We may very briefly commend two volumes of sermons to
our readers. In the Palace of Wisdom, by the Rev. Cornelius Withetby (Siding. on and Son, 2s. 6d.), and Twenty Lent Sermons, by the Rev. Alfred G. Mortimer (same publishers, 3s. 6d.) The first, dealing as it 'does with a book too little utilised, is especially welcome There is much fine manly and godly teaching in it.—The author of The Relationships of Life, by C. Silvester Horne (R. H. Allenson, 3s. 6d ), regards his subject from a different point-of view. Here, again, we 'find- soinething to admire, though we cannot accept all the conclusions. It is easy, for instance, to ridicule the employer who seeks a servant of a certain persuasion. If service is a. mere money contract, it is absurd. But if the househOld is a family, surely there is something in it.—A Mii-liiter of God, edited, with a Memoir, by V. D. Davis, B. A'. (P. Green, 2s. net), is a memoir of an eminent Unitarian minister: Mr. John Hamilton Thom, with selections from his sermons and addresses.—The Church's One Foundation, by W. Robertson Nicoll (Hodder and Stoughton, 3s. 6d.), is a reprint' of articles which originally appeared in the British Weekly, and were a reply' to some of the' destructive criticism which has 'of late been directed against the Christian revelation. The argument is, we think, cogent and stated with much ability. —A Goodly. Heritage, by Georgians M. Porde (Skeffington and Son, 2s. 6d.), described as a " Simple Church History." chiefly f llows the biographical method. There is much that is excellent in it, though we do not find ourselves in agreement with all the author's opinions.
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