11 NOVEMBER 1893, Page 22

The Story of Howard and Oberlin. (W. and R. Chambers.)

—The story of Howard is one not easy to write. It is sufficiently well- told here, chiefly by the judicious abstinence of the writer from controversy. Howard, without doubt, had the defect of his vir- tues. The determination that =ado him so great as a reformer, brought him into violent collision with other wills. But his work in the prisons of his time stands apart from his private life, and may be studied with interest in this little volume. Oberlin's life is a brighter subject. Oberlin, too, had, it seems, a very deter- mined will, and strongly resented any interference with it. But what a marvellous life of good works his was !