bitm'z talk sir Publishers will oonfer a favor by mentioning the prices of all books sent to this Department. THE BIBLE HAND-BOOK „Of Rev. JOSEPH ANGUS has now reached a third, edition, and a second revision, in this country. Its original character for comprehensiveness, compactness, and accuracy, alwell as sound theological ten dency, is well established.' 'lts aim is not so much to strike out new paths,,,but in the manner of a text-books to gather into 'kid and manage able space, the accepted results of inquiry in every department: In. our higher academic in struction, such ,a folume'as this Bible hand-book should have a plaoe beside the,historyiand the grammar, that oufr youth mighthecome acquaint ed with the religion, as well as the history and the language their country. ' The present re vision, performed by Rev. PrOP. S. Hon', em braces several. pages ,notes,rdesigne.d to give additional fullness to the statements of the text, and a full index of Scripture references. Errors, both of statement and of typography, are' also corrected. Fifty pages of new matter are thus introduced. The volume, 'published by JAMES S. CLAXTON', of .this city, and containing M. , pages, is sold for 112.50, with a discount to bible . classes, clergymen, and students. In'CHIPs FROII A ciERMAN WORKSHOP, the diStingßiShdd ' author, MAX MoLLEa, has been following the suggestion of his still more distin guished friend, Baron Bunsen, to giye to the world the fragmentary studies and ideas which arose in his mind, while preparing his edition of the most ancient of the religious books of the Hindoos, the Rigveda, for the: press—the 'work of twenty years : And these chips turn out to be contributions to a histery,of the leading,reli 'gions' of mankind; in their most. ancient. sources, with a view to the formation of a 'Science of Re ligion. Mr. Muller; ( in these eisays, shoWs him self to be of the same spirit as his now departed adviser—a sort of, eolectic in religion; with him there is no generic, but only a . specifie' difference between the Christian and the other religions` of the world. "The 'great gift that God has be stowed on the children of man," he states to be " natural religion ;" which 'would not be far from true, if 'he' meant the religious nature or capacity—without this, indeed, not without the other, as he goes on to say, "revealed religion itself would have no firm fonridation,,.no living root.in the hearts of men." This natural religion be sets himself to seek and vindicate in the an cient forms and records. And while there is much to be said of the high moral tone and com parative truth of these long obsolete books, and much justice in the author's reproofs, of timidity and prejudice among narrow-minded Christian believers, on the subject, yet we cannot but re gard the liberal tone of the hook towards the systems of error which have so long bound the vast majority of. the race in ignorance, barbar ism, and misery, as overstrained; and, in our view, a strong conviction of' theinherent divinity and exclusive clairus,,of Christianity to the sub mission of the human will, is something which the believer not only cannot lay aside, but which will actually be a better guide to the truth, than the colorless, bloodless, anatomizing impartiality which Mr. Muller thinks the sine qua non of correct scientific inquiry. Meantime, the facts which these "chips" bring to our view are in a high degree novel and valuable, and are com municated with the ease, and' the charm, and the directness for which Mr. Muller's former works have earned him such solid reputation. The two volumes are issued by Messrs. CHAS. SCRIB NER & Co., in the substantial, beautiful style of the previous volumes by the.same author. They cover 374 and 400 pages respectively, the second one having a very full index. $5.00. Messrs. PERKENPINE & HIGoiNs have .pub lished a second edition of a small volume for young converts, by Rev. A. T. SCOTT, entitled the HAPPY LIFE. Without much depth or fer vor, it is cheery, varied, enliVened with hymns, which make up half its bulk, and fortified with lavish