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Luther. By Hartmann Grisar. Translated by E. M. Lomond. Vol.

VI. (Kagan Paul. 12s. not.)—This is the sixth, and last, volume of Dr. Orisar's exhaustive study of Luther. As a Jesuit, the author has no sympathy for Luther, but he has spared no pains to state the facts about the Reformer, and his general estimate of Luther's character, especially in its mystical and its intolerant phases, is well worth reading. Lutheranism has evidently failed to Christianize Germany, and its failure may be traced in part at least to the arrogance and worldliness of Luther himself. Few of the world's great men are lees attractive than he is, viewed at close quarters.