raitnif,s abit
DONALD MITCHELL
Mircufiti.. Doctor Johns: Being a Narrative of Cer
tain Events in the Life of an Orthodox Minister of
Connecticut. By the author of "My Farm of
I'Alrewood." In two volumes, 12m0., pp. 200,
9 95. New York: C. Scribner & Co. $3 50.
This story, the scene of which is laid mainly
in New England, and which is supposed to close
but little more than twenty years ago-, strikes us
at once as having a flavor of too great antiquity.
Dr. Johns belongs at least to the`early half of the
preceding century. As for the surroundings,
one may bring himself more readily to believe in
a Y an kee village like Ashfield, as late as the
year 1840, but even that is an . effort; Herein,
we think, lies the great objection to the book;
herein is the untruth of its leading character. A
New England minister of Dr. Johns' calibre and
opportunities might have lived a century and a
half ago, so immersed in the speculations of Pu
ritan theology, as to have no eapacity kir utter
ance on religious subjects, in or out of the pulpit,
save in the form of a dogma. Only small men, if
any, could do so now—could, fot instance, talk
to a dying clay in tuch forms as tho
, writer puts
in Dr. Johns' mouth. We doubt, indeed, whe
ther any Christian man or woman, in any age or
country, under any forms of religiouS belief, if a
sincere believer, as Dr. Johns is representdd to
be, could, if he would, keep up such a strained,
formal manner on critical occasions, or seem so
utterly oblivious of the great difference between
form and substance as the Doctor 'does. Mr.
Mitchell is, indeed, not to be condemned for re
presenting a mere dry doctrinal presentation of
truth as unlikely to produce saving effects ; but
he is to be blamed for making an impression ad
verse to the saving efficacy of the great truths
themselves of the Bible and of Gospel teaching,
by making the conversion of Reuben and Adele
appear as the result rather of a vague sentiment
—a sort of religion of temperament and of-gene
ral, untraceable impressions.
Doubtless Mr. Mitchell, through "Dr. Johns,"
wished to preach to the preachers, a sermon
against doctrinal stiffness, in the family, the par
ish, and the pulpit. ' You are too late, Mr. Mitch
ell ! There•is, alas too little need of that sort of
admonition. The real peril now is,.lest the clergy,
in their anxiety to adapt 'themselves fully to the
social condition in which they live, should fall
utterly from that robustness of thought, which
characterized the doctrinal era of the pulpit, and
become mere social ornaments, elegant, affable
and even earnest, with power to bring manyyalu
able truths, but not THE GOSPEL, home to the
business and bosoms of men,—which latter we
take to he the hishest of human accomplishments.
in the pulpit or out of it.
We are sorry that Mr. Mitchell could not con
struct his plot, without putting one of the leading
characters in a position which' is an affront to the
decencies of all civilited society with which his
readers are familiar. We judge he is smitten
somewhat with the morbid eagerness of a certain
class of philanthropists, who would break down
the barriers which purity instinctively raises
against lawless passion and its consequences; in
fact, that he would infuse a modicum of Gallic
tolerance and easy indifference into what he
doubtless considers to be a strait-laced Puritan
ism. True, after the indelicaCy of introducing
his subject, he treats it with the utmost chaste
ness of language and intention; and we would
not for a moment deny to the pure-minded novel
ist all use of these darker sides of human life and
character. But when the ugly fact is used to
strengthen a case against good, though severe,
rules of social and doMestie life, we must protest,
and put what stamp of ill repute we may upon the
book.
We speak thus of "Dr. Johns" because, with
all its faults, it has so much in it that meets our
cordial approval; because it is so far above any
thing designedly gross; because there is such a
hearty appreciation, in the author, of sterling
worth, even under forms repulsive to his taste
and judgment; because of the unreserved recog
nition of the reality and blessedness of true, piety,
which some novelists, more attentive to the pro
prieties than our author, do not give. The style,
too, is of the very best, elegant without manner
ism or feebleness, clear as a mountain brook, a
model of its kind.
RURAL STUDIES. With Hints for Country Places.
