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More Hagiography

THE STORY OF THOMAS MORE. By John Farrow. (Collins, 18s.) To the making of books on Sir Thomas More there appears to be no end. So one has the right to ask what fresh......

A Bag Of Nuts

IT is safe to say that no critic, not even Matthew Arnold himself, ever tried 'to see the object as in itself it really is,' although he may help others to do so. The critic, as......

Protestant Professors

THE NEW BEING. By Paul Tillich. (S.C.M. Press, 10s. 6d.) 'Do not call yourselves Lutherans,' said Luther. 'Call yourselves Christians.' St. Paul found it necessary to address a......