reference to Scripture passages. WILLIAM THE SILENT AND THE NETHER LAND WAR, by MARY BARRETT, is a new and praiseworthy effort to present one. of the greatest instances of heroism in Prince and people that the world ever saw, before the minds of the young. Following Motley and Prescott, with occasional well-aimed strokes of her own pen, the authoress has briefly and clearly told the great story. We like much her reference to President LincOln!s pregnant sentence at Gettysburg: " the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it will never forget what they did here," h connecting it, as she does, with the, fact that, the elegant Latin poem and elequent Latin oration pronounced at the found ing of the University of Leyden are forgotten, while the heroic defence of the city remains as one of the. imperishable jewels of history. Of the likeness of the. Prince of Orange,, in his mournful death, to Mr. Lincoln, she ,says no thing. The map is very defective : the copy of the old-fashioned engraving of Leyden in a state of siege, is of the deepest interest. The volume is a 16mo, 480 pp., handsomely printed and bound, published by WARREN & BLAKESLEE, Boston. AUNT MILDRED'S LEGACY, by the author of "Battles Worth Fighting," shows some of the THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1869. finest qualities of story writing ; the characters are vigorously drawn and nicely discriminated, the plot, without being startling as a whole, is skilfully contrived ; the revelation of the legacy, and the 'vindication of Sam's courage, are well managed, and dramatically brought out; expec tation is kept up pleasantly to the last, and the whole impression of the book is delightful and healthful. It is one of the few juveniles which will cultivate the taste and manners, as well as the heart and conscience of the reader. Pub lished by CARTERS.; for sale at the Presbyterian Book Store. oTENNY'S GERANIUM, or the Prize Flower of a London Court, is another English story illus trating the value of flowers and of temperate ha bits to the poor, in a tale of much 'power and pathos. HENRY HOYT, Boston. NOW AND FOREVER, by: rs. Madeleine Les lie, is a tale of such excellent intention : the .il lustration of the potter of trite piety'in the young and weak to endure fierce optiositionihat • regret :to , be.obliged to describe-the plot•as un natural, and the, whole.management of style, story; ;and dialogue is without , any decided marks of literary lcgitirunte &Am-cif interest to the . feader. This is th'e more remarkable, as, from the, success 4019 writer's ,previous efforts, -we were' prepared: for-something-very different in this larger Ilvoluirie.! Boston, LEE &' SHEE'ARD. THE BRAWNVILLE PAPERS, being memorials of the Br6nville Athletic Club, by Prof. MOSES QOIT TYLER, of Michigan Vnivetsity';'are among the most readable prouctions'in their Whole line of literature. They are an ingenious ver sion of the gospel of " Muscular Christianity," 'and describe the .opposition-;encountered from the , Various sources of influence usually belonging a to New England' village deacons'and spin .sters especially = in thejntioduction o6gymnastic exercises among the young people. it is written in the fresh, animating, direct style which s'eem's appropriate to such a topic, and 'is enlivened by the personal fox:111 1 in which it' is .cast. I Its' theol ogy, as is too often the case with this class of writers, is of the broadest kind, including 'Calvin, Luther, and Mr. Barnes—".our honest; sensible American commentator," as the author calls him—Henry Ward Beecher, and The9dore 'Par ker. Without doubt,, the main doctrine of the book—the, value of, a well-regulated gymnastics to body and mind, is true, and too little appre ciated, TICKNOR & FIELDS. 16m0., pp-215', bevelled boards, .51.50.. BOORS RECEIVED: The following books have recently appeared The American Year Book and National Re gister' for 18Q9. 0. D. Case '&, Co. Sermons by Charles Wwdsivorth.. San Fran cisco. Sermons by H. P. LiddOtl,'Oxford. Scrib ner, Welfora & Co. $2.25: Recollections of Lord Byron. 