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 Lindsay : A History of the Reformation 875 Thomas de 'io. Cardinal Caietan, lived 1469-1534. not 1470-1553 (I. 232) ; and the ^larburg Colloquy of 1529 is set a month too late (I. 353), as Luther arrived September 30 and departed October 5. The First Helvetic Confession of 1536 is attributed to Zwingli (I. 467, note l), whereas he died in 1 531. The Racovian Catechism appeared long before 1642 (cf. II. 473), as it was printed in Polish in 1605 and in Latin in 1609. We must, further, challenge the explanation of " gehobelter Eck " as " Eck with the swelled head" (I. 249), suggesting that it is merely " Eccius Dcdolatiis ", in slang phrase, the rough corner (Eck) "polished off". Sundry statements of fact also need revision. By " Cardinal Bonzio " (I. 2) is meant Bonizo. who is listed as a simple bishop. Gabriel Biel, during the years that he was a " celebrated pro- fessor " (I. 196) taught not at Erfurt but at Tiibingen. The tradition that the Marburg Colloquy took place in the Rittersaal {cf. I. 353) is erroneous; it was' held in a smaller room, probably near the present office of the Director of the Royal Archives. Cop's Address is unques- tioningly attributed to Calvin (II. 98), without mentioning . the very serious doubts on this point entertained by many scholars. The re- mark that excommunication freed Luther from his monastic vows (I. 250) is, to say the least, loosely put. Likewise the assertion that the doctrine of ubiquity is " essential to the Lutheran theory of the Sacra- ment of the Supper" (II. 4) is open to misconstruction, for it ignores the view taught by Chemnitz and known as multivolipraescntia. The statement concerning the attitude of Clement VII. toward bigamy (II. 324 f.) also demands revision. It is perhaps carping to suggest titles that should have been included in the compressed bibliographies which head the various chapters ; but certainly the usefulness of the book to students is lessened by the omission of S. M. Jackson's Selected Works of Zzi.<iiigli (New York, 1901), and that excellent aid toward under- standing the Council of Trent, the Symbolik of Loofs (Bd. I., Leipzig, 1902). The monumental work of P. Fredericq, Corpus Documentoriim Iiiquisitionis Hacrcticac Praz'itatis Nccrlandicac (The Hague, 1889- 1906) surely deserved a niche alongside the venerable Gerard Brandt (History of the Reformation, London, 1720), from whom the author draws some stirring anecdotes. Finally, the colored map contained in a pocket in the second volume, valuable as it is for giving an idea of the regions touched by the Anabaptist agitation, generalizes the sixty years' spread of the Reformation (1520-1580) in puzzling, almost misleading fashion. Turning from detail to weightier matters, we notice that the writer's unusual gift of sympathetic interpretation has its natural barriers. Al- though no hero-worshipper, he glows instinctively for Calvin, the Huguenots, the dyke-cutting Dutch, above all for William the Silent : in other words for the spiritual congeners of Scotch Presbyterianism. Zwingli he rather disparages, particularly in the matter of his secret marriage (II. 7,7) • whereas a study of the precise stage reached in 1522