believer is a philosopher; his glory is the pure contemplation of ideas; but his problem is the same. And when he could not see his way to let every soul pass immediately into glory he devised his Purgatory, as the Church did, though he calls it Metempsychosis.

To the Cambridge English Classics' Dr. Aldis Wright has added an edition of the English Works of Roger Ascham (Cambridge University Press; 4s. 6d. net). It is a careful critical edition, without notes, superseding all other editions, the spelling of every word being preserved according to the first edition of 1545. Mr. Wright obtained a copy of that edition from the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge, and has been content with it, only occasionally referring to the Capell copy in Trinity Library. Do you know Ascham? Do you know the Toxophilus? No. Who cares for archery now? Roger Ascham may have deserved the thanks of His Majesty's Government of the day when the bow and arrow were the Englishmen's weapons of war. But now? Read Toxophilus. Read Toxophilus in the scholar's quaintly exact reproduction, and you will see that the wise man writes for all time though he writes upon shoe latchets.

From the fifth volume of the Decennial Publications of the University of Chicago, Professor Burton has reprinted Some Principles of Literary Criticism and their Application to the Synoptic Problem (Chicago University Press; $1). It is a handsome unbound volume. It is the patient, indomitable work, upon the stiffest of all human studies, of one of the most accomplished New Testament scholars of our day.

The new volume of the Christian World Pulpit is the sixty-sixth (James Clarke & Co.; 4s. 6d.). So it has been running three and thirty years, and a set of it will sell at a higher price than a set of the Quarterly or the Edinburgh Review. One may think there is little editing in it; but no paper will live without editing; and the secret of this editor's success is in discovering the preachers who preach for publication, and, when he has discovered a preacher, never losing sight of him.

The new volume of 'Dent's Bible Characters' is St. Peter and his Training, by the Rev. John

Davidson, M.A. (9d. net). Emphasize and his training, for Mr. Davidson's method is mercilessly to shadow the apostle as he goes out and as he comes in, and leave no inconsistency unrecorded. But he shadows him for good and not for evil. He shows him to be a man of like passions such as we are, that we may take encouragement, and that we may see what the grace of God can do at last in steadying an impulsive man, in humbling even a boastful man.

Mr. Philip Green has published a volume of sermons by the late Dr. Brooke Herford, and he has been fortunate, as he says, in getting Mr. Wicksteed to write a Biographical Sketch for it. For this Biographical Sketch is better than many long biographies are. It makes us regret that we did not know Brooke Herford; and is there anything better that a biography can do than that? The sermons bear out the biography. Brooke Herford's characteristics were courage and common sense, characteristics that are not always yoked together, but they are found in the sermons as well as in the man. In the sermon on 'Making the best Use of Sunday,' he says: A busy American once talked to me about having one of his clerks bring up his letters to him each Sunday morning, and asked if I would call him a Sabbathbreaker. "No," I said, "I should call you an idiot" (Anchors of the Soul; 5s. net).

Messrs. Gowans & Gray have issued the Masterpieces of Van Dyck as the second of their sixpenny Art Books; another Hundred Best Poems as the second of their pocket anthologies; and Die Besten Gedichte der Deutschen Sprache as the first of their Taschen-Bibliothek.

If the Church were to choose its defenders, the Church as it now is, it would not choose Canon Hensley Henson. For he does not defend the Church as it now is. He defends Jesus Christ. He defends Jesus Christ as He was and is and is to come. It is a heroic, overmastering, magnificent defence, and we thank him for it. But he does not defend the Church. Not even the Anglican Church. Much less the Roman Church. The Roman Church? This is what he says about it. 'I must say frankly that I do not see how, on Roman Catholic assumptions, the case for Christianity is to be defended. If the influence of

Christ is properly traceable in the official action of the Church, I for one should be forced to throw up my brief for the Religion of the Incarnation.' We are not sure that he even defends the Bible. Certainly not with the wholesale defence which some of us still think possible and necessary. But if he lets the Church and the Bible go, he keeps Christ. His title is Notes on Popular Rationalism (Isbister; 3s. 6d.).

