fijito'is ffiaWt.
[cClelland. Sermons by the late Alexander Mc-
EClelland, D.D. Edited by Rev. Richard W. Dick
finson, D.l>. New York: R. Carter & Brothers.
pp. 424. For sale at the Presbyterian
|Book Store.
I These sermons arc strong in thought, stirring
| style, handling topics of immediate interest in
masterly, yet characteristic manner. Perspicu
|i£ and direct, not without a vein of sarcasm and
ifreedom of expression which might be thought
B exceed the bounds of pulpit decorum at times,
hey are thoroughly readable. The author re
lived his collegiate education at Union and his
theological education at the Associate Reformed
Seminary of New York, where he listened to the
Ictures of Dr. John M. Mason. Licensed in
|Bl5, when but nineteen years old, he soon after
became pastor of Rutgers Street Church, New
fork; seven years afterwards he became profes
er in Dickinson College, Carlisle, and in 1829 he
#as transferred to Rutgers College, and after
iterds to the Theological Seminary of the Re
formed Dutch Church inNew“Brunswick, where
fa spent the greater part of his remaining days',
pur city knew and appreciated his worth as a
{readier, as appears by a call extended to him
jy the First Presbyterian Church on the death
if Dr. Wilson, which, however, he refused to
iccept, considering himself more fitted for the
professor's chair than for the pastoral work,
h The book is handsomely printed in large type,
Imd would form a serviceable addition to the
Preacher's library, besides being eminently popu
»r in its vein.
acduff. Curfew Chimes; or, Thoughts for Life’s
Eventide. By J. R.' Macduff, D.D., author of
“ Morning and Night Watches.” 24m0., pp. 71.
iNew York: R. Carter & Bros. Second Edition.
HE Early Dawn. By the author of the “Life
of Hedley Vicars.” 18mo„ pp. 35. Flexible
covers. Published asabove.
Dr. Macduff’s book is an addition to the lim
ed yet important branch of literature designed
for the aged. It consists of thirty-one
sjlexts, each accompanied with an original poetic
or expansion of the idea. The thoughts
'jjpre overflowing with Christian tenderness, and
yjJare well calculated to comfort and profit the class
sj*ought to be reached. The dedicatory verses are
v#very beautiful, although we cannot .accord any
’’tfvery decided poetic merit to the volume.
<• Xhe Early Dawn ” is a story of the entrance
*of the simple, life-giving trust in a crucified
Saviour into the breast of a dying and despairing
.Jlman, well suited to exalt the power of the Gospel
• ')fto save the soul.
IJIF ue SnADOw of the Rock, and other Religious
Mi Poems. New York: A. D. F. Randolph. Square
24m0., pp. 224, gilt, bevelled edges.
3W'atkrbury. A Precious Saviour; or, Wliat Jesus
la (0 ,ne - By Rev, J. B. Waterbury, D.D., au-
Ip thor of “Advice to a Young Christian," &c. New
I York: A. D. F. Randolph. Square 24iuo.,j.pp.
100, gilt, bevelled edges.
Two attractive, tasteful, and profitable volumes
Vftfor the closet, from the press of one who always
Sscems to have an eye to the spiritual needy and
believers. The first volume of poetry,
' i|is doubtless of the publisher’s own selection, and
'. Jig a gathering of gems from the current literature
lof the day, including such names as Christina
Rosetti, Charlotte Elliott, Anna Shipton, Bonar,
Mrs. Stowe, Translations from the German, and
with a few ancient pieces which have lately been
brought to the notice of the Christian public.
The selections are made with every mark of a
■ cultivated Christian taste, and is a real treasure of
1 sacred song.
Dr. Waterbury's book is composed of twenty
one brief and simple essays, eacb upon some dis
tinct Scriptural character of Christ, accompanied
by an appropriate piece of poetry. They will be
found well adapted to turn the daily thought of
the believer in a profitable channel. Both vol
umes are elegantly printed, and for sale at tha
Presbyterian House.
