Archibald Campbell Tait : a Sketch of the Public Life
of the Late. Archbishop of Canterbury. By A. C. Bickley. (Nisbet and Co.)— This is a fairly satisfactory specimen of the books which are always called forth by the death of an eminent man. Mr. Buckley has, we gather from some of his statements, special acquaintance with hia subject, he has used generally available authorities with diligence, while he has been guided by moderation and good-taste. It is a little odd to be told that Mr. Tait was " one of the examiners of the University, and a member and one of the presidents of the debating society," as if these honours were simultaneously held. But the book seems generally correct. It will be new to most readers to hear that the Archbishop, when tutor of Balliol, was very desirous of obtain- ing the Professorship of Greek at Glasgow, but was shut out from it by his being in Holy Orders, and that his application for the Head- mastership of Rugby was sent in at actually the last moment.
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