29 JUNE 1878, Page 24

The Political Progress of Christianity. By the Hon. S. G.

Canning. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—The conclusion at which Mr. Canning arrives in this volume is that "there appears sufficient reason to believe that the political dominion of Christianity will, in time, comprehend the world." He comments uron the methods by which this dominion has sometimes been advanced with an evident sincerity, but makes no attempt at investigating the vital force which, after all, must have been the secret cause of this wonderful "political progress."