The most decidedly outstanding of the contents of an excellent
number of the Bookman is a criticism by M. D. Hay Fleming, an antiquarian in St. Andrews, of Mr. Lang's book upon the old cathedral and university town. It is one of the severest articles ever written by one author upon another since Macaulay crucified " Satan " Montgomery. Mr. Fleming directly charges Mr. Lang with committing innumerable and serious blunders, and cites a large number of these. It would almost appear, indeed, as if Mr. Lang must either cry " Peccavi," or reply to a critic who says of his latest book :—"It is not at all likely that it will add anything to the reputation of the author,—unless the time may come when eager book-collectors will hunt for it as they now do for Field's Bibles because of the numberless errors." The Bookman continues to sustain its reputation for readable literary notes and well-balanced critical judgments.
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