7 FEBRUARY 1931, Page 30

In his short, but arresting book, God in the Slums

(Hodder and Stoughton, 2s. 6d.), Mr. Hugh Redwood describes the work of the Salvation Army in the slums of South London. " Modern miracles " are recounted with fascinating simplicity and absolute faith. These miracles are for the most part spiritual and those that are otherwise will be regarded by most readers as instances of. coincidence. One conviction, however, we think the book will carry to both believer and sceptic—i.e., that without faith life under the worst conditions of London overcrowding, and poverty, is not worth having, and that by faith its unspeakable misery' is continually being overcome.