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Sacred Scriptures of the World. By the Rev. Martin K.

Scher- merhorn, M.A. (G. P. Patnam'e Sons, New York.)—Mr. Bohemian. horn has here "compiled, edited, and in part retranslated" "selec- tions from the most devotional and ethical portions of the ancient Hebrew and Christian Scriptures," adding "kindred selections from other ancient Scriptures of the world." There is a certain magni- tude about this scheme which baffles us. The present writer cannot pretend to reach the commanding position which the author has reached, and from which he surveys all the religions of the past and present. We must content ourselves with such description of it as we have quoted from the title-page, and with saying that the book is a handsome volume of more than four hundred large-octavo pages.