Notices of Recent Publications [pp. 633-642]

Notices of Recent Publications.
Republics; or, Popular Government an Appointment of God. By the Rev.
John Crowell, D.D.
These books are all published by the Presbyterian Board. In
their number and variety they are an evidence of the activity of the
reorganized Board. We regard them as very suitable for home,
family, and Sabbath-school reading. We consider them an excellent
substitute for the light sensational books which are so much perused
at the present day.
A TTorking Church. By the Rev. W. T. Wylie.
This tract, also published by the Board, contains a very full and
minute plan for developing the activities of church members.
The Holy Bible according to the Authorized Version (A.D. 1611), with an
Explanatory and Critical Commentary, and a Revision of the Translation.
By Bishops and other Clergy of the Anglican Church. Edited by F. C.
Cook, M.A., Canon of Exeter. Vol. i., part i. Genesis Exoduts. New
York: Charles Scribner & Co., 684 Broadway. 1871.
This is the first volume of the American reprint of what is known
as the "Speaker's Commentary," so called because its 4plan was first
suggested by Right Hon. J. E. Denison, Speaker of the House of
Commons.
As is well known, it is prepared by a number of leading divines and
historians connected with the English Church, selected by an eminent
committee on account of their peculiar fitness for the work. It is
intended to be of especial benefit to the great body of believers, and
not alone to the comparatively small circle of scholars who make
Biblical research the aim and occupation of their lives. The' first
volume of the American edition comprises the first two English volumes, and includes the first five books of the Bible, thus constituting
the only complete commentary on the Pentateuch, in a single volume,
in the English language. The first instalment is edited by Rev.
Harold E. Browne, author of Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles,
Rev. F. Cook, General Editor of the Commentary, Rev. Samuel Clark,
and Rev. T. E. Espin. The American volumes will be uniform with
Lange, and, although cheaper than the English, they are identical as to
matter, as they are printed from duplicate plates, but superior in
binding and general appearance.
Having received this volume just as we are going to press, no criti cal and thorough examination of it is now possible. A cursory glance
impresses us favorably with the plan of the work and its execution.
We notice, also, that it rejects the mythical explanations of the Crea tion and Apostasy, and holds sturdily to the fall of all men in the
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