3 NOVEMBER 1838, Page 19

Motives to the Study of Biblical Literature is an agreeable

collection of information relative to the Scriptures,—touching upon philology, bibliography, criticism, and the manners and customs of the Jews and other nations with which they came in contact as a people. It is true the volume is a compilation, and some- times from obvious sources,—as in the case of the testimony of the early writers, both Christian and Pagan, to the authenticity of the New Testament ; which is abridged from PALEY, as PALEY had previously abridged LAR DIVER. But the compilation is clearly and cleverly done ; and much of the information here brought together is scattered, or to general readeis unattainable.