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beautiful edition of Bishop Burnet's celebrated History of the Reformation. It is issued in four large octavo volumes, in large, clear type, and on good paper; so that those who read. it in youth, and wish now, in old age, to re-peruse it, will find it well adapted to their impaired vision. This History has so long been a standard work among Protestants, and its character so well known, that it seems unnecessary more than to announce its re-publication. And yet we should be glad to dwell a little on its merits, had we the requisite space. We can only subjoin an extract from the editor's preface. "Scarcely any other book of equal importance, perhaps, stands so much in need of preliminary explanations, as this great work. And it must often, we think, have been a matter of just surprise to the readers of this History, that, in the editions hitherto published, the errors in the first and second volumes have been reprinted, which the author himself noticed at the end of the third volume. In the present edition, the text will be found corrected as it should be, and many explanatory notes added throughout the work." We must not omit to mention that the price of the four volumes is eight dollars.

15.-General History of Civilization in Europe, from the

Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution. By M. Guizot, Professor of History in the Faculty of Literature at Paris, and Minister of Public Instruction. Third American, from the second English edition, with occasional Notes, by C. S. Henry, D. D. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1842. pp. 316.

This being the third edition of the work, we shall be excused from repeating what has been said before, to recommend it to public attention. The author is so well known, and his talents so highly appreciated, that they are, in themselves, a sufficient recommendation. It is by no means an ordinary history, a mere tissue of facts; but rather, presuming the facts to be known, it is a philosophic generalization of them, an investigation of their causes and consequences, an embodyment of the spiritual of history, a revelation of the interior movements. Some such work needs to be studied in connection with more general histories, or rather subsequent. ly to a pretty thorough knowledge of the facts of any particular period. In this relation it is well adapted to become a text book in Colleges; we should say, in the higher classes.

16.-A Romaic Grammar, accompanied by a Chrestomathy, with a Vocabulary. By E. A. Sophocles, A. M. Hartford H. Huntington, Jun., 1842. pp. 264.

This Grammar of the modern Greek, coming from a native Greek, and one who has already proved his skill in the con. struction of a Grammar of the ancient language, must be presumed to be superior to any of those previously current. Our examination of it has satisfied us that it will furnish the best aid to those, who design making themselves acquainted with this relic of the beautiful language of Xenophon and Plato, sustaining about the same relation to it, as the Italian to the Latin. Greek scholars will very readily acquire a knowledge of the Romaic, just as Latin scholars find little difficulty in learning the Italian. We presume this language will ultimately be numbered amongst those modern tongues which it will be thought desirable to know,

17.-Memoir of Mrs. Mary Lundie Duncan; being Recollections of a Daughter. By her Mother. From the second Edinburgh edition. New York: Robert Carter, 1842. pp. 268.

ers.

We have seldom experienced as much pleasure in reading a memoir as this has afforded us. We could desire that every youthful Christian especially, might have the gratification and reap the benefit of its perusal. Such humility and loveliness have seldom existed in union with so much refinement of mind and taste, prompting so many caresses on the part of admir. Mrs. Duncan appears to us one of the most transparent characters with which we have ever become acquainted. She lived and died an humble disciple of Jesus. The Tablet in the Parish Church of Cleish well describes her: "In the morning of her life, the sweet affections of her heart, and every energy of a powerful and highly refined intellect, were consecrated by the Holy Spirit to the service of Jesus Christ." Lovely alike in person and in character, she discharged with fidelity the duties of a wife and of a mother, and prayerfully sought to improve every opportunity of usefulness among the people of this parish; till, unexpectedly, but not unprepared, she fell asleep in Jesus, on the 5th day of January, A. D. 1840, aged 25."

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We must add that, in the Appendix, will be found some beautiful poetry, better adapted to the comprehension of very young children, than most of the hymns in our juvenile collections.

18.-Sacred Songs, for Family and Social Worship; comprising the most approved Spiritual Hymns, with chaste and popular tunes. Published by the American Tract Society. 1842. pp. 343.

"The design of this work," as expressed in the Preface, "is to promote devotional singing in the closet, in the family, and in meetings for social worship. The aim has been to furnish a selection of Spiritual Hymns, classified in the order of sub. jects, with a nice adaptation of chaste and popular tunes, of sufficient number and variety to meet existing wants." The Committee have enjoyed the counsel and aid of Messrs. Hastings, Mason, Kingsley, Pond, and other celebrated authors of sacred music. We are much pleased, both with the hymns. and the music.

19.-The Way of Life. By Charles Hodge, Professor in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Written for the Am. S. S. Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication. American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia. 1842. pp. 343.

The book is divided into nine chapters, embracing the following topics :-The Scriptures are the word of God-SinCauses of indifference to the charge of Sin-Conviction of Sin-Justification-Faith -Repentance-Profession of Religion-Holy Living. An enquirer after the way of Life, will here find counsel on all the great questions relating to his spiritual interests; and we fondly hope that the work will be instrumental in directing many a wanderer into the right path.

The style of the author is chaste and perspicuous, and his method of treating his subjects clear, forcible, and impressive. Professor Hodge has here, undoubtedly, performed a good work, which will cause his name to go down to future gene. rations, and embalm it in the memory of multitudes. The book is as free from peculiar views as it could well be, and consequently has met the approbation of all schools. There are ex. pressions in it, to which some would perhaps object, but, on the whole, the performance is commendable; and the spirit of it is such as will secure a candid reading.

