11 NOVEMBER 1865, Page 21

A Book of Common Prayer. (Jackson, Watford, and Hodder.)—This little

work contains liturgical services, slightly varied, for four Sundays. They are composed of chants, texts, and prayers, extracted from the service of the Church of England, with some modifications in an Evan- gelical direction, and in fact may be considered as shortened services. The book would seem to be a feeler thrown out in the way of liturgical revision, but according to the preface it is intended by the compiler for the use of congregations that consider a liturgy conducive to the interest and solemnity of public worship, and admire the beauty of parts of that of the Church, but at the same time think that it should be supple- mented by free prayer. It is very well adapted for this purpose.