diDrrEopmiltutf.
GOD EVERYWHERE.
ANOTHER' MEDITATION IN THE EARS.
RE REV. DANIEL MARCH, D.D
Four days ago, in the far east, I took
the wings- of the morning, and am
already farther away from the point of
departure than the Psalmist placed "-the
uttermost parts of the sea." Flying
westward night and day with "whirl
wind sound" and tempest speed, I have
gained an hour's march upon the sun.
My watch, keeping the time with which
I started, points to the moment for the
sunrise, while the dawn is just beginning
to break in the east. I have passed
through the length of extended valleys,
crossed mountain chains, followed up
mighty rivers to their source, then, de
scended
. upon new plains, and followed
the pathway of new streams tothe sum
mit of still more , distant mountains.
And , so , • landscape has succeeded land-
Beak and horizons melted into new
horizons, until I have beceme bewildered
with diversity, sand my weary eyes have
.oeased from gazing. I have passed
along the shores of a lake so broad that
the waves and the distant sky met, and
the setting sun went down in a sea of
fire. And yet everywhere a still, small
voice whispers in the secret place of the
soul,—" God is here." And so always
I carry with me the sense of that awful
presence. I have climbed to the top of
the high mountain. I have descended
into the caves of the earth. I have
listened to the thunder of the cataract.
I have gazed with silent and meditative
wonder upon the immeasurable extent
of forest and prairie, of wooded hills
and winding valleys. I have looked -in
vain for a familiar face in the streets of,
the crowded city. I have laid down_to
sleep in the hurtling car, on the 'groan
ing steamer, in the house of 4trangers.
And yet in every place whispers the
same still voice, " God is here." And
this' testimony from within agrees with
the voice of the whole creation in de
claring that: God- is the same in all re
gions, of the earth, his upholding provi
den& sustains me every moment. How
ever swift and far I may travel, however
strange .or uncongenial the company.with
which I am surrounded, I can still pray
unto my Father, •and heswill hear the de-.
sire of 'my heart as readilyas when I speak,
to him in'the quietude Of my own home.
At the beginning of my journey, the
train was .rushing along the shore of
.the
sounding sea. When night came on,
I went otit upon the rear platform ofAhe.
car and looked up into the silent,heavene,
The solitary star of the North was keep
ing its eternal watch by the pole, and
all the fiery host were' maintaining their
orderly march upon the high fields of
immensity. Ahother night, and I was
flying as fast along the banks of a broad
river, with dark mountains bordering
the winding valley, and forest fires
blazing on the hills, and the red glare of
furnaces, and the scattered lights of farm
houses seen here and there in the dis
tancS:. -And there still I saw the same
star of the North upon its high throne,
seeming to follow me without moving
itself, and-all the attendant constellations
keeping their appointed watch in un
broken ranks, no ,nearer, no farther off
than when I obSeryed them the evening
before, four hundred miles to the east.
Another night came, and still another,
and I had travelled six , hundred miles
more toward the setting sun-; and now
the
_swift train was , rushing through
miles and leagues•of corn fields in a
western valley The lights in.,the ham
lets and solitary farm, houses, appeared
in the distance, :drew near and vanished
behilid, like the leaves of autumn borne
on the surface of a mountain torrent ;
And yet the same"" sentinel stars" kept
their watch in the skies ; the great con
stellation of the North still pointed its
immoveable finger towards the pole.
With all my travel; I had not left behind
those beacons whose lights are above
the tops of the highest rnountalnk and
whose distance is so great that they
always seem equally near. And thus I
read.anew in the constancy of the stars,
the unchangeableness and the continual
presence of that great Being by whose
breath the lights of heaven were blown
into flame, and, by whose upholding
power' they are kept in their appointed
order in the solitudes of infinite space.
