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of evidence; and we hope there will also be catholicity of view, and liberality of deduction.

Reynard the Fox is a capital child's book, that is, in its original form; we cannot say so much for the continuations. There are many admirable German tales, which might come under the same division with it. In the more graceful, as well as in the wilder legendary lore, The Empire is unrivalled. Translations from Steffens and Tieck would well repay the publisher.

Impressions, Thoughts, and Sketches, 'during two years in France and Switzerland. By Martha Macdonald Lamont. London: Edward Moxon.

Letters addressed by a daughter to her mother-and pleasant letters they are. The greater number were written during a twelvemonth's residence in Paris, and relate to the every-day indoor life of the French; though sometimes, we are told of sight-seeings, or visits to Marshal Macdonald, to whom, we presume, the authoress is distantly related; and sometimes have very fair criticisms on books. The later letters from Belgium and Switzerland, run more in the ordinary strain of tourists. Miss Lamont is lively, observant, well read; and does not philosophise, as she calls it, amiss. Her style is here and there ambitious, perhaps, from retouching for publication. She is a little too fond of nature, dear goddess;' and there are other feminine affectednesses, but the work is one of promise.

Infant Salvation; or, an attempt to Prove that all who die in Infancy are Saved. By David Russell, D.D. Third Edition. Glasgow: James Maclehose.

We are glad to see on our table a third edition of this admirable treatise, which leaves nothing to be desired on a subject of deep and general interest. The volume is distinguished by the same lucid arrangement, thorough investigation of all topics pertinent to the question, sound sense and evangelical spirit, which lend such a charm to the other productions of the author.

Life in the Sick-room: Essays. By an Invalid. London: Edward Moxon.

We like the general purpose of these essays-to show the subjects of incurable but slow disease that they are by no means shut out from usefulness or enjoyment; to suggest the trial of observations and employments, having in them more or less of solace and advantage; and to inculcate courageous submission, in place of indolent and peevish impatience. All this is good, so far as it goes, but in higher matters we are directly at issue with the writer-Miss Martineau, as we are informed. She accounts pain and sorrow to be in every case, and of necessity, purificatory, and, as might be expected, asserts the final happiness of all men. Nor is it any wonder, that while she speaks often of God, of sinfulness, faith, and prayer,—the Son of God, the great Sacrifice, Saviour, and Intercessor, should not be so much as named above three or four times in the two hundred and twenty pages. It is unnecessary to

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say that the volume is well written, and will in various ways interest such as are able to discern between good and evil; but we cannot recommend it to invalids indiscriminately.

The Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt. A New Edition.

English Songs, and other Small Poems. A New Edition. London:
Edward Moxon.

Very neat editions, greatly improved, and issued at the low price of half-a-crown each. Mr. Moxon is determined to have no successful rival in the publication of elegant and cheap editions, of our poets, both living and dead.

Literary Entelligence.

On the First of June will be published, A Pictorial and Descriptive History of China and India, from the earliest period recorded to the present time. In which the manners, customs, religion, and domestic practices, of a people, hitherto but little known, are delineated. The plates 32 in number, are printed in tinted lithography, in the new style of the art; and the wood engravings, of which there are 138, are executed by artists of celebrity, from accurate drawings made expressly for the work. With Maps of China and India.

Just Published.

Contributions, Biographical, Literary and Philosophical, to the Eclectic Review. By John Foster. 2 vols.

English Songs, and other Small Poems. By Barry Cornwall. A New Edition.

Lectures delivered at Broadmead Chapel, Bristol. By John Foster.

The Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan. Edited by George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S. F.S.A., and Lewis Pocock, F.S.A., Hon. Secretaries of the Art Union of London, with a Memoir of the author, and a Bibliographical Notice. Illustrated by engravings in outline and wood-cuts, from drawings by H. C. Sellons, Esq.

The Second Coming of Christ, practically considered, being Lectures delivered during Lent, 1844, at St. George's Bloomsbury. By Twelve Clergymen of the Church of England. With a Preface, by the Hon. and Rev. H. Montague Villiers, M.A., Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury.

The Christian System Vindicated against the more popular forms of Modern Infidelity, being the Hulsean Prize for the year 1838; and the Norrisian Prizes for the year 1837 and 1839. By the Rev. Daniel Moore, M. A. Second Edition, with additions.

Fables of La Fontaine, illustrated by J. J. Grandville, translated from the French, by Elizur Wright. In 2 Vols. Second Edition. Boston: U. S.

The Seven Penitential Psalms in Verse, being Specimens of a New Version of the Psalter, fitted to the tunes used in Churches, &c. By M. Montagu.

The North British Review, No. 1.

Journal of a March from Delhi to Peshâwur, and from thence to Câbul, with the Mission of Lieut. Col. Sir C. M. Wade, Kt. C.B. By Lieut. Will. Barr, B. H. A.

Naboth, the Jezreelite, and other Poems. By Anne Flinders.

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the New Testament. By Albert Barnes. Vol. VI. 2 Corinthians and Galatians.

