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DAVID' SteKlNNET.' , Pittalmargit,` Va. ! , TKO, BOARDS OF Dotizano: MISSXONB AND PUBLICATION terminate their ; year, with the isit iif-•Marelx, and eentrihntors of the carrent 'pier are requeitedlte4pay pup during the prearttrnonth. 7i 7, - v.. q i.'.!,41'4:! . t ~. 7i '-.±917 ',.:,i'r. MIMINPS IN TIII:FIYEN Carm e n, P/ TVS': 11131.43/4 are held on Sabbath, ai 3 o'clock; P. M., and on Wednesday evening. They are remarkably 'well attended; and the pros . poet is fair for a ,new, i 9rganizatian, very shortly, and:with bright prospects. THE Yourvi Max's thiaismar AssoczAt now held their fourth Ainiversary on , Tuesday evening ; in the Mika T s risbyterhoi church.. This, is one of the-, excellent be 7 mordent institutions of :our .oity. Very so-, cep t 'able ' addresses were delivered by- Rev. 'Proiess'or itanews, and Reilr. P:'lrrauth. The: Young Ken's Library Auooiation, Of ' , Pittisteirgh, are having their Winter conies of I.;eantes, as wail. OW Friday evening, of .last week, Pin**, Wines;' of Washington. College, entertnined*e Society and a number c&rcitizens,...witiv. a very ; ,: stnictivii leiiture on Barcelona and the Span ish. The , number of hearers was;.liowever t quite too small, compared with the merith'of the speaker. Pittsburghers miist learn, bet ter to appreciate true excellence, when they seek for'enterteinment, Itev. John Knox, D. D. The demise° of this venerated lestor, , in. the Refo r med, Dutch church , te* York' was noticed . by us, soon after its oUcurrenco.., The Executive Committee - of the American Tract Society have adopted a very compli, mentary record of their worthy 09-laborer. Dr. Knot was born near Gettysburg, Pa., graduated at' Dickinson College, studied Theology, tinder`pr. Mason,: and; at lbw age of twenty l eix, was installed in theio,9llegiate Executive. and Dutenrchurchd He acted on•tie xecutive, and Publishing Committees of the Tract aculisay Amp 4 6 iscoMir .44".":14311-"n"relarls of Dr. Mibus?, he was. appointed Chairman of both 'Ctimniitties, and presided them for nearly thirteen years, till his death. Hie labors for the_ ociety were great and invalu able. He leaves an honored name. memory of * iighb3onsisrblessed. The ,A.marini ` S ociety.oic Bible 'niety. The?special meeting ;; of the American Bible SoCiety; on AU,• Standard Edition; was held on the-28th ult. - After a' long session and much discussion, the'resolutione reported by the Comraitee. of nine (already published ,by *mere adopted,' with only l a" few Pl stinting The main feature is the , P ' `f "Resolved,That this'2oeiety's prer3epttitan dard English Bible be, 'referred to the Staiiii ing*Committee on Versionsfor examination and in, all, cases where . the same differs, in the tat Or its acc e ssorise, from the, Bibles previousli published Beefily, the Committee are directed to correct the sane by conforming it to.. thelPrevioue editions printed by-thin:Society, or by the authorized British , presses, reference also being had:. to the original edition of the translators printed in 1611 f and to report such corrections to this Board, to the end that a .new edition ; thus perfected, may be. adopted as the shin slard edition of the Society.' This will be exteneivelyeatisfactory to, the Churches ; ,and it assures to the Society, the ,occupancy :of' Ira wide field of 'usefulness and the,,cordiel, cofoperstion of the great body of the people. t", , 7 HARnisvirli;P:C=Sek letter of Rev, AT. F. Boyd: ' WEST UNlozh g , ef 3 , l ett.er of: lir• A., antler find page. • I 1: i/9.t.1 Lavinunbriviiiii,PA:-;--Tfiertiis a marked ",- attentio,to robgion in this Con .siderable addition was inCile to its commun ion on last Sabbath. Let Christians be faithful iit and importunate mitt thron6 of grace:. DTP= MT. Brno', Northampton Coun -ty, Pa. , is' , receiving a' gracious visitation. At last 'aicountEi, tw e nty-nine persons had - united With the church, and many 'others .were inkuiting. Among those received were many beadsiof families,iand some , who had long related God's call, and bad gone far in iniquity. tile church has no pastor, but enjoys thairditistrations of Rev. Peter Mel lick, as stated sup Ply. Cummtutaivatiro.