zettp. Hymn for Children There ls a elites 7ifliere,Jesus reigns, A home'of grace , and love, Where angels sing in sweetest strains, Of his redeeming love. And children, too, will join to bless The precious Saviour's name; Clothed in his perfect rightemumess, And eared from sin and shame. Yet all, alas! may not be, there, _ For some will slight his grace; Now though he calls, they dO not care, To turn and seek his face. ' Ile says to all, "Come unto me, And, I will give you rest;' Oh I linger not, but haste to be With his salvation blest: The fairest !vies quick)) , die, 'The liatenionst all'decay ; And, little reader, you and I As soon may. fade &nay. Then let earlikiiiiteh and pray," 'And seek the things above; • • Andinay the Spirit day by day Revdal the. SAvieues *•-;:47l,lkoi9higrel9-41iend_.. oiq BOOKS *lna to as for Nonce, will•be duly attandedte. Own pulblisheri phOia. daiplilai New Yams, AM, IBay Us left at our Philadelphia 011ionlif South 10th nt.,below 'Cheatautilat safe of Joseph K. Wilson, Nag - . Tin PORTO or TEM NIIMMINTEI CANTURT. tile• leoted and edited by the Rev. .Robert Aria. ma. moit, with English and AMMean Additions,, by Evert.A. Duyekinek, editor of 4, ,Cyolopedia of American * literature:" Superbly = l llustrated with 182 engravings, . &nab' 4to; 61.6 . .' New York: Hoerr 4 Brothers. 1868. This is a most gorgeous and tasteful 'gift:took. , Every thing about it is beautiful and attractive —outside, ;inside, binding, gilding, paper, engrav ings—all display cultivated taste, high art, and great expenditure itt,thePreparation of this' • singularly, _unique =and delightful Nolu'mer. The work contains'. ehoice - extracts froM 'the produc tions of one huudretl and eighteen' British" and American writers. A glance at the book show that the selectlims have been ,made with taste and judgment; and , we do not hesitate to say that to the American editor much of the val ue of the volume is owing, not only for Masai. tion of native American gems' of Poetry, but for the brilliant and 'characteristic pieces of British origin which he has incorPorated with the'pieces which Mr. Willmott had adopted. Beattie and Cowper begin therlist, and Tennyson, Mackay Read, Longfellow, and Bayard Taylor, dome in at the end of this brilliant array. Our readers will fmd this a delightful book. CO present'to•any beloved friend. THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN AMERICA, and its re lation to the History of Slavery and to the GeV erument of Colonies. By Arthur Eqpt Vol. MI., 12m0.; pp• 682. New York: Harper. . Brdtheri, Franklin Square:. 1867. , When the first and seeond volumes at' this original and peculiarly learned work appeared, .we reviewed them at some length, and pointed out the fact that Mr. Helps is no mere compiler, gathering,up the Matter of 'madern writers, and casting it anew in a form. of his own. There is, perhaps no - Englishman of the, present ; day_ so profoundly : learned and intimately acquainted with ail l natters' connected 'with' Spain in the fifteentkand sixteenth centuries, as 'this, author is. Mr. Helps declares, and we believe_ truly, that he has carefully avoided reading anymod ern work' on the subject of his investigations, lest his mind should be unduly biassed. • -He has , drawn his materials from Spanish original sources, and h s narrative takes its course because of the influence of the documents which admitted of no appeal, from their authority. The volnmebefore us is occupied with the Administration of Cortez, Nicaragua, the; Encomiende system, ,Guatemala, and•the Conquest of T'ern.ln this colunie, as in the former ones, the reader is supplied with a: number of page maps which • are, repeated .frofn time time,-,as the narrative requires their pres ence for examination. Hence no long sheets are ever hung out'of the book to be torn and defaced by accident or otherwise, it may be, before the bOoklis half read. Here the eye Merely glances trent' one page to the other, and the, utility, of; • such an'arrangement is at once perceived...,. This is a Vldueble standard history. Titsll4ertitxtur Bar a-: Being Bassages•from*the Life of a Pythagorean. 