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Bibles. It is equally apparent that Greek 

 cannot be fitly succeeded by any tongue 

 but Latin ; that Latin is most naturally 

 followed by its modern derivatives ; that 

 these draw after them the other European 

 languages in due order; the Slavonic 

 forming a link with the Oriental, which in 

 their turn usher in the African, American, 

 and Polynesian. 



Concordances, consisting of the words 

 of the Bible detached from their context, 

 form a convenient link with Commentaries. 

 The latter fall into two principal sections, 

 according as they relate to Scripture in its 

 entirety or to some particular part. In ar- 

 ranging the former, the erudite labours of 

 scholars are, as far as possible, kept apart 

 from the popular illustrative literature of 

 modern days. The order of commentaries 

 on separate books must, of course, cor- 