---At a recent com munion, twelie persons were added to th'e chyrch, on examination, thrqf of 'whom re cored baptism The religious interest con tinued d4ep, And hopes of still greater bless ings were cherished. 011ANDLERBVILLE, OHIO.-71 1 78 rearli that quite a revival is in progress at this place,, that nothing : like it has been seen for many years. We shall hope for more partienhui. But, let not the Lord's people think that the work is done when ha has begun to,' warm their hearts, nor ..when many sinners. are. converted., -livery convert is,designed vas ;al new laborevileid` are' to spread, still wore, the reviving influence. M=E=MM When we reviewed the first and second series of the celebrated Discourses of the late Professor Butler, of Trinity College, Dublin, we expressed an honest hope that the emi nent publishing House of Parry & McMillan would still farther benefit the public by issuing, an edition of his great work on Ancient Philosophy. We are happy in be ing able to announce to our readers, that these Lectures, which produced such an im pression in the University when they were delivered, and which have attracted so much notice at Cambridge, in England, and among the leading Metaphysicians and Ethical wri . tars of our day, are now reprinted in two volumes, and.may be had for less than half the price of one of the volumes of the Eng. lish edition. • Our readers will perceivekthat in the brief tiPacti: which we can coininind,' it.would 'be impoisible for us to enter.into any eiamina tion of the character and'merits of the Pia fordo . philosepby, - commensurate with 'ttii importance of the' subject'. A Comparison ofthe systems of Plato and Aristotle, and their effects on the Modern schools of. Ger: many,. France, Great, pritain, and our, own country, - ..would require a lengthened rev.; cw.. OEM tiffwehtipn to See in minor other of "our Quarterlies, based on the Lectures new be fore us. Meantime, we can only afford to intimate the character of the . work. ,Speak ing of Plato and the Platonists, the editor, Mr. Thompson, of Trinity College; Cam bridge, says : Of the pialectie and Physic's of Plato, they are the only expoSition, at once accurate and popular, with which Lam acquainted;'being more accurate than the French, indium paxably more popular than the German' taatises on those departments of the,.Platonie Philosophy." Mr. Butler'S' acquaintance with the English and. Scotch schools of Metaphysics, enabled him to treat this, subject in a satisfactorymanner; and his wonderful power of illustration and ter-, tility of, expression, were effective agencies in making plain to common readers the most abetruse ideas. • - We wish that the Ethical :Professors of our Universities and Colleges would be sup plied with copies of this work. We think that if they had an opportunity of seeing its valuable 'character; they would patronize an abridgment of the wOrk tor Text Beek on the Philosophy of Greece. Such a work is a great desideratum at the present thie, when modern systems are being traced up to their historio origin. MIS 16 ' LNOTIIRES ON THE RISTOUVOY ANCIENT rIII LOSOPHY. By William Archer Butler, A. If., late Professor of Moral Philosophy in 'the University of Dublin:. •Edited from the author's MBll. with notes, by William Hepworth Thompson, M.' A:, Fellow of Trinity College, and Regius Professor of-Greek, in the University at Cambridge. In two Vols. 12m0., pp. 436, and pp. 415. Philadelphia: Parry t McMillan. 1868. DanvPle SeminarY. Rev. R. Breekinridgi; DD, * ao. iuowleaging, in the Presbyterian Herald, a gift of $5,000, by David Hunt, Esq., of Nis fsferlo.7l-6 - the "Danville S'etiiiiimi-adda few remaAns-rama-ro-nsitirThtititution. :In four and a half years, enough fends have been contributed, if pledges shall all be duly paid, to sustain the four Professors, at 'their moderate salaries; also adequate\ grounds are, possessed, and buildings to serve the purposes of a small institution." This, certainly, is highly gratifying. ' The success of Danville proves that. a Seminary was there needing in'the 'estitha floe of Christians, and that , those who de-, died it,' hive been willing 'to 'meet the con dition of success, viz.: the exercise, of liber• alit&, , It is 'also a very strong argument in favor of Assembly's control. With no ad vantages from numbers, wealth; location; or' sny thing else conceiiable bnt the feet of being an Assembly's