bitm'z talk
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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: '
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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.
Eewspapers.—The Independence Beige is the
most profitable paper on the European Continent.
Its principal stockholder is a Lyoung, girl of 17,
besides, owns in her 'own right an estate
;worth over 1,000,000 francs.—Melbourne, Aus
tralia, has a newspaper printedln Chinese char
acters, edited by an Algerine, and corrected by a
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heartily recommend It. No person, I think, who makes any <A*
the above named varieties his standard of excellence, will, after
giving this variety one season's trial, grow any other. Its extra
ordinary beauty and singular richness of color command the at
tention of the most careless observer.
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The Gen. Grant Tomato I have tried with several other varieties,
vie.: Cedar Hill, Yoard, Tilden, Keyes, Bates' Early. The Gen.
Grant beat all in earlinessax :ept Bates' Early: with that it was
about "neck-And neck'; But for beauty and form, color and
compact flesh, it stands ilaut and shoulders above all the rest.
Planted May 15th, fru:t ripe Augu4t 6th.
Price per packet 25 mate ; 5 packets $l. Prices to the trade on
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