Lady Hymn - Writers. By Mrs. E. R Pitman. (T. Nelson and
Sons.)—Why "Lady Hymn-Writers " ? Surely the conjunction isnot one in which we should speak of "ladies " ? Apart from the curious blemish in the title, there is much that is interesting in the book. A chapter on "God's Singers," and two on "Psalms and Hymns—their Associations and Memories," are the first in the book, and deal with the subject generally, giving many interesting anecdotes. A chapter follows on the principal women- writers of hymns, as Mrs. Pitman would class them. The names for England are Anne Steele, F. R. Havergal, A. L. Waring, Char- lotte Elliott, A. B. Barbauld, S. F. Adams, and A. A. Procter ; for America, Mrs. H. B. Stowe and Elizabeth Prentiss ; for France, Madame Guyon ; for Germany, Anna Schlatter, A. Dober, H. L. von Hayn. The " Minor Hymn-Writers" fill several chapters. An account of a Hindoo hymn-writer, Ellen Lakshmi Goreh, is noteworthy. Mrs. Pitman, who illustrates her narratives with extracts, has put together an interesting book.
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