The Church of the Early Fathers. By Alfred Plummer, M.A.
(Longman.)—Mr. Plummer's work is limited to the period which began with the panning away of the last of the Apostles, and ended with Constantine's Edict of Toleration (312). After an introductory chapter, comes one that gives in admirable summary the " causes of the rapid spread of the Gospel." After this, the Churches of Syria, Asia Minor, Greece and Egypt, Italy, North Africa, Gaul, and Britain are separately dealt with. The ninth chapter describes the work of the Apologists in reference both to heathen and Jewish
antagonists ; the tenth treats of the persecutions. The hook is a small and unpretending volume, but it is easy to see that it is written out of a foil knowledge of the subject, and without any sparing of pains. There is much more to be learnt from it than there is from some larger and more ambitions works.
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