And so I said in my heart,—" if I seem
everywhere to be followcil by the light
of those burning eyes
, which look out
from- the burning canopy of the -firma
ment, and send-'their searching':. rays
through all the earth,, much less can I
go beyond the vision and upholding
hand of Him by whose word ,the stars
shine, and the covenant between day and
night is maintained. If He tells all, the
infinite host of heaven by name, as a
shepherd counts his flock when gather
ing them within the fold at night; if
every blade of grass grows and every,
sower blooms in all the fields and valieys
of the earth at His'bidding, if the small
est bird cannot fall i 6 ihe ground with
out His notice; then surely He will not
lose 'Sight of me." God everywhere
fills the world with beauty and with
blessing. The heavens declare his glory;
the earth is full ofr His praise. The
mountain torrents shut His name. The
murmuring woods respond with ""soft
and soul-like sounds," The wild birds
sing, and the flowers wear their robes of
)eauty for Him. The cataract thunders
forth His power, and the storm covers
his throne with darkness.
"The signs and wonders of the elements,
Utter forth God, and fill the hills with praise
THIRD PRESBYTERY OF PHILADEL-
[We gave last week a notice of some
of the business items, and more espe
cially of the spirit of the late meeting of
this Presbytery in Pottsville. The fol
lowing communication may thereby seem
to have been forestalled. It is, however,
valuable as a fuller account 'of the state
of feeling, and yet more valuable as show
ing the power, in a right kind of Pres
byterial meeting, to bring our churches
to appreciate
,the -value of their ecclesias
tical relations.] •
PoTrsvriam, Oct. 5, 1865.
DEAR BROTnER MBAns:—The pro
ceedings of the Fall. Meeting of the
Presbytery in this place are very wor
thy of record. The impression among
the people of the First Church is a de
cided one, that the meeting was one of
rare interest ; and there was a general
expression among the members of Pres
bytery agreeing with this, •and counting
it as one of the happy exceptions to their
usual experience, of ecclesiastical gather
ings. The ministers haVe gone, feeling,
as we trust; fresh interest in opr church,
seeing anew the uses to whin. Presby
terial meetings may be put, but above
all, having received a blessed warming of
heart, and a qUickening'of spiritual vigor
which will be felt by all their churches.
And we, are glad that we, could look
upon their faces and hear their words,
gain strength -by their ; encouragement,
and refreshment by their' prayers. It
was a time of mutual good.
Considerable preparation had been
made for the services. There had-been,
on the part of the churph, prayer and
talk and much expectatipn. The people
stood in a, good measure in sa i l attitude
-of readiness: The - L.6*as cong ratulation
on the cheering out-look ahead ; and
that state of mind which is best, fitted,to
receive large blessing, in that it counts
itself already blessed.. •
The members `of the Presbytery many
of them, had .kUown of • this, _condition,
and they mine ready for -influence ;
having also tenderness of feeling with re
gard to their own.churChus.
The exercises ,began indirectly on
Monday evening, with a service well
calculated, to open car hearts for that
which was' to' come: Presbytery . was
convened 'at 3P. M, Tueoay. Them
were present fourteen clerical members
and three elders. The routine'business,
which is always small,,atl'he.A.'utial:
Meeting, was almest; entirely' diapitched
at the first" session.
The first evening service was occupied ,
by a sermon from Rev. Dr. Adiuns, the
last Moderator, on 'Rev. - xiv. 6 " They
are without fault before the throng of
God." Immediately after preaching
Presbytery adjourned for the night,:ir t 2 ery.
wisely doing nothing that might in any'.
way mar the effect of the sermon.
The services of WedneSdiy.ebegan'at
9 A; M.; with a prafer 7 meeting. , It Was
a time of very striking' spiritual influence.
