20 AUGUST 1892, Page 25

The Life and Teachings of Mohammed; or, the Spirit of

Islam By Syed Ameer All (W. H. Allen and Co.)—This volume is a sign of the times. It represents that curious growth of Islam in the midst of Christian countries. I more able, and, we may add, a bolder preacher of this faith, could not easily be found than Syed Ameer Ali. Much, doubtless, may be learnt from his volume, but some of his statements are simply outrageous. "Chris- tianity," he writes, "inculcated no principle for tho mitigation of the evil [of slavery]." Could any Christian who practised the precepts of the Gospel as inculcated by St. Paul, have been a cruel master ? And yet Christianity did not attempt even to mitigate the evil l It is only charitable to suppose that the author has not really studied the New Testament.