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The Mystical Quest of Christ. By R. F. Horton. (George

Allen and Unwin. 10a. 6d.) This book, by a venerable and distinguished Nonconformist clergyman, may be taken as representative of the best Noncon- formist atmosphere of the writer's time. To say this is to say much : a wise remark of Jowett is quoted (p. 88) : " He thought there was no career in life more useful and fortumite than that of a Nonconformist minister, if only the man is free from worldly ambition." But most of us will take exception to the statement that " the fundamental principle " of the Anglican Church " is the unchurching of those who are not in it." Has Dr. Horton ever read Article X.1X. 2