4 AUGUST 1923, Page 22

G. A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand. By Louise Creighton.

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Mrs. Creighton, acting in the spirit of Mr. Asquith's recent advice to biographers, has written a short and compact life of the first Bishop of New Zealand, which is distinctly interesting and gives a good idea of Selwyn's character. She has, of course, had the advantage of using Mr. Tucker's memoir, but hers is no mere condensation. The pages dealing with Selwyn's organization of the Church of England in New Zealand are particularly to be noted. His tolerant and statesmanlike temper fitted him for that task.