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has so fully realized the prophecy that the work has attained a very large and increasing circulation. The reviewer can speak of it with still greater pleasure in its present form than its original one. Whatever his own opinions may be of weekly publications for the poor, there can be no doubt that all the matter in Mr. Molesworth's work is excellent; and that now that it can take its place as a permanent work, in volumes, to be read and referred to again and again, so much good matter must be productive of real good. It is to be hoped that the volumes will be a regular addition to all parochial lending libraries.

A Few Remarkable Events of the Life of the Rev. Jonah Thompson, a Secession Minister. By Nathan Oliver, Esq. London: Rivingtons. 1836. 12mo.

THIS book puts one in mind of the "Autobiography of a Dissenting Minister," which is paying it no inconsiderable compliment.

A Description of the Part of Devonshire bordering on the Tamar and Tavy, &c. By Mrs. Bray. London: Murray. 3 vols. 8vo. 1836. THIS is a very agreeable lounging book, containing a very pleasant account of the local circumstances, the superstitions and customs of part of Devonshire, with a very full sketch of the antiquities and biography of remarkable natives, as well as with anecdotes of living characters. Mrs. Bray is full of reading, of love of good poetry, of right feelings, and of antiquarian lore. She has mixed up with all this some very interesting and affecting anecdotes and histories from real life which give additional interest to her work. It is very pleasant to find Browne, the author of the "Pastorals," who was a Tavistock man, brought forward so often, and it is to be hoped that it will lead the English reader to be better acquainted with his very pleasing writings.

The Christian Visitor, or Scripture Readings, &c. By the Rev. W. Jowett, M. A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. London: Seeley and Burnside. 12mo. 1836.

SOME of these lessons are plain, simple, and well judging. In others, the reviewer cannot at all agree with Mr. Jowett's views of doctrine, or think his mode of putting things likely to do good.

The Physical and Intellectual Condition of Man considered. By Edward Meryon, F.R.C.S., &c. London: Smith, Elder, and Co. 1836. Small 8vo.

THIS work consists of a chapter on the successive changes by which the world was made fit for man's habitation, one on the changes in animals, and three others on the varieties of the human species, with one on their intellectual varieties. Mr. Meryon, who seems a sensible and candid writer, speaks nevertheless with that singular confidence which all modern geologists assume of the certainty of the enormous duration of the world, and the changes it has undergone. On this point, however, it is vain here to comment. Of his three chapters on the varie

ties of the human species it is only right to say that they are valuable, and written in the best spirit, and tend to show that the varieties of the species can be most satisfactorily accounted for by circumstances of climate, food, &c., &c., on the hypothesis that all came from one stock. Mr. Meryon states fairly enough, that the questions treated in his last chapter require more space and consideration. And this is so clearly true that the reviewer thinks he would have done well to omit the chapter altogether. The origin of languages, the natural state of man, the effect of government and religion on him, are indeed matters beyond treating of in a short chapter!

Does the Church of Rome agree with the Church of England in all the Fundamentals of Christianity? in a Letter to Lord Melbourne. By the Bishop of Down and Connor. Dublin Milliken and Son. 1836. 8vo.

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LORD MELBOURNE, in the House of Lords last session, affirmed this proposition, and Bishop Mant has here examined the question by referring to the authoritative declarations of the two churches-viz., the decrees and canons of the council of Trent, and the thirty-nine articles of the church of England. Such comparisons have been often made, but never more neatly, shortly, and satisfactorily, than by Bishop Mant. This tract will be found, on points of doctrine, (for the Bishop does not extend his inquiry to discipline,) the most convenient existing summary of the differences of the two churches, and such as to entitle Bishop Mant to the warm thanks of the church at this crisis,

The Book of Flowers. By Mrs. Hall. London: Saunders and Otley. 1836.

THIS is a very elegant looking book, with some beautiful coloured plates of flowers, and verses deemed appropriate to every flower. It is reprinted from an American work, and the verses are almost wholly from American poets. The thought is not a bad one, but the verses might every now and then have been better chosen in all ways. There is a great want of finish very often in them, and the imitation of particular English poets in various American ones is curious. As a specimen of various American poets the book may be acceptable.