12m0.:, p p 871. New York': Harper 4 Brothers. We 'are not sure whether the publication of,this * hook pill do : good ornot. , Its revelations are of a most fearful character and its4t;rnings are proclaimed in trumpet tones ; „ and yet we doubt that there,maY be persons found who, on reading these pages, will be tempted to have recourse to the use of the drug here denounced, in , lirderno experience the glowing visions, the gorgeous scenes the ecstatie enjoyment, and even the,ago nizingrsufferinga which the .author describe& It is well, knoWit "tliatin'the East, Oidttm :and the ,juice'of the Indian Hemp (Cannabis) are used as stimulants. The experienee__of a victim to the , - h d et; d usept as :; • °Be e i ll ,tho'detaili of his' terrific sufferings ,are given in, his efforts to:get free froth' the; 57N1 vioeinto , Whioff he had foolishly •'and-sinfully- fallen. - We regret`,to'flud; from the book, thaVCannabis is used b y, a greater, number'YOung mei In ''eur country—ue ,it would appear, by some In our sests , ,of:learning—than the public are perhaps awsre.k If .the sight of a",diunkard, and. ancie.- soriptiOn'Of. his'inisery, were' found to be a sufft - dent irarningagainst others falling into such a sin, thee wiwidild hive more„bopethin we eon' now eni*ain, that this book will do all the gOod which we doubt not the Author desired that it would sooemplish. Taa Ti!ORSoItAPTIST: .A -Discourse wherein ,am Honest Baptist, by, a course of argusleit.--t° ' which no honest Baptist can object;'.ii" vineed that Infant Christians are proper sub. • • Jean of Infant Baptism; ' By B. B. Keyes, ' • Yazoo City, Miss. John" Milian - .1. Son, Boston., - Pti. 172, 12;no. , _or There Isoin this book a great effort, by a plattd blehut erroneous statement of Pedobaidist'prin.. ciples, and.. by" a seemingly learned analytical reasoning, sylOpgistic and ma,thematicial;44,prose that none but actually ,regenerated persons are the proper subjects of biptistn. The term "Noy ; . nobaptist, or child-114 Bit, in:the lips of the au. thor, does not signify one who, acknowledges thi3 right of the believer's little Child baptism ; but ' one Who holds to the - right of childoof 'God t o baptism.. And Infant Christians:are, with him, not tba.infitnt' children of belb3veis, embraced in the coyendlt . cf promise; but they are wow born merfand women, by a spiritual birth. " ;the book, • likely to do much good, for it is not adapt= ed greatleto* increase -men's kupwledge, nor to I•induce Christians.to love one'another; rieitherls it likely harni, except the time lost •die•readingitrfor a man must idatteforeite can. reedit le: - ,trit 'Ail feral lot, • . ` ,l°4 •4l:eatit' atritligttien prejudices:A'?" . _Tam Yoram Man's Maims' is s monthly of forty-eight pages, published in New York, con ducted by Richard C. McCormick. The January number . is received. Contents varied and good.. Boon or CHANTS, OODEAStiIIg of Selections from the Psalms, for the use of Congregations, By Rev. G. D. Archibald. Musieby.D. H. Bald- Win and L. W. Mason. Cincinnati: Boors, Wilatack, Ken .3 4 Co. Sold by W. 8. Rentoud,2o .Bt. Clair Street, Pittsburgh,. Vire Make no grest:pretensionsio musical talent. We hive plain congregational ,Isinging, itherein the people•praise the Loid: Chanting , we have regarded as difficult;. but...others say it its easy, find admirably adapted to all the ends of music in worship. Its, practicability , , should be fairly tested, and the book before us seems well calcu lated to promote ,the effort. The work can be had at $3 per dozen. p Mil ' Muffissur—Dear Sir:—Allow me a little space