Seminary, it is now , ahead of all the Synodical Seminaries though they are twenty to thirty.years old, =dire eonducted by some'of - the ablest men in the Presbyterian r Church. Breekieridge intimates however that to; put the Seminary in, a :proper, position, the liberality of its friends`' should furnish the mane of erecting additionaf'buildings, including Prefessers' houses and also a I;ibrary. Fund of - some s2o,oofi,the interest of which' would be appropriated ; annually to the purchase of books The -suggestion is good, we trnst, find it Tairtorablei re- Sponse in ' many such tui move able and willing hands., „ , The Ainerican Sunday School %don. A writer, the .Presbyterias of last week, who seems , to be well oequainte4 with the affairs of the 8: S. Unioninassures ,the Churches: '• - That'the apPeal in its behalf' on the Tertief the Paete,,rq-9f Philadelphia and` New York originated with .;them; ; without , any, agency, &root or iitdireet,' of the Union. 2. That the Board ie pledged to meet all ,the liabilities arising front Mr: Porteis ,frauds, from other sourcesin part by semi ities already obtained from him.. Hence, all contributions in accordance with the plan . 'Of the pastors, will go `directly to 'the Pub lishing Department or, the Missionary Fund. 3. That the donors may feel , confident that their wishes, as to the direction , of their 'contributions, will be faithfully executed. The Managers' late Circular contains the following : " The Board desires also hereby to give its pledge, ,that all moneys contributed shall, e as heretofore, be most sacredly applied to the objects' designated by the'donors ; and that under no circumstances whatever'oan the money_ donated for inissionery puiposes be eppropriated to otheeohjects." I= THE OtiNtENTION OE SYNOD'S at• Ciabia nati on Tuesday'evening next, will be opened with a, sermon by. Dr. Titunihniy, of. Dan ville, in the FiretTresbytedan church. Dr. Thomas, of New Albany r will _preach on `Wednesday evening in the' Soventh church. On Thursday evening the preaching ia to be in the Central atra., Posziortiliumgme3.—"We:hive a %emu -Inittionifromihe 'Prota''denpandaSeoretarits. , 'OE thlißettivi t ofliiiiighliiiildiiit, , whieh appear next week. Ancient Bffl' ocophy.* THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. Quarterly Review of Literature. IaMBER VP CDR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, January 7th, 1858. I shall begin with a little gossip about books and booksellers. Notwithstanding commercial depression and difficulties, it cannot be said that literature seriously suffers. Books—if a luxury—are becoming more and more an indispensable luxury. And while cireulatinglibraries still contain a large proportion ~of works of 'imagination: -yet they-present in their catalogues, espe cially in London, a goodly array of works in every department - of - science and literature, as well as those which' direetly 'bear upon theology itself. As for theology, it comes not firth in the folios of-the Puritan .age, and, even mheie thick octavos appear, yet " rare nanks in gstrgite vasto," are there to be'founequotitiOns in Greek, Latin; , or Hehreti. Nevertheless, we have the results of, learning and of extensive reading, and profound study. ' TEE TRADE is a term which is applied as freely, by booksellers to one anetlier, as it Is current, araougstf great; woolen, and ittau- : cheater, warehouses ; among wine mereliants,- or the sellers of taugaib' and s molasses: And if you take a Walk down P4II74NOSTER Row beginning at the top "nearest' Peel's' statue, you will find ample and varied nip-, trations of ;what is meant, among bibliopo— hate by " the trade." I shall not give you a dry oatalOgne of naines. I shall only say that in the Row are to be fonnd booksellers; both", wholesale .and, retail. Some (two) represent " Mother Church." Father. New man's recent volume of:sermons; or the Cardinal's last Seitnon, are to be seen 'in ;the windows, side by side with engravings and' statuettes :of ; the Virgin and Child, Then' yon have here School Booksellers; as well as Evangelical 'Church'and' Dissenting' publishers, with .the unsectarian Adams & Co., and the gigantic 'yet quiet-. looking establishment of, Longman Maesulay'a favorite publishers. of science. And thus him, or some other, fine libraries, whichit took years to collect, ,are dispersed• wide and far. ,In lievember, the chief part of the late Bishop Blomfield's library, was thus disposed of I'have been ,looking over the catalogues of the books which comprised a large collection of cies-, steal literature, in which he was an adept,' as well as in theology, ancient and modern.: :At these book auetions; there is always a' convocation of the sellers' of old:books, each. 