By the author of "My Farm of Edgewood."
thao., pp. 295. 'C. Scribner Sr. Co. For sale by
Smith, a Enodish Si Co. $1 75.
This might be described as a Treatise on the
Natural Capacitieg of the Soil for msthetic treat
ment; a book to show how one can be his own
landscape gardener and Rural Architect. A de
lightful book on a delightful subject, treated in
Mr. Mitchell's best style, genial, pure and com
mon sense, withal. Every denizen of town, seek
ing a country home, and every one already es
tablished in such, a home, should have it. It is
full of the most interesting and valuable sugges
tions, such as it would frequently be the' dictate
of simple economy to follow, while they would
conduce to a degree of comfort, convenience and
elegance, beyond what money could buy. What
a new life farmers would lead, if they would
only admit the idea of comeliness- into-the.ealcu--
lations and provisions which bound their ,daily
lives! It would almost be legitimate missionary
work to distribute some, of llr. 414c119114,s essays
among them in the form of tracts
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1861.
MArtsll. Life of Rev. Win. Marsh, D.D., by his
Daughter. Author of Memorials of Captain lied
ley Vicars in two Volumes; 12m0., pp. 580.
N. Y. R. Carter & Bro. For sale at the Presbyte
rian House.
It is impossible for any man faithfully to live
the life and do the work ,of a pastor for nearly
two-thirds of a century, without presenting an
object worthy, of the study and regard „of the
Christian. Dr. Marsh was a man of God, thor
oughly and happily occupied by his work, a mln
whose whole interest Was in'the line of his . duty
as a Christian minister. He was a man of pecu
liarly gentle and loving spirit, and of an irresisti
bly persuasive demeanor, and so, without any more
theological learning or higher mental abilities
than are usually found in the ministry of the
Church of England, he exerted a wide and
happy influence in the various charges which he
occupied, and in the declining years of his life,
which he spent with his children. The skilful
hand of his daughter, the affianced of Hedley
Vicars, and author of his life, is employed in set
ting forth the beauties of this singularly grace
ful character, and in recounting his labors and
his associations with John Newton, Charles Sime
on, Richard Cecil and other evangelical men in
that age. He was an earnest opponent of the
grievous errors that he saw beginning to creep
into the Church, and yet - he was too mild by na
ture, and too much occupied by his peculiar work
in the ministry, 'to take a prominent part in the
discussions. He was, like so many evangelicals
of the Church - of England, a .Premillenarian.
Many remarkable Providences in the 'work of
conversion, and many interesting facts may be
culled from the voltithe, as well as some impres
sive sayings of the good man. He used to wish
that he could write "Savings Bank" on the face
of the sky. And yet at one time, i he was the
means of preventing a run upon a savings bank
by carrying two bags of money under his arms,
through the excited crowd, and depositing them
with the bank.
The book is printed in Edinburgh, and is one
of the most exquisite specimens of work in this
line that we have ever seen—at least iu a case
where display does not seem to have been in
tended. The illustrations are very finely done.
ROBERTS. Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver. A col
lection of Hymns and Tunes for Sunday-schools.
13y Edward Roberts. New York: Mason Bros
pp. 176. ' •
A good collection of music. A cultivated taste
and a thorough regard for the decencies of Chris
tian worship seem to have governed in the com
position of the music, while the words are evan
gelical in sentiment and generally poetical in
form. At the same time, life, beauty, and variety
are not sacrificed to these important ends. We
have marked &number 0f..g,00d tunes, as PeltOn,
F . 10, cc.") 31..in0. jtLo Lord," 17 - Wo-ruhip,
Patience, 44; Orient Kings, 52; Josephine, 66;
Communion, 68; Days of Childhood, 78; Hosan
na, 96, (not new;) all of which seem admirably
adapted to their purpose.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
PAUL VENNER, or the Forge and the Pulpit. Based
on Facts. 12mo. $1.25. Postage 20 cents.
