7 MAY 1910, Page 26

The Passion Play of Ober Ammergau. Translated from the German,

with an Historical Introduction, by Montrose J. Moses. (Siegle, Hill, and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—The introduction is interest- ing, but it would be more useful if it were a little more plainly expressed. The translation, we take it, is not all that it might be. "The Passion Play had an enemy around 1810"; "favourable governmental discrimination " is a curious phrase. We have also the text of the play and a list of the actors of 1890 and 1900. "Lang" is a prominent name, nine acting in 1890, and seven in 1900. But a very large proportion of the villagers, seven hundred in all, take part.