From Slavery to Freedom. By S. B. Macy. (Longmans and
Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—In this volume Mr. Macy tells the story of Moses, and illustrates it with pictures which we cannot profess to admire. The book is not, we think, well judged, though we can see that the author has taken great pains with it. But the Exodus story is so beset with difficulties that it is best to be as general as possible in dealing with it.—We can speak more favourably of Simple Stories about Jesus, by E. A. Macdonald (S.S.U., Is.) The illustrations are mostly good—we do not like the ship in tho storm (p. 53) and others that we might mention—and the stories told simply with the morals well put. In the story of Christ among the doctors it might have been well to give what is commonly regarded as the meaning of rois Tor; rands icou, "in my Father's House." They had been searching for Him elsewhere, when this was the place where Ho must be found.
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