Genera Gordon, the Christian Hero. By Major Scion Churchill. (James
Nisbet and Co.)—It may be doubted if another biography of the hero of Khartoum was needed or is desirable, even although the author of this volume seems to have been able to approach "a near relative of the late General Gordon." Major Churchill's
object is no doubt an excellent one,—" to meet the popular demand for a popular book for young men and others which will focus the events of his life into one handy volume, and which shall at the same time give a clear insight into the religious life of this Christian hero." But is he quite certain of the existence of "the demand" of which he speaks P He enumerates the different biographies of Gordon, and other works tending to elucidate his character, which are in existence. These are cer- tainly both sufficiently numerous and sufficiently accessible, while one or two of them, at all events, are sufficiently succinct. Having thus protested against an addition to the already overgrown Gordon literature, we must allow that this biography presents the character of its subject very effectively from the standpoint of that Evangelical Christianity which he preached and practised. Major Churchill is as much and as unaffectedly in earnest as Gordon himself.
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