'with catalogue" in 'hand, and.,sharit, ceni paddy°, knowing look, very similar in its expression to that of London brokers at a furniture sale. And , so= the-. old, bookstores are replenished, as well - as ' by'agencies on ;the: Continent, and often, altuil I lear, , by choice books parted with by, literary mei! and clerics, from terrible temporal necessity. • I doubt not 'but that many an , American minister his been in Bayne's, Paternoster -Row, and I can, recommend there when they' - visit London ) , to pay a visit ‘ also to Brown's, 'Old Street, St. Luke's. His collection is vast and varied. It embraces almost every ,brarie' of human knowledge, and, taken t along with Darling's.Library, , Queen Street, Lincoln's Inns ' the treasures of old. Divinity 'will! be • found very, ample. The latter,' ihoivever, is kept for 'subscribers. The'Book Cblieetois will send worksto any part of . thaworld. I believe Brown, of,Old Street,. very fair And, trustworthy, shoul& 'any. of ;yourreaders write for:books. 'Among the publications of the quarter, "Dr Liviiigetone's Trairels" his Undoubtedly attracted the largest bhare of, atterition. I presume it will he! reprinted in the. United States;' and my limits will not permit me to say r niore than that it opens in language sin gularly nervous ' an& -simple, a new chapter • in the history of, the human family ;, that it furnishes an impressive illustration of, what high principle and indomitable perseverance, under God's blueing, can achieve; and!that in its anther to bi-fo..in& a rare specimen of a 'man. It carinot he said of hiin thaflie is " every thing :by turns and nothing long." But it care be said that he has shown him seff to" possess singular flexibility and adapta tien '.'eharecter n and a " Jack of trades," in a degree seldom before realizefl. Here you see a missionary, a, lion hunter an explorer, an astronomer, a geologistia.nat uralist, , Aysician, a black smith, all in one. "The Life, of Oeorge Stephenson," of which Merdie, a;well knownllibrary keeper, tells' us he' keeps for use one thonsand c e pieS, (of' Livingsione three thousand,)' most infteresting book, It is; the: biography, of a self made AFeotcliman,l l lhose name will bendways,identified with railways, and all their ranks. Of "`foreign'' travel we have' ' " Fortune's Third :Visit :to dbTria ." "loftns' searches in haldeafi, Boryning's King dom of 'Siam Chou•Ohou," :by Lady, Filkland; "Tarth's Travels ;In Africa ;" Letters 'froin the Slave States," "Snos;'s Voyage ; the Alhin Giardieer " (in, connexion_ with, Attempted revival .of the pratagoidan Mission, which,Captain Girdiner and' his ' ' companions perished of hunger,); fiWhite's Holiday in. Saxony;' and ")EtqvniYon'sTravels in Stint" Some of these were. published-early last .year, hcirC' not noticed them' before. Tlie Botaniits' the'Arehmolegiste rtifWell as I ) ,Tofessienal SdqlCe , and Arp, have each their lawn publications, acrid,. Ur.ctherwise, on' which h shall not dwell.- .1 geology has been much discussed, of late. trot, by Mr. Bayne; the ; new editor of the ",Witness , ".who, } 'a series of elatdrate ar tiebis,,has been, sustaining, valorously, the views of Hugh Miller, as to;the "six days,". of Genetiii being lorig , l:llriods.' Second % by' he ‘ l 3Tortlißiitisli Review," where appeared t in *October last, article in IPPearclt - - which 4 , thought couldxle.treced the. Rem. liar islyle•• of • the accomplished -Minister of Regent S4uhre church. 