14 JUNE 1913, Page 17

THE CRIME OF SLAVERY.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—Upon the question of the relation of early Christianity to slavery, on which "A. C. R." writes in the Spectator of May 31st, may I suggest that Goldwiu Smith's work, " Does the Bible Sanction American Slavery ? " (1863) is worth con-