no hesitation whatsoever in commending it as the best of the many excellent manuals now in use.

The Church owes a deep debt of gratitude to Dr. Littledale for his masterly and exhaustive Essay on Incense, (London: Palmer,) which contains an array of facts of the deepest importance and value to all who are engaged in the good work of Catholic restoration. Those who appeal to the primitive and undivided Church are here very plainly shown what then commonly obtained. The Essay is written with great system and considerable learning, and, though it does not throw much light on post-reformation practice, yet is one of the most valuable contributions to general Liturgiological study which we have yet had from Dr. Littledale's pen, and as such we recommend it-issued, to the publisher's credit, at a most reasonable price.

Not a few persons will welcome, with sincere satisfaction, a collection of very valuable and interesting papers by the late Mr. Charles Winston, which have just been published in an exceedingly handsome volume under the title of Memoirs illustrative of the Art of Glass-Painting, (London: Murray.) Considering the state of utter degradation to which this decorative art had sunk thirty or forty years ago, there can be little doubt that some progress has been made by moderns, and that Mr. Winston has assisted, both by criticism, great knowledge, and good example, in the important work of restoration. His patient examination of old glass, the immense care that he had taken in collecting drawings, the judicious comments he constantly made on modern examples, together with the practical acquaintance he displayed in the manufacture of glass, led people rightly to regard him as one of the greatest, if not the greatest modern authority on the subject. This posthumous volume, therefore, will certainly be popular. It contains a series of independent papers, in some few of which he travels over the same ground, all of which received due notice at the time of their first publication, and are full of suggestive hints and valuable criticisms. Of the sixteen papers given, the most attractive are those which are comments upon the stained glass of York, Salisbury, Lincoln, Gloucester and Southwell; while those numbered VIII. and XII. are remarkable for their thoroughly practical character. The illustrations-between thirty and forty in number-which are most carefully rendered, are perfect specimens of artistic excellence, enhancing the value of the book very considerably. As regards some of Mr. Winston's theories, we are altogether unable to follow him-certain of them being grounded on misconception, and certain others having been since proved to possess no solid nor secure foundation. His unbounded admiration of the Cinque-Cento artists induced him to favour the employment of Munich artists for

the recent windows in Glasgow Cathedral-than which nothing could be more incongruous, unsatisfactory, if not vulgar. But the truth is, Mr. Winston never thoroughly grasped the great religious principle of the Catholic Revival-hence his comparative failure in constructing an intelligible intellectual theory. He never seems to have appreciated the motive of the older artists, or indeed to have realised the depth of sincerity which has taken root in the convictions of their successors. This key being wanting, a hundred difficulties remain unsolved. On the other hand, however-as a mere archæologian-he was enabled to effect much, his forte being accurate knowledge of the old, and an impartial comparison of new work with it. We entirely sympathise with him in his dislike of the ill-drawn eccentricities with which some modern artists attempt to disfigure our churches. There may be archaisms without distortions and dislocations-a sound ancient tone and Christian spirit without exaggerated attitudes and grotesque "bogiework"-coarse and laughable specimens of which may be seen at S. Michael's, Brighton, and S. Raphael's, Bristol. In concluding our notice of this handsome book, we can most strongly recommend it to our readers as well deserving a place in the library of all who are interested in the Revival of Christian art, still so successfully progressing, containing as it does a record of the experiences and opinions, well-expressed and faithfully recorded, of a by no means un-eminent man.

Under the title of Constitutional Reform, (London: Saunders, Otley and Co.) Mr. Bulley has very wisely reprinted five of Mr. Disraeli's most remarkable speeches on this subject, together with the Conservative Reform Bill as an Appendix-a publication most well-timed and valuable. Regarding Mr. Disraeli as one of the most far-sighted and high-principled statesmen of the present day-whose knowledge of the Church's polity, principles and needs is greater, perhaps, than that of any of his contemporaries-we cannot but rejoice that this fresh contribution (a large mark of his great ability) has been put forth. To all who respect the Constitution in Church and State we recommend this valuable publication as deserving of a careful and attentive study. His anonymous maligners and waspish assailants will rather pass by his arguments, than attempt to answer them— for the very best and wisest of reasons-that they are unanswerable.

Mr. Charles Walker's handsome edition of The Liturgy of the Church of Sarum (London: Hayes) shall shortly receive full notice at our hands, for it is thoroughly deserving of careful attention. All who profess to follow the rule of the Church of England should strive to be Anglicans indeed. In such a strife they could not study a more useful and practical book

than that before us, to which Mr. Carter of Clewer has prefixed a very appropriate Preface, and which is most gracefully and properly dedicated to the Bishop of Salisbury. The notes and explanations as might have been expected, throw a vast amount of light on the rules and directions of the Prayer Book.

The Messrs. Parker of Oxford have just issued an edition of the Imitation of Christ, which for beauty of typography, excellence of paper, and general sumptuous appearance could not be sur passed. Beyond this we have little to say of a book which is known, used and loved wherever the Christian religion is taught. We recommend this volume with sincere cordiality, as by far the most splendid edition issued of an almost inspired treatise.

