The History of Israel and Judah, from the Reign of
Ahab to the Decline of the Two Kingdoms. By Alfred Edcrsheim, M.A. (R.T.S.)—We should be sorry to venture an opinion as to the particular class of readers for whom this book may be in- tended ; we hope it is not for the young, for we fear that it will not be appreciated, and we cannot suppose that it is for the regular student. Fifteen chapters of the "Kings" (with the corresponding
portion of "Chronicles") have been expanded in this volume to up- wards of two hundred pages crown 8vo, and have suffered generally not a little in the process. In confirmation of our opinion, we would suggest a comparison of the author's telling of the " Gathering on Mount Carmel" (Elijah and the Prophets of Baal) with the original narrative. No doubt readers exist who prefer such dilations,—and to those we freely leave them. The information not contained in the original, which has been worked np into the text or is supplied
iu notes, is in these days so readily accessible in any ordinary com- mentary, that we see no necessity for, or justification of, books of this class as a substitute for the Biblical history. We have failed to observe a date throughout the book, except in a chronological note on a disputed point.
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