The hero of this book is the son of an intem
perate fitther, whose place in the smithy and
the family he takes quite early in life, and re
maining steadfast through many perplexities, bur
dens and temptations, sees his father rescued,
procures the means of going through college and
becomes a 'minister of the Gospel. .A taste for
drawing and painting in himself and one of his
sisters, plays an important and pleasing part in
the story, which, with some agreeable glimpses of
rural life; gives great variety to the book. Its
main lesson seems to be the reward of filial piety
and of faithfulness to convictions of duty.
MARm . T.--The Hopes of Hope Castle, or The Times
of Knox and Queen Mary Stuart. By Mrs. S. T.
Martyn, author
,of "The Women of the Bible,"
" Allan Cameron," etc. $1.15. Postage 20 cts,
The warp or frame work of this story is " ver
itable history." The scene is laid in Scotland
during the stirring times of John Knox, Mary
Stuart and the opening of the Reformation. A
young lady, the daughter of a noble family, has
just returned from France, where she had been
educated in , a convent, to her ancestral home.
Reared a Papist, she finds all her family and the
whole country turned Protestants. The same
change too has befallen the young man to whom
it had long been understood she is to be married.
The great struggle of the same period in the Ne
therlands also eolties into view. The elements of
an interesting story are thus in the hands of the
writer ; ,and the form, being that of letters by the
Catholic heroine to a Catholic friend, gives addi
tional interest. It is very readable and may have
the effect to lead young persons into the study of
the " veritable history" apart from any fanciful
additions.
TISCIIENDORP.—When were our Gospels Written?
An Armunent by Constantine Tischendorf, with a
Narrative of the Discovery of the Sinaitic Manu
script. Translated and published by the Religious
Tract Society of London, under an arrangement
with the Author. 3k.1 eta. Postage 8 cts.
The result of the researches of this' great
scholar, indefatigable inquirer, and humble be
liever, are not more important in the department
of criticism than in apologetics. Within the very
brief space included in these treatises, he has
crowded an immense amount of information and
argument of the highest value at the present
:Stage of controversy. And the American Tract
Society has done a noble work in putting the book
.upon the great tide of Topular and cheap religious
Jiterature, which is ever flowing from its depots.
KlNG.—Bible Prayers, arranged by Rev. Jonas
King, D.D., Missionary at Athens, Greece. 30
cts. Postage 4 cts.. American Tract Society,
1210 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
This little volume, by the veteran Missionary,
contains absolutely nothing but Scripture lan
guage, besides titles and index. Ministers and
private Christians will find it a great help in
quickening their spirits and iniparting a Scriptn
ral character and variety to their prayers. An
index of topics would have been a great addition.
RANDOLPff.
FRANCKE—GAGE.—Faith's Work Perfected; or
Francke's Orphan House at Halle. By A. H.
Francke, Professor. in the Halle University, and
Founder of the Orphan House. Edited and frans
lated by Win. L. Gage. Same as above.
There can be no better answer to the doubts
of an unbelieving yet intensely practical age, than
such FACTS of a living Christianity, as those
brought to notice in this little book. Mr. Gage,
the American translator and editor, deserves the
thanks of the Christian public for discovefing
and condensing into an easily readable form, the
original documents in which Francke recorded
the beginnings, the struggles and the final tri
umphs of his great enterprise of faith, in behalf
of orphans and other needy persons. The great
importance of his work not only appears in ,its
permanence, there being now four thousand or
phans under the roofs of the great palace-like
structure, with 200 teachers, but in the influence
exerted to bring to pass the very similar enter- ,
prises of George Mueller at Bristol, England.
Francke's Orphan House at Halle gave the hint,
upon which a similar illustration of the power of
believing prayer and effort has happily arisen in
our generation . The book is issued sintultane
ously by Sampson, Low & Co., London, and Ran
dolph, New York.
THE LITTLE PREACHER, by the author or "The
Flower of the Family, " Henry and Bessie,"
Little Susy's Six Birth days," etc. New York :
Anson F. Randolph. Philadelphia: Prcsbyterian
Publication Committee.
