The Coronation Order of King James I. Edited by J.
Wickham Legg, F.R.C.P. (F. Robinson and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Legg gives us a very interesting introduction to this volume, helping to make it one of the most noteworthy of the many books which have been called or recalled into existence by the Coronation ceremony of last year. One of the most remarkable passages is the disqui- sition on the quasi-sacerdotal functions of the Sovereign, functions which seem to include powers as well as privileges.. Matters of ceremonial, as the Royal privilege of communicating in both kinds, when the laity is restricted to one, may not matter very much ; but the right of appointing Bishops and presenting to benefices, as implied in the quasi-sacerdotal character of a Sovereign, is another matter. The binding, taken from an early Jacobean book, is very handsome.
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