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REV. MR. HAMMOND'S LETTERS FROM
ITALY.
VERONA; ITALY ) Oct. 18, 1866
MY DEAR MR. MEAns:—Here we
are in Italy again, and you will wonder
why. I will tell you. We left Vienna
for Constantinople on October 4th. We
enjoyed the sail on the splendid Ameri.
can steamer down the broad Danube
very much. In a few days we were
hoping to have passed the borders of
Bulgaria, where the light• of the Gospel
is beginning to penetrate into the dark
ness of heathenism, and to have shaken
hands with our noble missionaries in the
Turkish Empire. When we bought our
tickets at Vienna, .we were told there
was no quarantine at Constantinople—
that we could go there with no fear of
the cholera; but soon after we reached
Perth, in Hungary, we received a tele
gram telling us that we could not enter
Constantinople without suffering the ter
rible ordeal of quarantine. The accounts
we had heard of what many had been
obliged to endure, led us to resolve at
once to turn back, in search of some
other means of entrance to the promised
land.
Our circuitous wanderings have led
us more than once to think of the jour
ney of the children of . Israel ; but we
have not yet " murmured agaiast the
Lord." , .
Many travellers go from Vienna to
Pesth to get some idea of the beauties
of the Danube and to see the capital of
Hungary. We enjoyed every mile of
the route. We had letters of introduc
tion to Rev. Mr. Koenig and Rev. An
drew Moody, two most earnest mission
aries in Pesth. Their labors are more
especially confined to the Jews. I told
them the story of the conversion of the
Jewish Chicago actor, Charles Ryder,
who is now an ordained minister in
Illinois. It was just the sort' of a fact
they wanted to circulate, in the shape of
a tract, among the 40,000 Jews in this
city of 100,000 population. At their
request, I wrote it out in full, and it is
my prayer that the Holy Spirit may use
it tl lead some of the lost sheep of the
house of Israel to the feet of Jesus.
On Saturday, we spent an hour in a
great synagogue of the city, which seats
three thousand people. It was quite
well filled. The men occupied the body
of the house: At first sight, with their
hats all on, they resembled a mass
meeting. Though the high priest, part
of the time, was reading from a large,
ancient leather manuscript the Old Tes
tament, yet I could not. discover the
least solemnity. At intervals they en
gaged in conversation all over the house.
0, how my heart ached for that great
audience of blinded Sews I If the holy
Robert McCheyne, in his journey to
Palestine, had witnessed such sights, I
don't wonder that he.was so anxious to
have missions established for the con
version of the Jews.
On Sabbath evening we heard an ex
cellent sermon from Mr. Moody. He is
a nephew of Rev. Moody Stewart, of
Edinburgh. We were hungry for Gos-•
pel food, and we were well fed. I had
met Mr. Moody in Scotland five years
ago, and we found that in the same
meetings we had sought to win souls to
Christ. He gave his whole time up to
us, and thus made our visit pleasant.
Rev. Mr. Koenig took Us out to his
hospital. It is the only Protestant hos
pital in all Hungary. A band of Chris
tian women, called Deaconesses, from
his congregation, with a Christian man
to superintend, take charge of the insti
tution. It is a "Christian COMmission"
on a small soak/ It ministers to both
the temporal and spiritual wants of its
inmates.
From:Pesth we turned our steps back
to Vienna, and thence to Saltzburgh, in
the Austrian Tyrol. We found it one of
the most beautifui cities we had seen.
At the same hotel with us was Mr.
Motley and his family, the American
minister to Austria, the well-known au
thor of the Dutch Republic. Also, the
" Old Emperor," as he is called, arrived
in great state. He is, we were told, the
grandfather of the present emperor of
Austria. He abdicated during the revo
lution in 1848. •
On the top of a high rock, is ari old'
castle where, during the-times of perse
cution, many were tortured to death.
The very room is shown from which,
" faithful unto death," they ascended to
" receive a crown of life," saying, with
Stephen, " Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
From Saltzburgh our way lay through
a wild, Swiss-like country. Old castles
from some lofty peak often frowned upon
us. We found Innsbruck .a beautiful
tgit
city. It is 1759 feet 6 the. sea.
