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ndatory Note by Rev. PROFESSOR NICOL, D.D., Convener of the Jewish Committee of the Church of Scotland. Crown 8vo, cloth extra 1s 6d THE TRANSFORMATION OF HAWAII: How Fifty Years of Mission Work gave a Christian Nation to the World. Told for Young People. By BELLE M. BRAIN. Crown 8vo, art linen, illustrated 3s 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 Illustrations 3s 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. By S. G. WILSON, M.A., Fifteen Years a Missionary in Persia. Second Edition, demy 8vo, cloth decorated, gilt top, with Map and Illustrations 7s 6d "Mr Wilson writes without national or religious bias. He has not only studied Persia, but has lived for fifteen years in it; and while well acquainted with the literature of his subject, he contents himself with giving, with excellent care and judgment, his own experiences and opinions of a country which, notwithstanding the changes of recent years, continues to be socially, as well as politically, one of the most fascinating in Asia."--_Scotsman._ 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 10s _net_. Vol. II., with 80 do., price 10s _net_. Vol. III., price 10s _net_ "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._
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