25 AUGUST 1894, Page 23

The Gardens of Scripture. By the Rev. J. Charles Cox,

LL.D. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—Dr. Cox has put together in this volume six sermons, or "meditations" as he prefers to call them, on various gardens mentioned in Scripture. There is an almost inevitable monotony in the choice of subjects for sermons, and an ingenuity which stops short of eccentricity in suggesting novelties is sure to be welcome. Devout feeling, familiarity with Scripture, and other good qualities, are to be found in Dr. Cox's sermons. We think that he is a little rash when he says that "Moses and Christ must stand or fall together !" i.e., sots all our hopes, on the question of criticism—did Moses write the Penta- teuch P But his " Gardens of Scripture" have much of value in them.