In the morning we saw what, at first
sight, appeared to be an immense cloud,
but in a moment we found it to be a
mountain rising from`the very ontikirts•
of the city, nearly a mile in the air.
Nothing in Switzerlapd p astonishecl and
impressed us more deeply. In an old
cathedral we saw the tomb of Maximilian
I. The money with which it was con
structed would erect a fine church in
the United States. In, the same church
is a fine marble statue of Andre Hofen,
who was such a terror to Napoleon 1.,
slaying so many of . his men in their at
tempts to penetrate into Austria by the
Brenner pass.
At ten o'clock we started in a private
carriage over the Brenner Alpine pass.
It is not quite as,Atigh as -the Splugen
and some of the passes from Switzerland
into Italy, but I think we enjoyed it as ,
much. We had seventy-nine miles to
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ride before reaching the railroad at Bat
zen. We spent the night, therefore, on
the top of the mountain. •
We meet thousands and thousands of
Austrian soldiers returning from Italy.
The wounded were riding in ambu
lances. Poor fellows, I pitied them,
even if they had been seeking to crush
Italy.
The sight of streams of water from
the mountain tops relpided us of what
we often saw in Switzerland. I think 1
spoke, in one of my hasty letters, of
how these mountains, year after year,
sending down never-failing refreshing
streams, reminded me of Christians who
live near to God, and who thus continu
ally are a source of blessing to others.
When thinking of this,one day, I jotted
down some lines in my note-book, which
I venture to copy. **l‘lie fallowing texts,
of Scripture were also at the same time
forcibly impressed upon mie : "All my
springs are in , " The secret of
the Lord is with thnin that fear Him."
" Jesus stood and cried; saying, if any
man thirst; let him come unto me and
drink. He that believeth on me as the
Scripture saith, out of , his belly shall
flow rivers of living waters." " I will
pour water upon him that is thirsty."
"The water that I shall give him skill
be in hint a well of - "Water, a,, fountain
of water springing• 4 into everlasting
life."
Travellers mid the Alpine glade
Oft are gladdened with the sight
Of the joyous, bright cascade;
Leapiag from a wondrous height.
To beholders it appeaii ` • •
That, within but One brief hour,
All their waters, drie&like tears,
Soon would cease the vale to shower.
Oft it seems a mystery•
Whence these waters ever flow;
Still they bound as light and free,
Never caring we should know.
High up, almost in the sky,
Are their riehisit hidden springs,
Whence they to the valleys fly,
While all nature round them sings.
Thus the Christian mirch*th God,
Watered with the heavenly dew,
Brings from the divine abode
Blessings that are fresh and new.
He can ever truly say, •
"All my springs, Lord, are in Thee,
Watering others every day;
Still, my Father, water me."
If by Christ we're daily taught,
We shall often hear his voice—
" Without me ye can do nought.
Drink life's water.and rejoice;
For 'tis true that whosoever
Drinks of water that I give,
He shall thirst again— , no; never—
Like a fountain he shall live."
Your brother in Christ;
E. P. HAMMOND.
HOME EVANGELIZATION IN BOSTON.
tgo‘Avio:o:ll3<mviou:ol4:s4 , Alo»it:t:stlij
This subject is now engrossing the
attention of the Chngregational evangeli
cal churches of this city. They are hold
ing church confeiences, composed of
pastors and lay delegates, to devise
plans, ways and means to render theii
efforts more effectual than they have
been for many years. They have had
a " City Missionary Society" for a quar
ter of a century, through which they
have operated, in their way. But Ortho
dox churches have diminished in num
ber, and, as I stated in my last, they
now are less by ten than they were fif
teen years ago.
