THEOLOGY.—The Gospel of the 7'sve2ve Apostles. Edited from the Syriac
by J. Rendel Harris, B.D. (Cambridge University Press. 5s.)—The editor provisionally pronounces this to be "an Edema document of the middle of the eighth century." The title is that of an apocryphal Gospel of the second century, of which only a few fragments survive, and these not certain. The question, of course, arises : Is this Syriac " Gospel " a version of this lost original? Mr. Rendel Harris thinks not. Other ques- tions arise connected with the apocalyptic portion of the MS. The editor gives a translation as well as the Syriac text.—With this we may mention Palestinian lityrp Texts, edited by Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Giflson (C. J. Clay and Sons. 10s. 6d. net). In this volume we have fragments of the early Syriac version of the Old and New Testaments recovered from documents found in the Synagogue of Cairo. They were palimp- sests, Hebrew having been written over the original Syriac. The editors think that no earlier specimen of the Syriac language exists.—The Crown of Christ, by R. E. Hutton (Rivingtons, 6s.), is the second volume of a series of "Spiritual Readings for the Liturgical Year," covering the period from Easter to Advent. There are liturgical notes, a meditation, a selection of appropriate passages from Scripture, dtc. —Fifty-two Addresses to Young Folk, by the Rev. James Lesxmount (H. R. Allenson, 3s. 6d.), contains brief discourses—they vary in length from four to six pages—in which topics of the day are utilised for purposes of spiritual in- struction and exhortation.—The Joy in Harvest (Skeffington and Son, 2s.) contains "eight plain sermons for Harvest Thanks- giving and a Sermon for a Flower Service." The first is con- tributed by Dean Hole; among the other names we notice John Huntley Skrine and the Rev. C. J. Ridgeway. The "Flower Sermon" is by the Rev. S. E. Cottam.
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