1 JUNE 1889, Page 27

lays Lewis, Minister of Beth.el. By Daniel Owen. Translated from

the Welsh by James Harris. (Simpkin and Marshall).—

'This purports to be an "autobiography," the work of a minister who was laid aside from his work in early manhood, and found consolation and refuge from melancholy and rebellious repinings at his fate in writing these experiences. We gather, though not with certainty, from the introduction that "Rhys Lewis" is an imaginary person. But it is evident that his experiences are real.

Many of them are trivial, some possibly may be exaggerated. The language of the Magistrate in sentencing the alleged rioters is hardly possible; but, on the whole, they have the stamp of genuineness. A curious picture they make of Welsh life. The book is over-long, but its interest is undoubted.