A Shilling Book of New Testament History, for National and
Elementary Schools. By the Rev. G. F. Maclear. (Macmillan.)—The plan of this work is good, and the execution more than worthy of it. Mr. Maclear begins with a short account of Jewish history from the death of Nehemiah till the birth of our Lord, as the connection between the Oki and New Testaments. The second book relates the Gospel history,. and the third the history of the Apostles. Everything is told in a. simple style ; words of Scripture are constantly woven into the narrative, but marked out by being printed in italics ; and the attention of young readers is kept alive by the distribution of headings and paragraphs. The only point on which we would remonstrate with Mr. Maclear is his account of the impression produced on Agrippa by St. Paul's narrative of his conversion. Mr. Maclear says that the conference ended after "a few words of banter from Agrippa." We confess the view we form of those words of the King's is very different, and we do. not think Mr. Maclear's view is at all in harmony with Agrippa's character.
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