Professor Cheyne tells us that in the Spirit of St. Paul's words, 'All things are yours,' the early Christians got hold of the Babylonian myth of the Creation, turned Babylon into Jerusalem, Marduk into the Messiah, the dragon with jaws wide open to devour' into Herod, and then presented us with the story of the Infancy of Jesus. The Rev. C. Silvester Horne has also heard of these words of St. Paul, but he makes a different use of them. He understands that all things are ours to make them Christ's. Nature is ours, and Money and Art and Music and Fashion and Sport and the Press and Politics and the Church. He makes nine sermons of these nine things, bringing every one of them into captivity to the obedience of Christ; and Messrs. Isbister publish the sermons in a book for him (All Things are Yours; 3s. 6d.).

The new volume of the Century Bible is Samuel (Jack; 2s. 6d. net). Its editor is Professor A. R. S. Kennedy. Now there is no man living who can write upon the antiquities of Israel with more information or more vital insight than Professor Kennedy. And Samuel is largely occupied with antiquities. The scheme of the series compels an editor to condense his thoughts, but the reader may see what Professor Kennedy can do by studying his note on the Ark in the Books of Samuel.' In that note, by the way, it is to be observed that Professor Kennedy has discovered Kautzsch's article in the Extra Volume of the Dictionary of the Bible; and it is more than a discovery, it is a revelation.

The best known, and the best, of all Dr. Dale of Birmingham's books is The Living Christ and the Four Gospels. Its best edition is the 14th, published by Mr. Kelly of the Methodist Publishing House, in two small volumes at 2s. 6d. net. Carry it with you wherever you go-you may carry

this copy comfortably. Carry it till it has become part of you.

The Rev. Forbes Robinson before he died had not become known to the wide world as his brother the Dean of Westminster has become known to it. But he was as faithful to the high ideals of scholarship there in his rooms at Christ's College as the Dean of Westminster in his Cathedral. And he was more than a scholar, he was a saint. Every sermon in this choice volume breathes the air of sanctity as well as learning. And he had the saint's courage. Beginning a sermon in Christ's College on why we should pray, 'Forgive me,' he says, 'if my words fail to carry conviction. I do but speak because I mustbecause I greatly believe in prayer.' You notice the place as well as the words. And who will doubt that he gives the only reasons for prayer which can be given, that Jesus told us to pray, and that He prayed Himself? For a prayer is a family matter. There is no reason for it except the reasons which the father and the child understand. There is an introduction to the book, written by Canon C. H. Robinson. But the book is mostly made up of sermons. Its title is College and Ordination Addresses (Longmans; 3s. 6d. net).

The Sympathy of the Crucified is the title of a little book by the Rev. Jesse Brett, L.Th. (Longmans; 25. net). But is it not more scriptural to speak of the sympathy of the Ascended? Is it not narrowing the sympathy of Christ to confine it to the Cross? Is it not mistaking the source and opportunity of it? But Mr. Brett himself writes most sympathetically. He, too, is touched with a feeling of our infirmities.

The new volume of Messrs. Longmans' 'Handbooks for the Clergy' is Intemperance (2s. 6d. net). It is written by the Bishop of Croydon. Now on the one essential queston, the question of total abstinence, the Bishop of Croydon says this: 'I bear testimony, the value of which it is for others to estimate, as to the advantages that I have found in total abstinence, telling not so much of the benefit which it has been to my own health and strength and power of work-that is comparatively a small matter-but of the influence it has given me in endeavouring to rescue the perishing.' So this is his method. He neither compels nor even

'Let us go forth 'mong men, not mailed in scorn, But in the armour of a pure intent;

Great duties are before us, and great songs,

And whether crowned or crownless, when we fall It matters not, so as God's work be done.'

his subject. His book is a convenient and competent guide to every part of it.

