jpite’s &abk gggr Publishers will confer a favor by mentioning the prices of all books sent to this Department. THE ANTE-NICENE LIBRARY - . Messrs. Scribner & Welford, New York, are agents in this country for T. & T. Clark of Edin burgh’s Ante-Nicene Christian Library, which has now reached the IXth and Xth Vol umes. These embrace Conclusions of the Works of Irenteus and of Hippolytus, with Fragments of Christian Writings in the third century, (Vol. IX.) and the First Volume of the Writings of Origen, including De Principiis, (Origen’s System of Theology,) Letters, and Origen against Celsus. (Vol. X.) The contents of these volumes are the common inheritance of Christendom, and, next to the Bible, are the foundations of Christian theology and literature. The Scotch and American firms who have united in bringing them in an ac cessible form before the Christian public have done no common service. The translations ap pear to be skillfully done, the typography and paper are of a refreshing quality, the binding is such as to give comfort and convenience to the reader, the pages remaining open without effort, and displaying their contents without any jeailous reserve to the eye. They are octavos of about 500 pages each, With red edged leaves, well fur nished with textual and topical indexes and are sold at $3,50 per volume. The Review of the periodical literature of the quarter, as presented in Littell’s Living Age, Vol. XI., Fourth Series, is as rich and varied in materials and interest as ever. Politics, Poe*, try, Fiction, Science, Religion, Obituaries, Criti cism, Art, Exploration, i , these present them selves in the leading British periodicals, of strictly literary character, form the materials of this in teresting and valuable volume. Some favorable criticisms of Mr. Barnes’ Notes on the Psalms, ap proximately balance the inimical one admitted into the last volume. Boston: Littell & Gay. Pbila.: H. Challen. Bvo., pp. B£B. WINER’S GRAMMAR. It is exceedingly doubtful whether a greater, service has been rendered in modern times, in the whole department of-Biblical Philology, Exegesis and Grammar, than thnt whieh is presented in this volume. It appeared as a breakwater against an arbitrary method of treating the style of the New Testament writers, which threatened to sweep away every fixed rule of interpretation, and to put those writers in the moist absurd and unintelligi ble position before their contemporaries. If they did not write classic Greek, they wrote so as to' be understood by the mass oi the people, and their peculiarities must therefore be reckoned as belonging to the vernacular of their time and country. Instead, therefore, of treating these pe culiarities as perversions and correcting them to quite a different sense, W iner takes them as,they are, presents them systematically, shows their differ ences from forms accounted regular, gives paral lels from profane writers, and shows how tar the Hebrew and Aramaic languages influenced the idiom. In so doing, he has vindicated for the style and language of the New Testament, a place among the living realities of its time, and has put it forever beyond the reach of meddling theori zers and sciolists. The Edition before us is a “Revised and Author ized Translation/’ bearing the imprint of Warren F. Draper, Andover; Trubner & Co.,L'ondon;F.W. C. Vogel, Leipsic, and Smith, English & Co., Fhila. It is based upon Prof. Masson’s English Translation of the Sixth Edition, the last which the author was permitted to see issued. But in the midst of failing health, he persisted in his labor of a generation', and at his death left a large number of MS. annotations, which, together with such judicious changes and additions as the lapse of a dozen years might suggest, have been com bined with the old matter and issued by Dr. Ltiuemann of Gottingen, as a Seventh Edition.' To this final edition, the American Editor has paid due attention, so that scholars may now have the latest results of German philology in this de partment. The very complete Indexes are per haps half the value of the volume. The index of texts guides the student'to almost every diffi cult passage in the New Testament. It is a hand somely printed Bvo., of 728 pages. Price not given. . JUVENILES. Bertie and iiis Friends, or Pilgrim Life on the Battery, is a story of reformation and useful ness among the lowly and poor of the Great Me tropolis, through the power of the Gospel. Bertie, an Italian Boy, is converted in a Mission School, and his “friends” are those among whom he suc cessful]) 1 labors in the Gospel. The story pos sesses elements of novel interest and is written in a touching, winning strain that goes to the heart. J. P. Skelly..& Co. 18mo., pp. 275. Those who have read Jessica’s First Prayer will anticipate a treat in another work from the same author. The scene and characters in Little Meg’s Children are drawn, as in the former book, from child-life in the squalid quarters of London; and the power of a straggling ray or two of spiritual light, penetrating those; wretched pre cincts, ts sustain and comfort the lonely and bur dened, is illustrated in a story of great pathos, in terest and evangelical worth. It deserves and will have many readers. Boston : HENRY Hoyt. Casellaorthe Children, or theTalleyb, bjr Martha Farquharson, is a story of the Walden THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1869. ses, which recalls the vivid impressions of martyr suffering made on the hearts and memories of a former generation of child-readers by Pierre and his Family. In the form of a narrative, which can scarcely be called fiction, the unpara lleled sufferings, the calm endurance and