God is Light. A Sermon, preached in the parish church
of Great Stanmore, October 29th, 1882, in refernco to the sudden death of the Rector, the Rev. L. J: Bernays, by Henry Montagu Butler, D.D. Sudden Death. Preached in the Chapel of Harrow School, October 29th, 1882, by Henry Montagu Butler, D.D., Head Master. (Mac- millan and Co.)—Both these sermons are simple and impressive, and the first of them contains a very beautiful sketuls of a character which seems to have been singularly wise and liberal, as well as rich in piety. The Rev. L. J. Bernays must have been one of those unique men in whom doubt had only served to deepen faith, and faith to increase his sympathy and charity towards doubt. Dr. Montagu Butler has made his friend's death the occasion for a sin- gularly solemn lesson, both to the parishioners who had lost their pastor, and to the scholars under his C)5V13 charge.
The fourth and concluding vilume of the new edition of the Imperils/ Dictionary, edited by Charles Annandale (Blackie and Sun), is now before us, Besides the conclusion of the work proper, it in- cludes a supplement, containing additional words, lemmings, and explanations. Thus "Bimetallism". and "Bimetallist," omitted from the first volume, are introduced into this supplement. An appendix, consisting of very full pronouncing vocabularies of Greek, Latin, Scriptural, and other ancient names, and of modern geographical names, foreign words forming parts of geographical names, foreign words and phrases met with in current Euglish, and abbreviations and contractions commonly used, completes a laborious enterprise, for which at its close, as during its course, we have only words of cordial praise. The Imperial Dictionary, thus revised and to a largo extent recast, is the best English lexicon of the time, and will remain so until, as Burns said of Do Lolme's " British Constitution," " we
find a better."
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