HYMNOLOGY.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:] Si,—Would you allow me to say that there is another hymnal which has, I think, been very successful in excluding "the nonsense and vulgarity which the average English con- gregation. is often condemned to sing," to which you so . rightly object ? "The Church of England Hymn-Book,"* edited by the Rev. Godfrey Thring, who has himself written some of the beat of our modern hymns, was compiled with the express object of avoiding, as far as possible, the very faults which your reviewer points out. I am surprised that the book is not better known—which is probably due to the fact that it appeals to no particular party—for it was certainly the first to endeavour to establish a higher standard both of taste and common-sense in the choice of hymns.—I am,
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