Foreign Missions of Protestant Churches. By J. Murray Mitchell, M.A.
(Nisbet and Co.)—In this little volume Mr. Mitchell gives a sketch of what has been done in the field of missions, and what remains to do. On the whole, he is hopeful. He has some note- worthy things to say about Islam. He thinks that it is not gaining in India, except in British Malabar. As for Islam in Africa, he does not deny its spread, but the spread is by force, and the good is, to say the least, doubtful. As he pithily puts it,—" At best, the acceptance of Islam will raise men to the Arab civilisation of the seventh century; but it will fix them there." He quotes a remark- able statement about the religions professed in Southern India
There is one criminal among 447 Hindoos ; one among 728 Mussulmans ; and one among 2,500 Christians."
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