16 DECEMBER 1916, Page 18

'Twixt the Old and the New : a Study in

the Life and Times of John Henry Cardinal Newman. By the Rev. W. Eseott Bless. (S.P.C.K. 5s. net.)—This is a well-written and synlpathetio study of Newinan's life as viewed from the standpoint of the Church of England. The author handles a very controversial subject with commendable fairness, though many readers of course will disagree with his conclusions. Ho naturally devotes most of his book to Newman's work as a Church- man before he went over to Rome, and regards him as the inaugurator of " a movement which marked the dawn of a new age in the life of the English Church."