Mn,ocn. Two Marriages. By the author of John
Halifax, Gent. New-York: Harper & Brothers.
I 12m0., pp. 301. For sale by Lippincott & Co.
i Doubtless the earnest wish and prayer of many
f an intelligent Christian, on contemplating with
alarm the ominous features of modern light lite
| rature, has found a joyful response in the pure and
I healthful contributions of Miss Muloch to the
otherwise turhid stream. She has handled other
themes with success, but in the volume before us
she seizes the very topics in whichjhe unscrupu
lous novelist revels, and through which he diffuses
most effectively the pollution of his own mind, and
! makes them vehicles of the best and noblest les
f sons to the reader. The first novel—for the vol
ume contains two —is a most powerful reproof of
those marriages of convenience without love,
which arbitrary parents, especially in a commu
nity bo pervaded with the caste-feeling as is Eng
land, force upon their children. The second story,
“Parson Garland’s Daughter"—by far the best
eontrived and most interesting of the two—shows
how even a gross error and sin of youth may be
mended by honorable action and by the Christian
faithfulness and patience of all concerned, al
though its penalty pursues both guilty and inno
cent, even through this life. Few pictures ever
drawn by novelists are more affecting than that
of the old parson grieving over his wife of a year,
whom long ago he had loved with so pure and
fervent affection and had lost' fondly hoping'to
have her place approximately filled by her who
should be the worthy object of his only son’s
equally noble affections; crushed for a time by the
cruel and utter disappointment of this expectation,
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1867.
and then, under the guidance of Christian prin
ciple and true fatherly affection, rising from his
disappointment, and, through many trials, be
coming the benefactor of a misguided son and
daughter-in-law alike. What a different course
a corrupt writer would have given to the whole
story, is intimated by the conduct of an aristo
cratic family which is most skilfully brought upon
the scene.
We can most cordially recommend this book to
the older class of readers.
DIAMOND EDITION OE DICKF.NS.
Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick
Club. By Charles Dickens With Original Il
lustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Boston: Ticknor &
Co. Pp. 464. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
The great enterprise of this Boston house de
velopes itself in specialties as well as in the
regular. line of their business. Their “ Blue and
Gold ” series has been famous for ten years. They
have now commenced a series of publications
which meets the want of cheapness in American
issues, while it furnishes a compact,’ readable,
tasteful volume, exceedingly convenient to handle
or to carry, and giving a wonderful impression of
the midturn in parvo. This is accomplished by
using a very small, yet remarkably clear and
handsome type, on paper of fine quality, bringing
the text within easy reach of almost all classes of
readers and purchasers. Here is the voluminous
Pickwick Papers within a compass that one can
cover with his hand, or put in his pocket, and
handsomely and abundantly illustrated, for $1.50,
or without the illustrations, for $1.25. We hive
rarely seen any thing finer in execution than the
engraved head of Dickens, constituting the front
ispice of the illustrated edition. It is contem
plated to publish the complete works in this
style, comprising twelve or thirteen volumes at
the rate : df one a month.
LITERAItY INTELLIGENCE.
Germany. — Recent Theological Works. —The
German correspondent of the Bibliotheca Sacra
mentions the following works: Beginnings of Re
formatory Movements in Spain under Charles V.,
from original documents of the Inquisition at
Toledo, by Dr. E. Bohmer, Leipzig; Zeller’s
Lectures and Treatises on Historical Subjects,
Embracing topics from ancient Greek and mod
ern German history, relating mainly to the course
of philosophical development. The author-is a
distinguished member of the Tuebingen School.
Yon Hofmann’s. Second Volume, Third Part, of
The Holy Scriptures connectedly studied; a
learned and extended attempt to show the au
thenticity of each writing from its historical char
acteristics. Godet’s Examination of the most
Important Critical Questions raised at the present
Time relatively to the Fourth Gospel; a very
acute defence. Wangeman's System of Christian
.Doctrine [Lutheran] for the Educated. Gan
gauf’s Augustine’s Defence of the Trinity. The
author is a Roman Catholic, but has done good ser
vice by the book (Augsburg.) History of Doctrine
in the Patrisstic Period, 325-787 A. D., 2d vol.,
2d section. Doctrine of God. Also by a Roman
Catholic,‘but much praised by Protestant critics.
