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Alexandria, Carthage, and Antioch, and about the time of the

First Council of NiCa3a. It relates the vicissitudes of a certain Placid* who is carried away during a riot at Alexandria, con- sequent on the Arian disturbances, and travels to Carthage and Antioch as a slave. The story is told with some vigour, and presents a picture of considerable interest to readers who would try to realise the trials of the Church under Constantine and his successor. The proceedings of the Council of NiCtea, are sketches. Sowing Beside AU Waters describes a period of extraordinary change and interest in Church history, and we can recommend it to young readers as a historical tale, though a slight one, that, they can very well learn something from.