It seems the plan has been to ethploy
missionaries, male and - female, chiefly,
if not wholly, laymen or women. These
visit•the poor and the' needy, the sick
and the perishing ; talk with. them upon
religion, hold neighborhood meetings, en
courage Sabbath-schools, and, also, give
something for the use and:• comfort of the
body. Now All this is very good; and
there have been employed in doing it
some of the best and most devoted,men
and women in the churches. But the
whole measure has seemed to want one
grand feature of the mission - of the
apostles and early Christians, to wit :
the establishing . .of chit-ace these
destitute fields. Hence, during all these
years, the ny,mber , of the ,eknrches-has
been diminishing, while it Bay be
doubted , whether those `remaining are
stronger, or
• as efficient, even,: as they
were several years ago. If theichUreltes
would combine the plan pursued by the
early disciples, and labor as they now
do, and establish a place• for preaching
as well as teaching the children in . Sab
bath-schools in those destitute neighbor
mheiide, they world be on the right track,
and soon find the work of the Lord re
viving. Respecting their operations, it
may emphatically be said, " these ought
ye to have done, and not to have left
the other undone."
There are some things done better in
Boston than in Philadelphia ; but I do
not belieVe home .evangelization is one
of them. 'Beaton has better public
schools,. does more in the cause of tem
peranceris under bilfEer'litwsa's respects
licensing' men to "put the bottle to their
neighboi's month;" astit respects truant,
vagrant children, and rowdy .? smoking,
&inking, swearing `boys, especially Sun
days, on the corners of the'streets, Bos
ton truant officers and police-take them
off, while of the former kind of officers
Philadelphia s):laFy none; and the latter
stand still in one Place, from Which tbe
boys know enough to keep away.
I have thought, sometimes, it would
greatly improve both cities, it each
would avoid' he bad' wild adopt the good
of the other,. Boston has her Sunday
cars, and as 'intimated ; is toto ccelo, be
hind Philadelphia. Why, good Matthias
Baldwin, just gone to his reward, did
more for home evangelization than all
the evangelical denomination of Congre
gational' churches here have done in'the
last twenty yeitS He may be said to have
established at least four or five churches,
and aided many, very many more ; and
the way in which he did it was the only
true apostolic way, and the only way
ever known to succeed. He sent a
minister to preach, when he established
a Sabbath-school ; and soon there was a
flourishing church. This was the case
with the Olivet, the North Broad, the
Tabor, and how many others I know
not, of your denomination, all now - large
churches.
Boston Orthodox evangelization goes
on another principle, namely, to estab
lish a Sabbath-school and .endeavor to
bring the children and their parents,
and such as go nowhere, into their large
churches. This plan has always sig
nally. failed ; and, always will fail, be-:
cause, in the first place, this class of
people could never be drawn into these
churches even " with a cart-rope;" and,
in the second place, the whole scheme
savors too much of selfishness, or a , de=
sire to Make our own established church
" the hub."
It should be added, " the Old South"
has established a mission church,• and
I am told there has been one such, at the
" South End" within the last dozen
years. But in that time so many have
died that there are two less than there
were then.. Upon Mr. BaldwWs plan
there might and ought to:hava hem a
dozen new,.ones now. in a flourishing
state.
I am well conTinced that
~i t? not
mate, one shadow of a shade difference
for me - to write these things, for when
any class of men have bowl' running in
one rut for' thirty Yeari,lt takes some
strength to get their wheels 'out, and
these good people, in spite of experi
ence,.still believe it will come about
right, and that all these Nothingarians
will by some means be dra'n in to fill
their great houses'and help pay their
debts.
I do wish our good people, who seem
now to be much moved upon this sub
ject, would take a lesson in home evan
gelization from .your city, and especially
from your denomination in that city.
Yours, &e., **M. C.
LETTER• FROM DR. • TUSTIN.
