Lights and Shades of Clerical Life. By Edward Ker Gray,
LL.D. (Rivingtons. 10s. 6d. net.)—We learn from this volume that the incumbent of St. George's Chapel, Albemarle Street, is a person of versatile ability. At Cambridge he was "renowned for his skilful manipulation of the big drum," and it is only fair to self that this early promise has been fulfilled. Many witnesses to character and attainments are called. If some of them use language which seems a little unusual (Bee p. 23), Dr. Gray is hardly to be pitied. It is doubtless agreeable to him to be told that he is "a burly, good-looking man," that he II "one of the most popular preachers in the West End of London," and though we are sure that he is above any foolish pride in the fact, it is convenient that others should know him to be "the grandson of a bishop and the great-grandson of a duke. It is needless for us to say any more ; readers who desire ftu-ther information will know where to look for it.
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