We cannot do more in our present number than put on record the publication of a translation from Mr. Oxenham's pen of Döllinger's First Age of Christianity and the Church, (London: Allen & Co.) which will be fully reviewed in our next. The name of Dr. Döllinger and the subject of the work will be sufficient guarantees for its general interest to members of our own Church as well as of his. For we all have need, as the motto on the title page reminds us, to look to our common Christain origin, the rock whence we were hewn and the pit whence we were digged. As far as we have had time to observe, Mr. Oxenham's mastery of English as an original writer does not fail him as a translator. The book seems to us a perfect model of style, terse and eloquent.

The compiler of Morning and Evening Prayers, specially in tended for Children, with Devotions for the Holy Sacrifice; to which are added Hymns, dc., (London: Hayes,) has supplied a great want by publishing these thoroughly Catholic devotions for children, suitable as they are for all who are fairly educated, whether of the upper or middle classes of society, from five years of age and upwards. Careful directions are given by Mr. Lee by which to encourage reverential habits in those using them, and the faith and practice of the young who may happen daily to be trained by such a manual cannot but be strengthened to resist sin and its temptations whenever so assailed. To find carefully-compiled devotions for the holy sacrifice really suitable for children till now has been a desideratum. The book is prettily got up with a telling frontispiece. We heartily wish it a wide circulation.

We had hoped that Mr. Archer Gurney would have been satisfied by this time with the universal condemnation which his most gratuitous attacks on Dr. Pusey so promptly received. But we are disappointed. In A Letter to the Bishop of Oxford (London: Rivingtons) what he impertinently terms a "necessary refutation" of Dr. Pusey's "exaggerated" "and" erroneous

opinions is again attempted. To say that the letter is in bad taste, ill-argued, feeble, and full of theological blunders and personal crotchets, is no doubt the truth: but these, not its most notable faults, are ever capped by an abounding selfconsciousness which, banishing Humility from the sphere in which Mr. Gurney has his being, is obtrusive and most painful to contemplate. "Secondary-worship "--whatever that means -may be very bad, but self-idolatry is no better.

We are disappointed, in most respects, with Anglo-Romanism Unveiled, (London: Hayes.) Without denying that some of the criticisms are pointed, and certain of the remarks pertinent, we cannot but confess that the general tone is not by any means calculated to promote peace and amity. The author ignores altogether the many difficulties which the Anglican position. presented in times gone by,-and even now to some extent still presents to many minds, and is remarkably onesided in his judgment of Latin Christianity. If Roman Catholics have unduly elevated the B. Virgin, Protestants, and too frequently Anglicans, have failed to acknowledge and recognise her true position in the economy of grace. And what is so particularly needed for general consideration-especially from a Re-union point of view is the fact that no portion of the Christian family is so perfect that members of one part can afford to lecture and reprimand members of another. Moreover, if "a Layman" can so completely misrepresent the work of men in his own communion, as is the case in the present instance with regard to S. Mary Magdalene's, S. Alban's, and S. Matthias'— how much easier it becomes to misrepresent members of another communion. We cannot, for ourselves, see the object of the publication under review, though we admit that it is written with shrewdness and sharpness, and ought certainly to be added to any list, pretending to be complete, of the considerable literature produced by the Eirenicon.

It is

Rivington's Ecclesiastical Year Book for 1866 is an admirable idea, well carried out. Here is a volume of between three and four hundred pages containing a very judiciously-arrangd record of the Ecclesiastical events of the past twelve months. divided into five parts: 1. Memorabilia, 2. Synodalia, 3. Church Statistics, (a most valuable department,) 4. Religious Literature, and 5. Obituary. We are glad to observe that it is in no sense of the word a "party production," but that the strictest impartiality has been preserved in its compilation and preparation, and that fair play is given to all. Even on the Ritual and Re-union questions, where persons are so apt to be the compiler of this volume is thoroughly fair. The sections devoted to "Clerical Subscription," to the work of Convocation, as well as to the Norwich Congress are capitally executed, and

ungenerous,

full of interest to churchmen of all schools. Some of the reviews of books (impartial enough, both as to the selection and treatment) are amazingly eccentric. To speak of the Anglo-Roman Church as a "sect" is not only contrary to fact but feebly ridiculous. Anglo-Roman Catholics may be partially guilty of creating the division that exists, but that they are a "sect" is simply absurd. People who throw dust in their fellow churchmen's eyes by such statements, too frequently do as much towards cutting the ground from under the feet of waverers than even Archbishop Manning himself. Enquirers can never be hoodwinked long by statements that are at once both shallow and bottomless.

Mr. F. G. Lee's Oxford Prize Poem, which was favourably noticed at its first appearance, The Martyrs of Vienne and Lyons, (London: Bosworth,) has gained the unusual distinction of having reached a third edition. Dr. Stanley's poem "The Gipsies" reached a second, but Mr. Lee, in popularity, seems to have shot ahead. It is, perhaps, the most distinctively Catholic Newdigate that has yet been written.

An Altar Book for young Persons, (London: Masters,) though too difficult for children, is well calculated to be of use for those to whom, judging by its title, it was particularly compiled.