The same thing is true—even truer—of the new number of
the Critical Review. Yet it is, in all respects, up to date ; thus, among the books criticised are Mr. Ritchie's "Natural Rights," Mr. Balfour's "Foundations of Belief," Dr. Denney's "Studies in Theology," and Professor Flint's "Socialism." Professor Salmond, who reviews both Mr. Balfour and Dr. Flint, is warmly apprecia- tive of "The Foundations of Belief," but at the same time allows that there are things in the constructive section of the book which are capable of being turned, as was done with Mansel's great argument, to the very opposite effect, and used for destructive purposes. Principal Rainy's paper on Harnack's "History of Dogma" is spoiled by literary sentimentalisms, like the asser- tion as to Harnack's learning that "down to its finest fibres it is animated by extraordinary vitality."
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