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David. By the Rev. T. Barber. (Simpkin and Marshall)—This little

volume, without pretending to original research, has sufficient interest and value to deserve success. Mr. Barber has been diligent in consulting the best authorities, and he applies to his materials an in- telligent criticism. His chief merit, as may be readily understood, when the nature of his subject is taken into account, is his candour. He is not afraid of acknowledging the faults of his hero's character, and has a manifest aversion for the special pleading and trifling with moral truth to which some writers on Scriptural subjects are so prone. The style might have been made more vigorous and correct with advantage.