entirely exposed to the assaults of the dissenter. Any clergyman who has tried, can say, from experience, that he never treated the subject in the pulpit (of course it is only occasionally that it can be done) without respectable persons of his congregation expressing their satisfaction at being put into possession of the state of the argument, of which they might truly say, they knew nothing before." How could they, when they are never taught? Is not Advent marked out by the church, in her Communion Services, as the proper season for dwelling on these subjects? Mr. Hook has done his work, as he always does, thoroughly well; and his sermons are reprinted as a cheap tract. Biblical Extracts, designed for the Use of Children. By a Young Lady. 12mo. pp. 136. London: Baynes and Harris. 1834. Ir is very natural and very proper to select parts of the Old Testament for children's reading; but striking out sentences and words, if tolerated at all, is an operation that requires a very skilful hand. In p. 5, we have "I will greatly multiply thy sorrows." Here the words, on which very much of the meaning of the passage depends, are omitted. How can delicacy be offended by the words and thy conception, more than by "his wife conceived," in p. 31? Memoirs of the Rev. Joseph D. Janicke, a Fellow Labourer of Schwartz, at Tanjore; interspersed with many Original Letters and Notices of Schwartz. 12mo. pp. 150. London: Fellowes. 1834. To equal Schwartz could not be the lot of many men; but Jænicke imitated many of his excellent qualities; and this short and judicious account of him will be very acceptable after the Dean of Salisbury's Life of Schwartz. Ecclesiastical Establishments not inconsistent with Christianity. By William Hull. 8vo. London: Rivingtons. pp. 67. 1834. THIS is a very curious and valuable pamphlet, by one who was once a dissenter. The reviewer does not agree with Mr. Hull's declaration about religious liberty; but he wishes that every one would read his pamphlet, and see how entirely it exposes the dissenters on their own grounds. A Letter to the Hierarchy of the Church of England. By the Rev. E. Duncombe, Rector of Newton Kyme, Yorkshire. 8vo. pp. 100. London: Hatchard and Son. 1834. "THE Lord God give me mercy in your sight, while I implore your Lordships to beware how you walk. As sure as the sun is in the firmament above your heads, the ice is cracking under your feet; and, if it bear you beyond the edge, and you suffer the false prophets to force you onwards, a watery grave awaits you in the middle: and we, who survive your loss, shall have to water your couch with our tears," &c. &c.-p. 21. Surely such tears would be like sending coals to Newcastle! or (as Jaques says of the deer's "weeping in the reedless stream") "giving thy sum of more to that which had too much." As the orientals speak-of such a book, "what can I say more?" Speeches of the Rev. Messrs. Coltman, Scott, and King, at a Meeting of the Clergy, held at Beverley, January 16th, 1834. London: Seeley and Sons. 8vo. pp. 28. 1834. SPEECHES on the reforming side of the question, moderate enough, but not adding a single word to the common arguments about the words in the Burial Service, &c. The Support of Government essential to the Preservation and Purity of Religion: a Sermon; by the Rev. W. Harness; preached January 26th, 1834, and published by desire of many of the congregation. London: Rivingtons. 1834. A SENSIBLE, judicious Sermon. An Answer to the Case of the Dissenters. By a Clergyman. 8vo. pp. 139. London: Hatchard. 1834. A VALUABLE pamphlet, the writer of which has had the good taste to throw his own views as to church reform into an appendix, so that one need not be at the trouble of reading them, as the opinions of an individual have no concern with the main argument. It is a pity that the author of the excellent "Essays on the Church" did not follow his example. A Few Words of Instruction; or, an Error in Doctrine, &c. By J. D. Coleridge, Rector of Lawhitton, Cornwall. 12mo. pp. 24. Exeter. 1834. Two very sensible dialogues; the first especially directed to convincing people that a mere decent life, on mere worldly principles, will be of no avail; the second on self-examination and prayer. Old Dissenters and New Dissenters; or, the Independents of 1834. pp. 16. London: Seeley. 1834. A VERY useful tract, in answer to the common fallacies of the Dissenters. The Church of England's Apostacy, &c. By John Epps, M.D. London. 1834. DR. EFPS, to judge from advertisements, finds itinerary lecturing for what he can pick up more profitable than practising medicine at home; and, judging from the contents of this pamphlet, one cannot be much surprised at the decision of his patients, whatever one may think of the taste of his auditors. However, coarse abuse, coarse assertions, and foul words, probably are most suitable to their habits, and Dr. Epps doubtless knows what answers in this respect. The Conformity of the Church of England, in her Ministry, Doctrine, and pp. 53. MR. HORNE has, in his usual way, condensed a vast mass of useful informa tion on these subjects into a small compass; and his parishioners were quite right in having it printed. Fifty Illustrations of the Gospel Narrative of the Life of our Lord, &c., with Questions and Answers. By Elizabeth Maria Lloyd. Second Edition. London: Low. A VERY pleasing little collection of prints, and illustrations of them from scripture. The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. By Robert Mudie. With coloured Plates. 