his pusillanimous eagerness to believe what is "safe," has 66 reported for seen, what he has not seen", and has led astray whole battalions in the army of God. Abstract denunciation of this theological timidity appeared to the author likely to be less effective than a concrete exhibition of the results to which a keen-witted, pure-hearted, and sincerely pious man may commit himself, by giving way to this safety-seeking spirit in what ought to be dispassionate historical investigation. The better the man, the more conspicuous the warning to be derived from his errors. For this reason, Cardinal Newman's Essay on Ecclesiastical Miracles has been selected as the subject for a discussion, intended to suggest an antidote against that kind of unconsciously dishonest and conveniently credulous Assent which springs from a misplaced application of Faith to historical facts. BRAESIDE, WILLOW ROAD HAMPSTEAD, N.W March 25, 1891 CORRIGENDA. P. 4, last line, for quoting, read alleging. P. 5, foot-note, last line but two, dele "rather," and for "tradition" P. 223, last line but six, dele inverted commas before "prominent." P. 240, lines six and foll., for yes it, read no, not "carefully," ... unless the word could apply to the unconscious care and instinctive |