Messrs. Longmans have published a sixpenny edition of Bishop Gore's Roman Catholic Claims.

Recent

BOOKS INDEXED.

ACTON (Lord, as Projector), The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. VIII. The French Revolution.

ADENEY (W. F. and others), Men of the Old Testament: Solomon to Jonah.

AYLES (H. H. B.), A Critical Commentary on Genesis 24325

BEVERIDGE (W.), The Westminster Assembly.
BLACK (H.), The Practice of Self-Culture.
BRIGGS (C. A.), New Light on the Life of Jesus.
BURKITT (F. C.), Early Eastern Christianity.
BURTON (E. D.), A Short Introduction to the Gospels,
BUTCHER (S. H.), Some Aspects of the Greek Genius.
COE (G. A.), Education in Religion and Morals.
DENNEY (J., and others), Questions of Faith.

DOBSCHÜTZ (E. von), Christian Life in the Primitive Church.
GORDON (S. D.), Quiet Talks on Prayer.
GREEN (S. G.), The Bible Handbook.
GREENHOUGH (J. G.), The Apostles of our Lord.
HANNAY (J. O.), The Wisdom of the Desert.
HARPER (W. R.), Religion and the Higher Life.
HENSON (H. H.), The Value of the Bible.
HYDE (W. de Witt), From Epicurus to Christ.
ILLINGWORTH (J. R.), Christian Character.
INGE (W. R.), Faith and Knowledge.

KELLOGG (S. H.), The Past a Prophecy of the Future.
KENT (C. F.), Beginnings of Hebrew History.
KNOWLING (R. J.), The Epistle of St. James.
LEWIS (E. W.), Some Views on Modern Theology.
MASTERMAN (J. H. B.), Was Jesus Christ Divine?

MILLIGAN (G., and others), Men of the Old Testament:
Cain to David.

MOBERLY (R. C.), Problems and Principles.
OTTLEY (R. R.), Isaiah according to the LXX.
PATON (J. L., and others), Is Christianity True?
POPE (H. W.), What Every Christian Needs to Know.
RAGG (L.), Aspects of the Atonement.

RAMSAY (W. M.), The Letters to the Seven Churches.
RASHDALL (H), Christus in Ecclesia.

ROWLAND (A., and others), Men of the Bible: Lesser

Known Characters.

RYLE (H. E.), On Holy Scripture and Criticism.

SIMPSON (P. C., and others), Women of the Bible.

SMITH (G. A.), The Forgiveness of Sins.

WALKER (W. L.), The Teaching of Christ.

WELLDON (J. E. C.), The School of Life. WESTCOTT (B. F.), Peterborough Sermons.

SUBJECTS.

Aaron, MILLIGAN 143-154 (Lewis).
Abgar (King), BURKITT II ff.
Abigail, SIMPSON 93-104 (Lewis).

Abraham, MILLIGAN 29-40 (Townsend).
Absalom, ADENEY 13-24 (Greenhough).
Achan, MILLIGAN 181-194 (Greenhough).
Acts of Apostles, GREEN 667-678.

Judas Thomas, BURKITT 193-226.
Adaptation in Education, COE 107, 174, 176, 291.
Addai, Doctrine of, BURKITT 11 ff.
Adolescence, CoE 173, 187, 247 ff., 316, 329.
Adonijah, ROWLAND 43-58 (Rowland).
Adultery, DOвSCHÜTZ 43 f.

Advent Second, KELLOGG 308-390.
Ahab, ADENEY 43-54 (Greenhough).
Ahaziah, ROWLAND 103-114 (Greenhough).
Amaziah, ROWLAND 151-162 (Greenhough).
Amos, ADENEY 261-283 (Adeney).

Ananias, ROWLAND 247-258 (Milligan).
Andrew, GREENHOUGH 41-51.
Anger, HANNAY 191-201.