The:prayers, the remarks, the hymns all
corning without delay, and evidenlyfresh
froth the heart:, all looked in one direc
tion—toward the manifeitition "of "floe&
spirit—and so strong was the emotion,
that though all was joyful, and 'the tone
of feeling through all most cheerful, "it
was," as one present truly remerked
afterward, " it was Bochim itself;Tor . Che
.
tears were starting on every
There was::: an 'appropriateness in 'every
word and an exceeding poWer4in.,eVery
prayer that made an impression - which
which".
wewe feel to be very deep, and , Which
we trust, in answer to these.prayers ; will
be deepened - more and more. -And every
'expression I have. heard, either • from
those present of our own people, or from
those who were with us; hesi t , gone to
show that all felt that God% grace .had
'been richly shoWn in griuiting snail foil'
dence of his nearness.
This hour's service was followed al
moSt immediately by , the .reports from
the churches. They were Made to cover
the year , past, as from-them the Narra- 1
tive tor Synod 'was to.:be dravin. .They
were mainly encouraging, several deci4
dedly so. There was a very noticeable
variety in them—congregational singing,
them
—congregational
work, Bible, classes, Sabbath
school and catechism instructions, were
all touched on, and somewhat developed,
while there was much talk concerning re
vivals, and many wise suggestions and
'anal hope for the future.
After this the report-of the Committee
on the Assembly's Minutes was present'
ed, and some few finishing strokes given
to the business. The interva.l for, dinner
was followed by another devotional ser,
vicii. It•was appointed' in , the zeal of
the periling prayer-meeting, and was in
earnestness and delightful ferver its con
tinuation We were favored by hearing
the voice-of every-member of Presby
tery. Thought and feeling were again
in the same direction in which almost
"the entire session had -gone,- and when
the time of the. train , compelled an ad
joUrnment•it was heeded with evident
reluctance.
Spveral ,members remained with us;
and took part in the evening service.
Rev. Dr. March preached from the ac
count of the healing of the impotent man
at Bethesda,.'Jolin v. This evening we
gathered a very good congregation of
children into the church, and with their
continuedittention and remarkably readY,
answers, and the capital assistance of
Rev. E. J. Pierce, we had a most excel
lent missionary meeting.
This closes outwardly our Presbytery
visit. We look upon it though, as by
no means finished. It is a beginning
for us, and we hope also for all who
were here. From it we have learned
many
things.h One is the need of pre-
THE AMERICAN PIWSBIiTFARIAN THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, .1865.
paring for blessings. Another is the
value of expectancy; anothei te power
of earnest prayer. And we expect to go
on daily experiencing the blessings
which come to those Who have a rich
store of prayers' laid up for the at God's
throne by His faithful servants.'
MEETING OF THE' PRESBYTERY OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The. Presbytery of the District of Co
lumbia, held its stated fall' meow in
the Western - Church,, commencing in the
evening of the 3d „ The nsual
rou
tine of business was transabted. .The
Rev. W. B. Evans was dis Missed to
join the Presbytery, of Potomac. The
attendance of ministers was unusually
small. The Rev. Dr. Sunderland is yet
in Paris. The Rev. H. H. Garnet is
yet prosecuting his Southern mission
under appointment of the er,e,nernl As
sembly. While the, dtey..lElalsey Dun
ning. and Rev. T. B. McFalls are both
detainTl at home' by sickness. The
Presbytery felt great sorrow for the ab
sence of these brethren, and deeply sym
.
' pathised with' them m their affliction.
The narrative of the state of religion
presents nothing oe special interest. The
Churches, Sabbath-schools, and causes
of benevolence are making about their
usual progrese".''
The Presbytery adjourned to meet. in
the Assembly's Church thailtst
• daY 1866; litti-o'cloc P.'
W. Molainr; , Btated I lerk.
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It proposes: to cover" the grand.and tirring
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„
luau' of Henry 'the Eighth's character and
. , .
*AILS:fuII ef intereet, arid brings to view'
traite that icave, their counter part in our
own Oriels, With l
its transforming influences.
