ASTONISHMENT rather than gratitude generally results when Balaam comes to curse and remains to pray, and we confess to an almost bewildered astonishment after reading the highly appreciative review of “Essays Catholic and Critical” that has appeared in the Sunday Times from the pen of Dr. Inge. The Dean of St. Paul’s praises the learning and the tone of this remarkable volume of essays, and he concludes his review with what is, coming from him, a most remarkable admission. He says: “It cannot, however, be questioned that belief in the localized Presence of Christ in the consecrated elements is a very great help to devotion, and is one of the doctrines which make Catholicism attractive to many whose deepest feelings are stirred by it as they could not be stirred in any other way. It is quite right that such persons should be able to find satisfaction within the national Church.” [The Bishop of Birmingham] Dr. Barnes will surely feel that he is betrayed in the house of his friends, for it is his settled policy to prevent those persons who believe “in the localized Presence of Christ in the consecrated elements” from finding that satisfaction within the national Church which Dr. Inge now says is their right.