REY. AND DEAR BROTHER :—I am so
much impressed with tll At touckog ten
derness of the follbwing nacidefit, that I
cannot refrain from requesting yon to
give it a more widely extended circula
tion through the miidium of your paper,
believing that it will be alike acceptable
and proftlable to many of your readers,
as I am free to say it has been to me :
LIPS TOO • SHORT:FOR. STRIFE
Charles Dickens relates the following of
Douglas Jerrold :—Of his ; generosity I had a
proof within these two Cr three years which
it saddens, me to think of now. There had
been estrangement between us—not on any
personal subject, arid not involving angry
words-' r and a good many Months had passed
without my ever seeing him in the streets,
When it fell - out that we dined, each with his
own separate party, in the Strangers' room.'
of the club. Our °lnas were , almost back to
back, and I took mine after he was seated
and at dinner, (I am sorry to remember,)
and did not look that way. Before we had
long sat, he openly wheeled his chair round,
stretched out both , hands in an engaging
manner and said aloud, with a bright and
loving face that I can see as I write to you,
"Let us be friends again. A life is not long
enough for this."
Jerrold was not a Christian, but his con
duct• in this case was worthy f a Christian
'aharaater. On a dying . bed how insignificant
will appear many •things about Which we con
tend in bitterness and wrath! Life is too
short, its inevitable sorrows so many, its re
sponsibilities so vast and solemn, that there
is, indeed, 'no time to sparein abusing and
maligning one another. Let. not the sun go
down on your wrath. Never nlose your eyes
to - sleep with your heart angry toward your
brother and fellow-sufferer. - See ;him and 'be
reconciled if you can. If you cannot see himi•
write to him. If he is a true man and a
Christian, 'he will listen. If he is not, - you
will ha4e done right,.and your, soul will -,be
bright with the sunshine . of Heaven.
" Life , is, indeed, too„ short, for strifei"
and yet there are cases in which it,seems
almost inevitable. The Rev. William
Nevins, .D.D., once a resident of the city
of Baltimore; but now a denizen of the
New Jerusalem, as I doubt not, related
to me an incident- which seems .to be:
germain to this intimation. The Rev%
Dr. Gliindy; also of the 'city; of Balti-'
more, a very eloquent minister of our ,
Chnrch, and a *arm adMirer of Presi
dent Jefferson and his politics, had an
unfortunate controversy with several .
prominent members of his church, and
when they excitement had reached' the
culminating point of an open opgusition,
the Rev. Doctor tookoccaerthi s t o tkia to •
his congregation thatbeantiful and instruc
tive chapter, the 12th Of Romans, and
when he reached the verse which reads
after this manner—" If it be possible as'
much as lieth' in you live peaceably : With
all men"—he paused, and 'looking to
ward his opponents,• who sat directly be
fore him, he added with great and sig
nificant emphasis—" A plain intimation,
my brethren, that it is not possible to
live peaceably with some men." •
It iS,'ifedeed, a' lamentable fact, there'
are to be found, not only among; the
laity, but among the' clergy alsq,,those
who seem to lie made up of the oddgati,
ends of fallen , and depraire'd humanity,
whose names arethe synonyms r of arro
gance and incivility, and whose special
mission, seems to be to annoy and dis
tract and destroy. The best weAan c ijc,
in such cases, is to leave these , ,inen to
enjoy the luxury of doing evil, while
those who seek the things which make'
for peace, " pursue the even tenor of
their way, not turning to the right ~ hand
or to the left in pursuit of gan,ap,"--as
John Randolph, of Roanoke, once said to
the members of Congress from ,Permsy.l 7
vania,-who had assailed him,—" which
will not repay the hunter's toil."
But I am wandering. 'My object is
this note was Aimply , to, request the re
publication of. the touching incident re
to above. I once was an • eye
witness of a similar reconciliation be
tween Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun in the
Senate chamber of the limited States,
after a long period of painful alienation
between those distinguished statesmen,
brought about by;an unguarded expres-
SiOrt from Mr. Calhoun, in
.a-moment of
excitement duringla debate in the-Senate..
Mr: Calhoun. 'said to Mr'. Clay, Yon
Jrnow, sir, I am your master," to which
Mr. Clay, ,springing, seat as. if
tossetky an elastic spring, replied
"Yo my master ! You Thy master !
would not own you for my slave!" This,
of course, , produced a suspension, of all
friendly intercourse, through many long.
and•weary months, if not' . years; which
as finally adjusted in — my presence
very much in the style of the difficulty
between Charles Dickens and . L,tcfuglas
Jerrold. I have_ a recollection: of
all the incidents of that pleasant. and•
touching Interview between these two
statesmen.
