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of Canaan. In many cases Lieutenant Conder has pro 

 vided rather materials for discussion than results to be at 

 once incorporated in biblical geography. This is specially 

 clear with regard to the identifications proposed for the 

 life of David (pp. 39 seq.), which rest in part upon question 

 able readings and more than questionable translations of 

 the Hebrew. The remarks in the paper on &quot; Samaritan 

 Topography,&quot; in which &quot; the wonderful consistency and 

 perfection of the topography of Judaea and Galilee con 

 tained in the book of Joshua &quot; is contrasted with the 

 defective nature of what is said about the Samaritan 

 district, are well worthy of the attention of critics. 

 Lieutenant Conder would infer that this part of the book 

 has been mutilated ; but it is much more likely that we 

 have in the facts indicated a hint as to the date of the 

 book. A very valuable contribution to the topography 

 of Jerusalem is Zimmermann s Karten und Plane zur 

 Topographic des alien Jerusalem (Basel, 1876). These 

 maps are based on the observations of a German architect 

 in Jerusalem, Hr. Conrad Schick, who for thirty years 

 has been collecting observations of the depth of that huge 

 mass of rubbish which overlies the original site of the city. 

 From these observations a map of the original contours 

 has been formed, while comparison with the present con 

 tours is facilitated by additional maps and sections. A 

 sheet displaying the various theoretical restorations of the 

 old topography, and a modest and serviceable explanatory 

 pamphlet, are added. In this connection I may also 

 mention the English translation of Socin s excellent 

 traveller s hand-book of Palestine, in Baedeker s series, 

 and the final exposure of the forged Moabitic pottery 

 by Kautzsch and Socin (Die Achtheit der moabitischen 

 Alterthiimer gepriift, Strassburg, 1876). 



Passing on to the subject of Old Testament Theology, 

 we are met by the last published work of Ewald his 

 posthumous essay, Das Leben des Menschen und das Reich 

 Gottes (&quot; The Life of Man and the Kingdom of God,&quot; 



