1. Cencnil llh'tnriis of Missions, by Wiggers, Steger, Klunipp. lilunihardt. I'.rowii.Callcnburg.Clarkson, Huie, Choules and Smith, I'carson (^I'rojun/dtion oftlie Gospel),
2. Ci/clojKcdiiis, Gazetteers, etc. — Newcombe, Aikman, Hassel (J'ole to Pole), Moister {Missionary World), Ed- wards {Gazetteer), Iloole {Year-book), Grundemann {Missions-Atlas, Gotha, 1867-71).
.". Histories of Missionary Societies. — Annates de la rnijiii'/iilion de la Foi; Lettres Kdif antes; Anderson, Ul<i. i'fih.C.hmial Church; Alder, 'w,.<l. ij.m Mi.^^ions; ]\Iiii>iir. 1 1 ■' .-A //((« Missions; Bost, Moniri'ius : Cox, BapliM Mla^'wnarii Society; Gammell. JUiptist MUsion- ary Society; .luhilee of the Church Missionary Society ; Ellis, London Missionary Society ; Kennett, A ccounts of the Society for the J'ropaf/iifinn off he Gospel; Jubilee of the Relifiious Tract Sorh hi : Juliil, , of the British and Foreign Bible Society ; A im rir,ni J Ulfh- Society ; Tracy, Hist, of the A merican Hoard; Si ricklaiul. . t ntcrican Meth- odist Missions; Ckcu, J'rest>i)ti ri, III M issinn.f ; Lowrie, Prcslji/tiriiin Missions; otticial Ju/ior/s .■iiid periodicals.
4. M i.isiiniiiri/ Jiio'/nijihies. — Morison, Lives of the Fiitio ,:<: I'i. r>oii. .1 im rifitn Missionai-y Memorial; Tar- liox. MI.<.<ioi,firi/ I'litriols; Xow^c, Pioneers and Found- ers; VAiW, Iianyhters of the Cross; Lives of Schwartz, Carey, ^larslmian, Coke, Morrison, Phillips, Shaw, Jud- son, Hall, and many others.
5. J)i.«-iis.<lons of Missionary Principhs. — Harris, Gnnt f.oiniil.^sion; DuW. Missions ihi- (hi, /' End of the Chiirrh; \\-Aw\\\»n,l.ndand Aim of Missions; Camp- bell, Philosophy of Missions; Kingsmill, Missions and Misfionaries; Midler, On Missions, a lecture delivered at Westminster Abbey, Dec. 3, 1873, with an introduc- tory sermon by dean Stanlej' ; Beecham, Christianity the Means of Civilization ; Maitland, Prize Essay ; Stowell, Missionary Church ; Stowe, Missionary Enterprises ; Wayland, Moral iJiynity of Missions ; Liverpool Con- ferences on Missions ; Kichard Watson, Sermons ; Mac- farlane, The World's Jubilee; Robert Hall, Sermons; the addresses on Mi.isions delivered at the New York meet- ing of the Evangelical Alliance ; and many others. The following periodicals contain valuable articles on the sul)ject of missions: Enylish 7?(?(;. vii, 42 sq.; xviii, 354 Bip ; Western Jiev. Jan. IHbi); July, 185G; Chrlitian Rev. i, oib sq. ; ii, 449 Sep ; vi, 285 ; x, 566 sq. ; vol. xiv, Nov. ; Amer. Bibl. Repository, 3d series, iv, 453; vi, 161 sq. ; Jan. 1867, p. 58 ; Bibl. Repos. and Princet. Rev. Oct. 1870, p. 613; AV«-A'«y</Hf/<'r, viii. 489; ix, 207; Princet. Rev. v, 449; X, 535; xv,349; 1858, p. 436; xvii. 61; xxxvi, 324; July, 1867; Christian Framiner, i, 182; iii, 265, 449; xxix, 51; xliv, 416; Bibliotb. Sacra, Oct. 1867; Brit, and For. Evangel. Rev. April, 1871 ; Fvanyel. Qu. Rev. Oct. 1870. p. 373; Meth. Qu. Rev. vii, 269; viii, 165 sq. ; Baptist (In. Oct. 1873, art. vii ; April, 1874, art. vi ; TlieoL Medium,. h\\y, 1873, art. ii ; Oct. art. ii; Catlndic World, 1870, p. 114. See also Malcom, Theol, Index, s. v.
6. Missionary Periodicals. — Their number is legion. Every country interested in missionary enterprises is publishing one or more. < Jermany, England, and Amer- ica have them by the score. Among the most valuable are the Missionary Chronicle (Lond.), the M Usionary Magazine (Lond.), and the Missionary Herald {W)S>Um) ; also Mission Life (Lond. 1866 sq.), a magazine consist- ing chiefly of readings on foreign lands with reference to the scenes and circumstances of mission life; the Basle Evany. Missions-ifayazin (established in 1816); Burkhardt, Missionsbibliothek. A very important under- taking is the General Missionary Periodical, a monthly, which is just starting at Giitersloh, Germany. Its edi- tors are Christlieb, Grundemann, and Warneck. It is to be published in English, and its contributors are to be of the worlil at large.
The above outline will serve at least as an indication of the great extent and value of a species of Christian literature which is obviously destined to increase in vol- ume and in interest from year to year and from ago to age. Whoever, by means of the authentic information now accessible, will acquire a full and just comprehension of the grand enterprise of missions, as it stands embod- ied in the active movements and growing successes of Christian missionaries and churches, can iiardly fail to recognise with wonder and gratitude the rapid and sub- stantial progress that is now made towards the f'ullil- ment of the Saviour's great command, "Go teach all nations." (D. P. K.)
Misson, Fuan^oisMaximilten, an eminent French lawyer, distinguished himself by his pleadings before the Parliament of Paris in behalf of the Protestants during the persecution of the Huguenots in the 17th century. He retired to England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and afterwards travelled as tutor to an Eng- lish nobleman. He published A Voyage to Italy (3 vols.); A Tour in England; and Le Theatre sacre des Revenues, in which the author betrayed his credulity and fanaticism by espousing the cause of the French prophets. He died in London in 1701. — Hoefer, Xouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Missy, C£;s.vu de, a writer of French parentage, was born June 2, 1703, at Berlin, and studied theology at Frankfort-on-the-Oder; but for his persistent refusal to sign the official formula of creed he was excluded from the ministry in Prussia. He went to Holland, where he allied with his duties of a minister the pursuits of a literary critic and poet. In 1731 he was appoimed min- ister at the church of Savoy, London; in 17(!2, at St. James's Chapel. He died at London, Aug. 10, 1775. His judgment was very good, his taste refined, and his love of study iiassionate. He numbered among his friends several distinguished men of learning, as Beaus<>l)re, Formcy, Jordan. His rich library, together with his manuscripts, went to the library of the didvC of Sussex. He left a work in verse, Paraboles ou fables et outres narrations (Tun citoyen de la republique Chretienne da dix-huitieme si'ecle (Londres, 1769, 1770, 1776, 8vo) : — Sermons sur divers textes (ibid. 1780,3 vols.Svo). Missy- was also one of the editors of the Bibliotheque Britan- nique, of the .lournal Britanniqtte, and of the Magasin Frangais, of London. Other poetical productions and critical articles of his were published in the Mtrcure de France and in English newspapers.— Hoefer, Xouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.