right life--truly Christian, that is, in spirit--(for Mr.
Frothingham would probably spurn the name) no faith of any sort is
necessary. In the sermon--not the first in order--which gives the
volume its name, we remark a strange perversion or misconception of the
chiefest Christian virtue. Mr. Frothingham writes in a kindly, generous
spirit which excludes scorn; but he approaches scorn in his remarks
upon charity, at which he almost scoffs. He says of it: "Charity is not
equivalent to brotherhood; it is not synonymous with brotherhood, or
even with appreciation. Charity can be unjust: it is unjust in its
pity. Pity, indeed, is its essence." Were this a true definition of
charity, Mr. Frothingham might be justified in the tone he takes toward
it. But the very spirit of charity is at war not only with injustice,
but with arrogance, and with phariseeism of all kinds. Its very essence
is the assumption of good motives, even on the part of those who differ
radically from us in conduct and belief. It is the great moral
equalizer of the world. We are surprised that a thinker of Mr.
Frothingham's clearness and subtlety of mind should have so failed in
appreciating a quality which does not inculcate, but which _is_ love
and respect for others.

[10] "_The Spirit of the New Faith._ A Series of Sermons." By
OCTAVIUS BROOKS FROTHINGHAM. 16mo, pp. 272. New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons.

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Few persons are aware of the vast and varied range of duties which are
connected with what is called, "for short," a geological and
geographical survey of the Territories.[11] The second edition of the
catalogue of publications made in connection with the survey, of which
Dr. F. V. Hayden is director, enumerates forty-one publications issued
within ten years, among which are annual reports of the work done since
1867, bulletins, the issue of which began in 1874, and important
monographs on ancient and modern fauna and flora of the region
examined. Dr. Hayden's own geological work is necessarily limited by
his heavy duties as director of the whole survey, but his long study of
the West gives him unusual qualifications for assembling and discussing
the work of others. He has a minute description with map of the Upper
Arkansas valley and its glaciation, and of the old lake system of the
West. During the early portion of the Tertiary the whole country, "from
the Arctic circle to the Ist