Mr. Clarke's book, if read with these considerations in mind, shows the agencies that are at work in this country and that will (as we confidently hope) result in a new phase of religious life. Among the chapters of the book we note the following titles: "The way we helped our minister to write good sermons"; "Aim of Life"; "Temptation of Jesus"; "The Miracles"; "The Sermon on the Mount"; and others. The spirit in which the book is written is not exactly rationalistic, yet it shows in every line a strong monistic bias. For instance, the usual definition of miracles as a suspension of the laws of nature is discarded; and yet it would be erroneous to suppose that the style of the book is marked by a radical tendency. Not at all. Every faithful Christian can read it line for line without feeling the least offence. But it is plain that herein lies the author's force. The book is popular, but behind its popularity, unusual depth of thought is noticeable. In a similar way St. Paul gave milk to his followers because they were babes in Christ, and could not bear heavier food. Mr. Clarke's book is written especially for babes in Christ, yet every one who has given any serious thought to the religious problem will appreciate at once the difficulty and the importance of such an undertaking. κρς. PERIODICALS. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. September, 1890. Vol. III. No. 3. CONTENTS: ON THE BRAIN OF LAURA BRIDGMAN. By _H. H. Donaldson_. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF REFLEX ACTION (II). By _C. F. Hodge_. ON A CURIOUS VISUAL PHENOMENON. By _Joseph Le Conte_. A COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR THE PENDULUM CHRONOSCOPE. By _William Noyes_. PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERATURE. The Nervous System—by _H. H. Donaldson_; Experimental Psychology; Criminology—by _Arthur MacDonald_; Psychiatry—by _William Noyes_; Miscellaneous.