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The Pentateuch And Book Of Joshua Critically Examined. By...

Right Rev. J. W. Colenso, D.D., Bishop of Natal. Part VII. (Long- mans.)—Bishop Colenso now brings to an end a work of which the first part was published as long ago as 1862. A......

The Student's Gospel Harmony, Being The Four Gospels In The

Original Greek. By the Rev. John Slatter, M.A. (W. Wells Gardner.)—Harmonies of the Gospels are not of unquestioned utility ; they often appear to suggest more doubts than they......

Poetry. — Songs Of A Wayfarer. By F. Wyville Home. (picker-

ing.)—We think well enough of Mr. Home's performance and promise to make it seem worth while to speak plainly. He has no common gifts of poetical thought, of imagination, and of......

The Marble Queen. By E. A. Ryder. 3 Vols. (chapman

and Hall.)—There is an inherent weakness in this story, though the author does her best to make it good. The old criticism that the misunder- standings which complicate life, as......

A Brief History Of Methodism, And Of Methodist Missions In

South Africa. By the Rev. W. Clifford Holden. (Wesleyan Conference Office.)—Though much has lately been written on the origin and development of the Methodist Church, yet this......