Spener was always late replying to his correspondence, but, as this magnificent volume for the year 1688 shows, he got through a stately pile in the end. The bulk of the letters in this volume have already been printed in the collections which Spener brought out at the very beginning of the eighteenth century, but are far more useful in the present collection. The names of the addressees and the dates of writing which were commonly omitted in the original editions have now almost all been supplied, and the texts themselves embellished with magnificent notes of value to students in areas far removed from Spener studies. Among the things of particular interest to British readers is the evidence of Spener's genuine fear of Louis xiv's late push for the demolition of the Protestant interest in Europe. Gilbert Burnet's assessment of the religious situation in Europe comes in for honourable mention; Spener was full of fear that James ii's concessions to dissenters were a prelude to the overthrow of the Church of England establishment, and the whole story underlay Spener's vivid conviction that the end time was at hand. The date of William of Orange's landing near Torbay in November 1688 falls within the purview of the volume, but attracts no comment. Sighs of relief are to be expected in the next number.