ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. A volume of theological essays written (with two exceptions) by clergymen of the Church of England and published in 1860. It is said in the Preface: " The Volume, it is hoped, will be received as an attempt to illustrate the advantage de rivable to the cause of religious and moral truth from a free handling, in a becoming spirit, of subjects pecu liarly liable to suffer by the repetition of conventional language, and from traditional methods of treatment." As a matter of fact the publication of the volume aroused a storm of protest and indignation among the orthodox, and charges were brought against it as being contrary to, or inconsistent with, the doctrines of the Church of England. The charges, however were not sus tained. Some of them were withdrawn or rejected in the Court of Arches, others during the hearing before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The first essay is on " The Education of the World," and was written by Frederick Temple. The writer was Head master of Rugby School. He afterwards became Arch bishop of Canterbury. The second essay is on " Bunsen's Biblical Researches." It was written by Rowland Williams (1817-1870), who was at the time Vice-Principal and Professor of Hebrew in the Theological College of St. David's, Lampeter. The third essay is " On the
Study of the Evidences of Christianity." The author was Baden Powell (1796-1860), Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. The fourth essay is on " Seances historiques de Geneve. The National Church." It was written by Henry Bristow Wilson (1803-1888), Vicar of Great Staughton, Hunting donshire. The fifth essay is " On the Mosaic Cos mogony." The writer, C. W. Goodwin (1817-1878), an Egyptologist, was a barrister. He afterwards became acting judge in the supreme court of China and Japan. The sixth article is on " Tendencies of Religious Thought in England, 1688-1750." It was written by Mark Pattison (1813-1884), who became Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (1861). The seventh essay is " On the Interpretation of Scripture." The writer, Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893), was Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford. He afterwards became Master of Balliol College.