trative of some epoch in British history, or of the work of some English author. Three of the artists who were competitors, chose Bunyan's immortal Pilgrim for illustration; and the prize was awarded to Mr. H. C. Selous, for a series of twenty-two designs relating entirely to Christian, being deemed of a very high order of merit, and most worthy of reward. This volume is so prepared as to receive, not only Mr. Selous's remarkable etchings, but any other graphic illustrations of the allegory which the taste and opportunities of its possessor may secure; so that the projectors of this edition of the Pilgrim's Progress hope that in many hands it may become the best illustrated edition of the immortal work of the once-despised tinker of Bedford. To those who admire this production of John Bunyan, and are engaged in collecting engravings for the purpose of illustrating it, this splendid edition of Mr. Arnold's will be indispensable.

The Anglican Cathedral Church of St. James, Mount Zion, Jerusalem. By J. W. Johns, Architect. Folio. Duncan and Malcolm.-This beautiful specimen of art is intended to give an entire and general view of the progress and result of the building operations in connexion with the English Protestant Church at Jerusalem. The letter-press connected with the engravings exhibits what has been done towards the building of the church until the suspension of the works in the beginning of last year. To those who are interested in the movements of this embassy, the volume before us will create a deep and thrilling interest. As a professional character, Mr. Johns ranks high; and the engravings are well executed.

Monitors' Questions on the connected Scripture Lessons, for junior Classes. By W. W. King. 48mo. pp. 35. Houlston and Co.-A fair specimen of what may be termed the drilling system so highly lauded in many of our schools. All very good in its season, provided our Teachers do not attempt operating on the children around them, as though they were mere automata, and not beings endued with mind, incapable of thinking, &c.

A Grammatical and Etymological Spelling-Book: containing the Monosyllabic Roots of the English Language. By J. Heard. 12mo. pp. vii, 87. Houlston and Co. Of the plan of Mr. Heard we approve, and do not doubt but that its utility will be generally acknowledged. We regret that the definitions which our

author has given to many of his "monosyllabic roots" are so complex, that it will be difficult for children of a tender age, who, by the way, are the most likely to have this book put into their hands, to understand the meaning of the Teacher; for example: "Child, a young male or female of the human race." "Trance, a state of unconsciousness, in which the mind is rapt into visions of distant things." Bridge, a passage over water; part of the nose; the support of the strings in a musical instrument." Mr. Heard brings to our remembrance the cow which, having yielded a good supply of milk, by an unfortunate movement, overthrows the pail, and wastes the contents.

The Bible-Reader's Hand-Book: combining many of the Advantages of a Dictionary, Index, Concordance, Natural History, Geography, and Commentary ; explaining the Terms and Phrases, and elucidating some of the most difficult Passages, of the Holy Bible: chiefly arranged in alphabetical Order. By the Rev. Ingram Cobbin. 18mo. pp. 380. Arnold. -A necessary companion to the Teacher and pupils in Bible-classes, as well as a valuable addition to the closet and domestic library.

A friendly Remonstrance addressed to the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the Parish of Killashee, County of Longford, upon the occasion of the Desecration of Sunday, May 28th, 1843, at a large public Meeting, convened for political Purposes solely, in the Town of Longford. By the Rev. William Digby. 12mo. pp. 67. P. D. Hardy.—An exceedingly temperate, truthful, heartsearching, and affectionate address.

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Antichrist unmasked: or, Popery and Christianity contrasted in their leading Principles, their Spirit, and Practice. By J. G. Pike. 18mo. pp. xii, 468. R. Baynes. Mr. Pike has done good service to the cause of Protestantism in the publication of this invaluable volume, because of its extreme cheapness, and the great amount of intelligence respecting the "Man of sin" which may be gathered from its pages. We hope that it will speedily find its way into Sundayschools and village libraries, and also

into every family where the blighting influence of Popery is in danger of being felt.

The Jew in this and other Lands. Square, pp. 152. Tract Society. An useful though condensed history of the Jewish people, correct in its details, and pleasing in its style.

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The Illustrated Bible-History. Edited by Charles Edwards, Esq. Each Part containing three highly-finished steel Engravings, &c. 4to. Part I. and Payne. The object of this work is to illustrate sacred history in a series of historical engravings, from pictures by ancient and modern artists. If the first Part, now on our table, be considered a specimen of the whole work, we shall not hesitate to speak highly in commendation of it. We shall see.

