XXII RELIGIOUS BOOKS ON MURRAY HILL EVEN in a month which has been note worthy for unusual religious news, the visit to this country of Professor James Moffatt has been an event. His new translation of the Old Testament has received a well deserved publicity through the religious and secular press. Many were anticipating seeing and hearing the man. We have the habit in this country of thinking that all liberals must be fighting liberals. They must be "agin" something. They like to startle that is a part of their stock in trade. So, many had thought of this He hasn't hesitated to use the best of scientific research in his books. Many of his words and phrases in his new translation are revolutionary. man. What a surprise it must have been to many to listen to and meet this quiet, modest scholar with his courtesy of conduct and simplicity of speech. The Scotch make fine preachers for this day. They have the faculty of considering and absorbing all the benefit of higher criticism and research without sacrificing the fine ballast of piety and consecration. Liberal perhaps; but Christian leaders of the sanest type. Yes, undoubtedly, yes. And this describes Dr. Moffatt as he appeared to his friends in America. Many of our religious leaders from abroad are well known in New York but Dr. Moffatt is welcomed to all parts of the country. Just at present he is lecturing in Texas. He writes from there that he is having a wonderful time, though he fears for his modesty and digestion. Among things carefully preserved in this office is an envelope which will show how well known his Bible translation is. It is addressed, Publishers of the New Testament, Dr. Moffatt. Uncle Sam was well enough informed to send this where it belonged, to 244 Madison Avenue. Criticisms of Dr. Moffatt's Old Testament are many and varied. Most of them have to do with individual words which he has used which do not appeal to the taste of the reader. One woman, whose name is Jemima, protests because he has changed that name in the passage in Job to Ringdove. But on the whole scholars are agreed that it has been a mighty big task well done. Mrs. Mary M. Russell, who, by the way, is at present Chief Executive of the Camp Fire Girls of Los Angeles, recently told us of the beginnings of her work in religious dramatics. It was while she was director of young peoples' work in a church in Boston. The pastor was perplexed with mid-week service problem. In order to encourage the young people to attend he suggested that she plan to put on a short Biblical drama. Imagine the surprise of the pastor and herself on that Wednesday evening to find several hundred people crowding into the room where formerly there were but a few dozen. All of Mrs. Russell's books are the result of actual productions. She believes that each drama should be very successfully produced under normal conditions before it is published. Dan Poling's entrance into the field of fiction is watched with considerable interest. All of his other books have been of sermons or church methods. We rather think that he is enjoying the experience of reading the reviews of his first novel. "Our budding young novelist" was the way that he was introduced at a gathering a few nights ago. Mr. Basil Matthews, secretary of the Boys' Department, World Y. M. C. A., has been among the recent callers at Murray Hill. He is the author of a number of books on the Doran lists and will soon have another one on the life of Christ. This is Mr. Matthews' first visit to America. He was bound for Estes Park, Colorado, where he will participate in a conference of Boys' Work Secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. WILLIAM H. LEACH. 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He now lives in Flushing, New York, and has just retired as president of the Authors' League of America. He contributes short stories to "The Delineator", "The Woman's Home Companion", and "The Saturday Evening Post". REFERENCE: The Best Short Stories of 1923. IRVIN S. COBB Old Judge Priest. DORAN. 1916. Sundry Accounts. DORAN. 1922. Mr. Cobb is a humorist of distinction, who needs no biography attached to his name. Everyone knows that he was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and that after he received his formal education he became a newspaper man in fact he may be said to have been a newspaper man from boyhood on. He has been on the Paducah "Daily News", the Louisville "Evening Post", the Paducah "News-Democrat", the New York "Evening Sun", the New York "Evening World" and "Sunday World". He represented "The Saturday Evening Post" as war correspondent in Europe. Mr. Cobb is married and lives in Please mention THE BOOKMAN in writing to advertisers THE BOOKMAN ADVERTISER Ossining, New York. 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