission.” With Frontispiece from a Pencil Sketch byH. C. Preston MacGoun, R.S.W. Crown 8vo, cloth extra2s 6d

This is the story of a missionary’s family sent home for education, and is full of humorous and pathetic incidents, in the experience of a little girl, in her desire to discover and influence the home heathen among whom she found herself.

DAVID LIVINGSTONE. ByT. Banks MacLachlan. Post 8vo, art canvas1snet

“It has been an unmixed pleasure to read this life of David Livingstone. The book is interesting from first to last, and gives a vivid picture of a rare character.”—Madras Christian College Magazine.

MUNGO PARK. ByT. Banks MacLachlan. Post 8vo, art canvas1snet

“We owe to Mr Maclachlan not only a charming life-story, if at times a pathetic one, but a vivid chapter in the romance of Africa. Geography has no more wonderful tale than that dealing with the unravelling of the mystery of the Niger.”—Leeds Mercury.

CHILDREN OF AFRICA. ByJames B. Baird, Church of Scotland Mission, Blantyre, Author of “Nyono at School and at Home.” (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth extra1s 6dnet

“Boys and girls who read what Mr Baird says will have a vivid picture of African life in their memories, and will see how blessed is the light the Gospel carries to their black sisters and brothers in the Dark Continent.”—Presbyterian Messenger.

AN ARTISAN MISSIONARY ON THE ZAMBESI. Being the Life Story ofWilliam Thomson Waddell. By Rev.John MacConnachie, M.A. Large crown 8vo, illustrated1s 6dnet

“It is a moving account of unselfish heroism for the sake of Christ, and Mr MacConnachie has told it in a way that will impress the reader afresh with the splendid, unassuming courage of their rank and file in Christian missions.”—British Weekly.

ARABIA: The Cradle of Islam. By Rev.S. M. Zwemer, F.R.G.S. Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula; with an account of Islam and Missionary Work. Demy 8vo, canvas binding, with Maps and numerous Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs7s 6d

“The best book on Arabia from every point of view—scientific, literary, and missionary. It is well illustrated, especially by such maps as Ptolemy’s, Niebuhr’s, Palgrave’s and plans of Mecca, Medina, besides maps of Arabia as it now is, and of the islands of Bahrein.”—The Scottish Geographical Magazine.

CHILDREN OF ARABIA. By the Rev.John C. Young, M.A., M.B., C.M.,Sheikh Othman, Aden. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with 8 Coloured Illustrations, cloth extra1s 6dnet

WITH THE TIBETANS IN TENT AND TEMPLE. Narrative of Four Years’ Residence on the Tibetan Border and of a Journey into the Far Interior. BySusie Carson Rijnhart, M.D. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt top, with fourteen Illustrations. Fourth Edition6s

CHILDREN OF PERSIA. By MrsNapier Malcolm. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth1s 6dnet

“A charming book for children. The life and surroundings of child-life in Persia are described with sympathy and insight. The young reader is carried through a very strange world of fascinating interest.”—Missionary Record of the U.F. Church of Scotland.

CONSTANTINOPLE AND ITS PROBLEMS. Its Peoples, Customs, Religions, and Progress. ByHenry Otis Dwight, LL.D. Large crown 8vo, art linen, gilt top, with 12 Illustrations6s

JERUSALEM THE HOLY. A Brief History of Ancient Jerusalem; with an Account of the Modern City and its Conditions, Political, Religious, and Social. ByEdwin Sherman Wallace. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with 15 Illustrations and 4 Maps7s 6d

MISSIONS IN EDEN. By MrsCrosby H. Wheeler. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, illustrated3s 6d

CHILDREN OF LABRADOR. ByMary L. Dwight. (The Children’s Missionary Series.) Large crown 8vo, with eight Coloured Illustrations, cloth1s 6dnet

THE CROSS OF CHRIST IN BOLO LAND. A Record of Missionary Effort in the Philippines. ByJohn Marvin Dean. Crown 8vo, illustrated3s 6d

“This book should be widely read throughout the country. It is worth more than a bale of newspaper print. The author is a competent and credible witness of what he has seen in the Philippines. He has done good service there.”—The Outlook.

WITNESSES FROM ISRAEL. Life Stories of Jewish Converts to Christianity. Edited by Rev.Arnold Frank, Hamburg. Translated from the German by MrsA. Fleming, with Recommendatory Note by Rev.Professor Nicol, D.D., Convener of the Jewish Committee of the Church of Scotland. Crown 8vo, cloth extra1s 6d

THE TRANSFORMATION OF HAWAII: How Fifty Years of Mission Work gave a Christian Nation to the World. Told for Young People. ByBelle M. Brain. Crown 8vo, art linen, illustrated3s 6d

“Much is said against missions, sometimes in ignorance, sometimes from mistaken conviction, and not seldom, it is to be feared, from dislike of Christian morality; but the contrast between the Hawaii which Cook discovered, and still more the Hawaii of forty odd years of relations with white visitors, before the missionaries came, and the Hawaii of 1870, is not lightly to be put aside.”—Spectator.

SIGN OF THE CROSS IN MADAGASCAR. By the Rev.J. J. Kilpin Fletcher. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with numerous Illustrations3s 6d

“To many readers the story of the evangelisation of Madagascar is a new one, but if they will add this charming book to their missionary library, they will then know the wonderful story of the work of God in these islands.”—Illustrated Missionary News.

