The Hibbert Journal. Vol. II., 1903-1904. (Williams and Nor- gate.
125. 6d. net.)—We cannot pretend to estimate the value of this volume, with its great variety of contents, ranging over so large a field of subjects, and presenting so many aspects of thought. That this value is great cannot be doubted. So large an opportunity of interchange of thought can hardly be found elsewhere. One article we venture to notice ; it is the review of the New Testament articles in the fourth volume of the " Encyclo- paedia Biblica," and it reinforces an opinion expressed in these columns that the " wide dissimilarity of method on the part of the writers" is a serious drawback to the usefulness of the work, though no one looks for absolute unity where the contributors are so numerous and occupy standpoints so different. The reviewer, Professor Menzies, cites the article on the Temptation, a joint production in which the two writers flatly contradict one another. Nine-tenths of those who consult an encyclopaedia want a compact answer to some question. What is the profit of meeting with a "Yes" on one page and a "No" on the next?
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