. Review of reviews and world's work. rver, Dr. John Ban-croft Devins, recently made a tour of the Philippines togood purpose. His book, An Observer in the Philip-pines (American Tract Society), summarizes what helearned about socialconditions in the is-lands, giving manyvivid pen pictures oflife among the na-tives and the Ameri-can residents. Theviews of this Protes-tant clergyman con-cerning the influenceof the friars naturallyconflict, to a certainextent, with the opin-ions formed by Amer-ican Catholics. Yetthese views are tem-perately expressed,and Catholics gener-ally will not be dis-pose
. Review of reviews and world's work. rver, Dr. John Ban-croft Devins, recently made a tour of the Philippines togood purpose. His book, An Observer in the Philip-pines (American Tract Society), summarizes what helearned about socialconditions in the is-lands, giving manyvivid pen pictures oflife among the na-tives and the Ameri-can residents. Theviews of this Protes-tant clergyman con-cerning the influenceof the friars naturallyconflict, to a certainextent, with the opin-ions formed by Amer-ican Catholics. Yetthese views are tem-perately expressed,and Catholics gener-ally will not be dis-posed to quarrel withDr. Devins statementof the facts as he sees them. While not committing himself to an unreservedacceptance of everything contained in the book. Secre-tary Taft gives the work, as a whole, his cordial ap-proval, and expresses the hope that it may have a widecirculation. A popular, low-priced edition of Sir Horace Plun-ketts now famous book, Ireland in the New Century,has been issued by John Murray (London) and imported. DR. JOHN BANCROFT DEVINS.
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