"They [the sermons] are pervaded by an intensely earnest spirit, full of Christ and his salvation, and suited to be useful. The author's style and method of treatment are oratorical, and we find many vigorous and eloquent passages."--_Lutheran Quarterly._ "The diction is always magnificent, always elegant, and the thought never fails of clearness."--_The Living Church._ "They are true and brave and zealous presentations of questions of practical moment; and their perusal will give new strength and a new inspiration to every honest reader."--_Syracuse Daily Journal._ "They are distinguished by remarkable intellectual force, point and brilliancy of statement, short, vigorous sentences, and a desire to benefit his fellows by teaching them the truth."--_The Keystone._ +_EVANGEL._+ Sermons for Parochial Missions. By the Rev. Joseph Cross, D.D., LL.D. 1 vol. 303 pp. 12mo, cloth. $1.50. "Not for a long time have we pored over pages glowing with so much gospel power and spiritual radiance."--_Michigan Christian Advocate._ "This volume of sermons is one of the very best we have recently met with for the lay reader or for family reading."--_Church Guardian._ "They appeal more to the feelings than do the ordinary sermons of church pastors; but preaching of this kind is needed. The idea that all sermons must follow a fixed model, either in style and arrangement or in length, tends to a lifeless formalism. Dr. Cross has an original way, and is very strong in his presentation of truth."--_The Churchman._ "Many books of sermons which are regarded as models have in them much less of thought and gospel truth."--_American Literary Churchman._ "They unfold and enforce wisely and winningly the fundamental truths of the gospel, and are direct and impressive in style."--_The Congregationalist._ "There is in them just what is indispensable to success on such occasions,--the flowing earnestness of a spirit that burns with the love and glory of the message it has to deliver."--_The Living Church._ _+EDENS OF ITALY.+_ By the Rev. Joseph Cross, D.D., LL.D. With more than one hundred illustrations, map, and index. 1 vol. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. $5.00. "He writes without exaggeration, and with a strong sense of enjoyment in a land that constantly surprises him by its varied beauty.... The work takes the reader along by its clearness, and there is no better test of a descriptive book."--_Cincinnati Commercial._ "The book is one of the most attractive among those intended for holiday gifts."--_New-York Tribune._