we are compelled to indicate rather than appreciate the treatment
they receive. Among the most valuable contributions we should be inclined to put that of Mr. W. C. Allen on the question, " Are the Gospels True ?" a very powerful argument, as it seems to us, for the general credibility of the Gospels, a theory not inconsistent with the admission of difficulties; Canon Ottley's able exposition of the real nature and object of the "Higher Criticism" (which might be more appropriately named " Historical") ; and Mr. Carnegie's lucid exposition of "Harnack's Conception of Christianity." For practical instruction in morals Mr. Inge's discourse is a model. Dr. Fry has something valu- able to say about " How to Teach Boys Religion." The time is come when some of the old methods must be discarded. "How little do those who denounce the Higher Criticism know what they are preparing for their boys when they hear for the first time from sceptics what they should have heard from Christian teachers ! " There is much in Mr. Adderloy's own contribution to the volume that we should be inclined to criticise were the occasion other than it is.
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