I'
We, quote,,fronispages 488.and,489
• (c Henry had many faults., They have
been ,exhibited in the progress-of the;-nar
rative. I need not return to them. But
his pogition,was one of unexampled difficul
ty; diid by the work which he stccomplish
ed, and the conditions; internal and exter
`nal; Under' Which his teak West allotted to
him, he, like every other man , , ought to be
judged: Ale - wasinconsiatent; he can bear
the reproach'of it. He ended . by accept:.:
ing arid, approving= hat ;he ,had commenced;
with...persectirting;,yet ,it was with the
honest, ,inconsistency, which .distinguiskes
the! conduct of most -pen of practical ability
in times 'of
,change,„and: even by virtue of'
which they obtain, thekeneeess. If at the
; ;commencement di', the Movement he had.
-th r e eucharist as a 'remem
brance,'' lid must' either have concealed his
convictions or he would have forfeited his
throne ; if he had been' a'Stationary `bigot,
the Reformation--might - have ;waited - for a
century, and, would have been Conquered
only by an interneeine,war.
." Butes the nation moved the king
moved,-
leading it, but net outrunning it ; checking
those who went ,too ;fast, -dragging forward„
those who Jagged behind.
_The:conserva
tives, all 'that was seund:arid!geod among
theM; trusted him''becangd he so long cow
_tinned to . ' Ware! their conservatism; when
he threw it aside he was not reproached'
With breach"of conftdenefe, bebause hisiOwn
advance 'had accompanied - theirs."
AnOther extract froin'hia chapter on the
Rising of the North against-Henry's refor
matory measures,' will give 'a specimen of
the descriptive power of the writer
"As he rode down, at midnight to-the
bank of the Humber; the clash of the
alarni-bells came pealing far over the water.
From hill to' hill, from church-toWer to !
church-tower, the ' Wareing , lights were
shooting. The fishermen on the German'
Ocean watched them flickering 'in -the
darkness from 'Spurnhead to-Scarborough;:
.from Scarborough to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
They streamed westwart_Aver, the long
marshes, across Spalding Moor; up the
Onse and the ' Wharf,: to 'the watershed:
where , the rivers flow late' the Irish'- Sea.
'The mountains of Westmoreland sent on'
the message to Kendal, to CockermoUth, to
Penrith; to .Carlisle; , -and for days and
nights .there way, one , loud storm of bells
and blaze of beacons, from the Trent to the
Cheviot Hills.”, ; , .
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Middle Ages, will be awakeied by a volume
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.
cation, and proceeds to give us the charac
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temporal and spiritual sovereignty of the
Pope, as chief magistrate of the Florentine
Republic, as Exile, as Courtier, and finally
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that agitate the heart, are here represented.
The poet of humanity,, he placcspopes and
emperom, kings and priests, masters and
patricians, ow the same footing with infidels
and -subjects,. beggars- and slaves, workmen
and plebeians_; ,all..equal in hell or in para
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The ''externals of the work are exceel
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A'UEU TEpEY , S ESSAYS.
- - - •
, .
WHATELEY. Essays on some of the difficul
ties the 'writings of the Apostle Paul,
and in other
_tarts of the New Tesfainent.
By Riohayd.Mhateley, Archbishop,
• •of Dublin. From the eighth English edi
. Eon., Andover: Warren F. Draper. 1.2m0.,
pp. 376.
Those acquainted. with the qualities Of this
eminent thinker and theologian, who deals
with his subjects in the clear and straight
forWard manner of a common-sense Eng
lishman, and with , a refreshing, impartiality
and conscientiousness, need no recommen
dation of the present volume. It belongs.;
to the department of, apologetic writings,
in which the author has done immense ser
vice ti:).the, cause of trial; .andit is a sags?
faction to know that _an,eighth , edition has
been s called = for by -the English' 011ie.
The {topics 'of, the Essays ate':-1. The
Love Of i Trith; 2. The Difficulties and the'
Value of Paul's Writings generally; ''3.
