The Companions of Jesus. (S.S.U.)—This is a book intended " for
the older children," and, on the whole, well adapted for its readers. We should be inclined to omit the chapter "In the Father's Heavenly Home." There is something of intruding into the things which we have not seen, in it. The rest of the volume will be found, on the whole, well thought out and instructive. The life of our Lord is specially regarded from the point of view of the friendships in which he had a part. Among the chapters are those from the titles, of which some idea may be gained of how the subject is treated : " How Jesus Trained His Com- panions," "How His Companions Helped Jesus," "The Women who Ministered to Him." The illustrations seem to us scarcely equal to the text.—New Testament Stories, by E. A. Macdonald (same publisher), naturally goes over much of the ground traversed by the book mentioned above. It is intended, we gather, for younger children, and the difference is sufficiently well marked.—Jesus the Carpenter of Nazareth, by Robert Bird (Longmans and Co.), a book which aims at telling the whole story of the New Testament in simple language, seems to have had a great success, for it has reached a "twelfth edition."
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