SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
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The Cambridge University Press has just published in various forms the new edition of the Book of Common Prayer as revised by the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada. We are glad to find that the familiar book is substantially unaltered. The Church in Canada has been very much more conservative than the Church across the border in America, which has been much influenced by the Scottish rite. The occasional offices have been modified in places, additional ser- vices have been inserted, and there are some new prayers—as, for example, for the Governor-General and the Parliaments of the Empire. The introductory note on " How to follow the Services " might well be adopted in our own Prayer-books. Every edition of the book is identical in the paging—an excellent device. We must congratulate the Cambridge Press on the beauty of the type, press work, paper and binding in the editions sent, which are among the most charming modern books that we have seen. The editions in small pica on India paper are especially to be commended ; they are very legible as well as portable. It may be added that it was this Prayer- book which formed the subject of the application in the Court of Chancery a few weeks ago. The editions destined for publica- tion in Canada in time for Easter were held up at the binder's by a " sympathetic " strike, and the Cambridge Press had to obtain an order from the Court before the trade union would give way.
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