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Natural Theology considered, with reference to Lord Brougham's DisBy Thomas Turton, D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. London: J. W. Parker. 1836. 12mo. DR. TURTON has done Lord Brougham great honour and the public great service by this volume. It is his design in it both to commend and recommend whatever is really valuable in Lord Brougham's "Discourse," to point out what is erroneous, and supply what is deficient. This is done with that peculiar simplicity and candour which distinguishes everything from Dr. Turton's hand. But it is really a very serious book for Lord Brougham, for it points out inac

curacies, mistakes, and errors, both in facts and reasoning, which are quite surprising, and make one feel that however great and various Lord Brougham's powers unquestionably are, it is in vain that one man attempts to spread himself over such a variety of subjects, and that the result can only be vague and superficial views and reasonings, and too often positive error. The way in which Lord B. has spoken of the works of one writer after another is shown by Dr. T. to be so utterly incorrect, rash, and unjust, his views of the ancient philosophy so incorrect, and his facts so terribly small in quantity, that it would have been far better for his fame to have let all such subjects alone.

A great deal of the book has a value quite independent of its value as a comment on Lord Brougham. The chapter on Warburton is most valuable, and the historical view of the persons who have maintained Ellis's well-known doctrine in his " Knowledge of Divine Things," &c. is very curious. By the way, is not the Via Media the true one there? That is to say, do we not find in fact that previous to revelation, although there was a knowledge of a creating God, it was quite an uncertain and doubtful knowledge, very often wholly rejected, and always considered as uncertain? Was it not with a clear knowledge of this, that the first thing revealed positively is the fact of creation by God, which we think so plain that it cannot be doubted? Is it not revelation which gave us not the knowledge but the certain knowledge of this?

The reviewer would earnestly beg Dr. Turton to complete his critical history of the argument a priori. It may, as he says, find few readers just now, but it would be a work of very great value, especially when done with the clearness and candour which so peculiarly distinguish him.

A History of Slavery and its Abolition. By Esther Copley. London: Sunday School Society. 1836.

MRS. COPLEY is a very laborious diligent person, and being also a furious anti-slavery advocate, has really drawn together a great deal of information, but all on one side. The latter part of the book, indeed, contains so many reports of London Anti-Slavery meetings, &c., &c., as to be rather tiresome.

The Church of England a Protester against Romanism and Dissent : No. I. On the Unity of the Church. No. II. On Mortification of the Flesh. No. III. On the Efficacy of an Apostolical Ministry. No. IV. On the Scriptures, and the Respect due to Catholic Antiquity. By W. Dodsworth, M.A. London: Burns.

THESE Tracts or Sermons form the first part of a series which it is Mr. Dodsworth's purpose to carry on, and thus to bring before his hearers the principal points in which we differ from the Romanists on the one hand, and the dissenters on the other. The thought, the soberness, the seriousness, and the piety which are displayed all through these Tracts render them exceedingly valuable, and make one wish that they may have a very general circulation. The first of them, that

"On the Unity of the Church," and the last, that "On the Respect due to Catholic Antiquity," deserve most attentive consideration; and one cannot but hope that the great care and moderation with which Mr. Dodsworth has brought forward the subject of fasting may have a beneficial effect on his hearers.

Hymns for Children on the Lord's Prayer, and Scripture Subjects. London: Printed by Bradbury and Evans. 1835.

THE best recommendation of this little tract, full of good and just feeling, will be to cite the fourth hymn.

"THY KINGDOM COME.'

"WHEN Christ the Lord from heaven came

down,

He chose a people for his own;
He was their king, their sovereign Lord,
His subjects they to keep his word.
"But well he knew men's sinful pride,
Would not his holy laws abide,
And so till heaven shall be our home,
He bade us pray Thy kingdom come.'
"Not armed hosts nor princes great,
On him, like earthly monarchs, wait;
His armies are the angels bright,
His guards and hosts beyond our sight.
"One band alone he set below,
His goodness, truth, and power to show;
These wait upon the King of kings,
And minister in holy things.