Annunciation, BRIGGS 160 ff., 168.

Anointing with Oil, KNOWLING 154 ff.

Aphraates, BURKITT 81 ff., 120 ff.

Apocalypse, GREEN 758-771.

Apocrypha, RYLE 98–110.

Historical and Prophetical Books, GREEN 467-557.

Word of God, PATON 36-55 (Wilson). Bishop, Pastoral Office, MOBERLY 397-408. Body, Culture, BLACK 37-70.

Natural and Spiritual, KELLOGG 57-72.

Brethren of the Lord, KNOWLING lxiv. ff.
Broad Church Party, RASHDALL 331-352.
Caiaphas, HENSON 294-308.

Cain, MILLIGAN 1-16 (Rowland).

Catechism, Westminster, BEVERIDGE 135-146.
Certainty, HARper 88-100.

Character in Education, COE 11 ff., 348 ff., 410 ff.

Secular and Religious Ideals, INGE 135-146. the Condition of Life, ILLINGWORTH 23-42.

Charity, Organized, DOвSCHÜTZ 296 ff.

to Sinners, HANNAY 77-94.

Children and the Church, COE 65, 373.

Depravity, COE 44, 49, 65, 378.
Mind, COE 115, 204.

Christ, PATON I-14.

Forty Days, BRIGGS 110-124.

Fulfilment of Prophecy, PATON 283-304 (Mackintosh).

Historic, MASTERMAN 54-72.

in Creed and History, MASTERMAN 88-103.

in Prayer, SMITH 69-89; GORDON 207-234. Life, Outline, BRIGGS 167-192.

Miracles, LEWIS 50-66.

Moral Power, HENSON 214-232.
Our Passover, RAGG 25-44.

Passion Week, BRIGGS 101-109.

Peace Offering, RAGG 101-124.

Peræan Ministry, BRIGGS 64-78.

Person, WALKER 198-212.

Resurrection, DENNEY 75-102 (Dods); PATON 55

76 (Peake); INGE 1-10; HENSON 201-213, 214

232.

Sacrifice, RAGG 1.

Saviour, LEWIS 247-264.

Secret, WALKER 110-120.

Sinlessness, HENSON 146-162.

Sin-offering, RAGG 71–99.

Son of God, DENNEY 29-74 (Mackintosh); LEWIS

II-21; WELLDON 155-170.

Consciousness of Forming, DOBSCHÜTZ 87 ff.

Constitution, DOBSCHÜTZ 157 f., 189 f., 205, 214 f.,

240 ff., 335 f.

Courts, Independence, MOBERLY 250-326.

Government, Beveridge 55-88.

Idea, RASHDALL 17-30.

Parties, DOBSCHÜTZ 71 ff.

Social Mission, RASHDALL 125-138.

Churches, Seven, RAMSAY I.

Collection, DOBSCHÜTZ 58 f.

Commission of Apostles, BRIGGS 30 ff.

Communism, DOвSCHÜTZ 143 f.

Confession of Faith, BEVERIDge 105-134.

Conscience, Culture, BLACK 213–235.

Conversation, Religious, POPE 52 ff.

Conversion, COE 65 ff., 302 ff.; POPE 90-96; WELLDON

107-122.

Corinth, Church of, DOBSCHÜTZ 11-80, 210-217.

of the Church by the Apostle, DOBSCHÜTZ 1-10.
Personal Influence, COE 171, 218, 255.
Punishment, COE 136–142.
Undenominational, MOBERLY 221-249.
Eldad, ROWLAND 15-28 (Rowland).
Eli, MILLIGAN 225-242 (Rowlands).
Elijah, ADENEY 55-74 (Rowlands).
Elisha, ADENEY 75-90 (Lewis).

Ephesus, RAMSAY 210-236; DOBSCHUTZ 100 f.
Letter to Church, RAMSAY 237-250.