Very; truly, yours, solver et übique,
SEPTIMUS TUSTIN.
WASHINGTON CITY; -; 1866.
SUNDAY TRAVEL.
Ric. W. Maims—Dear Sir :
The quiet, the orderly, and the thought:
ful
, among ui,"Owe a debt, of gratitude to
yourself and your: estimable coadjutors
for the energy by which you have secured
to them another leaSe-s—raay 'it - prov&
along one—of Sabbath tranquilitY. The
bloody and desolating war from ! which l
we have but .barely emerged, should:
have made us, if not penitent, at least
reverent of the Divine hand that controls
our affairs, and which, for our former
contempt of the Divine behests, has, of .
late, so sorely punished us. It wertd
natural to suppose that, while clad 'in
the hSbiliments of mourning over graves I
that are scarely yet , become green, we
would have hesitated for awhile at run
ruing into fresh transgression ; that
while days for thanksgiving and fasting
are, from, time to time, being formally
proclaimed by our national and State
authoritieS, the day set apart as sacred,
by all the sanctions of Holy writ,
• would.
have been safe from our sacrilegious en
croachments. But we seem, in our nar
row escape from the direst calamities,
to have imbibed the idea, that henceforth
all is to be prosperous and fair, irrespec
tive of our conduct, be it noble or vile.
Cowardice and ingratitude are con
spicuous here, for it:,edly no resolu
tion to run the streenars through our
city one. the Sabbath would have been
either moved or seconded, by the most
sordid of our Shylocks, or the most for-'
ward of our infidels, on the day that the
rebel Lee's army reached Gettysburg I
The operators in this breach of the peace
of our city are like those seamen who,
in the hurricane, are brought in terror
to their knees, but who, on its subsi
dencS; return at once to their wonted
profanity.
It is when base spiritefeel themselves
safe, not under impending danger, that
they. defy alike the of man and
the laiws of God. But let all such be
counselled not to forget that, however
distant it may seem to them, a day of
reckoning surely awaits the guilty; that.
bothiihdiVidials and corporations of in
dividhals, associated together for selfish
and Wicked ends, will be held as strictly
to account as the nations, for national
crime,' and after our late bitter experi
ence, few, we trusty are to belound ready
to ignere either aur national guilt, or
the merited castigation it has brought
down iipon us. E. D. M.
NEGATIVE RELIGIONISTS.
There is .a wide difference between
negative and positive religion. The
former l will, destroy the soul, while' the
latter ,only will . save it. Those who
belong; to the negative school,„ comfort
themselves with recounting sins which
they dO 'not " practice. They boast
1. That they do not 'profane the Sab
bath.
2. They do not neglect the ordinances
of God's house. _ _
3. They do not live without a form of
prayer.
4. They do not take the name of God'
in vain.
5. They do not defraud their neigh
tor.
6. They are not seen on the 'race
gro,und.
7. They do not frequent the theatie.
. 8. They do not sit down at the card
table.
9. They are not drunkards.
While all this may be true, there are
tliings, required by God which they en
tirely overlook and neglect, and without
which' the soul cannot be saved :--
1.. They do not love God
They do not, eperience y his r love.
shed Oros& in the heart— ,
3. They•have•not.received the gift' of
the Erplf qheet.
4 !They have not surrendered their
and hearts to the service of GO.,
6., They do not delight themselves.4l
Hini:
6. They do not esteenfHis word more
; thatt i their necessary food..
7. They do not enjoy the peace of
Gqd Which passeth, all understanding.
8. They are not temples '"of the Holy
Ghost'.
9. They have-not been born again of
the Spirit
10. They are not supremely concerned
for. the spread and triumph of the Give
- An; old writer very aptly says:—«' A .
