The Daum of Revelation. By M. Bramston. (Simpkin, Marshall, and
Co. 5s.)—Miss Bramston, who is known to a multitude of readers by her excellent tales, has attempted here a difficult task, and performed it with courage and discretion. The problem is this — How to teach the Old Testament history without shaking the faith of the learner, on the one hand, and making statements which the teacher knows to be inexact, to say the least, on the other. Miss Bramston gives a practical answer. She does net, indeed, give cut-and-dried lessons for the teacher to appropriate, but she suggests and puts him in the way of doing the work so as to meet the requirements of the critical conscience sa/-va reverentia. We should like, had considerations of space per- mitted, to give examples of her work, but must be content with this expression of deep satisfaction with its general character. Mr. Lyttelton's prefatory commendation is, we think, fully justified, and there is no one more entitled to speak with authority.
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