Hospice of the Pilgrim. By J. R. Macduff. (Nelson.)—The now
veteran author of "Morning and Night Watches," and other well-known works of the same class, has found a suitable subject in "The Great Rest-World of Christ." The idea of " hospice " for a title has been suggested by such shelters as that on the Great St. Bernard, with "the experience of pitiless sleet and darkness without, and of log-fires, shelter, and genial fellow- ship within." As a matter of fact, this book is a series of medita- tions for the different days in the month, these meditations being based on the conception of Christianity as a shelter for weak, suffering, and sinning humanity. They are couched in the rather effusive style—aided by quotations—which Dr. Macduff affects. The book as a whole is quite the equal of its predecessors from the same pen.
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