22 APRIL 1899, Page 24

Christian Scierwe. By R. Heber Newton. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—This

pamphlet is well worth reading. The numerous phenomena that come under the head of "faith-healing" cannot be safely neglected, and it is well to have the views of a thoughtful and devout man about them. Mr. Newton points his remarks by the lamentable case of Mr. Harold Frederic. Nothing could be more absurd—to use the mildest phrase—than for a man to take up faith-healing as he might take a quack medicine. The patient must be prepared for it, and moral preparation is not less important than any other.