A Soul's Wayfaring. By "Z." (J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol. 3s.
6d.)--There are doubtless some people who, reading between the lines of this book, recognise the personalities and the incidents which appear in it. For the present purpose' it will suffice to describe it as a polemical tract against Anglicanism. There is no invective, we may say, no unkindness ; but the in- consistencies and difficulties of the position are pointed out. With some minds this kind of argument is effective; but where is the Church which stands wholly outside the reach of this attack ? The continuity, for instance, of the pre- and post- Reformation Church may be questionable; but Rome also has a past, of which a very damaging use may be made. The story is told in a succession of "Interviews," which naturally vary in interest, but express, as a whole, genuine experiences. One thing is abundantly clear, that the position of the advanced High Churchman is anything but a secure resting-place. But that is no new discovery.
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