The Past History and Future Destiny of Israel, as unfolded in the eighth and succeeding chapters of the Book of Daniel. By the late Robert Wodrow, Esq., with a Preliminary Essay, by the Rev. J. G. Lorimer.

Narration of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the years 1820-1823, commanded by Lieut., now Admiral Ferdinand Von Wrangell, of the Russian Imperial Navy. Second Edition, with additions. Edited by Lieut. Col. Edward Sabine, R.A. F.R.S.

Travels in Kordofan, embracing a description of that Province of Egypt, and some of the Bordering Countries, with a Review of the present state of the Commerce in those Countries-of the Habits and Customs of the Inhabitants, as also an Account of the Slave Hunts taking place under the Government of Mehemed Ali. By Ignatius Pallme.

Remedies for some of the Evils which constitute the Perils of the Nation.'

The Terms of the Communion at the Lord's Table, and with the Church of Christ. By Robert B. C. Howell, M.D.

History of Ireland and the Irish People, under the Government of England. By Samuel Smiles, A.M.

Narrative of a Visit to Christian Brethren, in Hamburg, Copenhagen, &c. By James Hoby, D.D.

The Biblical Cabinet-Sacred Meditations; or an Exegetical, Critical, and Doctrinal Commentary on the Gospel of St. John. By Charles C. Tittmann, D.D. Translated from the Latin, by James Young. Vol. II. Poems. By James R. Lowell.

A Selection from the Speeches and Writings of Lord King, with a short Introductory Memoir. By Earl Fortescue.

A Church Without a Prelate:-the Apostolical and Primitive Church Popular in its Government and Simple in its Worship. By Rev. Lyman Coleman. With an Introductory Essay, by Dr. Aug. Neander.

Bibliotheca Sacra, and Theological Review. Conducted by Professors Edwards and Park; with the special co-operation of Dr. Robinson, and Professor Stuart. No. 1., Feb. 1844. Andover, Massachusetts.

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative, and Inductive, being a connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. By John Stuart Mill. 2 vols. 8vo.

Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem. By W. H. Bartlett. Madras, Mysore, and the South of India; or a Personal Narration of a Mission to those Countries, from 1820 to 1838. By Elijah Hoole. Second Edition, with Engravings on Wood, by Baxter.

The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of Shakspeare. Knight's Library Edition. Second Edition. Vol X.

English Prose-being Extracts from the Works of English Prose Writers; with Notes on their Lives.

Lives of the Queens of England. By Agnes Strickland. Vol. VII. Essays on some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy. By John Stuart Mill.

A Visit to my Father Land; being Notes of a Journey to Syria and Palestine, in 1843. By Ridley H. Herschell.

The History of Rome, from the Punic War to the Death of Constantine. By B. G. Niebuhr, in a series of Lectures; including an Introductory Course on the Source and Study of Roman History. Edited by Leonard Schmitz, Ph.D. 2 vols., forming the fourth and fifth vols. of the entire History.

A Practical Treatise on Congestion and Inactivity of the Liver, illustrated by Cases. By Fred. J. Mosgrove.

INDEX.

VOL. XV.-NEW SERIES.

Anti Corn Law League, 194; history
of the Corn Laws, 197; origin of the
League, 200; lecturers employed,
201; parliamentary progress of the
question, 207; ministerial conven-
tion, 209; prize essays, 213; moral
agency, 214, and present position of
the League, 218

Anti State Church Conference, 345,

724; origin of the movement, 346;
meeting at Leicester, 347; provision-
al committee, 349; executive com-
mittee, 351; church reform the ques-
tion of the times, 354; importance
of the conference as supplying an
object to, 357, and as organizing dis-
senting effort, 359; spirit in which
the agitation should be carried on,
361; objections to the conference
answered, 726, its temper, 727; out-
line of its proceedings, ib.; Dr. Ward-
law's paper, 728; Mr. Miall's, 732;
Mr. Massie's, ib.; paper on the legal
meaning of union and separation
of church and state, ib.; Mr. Mur-
sell's paper, 733; plan of organiza-
tion, 736; absence of political, 738,
or personal discussion, 739
Amy Herbert, 623

Aristocracy, Brougham, Lord, on, 1;

its meanness, 3; selfishness, 5; its
mediæval fruits, 9; influence since
the revolution of 1688, 11; its im-
position of the Corn Laws, 13; in-
equality of taxation, 14, 22; con-
nexion with an established church,
19; mischievous foreign policy, 20;
peerage reform, 22; constitution of
the Norwegian upper house, 23
Arnold, T. K., Annales Veterum Reg-
norum, 497

VOL. XV.

