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Curiosities of Christian History. By Croak° James. (Methuen and Co.)—This

is a book of the "Percy Anecdotes" kind. Mr. James begins with selecting some of the marvels of the spurious Gospels and of early legend ; he goes on to collect facts and fictions from ecclesiastical history, from the Acts of Martyrs, and from other sources. It is a book which it is not necessary to criticise. Let it suffice to say that the reader will find much that is interesting and instructive in it.