An admirable story of a very plain, not to say
rude, German family and settlement - . near the
Black Forest, one of whose juvenile members early
shows an aptitude for the high calling of the
preacher, and through many tribulations - at length
succeeds in reaching' the sacred desk. There is
a flavour of originality in the story—a freshness
and a dramatic power which are often sadly want-.
ing in religious tales for the_young. lt must be
come a favorite wherever known.
BtATTY.—Pastor's . Register for Private Use. Ar
ranged by Rev. W. T. Beatty, 2nd Edition
Same as above
Just the very thing for the minister's use. It
will enable him to outline his; whole professional
activity in a very brief form, showing him, too, at
a glance, what be has yet to do, as well as what
1 .0 has done. Tt—conteinv---rulect rages jr re
gistering Sermons and Miscellaneous Services.
Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals, Additions to the
Church, and -above all, a- complete 'register for
pastoral visits, where he may see at a glance, the
extent of his performances and his neglect; and
may be able to silence perhaps the querulous par.
ishioner by written testimony as to the date of
that very remote, last visit of his The book is
handsomely got up and strongly bound.
HARPER d BROTHERS
BROWNE.—The Land of Thor. By J. Ross Browne.
Author of " fusel;" "Crusoe's Island," "An
American Family in Germany," &c. Illustrated
by the Author. New York : Harper & Brothers.
For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. 12ino. pp.
542.
Ross Browne's books, ever most readable and
entertaining, are growing more valuable and may
we not say, respectable; though there is' still'room
for great improvement. We still feel that a
spirit of wild exaggeration and a desire to provoke
merriment imperil the truthfulness of "the narra
tive on almost every page. The pictures,and sit
uations are over-piquant, somet Imes to a degree
bordering on vulgarity. We regret this, where there
is so much enjoyable, wholesome, breezy good hu
mour. There are few better anti-,dyspepties than
Ross Browne's Land of Thor. It consists of a
flowing narrative of travels in Russia, Norway,
Sweden and Ireland, in which almost exclusively
the daily lives and habits of the people come un
der review. The illustrations are introduced with
lavish hand and are admirably drawn and exe
cuted. How always to know that you are not
looking at a very broad caricature is a perplexing
matter.
Ons.—History of the Panama Railroad; and of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Together with
a Traveller's Guide and Business Man's Hand
Book for the Panama Railroad and the Lines of
Steamships connecting it with Europe and the
United States, the North and South Atlantic and;.
Pacific Coasts, China, Australia and Japan. By
F. A. Otis, M. D. With Illustrations by the Au
thor. Published and for sale as above. 12mo.
Pp. 317.
A book of rather novel character, combining
business with literature in a very successful man
ner. The remarkable history of the construction
of the interoceanic railway from Panama to As
pinwall is given in the first part of the book, with
numerous illustrations in which there is a quaint
intermingling of tropical wildness, ancient ruins
and the marks of modern skill and enterprise.
There are then spread out before us, in a very
condensed form, the vast connections with every
part of the world, civilized and uncivilized, which
are most conveniently made by the routes, of which
these forty-seven and a half miles of railway form the
final link; a great electric circle of business which
could never have been created .at all, without this
completion of the circuit; a mighty current of
traffic which we may say was created by this short
patch of road, and which is only beginning to be
developed. We generally think of the Panama
Railroad in connection with California, but only
one-third of the business of the road is with that
State, an immense amount being done with South
America. Much valuable information to business
men is given in regard to all the countries, routes,
steam and sailing lines, fares, freights, charges,
&c., in any ; way connected with interoceanic trav
el and trade.
PEDIODICA.L.SI AND PAIIPII.LETS
How TO TEACH. By W. H. Groser, B. S.
(Loud.) F. C. S. The Teacher; His Studies, The
Treatment of his Class, and How to Produce Im
pressions upon the Heart and Conscience of the
Young. Philadelphia : Rev. S. W. Thomas,
Methodist` Episcopal Book Room.
EicitiTEEN.nt Annual Announcement of the
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1867-
68.
SIXTH Annual Report of the Board of Mana
gers of the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Jaunary, 1867.
