Early Church History. By J. Vernon Bartlett, M.A. (Religious Tract
Society.)—This "Sketch of the First Four Centuries" is a fair and thoughtful review of the subject, taken from the Congre- gational standpoint, it is true, but not the less worthy for that of careful study.—Another little volume belonging to the same series of "Present-Day Primers "is The Printed English Bible, 1525- 1585, by the Rev. R. Lovett, MA. An introductory chapter tells us something about Wyclif, who, of course, does not come into the story proper of the "Printed Bible,' his translation having remained in manuscript up to less than fifty years ago,—a curious fact in itself, and not saying much for English enterprise. The subject begins with William Tindale, to whose work the authorised version is under greater obligations than are commonly realised. After Tindale comes Coverdale. Matthew's Bible (1537) is a com- bination of Tindale and Coverdale, and tho Great Bible of 1539 was Coverdale's revision of Matthew. The author pursues the history in outline down to the revision of 1881-85.
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