29 DECEMBER 1888, Page 24

The English Church in the Middle Ages. By William Hunt.

(Longmans and Co.)—Those who have read Mr. Hunt's little book on Bristol in "Historic Towns" will expect this sketch of the Church from Augustine to William of Wykeham, for the excellent little "Epochs of Church History" series, to be extremely well done. And they will not be disappointed. It has all the merits that such a sketch should have,—clearness, connectedness, point, and impartiality. We naturally look to the Becket incident as a test of such a sketch, and it is perhaps the highest praise that can be bestowed to say that it bears the test well.