17 DECEMBER 1864, Page 20

The Child's Commentator on the Holy Scriptures. By Ingram Cobbin,

M.A. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—This book is well suited for young children, to whom Mr. Cobbin rather elaborately writes down. Of course Mr. Cobbin, after the manner of his school, pretends to inter- pret the Bible literally, and so he tells us that the words "there were giants on the earth in those days" means that there were "some very huge tall men, and also some men of great names like kings, and they were at the same time tyrants, that is, very cruel." How does Mr. Cobbin get all this out of the text ? The illustrations are very well adapted to the work, those which illustrate Eastern manners and scenery being espe- cially good.