# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1930_S191 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 190 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. BOOK TABLE. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., has sent us the following publications for review: — Synodical Reports of the Missouri Synod, 1930. South Wisconsin District. 143 pages. Price, 20 cts. Doctrinal papers: Die Augsburgische Konfession unser Hauptbekenntnis, by Pastor E. Meier; “The Activities of a Lutheran Pastor,” by Pastor O. F. Engelbrecht. — Oregon and Washington District. 46 pages. Price, 30 cts. Doctrinal papers: “The Proper Relation between the Local Congregation and the District,” by Pastor H. H. Koppelmann; Die Bedeutung der Augsburgischen Konfession fuer die Gegenwart, by Pastor J. A. Rimbach.— Texas Dis- trict. 62 pages. Price, 17 ets. Doctrinal paper: Der achte Artikel der Konkordienformel: “Von der Person Christi,’ by Prof. Th. Laetsch. — Atlantic District. 64 pages. Price, 32 cts. Doctrinal papers: “The Church and the Christian Education of the Children,” by Pastor Arthur Brunn; Die Augs- burgische IKonfession (outline), by Prof. F. T. Schroeder. God’s Great Gift. By William Dallmann, D.D. North- western Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis. Bound in.cloth, with gold stamping on front cover and backbone; 248 pages. Price, $1.00. Order from Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. A beautiful and useful Christmas-gift is here offered by author and publishers. In thirty-two meditations of an instructive and devotional character, particularly ap- propriate for Christmas and Lent, Dr. Dallmann magni- fies the love of the Father in the gift of His Son and the infinite grace of Jesus as our Prophet, Priest, and King. May the book find many devout readers, and may its study bring joy, peace, and comfort to thousands of hearts! Z Amerikanischer Kalender fuer deutsche Lutheraner auf das Jahr 1931. Lutheran Annual, 1931. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, @ 15 cts. Here we have two old friends; neither needs an intro- duction. All that need be said is that they are here once more with the same kind of edifying and informing reading-matter. Every family of the Missouri Synod should have one or the other at least, and not a few should have both. Concordia Edition of Scripture-Text Calendar. Thoughts for Daily Meditation. Bibeltext-Kalender. Gedanken zur taeglichen Be- trachtung. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, @ 30 cts. These Scripture-text Calendars are truly beautiful. The pictures are not the same in the two calendars, but they are equally artistic in both editions. The English calendar lists the Gospel- and Epistle-lessons for each Sunday and shows all vestment colors and special holi- days. Sunday-school classes and other societies might find it profitable to sell these sacred calendars. Concordia Annual, 1931. Edited and compiled by G. A. and BE. A. Fleischer. Published by the Concor- dia Mutual Benefit League, 30 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Price, 35 cts. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This bilingual annual comes with its usual rich and good selection of reading-matter. We wish to call atten- tion especially to Dr. Kretzmann’s enlightening article “The Altar; Its History and Significance,’ and to the original story Als die Grossmama den Grosspapa nahm. There are other good articles and stories, but we cannot mention them all. Suflice it to say that Mr. and Mrs. _ Fleischer know how to compile an interesting annual. Ev.-Luth. Hausfreund-Kalender fuer das Jahr 1931. Founded by Dr. O. Willkomm. Edited by Martin Willkomm. Published by Johannes Herrmann, Zwickau. Price, 20 cts. This German annual is a welcome guest in many an American family. Its articles are always most edifying, and tlie selection of short stories and anecdotes is almost invariably very happy. Those of our readers who can read German should send for a copy to Concordia Pub- lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Catalog of Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., 1930—1931. 1,135 pages. Very few publishers and dealers put out a catalog of such pretensions and such comprehensiveness. Also in its arrangement and typographical make-up it is the peer of any book catalog. Almost. 200 pages are devoted to German publications. The authors’ and titles’ indexes make the catalog a convenient book for reference. ‘The special School Reference Catalog, the Sunday-school Ref- erence Catalog, and the Catalog of Adult and Juvenile Literature will be found very valuable. The well-known publisher Zrnst Kaufmann, 7—11 Spruce St., New York, N.Y., has sent us the following publications for review: — Day by Day with Jesus Calendar for 1931. Edited by W. 7. 7. Dau. Price, 60 cts. The best calendar of its kind on the market. It brings a brief meditation and prayer for every day of the year. The Light of the World. By 7h. Graebner. 64 pages. Price, 30 cts. Abiding in Christ. By 7h. Gracbner. 96 pages. Price, 30 cts. There’s a Song in the Air. By Th. Graebner. 64 pages. Price, 30 cts. The Message of the Star. By Th. Graebner. 128 pages. Price, 50 cts. The Light of the World brings the life-stories of eight men and two women who shed light into dark places. Among others we have here biographies of Mary Moffat, John Williams, Louis Harms, and John G. Paton. — Abiding in Christ contains a selection of eighteen stories that will appeal to boys and girls because of their lively action or sound and interesting information. — There’s a Song in the Air is a happy collection of stories, poems, and stories for the little tots. By his wise selection “Uncle Timothy” has given the book a real holiday tone. — 7'he Message of the Star is the title story of a collection of fourteen high-school stories. The book is illustrated with a number of original sketches. Famous Hymns and Their Story. By W. G. Polack. G4 pages. Price, 30 cts. Deceena ene Gold. By W.G. Polack. 64 pages. Price, 30 cts. Famous Hymns and Their Story is the fourth number of the author’s popular series of favorite Christian hymns. This volume contains thirteen hymns and their stories, among them such hymns as “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and “Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God.” — Better than Gold brings us the engrossing stories of some men ana women who served Christ faithfully in the mission- fields. Scripture Puzzle Pictures. Price, 35 cts. Each box—there are two sets—contains four col- ored pictures cut into many pieces, making very fine puzzles. After the child has succeeded in piecing the colored puzzles together, it is supposed to color the black- and-white drawings in the box just like the colored puzzles. On the back of each black-and-white drawing is the story of the picture in simple language. All the above-mentioned publications by E. Kaufmann may be ordered also from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. ‘ | | :