the excellence of this abridgment. No student, whose mind is sufficiently cultivated to enable him to read profitably any work on the subject, will find difficulty in mastering this, or will fail to be benefited by it.
THE WONDERS OF WATER. From the French of Gaston Tissandier. Edited, with numerous additions, by Schele De Vere, D.D., LL.D., of the University of Virginia. Author of " Studies in English," " Americanisms," etc. With 64 Illustrations. 12mo. pp. 350. New York: Charles Scribner and Co. 1872.
This is one of a series of useful and pre-eminently entertaining volumes. They have already been highly commended in the Bibliotheca Sacra. We have a satisfactory proof of their excellence in the eagerness with which we have known them to be read by a class of boys. It is most earnestly to be wished that these volumes might take the place of the worthless, not to say hurtful, books which exist just now in such profusion.
MEMOIR OF ROBERT CHAMBERS; with Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers. 12mo. pp. 313. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co. 1872.
Mr. Robert Chambers was author of the "Traditions of Edinburgh," "History of the Rebellion of 1745 and 1746," and other works, but is chiefly known as a conductor of "Chambers' Journal," and a generous patron of a literature for the people. He sustained an excellent character, and the present memoir of him is eminently rich in practical suggestions.
HISTORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SLAVE POWER IN AMERICA. By Henry Wilson. Vol. I. 8vo. pp. 670. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1872.
The present History will instruct the present generation of readers. The next generation will require a history written at a later period than this. Mr. Wilson is a fair specimen of an American. Self-made, emerging from poverty, diligent, persevering, he seems destined to secure a permanent place in American history. He writes in a luminous style, and leaves the impression that he is honest and truth-loving.
INSECTS AT HOME. Being a popular Account of Insects, their Structure, Habits, and Transformations. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S., etc.; author of "Homes without Hands," "Bible Animals," "Common Animals of the Sea-shore and Country," etc. With upwards of 700 Figures by E. A. Smith and J. B. Zwecker, engraved by G. Pearson. 8vo. pp. 650. New York: Charles Scribner and Co. 1872.
The author of this book is a clergyman of the Church of England who has found leisure to pay much attention to entomology. As it "is not a
work on comparative anatomy, but treats of Insects at Home,' a greater stress is laid on the habits of insects than on their anatomy." We have had to judge of its merits not from the point of view of a professed naturalist, and we can truly say of it that it gives much entertainment as well as instruction. It is written in an easy style, with as little technical language as the case would allow. Its perusal will be by no means without use to that class of readers to whom the Bibliotheca Sacra is especially devoted.
The book is uncommonly well printed, and the engravings are very beautiful. Though aiming to describe only such insects as are found in Great Britain, American readers will recognize many of their old friends, some of which it were better to forget than remember.
PRINCETON COLlege during the Eighteenth CENTURY. By Samuel Davies Alexander, an Alumnus. 8vo. pp. 320. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Co. 1872.
The attachment of a student to his Alma Mater may be excused even though, in the judgment of a cooler reader, it may be somewhat in excess. The graduates of most of our older colleges will be less inclined to dispute the truth, than to smile at the naïveté, of the following expression of Mr. Alexander's affection for Princeton College. "Read the sketches that follow, and the conviction will be irresistible, that the Country, the Presbyterian church, and the cause of high Christian culture, owe their present exalted position in the land to the noble men who went forth from Princeton during the last century."
The book is made up of biographical sketches of the graduates of Princeton College during the last century. It is on the whole well executed. Most readers will be tempted to ask why anything at all was said of some men, and much more not said of others. The book is a gratifying proof of the increasing, rather than lessening, regard which American scholars cherish for the colleges at which they were educated.
[Note of the EDITORS. — Having inserted in a previous Number an Article favoring the proposition that the infants of professing believers ought to be baptized, and are constituted by their baptism members of the visible church, and having inserted in the present Number an Article favoring the proposition that infants are not members of the visible church and ought not to be baptized, the Editors of the Bibliotheca Sacra expect to insert, in a future Number, an Article favoring the proposition that the infant children of church-members ought to be baptized, but are not made members of the visible church by that ordinance].
Anderson, William, LL.D., Treatise
on Regeneration, noticed, 394.
Anderson's Rufus, D.D., Gospel in
Bible Lands, noticed, 571.
Augustine's Works, noticed, 561.
Bähr's, K. W. F., Book of the Kings,
noticed, 782.
Ballou's, Maturin M., Treasury of
Thought, noticed, 569.
Barnes's, Rev. Albert, Notes on the
Gospels, noticed 783.
Barrows, Prof. E. P., article by, 39,
427, 640. Sacred Geography and
Antiquities, noticed, 564.
Bascom, Prof. J., article by, 401,698.
Baumstark's, Ch. E., Christian Apol-
ogetics, noticed, 779.