CITY Mission Document, No, 9. A Church
Directory for New York City. New York: City
Mission.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
.AMERICAN.—Recent Issues and Announce
ments.—The American Tract Society, New York,
has republished a translation,. which recently
appeared in London, of a pamphlet written by Dr.
Constantine Tiscbendorf, .of Germany, giving -a
narrative of his discovery of the Sinaitic manu
script, and discussing• generally the time when
the Gospels were written.— Gould & Lincoln
The Progress of Doctrine in' the New Testament,
considered in Eight Lectures delivered before the
University of Oxford, on the Barnpton Foundation.
By Thomas Dehany Bernard, M. A., of Exeter
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The Christ of the Apostles' Creed: the Voice of
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with an Appendix. By Rev: W. A. Scott, D.D.
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Meteoric Astronomy. By Daniel Kirkwood, LL.D.
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A unique enterprise in Journalism has appear
ed in the West, under the title of" The Journal
of Speculative Philosophy." It is published at
St. Louis. It is intended as a vehicle of transla
ted and original articles that will best promote
the interests of Speculative Philosophy,. and is
edited by William T. Harris. The leading pa
pers in the first number are an analysis of the
views of Herbert Spencer, a translation of 'an in
troduction by Fichte to his "Wissenschaftslehre,"
and of an essay by Benard upon the " 2Esthetics
of Hegel."
MR7BANCaoFT'S last volume has evoked anoth
er pamphlet. The new complaint is in regard to
the personal courage General Schuyler, called,
in question by the historian. The grandson of
the General comes to the rescue, and makes a
gallant defence of his ancestor. The Nation has
" not the least hesitation in saying that no one
who owns Mr. Bancroft's volumes ought to be
without Mr. Schuyler's Correspondence and
Re
marks (published by D. G. Francis), any more
than he ought to, be without the pamphle's ad
dressed to Mr. Bancroft, by Mr.' Greene and Mr.
Reed."
M. W. D9DD, of New York, a few weeks since
published a pamphlet written by 0.. A. Morse,
arguing for a certain Mr. Ball, of Elizabeth, N.
J., the authorship of the celebrated lines, " Rock
me to sleep, mother," which has hitherto been
claimed by Mrs. Elizabeth Akers, and published
in a late edition of her poems. Mr. Morse's
pamphlet made a serious impresion in favor of
Mr. Ball's claim. But a chivalrous defence of
the lady's claim is not wanting. The New York
Times has a five-column letter against the state
ments made in the pamphlet, in which it is de
clared that in 1865, Mr. Ball sent a poem to a
newspaper in New York as original, which was
fund to be in the collection of poems by Mrs.
Hemans, and he was exposed of plagiarism at the
time."
ITEMS —The anonymous author of " Ecce
Homo" is said to have contributed to " Macmil
lan's Magazine " a series of papers on " Elemen
tary Principles in Art," which his American
publishers, Messrs. Roberts Brothers, are about
to issue in a volume A. S. Barnes &
Co., New York, have presented to the Peabody
Southern Educational Fund a very large collec
tion of educational works, valued at $25,000.
E. J. Hale & Son, New York, announce
the following effort in the line of Secesh litera
ture: Historical Defence of Virginia. and of the
Southern States, in Recent and Pending
Contro
versies with the Sectional Party. By Rev-. Dr.
Dabney, author of " The Life of General (Stone
wall) Jackson."—A California publisher is
about to issue a translation of Confucius, which
would seem too be superfluous, in view of the work
of Dr. Legge the Missionary, now going through
the press. Of the California translation it is said :
" The most important, and perhaps interesting
part of the work, may be that wherein the teach
ings of the ' Four Books' are compared with the
' Christian Scriptures,' and in which the present
belief and practice of the Chinese are traced back
through centuries, up to the years in which Noah
lived."
HARPER & BROTHERS give the following list
of payments made by them to Charles Dickens :
A 'l'ale of Two Cities, £1000; Great Expecta
tions, £1250'; Our Mutual Friend, £1000; Bleak.
House, £400; Little Dorritt, £250.
