Old Testament History. By the Rev. T. Nicklin. Part III.
(A. and C. Black. 3s.)—Mr. Nicklin concludes in this volume an excellent piece of work. The period which is hose covered begins with the death of Jehosaphat and is extended to the time of the Maccabees, though the portion that lies outside the range of canonical Scripture is treated very briefly. Mr. Nicklin deals with his subject with a combination of caution and courage. He sees that it is impossible to deal with the Old Testament in the traditional way, but he uses a praiseworthy discretion in his departures from it. Perhaps he is in his boldest mood when he is writing about the Chronicles. This is a most instructive piece of criticism. Daniel, we see, is attributed to the Macca- bean period, a conclusion which will be a sad shock to Sir R. Anderson.
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