Edinburgh, 1910. By W. H. T. Gairdner. (Oliphant, Anderson, and
Ferrier. 2s. 6d. net.)—The World Missionary Conference held at Edinburgh in the year just concluded is represented by a con- siderable literature. Various Commissions which had been appointed for the examination of such subjects as "The Preparation of Missionaries," " Missions and Governments," and "Co-operation and the Promotion of Amity" presented their Reports, which have been separately published. There are rof these eight volumes. A ninth gives " History, Records, and Addresses." These can be obtained for 18s. net. And there is also the volume at the head of this notice. In this we have a narrative of the whole matter. We are told how it came about, what preparations were made for it, and the story of its proceed- ings, with personal sketches of the prominent actors, and -summaries of what was said In reference to the subject of " Missions and Governments," it may be noted that the Dutch delegates protested against the introduction of the question of the Congo, and a Belgian speaker made a partial defence of recent proceedings, though allowing that the remedy, especially as regards forced labour, acted "too slowly."
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