ENGLAND.—Announcements and late Issues
" Memoirs on the History, Philology, and Ethnic
Distribution of the North Western Trevinces of
Will a " by the late Sir H. M. Elliot, K. C. 8.,
arranged from manuscript materials collected by
him,-and, edited by Reinhold Rost, 2 vols.; "The
Dervishes, or Oriential Spiritualism," by John
P. Brown, with 24 illustrations •, The Religion
of the Zoroastrians, as contained in tloir - Saered
Writings, with a History of the Zend and Pehlevi
Literatures, and a Grammar of the Zend and
Pehlevi Languages . ," by. Martin. Haug,'late Su
perintendent of Sanskrit Studies in the Poona
College, 2 vols. ; " The Life and Teachings of
Confucius, with explanatory Notes," by James
Legge. D.D.; reproduced for general readers from
the author'swork on the Chinese Classics, with
the original text.
" Language and the Study of Language, a
Course of Lectures on the Principles of Linguis
tic Science," by William D. Whitney, Professor
of Sanskrit in Yale College; A new translation
of the hymns of the " Rig-Veda," the oldest re
cords both of Indian and Indo-European thought
and language, by Professor Max Muller; A "Han.
ifyßoof: for the Gymnasium; by E. G. Raven
stein and John Holley; "The History of India
as told by its Own Historians, comprising the
Mohammedan Period," by the late Sir H. M.
Elliot, edited from his posthumous papers by
Professor John Dowson, 1 vol. ; A new book by
Martin Farquhar Tupper, " His Opinions about
Stars and Creeds and. Ghosts; His Arguments
for the Future of .Animals; His Strictures on
sonic Recent Critics ; His National Psalms and
Hymns," the whole being " Proverbial Philos
ophy, Third Series."
" THE DAY."—This was the title of a daily
morning penny newspaper, lately established in
London, to rival The Times. It was very ably
kited, but only forty numbers were issued, the
cost of producing which exhausted the sum of
$250,000, which the richest English peer (the
Marqois of Westminster) had appropriated to es
tablish it. Of the three low-priced London morn
ing papers, established since the abolition of the
" taxes on knowledge " (the Daily News, Tele
graph, and Morning Star) the Telegraph alone,
which has an immense circulation, and is con
ducted by Thorntbh Mint and G. A. Sala, is un
derstood to yield what may be called a living
profit.
"TYPOGRAPHICAL ADVERTISER."—Trubner's
London Literary Record thus speaks of the
Typographical Advertiser of this city : " The
Typographical Advertiser is published quarterly,
at 25 cents a year, by the old and celebrated type
founding firm of •L. Johnson & Co., in Philadel
phiU, under the able editorship of Mr. Thomas
MacKellar, one of the partners in that firm. I
need scarcely dwell upon the manner in which
the paper is printed. ' Our American Cousins'
seem to make it a point to try and outrun us in
everything (as a proof of which I may mention
the profit they derive from the Atlantic cable);
be it sufficient to say—it is excellent."
TRADE JOURNALS.--Many of these periodicals
are published in London : such are The Book
seller, The Stationer, The Builder, The Engineer
The Grocer; and the list has lately been increas
ed by The Tailor and The Whip (the latter de
voted to the interests of persons in the cab and
coaching line). Of these new journals the Athe
wennt, itself a leading literary class publication,
speaks favorably.
A WRITER in the Eclilaurgh. Review makes
what, for Ritualists, must be considered rather
distressing revelations as to the origin of the Rit
ualistic vestments, which these gentlemen appear
to consider amongst the essentials of Christian
worship. He shows that they are simply the ar
ticles of clothing worn by the Romans in every
day llfe, and which the Church preserved in her
ceremonial, just as she preserved, the Latin, when
every thing around her changed.
A PENSION has been voted by the French
Chambers, to Lamartine, instead of a gift as pro
posed, of 80,000 francs,
FROUDE, the historian, has gone to Spai n ,
where he will remain some months, pursuing his
investigations for the coining numbers of his his
tory. He has been not fi d by, the. Spanish Go
vernment that he will be allowed to invetti;!at e
the r4cords of. the Inquisition, it being the first
peimission of the kind ever given.