Tie Book of Praise. Edited by Bounden Palmer. (Macmillan.)— This
is a new volume of that admirably got-up series, of which Pal- grave's well-known Golden 7'reasary was the first. It consists of a collection of the best hymns and songs of praise in the English language, the selection and arrangement of the whole having been performed by no less an authority than Sir Bounden Palmer. . The work could scarcely have been entrusted to fitter hands. Sir Roundell has shown in his prefatory remarks that he is acquainted with the essential qualities of a good hymn ; and an examination of his book will convince every one that he has strictly carried out the principles which he has laid down. Especial care has been taken to adhere in every instance to the genuine uncorrupted text of the authors themselves—an object which, owing to the prevalence of the practice of altering atici tamper- ing with hymns, has not been attained without grass difficulty. The volume contains about four hundred separate pirzes, which are arranged. not chronologically, but according to the nature of their subjects—a mode of classification which is not entirely without disadvantages. We may safely congratulate the Solicitor-General on having produced quite the best hymn-book that has hitherto been published.