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I 308 THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY essay, also some extracts from th~ larger and definitive' bio·graphy of Morrice by the same author which appeared in 1937. The. six colour plates in it are, .unfortunately, of uneven quality. The small volume by . Duncan Campbell Scott on Phillips is perhaps a little too much in the nature of a discursive comment by this .poet on the work of an artist friend of his to be ·accurately called art criticism in any true sense. Nevertheless the essential merit of Phillips' achievements with colour wood-cu.ts is adequately explained in one chapter, which forms the best part of the booklet. A new understanding 'of the relation of art to everyday life and of the essentials of design as they appear in manufactured' goods is the ·subject of ·the illustrated pamphlet Desi[Jl for Use: A Survey of Design in ·Canada, availahle from the National Gallery in Ottawa. It explains the achievements to date of the small number of Canadian product-designers, .who belong to a profession which has only recently been recogniz~d as one of importance in our economy. Well-designed functional products here· illustrated include .kitchen utensils, lighting fixtur~s, toys, ceramics, and , metalware. This is the ·first of _ several publications of this nature which the National Gallery of Canada plans to print. Based on a series of school broadcasts delivered over the C.B.C.'s network, The Adventure of Canadian Painting by Richard S. Lambert is definitely for ch~ldren only. It consists of stories about· the lives of a number of Canadian artists, from Paul Kane to Carl Schaefer. The emphasis is on colourful and preferably wholesome anecdotes, as when it is related that Horatio Walker as a youngster took delight in drawing pigs ~ntil he was persuaded to try his hand instead at depicting "King Billy))·on a white horse for use on the banner of the local Orange Lodge in · Listowel, Ontario. By this means, or so the account seems to indicate, he took the first step towards establishing his later career as a well-p~id and much applauded artist. This kind of writing, of course, is harmless, as long as it keep~ closely enough to facts, and these simple stories doubtless do serve a purpose, if the purpose is merely to awaken an interest among· boys and girls in the chronicles of painting in Canada. But for any reviewer to indicate that the book is also of value to adults·would be to indulge in sheer misrepresentation of its contents. 3~ BOOKS ON RELIGION \V. S. McCuLLOUGH The First Epistle of Peter by the Reverend Professor F. \V. Beare ·of Trinity College, Toronto, is an excellent example of the good craftsmanship of a biblical scholar. The book has the usual features of a New Testament commentary: introduction, Greek text (with apparatus criticus)', a fresh English translation, and exegetical notes. It is the first English commentary to expound the thesis (already advocated by other writers, mostly Continental ) that I Peter is no.t the work of the apostle Peter, but is in fact a: pseudonymous work of the early second century. It is claimed that the LETTERS IN CANADA: '1947 309 epistle consist~ of two principal parts: a b~ptismal discourse (1:3-4:11), and ·a letter (4:12-5:11). The last-named section is believed to refiect the persecution of Christians in Bithynia in Pliny's time (111-12· A.D.). Professor Beare's book is bound to be compared with the commentary on the same epistle, published in -1946, by the Reverend Dr. E. G. Se'lwyn, Dean of Winchester. The fact that Dr. Selwyn can defend the Petrine·authorship and a first-century pate (63.:.4 A.D.) is an indication 'that the evidence. for arriving at conclusions on such matters is capable of more than one interpretation. Dr. Beare's exegesis of the text is a model of succinctness and lucidity. The usefulness of his book would be somewhat increased by the inclusion of indices. · L. M. Lande's The Story of Stories is a study of the Book of Job. The first third ·of the...

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