28 NOVEMBER 1885, Page 21

The Religions Tract Society send in a second volume of

Short Biographies for the People. These are published monthly at the price of a penny, each containing sixteen pages and a portrait. The subjects of the volume before us are Lord Lawrence, James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Reboot, Augustine of Hippo, Erasmus, Latimer, Cowper the poet, Tindale, Baxter, Bugenhagen, Sir David Brewster, and William Carey. The choice is excellent ; the work Hs been committed to competent hands. In short, it is a happy idea happily executed.