.hypocrite n*ther is what he seems, , nor
MIMM
seen 3 , ,§' 17481 he is. He- i1 3 ,-Jukted .hy the
world for seeming a Christian, and by
God 'for not ; being- one. On
,earth he
'is the picture of a saint, but in eter
nity the paint shall all be washed off,
an&he 81411 appear at the judgment in
his own cOlors and- defortnity"
ttitrr'z Cab
TUE CONTROVERSY ON PsAidRODY.
ANNAN. A Vindication of the "'Letters
-on Psalmody;" from-the strictures of John
P'ressly,'.D.D. By Wm. Annan. Pitts
_ biirkh : W. S. Haven, Jr. 18mo., pp. 144.
This dingr`little — hook; which seems
to „carry an impress of' the pitchy at.
mosphere amid which it was produced,
In a fib arp and vigorous discussion'of Dr.
Pressly's reply, in
,the IT P. Quarterly
;Review to a fonder ~ v olume; of Mr.
- Annan ) on the tame topic. The whole
subject is far from uninteresting or un
important The assumptions - of our
good psalni-einging brethren are indeed
mtolorable and their exclusiveness in
,barrin ik allymnLsinging Calvinists from
their :cUnniniOn 'Wile, is a scandal to
bar' :eotomon-Calviniem, not to say
thristianity. on. the other *end, we
honor all earnest attempts to guard any
part of the worship of God'from
dese
cration:by the introduction of unfit and
nnWeirranted,. elements. On the one
hand; it is - altogether , futile to attempt
to-,give'us„a literal,lyrrcal version of the
8014113,an44is . ,,EM'Offence agiirist every
'principle good •taste to force the bar
harieins‘of -/Rouse upon' the Christian
congliewitiOne - :'Of our day;'beiides, the
neeOrtiOn thati., 'inspired, matter,
and of , all inspired poetry, the. Psalms
:only are ;divinely appointed to be
sung,' cannot fOr a - moment be stis
lained.' .On the other hand„ the weak,
sentimental, unworthy .matter, that
worke its , wa3r4into our modern hymn
booki, ofteii is enough to make the true
worshipper sighfor. a ,more rigid regime,
hiehWill hold the, churches to the strong,
-
ct, simple, earnest utterances of the
inspired word; as a medium of praise ;
even at the sacrifice of some really valu
able additions , and enlargements by the
Christian poets of later times. Mr.
Anima's book is aimed against the ex
tremes, to which our Psalm-singing
brethren allow themselves to be car
ried. It shows that •.Rouse's• version is
not en inspired Psalmody ; that there
is,no divine warrant for the exclusive
use of the Book of Pialms, and it con
eludes by handling pretty severely some
of Dr. Pressly's ” personalities and mis
statements" in the article referred to.
Those interested in the discussion will
not overlOok this little brochure.
winTTimrs HIAIID mrLm]ut.
.
WHITTIER-HENNESSY. Maud Muller. By,
John G. Whittier; with Illustrations by.
W. J. Hennessy. Boston : _ Ticknor &
Fields. Bto.;.full guilt.
We cannot say that the ballad of
Maud' Muller is to our taste. It is not
the best service a poet can do to repre
sent man or woman
,as repining at, their .
lot in wedded life, and unconsciously
and regretfully going back to the irre
vocable "it might have , been" of their
early years. Doubtless the poet has
written, and the artist has wrought,
skilfully and truthfully; but , it is the
business of the religions critic, at least,
to ,ask, when viewing the finest produc
tion of pen or graving tool, cui bow?
For elegant, in ,this case, in a remarkti--
.
ble degree, are both. The wood-cnts
are marvels of finish, not done in the
coarse, striking way of Millais and the
Dalzierßros„but rouuded and shaded
with;un eye to beauty, as well as effect.
The paper, typography, binding, &c.,
are exquisite. ' •
"JUMPER dr BRO.
Boils. The Great Rebellion, its Secret
Histbry, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous
Failu;re. By John , Minor , Botts, of Vir-
The, PolitiCal Life of, the Author
indieated. 12cno pp 402.
