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The Inner Life. Edited by the Rev. T. Erskine. (Society

for Pro- moting Christian Knowledge.)—This book consists of a selection of letters, written by men eminent for their piety, the letters of each being given together. Among the names are Venn, Newton, Fletcher (of Madeley), Cowper, Henry Wilberforce, Henry Martyn, Thomas Arnold, Bishop Gray (of Capetown), Bishop Patteson, Charles Kingsley, and Sara Coleridge. We have nothing but praise for the conception and execution of the work. Any detailed criticism of its contents would, of course, be quite out of place.