ElectiOn; 4. Perseverarice and Assurance;
5 Abolition of the Mosiie ,Law ; Im
puted Righteousness., 7., Apparent gentra
dictions.in Scripture ; S. Mode of conycy
ing Moral Precepts in the New Testament;
9. Influence of the. Holy Spirit; 10. Self
denial.;ifl. Infant Baptism.. .Theie topics
'are all. 'handled in • the Most : interesting
- Manner. Many valuable and extended'
notes folloirthe EssaYs, , in which` thein
dustry, learning; and ripe jndgrnent of the
author are manifest It must be under
,
stood that Archbishop's„ Calvinism is
astonishingly attenuated, -especially for_one
who professes to value thewritings of Paul
so highly. . , The zeal' of thiapologist to re•
move: objections, has doubtless led him un
consciously to' mitigate what are commonly'
:regarded as the harsh features of the
Pauline theology. The effort to explain
away difficulties and to recommend a DiVine
supernatural system to gavil4g: men; may
carried 'thnlenf;th of saerificing or
Marring some of its loftier , doctrines.
Keeping this limitation in view, one may.
derive , great profit from a careful -perusal.
of the Essays. We note with surprise
some gross typographic errors, as Cavanistic
and Caivanistic'fdi Calvinistic.
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THE. NORTH ARLERICAN REVIEW AND"
JOHN WEISS.
"Almost as good kill a man as kill a.
good ,book." So, said John. Milton;, and ,
the North - American Reviem, in its efforts
to discredit " John Huss and his Times,"
comes within rang of the sentenee.of liter
ary " assault and battery,with'%intent to
kill a' The last attack 'made in 'the July
numbCi brought :eta a . fiaiqphlet , . of ,
twenty *es, entitled American'
Grids* On the Life and Tinies•cif ‘johri,
Huss. Appropriate
. as a supplement. to be
a .
up with volunie CI., of the North
American Review." This pamphlet effee
.tually refutes the last charge of. plagiarism
made by the Review against'the. author of
John Huss, and conclusively . disposes Of.
the whole case between the disputants:
The, critic of the Review evidently =set
himself at the start to' demolish' John Hus 4
, -
and from Sheer pertinacity and -determina
tion to carry his point, has recourse to this
cry of plagiarism. 'The "pamphlet,'by 'a
careful clucitation of passages laid side by
side, shows the plagiarisni to amount to
nothing more , than a legitimate use Or his
toric Materials,in cases where to vary would
have been to ~falsify The main source
•whom, the critic, accuses .Gillett of plagiariz
ing, is Bonnechose, and the critic, while
treating Gillett with unmeasured - severity,
calls Bonnechose "Estimable" with never
a word of suspicion as to his literary cha
racter; • Yet the pamphlet , puts the critic
in 'a most aVikward dileidma by shOWini
that Bonnechose copied far more copiously
from L'Enfant, and acknowledged his
obligations scarcely at all, while Gillett has
made frequent acknowledgments. As the
author of the pamphlet remarks, in apply
ing the term " Estimable" to Bonnechose,
he absolves Gillett. We cannot doubt that
a similar fate will follow this, a s the pre
ceeding attacks—the critic of the North
American will find himself in a minority
of
,one. Dr. Gillett's character for stain
less 'honor will outlive all the critic's
venom, and John Huss will remain a monu
ment of American scholarship in ecclesia,s
deal history, when the attacks of its assail
ant are only. remembered as an , exampl e of
perverseness, pride, and bad temper, in a
guarter from which better things might
have been expected.. •
PERIODICALS AND 'PAMPHLETS.
