A Handbook of the Church. Try the Rev. E. L.
Cutts, D.D. (S.P.C.K.)—A volume full of useful facts, which should prove a whole armoury of weapons for any one who has to concern him- self with the question of Diseatablishment. Some statements commonly made, especially as to Church income, will receive here a wholesome correction. Mr. Mulhall, for instance, in hie "Dictionary of Statistics (1884)," says, under the head of " Tithes " : "In England and Wales, 11,784 clergymen collect £4,054,400,—say, 4342 each." Let the number stand (though there is much to be said on this head), and the statement should be, "11,784 clergymen collect 42,412,103, reduced now by deprecia- tion to 41,800,000, and further by rates to .21,600,000,—say, 4144 each." The figure 4,054,44)0 is exact ; but nearly a million is taken off for Lay Impropriators, Schools, and Colleges, and another sum of 4680,000 for Clerical Appropriators. The figures given for voluntary contributions to Church purposes are very in- structive. Some misprints (see, for instance, p. 146) might be corrected with advantage.
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