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Selections from the Writings of Archbishop Leighton. Edited, with a

Memoir and Notes, by William Blair, D.D. (Macniven and Wal- lace.)—This very elegant-looking little volume belongs to a series (with which we make acquaintance for the first time) called" Evan- gelical Classics." The memoir seems to us excellent. Leighton's position, a prelate in a Church which had as little hold upon the nation as ever a Church supposed to be dominant had, was a very difficult one ; Dr. Blair does not, of course, regard it with sympathy; but he is fully appreciative of the man, without, however, closing his eyes to the mistakes which he made. The extracts comprise three sermons, selections from the commentary on L Peter, .and portions of lectures, charges, and letters. Leighton published nothing in his lifetime.