The Anglican Reformation. By William Clark, M.A. (T. and T.
Clark.)—This volume is one of the series of "Eras of the Christian Church." Dealing with a subject bristling with difficulties and differences, it is conspicuously fair. Mr. Clark, whose study of the subject with which he deals has manifestly been very painstaking, has no desire either to minimise or to exaggerate the changes which the Reformation made. He examines the documents, as they should be examined, not merely textually but historically. The Articles, for instance, have a significance which is largely determined by the comparison of their present form with that which they once had. The same may be said of the Ordinal, and, indeed, of the Ritual generally. To go into particulars would be to touch a controversy which it is not a suitable occasion to touch, but we may in general terms commend this volume very heartily to students of Church history.
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