23 DECEMBER 1893, Page 24

The Oxford University Press has sent us two Miniature Bibles,

of which the smallest is not too big for a capacious waistcoat-pocket ; while the larger one would hardly be found at all obtrusively evident in an ordinary morning-coat-pocket. As specimens of exquisite workmanship they are curious enough. For reading purposes they can hardly be recommended, except for the use of unusally strong and clear sight. The smaller of the two would probably bring on some ophthalmic attack before the reader had got to the end of Genesis. The larger might possibly be perused up to the end of the Pentateuch without injury, if taken in moderately restricted quantities, with rests between. But both Bibles are wonderful feats in typography.