7 APRIL 1894, Page 27

The Pulpit Commentary. Edited by the Very Rev. H. D.

N. Spence, and Rev. Joseph S. Exell. (Kogan Paul, Trench, and Co.)— This volume includes six of the Minor Prophets, Nahum— Malachi, and so brings the Old Testament to an end. The ex- position of all is from the pen of the Rev. W. T. Deane ; Dr. Whitelaw, and Messrs Hillman, Lewis, and Prout contribute the s Homiletics; and Drs. Thomas, Candlish, and Whitelaw, with Messrs. Hillman, Forsyth, and Tuck, the Homilies.—Of books of devotion we may mention Lux Diurna, "Light for the Day gathered from the Words of Holy Scripture, and other Writings, Ancient and Modern," by Janet Sinclair Berger (Hodder and Stoughton) ; and The Daily Psalms, Vol. L "Morning." Vol. II. "Evening," by the author of "The Daily Round" (Whittaker and Sons).