17 OCTOBER 1885, Page 22

My Man and I; or, the Modern Nehemiah. By F.

A. Adams. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—This is a book of the "Church Defence" kind ; various discourses, speeches of enemies and friends, and a variety of other matters bearing on the Disestablishment question, and kindred topics, are linked together by a somewhat slender thread of story. The hero of the book is a certain serieant who, by his good example, zeal, and overflowing charity, compels his master, who has been before an ill-informed and lukewarm Churchman, into taking up a position more worthy of him. This is not very artistically managed ; but the good intentions and general matter of the book are evident.