9 JULY 1864, Page 22

Hymns for the Church of England. (Longman and Co.) — If Convoca-

tion were to set about compiling a book of hymns to be used by authority in place of the compositions of Tate and Brady, they would be much better employed than they are at present. But while every clergyman chooses his own volume, he cannot., we think, do much better than select this, which has been compiled with great judgment There is nothing there that the most fastidious could wish away.