ARTICLE XI.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Germany.

The "Archiv" of the city was blown up with the "Rathhaus," at Ham. burg, and with it many most valuable documents connected with the history, not only of Hamburg, but of all the other principal cities and states of Europe, more particularly of England, have perished.-Wilhelm Schlegel announces a series of lectures on Ancient and Modern India.The University of Tübingen, a few weeks ago, received a present from the Directors of the English East India Company, of sixty-seven Oriental works, chiefly in Sanscrit, printed at Calcutta.

Holland.

In a marsh, in the duchy of Limburg, a wooden bridge, 1250 ells long, and about three ells broad, has been discovered. The principal beams are as hard as stone, but the cross-beams are completely decayed. They are covered with an unctuous mass, supposed to have been a kind of cement.

France.

Marshal Soult has appointed a Commission charged to draw up and prepare for publication a grammar and dictionary of the Berber or Kabyle language. It has hitherto been supposed that the various dialects of Africa were more or less corruptions of the old Arabic. This error has now been satisfactorily removed. They bear no similitude either to the Arabic, the Coptic, or the Hebrew, though a few Arabic roots have been admitted into them. In the Royal Library at Paris, a Bohemian manuscript was lately discovered, containing several theological essays by John Huss.

Xtaly.

A work of some importance to the scientific world has just been pub. lished, namely, a description of all the obelisks of Rome, accompanied by as complete an explanation as the recent discoveries relative to the Hieroglyphics of Egypt permitted.

United States.

Allen, Morrill & Wardwell will shortly publish at the Codman press : A Grammar of the German Language. By Geo. H. Noehden, L. L. D., etc. From the eighth London Edition, by the Rev. C. H. F. Bialloblotzky, Ph. D. Revised and conformed to the present state of German Philology. By Barnas Seares, President of the Newton Theol. Seminary.-James Munroe & Co. have in press The Gorgias of Plato, with Notes by Prof. Woolsey :-also a new vol. by Mrs. Sigourney, descriptive of a Tour in England, Scotland and France, with engravings.-The next number of the Biblical Repository will contain the concluding article on Baptism by President Beecher.

INDEX TO VOLUME VIII.

A.

Acts, 27: 17, on an expression in, 405;
remarks suggested by a passage
in Plato 405; another passage in
Plato 406; these passages illus-
trate the meaning of the word

ówμa, 407; the common sense
of the word 409.

Age of the world, by R. C. Shimeall,
noticed 263.

American Board of Foreign Missions,
Tracy's History of, noticed 248.
Azazel, or the Levitical Scape-Goat;
a critical exposition of Leviticus
16: 5-10 by Professor Bush; an
apology 116; a new interpretation
117; etymology of Azazel 119;
principal explanations which have
been given 119; not the name of
a place, nor of the scape-goat 120;
but an evil demon 122; authorities,
-the Septuagint 122; why was
the goat devoted to Azazel 125;
typical import 127; this view very
ancient 128; a symbolical repre-
sentation of Christ's official char-
acter 129; a new complexion
given to the whole passage 131;
objections answered 132.

B.

Barnes, Rev. Albert, examination of
Prof. Stuart on Heb. ix. 16-18,
51; examined by Prof. Stuart 356.
Beecher, Miss Catharine E., Letters
to Domestics, noticed 265.
Biblical Researches in Palestine, by
Dr. Robinson, first supplement,
new information from Mr. Smith
and others 219; Basin of El-Huleh
and its vicinity 220; sources of the
Jordan 21; depression of the
Dead Sea, &c. 224; Jerusalem,
ancient subterranean gateway,
226; discoveries by Mr. Wolcott
227; fountain under the mosque

231; aqueduct from Solomon's
pool 236; tombs of the Judges
239; of the prophets 240; a former
tower 241; a correction 242.
Blanchard, Rev. J., Review of the
Philosophy of the Plan of Salva-
tion 412.

Blunt, Henry, M. A., Family Expo-
sition of the Pentateuch, noticed
255.

Buchanan's Comfort in Afflictions,
noticed 247.

Burnet, John B., on instructing the
deaf and dumb 269.
Burnet's Exposition of the Thirty-
nine Articles, noticed 257.
Bush, Prof. George, on the Levitical
Scape-goat 116; Millenium of the
Apocalypse, noticed 245.
Butler, Rt. Rev. Joseph, D. C. L.
the works of, noticed 249.

C.

Carlyle, Thomas, religious senti-
ments of 382; a man's religion
the chief fact respecting him 382;
the inquiry proper 383; Carlyle
extensively read, his German ten-
dency 384; his lamentations 385;
about religion 386; God explained
away 387; irreverence 388; heart-
less literature 389; the gospel ac-
cording to Jeremy Bentham 390;
Carlyle's views of men 391; Ma-
homet, Luther, &c. 392; his opin-
ion of Christ concealed 393;
would deplore the ill effects of his
writings 394; his view of Napo-
leon 395; of men of all countries
396; his opposition to particular
creeds 399; what then are his re-
ligious sentiments 401; they are
opposed to orthodox Christianity
402.

Clark, Rev. Daniel A., Complete
works f, noticed 260.

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