Hymns and spiritual Songs. By J. D. Hull, Chaplain to the Duchess of Gordon, &c. 24mo. pp. 102. Nisbet. -A beautiful little book, which might justly be entitled, "a handful of flowers gathered on Mount Zion." Every one of the forty-eight hymns it contains is rich in evangelical sentiment and Christian feeling. We rejoice that such

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AN AFRICAN MONARCH IN STATE. -After crawling through a few huts and courts, we emerged in a sort of pound, about ten yards square, and there found His Majesty and court in state. Fastened against the mud wall of his palace were several pieces of country cloths, against which some sort of a seat, about a yard high, covered with a leopard's skin, had been erected, on which was seated the Monarch, the blackest man I had ever seen. He was, or appeared to be, extremely corpulent; so much so,

that he seemed to be unable to walk; but probably it was all padding. Obesity here may be like what it is at Bornou, a mark of high caste: at any rate, the "Westminster shadow" might have given him any distance very safely. His Majesty was looking extremely grave when we entered, as we had kept him waiting for us. On his head was a sort of skull-cap, covered with cowries, and bordered with a wreath of feathers of a marone colour; in his ears he wore two circular pieces of ivory about three inches in diameter; his body-covering consisted of a robe of blue and white Manchester cotton, and suspended round his neck was a large brass head, something of the appearance of Memnon's. His legs were covered with bells and bangles, and just below the knees with two brass wheels, looking as if they had formerly belonged to a couple of aristocratic barrows; his feet were encased in red morocco slippers, sandalled up to the wheels such legs and feet! : Daniel Lambert's in the gout would have been symmetry to them. They were sup

ported by two eunuchs, who were kissing and lavishing all manner of fondness upon them, while two slaves, with nothing on but their waistcloths, were fanning the Monarch with fans of buffalo's hide fringed with the same sort of feathers he wore round his cap. Once or twice during the interview the King smiled, when the slaves immediately placed the fans before his countenance, that the white men might not see such trifling in their Sovereign, singing out, Illa, willa, tilla, or something like it. Several Mallams and the "Mouth " were seated in front on a piece of carpet given to him by Lander. The "Mouth" was smeared over with red clay, a sign that he was wearing the "mockery of woe;" while Lobo, attended by a page bearing the sword of justice, but without the scales, stood on the Attah's right, the Commissioners being on his left. Several heads, showing their ivory teeth, were peeping through the apertures of the cloths fastened before the door of the harem, while a mob of both sexes filled the court almost to suffocation. Never before or since had I such longings to enter Hendrie's. One woman among the group was the stoutest I had ever witnessed her only article of attire was a cloth round her waist, which was nearly two yards in circumference. No doubt she was considered a perfect beauty, as she was "a load for a camel:" Lander's widow Zuma was a skeleton to her. This embonpoint beauty was making fierce love with her eyes and gestures to W- who was so ungallant as to pay little attention to her, being busily engaged in holding his bulldog Crib, which was evincing strong symptoms of making a dash at the Attah, as if he had been a bull in the ring. -Simmonds's Colonial Magazine.

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THE SIX-MILE RANGE. - When Captain Warner speaks of his six-mile range, for which he required but a twopounder, he states a physical impossibility, in the present state of chemical science; and Captain Warner is certainly not one in whom any reasonable hope could be indulged, that, by his knowledge, any advance will be made. By the use of the fulminates, nothing would be gained; for, with compounds so loosely held together, there appears no certainty they are all liable to spontaneous decomposition. The fulminate of mercury was considered safe while mixed with spirit of wine; yet while in this state it exploded, and Mr. Hennell, of the Apothecaries'-Hall, was destroyed by

it. Mr. Eley, the inventor of the wire cartridges, who had repeatedly mixed his fulminate of mercury, perished from the explosion of a pound of this highly dangerous composition. A French vessel, fitted, during the French war, with some new detonating compounds, was never heard of after it sailed from Toulon. The large gun, made for Mehemet Ali, requiring a charge of forty pounds, and throwing a ball of four hundred and eighty pounds, is considered too danger ous to use. Rockets of one hundred pounds are not found to move one yard. There appears to be a limit to destructive powers, and we have reason to thank Heaven it is so. The service may be improved, rockets may eventually be made to go straight, shells may be made percussioned, and a greater precision given to cannon firing. It is possible, by the introduction of the patent principle of Mr. Harding's new gun, which has given so great an increase to the power of sporting guns, we may improve that of the cannon; but these, if effected, would be but a slight step to realizing the theories of Warner or of Normandy. The evil they cause, and that is a serious though unavoidable one, is, that scientific characters are debarred from the ground these enthusiasts claim as their own. Every application for experiment is now refused at Woolwich, because ninety-eight out of a hundred applicants prove to be ignorant adventurers. ("Polytechnic Magazine," for September.) To project a ball, therefore, a distance of six miles, by means of any explosive force, the action of which on the projectile is instantaneous, and ceases from the moment that it leaves the mouth of the piece, is physically impossible! But, while maintaining this position, we are not prepared to deny the possibility of obtaining that result by means of a projectile that shall contain within itself the principle of movement. This principle is peculiar to the rocket: and although, from this inherent cause, hitherto no certain result has been obtained from these projectiles beyond a limited range; still, as the principle is known, the question to be solved is, the possibility of its elaboration, whether, for example, the combined skill of the mechanist and the pyrotechnist can so graduate this selfmoving principle as to impart to the projectile a velocity that will not expose it to the law of atmospheric resistance; and, at the same time, a sufficient intensity of action to accomplish its trajectory course. If Captain Warner