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Bible which does not direct itself immediately to the emotions, and is essentially 

 imperfect. 



The work before us is devoted to pointing out the true method of BibHcal 

 study, being the substance of a series of lectures delivered by the author in Edin- 

 burgh and Glasgow during the first three months of 1881. The points discussed 

 are Criticism and the Theology of the Reformation ; Christian Interpretation and 

 Jewish Tradition ; The Scribes ; The Septuagint ; The Canon ; The History of the 

 Canon ; The Psalter ; The Traditional Theory of the Old Testament History ; The 

 Law and the History of Israel before the Exile; The Prophets; The Pentateuch; 

 The First Legislation ; The Deuteronomic Code and Levitical Law. 



In all of these the scholarship of the author manifests itself clearly, while his 

 expositions of doubtful passages are palpably clear and conclusive. We regard 

 the word as one of the most interesting of the kind that we have ever seen, well 

 worthy of the study of all Bible readers and teachers. 



Farm festivals. By Will Carleton ; illustrated ; New York. Harper & Broth- 

 ers, 1881. For sale by M. H. Dickinson, $2.00. 



Will Carleton has become by common consent, par excellence, the acknowl- 

 edged ballad writer of America. His series of Farm Ballads was and is widely 

 read, and the present volume can but add to his reputation in this respect. His 

 subjects are well chosen and his treatment of them will bring freshly to the mem- 

 ory of his older readers, at least, scenes of their youth long forgotten perhaps, 

 the arousing of which will be grateful and care-dispelling. Many gems of gen- 

 uine poetry gleam among his verses, and the whole work will be found bright and 

 attractive in all respects. 



Journal of a farmer's daughter. By Elaine Goodale; pp. 183, i2mo.; G. 

 P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1881. Forsale-by M. H. Dickinson, $1.00. 



The papers comprised in this volume were principally published in the 

 Christian Union under the title of a "A Summer Journal," and as such attracted 

 considerable attention, from the elegance of the writer's style and the truthfulness 

 of her descriptions. Graceful poetry and dainty prose combine to make the 

 book readable and attractive. The period covered is from April 2nd to Novem- 

 ber 30th, and a page or two is given to nearly every day of this time; all filled 

 with appropriate, glowing descriptions, graceful pen pictures of and sparkling al- 

 lusions to the beauties of nature in the country. 



For a city reader, penned up in a narrow home and hemmed in by- dusty 

 streets and dingy warehouses, there can be no more pleasant or piquant reading. 