2 vols. 8vo. London: Whittaker. 1834. THE reviewer regrets sincerely that he cannot say how much he is pleased with these volumes, which, though they do not make high pretensions, contain a large mass of most valuable information (with beautiful plates) on that most interesting part of natural history, ornithology. It is most refreshing to escape from politics and polemics into the woods with Mr. Mudie, share in his enthusiasm, and profit by his accurate information. Christian Theology. Translated from the Latin of Benedict Pictet, by most people better by not omitting any thing, for one likes a complete work. And the contemptuous omission of Pictet's notice of the Schoolmen in the preface, is one of a thousand instances of contempt before examination. The Gospel of the Old Testament: an Explanation of the Types and Figures by which Christ was exhibited under the Legal Dispensation. Re-written, from the original Work of Samuel Mather; by the Author of "The Listener," &c. 2 vols. 12mo. London: Seeleys. 1834. MAN is a very unreasonable animal. For, although nothing can be more wise and reasonable than it is to re-arrange an old book, ill constructed, but valuable, yet one is never reconciled to the old friend in the new dress. On Mather's book, as well known, nothing need be said here. The Editor has done his part well. The Christian Tourist: Hints to Travellers on the Continent in reference to Religion. 8vo. pp. 46. London: Rivingtons. 1834. THIS is a pleasing little book in spirit and feeling. The author, when he took on him to advise travellers as to religious matters, however, might as well have inquired how things were. There is (and has been ever since the spring of 1825) a chapel at Rome (just without the Porta del Popolo), for the use of the church of England. Dialogues, Moral and Scientific, intended principally for Young Persons connected with Sunday Schools. In 2 vols. London: Mason. 1834. THESE Dialogues are for Wesleyans, and are curious in shewing that it is supposed likely to answer to print general scientific works for a particular body. The information is ordinary enough. A Popular View of the Correspondence between the Mosaic Ritual and the Facts and Doctrines of the Christian Religion. By the Rev. W. Greswell, M.A., Fellow of Balliol, &c. Oxford: Parker. 1834. 8vo. pp. 221. MR. GRESWELL's is a very pleasing and valuable addition to our stock of works of sound popular information. Its object is to shew the correspondence of the Law and the Gospel; and how the law, in producing a conviction of sin, in its sacrifices, priesthood, solemn seasons, and festivals, foreshewed the great truths and ordinances of the gospel. All this is both well and clearly put, and in a form and style calculated to make a very useful subject interesting also. Sacred Classics-Vol. II. and III.-being Cave's Lives of the Fathers. Edited by Messrs. Cattermole and Stebbing. London: Hatchards. THIS is certainly the very cheapest and neatest of these collections. Whether the works selected will all speak the same thing, is another matter. But if one can buy, at a very cheap rate, and neat form, such books as one does like, one has reason to thank Mr. Hatchard. A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins, &c. By J. Y. Akerman. London: Wilson. 1834. 2 vols. 8vo. It THESE volumes appear to contain by far the best digested and most elaborate collection of Roman coins which has ever appeared in this country. is executed with great care, and the plates are excellent and most useful. The Means and Blessedness of Attaining Religious Knowledge: a Sermon. By The Book of Private Prayer, for the use of Members of the United Church of England and Ireland. Whittaker and Treacher. 1834. pp. 219. 24mo. THIS is, on the whole, an excellent selection of good prayers from the best authors. The hymns are not so good. Heber and Milman are too fine for devotion. It is very singular that we cannot get a good collection of sacred poetry. A Few Words in Reply to " Some Remarks on the Present System of Eton School." By Etonensis. London: Hatchards. 1834. pp. 20. A mild, temperate, and sensible reply to a book of rancorous falsehood. A Letter to Earl Grey, on Church Rates. By Dr. D'Oyly. Rivingtons. It is to be wished that Earl Grey may read this letter, for it contains much plain truth, clearly and shortly put, and suggests that, while church rates for their old purposes should be left, a proper control over them should be given, and novel luxuries (stoves, organs, &c.) should be paid by the congregation. The Life of Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, K.B. By his Brother, J. C. Moore. In 2 vols. Vol. I. London: Murray. 