The Apostle of the Indians. By the Rev. F. P.
L. Som.. (Wells Gardner and Co.)—The missionary to whom this title is given, not, we think, without good reason, was William Henry Brett, whose missionary life, spent wholly in Guiana, included nearly forty years of laborious service. He had set his mind from early youth on this object of life, did his best to fit himself for it, and continued to make up for the defects of his early education. Ile succeeded in becoming a man of unusual attainments ; and he had, as might be expected from a character of such energy, no small success in the work to which he devoted himself. The evangelisa- tion of the Indians of Guiana, and of the coolie labourers, was carried on from small and apparently hopeless beginnings to most important results. Of the labours that had this ending we have an excellent narrative. The book is full of varied interest. Next to Mr. Brett himself comes the admirable figure of Cornelius, his native catechist.
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