Beecher's, Rev. H. W., Sermons, no-
ticed, 786; Lecture-Room Talks,
noticed. 787.
Bruce's, Rev. A. B., Training of the
Twelve, noticed, 203.
Butler's, Rev. William, Land of the
Veda, noticed, 582.
C.
Casper's, A., Footsteps of Christ,
Translated by A. E. Rodham, no-
ticed, 394.
Chaplin's, Jeremiah, D. D., Life of
Henry Dunster, noticed, 573.
Characteristics of the Growth of
Christ's Kingdom, article on, by
Samuel Harris, D.D.; the pro-
gress is spiritual, 459; it is by the
instrumentality of the gospel, 460;
Christianity should not be regard-
ed as philosophy, 461; progress
not to be promoted by force, 463;
progress without observation, 464;
progress providential, 465; remov-
ing of obstacles, 466; the growth
of certain interests and customs
favorable to the growth of God's
kingdom, 467; lessons taught by
this, 468; the progress of the king-
dom by epochs, 469; the epochs
not the growth, but the results of
the growth, 470; an epoch not
necessarily by violence, 470; the
kingdom not responsible for the
violence incidental to the epochs
in its progress, 471; this violence
an evil, 473; epochs not always
recognized as such, 473; the pro-
gress usually further than the
agents had intended, 474; epochs
necessitate new ideas and a new
policy, 475; progress cumulative,
476; a demonstration of Christi-
anity by its life-giving power, the
great want of the age, 478.
Christ as a practical Observer of
Nature, Persons, and Events, arti-
cle on, by Rev. Selah Merrill, 510;
the mind of Christ intensely prac
tical, 510; few things escaped his
notice, 512; Christ a man of cor-
rect observation, 530.
Christian Law of Service, The,
article on, by Samuel Harris,
D.D., 310; the principle on which
the Christian law of service rests,
310; the first aspect of this prin-
ciple, greatness for service, 311;
greatness carries in it the obli-
gation to service, 311; the ability,
the measure of the service, 311;
the applications of the law, both
to the choice of business and to the
use of its gains, 312; every legiti-
mate business a service to human-
ity, 313; exchanges under the law
of reciprocity give scope to Chris-
tian service, 314; legitimate busi-
ness a service because productive,
315; a man renders service in
business by improving its methods,
316; by exhibiting strict integrity
and a high sense of honor, 317;
a man's influence outside of his
business affected by his character
in his business, 317; the Christian
law of service as applied to his
use of the gains of business, 317;
reasons for the Christian law of
service, 318; the example of the
Saviour, 318; the law, in accord-
ance with our best instincts, 318;
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a man by service attains the most
intrinsic greatness, the most influ-
ence, 319; the law accords with
enlightened self-interest, 320; the
character expressed in service
the noblest type of character, 320;
such service brings into action all
the energies, 321; great respon-
sibilities develop greatness, 322;
society attains its best condition
only as governed by the law of
love, 323; a man does business
most thoroughly when he does it
as a service for God, 323; evil
effects of work only for gain, 324;
especially to society, 325; the
dividing line between selfishness
and Christian benevolence, 327;
worldly business not necessarily
worldliness, 327; the law of ser-
vice not fulfilled by giving merely
a part of one's income, 329; the
line not to be drawn between
what one expends on himself and
what he gives away, 330; is a
Christian justified in expending
money on himself beyond the
necessaries of life? 330; a life of
indulgence, 331; a life of service
333; blessedness possible only in
the realization of moral ideas,
333; this type of life sometimes
one-sided and defective, 334; in
Christian civilization the moral
forces predominate, 325; the Chris-
tian life springs from the sense of
sin and condemnation, 336; the
advancement of Christ's kingdom,
diffusive, 336.
Church Creeds, article on, by Enoch
Pond, D.D., 538; creeds necessary
to a church, 538; objections to
creeds, 538; not an infringement
upon Christian liberty, 539; objec-
tion that they cannot be understood,
540; creeds important as a testi-
mony to the great truths of the
gospel, 541; as promoting unity
and confidence, 541; as a means
of preserving the purity of the
church, 541; adopted by all de-
nominations, 542; how much shall
be embraced in a creed? 543; not
the same in all cases, 544; can a
church change its creed? 545.
Collyer's, Rev. Robert, Sermons, no-
ticed, 587.
Cowles, Rev. H., article by, 623.
Cowles, Rev. Henry, Revelation of
John, noticed, 204; Psalms, with
Notes, noticed, 781.
Cremer's, Hermann, Biblico-Theo-
logical Lexicon of New Testament
Greek, noticed, 562.
Czerwenka's, B., History of the Evan-
gelical Church in Bohemia, no-
ticed, 386.