-The position onir. Botts during the
rebellion, if not -.altogether decided and
satisfactory to positive 'men, was one of
-not ,a' little peril, and, jeined with his
long, political career in Virginia, well
calculated to -give 'him unusual aflvan
tageti for studying it's origin and course.
Never' assenting Of. the rebellion, never
ceasing to condemnand- denounce it, he'
yet 'continued to'live within its limits.
For' eight' weeks' he was the 'inmate of
a IllthY negro prison, and it seems re
markable that a foe of the movement,
so well known as he, should have suf
ferea no severer inconvenience. Mr.
BOtts,-, although not ;convinced of the
justice and expediency of giving the bal
lot to , the freedmen, is an open foe of
Mr. Johnson's policy, - and a supporter
.of the Constitutional Amendment His
views', of pardoning traitors are alto
gether opposed to the indiscriminate ex
ercise: of the prerogative, es we have '
witnessed it in 41 - r -- .johnson. ' His (Bs
•
closures upqn the animus: and devel 7
opozuent , of the rebellions plot, and the
- ;
- scenes at the 'actual inauguration of the
'rediement in are full of inter
est;.and 'bring
_Some facti,,hitherto : ,un- ,
.known, ;to !light. The work, 4e , are,
told, tins originally written- in response
to the request of-the French Consul at
Richmond, for information, and is be
lieved to have !exerted . a salutary influ
ence in , that'quarter.
.Snrrn—Daistaa. Prineipia Latina . . IT.
, First Latin Book. Containing an Epi
tome of Caesar's. Gallic • Wars, and Tho
moudis Lives of, Distinguished Romans.
With a short introduction to Roman An
ti unities. Notes and a Dictionary. By
WM. Smith, mp, and
,Henry Drisler.
LL.D., 'num, PP. 375. ,
One of the most complete, conscien
tious sand thorough text-books, we have
ever seen ' ` 'lts • ' . chief aim is to fill the
gap, so diffi.c.oltAt.r the young student
to pass, from his elementary reading
book, to the regular course in the Latin
classics. The teacher will find it so
complete an apparatus in itself, as to
leave almost nothing, in the way of
drudgery, for him to do. It might be
objected, however, that some more ele
mentary grammar than Zumpt, should
have been made the basis of the refer
ences in the notes.
CARLETON. Our Artist in Peru. D'ifty
Drawinp on WoodA Leaves from the
Sketch Book of a Traveller dur the
Winter of 1865-'66. By Geo. W. Carle
ton. Author of Our Artist in Cuba, etc.
New York : Carleton, Publisher. Square
Bvo., pp. 50. $1.50
Very entertaining sketches are these ;
full of sly humor, and the result of close
observation and graphic powers of des
cription—charcoal sketches, we might
call them, bringing out, in a few rude
touches, many a complete picture of
national manners, costumes, amuse
ments, and especially the small dis
comforts of life in and on the way to
Lima. The descriptions accompanying
the drawings are mere siy- hints, and
the whole design of the hook is mirth
moving; yet it cannot be denied, that as
much information is conveyed, as in
many a pretentious, book of travels,
and dn form much , more easy to take.
It is wliat we might call Object•teach
ing, facilitated by appeals to the sense
of the ridiculous in the learner.
SIINDAY-SCHOOL APPARATIIS.
TomunCrieg Improved Sabbath-school Li
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ber of those entitled to received books from
the Library ; second, the number of each
book taken out and the date when taken;
third, the, name and number of every book
in the Library. Chicago : Tomlinson &
Bros..
A compact, comprehensive and sys
ternatic record-book. Librarians will
find their work simplified and aided great
ly by this arrangement. Everything
which is needed to be known, in order
to the effective management of the Li.
brary, appears to have been provided for.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
LARGE'S COMMENTARY. The Acts of the
Apostles. An Exegetical and Doctrinal
Commentary, by Gotthard Victor Lechler,
D.D., Ordinary Professor of Theology,. and
Superintendent at Leipsic, with Homileti
cal additions, by Rev. Charlei Gerok, Su
perintendent at Stuttgart. Translated from
the Second. German Edition, with addi
tions, by Charles F. Schaeffer, D.D., Pro
fessor of Theology in' the Theological Semi
nary of the'Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Philadelphia. New York : Charles
Scribner & Co. Bvo., pp. 480; 'ss.
