Canon Barnett. By W. Francis Aitken. (S. W. Partridge and
Co. is. 6d. net.)—This volume, one of the "New Century Leaders" series, would have been better without its first chapter. We are glad
to have details of Canon Barnett's work in the East End by one who can speak of it, we gather, from personal experience; but we are not impressed by Mr. Aitken's rhetoric, and we think that he is distinctly unjust to his countrymen in what he says about " Mafeking Night in 1900." The whole book is somewhat wanting in the simplicity which is most necessary in such a subject. When the work of a man yet living is described, the colours used should be absolutely neutral. Mr. Aitken must allow us to correct him when he implies (p. 28) that only "young Cambridge man lent the Rev. F. D. Maurice invaluable aid" at the Working Men's College. Has he forgotten "Tom Hughes"?
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