22 FEBRUARY 1908, Page 25

The Bible in the Pall Light of Modern Science, by

W. Woods Smyth (Simpkin and Marshall, ls. 6d. net), is a short book, which any fairly rapid reader may finish in half-an-hour. It is by a doctor, a Fellow of the Medical Society, and its object is to dispute the current belief that the Bible and modern science are at variance. The pamphlet is interesting, and to those who feel that the spiritual value of the Bible depends upon the vindication of its historic and scientific inerrancy it may prove a source of genuine consolation. Even to those who take an opposite view the concise and well-expressed conviction of a scientific man upon such a subject cannot be void of interest.