Israel in Canaan, under Joshua and the Judges, by Dr.
Edersheim (Religious Tract Society), is the fourth volume of " The Bible His- tory," compiled rather than written by the author, so many are the quotations from, and references to, well-known authorities on the subject. These would, we should think, make this cheap volume very valuable to teachers and others iuterested in it, who cannot consult these authorities for themselves. Some of the most difficult points iu the history come within the period included in this volume; such, for instance, as the character and doings of Balaam, Joshua's victory at Gibeon, with its attendant circumstances, and the life of Samson. Dr. Edersheim appears to take what we might call the rationally- orthodox view, in discussing these difficult passages, though the way in which be considers the history of Samson as typical points to a rather mystical turn of mind.
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