24 JUNE 1911, Page 24

Confirmation : a Manual for Candidates and Teachers. By L.

M. Bagge. (Robert Scott. 1s. 6d. net.)—This volume consists of nine lessons which may be used in the instruction of Confirmation classes. It might be advantageously put into the hands of candidates, to be supplemented by such explanations and illustra- tions as are available. Suggestions for meditation and prayer are made and references given to appropriate Scriptures and to suitable hymns. All pains, in fact, are taken to carry out what seems to be the Anglican ideal, that this rite of Confirmation should be regarded as a " reasonable service."