'Guiccioli. Har pers. Bessie among the Mountains. Carters, $1.25. Cholula, or the Yonng Mexican. Skelly, 90 cts. ' ' • • Jack Bryson. Skelly: . The Lilly Series. Mrs. Sherwood, 6 vols Carters: ' 'Periddiesda The Lon4on Quarterly. 'L. Scott Pub.;CO., The Little Corporal for. April. Chicago. Our Young Folks for April. Fields, Osgood & Co. LITERAgY Atheileati. During the year 1868 the total number of bodks published in the United' States was 1,918. 'Of these, 1450 were original American works, 359 reprints of English books, and 1.09, transla tions and reprints of Contiuental books. Classi fied, they make the following exhibit Theology, 264 ; Fiction, 310,' History, 174 • 'Poetry; 127 ; Law, 108 ; Arts, Seiences,.and Pins Arts,ll6 ; Year-books, 134 ; ; Medicine, 'lOl ; Trave, 82; Trade, 41 Education, 71; Juvenile Books, 235 . ; and 155 miscellaneous books that do not legitimately come under any of these divisions. —Scribner, WelfordA'Co. noir-Issue complete, in eight volumed, the full, complete, .and unal tered edition of the : " Parochial and Plain Ser mons" of John Henry Newnuna, B. D., formerly Vicar of St. Mary's, , Oxford.—W;C. Bryant's translation, 'of :Homer's, Illiad -will .published in the course. of this 'year.,Three, American firms announce simultaneous editions of Swiss Family Robinson, .and Evenings at Rothe, in words of'one -syllable; -Cassell &,Co., Felt & Dil lingham, and Geo. Itoutledge & Sons.—Cassell & Co. also 'announce an -Illustrated Shakspeare, complete in 3 vols.; Anatomical Wall Maps for the Use of Schools, printed'in color,from' nature, &c.—W. I. Widdleton, N. 'Y., announces a new edition of Alger's Future Life; it omits the In dex of authors, the most valuable part.—Messts: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co.i have` publish ed a "Counting-House" edition of Webster's' sDictionary,..containing over three hundred and fifty engravings on wood, and .an appendix of useful information.---Lippincott & Co. have just published " England's Antiphon, a Historical Review of the Religious Poetry of England," by George Macdonald, M. A. illustrated, and form ing vol. 4. of :" The , Sunday Library." J. Munsell, Albany, has lately, published au interesting and instructive paper on the Trichina Spiralis, read before the- Albany Institute >in January last, by Edward' . Hun,-M.D. Foreign - -ngland. .—The first complete and 'critical edition of the Works of Archbishop Leighton is announced in England. Hitherto, says the Book-buyer, Leigh ton's writings have been absolutely without any editorial care ; the errors originally found in the printed copies have been continued, and multi plied in successive impressions to such an extent that the work now announced will be. found "rather a new book tban a new edition." The set will form six volumes. —The various works by the late Hugh Miller, the geologist, have fallen into the hands of a spir ited publisher, Mr. W. P. Nimmo, of Edinburgh, who announces a popular edition, low priced and neat. Of " The Testimony of the Rocks," 34,000 copies have been sold; of "The Old Red Sand stone," 11,000 ; of "My Schools and School masters," 13,000; of " Footprints of the Crea tor," 10,000.. The least popular of his works have got into a second edition. —The Formation of Christendom, by Mr. T. 'W. Allies, a book lately published in England, is a thouo.htful review of the state of the civil ized world at the Fall of the Roman Empire, tracing, the operation of the religious and historical elements that had power to bring about its diaintegration, and then reviewing the restorative influences at work, as mainly embod ied in-the =Christian Church. —The Christian Year is now in about its 120th edition., The copyright money, paid by the publish ers certainly exceeds twenty thousand pounds. It sufficed. o build three churches in Mr. - K.eble's immediate neighborhood, and formed a never failing fund Or benevolent purposes. • --A ,London publisher announces a volume of the . ; oldest Homilies or Sermons existing. . They are, attributed, to Aphraates, the oldest father of 'the Syrian Church, and are now for the first tine `brought to light. They were written about A. D. 330-350.