St. Chrysostom. By Aime Pueoh. Translated by Mildred Partridge. (Duckworth
and Co. 3s.) – Thia is one of the series of " Saints," and appears, it should be remembered, with official authorisation. We are glad to see that this authorisation is not denied to a work which well carries out the author's declared intention of writing in an historical spirit. He does not blind himself to Chrysostom's faults, to the exaggeration, for instance, with which the Saint expressed himself on matters connected with asceticism. Nor does he refuse praise where we should not have been surprised at silence. He has nothing but good to say of Meletius, who had so much to do with John Chrysostom's early career. Yet Meletius was declared by the authorities of the Western Church to be out of communion. Chrysostom supplies us in his orations with ample materials for forming a judgment on his character and purposes, and M. Puech has made good use of them. Any one may read this little volume with much pleasure and profit. There has been, so far, nothing better in the series to which it belongs.
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