30 MARCH 1907, Page 26

A Smaller Dictionary of the Bible. By Sir William Smith,

LL.D. (John Murray. 25.65, net.)—The preface bears the date of 1888, and the book has been reprinted, it would seem, without any attempt at revision, for the use of "Schools, Sunday School Teachers, and Young Persons in General." The public thus addressed is, of course, a very large one ; the question is.—is the Biblical knowlege of-forty years ago suited to its needs ? Would a form-master at Eton or Harrow tell his pupils that Jonah was probably swallowed alive by a white shark ?