Barham, F., Life and Times of Reuch-
lin, 79; effects of the revival of
learning on the Reformation, 89;
sketch of Reuchlin's life, 80; dis-
pute with the monks of Cologne,
90: Epistolæ Obscurorum Viro-

rum, 92

Barnes, A., Notes on the Epistle to the
Romans, 663, 676

Beaumont Gustave, Ireland, Social,
Political, and Religious, 601; out-
line of history of Ireland, 602; pro-
scription of catholicism, 607; pros-
pects at close of American war, 608;
act of union, how carried, 608; re-
medies proposed-church reform,
610; extension of franchise, 611; and
additional seats in House of Com-
mons, 612; public works, 614;
equity of tenure, 615; employment
of Irishmen in state offices, 617;
advantage to England of justice to
Ireland, 619; danger of delay,

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Bertholdt, on Daniel, 55, 67
Bonner, Life and Defence of Bishop,
94, 95; condition of the relation of
the church to the state, 97
Bremer, Frederika, character of her
tales, 556; The Neighbours, ib.;
The Home, 557, 560; The Presi-
dent's Daughters, 557; Swedish
Christmas Customs, 558; Sun at
Midnight, 559; Nina, 560; A Diary,
561; New Year's Ball, ib.; Strife
and Peace, 563
Brougham, Lord, Political Philosophy,
1; Historical Sketches, third series,
501; characterized, 504; inconsis
tencies and errors in author's ac-
count of French Revolution, 506,
519, 521; its true history, 508;

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States General, 510; National As-
sembly, 512; Convocation, 516;
Danton, 517, 519, 521; Robespierre,
518, real causes of their quarrel,
520; Sieyes, 522; errors of Lord
Brougham's biographies, 525; his
sketch of Walpole, 526; and eulogy
upon him, 528

Chalmers, Dr. on the Epistle to the
Romans, 663; merits and defects,
666, 667, ancient commentators,
664; desirableness of pulpit exposi-
tion, 665; effect of the preaching of
the gospel on the responsibility of
the heathen, 669; eulogy on the
Baptists, 671, original sin, 672,
675; cardinal doctrines of the epistle,
677

Caste and Slavery in the American
Church, 499

Collins, R. N., Teacher's Companion,
304; importance and advantage of
Sunday Schools, 304, 309; too much
neglected by the churches, 310
Congregational Calender, 127
Cornwall, Barry, Songs and other small
Poems, 743

Courtenay, T. P., Life of Earl of Danby,
373; Danby made treasurer of the
Navy, 376; conduct in Parliament,
379; created Earl, 382; his bribery,
384; non-resisting test, 387; finan-
cial policy, 388; malversations, 389;
intrigues with Prince of Orange,
392; impeachment and resignation,
394; president of council under
William III., 397; an example of
the corruption of society at the Res-
toration, 399

Crisp, T. S., Sermon on the death of
Foster, 223

Custine, Marquis de, Empire of the
Czar, 36; characterized, 37, 55;
analysed, 46; biographical sketch
of author, 38; his view of the pros-
pects of Russia, 49; hatred of pro-
testantism, 50; mysticism, 53

Ewing, Greville, Memoir of, 681, 689;
degeneracy of the Established
Church of Scotland, 684; he se-
cedes from it, 686; forms a con-
gregational church, 687; influence
of this step, 689

Ephesians, Epistle to, 412; to whom
sent, 413; connexion with Epistle to
Colossians, 431, and Epistle to Lao-
dicea, 413; not encyclical, 420; its
authenticity, 423; where written,
426, and when, 428; abstract of its
contents, 433

Foster, John, general estimate of his
writings, 227, 234; their paucity,
229; criticism on his Essays, 231;
his sentences not overloaded, 235;
his description of religious oratory,
238; vindication of political inter-
ference of christian ministers, 240;
intellectual character, 244; his Con-
tributions to Eclectic Review, 584;
principle on which selected for re-
publication, 586; his power of sar-
casm, 587; remarks on metaphy-
sical speculation, 589; on so called
philosophical scepticism, 591; charac-
ter of Fox, 593; vindication of Sir
Thomas More's cheerfulness in pros-
pect of death, 595; condemnation
of military spirit and training, 596;
causes of Whitfield's success, 599
Foye, M. W., Tracts for the People,
126

France, Her Governmental, Admi-

nistrative, and Social Organization,
250; accuracy of author's statements,
252; venality of French Chambers,
256; patronage of the ministry, 259;
Composition of a French Jury, 262;
valuable statistical tables, 265

Godley, J. R., Letters from America,
698; their spirit commended, 698;
causes of American reserve, 700;
duelling, 701; feeling towards the
English and the French, 702; emi-
gration to Canada, 704; defective
views of author on ecclesiastical
questions, 705; also on slavery, 711;
rapids of the St. Lawrence, 706;
Boston, 707; Mr. Webster, 709;
American literary tastes, 710; Vir-
ginia and its inhabitants, 712
Godwin, B., D.D., Examination of
Pusey's sermon on the Eucharist,
448, 457; Popery of the Establish-
ment, 449; its failure to answer its
alleged purpose, 450; hostility to
spiritual religion, ib.; declension of
evangelism in, 455; English and
Scotch establishments contrasted,
452; Dissenters the only hearty
Protestants, 455

Greek verb, Treatise on, by Lucius
Junius, 124

Greene, J., Notes of Hall's Exposi-
tion of Epistle to the Philippians,
69; unauthorized posthumous pub-
lication condemned, 72; worthless
character of the book, 77

Gresley, W., Clement Walton, 335;
Bernard Leslie, 337; Siege of Lich-
field-a perversion of history, 341

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