THE BOOK OF JOB: ESSAYS. AND A METRICAL PARAPHRASE. By BOBSITE W. BAYmOND, Ph. D. With an Inbtductory the Rev. Conant, D. D. 19mo. - Cloth, $1.26. The book is in iambic tetrameter rhyming verse with three-lined ftanzse. Of course it does not follow the original word for word, though it keeps remarkably close to the literal translation; and where it departs from the literal it often brings out the meaning of the origi- nal more clearly than a word-for-word rendering can do. But as a re- production of the spirit and tone of the original, as a translation- a carrying over-into English, not otlts words and phrases, but of the poem as a whole, the writer has done with his paraphrase what it woald be perhaps Impossible to do in a literal translation. Regarded merely as an attempt to create on the mind of the English reader some- thing of the impression which the Hebrew poem made on the minds of those to whom it was first rehearsed Mr. Raymond's paraphrase is perhaps the best EHglish translation of Job that has yet been made. The rendering is printed in parallel columns with Conant's trans- lation, and is accompanied with copious introduction and notes."- . 7. Independent. THE COMPREHENSIVE CAristian Unity and the Protestant Ecclesiastical Episcopal CHURCH; Union By thb Right Rev. THOMAS H. VAIL, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Kansas. limo. - Cloth, $1.25. As far as it goes it is the best book of the kind we have ever seen, and it goes far enough, considering the object which the author had in view.. It le just the thing to put into the hands of those who are igno- rant concerning the principles and customs.of the Church. A general and hearty welcome, we are sure, awaits lt."-N. Churchman. "An able and excellent teacher of the true position of the Church." -N. Y. 4pwaopal ReitEr. "Bishop Vail presents his views with an impressive sincerity, which will not only commend the volume to those who share his be- lief, but also to all thoughtful readers."-Providence Journal. D. APPLETON & CO., PULm sN, 549 & 51 BnoAnwAT, N. T. Church.