Companion to the Revised Version of the New Testament. By
Alex. Roberts, D.D. (Cassell, Petter, Galpin, and Co.)—Dr. Roberts, one of the " New Testament Company," gives here some introduc- tory information which may enable the " unlearned reader" to form some idea of the work done by the Revisers. The book is divided into two parts, dealing respectively with " Changes Arising from an Amended Text," and " Changes Arising from an Amended Transla- tion." A view of the manuscript authority on which the text of the New Testament is founded, a history of the "Textus Receptors," with specimens of changes made from an alteration of reading, constitute the first part. Specimens of mistakes in the meanings of words, in grammar, of archaism, &c., and of the way in which these have been set right or emended, are given in the second. An index of the more important texts, modified for one or other of these reasons, concludes what is a very serviceable and perfectly trustworthy manual.
We may mention, with a word of well-deserved commendation, a useful little volume, the Tourist's Guide Through London. By W. J. Loftie, B.A. (Stanford.)—It compresses into a very small compass a vast amount of useful and interesting information. Small enough t3 be carried in the pocket, almost without making its presence felt, it contains as much solid value as we often find in very bulky publi- cations. An excellent map accompanies it, not encumbered with the vast crowd of streets which make the ordinary map of London almost impossible to decipher. The main arteries and spaces are given ; for particular localities, that do not happen to be there, a directory is the only possible guide.
We have to acknowledge the receipt of the Transactions of the National Association for the Advancement of Social Science : the Edinburgh Meeting, 1880. (Longmans.)—Besides the opening address, delivered by Lord Reay, we have papers on the five subjects of which the Association takes cognisance,—jurispradence and the amendment of the law, education, health, economy and trade, and art. The volume contains nearly nine hundred pages.
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