6 JULY 1889, Page 30

Roman Catholic Claims. By Charles Gore, M.A. (Rivingtons.) —Mr. Gore

has given us here a learned defence of the Anglican position. His tone and temper are admirable. A better tone could hardly be. In particular, it is difficult to imagine how any one can doubt the validity of Anglican Orders after reading the argument of Chap. ix., on "Anglican Ordinations." The final chapter, on "Anglican Orthodoxy," is very frank indeed ; but if Mr. Gore's view of the true doctrinal position of the Anglican Church is correct, a very large portion of the clergy and laity are out of place within her borders, and her formularies and devotions are very defective.