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The Monthly Interpreter. Edited by Joseph S. Exell, M.A. (T.

and T. Clark, Edinburgh ; Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., London.)—The second annual volume of this excellent periodical is fall of valuable matter. We may mention a very interesting exposition of the character of the Elder Brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son, by Mr. Joseph John Murphy ; another, by Prebendary Huxtable, on "The Brethren of our Lord," with an examination of the disputed passage in Josephus ; Professor Cheyne's essay on "The Christian Element in the Book of Job ;" Principal Douglas's articles on "The Revision of the English Old Testament ;" and Mr. J. Barmby's admirable paper on "The Song of Solomon."