"These serve, and teach, and warn, and
pray,

And, angel-like, prepare his way,
Till he again on earth appears,
As King of all to endless years.
"Our Lord has said, with man below
His kingdom makes no outward show;
The birth of good, the death of sin,
His kingdom is our hearts within.
"Then can we pray-Thy kingdom come,'
Nor give it in our hearts a home?
Oh, no! we more and more must strive,
Like subjects of our Lord to live.
"We ne'er must do the smallest thing
That would displease our heavenly King;
Must daily strive with all our might,
To feel as well as act aright.

"Till bent on holy ways we find,

How Christ would rule within our mind;
And thus be meet to join his train,

When in his kingdom he shall reign."

The writer, in another edition, must correct a few grammatical errors and baldnesses; and then it will be in all respects a most acceptable collection for children, and for older persons also.

An Address Privately Delivered to Candidates for the Holy Order of Deacons. By Bishop Coleridge. Barbadoes. 1835.

It is much to be lamented that this excellent Address is not reprinted for the use of the same order here, to which a large portion of it would be very useful.

THERE is a volume just published called Letters to a Mother on the Watchful Care of her Infant, (Sherwood, and Co.,) but it is quite beyond the rough males connected with periodicals to give any judgment on such works.

There is a second edition of Mr. Jacob Stanley's Dialogues on Popery. The reviewer wishes he could say they seem likely to do good. But there are too many unauthenticated statements, too many stories which prove much against particular papists but nothing against popery, which is the only thing worth doing; and finally there is a

great deal to which no churchman can assent. Among other things the doctrine of a succession in the ministry is pronounced to be popery.

The following pamphlets have been published:-The Murdered Protestant Pastor, a series of stanzas, by the Rev. S. C. Wilks. (Hatchards.) Observations on behalf of His Majesty's Subjects professing the Jewish Religion, by Mr. Sheriff Salomons, (Richardson,) which is valuable as containing documents. An excellent Sermon by the Rev. O. Sergeant, M.A., On the Duty of providing Church Accommodation for the Poorer Brethren; and another by the Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, M.A., also at Manchester, on the same subject. A Farewell Sermon at Carshalton, by the Rev. C. Cator; and another by the same gentleman preached at Stokesley. Two sensible Tracts by the same Norfolk Clergyman whose Tracts have been noticed before, called Pray which is the way to the Saving Bank? and What is the use of these Friendly Societies? and a Sermon by him also, called A Turbulent Spirit wicked and dangerous, preached in a riotous workhouse.

Two Sermons deserve especial notice:-Mr. Townsend's eloquent and impressive Discourse at the late Bishop of Durham's Funeral; and Mr. Molesworth's Sermon on Episcopacy, preached on the interesting occasion of the consecration of the Bishops of Australia and Montreal.

WINKLE'S English Cathedrals, and his work on Continental ones, go on, and go on very well. The two last numbers of the foreign cathedrals contain that most splendid church of Amiens, and Notre Dame, at Paris; the fourteenth and fifteenth of the English contain Rochester. One is always divided in one's feelings about such works. For a very small sum they give the reader, who has no means of buying more expensive works, a very good idea of buildings of great interest. They show talent which deserves to be fostered in a different way, and are cheap beyond everything. But they will utterly destroy all higher art. People will not give any high prices for engravings when they can get what looks so well at first very cheap. And really good engravings require such art, such education, and such time, that they must cost a large sum.

The thirty-ninth number of the Oxford Memorials contains a plate of one of the most beautiful specimens of English and domestic architecture, Merton College, which cannot be seen from Christ Church meadows, or remembered, without the warmest admiration at its beauty.

The twenty-first number of Switzerland, by Dr. Beattie, contains four views of greater interest and beauty than perhaps any former one.

The Pictorial Bible. No. I. London: C. Knight. Large 8vo. THIS is a very handsome-looking book with a countless number of woodcuts. Many of these are representations of the animals, plants, and places mentioned in the Bible, and are usually very good. But it is a vain attempt to give any representation of the great pictures of great masters by woodcuts. They must, however good, be VOL. IX.-April, 1836.

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