Matthias’s Commentary: Galatians. Fifty-two
pages are employed on the word /ie<rrnj?, Media
tor, ch. 3, 20. Niedner’s Manual of Church His
tory from the earliest period to the present day.
Berlin. Pp. 978, 4 thaler. An eccentric, but
able and valuable work. The Godman the Image
of the Invisible God, by Keerl, Basel; 2d volume
of a work on Christology, well worth reading.
Biblio theological Lexicon of the Greek of the
New Testament: to illustrate the influence of the
Christian doctrine upon the language in which it
was conveyed, or as Schleiermacher said, “ the
word-moulding power of Christianity.” To con
tain five to six hundred pages. The author has
been working on it nine years.— : — Dr. Karl
Preiherr von Hock, Imperial Privy Councillor of
State of Austria, has published a work on “ The
Finances and Financial History of the United
States.” The author states in his preface that
be began his special studies on the subject in the
fall of 1862, induced to do so by the wonderful
aspect which the finances of the United States
began to present, by the readiness with which
burdensome taxes were borne and loans contract
ed after a long period of immunity from taxa
tion.
Items.—The Prince de Polignac, who served
in various capacities in the rebel army during the
rebellion, is endeavoring now to do the South
service with his pen. In a late number of the
“ Revue Contemporaine,” an organ of the French
liberals, he has a long article on “ The American
Union after the War,” from a thoroughly rebel
point of view. A recent letter from Beirut
mentions the curious fact that a professor in the
Liberian College at Monrovia is now at Beirut for
the purpose of acquiring the Arabic language
and purchasing Arabic books so as to act upon
the Arabic-speaking tribes in the interior of
Africa, who are now fast encroaching upon the
borders of Liberia. He also proposes to send two
young men from Liberia to the Syrian Protestant
College in Beirut in order that they may acquire
the same language. The monastery of Arcadi,
which was lately blown up by the Cretan insur
gents, was eight hundred years old, and was the
finest and richest monastery in the Levant. It
contained a very rich library, with rare Byzan
tine manuscripts, all of which perished in the
ruins.
European Libraries.—The city of St. Pe
tersburg was founded nearly one hundred years
after New York, and the imperial library of that
capital contains not less than half a million vol
umes. The imperial library of France has long
had the reputation of being the largest iq the
world. The collection is put down in round
numbers at two millions of volumes. For some
years past, it has been the ambition of the British
nation to have the name of standing first in the
world in respect to this matter, and the library
of the British Museum has been rapidly aug
mented to nearly a million of volumes. The an
nual expenditure in this department is how, we
believe, not much short of one hundred thousand
dollars. The city of Munich, with a population
about twice that of Providence, has in a single
collection more than six hundred thousand vol-
umes. Florence, with the same population as
Munich, has an aggregate of four hundred thou;
sand volumes in its public libraries.
THE GETTYSBURG ORPHANS' HOMESTEAD.
LETTER FROM GENERAL MEADE.
The following correspondence is commend
ed to our readers. Surely it ought to effect
all that is needed for the noble charity re
ferred to;—
Philadelphia, Pec. 31, 1866.
Maj.£ten. Geo. G. Meade. 1 .
General;— Your late visit to the Sol
diers’ Orphan Homestead at Gettysburg,
has gratified many friends of the Institution,
and the earnest hope is entertained that the
visit may have been a source, of pleasure to
yourself. -
The Institution (the undersigned begs re
spectfully to say,) stands on the historic spot
with which your, name will be most honora
bly associated in all future time. Although
yet in its infancy, it affords shelter to father
less little ones gathered from different States
of our Union —children whose earthly hopes
are buried with the gallant dead on the bat
tle-field, and who are now the orphans of the
Republic.
