New EDITIONS.—A History of India from the Earliest Times to
1900. By II. G. Keene, C.I.E. 2 vols. (John Grant, Edinburgh. 12s. 6d. net.)—This is a second and revised edition of a work originally published in 1893. Mr. Keene wisely does not attempt to give more than a brief summary of events which have happened during the additional seven years added to the period that he surveys. We see with pleasure an emphatic testimony to the merits of Lord Elgin's rule as Viceroy. It is a name that is associated with energy and sagacity.—Christian Institutions : Essays on Ecclesiastical Subjects. By A. P. Stanley, D.D. (John Murray. 2s. 6d. net.)—The Gentile and the Jew. Translated from the German of John J. J. Dollinger, D.D., by N. Darnell. 2 vols. (Gibbings and Co. 12s. net.)--Book by Book. (Virtue and Co. 6s. net.)—This volume consists of essays on the different books of the Old and New Testaments by various hands, originally prefixed to the books as introductions, and afterwards published in a single volume. The writers commonly take the conservative part, but they are not absolutely consistent. Dr. Stanley Leathes energetically maintains the traditionary authorship of Daniel, while Dr. A. B. Bruce definitely declares that Ecclesiastes is the latest in the Canon. Yet the assertion, "I the preacher was King in Jerusalem," is at least as definite as anything found in the book of Daniel.—Carmina Crucis. By Dora Greenwell. With Introduction by Constance L. Maynard. (H. R. Allenson. 3s. 6d.)
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