13 APRIL 1918, Page 17

The Book of Joshua. Edited by G. A. Cooke. (Cambridge

University Press. 2s. 3d. net.)—Canon Cooke has revised his scholarly edition of Joshua, incorporating notes on the latest discoveries of the Palestine Exploration Fund. His historical and geographical comments are of special interest just now, when General Allenby's men are moving among the places famous in early Hebrew story. The Israelites first tried to enter Canaan from the south, but failed where General Allenby succeeded. Their successful invasion after the long wandering in the desert was made from the eastward across the Jordan to Jericho, along the route which British troops have just traversed in the reverse direction.