Rather singularly, one of the most interesting essays in the
new number of the Thinker is an answer to a paper which appeared in the Jewish Quarterly Review,—the Rev. Mr. Woods' "The Fourth Gospel from a Jewish Point of View." Mr. Alontefiere, the author of the paper which is criticised, cannot complain of the tone adopted by Mr. Woods. "Absolutely honest, thoroughly in earnest, and at the same time so free from religious bitterness," are the words used by Mr. Woods, who also, speaking of the general ques- tion of the differences between Jews and Christians, says, "They seem on examination less than they at first appear. Perhaps by a patient sifting of opinions on both sides they will prove even smaller still." This is a good and singularly varied number of the Thinker, although it is perhaps adapted for the comprehension of the clerical, rather than of the lay, mind.
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