In the series of "National Society's Church History Manuals " (National
Society's Depository, id. not) we have four numbers, History of the Church. of England, by the Rev. Arthur Carr. The periods are 33-507, 597-1170, 1170-1547, and 1547-1504. These manuals are intended for the use of schools, and .seem likely to serve their purpose very well. We cannot accept all Mr. Carr's conclusions. Archbishop Becket was in a way a champion of freedom, but a nation which accepted his principles to the full would cease to be free. It is scarcely fair to class with such an irregularity as refusing to kneel for the reception of the Sacra- ment and with the rejection of the Episcopal for the Presbyterian Order "the placing of the Holy Table in the body of the Church north and south." "The Table," says the Rubric, "shall stand in the Body of the Church or in the Chancel, whore Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said." On the whole, how- ever, Mr. Carr's book is most satisfactory.
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