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The Layman's Creed. By Christopher James Reithmtiller. (Bell and Daldy.)—These

very polished and harmonious verses express the author's firm faith in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, the following verses giving the key-note of his position :— " The truths, which last from age to age,

And really make man's spirit free, Are those that first our thoughts engage, When seated at our mother's knee. Nor can the tale the Skeptic tells Efface one broad, essential line ; Deep in our hearts the witness dwells, That stamps it as a work divine."