MARTYR. The Life and Times of Martin
Luther. By W. Carlos Martyn, author of
the Life and Times of John Militon.
American Tract Society, New York.
12m0., pp. 550. $1.50. .
Smp GREY. A Year in the City. By the
AUthor of the Huguenots in France.
American Tract Society, N. Y. Square
‘ 16m0., pp. 264. 85 cts.
GRACEE'S Yrsrr. A Tale for the Young.
From the London Religious Tract Society.
American Tract Society, New York. 16me.,
pp. 231. 75 ets.
PHIL KENNEDY. By H. N. N. American
Tract Society, New York. 16m0., pp. 128.
50 cts.
VAuGHAN. Characteristics of Christ's
Teaching. Drawn from the Sermon on
the Mount. By C. J. Vaughan, D.D.,
Vicar of Doncaster. London and New
York : A. Strahan & Co. 18mo., pp.
307. $1.50.
For sale by . Smith, English & Co.
ANSTIE. Notes on Epidemics ; for the use
of the Public. By Francis E. Anstie,
M.D., F. R. C. P. First American Edi
tion. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
& Co. 12n.i0., pp. 95.
MANNA FOR THE Prr..Gunr; or, Readings
fora Month, from various authors ; Hew
itson, McCheyne, Adelaide, Newton and
others. Selected and compiled by the
author of "Drifted Snow Flakes.'! Phila.
delphia : J. Hamilton. 24m0., pp... 130.
DICK AND HIS CAT. An Old.Tale,in a Drew
Garb. By Mary J. - Hamilton, Phila.
Square 18mo., pp. 91.
PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS.
PARTON. Row New York City is Governed.
By James Parton. Reprinted from the
North. American Review. Boston : Tick
nor & Fields. For sale by Lippincott. &
Co. Rano., pp. 48. Price 25 cts.
Any one wishing to know just how it
viould fare with our own city and with the
whole country,,if the, disloyal, negro-hating,
* lrish 'Catholic party, calling itself Demo
cratic, had the upper band, need only to
read this graphic and overwhelming de
scription of the condition of the city, where
they now hive 46,000 inajority,in a vote of
about 120,000. Nothing more ought to be
necessary' to open his eyes. We regard
the publication of this article, by Mr. Par
ton, the biographer of Burr, Andrew Jack
son and Benj. Butler, as most timely, and
as likely to be of special service to us, in
Philadelphia,
who are striving to maintain,
the Sunday laws of the Commonwealth!
They are the best safeguard against a simii
lar demoralization of oar city.
THE WESTMINSTER. REVIEW, No.
CLXX. October, 1866. New York :
Leonard Scott Publishing Co: Philadel
phia : W. B. Zieber---Contents : The
Irish ;'Church; The Apo'itles, by Ernest
Renan ; The English and their Origin ;
Menais on Daritec;•. Canadian Confede
r4ion. and the Reciprocity Treaty; The
Dog--his Intelligence ; (*North Pacific
Colonies; The Forest of Fontainebleau;
'Contemporary' literature. '
Price for 'Blackwood or any of the Re
vieWs; per annum.
THE, , T HEOLOGICAL ECLECTIC for No
vember andiDecember, 1866, contains : The
Nicene Doctrine of the Holy Trinity, by
Dr. Schaff; Chinch Music and'Song, trans
lated from Flagenbach by- 40f. Hoppin ;
The Mosaic, Dispensation as Introductory
to,ChristiMiity, from the _British, Quarterly
Review (iltramontane Reaction in France
in the Nineteenth Century, Translated by
Rev. 'C. M. Butler, D.D.; The Sensational
Phildsophy,—Mill and , McColl, from Bri
tish and Foreign Evangelical Review. New
:York: Moore Wilstaoh St Baldwin. $3
a year.