7 , Iw this article, the views' Hitchcock,'BuCkland and;otheys, though ..not,fornally l defendod, are .yetrheld , to be far more satisfactory,tbz,t,q Hugh 1 theory, and better as.a line of fortifioetion arid liefenee against-infidelity. in,a'publication oillea'"Omplialos by 51 r. Gomm,. Pellewot the Royal Society, we find a curious 'and ; novel ; " attempt, to untie the Geological He says, that just as shipmasters and pilots have got'on the i 3 Ocka' by not allowing for 'cu'irenis so Geologistsi whose conclusions shop he ap. -tiquity 'of the ,-earthi ~on, their, recognized .prerniees, "lave not allowed ler the law of Prdehronirin, Oreation:". Profoundly reverent the Word of Grid he thinks it rtnaiitisfitetory and untrue, to regard, the . first 4erse of Genesis as allowing an intervening 'period the creation of matter= and of light' is " antirelrsiiffivient," as Hitch dock 'airtime "to remove all apparent collis ion between Geology and Revelation, and as giving =the Geologist full scope for his larg- Sat 'speculations concerning the age of the world." He quotee a host of writers on the question, including PrOessor Baden Pow ell, who rationalizes Scripture literal tes timony as*" irreconcilably at variance with `physical truth!" lie holds that the true hey has not been applied to - the wards. He , actually „holds, that the skeletons , and, re mains of animals, as well, &hes rand andf fossils,' were not necessarily those otli_ aninials, or the remains of real fishes and foesile but apatirdibe to Wes which rim 4114;4,, *lt has already been reprinted.---En. through and regulate the plants and trees, and invertebrate animals, (as specified at length in the work,) so the life'-history of every organism is a circle; it was in germ called into existence, and`in One Stage of dn. 1 velopment• it had a distinct point where it began to live. Before that point it was nothing—its history was an ab,solute blank; it was not. But the whole organization of the creature thus newly called into existence, looks back to the coursent an endless circle ' - —"lts -whole structure displays a series of developments which as distinctly witness to former conditions Rollo those presented in the cow, the butterfly; and the fern, of the pies= ent day." Strange to say, these "conditions were non-existent. They were unreal. They exist only in their results, they are effects which never had causes. They were prochronic because time was not an element in them, and not diachronic, or,occurring, in time. We =are" not to suPpose,,therefore, that the skeletons' found "in irons?? were neeesea- rily' thoefe' of living animals, which had divinity, which has no moral, fouxidation— groirn and enlarged; and decayed anddied, , ' which, may diverge toward an Atheistia exactly as animals_ now do. And just as necessity, or toward the harribile clecieturn.7 God made the first man, and the first trees,[ Lord Macaulafs History of. England , ia , and flowers, all of which gave evidence , a a • being reprinted in a cheap form, and issued past childhood, a past miniature or gerni-like I in monthly voiumes. It is expected that life, and yet reaky, had not these in of ' another volume. of ;the History will soon time, so, ""•°81011°•the world to have been ..; appear, bringing down the record to the created with - fossil skeletons in its,crust—, : death of - Queen Anne. - There - has been skeletons of animals that never existed—is..i quite a puzzling set of statementa7pro rand 'not to charge the Creator with forming ob- ' con: (call them rather conjectures,), on the jeets whose sole Parpoie wattle deceive ns." ' q uestion,what amount of remuneration is " Were__the concentric timber-rings of ; a received by, Longniaii, ThackeraY, &c., and created 'tree formed meiely, to deceive ? whether or: not these persons, Bubner _and . Were the • growth lines of. a created shell • others, have ,sold the copyrights of their -formed ` merely to deceive'? - Was 'thews- works. •• Then we have occasional twaddle, 'bible= of the noir:created Man intended to ' or something' like it, as to the habits of de deeeiye him into the gersuasiOnthat he had ' ceased authors. ' " gunoh " regards the a'parent r .to it then absurd,•tesuggest the , "Literary Gazette" as the great offender in possibility, that , the world was - created under • this matter, and gives a, quasi specimen so ' the same law (of: retroipective marks which cordingly. : Perhaps an extract will lighten were , proohronic,) with visible, 'tangible` =my heavy page. 