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Dawson, author of "The Autobiography of a Mind", has written a life of Christ in terms of the modern mind. It is not a theological study, but "a portrait drawn from the Scriptures, and enriched by the Author's travels in the Holy Land. It will thrill the man secure in his belief, and is a direct offering to the spiritually hungry." The book is brilliantly written, but most human in its spirit of understanding, and sympathetic in its grasp and interpretation. It can hardly fail to fascinate its readers. fail to fascinate its readers. Naturally there will be those to differ with it, but there will be more to be greatly helped by it. The book is fully illustrated with reproductions from the masters, the originals of which hang in Dr. Dawson's own library. There are thirty chapters in the four hundred and fifty pages of this "vivid portrait of the Savior". Rarely does the reviewer choose to crib the publisher's jacket comment as a matter of pride, and there is seldom the slant which conveys the reviewer's impression - but "Next Year in Jerusalem" (Boni, Liveright) proves the exception. The book was written by Jerome and Jean Tharaud, translated by Madeleine Boyd. The jacket reads: "This book begins with three impressions of current religious beliefs in Jerusalem. The first is that of orthodox Catholics around the tomb of Jesus; the second is the Jews around the foundations and 'wall' of Solomon's Temple; and the third is around the Mosque of Omar. In contrast to the 'wall' and its immense connotations, there is given in the last chapter a clear study of a settlement of returned Jews. The Zionist Jews are modern and sceptical and look toward a future of culture and light as against tradition and ritual. The book is not against Zionism, but questions the wisdom of attempting to realize that idea in this day. The book is done with sympathy and beauty, and it is difficult to describe in a short paragraph the importance and consequence of this book to the Jewish world. It is not propaganda or a tract, it is a book of rare beauty, understanding and interpretation." XXVIII THE BOOKMAN ADVERTISER A very readable book is "From Over the Border" (Missionary Education Movement). It is a study of the Mexicans in the United XXIX Some of the Most Important States by Vernon Monroe McCombs, super-RECENT BOOKS intendent of the Latin American Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church with head quarters in Los Angeles. For the past fourteen years he has been supervising the work of his church in the southwest among im migrant Mexicans and other immigrants. He has traveled in Mexico and is especially qualified to interpret those who have come to us "from over the border". In his foreword the author states that in writing this book he had two main purposes: "To put Evolution and Redemp into Home Missions the thrill of the great adventure such as is rightly felt in the realm of foreign missions. These strangers within our gates are an unexplored field awaiting the Columbus who will 'Sail on, and on' . . . to the New World of helping these less fortunate neighbors to help themselves. Second, to stimulate new friends to define action. The startling facts of this Home Missionary book will scarcely be credited by the reader . . . but the half has not yet been told, either of conditions, or of results obtained." It is a simply written treatise and for that very rea The Paths That Lead to WILBUR FISk tillett, Vanderbilt University. son it carries its stirring story with much Scientific Christian appeal. Thinking Here is indeed a religious book by title, subject, and in Christian spirit. 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