THE: - PHiLADELPHIA. PHOTOGRAPHER
for October. Benerman & Wilson. Illus
tration: The Ruins of Richmond.•
LITTELI I / 3 " LIVING AGE.. Boston : Lit
tekSon & Co. No. 1114. Contents : Na
tural History of the Tropics; The Belton
Estate„Vlll:-; Sir. Brook Fossbrooke, V.;
Mance of Power out of. RePair • Boston
Men on Reconstruction ; Reconstruction
and
and,; Suffrage; Poetry ;-Short
THE EVANGELICAL QUARTERLY RE-
VIEW. Edited by M. L. Storier,
•
burg, 'October, 1865. Contents Article
Church Music; 11., Rereiniicences of
Deceased Lutheran Ministers; 111., Na
tural Theology; IV., True Greatness; V.,
The Cross, by Rev. E. W. flutter, A.M.,
Philadelphia; VI., Marriage; VII., In
auguration Addresses, by A. H. Loch
man, D.D., York, Pa., and J. A. Brown,
D.D., Gettysburg ; VLIL, .Pilate's Ques
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Notices of New Publications.
T NORTH BRITISH REVIE . W. Sep
tember, 1865. New York,: Leonard Scott
& Co. From W. B. Zieber,
Contents : krtiele I, Mr. Mill's Eicamina
tion of Sir W. Ilaihilton's Philbsophy ;
Burlesque Poetry Carlyle'n History
of Frederic the Great; IV., Sir Benjamin
Collins Brodie; Bart.; V., Mr. RUssell on
the Salmon.; - VI., Sensation •Novelists :
Braddoni • VII., Frost-and Fire."
THE NEW YORK. TEA CHRIL Organ of
the New York State Teachers' Association.
Albany : ,James Cruikshank, LL.D., editor.
October, 1805.
TiE NATIONAL PREACHER AND ISE
PE:AYER-MEETING. : New York: W. Et
Bidwell. October,lB6s. Con!,ents What
is the Aim of a Theological Edlication.
Mr*Altlr f•
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' ALEXANDER STRAIIAN . & 'CO., of Lon
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Nei , 'York. They Offer the Sunday Mari=
qua for $3 per annum. -
ForißlGN.—Loninnans announce : two
new translations' of 'limner's "Illia , one
in English hexameters by J.. L. Dart; an
..oiforci'prize_ticet; the other 'English
"blank .verse by. Ichiliodt"o-: Wright, well.
known as: one of the; mosttsuccetufill) trans::
litOS' of Dante;:Miss.--Berry's "Journal.
Of'Correopondeuce," edited . by. Lady 4 Lae
ieea Lewis. "MozartZALetters," edited by
Dr. 'Nphl and translated . .by Lady Wallace;
"Tea_: a Poem,". by Coles; " Chap-,
.ters'O Langtage; by FI'W. Farrar ; and
":The - Amulet;' a Tale of Spanish Cali-,
'"A.i illustrated work by Gecirge .
Barni&l, 'firofes'or of drawing at It T igby
School, on "Drawing 'from Nature;"` a
embelliShed *irk; " The 'Life - df
Mali Symbolized ty. the Months of 'the-
Year,."?.the text selected by R. Pigot, and
many hundred wood-cut illustrations ::from
original designs by John Leighton, F. S. A.;
and." Iron Ship-building,,its _History and
Progress," by William Fairbairn, of Man
chester, " The Treasury of Botany4'
Dr. Lindley iti..141 T. MoCre " The Forma
tion and`' Management in'Realth
ease' of the Th6rough-bred'llbrse," by Dig
by 0611iiis; '"'Manual of Materia Mcd.ica,"'
by Drs. Farre,- Bentley, and Warrington`;
PrOfessor Richard Owen's long-promised
book, , !!.Comparative Anatomy and Physi-
Ologybof the Irert_ebtlt,e ; Animals 1; an.
-abridgment, of Di.... Copland's large . , A , Medi
cal Diotionary l - 9 by
,hjitiself and, his,son....