To render our Institution worthy the title
of .National, and especially to, meet in some,
good measure the touching appeals coming
to us from many widowed mothers to' their
children thus left upon the country’s care,
we.greatly want an enlarged building,* and
an increase of funds, and we trust
General, that you may favor our workrwith a
line of commendation to the liberal and early
patronage of the patriotic and Christian pub
lic.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Richard Newton.
Chairman of Executive Committee.
Philadelphia, ' Jan. 5,1866.
Rev. Richard Newton, D.D.,
Chairman of Executive Committee, sc.
Hear Sir I have the honor to acknow
ledge your letter of the 81st ult.j in relation
to the Soldiers’ Orphan Homestead at Get-'
tysburg, Pa., and to state in reply, that it
will give me very great pleasure to do any
thing in my power to aid you and the others
engaged in this laudable cause of caring for
the helpless little ones who lost their support
during the late war, r ,
I regretted very much.that my recent visit
to Gettysburg was so hurried, that I had not
the time to make a proper inspection of your
Homestead. I saw enough, however, to sa
tisfy me, that the children .placed there are
well cared for, and their wants, physical and
mental, properly attended to. The selection
of Gettysburg for the location of the Home
stead, I deem eminently judicious, not only
from its being the scene of one of the great
battles of the war, but on account of its salu
brity of climate, the resources of the place,
and the facility with which it can be visited.
I do not think it can be necessary to argue
with any one the necessity for caring for the
orphans of our fallen soldiers. It, is however,
proper,-when appealing to the loyal and pa
triotic, to show why this duty devolves on us
as individuals and citizens, arising from the
fact that the National Government makes no
provision whatever for orphans, beyond the
pension drawn in the name of the father.
And although the State government has
acted most liberally and has provided for a
large number, yet so great were the casual
ties of the war, there remain large numbers
to be cared for by private means. 1, therefore,
hail, with great satisfaction, every new insti
tution that is created; for, lam satisfied there
is work, and more than work enough for all.
And in this belief, I most urgently reebm
mend your Homestead at Gettysburg to all
those who are able to give in aid of it, assu
ring them their money will be well appropri
ted, and devoted to the best advantage in
your Institution.
Very respectfully, yours,
Geo. G. Meade,
Maj. Gen. XJ. 8. A.
Correspondents will please address the
Secretary of the Orphan Homestead Associa
tion, J. Francis Bourns, M. D., No. 330
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MRS. GLADSTONE.
A writer in Christian Work, an English
magazine, thus describes the wife of the
Prime Minister in the cholera ward of the
London Hospital:
Here in this ward, as we enter, we find
the band of visitors already mentioned, of
which Mrs. Gladstone is the centre. These
wards are very familiar to that lady; she has
visited them daily when death was busiest.
And now, in the soft “ gloaming ” of a Sep
tember day, she goes from couch to couch,
with smiles and kind, encouraging words.
The patients all know her; she iB associated
in their eyes and hearts with goodness and
pity. The flowers which she brings from
time to time are to them a memorial of her
fragrant good deeds, and methinks it can be
said of her, as respects these patients, as was
said of Miss Nightingale in the soldiers’ hos
pital at Scutari, “ they kissed her shadow as
she passed." Mrs. Gladstone, soon after
cholera began its ravages, sent numbers of
children, thus made orphans, or themselves
recovering from cholera, to the “Home of
Charity,” .Greek St., Soho, and afterward
they were transferred by her to an affiliated
house at Brighton. On one occasion—we
tell the story as we heard it—the lady took
two poor convalescent children to her own
house in Charlton-house-terrace-Gardens.
They were allowed to go about the house,
and had all possible good and nice food.
But they pined for their native Spitalfields
and the gutter; each was a starling in a
golden cage, but all the while saying, “I
want to get out,” or, in their own language,
“We wants to go home, to play in the
streets!” Well, they were not to be blamed,
while to 'their hostess and benefactress all
honor is due.
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