20 JULY 1907, Page 27

Genesis : a Devotional Commentary. By the Rev. W. H.

Griffith Thomas, D.D. (R.T.S. 2s.)—This is a volume of the excellent series of "Devotional Commentaries" appearing under the editorship of the Rev. A. R. Buck-land. The treatment is not critical, but the reader is referred to representative works which give the two sides. One observation may be made, that for devotional purposes a certain amount of critical discrimination in the treatment of the book is necessary. It is a relief certainly to be able to regard the hideous story in Genesis xix. as a folk-tale originated by Hebrew race-hatred of Moabites and Ammonites.