" The Truth -of' Chiistia.nity;"
,compiled'
from the, Writings of Archbishop, *hate,
ly, b hieS c friend and disciple; Dr kinds,'
late 'Bishol!Of , and "The Tent
poral‘MisSibn 'of thelloly, SPirit, or Readon
,and by. the Itomish- Arch-
bishopVirini am mi tssey , s
lery'of 'England. during the Reign of George
I - 11.," will be brought out in four monthly
volumes; In poat . BVO. " Transylvania, its
Products and People;',, by Charles Boner;
" Chess,yroblems, ' by ; F. Healey—being
a selection of two hundred of the author's,
best positions, with the solutions; and
" Occasional E's'says," by Charles Wren
'Hoskyns, author An- Index to
~ , .
the separate papers,' articles, 'memoirs, etc.,
contained in the transactions"of learned
societies and the scientific journals.publish
ed periodically, in , the 'various countries . of
Europe and America,. is about to be issued
in England. Its publication has been un
dertaken by : the Government. Copies will
be liberally distributed ; to foreign societies,
libraries, etc., and a portion 'reserved for.
sale. A Orofessional gentleman of NeiV
Fork hati'beeicengaged in his leisdie
- -
ments for some years in bringing ; toptkerp
the journals,and magazines published
America relating to medical science alone.,
His collection of these.works now comprises,
above fifteen hundred . volumes. It is pers
feetly unique, and, as such, it is hoped will:
never be separated.
French Announcements include a new 1
.
novel by M. Edmond About, "La Vieille
Roche ;" M. Boissier's "Cicero And his
Friends" (a study of Roman society in the
days of Cmsar); a translation of Herr Mit
termaier's essay on,, ,Capit4 Punishment;
the Bishop of Carcasponne i s "Study , of the
Symbolism of Nature,;" . H _iA4omine's
supplement' to the works of Paoli; M.
d'Eichthal's " Studies on Boudhicar
gins:of Amelican Civilization" — (l); Abbe
Feret's " Christ' Considered' by the 'Critics
of the Second 'Century," or au essay on the
religious criticism of that epoch . ; M. Flam
marion's "Imaginary,anti Real Worlds,"_
or an astronomical voyage in the sky, and
a critical review of: the_human, scientific,
romantic, ancient, and..modern thcoies
upon the inhabitants of the stars;. the fifth
volume' of Gabourd'a'Contemporari'H'iti -
tory; the fourth volume of his History of
Paris ; the imperial policy exhibited by`
speeches and proclamations of Ntiptileon''
111. (a -collection of the French Emperor's
speeches and proclamations from the 10th
of December, 1848, to July, 1865; price
40 sous); the ninety-eighth edition of M.
Spiers's English-French and French-Eng
lish Dictionary; J. Menat's translation of
the Assyrian te x t of the reverse of the.
- slabs from Khorsabad Palace; M. Renan's
St: Paul is published by Messrs. Levy
Brothers.
Prizes.—The French Emperor's bien
nial prize of $4,000 was awarded by the
Institute of France, August 16, to M.
WurZ, the eminent chemist. The Volney
prize for Comparative Philology was .given
to F. Justi; a Protestant theological writer,
Michael Nicholas, received one of the dec
orations of the Legion of Honor. The Ber
lin Society for the Study of Modern Lan
.
guages offers two prizes, to be giyen neat
year, for the best paper on the following
theses : First, The influence ofShakespear
e.
on the development of the Bng,lish 'lo= ,
guage; proofs of the development in his ,
poetry—a philological comparison between
him and Iris'contemporaries and subsequent
writers. Second, History of the criticism
of Shakespearian dramas' by the German
and Romanic nations. The competing
theses may be in
,German, English, or.
French, and must be sent in by the Ist 'of
next July. The priZlS' of the'first' is '5OO
thalers in gOld, of the second 160.' -
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Geological Map of France.—At the Pi
ris'exhibitiOn-of 1867 a new and large'geO 2
logical map of France will be'exhibited. It
hag been undertaken by the veteran geolo
gist, -M. Elie, de Beaumont, assisted by
Professor de Chancoirtois, of the &tole
des Mines, and MM. Fuchs and De Lap
parent.
