book first appeared in 1874. It consists of nine lectures,
never, however, delivered, or intended to be delivered, orally, though, as Dr. Dale remarks, they are written as if this purpose had been in Mr. Rogers' mind. This is the eighth edition,—a proof of consider- able favour on the part of the public. As a piece of apologetic literature it is of much value, containing, as it does, the latest and most mature result of the writer's thought. The memoir which Dr. Dale has prefixed is remarkably interesting ; anything more affectionately sympathetic, and, at the same time, more just and candid, could not be. The account of Mr. Rogers as a preacher (xxi.), and as a critic of preachers (1xi.), is particularly good. The extraordinary facility of his pen, when the quality of what he wrote is taken into account, is almost miraculous. Twelve pages of the Edinburgh in the course of a morning !
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