The Book of Psalms. By A. F. Kirkpatrick, D.D. (Cambridge
University Press. 6s. net.)—We have here in a single volume the three parts in which Professor Kirkpatrick has brought out his invaluable commentary on the Psalms. A more useful volume it would not be possible to have ; the quantity is in itself surpris- ing—between eight and nine hundred closely printed pages—and the quality such as one may expect from Professor Kirkpatrick. He is of the conservative order of critics. The Book is one on which the destructive ingenuity of some commentators has been very busy. Professor Cheyne thinks that only one Psalm is possibly pre-exilic. A recent German writer is doubtful whether any are as old as the early days of the Return. All this looks very like caprice. Professor Kirkpatrick will always be found a reasonable and open-minded critic.
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