The Turkish Empire. By the Rev. T. Milner. (Religions Tract
Society.)—This is "a new and revised edition," its last chapter carrying us down to the deposition of Murad V. It is a careful and well-written book, and may, we think, be generally trusted to give information of the kina which many people are eagerly looking for at this time. It is rather strange to find a writer who is, for the most part, extremely well- informed, speaking of the Sultan's "wives." The Sultan, it is well known, never marries. We may:question also the statement that "con- verts from Mahommedanism to Christianity are allowed the exercise of their faith unmolested." That is the theory, but a resident, say, in Damascus, would find the practice somewhat different. It would have been better, too, if Mr. Milner had modified his somewhat harsh general- isations about Eastern Christianity. We doubt whether the average Eastern Christian is more inconsistent than the average Western, who regularly attends his suburban church on a Sunday, and as regularly follows the shifty practices of modern "business " during the week.
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