the brave resistance of the Waldenses to their cruel and treacherous foes are graphically portrayed. The historic facts are carefully adhered to, and reproduced in a way to make the deepest impres sions. The pen of the writer falters, as it well might, in rehearsing the pitiful story of outrage inflicted upon these faithful Protestants of the Alps; and the namtive, with its many scenes of tender domestic interest, and its graphic descrip tions of encounters between the little bands of praying Waldenses, and the vastly superior num bers of their cruel foes, is one of the most thrill ing interest, while sparing the reader a frequent reference to the more harrowing and repulsive passages of the story. In the efforts of the Papacy at the present time to commend itself to popular regard, the exhibitions made by this, volume of its genuine character, sustained by facts which cannot be questioned, are seasonable and deserve .a wide circulation.' Published and for .sale by Libeinoott. 16m0., pp. 389. Harry Lane and other Stories in Rhyme is a treasure of good things for children in easy entertaining verse, beautifully printed and illus trated in square 4t0., 141 pp., tinted paper. New York: Oarleton & Lanahan. PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS. Harper’s for February is full of curious.en tertaining and valuable articles, illustrated as usual in the most ample and admirable'manner. LippincotT’s for February continues to main tain a high literary character. “Beyond the Breakers,” by Robert Dale Owen, is continued. ; We have also a Poem by T. Buchanan Read. The opening chapter of anew story “Over. Yonder:," &c. is given. • ?• 1 Mayne Reid’s new monthly, "Onward,” is published by Oarleton, N- Y. The American Agriculturist for February, by Orange Judd & Co., varied, valuable, abundantly and instructively illustrated is at hand. The brief but scathing: exposure of the humbugs, of the day would save to many ten times the sub scription price, $1;50; Orange Judd' & 'Oo., .New York. ictratiftu INTERESTING PLANETARY DISCOVERIES., The planet Mara is the only object in the whole heavens which is known to exhibit features similar to those of our own earth, and the accumulatedexplbrations dis coveries of astronomers during the last two hundred years have resulted in the conr struction of a globe representing the char acteristics of this planet as astronpmers. believe them to exist. At a.recent meeting of the Astronomical Society of England, a globe of Mars waß .exhibited, on which lands and seas were,depicted as upon an ordinary terrestrial globe. By far the larger portion of these lands and seas were, laid down as well known entities, respecting which no more doubt is felt among, astronomers than is felt by geographers concerning the oceans of our globe. An interesting description of this globe appears in Frazer’s Magazine. To the land and seas developed in the planet, are applied the names of thoße astronomers whose researches haye added to our knowl edge on the subject. Each pole of Mars, it seems, is capped with ice, which varies in extent to the progress of the seasons. Around each cap is a polar sea, the North ern sea, being the Scroter Sea; thesouthern, Phillips’ Sea. The equatorial regions of Mars are mamly occupied by extensive con tinents, four iu number, and named Daw’es Continent, Medley Oontinent,' Secchi Conti nent, Herschel 1. (Sir W.) Continent. , Be tween Dawes and Herschel Continents flows a sea shaped like an hour-glass, oallod Kai ser Sea, the large southern ocean Out of which it flows,being,denominated Dawes Ocean. Between Madler and Dawes conti nents flows Dawes Straits, connecting ' a large Southern ocean and a northern s'ea, named after Tycho. Herschel continent is separated from Socchi continently Higgins inlet, flowing from a lqrge , southern sea, termed Maraldi Sea. .In like,manner Bessel Inlet, floWing out of Airey, (a northern sea), separates the Madler an’d Seecbi con tinents. Dawes ocean 1 is separated into four large seas, and large tracts of land lie between, but whether,they are islands or not is not certain. In pelarue Ocean there is a small island, which presents so Bright and glittering an aspect as to suggest the possibility of itsbeiug usually snow-covered. These seas, separated by lands of doubtful extent, reach from Delarue Ocean to the South Pole. ' ! ' One of the .most singular features of Mars is the prevalence of long and winding in lets and bottle-necked seas. These featured are wholly distinct from anything on ; our earth. For instance, Higgins’ inlet is a long, forked stream, extendingfor about throe thousand miles. Bessel inlet is nearly as long, and Nesmytli inlet still more remark able in its form. On our earth; the oceans are three times as extensive as the conti nents. Od Mars, a very different arrange ment prevails. In the first place there is little disparity betwixt the extent of oceans and continents, and then these are mixed up in the most complex manner. A travel , ler by either land or, water, .can visit almost every quarter of the planet \yithout leaving th© element in which he began his jourupy ings. If he choose to go by water he coiiid! ; journey for upwards of thirty thdtii&nd miles, always in sight - of. land—-generally ■ [with land on both sides—in such intricate,, labyrinthine fashion are the lands and seas of Mars intertwined. —Boston Journal. SUBMARINE; EARTHQUAKE IN THE ATLANTIC. Captain Christie, of the bark Euphrosyne, relates (says the London Neios of December 16th,) that when his vessel was in latitude abont 16 40 S., and longitude 4 W.; the sky suddenly became overcast, with dense black looking clouds, and in all directions