'So here -it is. I like U. _proofs of developments and processes which langli•myself : - ' were only proehrenic.?", The_ inference i moan NEws or' ALEXAI4DER Porn ' The world, rejoice bl e to d - is he c a o r ve tat in ad . . dilion:fo' , drawn' from the whole is, ihat the " ,'macro- ••, t o h f e l r t rc r e s nt ivil l i n , ' di scoveries bearing upon chronology " apparently indicated in Gene- the history of Alexander Pope, the poet, several six i : 1 is a myth and that literally, ;"in new facts ,have come to light- . Although these /‘ / ,- will tend,to render useless and obsolete , all•the six days Jehovah created ' the heavens ' and existing biographies of•the bard of Tvirickenhimi, the earth, and all 4 that in than is " It is ' the truth in such matters is too important and • • -•• • -• •- • • • solemn not to be•received with gratitade even by • astonishing - what-scientific knowledge and those who may suffer. Without further prelude, • - accomplishment; accompanied with-elaborate , we are , enabled to , announce, first, that , the dog " Harlequin," which was presented to the wife ,of ingenuity,is Manifested' lin this' strange ; B . h Att ii - " quite' d , ,ury, was nevercure ofits' .work; ' but I Cannot beliei T e - that it " tintieS.,!' broken leg, and ultimately died of the distemper, - - - i"' ' ' ' -1 ' -•` in or about 1724.• ' Secondly ' that Edmund CurlPs the, geological knot" , to the r satisfaction of I. maternal uncle had a severe attack, of toothache any one: It tries, rather to. cut it,- but not i in June, 1716. Thirdly, ,that the ; hristian name with' an Alexandrian success and leaves the I of the wife of the,Sexton at Twicienhani was .. ,•,, not Jane, bat, Joan. Fourthly, that the poet vexed queition in statu quo: I ; himeelf sometimes shaved" himself; but not often, ' • i though hu•• would frequently apply the! lather, Christmas, time brought Outits seasonable, i leaving the razor , to his servant. , Fifthly, that; or "I " .book-preSelita for every class: though ,not robpst , enough •?for „muck, gardening, hozo s ult r : ta ftletr o e e m (h ov y e, Se e ml w !e y am:rom a the b: w d , in the :community. The High-Churchmen furnished theirs through 'Parker; introthee( any light on the line, " Eveiy woman is -itheart publishes. Then zeal i• '' thewarranted a rake ?") i Sixthly, that 'Martha . Blount took very little sugar in her tea, and ,also liked to , sit, issue of "Daily Services of the Church ofin the evening, with her shoes down- at heel, be- England" in one continuous arrangement, cause that ' arrangement gave , relief to her corns. (Mark that, Mr. Conley.) Next, that the poet' specially recommended hyioshop .Wilber- was much displeased, when, on some one saying farve-K- 1 137 - 0/Lorrh ----- tu - e6F - blinronnaer4 - re d --el'ofhis _Odyeew , swept nobly along, . or Chesterfield answered; " Nowonder:_there. and - spieially:to, the clergy." : Then weha ye, is ,so much of .Broome in it." And lastly, that for the; same ',party, a "uniform series Of the little ivory instrument with whiCh Pope used standard Devotional Works,"-including "A • to . adjust his nails, never ,eame ,into Mortice Wel ) pole's possesion-at all,-bnt 'was' give• byLady Kenipis' limitation of Christ ;" ‘ The Hers% - ey (Molly Lepel)'to the grandfather of a Private 'Devotions of Di. TV. Land 'Arch= welsh zentleman, whose name.we have not yet , , • . , • / i discovered, but who lived, or : at all , events;was in bishop and Martyr, „ (. 1 ) ” WilsoP'a Sacra .3 Montgomeryshire iii .1519. These facts, though p,,,i,, atal _ , & c. _ & o. 1 , ~ , ' thit`may tenitto overthrow many received thee -. ' ' 4 ries, and may startle those who deem themselves Next, there' is " Church Poetry," includ-! best acquainted- with 'the' poet's' history,. are' ill . il4 that ino n ' o lBl Y I:!"l4ifur work, "Be- • W h l s arai t l ib i l e e o ' h a e n a d g e c r i l l y i z t b o e se p e ro t v ik e e d m b tMrore n d c in e* ble's Christian tear," as also tis "Lyra , the next biography of "the Swan of Mmes. , ' Innecentium.". ;Then we have, from anoth ' Literary ' Gazette. '• , er House, "Days and• Siasons r or Church 2 Bohn, the London publisher, famous for Poetry for Children ;" " Lyra Apostolica." his translations - of the Classics, Bte.i-ptiblished 44 Hymns for the Cone-eta-7' There is, in at cheap rates; - has . just.edded to his store prpse, "Warnings.and Consolations,•Spoken the translation of Plegel,s - Philosophy of in. St:. Bainabas Church, Pimlico, by the History',.:This is a 'work, hoWever, rather Rev. , James - Skinner," an& edited by• the for the few4han„the Million. He has &one, notorious `Neale;"`"Medisevkl. 