SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not 1■00Th riserved for review in other forms.] The Religious Doubts of Democracy. Edited by George Haw. (Macmillan and Co. 6d.)—Some time ago the editor of the Clarion had a series of articles (since republished) in which objections to the Christian faith were formulated. He very liberally invited the editor of this volume to collect answers on the side of faith, and this volume, containing contributions from fifteen writers (among whom we notice the names of G. W. E. Russell, W. H. Bennett, J. G. Adderley, J. H. Moulton, Dr. Fry, and C. S. Marson), is the result. A prominent place was accorded to the papers in the columns of the Clarion, and they are now republished. We can- not notice them in detail ; they cover a wide field in apologetics. We may mention, however, Professor W. H. Bennett's admirable summary of "Liberal orthodox" belief as to the place and authority of the Old Testament, and a very impressive statement by Mr. George Lansbury on "Why I Returned to Christianity." Mr. Lansbury has been through the fire. He believed ; he became an agnostic; he has come back to belief. He feels con- vinced that the social regeneration to which he looks forward cannot be brought about except upon a moral basis, and that a moral basis can be supplied by Christianity alone.
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