The Life of John Wilkinson, the Jewish Missionary. By his
Youngest Son, Samuel H. Wilkinson. (Morgan and Scott. 6s.) —John Wilkinson, born in 1824, seems to have received religious impressions 'very early. For some years, while engaged in business, he was a local preacher; then he felt a call to devote himself entirely to ministerial work, and this among the Jews. After three years of College, he took an engagement with the British Society for the Conversion of the Jews. This lasted for twenty-five years. Then he became dissatisfied. The work of deputation did not please him. As he put it, he preferred to preach to the Jews rather than about them. He then started on what we may call a mission of his own in connexion with the Mildmay Hall. This was in 1876. A little over thirty years from this time were spent in the work. We cannot follow the story ; but we may say that it will be found an interesting narrative, throwing some light on a singularly difficult subject.
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