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"The Church Pulpit Commentary" (J. Nisbet and Co. 7s. Gd.

per vol.) is now completed by the appearance of two volumes, Philippians—Idebrews and St. James—Revelation, making up a total of eight for the New Testament. The Old Testament has been dealt with in four. It is always difficult to appreciate justly a work of this. kind. We may safely say that much trouble has been taken to bring together matter of solid value. Authors of repute 'have been laid under contribution, and a preacher will find much that is useful. Nor has the compiler neglected to take account of what we may call facts of criticism. He gives, for instance, a hundred and thirty pages to the First Epistle of Peter, and twenty-four to the Second.