indeed, the title of one of these volumes may show. Surely the philosophy of religion is vastly more than an exposition of the moral laws of the universe. There is, however, a very small portion of either of these volumes devoted to such subjects. The one is intended to display the excellence of the moral precepts of Christianity; the other to illustrate the connection of science with the scenes of a future world; and both are deeply marked by great learning, hearty benevolence, and true Christianity.

Dr. Dick is, himself, a bright example of The Christian Philosopher.' In all his works he has sought to make men wiser and better; and we heartily congratulate him and the public, that these new editions are included in Collins's valuable series. very works to be so published.

They are the

Arthur Trevlyn, or The Night of the Mind. A Tale. By John B. Goggs. London: Longman and Co.

MR. GOGGS, with a lurking misgiving we suspect as to his own power of interesting his readers, has had recourse to the thrilling situations yielded by the old story of a man's selling himself to the Evil One. His plot is worn out, his characters are either shadows or caricatures, sometimes both; his incidents too effective' for us; his style full of sins against taste, seeking to gain strength and succeeding in gaining roughness; and his philosophy, that all evil is the effect of ignorance, which is defined as a want of education of things useful to individuals and the world at large!' If such faults can swamp a book, 'Arthur Trevlyn' is doomed.

Elements of Natural Philosophy. By Golding Bird, M.D. London : John Churchill. 1848.

THIS volume, prepared originally with reference to the knowledge required by the English and Scotch medical boards, is very admirably adapted for its purpose, serving as a text-book for expectant graduates. Its value is increased by the large amount of consideration bestowed on electricity and galvanism, sciences daily increasing in importance. In this particular, as in others, it surpasses any similar work we know.

The Critical French Pronouncing Vocabulary. Being a compendious and complete Collection of French and English Lingual Sounds, analogically compared. By Maria de la Voye. London: R. T. Clarke and Co. 1848.

THIS is a very ingenious attempt, to adapt Walker's method of teaching pronunciation, to the acquisition of French. As an auxiliary to a teacher, it may be valuable, but we doubt the correctness of the two assumptions on which the whole rests, that sounds can be taught by books, and that there is sufficient similarity between those of English and French, to allow of either being acquired by analogical comparison with the other.

Scriptural Views of the Sabbath of God. By the Rev. John Jordan, B.A., Vicar of Enstone, Oxon. London: Partridge and Oakey. 1848.

MR. JORDAN maintains the obligation of the sabbath as a primitive institution, of which the principle is not rest for the seventh day, but sanctification of one in seven, as a part of the Mosaic moral law, and as a Christian ordinance in which the alteration of the day, and of the object commemorated is in perfect harmony with the principles of the original sabbath. These views he supports without any material addition to the usual arguments, unless, indeed, a mass of evidence as to the sacredness of the number seven be reckoned such. The preface refers us especially to the chapter on apostolic teaching, as one which will foreclose the argument against all gainsayers; but we have discovered nothing there peculiarly forcible, while all reference to the important passage in Col. ii. 16. is omitted. While, however, persons familiar with the controversy will not resort to this volume for fresh light, it is well suited for the purpose which we suppose Mr. Jordan had in view, the throwing together, for popular use, the scriptural references to the sabbath. He has collected a large body of evidence as to the secular advantages of the sabbath; has written clearly and earnestly; and has never suffered his own manifestly deep convictions to lead to bitterness to opponents. His book is the production of a gentleman and a Christian, and even where it fails to convince, must leave the impression, that its author is a thoroughly honest, pious man, who believes and therefore speaks.

The Way of Life; extracted from the Works of the Great Reformer, Martin Luther; to which is prefixed an Historical View of the Doctrine of Justification. By the Rev. J. Milner, author of the History of the Church of Christ.' London: Baisler. 1848. 'LUTHER'S words were half battles.' These extracts are interesting as proofs how the reformer carried his earnest and impetuous spirit into all his work. There is a large amount of truth in them, which, at the present time, will make them useful in defence of his beloved doctrine of justification by faith.