Darwinism, article on, by Frederic
Gardiner, D.D., 240; the works
in which Darwin's peculiar theo-
ries are set forth, 240; his theory
to be distinguished from the theory
of evolution, 242; statement of
his theory, 242; reception, on the
part of the public, of Darwin's
theory, 243; total absence of
reference to the Scriptures, 245;
theologians have stood aloof from
the discussion of Darwinism, 246;
public reception of Darwin's sub-
sidiary theories of "pangenesis"
and "sexual selection," 248; the.
reception of his theory of sexual
selection a matter of prediction
rather than history, 250; consid-
eration of the theory of evolution,
252; in the general in harmony
with the Mosaic account of the
creation, 252; the theory of evo-
lution more precisely defined, 255;
argument in its favor drawn from
the manifest gradation of rank in
the animal and vegetable king-
doms, 256; from the analogy be-
tween evolution and embryonic
development, 257; from the prev-
alent similarity in points of struc-
ture and constitution, 258; "rudi-
mentary structures as seen in
animals, 258; the argument from
"homology," 260; the geographi-
cal distribution of animals, 260;
the argument from "abnormal
reversions," 260; the cumulative
force of these arguments, 261; the
truth of the theory of evolution to
be assumed in the argument on
Darwinism, 262; arguments in
favor of Darwinism, 262; it alone
gives a rational account of the
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process of evolution, 262; the va-
riability of all plants and animals,
262; the geological succession of
plants and animals, 265; "mim-
icry," explained in the Darwinian
theory only, 266; the general
harmony and adaptation of nature
accounted for, as is claimed, by
Darwinism, 268; examples of
Darwin's mode of reasoning, 269;
examples of petitio principii, 271;
apt to take as the basis of an
argument what has not been
proved, 272; proof of the descent
of man by Dr. Maudsley, 274;
Darwin's theory of the origin of
man, 276; the intelligence of man
different from that of brutes,
276; language as used by men
and by brutes, 277; the applica-
bility of Darwinism to man denied
by some of the most powerful
advocates of Darwinism, especially
by Mr. Wallace, 279; was man's
original state that of the savage?
282; evidence of the antiquity of
man,282; calculations as to the an-
tiquity of man resting on an in-
secure basis, 283; a past period,
indefinitely long, required for the
development of man, 285; argu-
ment of Sir W. Thompson on this
point, 286; Mivart's arguments
against Darwinism, 287.
Delitzsch's, Franz, Biblical Commen-
tary on the Psalms (Translation),
noticed, 201, 576.
Destructive Analysis in Theology,
article on, by Prof. Lemuel S.
Potwin, 419.
Deutsch's, Solomon, Key to the Pen-
tateuch, noticed, 202.
Dorner's, Dr. I. A., History of
Protestant Theology, noticed, 206.
Dr. Hodge's Systematic Theology,
article on, 553; merits of the
work, 553; Hodge's views of the
origin of the idea of God, 553; he
supposes the existence of God can
be proved, and also that it is self-
evident, 553; he has not shown
that the perception of God's exist-
ence is so immediate as to prove it
innate, 554; has not shown that
the knowledge of God is so uni-
versal as to prove it innate, 556;
VOL. XXIX. No. 116.
does not show that the scriptures
and history prove the knowledge
of God to be innate, 558; he has
not shown that the belief in the
divine existence is so necessary as
to prove it to be innate, 559.
E.
Egyptology, article on, by Joseph
P. Thompson, D.D., 771; Revue
Archéologique, 771; Lenormant's
Memoirs upon the Ethiopian Epoch
in Egyptian History, 771; de
Rouge's Analysis of Geographical
Inscriptions at Edfou, 771; Mono-
graphs of Lepsius on Egyptian Art,
English Eloquence and Debate,
article on, by George Shepard,
D.D., 22; sketch of eloquence as
exhibited in the English Parlia-
ment, 22; little eloquence more
than two centuries ago, 22; period
of the civil war in 1640, 23; time
of Queen Anne, 23; of George
the First, 24; three periods of Eng-
lish debate, 28; Irish eloquence,
29; American eloquence, 30; com-
parison of ancient and modern
eloquence, 31; few valuable prin-
ciples to be deduced from the his-
tory of English eloquence, 33; the
power to reach men an admirable
power, 35; the purpose of the
speaker modifies all that comes
from him, 37.
Frank's, Dr. F. H. R., System of
Christian Certitude, noticed, 196.
Gardiner, Prof. Frederic, articles by,
240, 593.
Girdleston's, Rev. R. B., Synonyms
of the Old Testament, noticed, 400.
Grätz's, Prof. H., Book of Ecclesias-
tes, noticed, 386.
H.
Harris, Prof. Samuel, articles by,
114, 310, 459, 602.
Heard's, Rev. J. B., Tripartite Na-
ture of Man, noticed, 577.
Hebrew Grammar and Lexicogra-
phy, article on, by Rev. George
H. Whittemore, 547; merits of
Gesenius's Student's Hebrew
Grammar and Lexicon, 547; the
historical survey of the Hebrew
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