Oremus. By the Rev. J. R. Cohn. (Parker and Co.,
Oxford. 38. net.)--Mr. Cohu has given us a very able book on a very difficult subject. It would be unfair to say that it is too philosophical ; for, indeed, the difficulty is philosophical. The instinct of prayer is ineradicable. A cry for help to some Power not ourselves rises to the lips in the time of need. It must be a very resolute thinker that can restrain it :— " Lips cry 'God be merciful'
That ne'er said 'God be praised."
Still, the unlearned, or those who are unequal to the following of a close argument, might have been helped a little more than they are. Something of the kind is done in chap. 7, described as an "alternative chapter" to chap. 6. The argument is stated in a simpler fashion, and for the average reader will probably be more effective. We should be inclined to recommend such a reader to begin with it. Ile will pass on more profitably to the
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