Pike and Perch. By Alfred Jardine. (Lawrence and Bullen.) —There
are many anglers to whom the pike and the perch are more familiar than the trout or the salmon, and it is by them that this concise volume will be justly appreciated. It forms No. 3 of the "Anglers' Library," edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., and F. G. Aflalo, and it would be difficult to say what matters connected with these two species of fish have been omitted by the author. The habits of the fish, the various kinds of tackle and the mode of using them, are all clearly described ; whilst recipes for preparfng the fish for table are not wanting. In this useful handbook the mysteries of live-baiting, snap-tackle, paternostering, and all the other ways of catching the pike and the perch are elucidated, and the explanations are materially assisted by plentiful illustrations. Every good fisherman will agree with the author's remarks on the subject of live and dead bait gorge fishing. In waters where it is considered necessary that pike should be exterminated, it is a deadly and justifiable way of doing so, but where amusement alone is wanted, it is a cruel and unsportsmanlike method.
The Oxford Debate on Textual Criticism. (Bell and Sons.)— Whatever view we may hold on the textual criticism of the New Testament, we can have nothing but praise for this little volume. A debate was held in which the advocates of Westcott and Efort's theory of the text on the one hand, and those of Dean Burgett and Mr. Miller on the other, stated their views. By way of intro- duction we have Dr. Kenyon's description of the first in "Our Bible and the Ancient Monuments," while Mr. Miller himself states the second. Professor Ince was in the chair, and the Burgon-Miller theory was defended by Mr. Miller, Mr. G. H. Gwilliam, and Mr. Bonus ; that of Westcott and Hort by Pro- fessor Sanday, Mr. Allen, and Mr. A. C. Headlani.
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