Scripture Portraits and other Miscellanies. Collected from the pub- lished
writings of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D. (Strahan.)—This volume contains portraits of patriarchs, judges, kings, and prophets, taken from Dean Stanley's Jewish Church ; sketches of Eastern scenery from his Sinai and Palestine ; historical and biographical extracts from his Memorials of Canterbury and his Life of Arnold ; and passages of a more miscellaneous character from his sermons and other writings. All of these selections are in some degree, some more than others, conspicuous for the earnest and thoughtful grace peculiar to their author. It is almost superfluous to say more than this about extracts from books which have already achieved such high distinction, and which have brought both the characters and the scenery of the Bible home to English hearts and minds. Yet we can hardly abstain from expressing our keen admiration of some of the passages, of the contrast drawn between Jacob and Esau, the stress laid on the playful- ness of Samson, the glowing portrait of Isaiah, the pictures of Palestine and Jerusalem, the murder of Beckett, and the death-bed of Dr. Arnold. The omission of any oue of these from such a book would make it in- complete. It may not be complete even with them, but it is represen- tative.
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