information Concerning the History and Growth of the Bible (Elliot
Stock, Gd. net) is a useful little manual. (Why preface it with a" testimonial," not to the manual but to the Bible itself, from "a well-known man of letters and divine" ?) The treat- ment of the subject throughout is liberal and broad-minded. The writer accepts the well-established conclusions of modern research, and gives them in a reasonable and inoffensive fashion to Lis readers. This is a good little book in itself, and it will guide the student to sources where he will find these matters treated in more detail.—Another useful little book is Bib.e Manners and Customs, by the Rev. G. M. Mackie (A. and C. Black, lid, net). It gives a very convenient résumé of information on Jewish life and manners, as known to us from the Scriptures and other sources, and illustrated by the life of to-day.—Kindred subjects are treated in Palestine in Geography and History, by A. W. Cooke, M.A. (C. H. Kelly, 2s. 6d.) Mr. Cooke has made good use of the standard works on the past and present of Palestine, and has given his epitome of their contents with more spirit and in a more interesting fashion than we are accustomed to find in such works, A book which ought to find a welcome in many homes at this time is Regimental Records, by John S. Farmer (Grant Richards, 10s.) It gives the arms, mottoes, titles, campaigns, and, often a not less honourable and interesting detail, the nicknames of the various regiments in the British Army. An index supplies the necessary connection between the old numbers and the more recent territorial designations. As to nicknames, who could wish for anything better than "The Fighting Fifth" (Northumber- land Fusiliers), "The Little Fighting Fours" (Essex Regiment, or 44th), "The Old Stubborns" (Sherwood Foresters, or 45th), or "The Die Herds" (1st Middlesex, or 57th), a title won at Albuera, where the "Colonel rallied his men again and again with the cry of 'Die hard, my men, die hard!" At the end of the day there were left one officer out of twenty-four, and one hundred and sixty-eight men out of five hundred and eighty-four.—We may mention Yeomanry Cavalry, or Mounted Infantry? by Lancelot Rol- leston (Smith, Elder, and Co., le. 6d.) Keep the Yeomanry, says the author in effect, reform and improve them as much as you can, but do not turn them into mounted infantry. It can scarcely be doubted that the Yeomanry henceforth will take a place in our military system which they did not hold in ante-South- African-War days.
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