—Dr..Eferman •Scheffier's work on The Theory of Ocular Defects and. Spectacles, transla ted ; a new edition of Prof. Rennie's book on Insect Architecture.; and Vesuvius, an exhaustive mo nograph, by John Phillips, Ox(brd Professor of 'Geology, are announced.—The G-overnnient Of British Indial has recently resolved to devote an-. .nually the sum of .24;000 rupees (x.. 2,4000 to ;wards, the acquisition . .and preservation of old Sanskrit MSS., which are now scattered all over India.--Alfred Tennison is said to have recently refused a. peerage for the second time. - -The'-:following announcersnts of religious works are made : Argyll's 1 (Du 'e of) : Primeval Man, .cr„.Byo. 4s. 6d.; Binnv's Sermons in Weigh Reuse. Chapel,Svo. 1 s. 6d • Bleek's Intreduction ' to the Old TestaMent, trans. by Venables, 18s.;' Bonavia's Contrihutions to Chfis tology, •12mo: sa.;' Boultbee's ReOings Explana tory of,t4e Diatessaron,.cr. Svo. 7s. 6d .; .Bowen's Key to the Acts of the Apostles, 12mo. 4s. 6d.; Jenkins's Age of the Martyrs, cr. Bvo. 65.; ' Mis sionary Anecdotes, Must. 16mo. 2s: 6d.;‘ Rule's Historical Exposition of 'the Book of Daniel, cr. Svo: 65.; Vaiighan's Characteristies,of Christ's Teaching, 12mo. 2s. 6d. , I : Oreasy',s History of England (5 vols.) Vol.'l, ,Bvo. 12s. 6d.; Ouitius' History of Greece, trans. by Ward; Vol. 2, Bvo. 15s.• ' Galloway's Egypt's Record. of Time, Bvo. 155.; Greg's Why are /Women Redundant,?,cr. B.vo. Is 4 St. Clair and Brophy's Residence in Bulgaria, Bvo. 125.; Pharoah's Daughter, an Anthropologic4 Drama, 12mo. '75..6d. • ' * Trance. SaysAhe corkeipondent of pad 's Gazette "Thereis a strap -e, dearth ,_of oliginal and deep works in French literature. 4, has now been nearly eighteen years since Louis Napoleon con ,fiscated the publictliberties of Rance, und , each year, since that deplorable- date Las. seen French literature, ,art, And science decline, and public and private morals grow more 'corrupt. At pre sent frivolity reigns With - absolute :lominion. In music we 'have M. Offenhach's extravaganzas; few pictures other than•representations of naked women sell.; the majority of:books exhibited in ; the book-stalls, those which-sell best, are lives of fallen women, the' mistresses,of Henry IV., Ni non de l'Enclos, Grecian courtesans, and the like. It is tr,ue, as I mentioned in my last letter, there are indications, of, the growth of a better taste. But, where are original works? All our new boOke are but compilations." —M.,Thiers has for many years past labored' on great work: in five or. - six volumes, =upon reli gion, philosophy, general history, the arts .and sciences. The volume on,Philosophy is , finished The few friends Of the `author whO have read - aonic pages of it, declare the ardor and brillianOy bf - the' spiritualistic` declaration of principles Which ends and sumsit up, to• be something, a d:. mirable. • —M. Brasseur de Bourbourg has, recently pub lished at• Paris an 'optairo of bq4.oy . five hundre d pages. entitled : ".Quatre IJettres stir le Mexique." After many years of travel and antiquarian re search in' Central America, he has come to the conclusion• that the myths of the old Mexican 'gods and hercies are not Only intimately related to those of China,•lndia, Egypt, Persia, and Greece:, but also anterior to them; that ,the civi-. lization of the, Western Tieinispliere is not bor rowed from 'the, Easterp'ilemisphere, but that, on the contrary .America is.the mother of Asia that the continent which we have been accus tomed to call the ",New World"; is not merely the oldest physically as geolooists had already taught us to suspect, but also th,e oldest ethnolo aically and in , every way--the cradle of the hu man race. —`Niehelet, it is said, intends` devoting himself exclusiv'ely to historical stndies during - the rest of his life. • —Garibaldi, it is said; has 'Written a novel; the object of which is to exhibit the corruption of the Boman priesthond. Its name seems unde cided. 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