Co.)—Unlike the harmonies with which most English readers arc acquainted,
Dr. Wieseler does not set out the texts of the Gospels piece- meal in parallel columns, but sets himself to ascertain the date of the leading events in our Lord's life, and then taking these'as starting-points to arrange His miracles, sermons, ch., in their true order of succession. For this purpose he leans much more on the Gospel of St. John than do most of the German harmonists, and we are convinced rightly. Mr. Venables has done well in introducing to the English public a work the value of which has long been recognized by theologians, and indeed formed the basis of Dr. Ellicott's "Historical Lectures on tho Life of our Lord."
We have also received The Tercentencuy Edition of Shakespeare (W. P. Nimmo) in one volume, clearly printed, but in rather small type, for cheapness' sake we presume ; a one-volume edition of Ned Locksky
Bentley), which was reviewed at p. 2498 of last year's Spectator; the fourth volume of Noctes Ambrosiance, with a portrait of De Quincey and
the text of the famous Chaldee MSS. (Blackwood and Sons); the poems. of Burns in one of those beautiful little volumes published by Bell and Daly under the name of the Elzevir series ; and the first volume of Tytler's History of Scotland (W. P. Nimmo), a moderately priced edition of a really valuable standard work.
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