Ephraem Syrus, BURKITT 95 ff.

Epicureanism, HYDE 1-65.

Erastianism, BEVERIDGE 92.

Esau, MILLIGAN 55-68 (Milligan); SMITH 174–192.
Eschatology of Early Church, DOBSCHÜTZ 91 ff.

Esther, SIMPSON 127-138 (Greenhough).

Eternal Life, INGE 185-196.

Ethics, Christian, ILLINGWORTH 1.

Evolution and Creation, LEWIS 169-184.

Ezekiel, WESTCOTT 289; ADENEY 217-228 (Lewis). Ezra, ADENEY 141-154 (Townsend).

Faith, ILLINGWORTH 63-82; Welldon 69-88.

and Works, KNOWLING xlii. ff., 53 ff.

Fall, LEWIS 185-199.

,, Babylonian, KENT 370–373. Family Education, COE 137, 241, 271, 360.

Fasting, HANNAY 141-154.

Fate in Syriac Church, BURKITT 163 ff.

Fellowship and Service, HARPER 36-56.

Flood, KENT 373-378.

Forgiveness, SMITH 1-25; DENNEY 151-176. French Revolution, ACTON I.

Gehazi, ROWLAND 115-127 (Gibbon).

Melancholy, BUTCHER 133-176.
Romanticism, BUTCHER 245-324.

What we owe to, BUTCHER 1-46.
Haman, ADENEY 129-140 (Greenhough).

Hazael, ROWLAND 127–138 (Greenhough).
Heart, Culture, BLACK 187-212.

Hebrew Maid, Little, SIMPSON 115-126 (Greenhough).

Hebrews, Epistle to the, DOвSCHÜTZ 195–203.

Hebrew Tenses, AYLES 138-160.

Hell, Escaping, LEWIS 233-246.

as a Place, LEWIS 83-96.

as a State of Mind, LEWIS 97-100. Hellenists, DOBSCHÜTZ 149 ff.

Heresy, DOBSCHÜTZ 193 f., 223, 245 f.
Hezekiah, ADENEY 103-116 (Rowland).
Hiram, ROWLAND 59–72 (Townsend).

Holy Spirit, DENNEY 103-126 (Laidlaw); MOBERLY 113-130.
in Syriac Church, BURKITT 88 ff.
Honour, HENSON 96-112.

Hope, SMITH 121-139: ILLINGWORTH 63-82.

and Fulfilment, INGE 11-26.

Hosea, ADENEY 229-246 (Adeney).

Hospitality in Early Church, Dobschütz 357 ff.
Humility, INGE 107-122; HANNAY 95–110.
Hymn of the Soul, BURKITT 193-228.
Idols, Sacrifice to, DOвSCHÜTZ 24.
Imagination, Culture, BLACK 155-186.
Immaculate Conception, LEWIS 116–133.
Immortality, DENNEY 177-212 (Simpson).

Independence, INGE 73-84.

Inspiration, GREEN 116–146.

of the Individual, INGE 159–172. Intellectual Difficulties, HARPER 101-112. Interpretation, Green 176–275, 276-357.

Isaac, MILLIGAN 41–54 (Rowland).

Isaiah, WESTCOTT 265; ADENEY 181-194 (Townsend).

Jabez, ROWLAND 163-174 (Greenhough).

Jacob, MILLIGAN 69-82 (Gibbon).

Jael, SIMPSON 63-78 (Rowlands).

James, GREENHOUGH 63-73.

The Lord's Brother, KNOWLING Xxiv. ff.; DOBS-
CHÜTZ 151 ff., 168 ff.

Jehovah, Name, AYLES 118-137.

Jephtha's Daughter, SIMPSON 79–92 (Greenhough).
Jeremiah, ADENEY 195-216 (Adeney); WESTCOTT 277.
Jeroboam, ROWLAND 73-88 (Rowland).

Jezebel, SIMPSON 105-114 (Lewis).