Naw EDMON8. — .Rise and Growth of the Anglican Schism, by Nicholas
Sander; with Rishton's Continuation. Translated, with Intro- duction and Notes, by D. Lewis. (Burns and Oates.)—Mr.Lowis speaks of Sander's book as the " earliest and most trustworthy account which wo possess of the great changes in Church and State which were wrought in tho reign of Henry VIII.," and declares that " grave his- torians have boon satisfied if they found a fact told by him,"—moaning, we suppose; satisfied that it was a fact. On the other hand, it has been said of his book that " the number of lips may seem to vie with the multitude of linos." Heylyn, Strype, and Collier had not a much better opinion of him. There is no doubt that he was reckless in state- ment. It was enough for any man to belong to the Reforming party, to have some disparaging epithet applied to him. Miles Coverdaie, for instance, is described as "drunk bodily through an in- temperate indulgence in wine, and mentally through his excessive affection to heresy." There is no reason, we believe, for this charge. The moral character of partisans on either side was probably much on are or no is beside the question. Tho " Anglican Schism " does not Handbook for Travellers in Kent, 4th Edition, 12mo depend on the virtues or vices of Henry VIII. or Anne Boleyn, any more than does the Roman Supremacy on those of John XXII. and Alexander VI. Only in the latter case wo are confronted with the stupendous difficulty of a personal infallibility in faith and morals, ro- siding in porsons who had not a vestige of eithor ono or the other. The distinction of Sander was that he first stated the hideous theory that Anne Boleyn was Henry's own daughter. Mr. Lewis defends it. The candid and judicious Lingard does not condescend even to alludo to it —We have also a fifth edition of Mickle's translations of Camoen's Lusiad. (Bell and Sons.) This has boon revised by E. Rich- mond Hodges, who prefixes a preface, and gives, besides the argu- ments of the cantos, additional notes, and a table of contents, occasional suggestions of amended translations.—The Bishopric of Souls, by R. W. Evans (Rivingtons) has boon republished, with an introductory memoir by Dr. Bickersteth, Dean of Lichfield. This is a well known and excellent work on the pastoral office.—In the series of " Chandos Classics," we have 771e Talmud, &e., translated from the original by H. Poland (Warne).—The fourth volume of the 4' cabinet edition" of Mr. Kinglake's invasion of the Crimea (Black wood) carries on the history up to the date of the 18th of Ootobor.— We have also to acknowledge the City of London Directory for 1877, the " seventh annual issue " (Collingridge). It seems a very complete and careful book, though we notice, in one instance, varying statements upon the same subject. On p. 14 the payments at "Merchant Taylors' School" are put down as "an entrance foe of £3, and a quarterly pay- ment of £2 10s." Under the head of " Merchant Taylors' Company," at p. 54, we road " tho sum paid for oath boy is £12 12e., or .£15 15s. per annum, according to the position of the boy in the school." This is the more recent and the correct information, the other is a careless repetition of a past state of things. The information about schools is generally defective. Yet it is interesting to a number of parents, and is really as important, if the publishers would only believe it, as a correct list of the "butchers, and bakers, and candle-stick makers," and even of that important class the publicans. As far as wo can see, it is the only thing noglocted in this volumo.
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