7 MAY 1904, Page 23

The Story of the Churches : The Congregationalists. By Leonard

Woolsey Bacon. (Baker and Taylor, New York. 4s. net.)—In view of the great demands on our space, we must be content with a bare description of this book. It appeals, in the first place, to the American public, though its subject is not without interest for readers on this side of the Atlantic. Much of it is, of course, common to both peoples.—Another book which comes under the same category, though dealing with a different subject, is The Present South, by Edgar Gardner Murphy (Macmillan and Co., Os. 6d. net). This is described as "A Discussion of the Educational, Industrial, and Political Issues in the Southern States," subjects of which we recognise the interest and im- portance, but must leave to other criticism.