3. Books on Religion

304 THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY CHECK-LIST OF TITLES ALEXANDER (HENRY) trans., Seven one-act plays by Holberg; with an introduction by *SVEND KRAGH-JACOBSEN (Princeton, Princeton University Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation; Toronto, Saunders, iv, 205 pp., $5.25). BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA, The Manuscript Book of Oliver Goldsmith, author of "The Rising Village"; description and comment by G. COCK.BURN KYTE (Reprint series no. 4; Toronto, the Society, 4 pp., 9 plates). BROWN (E. K. ), Rhythm in the novel (Alexander lectures series; Toronto, University of Toronto Press-Saunders, xvi, 118 pp., $3). COOK (A. L. ) trans., Sonnets of Louise Labe; in English verse (Toronto, University of Toronto Prc$!Saunders , xiv, 49 pp., $2.25). DUTHIE (G. 1.), Elizabethan shorthand and 'the first quarto of King Leor (Oxford, Blackwell; Toronto, Copp Clark, 1949, iv, 82 pp.); ed., King Lear (Oxford, Blackwell, 1949) . FOOD FOR THOUGHT, The arts in Canada; vol. X, no. 8, May, 1950 (Toronto, Canadian Association for Adult Education, 64 pp.) . GOUDGE (T. A.), The thought of C. S. Peirce (Toronto, University of Toronto Press-Saunders, xiv, 360 pp., $5.50). GRANT (DOUGLAS) ed., ,Poems of Alexander Pope (Penguin poets D14; Harmondsworth, Eng., Penguin Books; St. Lambcrt. P.Q., Riverside Books, xxii, 202 pp., 35c.); Memoirs of Mr. Laurence Sterne, The life & opinions of Tristram Shandy, A sentimental journey, Selected sermons and letters (Reynard library; London, Eng., Rupert Hart-Davis, 752 pp., $4.75) . HOARE (JOlIN), The psychology of playwriting (New York, Dramatists Play Service, 1949, xvi, 211 pp., $3). HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Papers presented at the regional conference for central English-speaking Canada, sponsored by the Humanities Research Council of Canada, and held at the Royal Military College, Kingston, June 9-10, 1950 (reprinted from Canadian Historical Review; Ottawa, the Council, 57 pp.) . LODOE (R. C.), The great thinkers (International library of philosophy; London, Routledge & Kegan Paul; New York, Harcourt Brace, 1949, ix, 316 pp., $3.50). MACLEAN (KENNETH), Agrarian age: a background for Wordsworth (Yale studies in English, no. 115 ; New Haven, Yale University Press, xiv, 110 pp.). NEEDLER (G. H.), Goethe and Scott (Toronto, Oxford, x, 140 pp., $2.50); Moore and his Canadian boat song (Toronto, Ryerson, 14 pp., $1). PACEY (DESMOND) ed., A book of Canadian stories (Toronto, Ryerson, xxxviii, 310 pp., $3.50). PATRICK (J. M.) ed., W. H. Mallock, The new republic: or, culture, faith, and philosophy in an English country house ; with notes and an introduction (Gainesville, University of Florida Press, xl, 237 pp., $4.50). RAYMOND (W.O.), The infinite moment and other essays in Robert Browning (Toronto, University of Toronto Press-Saunders, x, 249 pp., $4). WOODCOCK (GEORGE), British poetry today (Lecture series no. 7; Vancouver, University of British Columbia, ii, 15 pp.) ; The paradox of Oscar Wilde (London, New York, Boardman; Toronto, Smithers and Bonellie, 1949, 239 pp., $3.50) . NEW PERIODICALS. TaE CRITIC (March, 1950); 15 issues a year; editor, NATHAN COHEN; 205 Ava Rd., Toronto; $5). IMPRESSION (1950), quarterly; editor, MYRA LAzEcaKo-HASS; General Delivery, Baldur, Man.; $1 a year. 3. Books on Religion W. S_ MCCULLOUGH Hebrew Origins, by Professor T _J. Meek, was first published in 1936, and before it went out of print it had established itself as a standard book on its subject. The continued demand induced the LETTERS IN CANADA: 1950 305 publishers to issue a second edition, and the author took this opportunity to revise his work thoroughly. His views remain substantially the same, though archaeological discoveries and new theories have necessitated numerous changes in the text. Thus the chronology of chapter I is altered in accordance with the Mari letters and the new dates for Hammurabi. Chapter n takes into account six codes of ancient law, instead of four. The chapter on prophecy notes, but with little sympathy, the recent trend which sees the prophets as cultic functionaries. Altogether it is a very useful revision, and the documentation is completely up to date. Professor Meek also contributed in 1950 to Ancient Near Eastern Texts, a work by twelve scholars, edited by J. B. Pritchard. Dr. Meek's share was a translation into English of various Mesopotamian legal texts, the best known of which is...