The Photo-zincographic process, by which
photographic copifz'of any desCription are
seeptible of being printed from like en
gra." veil;plates, is now being applied 'very
extensively in Englind.for.the populariza
tion of records, autographs,‘etc., where ac
tual idontity,.andnot merely resemblance,
let Ween the original and the duplicate is
desirable. A fan-simile of the whole of the
great national territorial record,. the
" Doomsday Book" of the 'Con
queror, has been completed, and is sold in
separate counties at a moderate price. It
has, been followed'by a volume of "'National
IfoCuiTionts from William. the Conqueror to
Queen 'Anne," selected from the originals
at the Public Record Office, of,the very
-first :, : rank- in point of historical 'interest.
,Here wilt*, ; found, accompanied by literal
.translations, etc., autographs of each sover
eign, the original " Magna Charta" from
Op :most perfect copy, &c.
The J,S:pa,nish Government has lately oiven._
its sanction to a work on American anti-
, quities; entitled, a Collection of Inedite4
Ppouments Conqttest,
and Colonitatien of theBpanish Possessions
'beyond the, , Sea, drawn from the Royal
krohives of the Indies." The, s , editor is
Ii tto Leis Jorrez di Mendoza, and it is pro•
posed to issue two"'veltuno anntially.
'The Sima,ncas Archwes.—T4ese vain
le pa ' p'ers; long—kept itecret, and now
rendered'aecessibletoileholars by the lib-:
Orality- of the 'Queen Alf Spain, 'supply
inany, materials fcirtat" Ilist,ory of England
during the .Reign of -Henry V 11.," which
4r. 'Thomas Purnell : is writing.
HighiPrices for Rare Books.—At a re-
cent tmlepin London, of the splendid library
of :the late Earl of Charlemont,T.rish
Reer, some of Shakespeare's works, brought
high prices. The editio iirineepiof Shake
speare, being the;folie.tof 1623,Ilrinted in
London by Isaac. Jaggard and , Ed. Blount,
in the old : red, morocco binding with tooled
bOrders brought $lB2O. It is one of the
purest and finest copies known, f measuring,`
12.1. by 8 - 5-16 inehes.—Arioate'e Orlando
Furio.4), one of the five known copies
ed ripen bionkbt 1351.'
,_' Higden's
Polycronycon: - Cakien, wanting two'
leaves, 447/. 15s. Spenser's FaerieQueene,`-
first, edition of: both _volumes, 401 . ...:10.5r*:
Evangelia IV et Canones Evsebii, armee' ri
Sc.a : X.. , 13e1. 'Sir, Walter Raleigh's„,,,yir_
gin*"ia, by T. ,Ffaxiot, with 7.§ioriginal color-„,
ed . drawings ; ,„by White x ,l2sl. Roman:de
la Rose, with 35 exquisite miniatures, 40/..
lls. This , importint'saiei'ot7B J:Ote,rpiB-
duced in the aggregate, 4,698/. Ss.-J iin
clonAthenceum, August
Freedom or the Press 'hall' Ussia and Aus
tria.—On the 1.3th . 0f gepteinber, the 'edi-
tors of journali reviews in'Russii; Who
were so dispoiedileorild avail theinSelveiClifF , ' -
the new law-'extending the liberty of. the
press, .or; perhaps we:ought to. say, modify-3
ing its subjection. Such as had previously
informed
,the minister of the interior. of
their intention, and had deposited the re:
quisite security, would.
,be allowed from
-that dCy to publish their periodicals, with
out censorship , on their own responsibility.
The minister of jiisticein Ariatria hes . ad
vised the procurators-general to prosecute
really serious offences of the : press, but .to
avoid carefully all •measures which might.
appear of a partizan. character. The gov
ernment, while declining "all prejudiced.
opinions," "will gratefully accept all *ell
founded criticisms of their acts.'-'
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IN many hearte, there are places too
tender for any human hand to tonoh.