Henry . Robert Reynolds, D.D. : his Life and Letters. Edited
by his Sisters. (Hodder and Stoughton. 9s.)—The greater part of Dr. Reynolds's working life was spent in the Presidency of Cheshunt College. He went there in 1860, when he was thirty-five, and he resigned his office in 1895, less than two years before his death which followed, after a brief interval, that of his brother, Sir Russell Reynolds. Probably no more suitable and useful life work could have been found for him. It was exactly the occupa- tion that suited him, and it is impossible to overestimate the beneficial influence which his cultured mind and calm temper exercised over the young men who were prbpared under his care for the ministry Cheshunt College was founded by Lady Huntingdon as a place of education for the ministers of the " Connexion " known by her name. The founder's purpose was not in intention hostile to the Church of England. Separation became in process of time inevitable, and Cheshunt has been for many years practically a Congregational Theological College. But its spirit is not militant. To such a position H. R. Reynolds was eminently suited. Dr. Reynolds found some time for
literary work, which was always of good quality. This biography will possibly seem overlong to some readers, but the audience for whom it is chiefly meant, friends and pupils, -would be sorry, we are sure, to have it shortened by a page.
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