EDITORIAL NOTE.

THE Rev. Hugh Montgomery is a well-known Irish

minister of the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is eminent throughout that section for his vigorous and effective use of pulpit, press, and platform in the interest of the temperance reform. Those who have read his entertaining autobiography* need not be told what a fund of wit and eloquence he has at his command, and those who follow this volume to its close will, we think, be repaid by many a quaint expression or glowing figure which could flow from the lips of none but "a live Irishman" of the fine old sort.

Mr. Montgomery takes his own way to tell his story and make his argument. The opening chapters are autobiographical, as are many other enjoyable and powerful passages. The larger part, however, is made up of addresses, sermons, and lectures, which embody the author's answer to the cry of the thousands who are slaves of drink and the millions who are slaves of the drink seller.

THE EDITOR.

* Hugh Montgomery; or, Experiences of an Irish Minister and Temperance Reformer. New York: Hunt & Eaton.