Sermons by a Lay Headmaster. By G. W. S. Howson.
(Logmans. 65. net.)—Ilis old pupils at Gresham's School, Holt, and many who knew him only by repute will be glad to know th0
a selection from the late Mr. Howson's sermons has been printed. Mr. Howson was a successful schoolmaster mainly because he took infinite pains to understand the boys in his charge and spared himself no trouble in helping them over their difficulties. His powers of organization were very considerable, but his former pupils remember him most gratefully for his unfailing kindness and sympathy. His sermons, preached at intervals in the school chapel, reflect his simple and straightforward character. The repeated insistence on unselfishness as a positive virtue is noteworthy. The sermons dealing with the war are manly and patriotic but free from any trace of hatred. We regret to note that the portrait of the author, which is mentioned as a frontis- piece in the list of illustrations, is in fact omitted from the book.
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