An Old-Testament Conimentary for English Readers. Edited by the Bishop
of Gloucester and Bristol. Volume II. (Cassell and Co.) —This second volume contains the books from Deuteronomy to II. Samuel. The first-named book, together with Joshua, has been annotated by the Rev. C. H. Waller, Judges by Canon Farrar, Ruth by the Rev. R. Sinker, I. Samuel by Canon Spence, and II. Samuel by Professor Gardiner, of Middletown, Connecticut. The work of all these contributors, while varying in character and, to a certain extent, in value, seems to be well suited for the purpose in view. The "English reader "will get the information he wants in a convenient form. Difficulties, too, are fairly met. Saul's ignorance of David's person in I. Samuel, xvii., 55, for instance, is well explained. We notice a curious oversight in page 180. The age of Jacob at his death was 147, not 130 years. The latter number gives his age when he came into Egypt, and he survived that event seventeen years (Gen. xlvii., 28).
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