8 JUNE 1901, Page 25

NEW EDITIONS.—We are glad to welcome a new edition, making

the fifth thousand, of the Rev. A. J. Church's moving tale of the Early Christians, To the Lions (Seeley and Co., is. 6d.) There is no path of fiction more beset with pitfalls than that which leads ad leones, but Mr. Church has treated his theme with a reticence, a simplicity, and a dignity which greatly enhance the impressiveness of his story.