Abstract

Essays of To-Day

The article presents information on the book "Essays of To-Day. Religious and Theological," by William Wilberforce Newton. Both in style and matter these essays would properly be called sermons, for they have in them much more of the pulpit than of literary skill or interest. They are the product of reading rather than thought, the author reports what he has found valuable in other men's books, and he does it very well, to judge from his quotations. In the theological essays there is little of interest to the general reader. The author shows a liberal conservatism, and apparently looks for a reform in the direction of less dogmatic statement in creeds, but insists on the necessity of retaining distinctly the fundamental truths, such as the personality of God.