“Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.” An edition for the people. Prepared by W. Grinton Berry, M.A., illustrated in colors, 414 pages. Price, post-paid, 85 cents. Eaton & Mains, New York City. The author feels that a book which held such a strong place in the household in days gone by, alongside of “Pilgrim’s Progress,” ought, in the service for evangelical and Protestant truth, to be revived. In this edition some of the deficiencies in Foxe’s literary attainment have been remedied. The arrangement in some cases has been simplified; but nothing essential, so far as the editor is aware, has been omitted. He has endeavored to conserve everything in the Book of Martyrs that most obviously makes for edification. Many of the repetitions of similar examinations of martyrs, by their judges, have been eliminated. But a chapter has been devoted to each of the more illustrious ones, and the truths for which they offered up their lives are fully and explicitly stated. The editor has endeavored to keep the essential points in mind in his preparation of this volume. He believes that the great theme with which this book deals, “the falsehood, aggressiveness, and intolerance of Romanism, and its cruelty, which always merely awaits its opportunity, are topics full of living significance at this time; and it becomes reasonable to entertain hope that this volume may receive a great popular welcome, and again nobly serve the cause for which it was written.” We think the author has done a brave thing to revise the work for publication, and that the publishing house itself is taking a brave step in these days of compromise in giving it to the public. We certainly believe that the public ought to know this important history, especially in the light of the claim of Roman Catholics that the church does not change.