Latin and Teutonic Christendom. By the Rev. George W. Cox,
M.A. (Longmans.)—Mr. Cox has republished, with considerable alteration and revision, some essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review, of which the most noteworthy and complete in itself is one which deals with M. Montalembert's "Monks of the West." They are eloquently written, characterized by that fullness of allusion and illustration which comes only from a real knowledge of a subject, and conceived in a broad and liberal spirit. If we have a fault to find, it is with the title, which is too 'erg% for what it describes. Certain aspects of Latin Christianity are given with great force and with some fullness ; the view of Teutonic Christianity, on the other hand, is very fragmentary and inadequate. In saying this, we do not at all underrate the value of the few pages which Mr. Cox does devote to this part of his subject. They contain a very fine protest against the narrowing tendencies of the theology of the Reformation, a protest to the greater part of which we can heartily subscribe.
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