was heard a noise resembling distant cannon ading, while the sea became tossed and con fused. To these signs of agitation another was added of peculiar: significance. The compass vibrated largely, and almost lost its. polarity,-—-a sure sign that a terrestrial dis-; turbance of great extent and violence was in progress. Several large meteors, shot out from the heavens,—a phenomenon which, can hardly be associated with the occurrence of submarine: disturbance, unlesß we suppose that burning matter had been projected from some submarine volcano, and that the flying masses were mistaken by Qapfain, Christie for meteoric ibodies, Tiie fish jumped out ofjthe sea and struck agaipst the sides of the ship, and the trembling .of the vessel could be distinctly .felt as well as hpard. Both the last named phenomona .point so, distinctly to submarine action as tp, remove, all doubt which might be.!suggested .by the appearance of meteors.. ? The intense heat of the. matter [thrown ont,in submarine convul sions invariably drivesthpfish away frocq tho neighborhood, killing large quantities of those.which happen, to be near tho outlet from, which the burning matter is being erupted. Captain Christie relates 'that the volcanic, action of the sea continued, during the night until sunrise, when the weather became clear and settled. When we remember'that St. Helena, —it- self a volcanic island,—lies not very far the scene .of the , disturbance whose effects were experienced by Captain Christie/ we cannot:but recognize the l fact that the sub marine volcanic .district ito which: the ; islands of Ascension and St. Helena belong WRB to! action at the time; and that Darwin’s view of the extontoftho region of disturbance to which the submarine explosions of 1868 be-' longed, is justified by the recent phenomena. It would be interesting to inquire, whether any shoal or reef has been formed where the disturbance took place. The bed of the At lantic, between Trinidada, Tristand’Acuhha, St: Helena, and Ascension, wouldSeem'to be subject to. the action of upheaving forces, and any information which i,can,: be gained respecting the extent, or energy of these forces cannot bat be important and intef 'eating. , - '■' The Bennsyivania Railroad Company: is building, twenty-four new pajssenger coaches which arh to be heated ny two stoves or heaters hung under theiflooS of the par, ono at! each, side. Pipes are extended along the, inside, with register to permit tho escape of tho heat. The pipes extend the ..whole length of the car, and the,heat.first strikes abont the feet, where it isqiost needed. The temperature of the,car pah be kept, much more- regular by this systemuf heating than by the ordinary stoves,, which: are placed at the doors, and usually kept so hot that no person can sit near them.. Another great advantage claimed for this improvement,: is. that, in;case of, ai smash-up, the stoves ,can, be readily.detached frbm.thq par. The fnpl is applied.from, the outside, hut the heaters, are so constructed that they burn foi; s,everr. al hours without renewal. \ ; • A naval velocipede has bden invented in France by Capt. Du Buisson,',Commander of the yacht Jerome Napoleon, Which belongs to Pririoe Napoleom It is composed of two parallel tubes of cast-iron, cigar-sbapod,-con nected by iron droSs-pieccs. In the center is a propelling wheel, eOvered by a house or drum,- oAtbe top 1 of which the person using, the vessel sits comfortably in a sort of sad dle, 1 with Stirrups. By means of these stir rups and a hand-crank upon each side, he gives the wheel it® motion,- precisely as it is given tb a velocipede on> shore. The noVel craft is easily propelled, at the rate of six miles an hour. Prjnco Napoleon who is really a naan of science, has not dedicat ed his fine yachtsal together to the purposos of pleasure. The use ,of steam-launches, now so general, was initiated on one of hisyachts,, under his direction,, and the employment of the olectric light, at. sea, was also suggested. The first effective locomotive engine, built in America, was built, itnPhiladelphia, from a draft by Rufus Tylei*, in 1832. This gen tleman was at that time considered the bqst mechanic- in America. ‘The whefels of tno engine were made of wood, with broad rims and thick tires, the flange being bolted on, the sido. It was called Old Iropaides. She: w,as first,put in motion on the Germantown and Norristown Railroad. She ran enc mile an hour, and was considered the wonder of the day. It was ascertained that the Wheels 1 were too light' to draw, .the tender, and to overcome this difficulty the tender. Was‘ placed in front of the engine. This kept the wLeelS on the track.‘, Tho makVr and his partner pushed the engine ahead until it obtained some speed, and then'jumped pn the engine. The boiler being too small for' the engine, steam was only generated fast enough to keep it in'motion a short'time, so' they were compelled to alternately push and ride daring trwltrlji/Tt was regarded as a succesß. The wheels Were af terward replaced witV iron wheel*. This old engine is still in existence in Vermont. LOUIS DREE A, Stationer, Card Engraver and Elate Printer •YSS4-CHWSTNUt STRBIST, 1‘ . WMUuj.u'J V> :>i Wheeler & Wilson ? s LCCK-STITCH FAMILY gEWINC MACHINE. THE MOST SIMPLE, DURABLE, CHEAPEST, ECONOMICAL, AND POP UL AR!! Every one may:be the possessor of one of these, unrivalled Ma -chines,as we endeavor to male the terms of sale suit all customers. * Cali at onr Sale Rooms, and look at the machines, and be sure and ask the terms of sale. Peterson & Carpenter, (SiMgRAL AdINTS, 914: Chestnut Street, , PHILADELPHIA; 2,14 W. 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