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II. Samuel. With Introduction and Notes by G. W. Wade

and J. H. Wade. (T. Murby. 3s. 6d. net.)—This new volume of " Murby's Larger Scripture Manuals" deserves commendation as a limid and scholarly edition of a profoundly interesting but difficult text. The editors explain very clearly the principles of textual criticism as applied to the Old Testament, and they summarize in the Introduction and notes the conclusions of the best modem com- mentators. The ordinary reader will find this unpretentious little book most illuminating. The history of Palestine has an additional interest for us now that it has been liberated by British arms.