Principles of Biblical Criticism. By the Rev. J. J. Lias.
(Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—Mr. Lias here defends the conservative posi- tion as to the date and authorship of the Scriptures. It may be studied with profit, along with the extremist views of Professor Cheyne and the via media, as it may be called, of Professor Driver. Perhaps the most important chapter is that of " The Evidence of the Psalms." Mr. Lias knows that the controversy turns largely on the date of these poems. If they are pre-exilic, other writings of the Old Testament must be pre-exilic also. The second part of the volume is devoted to "New Testament Criticism."—With this may be mentioned How God inspired the Bible, by J. Paterson Smith (Carson and Son, Dublin ; Bagstor and Son, London), written in a popular style, and based on the principles of a " gradual development of Revelation ; " and The Preaching of the Old Testament to the Age, by George Adam Smith, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton).
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