24 JUNE 1911, Page 23

The Churchman's Guide. Edited by Arthur Reynolds, M.A. (Sir Isaac

Pitman and Sons. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Reynolds has been

assisted by various contributors, whose names, given in the Preface, sufficiently indicate the school of thought to which the manual belongs. On the whole we should say that the "Guide" is more to be trusted in matters of law than in matters of theology. We cannot carry this criticism into detail, but here is a significant in- stance. In the item "North Side of the Table" we read : "There has been much disputing over the moaning of the rubrical direction that the priest is to begin the Eucharist standing at the north side of the altar." But the rubrical direction says nothing of an " altar," a word which does not occur in the Book of Common Prayer.