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to consist of letters from an Assyrian ambassador to his

master Bolus, recounting the various incidents taking place at the Court of King Saulr to whom the ambassador is accredited. We write with all seriousness, as will be seen by the following specimen. After describing the meet- ing between David and Goliath and the death of the Giant, the Assyrian ambassador writes, "It would be impossible to convey to your Majesty the scene that now followed." In like manner he gives a constitutional history of the Ten Commandments, talks of the stern but hospitable Joab, and calls Ahitophel one of the most distinguished statesmen, wisest counsellors, and profoundest diplomatists that ever stood before a monarch. And yet this book is written with a view of "drawing the attention of those who seldom open the Bible to that sacred volume, by unfolding to them the beauty, riches, eloquence, and grandeur of the Holy Scriptures ! "