Alarm in Sion; or, a few Thoughts on the Present State of Religion. By D. E. Ford. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1848. MR. FORD'S volume is not so much an inquiry into the causes of the present state of religion, as an exhibition, ad populum, of the want of personal devotedness amongst the churches, and an impressive exhi

bition it is.

Christ-God and Man; or, a Brief Exhibition of the Scripture Testimony respecting the Person and Two Natures of Christ. London: Religious Tract Society.

'WE will avoid controversy and seek the truth,' says the author of this work; and, accordingly, he gives us his own views without much reference to opponents. This is not the way to seek truth, although when found it may thus be exhibited. In his somewhat limited province the author deserves great commendation for having produced in this form a complete collection of the scripture testimony, with many just remarks, and much lucidly-arranged thought. The book is an admirable, though brief, compendium of the evidence proper to an important inquiry.

A Catechism of Biblical Antiquities. In three Parts. Part I., Political Antiquities of the Jews, compiled by permission from the Rev. T. Hartwell Horne's Introduction to the Bible. For the use of Schools. By S. Bowman, A.B. London: Longman and Co. THE title of this little volume is sufficient explanation of its purpose, and the source from which it has been prepared is, on the whole, a guarantee for the general accuracy of the information it contains. Those who admire such helps, will find here a good one of the kind, but the best catechism is that made orally by each teacher for himself.

Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools. By the Rev. J. W. Colenso, M.A., late Fellow of St. John's Coll. Camb. 3rd Edition. London: Longman and Co. 1848.

A VERY comprehensive school arithmetic, the peculiar excellencies of which are, that it gives the learner not only the How, but the Why, of the various operations in clear and exact language, and that it adds an unusually ample number of examples. We take it to be one of the best books of its class.

Antichrist, a Poem: with Notes and Sketches of Oriental Scenes. By the Rev. H. Newton, A.B. London: Seeley.

IT occurred,' we are told, to the author,' while residing in the East, to make the contest between the Archangel Michael and Satan over the body of Moses (Jude v. 9.) the subject of a few verses.' An explanation of the supposed design of Satan in this contest, gives us a volume of two hundred and eighty pages; and it is intended to add a second part on 'The Downfall of Babylon.' The book in appearance is handsome, the type and paper excellent, and the poetry in some passages not common-place. Still, if the author had compressed his thoughts within the compass of half a dozen pages, and by so doing had supplied a poem suitable for one of our many periodicals, he would have saved the patience of his reader, and the contents of his own purse. The public will

neither read nor buy poetry, in the long run, which is not first
rate. The author belongs to the Established and Protestant school.
There is some imitation of Milton in his poem, especially the coun-
sels and colloquy of the fallen spirits; and, as it respects the world
of the departed, the Elysian fields' passages reminded us of Mr.
Sheppard's Autumn Dream.'

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Literary Entelligence.

Just Published.

Lectures on the Acts of the Apostles. By John Dick, D.D. 3rd Edition,
corrected.

The Church in Earnest. By John Angell James.

Man and his Motives. By George Moore, M.D.

Posthumous Works of the Rev. Thomas Chalmers, D.D.

Rev. W. Hanna. Vol. III.

William Allen-his Life and Labours.

Edited by the

An Authenticated Report of the Controversial Discussion between the
Rev. John Cumming, D.D., and David French, Esq., on the Differences be-
tween Protestantism and Popery. A new edition, with a copious Index.
No. I.

The very Joyous, Pleasant, and Refreshing History of the Feats, Ex-
ploits, Triumphs, and Achievements of the good Knight without fear and
without reproach, the gentle Lord de Bayard. Set forth in English. By
Edward Cockburn Kindersley.

Pictorial Bible. Part XIII.

National Cyclopædia of Useful Knowledge.
The Modern Orator-Charles James Fox.
England's Obligations to her Pious Men.
Lion Walk Chapel, Colchester, on Sunday,

Davids.

Part XVI.
Part XII.

A Sermon, preached in the
April 9th, 1848. By T. W.

The People's Dictionary of the Bible. Part XXXIII.

A Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy, and of Physical and Political Geogra-
phy. Embracing the latest Information and most recent Discoveries in
Astronomical and Geographical Science. With descriptive letter-press.
By the Rev. Thomas Milner, M.A. Part I.
Conversations on British Church History.

Foster.

Crosby Hall Lectures on Education.

Adapted to Youth. By J. K.

History of the Bank of England, its Times and Traditions. By John
Francis. 2 Vols.

Egypt's Place in Universal History: an Historical Investigation. In
Five Books. By Christian C. J. Bunsen, D.Ph. and D.C.L. Translated
from the German. By C. H. Cottrell, Esq., A.M.

The Revolutions of Earthly Kingdoms in their relation to the stability of
that which is Heavenly. A Sermon, delivered April 9th, 1848, at the Croft
Chapel, Hastings. By William Davis.

Handbook of Bengal Missions in connexion with the Church of England;
together with an account of general Educational Efforts in North India.
the Rev. James Long, Church Missionary in Calcutta.

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Sovereign Goodness the source of Beneficial Distinctions. By W.
Palmer.

Divine Blessing essential to Human Salvation. A Sermon; preached on
behalf of the Baptist Missionary Society, at Surrey Chapel, on Thursday
Evening, April 20, 1848. By the Rev. Thomas Archer, D.D.

Kind Words.

Apostolical Succession; or a Challenge to the Clergy generally to pro-
duce their pretended Spiritual Pedigrees, and to Michael Augustus Gather-
cole especially to produce his. By W. Palmer.

The Leader of the Lollards-his Times and Trials; with a glance at our
own Age. By the Rev. A. Morton Brown, M.A.

A Catalogue of Works in all departments of English Literature. Classi-
fied with a general Alphabetical Index. 2nd edition, corrected to the 1st
of January, 1848.

The Great Continental Revolution marking the Expiration of the Times
of the Gentiles, A.D. 1847-8; in Reply to a Letter from a Member of a
Society of Prophetic Students. By James Hotley Frere, Esq.

The Religion of Moses and the Religion of Jesus essentially the Same.
A Lecture delivered by the Rev. Henry Allon, at Union Chapel, Islington,
on Sunday Evening, April 18, 1847.

Analogies and Contrasts; or Comparative Sketches of France and Eng-
land. By the author of Revelations of Russia,' etc. 2 Vols.

Wisdom, and Miscellaneous Poems. By J. J. Hulbert, M.R.C.S.
The Phenomena and Diosemeia of Arotus. Translated into English
Verse, with Notes. By John Lamb, D.D.

The Latin Church during Anglo-Saxon Times.

By H. Soames, M. A.
Discipline. By the author of Letters to my Unknown Friends.'

A Dream of Reform. By Henry J. Forrest.

Suggestive Hints towards Improved Secular Instruction, making it bear
upon Practical Life. Intended for the use of Schoolmasters and Teachers
in our Elementary Schools. By the Rev. Richard Dawes, A.M.

Hints on an Improved and Self-paying System of National Education :
suggested from the working of a Village School in Hampshire. With Ob-
servations, from personal inspection, on the Irish National Schools. By
the Rev. Richard Dawes, A.M.

Sermons on Practical Subjects. By the Rev. Samuel Warren, LL.D.

A Word to the Masses on their Right to the Franchise, and the means of
attaining it. By a Norwich Operative.

Prophecy and its Fulfilment; relating to the principal events in the Life
of our Lord: being a selection and an arrangement of certain Scripture

texts.

The Rise and Fall of the Papacy. Delivered in London, A.D. 1701. By
Robert Fleming, V.D.M. With an Appendix, etc.

Inspired Prayers for Israel.

Hymns for Israel.

Apocalyptic Sketches; or, Lectures on the Book of Revelation. By the
Rev. John Cumming, D.D.

Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. With Selections from his
Correspondence. Edited by his Son, Charles Buxton, Esq. 8vo.

Memoirs of William Ellery Channing. With Extracts from his Corres-
pondence and Manuscripts. 3 Vols. 12mo.