CURRENT LITERATURE.
The Old Testament and the New Criticism. By Alfred Blomfield, D.D. (Elliot Stock.)—This is a reproduction, for the most part, of papers which have appeared in a serial form, and some criti- cisms on Professor Driver's "Introduction to the Literature of the New Testament." Bishop Blomfield maintains the con- servative position in a way that deserves respectful attention. This "conservative" position has, however, shifted not a little from what it was within the memory even of younger men. A. writer who speaks of the "crude anthropomorphism and com- paratively low morality of Genesis," has moved a good deal from the average religious thought of the last generation. That things will find their right level, and that the essentials of faith will not suffer, we may be sure. Meanwhile, such books as this will not be without their use.—Wo may mention together with this volume, Nature, the Supernatural, and the Religion of Israel, by Josiah Gilbert (Hodder and Stoughton).
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