A Short History of S.P.C.V. By W. K. Lowther Clarke.
(S.P.C.K. le. net.)—The Editorial Secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has written a spirited sketch of its long and useful career, from 1698 to the present time. He reminds us that publishing is only one of its many activities. " It is kind of our friends to dub us venerable,' but the figure of a stately old lady fits the facts less well than that of an in- dustrious maid.of.all-work." The Society, for example, has in stock translations of the Prayer Book into eighty or ninety languages, and publishes books of one kind or another in a hundred and fifty languages. It conducts two Training Colleges in London, and makes numerous grants to mission churches overseas. Indeed, the varied nature of the Society's work will surprise many readers of this interesting little book.
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