1833. THIS is a very clear, dispassionate, and interesting Life of a truly honourable and manly English officer; with Letters to his family, and especially his mother, which set his character in a very amiable light. The variety of service which he went through, and of countries which he visited in the course of them, tend to keep up the interest very much, and give one a very strong sense of the excitement attending a military life. The Fulness of Time. By the Rev. W. Maxwell Hetherington, M.A. London: Hamilton and Adams, &c. 1834. 8vo. pp. 451. Mr. HetherinGTON states that, as every event and action has its consequences, which perhaps influence the remotest generations, we are not qualified in pronouncing on any events, or any state of things in history, without previously considering how they were affected by previous conditions of mankind. True as this unquestionably is, the task of shewing how each class even of great events have affected succeeding generations, is one so immense, and, one almost says, so impossible, that one can hardly conceive any man undertaking it without giving up his whole life to the inquiry. Mr. Hetherington's theory is this, that in the various ancient empires of the world, processes of physical, mental, political, and moral culture were tried under the most favourable circumstances for developing the energies and faculties of man, as left to himself, and that it was when it was found that they all signally failed, and not till then, the necessity of help from above (in the fulness of time) was clearly made out. The object of his separate chapters is to shew that every thing which could be tried by man had a fair trial under one or other of the ancient monarchies, and was found wholly vain. It strikes the Reviewer that Mr. H. spends too much time in these chapters on discussing historical questions, the result of which in such an inquiry must be assumed as the ground-work of the argument, and that he would have done better to have kept the main object more especially in view in them. Practical Sermons. By the Rev. R. C. Coxe, M.A., Curate of St. James's, &c. London: Rivingtons. 1834. 12mo. pp. 362. THESE sermons are really practical, sensible, and pleasing. Advent: Twelve Sermons. By the Rev. J. H. Mountain, M.A., Prebendary of Lincoln, &c. London: Rivingtons. 1834. 12mo. pp. 239. THESE are sermons well calculated to produce much effect when delivered by a powerful preacher like Mr. Mountain, and are, at the same time, sound in doctrine and practice. Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau. By an Old Man. London: Murray. 1834. pp. 375. THIS is a book to be recommended, by all means, to all lovers of very original and true but quiet humour, and shrewd, sensible, but not ill-natured, observation of men and manners; and the more as it gives an account of men and manners seen by very few English, though so near our own doors. The whole tone of the book, and its concluding sentence, speak very favourably for the author, always saving and excepting certain bubbles about education, which are very frothy indeed, and ought to be blown away in the next edition. The Psalms in Hebrew, Metrically Arranged. By the Rev. J. Rogers, M.A., Canon Residentiary of Exeter, &c. Oxford: Parker, &c. 1833. 2 vols. (only the 1st vol. published.) MR. ROGERS's former work was noticed with approbation; and it is very pleasant to find him pursuing the same tract, and giving assistance to the younger clergy in the important study of Hebrew. Mr. Rogers has here arranged the Psalms in a metrical form, and in a manner approved by the late Dr. Nicoll; and proposes to give some critical and explanatory notes in the second volume, which will, as may be conjectured from his former tract, and his acuteness and industry, be very valuable. Sermons on Various Occasions. By C. W. Le Bas, A.M. Vol. III. London: Murray. 1834. 8vo. pp. 393. THE public voice has so long and so justly awarded to Mr. Le Bas one of the very first places as a preacher-and not as a preacher only, but as a writer and thinker—that on his character, in any of these respects, it would be as presumptuous as it is unnecessary to say a word. This volume will establish the prevailing opinion on these points; and perhaps none of Mr. Le Bas's works contain more genuine and characteristic marks of his hand than this very volume. The Sermon on the Witch of Endor is one on a subject which exactly suits his style and mind, and he has treated it with very great power. The Connexion of the Physical Sciences. By Mrs. Somerville. ray. 1834. pp. 452. 12mo. London: Mur PROBABLY Our own language does not afford another summary at once so brief, so able, and so accurate, of the leading doctrines now prevalent in the various departments of physical science. It must require unwearied industry to pursue, and a very powerful intellect to grasp and master, so many difficult and abstruse subjects. VOL. V.-April, 1834. 3 P |