Tax issue of the Contemporary Review for March contains several valuable articles which all worthy of perusal, amongst which is one entitled 'The Revised Version and its Assailants' by Canon Farrar. This will be read with interest wherever the mach praised and much abused Revised Now Tostathas been circulated. Canon Fa is a sonnd classical scholar as well most liberal-minded theologian, and any opinion expressed by him is, ab least, deser ving of being received with respect. The ranson be assigns for writing the article is, that the attacks which have boon made upon the Revised Version Lave been go numerous and so severe that avy one who fools the extreme value of the work is justified in coming forward to express, at least for himself, his deep sense of gratitude to Revisers, He then briefly quotes a fow of the recent oriticiems, all of which dismisses in silence, probably considering them to be unworthy of reply. A writer in the Quarterly Review, how-over, does not escape so easily. Canon Farrar speaks of him as one who has evidently sconted the battle from afar, who leaps into the arena with unmis. takeable delight in the fray, and not content with raising his war-whoop and brandishing his tomahawk in a style which is perfectly terrific to quiet persons, indulges in a shout of confident victory before a single combatant has met him in the field. He is farther described as becoming archaic and prophetic as the iron tears fall in showers down hie checks from contemplation of the depra-
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