10 SEPTEMBER 1892, Page 23

Memorials of the Episcopate of Bishop Mackarness. By Charles Coleridge

Mackarness. (J. Parker and Co.)—This is an interest- ing little book, a welcome memorial to a Bishop who excited respect perhaps more than enthusiasm, but could always be relied upon for candour, clear-sightedness, and a truly judicial temper. The most notable thing in his episcopate was his courageous stand on the matter of episcopal discretion. He won a victory over the Court of Queen's Bench (which certainly did not dis- tinguish itself in the Carter case), and established a valuable principle, a principle really essential to the usefulness of the episcopal office. He never appeared to more advantage than when

he was mediating between unfair assailants and a cause which he did not really approve, but to which he felt bound to do justice.