PERSIAN LIFE AND CUSTOMS. With Scenes and Incidents of Residence and Travel in the Land of the Lion and the Sun. ByS. G. Wilson, M.A., Fifteen Years a Missionary in Persia. Second Edition, demy 8vo, cloth decorated, gilt top, with Map and Illustrations7s 6d

THE NEW ERA IN ASIA. ByGeorge Sherwood Eddy. With Introduction by DrJohn R. Mott. Crown 8vo, cloth3s 6dnet

“Messrs Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier have just published a very stimulating book, entitled ‘The New Era in Asia.’ It shows as in a flash, and with astonishing vividness and colour, the astonishing changes which have of late come over Asia. It is written by a man who knows at first hand all the lands from Constantinople to Peking, and who is specially in touch with its young intellectual life.”—Public Opinion.

CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. A Sociological Study of Foreign Missions. By the Rev.James S. Dennis, D.D., Author of “Foreign Missions after a Century.” In 3 volumes, royal 8vo, cloth extra. Vol. I., with upwards of 100 full-page reproductions of Original Photographs, price 10snet. Vol. II., with 80 do., price 10snet. Vol. III., price 10snet

“Dr Dennis treats the whole subject of ethics and of social order generally with great minuteness and in a most instructive way. He has done an inestimable service to the mission cause in so doing.”—Spectator.

OUTLINE OF A HISTORY OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT TIME. A Contribution to Modern Church History, byG. Warneck, D.D. Translated from the Eighth Edition by arrangement with the Author, and revised byGeorge Robson, D.D. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with Portrait and Maps10s 6d

“It is a noble book, powerfully written, and throbbing with the spirit of zeal and devotion, a book that must be read by all who desire to master the missionary problem, to understand it in the past, and to be prepared for its future evolution and development in the world.”—Methodist Magazine and Review.

A HISTORY OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS IN THE NEAR EAST. ByJulius Richter, D.D., Author of “A History of Protestant Missions in India.” Demy 8vo, cloth extra10s 6d

“This book on Missions in the Near East should be in every missionary library. It is comprehensive, well informed, and fair, and is written with spiritual insight.”—U.F.C. Monthly Record.

THE EXPLORATION OF EGYPT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT. A Summary of Results obtained by Exploration in Egypt up to the Present Time, with a fuller account of those bearing on the Old Testament. ByJ. Garrow Duncan, B.D., Blackie Scholar, 1894-5; Interim-Director of Excavations at Nuffar, 1895-6; Wilson Archæological Fellow (Abdn.), 1905-6; Joint-Author with Dr Flinders Petrie of “Hyksos and Israelite Cities,” 1906. With 100 Illustrations from Photographs. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra5snet

“The volume possesses the necessary combination of fulness of knowledge and untechnicality necessary to give it a large circulation.”—Expository Times.

FOREIGN MISSIONS AFTER A CENTURY. By Rev.James S. Dennis, D.D., of the American Presbyterian Mission, Beirut, Syria, with Introduction by ProfessorT. M. Lindsay, D.D., Convener of the Foreign Missions Committee of the Free Church of Scotland. Extra crown 8vo, cloth5s

“Dr Dennis gives us a clear, impartial survey of the present aspect of Foreign Missions all over the world. Many important points are dealt with, and the reader will find himself correctly informed on many subjects concerning which he may have been in doubt. Dr Dennis writes as one who has seen and therefore knows, and, as we read, we feel that we are in the regions of plain facts, free from any of the romance which want of knowledge sometimes causes.”—China’s Millions.

THE RESURRECTION GOSPEL: A Study of Christ’s Great Commission. ByJohn Robson, D.D. Large crown 8vo, cloth5snet

“While the Great Commission is commanding a constantly increasing share of the Church’s thought and activity, I have felt that there is still the want of a connected study of all the records of it contained in the Gospels and Acts, and unless these be studied together its full scope and completeness cannot be realised.”—From the Preface.

THE LIVING FORCES OF THE GOSPEL. Experiences of a Missionary in Animistic Heathendom. ByJoh. Warneck, Lic. Theol., Superintendent of Missions. Authorised Translation from the Third German Edition by the Rev.Neil Buchanan. Demy 8vo, cloth extra5snet

THE APPEAL OF MEDICAL MISSIONS. ByR. Fletcher Moorshead, M.B., F.R.C.S., Secretary to the Medical Auxiliary of the Baptist Missionary Society and Baptist Zenana Mission. Cloth2s 6dnet

MEDICAL MISSIONS: Their Place and Power. By the lateJohn Lowe, F.R.C.S.E., Secretary of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society. With introduction by SirWilliam Muir, K.C.S.I., LL.D., D.C.L. Fifth Edition, with Portraits. Crown 8vo, cloth extra2s 6d

CHRISTIANITY AND THE PROGRESS OF MAN: As Illustrated by Modern Missions. ByW. Douglas Mackenzie, M.A. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra3s 6d

THE BIBLE A MISSIONARY BOOK. By Rev.R. F. Horton, D.D. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. Cheap Edition1snet

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MISSIONARY STUDENTS. Compiled for the Board of Study for Preparation of Missionaries. Containing Lists of Books suitable for Missionary Students on all subjects pertaining to their study, such as Religions, Missions, Geography, Languages, Phonetics, etc. Paper covers, 1snet; cloth 1s 6dnet

MISSIONARY COLLEGE HYMNS. Being Hymns Oriental, Missionary, and Devotional, sung in the Women’s Missionary College, Edinburgh. Compiled and Arranged byAnnie S. Small. Cloth4s 6dnet

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