'Preachers' a-better•aervice 'by placing within his Idris and Preaching," the object being of course, trated Library 44 Bonomi's Nineveh and its to, exalt the " Church", ~and ritnalism, and Palaces." , "The Recreations of Christopher 'to aid in, the grand conspiracy now develop.: North," published periodically, are reprints big itself for the union of-the Greek, _-rofeasorWileo , A tig ii., from "Blackwood," ofSpn's can and 'Rennie& Churches. 'This Neale best articles.' These; • viith 'the " Noctes stole the EVangelical clergyman's daughter,' Ambrosiansi," will always have an undying not leng since, in order to make her one of charm to eVery'hader 'of - taste, and every a " Sisterhood: of Merey,"t of which he was , lover of : the imaginatlye; the' pathetic; and the :Chaplain and Confeesor. ' , The poor dupe the humorous. - . ____f ,- , 2 -.• , _ _ takes ill and dies, but not,till she has made a, will and leaved her large prdperty away from her , family, 'to ~t he new Inatitution. Care ; is taken that not till the will is made is the •father summoned, and he arrives too late to see her alive I Of this same Mr. N : , I once heard an 'eXcellent der; , gy,man' say, (very irreverent I# 7 erend 'brotheT,") ",that , i he, would not trust hiin alone inn room where there were silver spoons." - • 0 ~) Illuatrated Books, preset:di have abounded, seine of :them , very elegant and costly. Among- these ,are ,the Poetical Works' of Edgar Allan Poe, who; says our Spectator; " Kande as much alone , among verse 'writers as Saliator Rosa among paint era ;" and also those ~ of W. C. 'Bryant, in which, says the. Examiner, " we lave the simple elegance of Bryant's verse wedded to pictures which ,give new clearness to ' the tranquil views of life, suggested by, aeon. templative poet." The books thus published, each year, by Nisbet; Sampson Lowe; Bell ;& Daldy, and 'others, are exquisite their binding,' style, Paper; and especially in their apd engicti ings and ciesigns.„.The first, artists now, H.work in this style,,,and_ are, very well paid. Lean edition of -the Proverbs, for exam- Ple, as well as in other publications by Nis bet; ,I; have reason to believe'that the illus trations have been mainly suggested by skort pen pictures, by Dr. James Hamilton. He has the artist's imagination and genius, if he wields not bii'peneil!': -. • Of "Laws from Heaven for Life upon Earth," by the. Rev. W. Arnott, of Gies- Ow, a second series haS recently appeared. Sententious, weighty; and 'wise are 'the short chapters, for Arnott is the, man to appreciate .and apply to. evely.day modern life the im • mortal Proverbs' of , :.King Solomon. , This 'hook has a grant' run, and the Moira. Nel ' g i t son, the publishers ,, are doubtless ies u in lo t o ' + from ,their New, tork House wide and 'fir over the United Stateo. What•,think you of a book by Dr. Conrte- I way, Bishop of Jamaica, in which he treats of an Intermediate State, and in which, al though his Church teaches that "the souls of the faithful, after tlierare 'delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felici ty," he yet labors to prove that immediately after death, we shall all cease to exist till the < last day? It is the old doctrine of "the sleep of the soul," with a new face. But mingled with it is a strong Calvinism, and he virtually teaches that, but for the com ing of Christ to save some, the rest of man kind would not be recalled from the dust at all. 'Whereupon, the Literary Qkurchman gives solemn , warning. to " every:pious mind , tempted to daily with the GZNEVAN Son ' csszss !" The, said " sorceress" has in. tcudcated your Princeton Divines, as well as. our Scotch ones, to say nothing of " the. Bap " tist sectary." but what is that to " the d plorable-beyond-utterance" teaching of "a. consecrated prelate of the Catholic Church ;of Christ ?" Of Calvinism, saysthe sapient Oharchmatz, it is., "a mere text-wrought "The Letters of Horace Walpole,"-edited by Peter Ounningham,'now first chronologi calli_arranged, are also appearing in monthly volnMeW. The. fashion and folly of the 'last century are here revealed by a cynical, se vere.and heartless observer, in a way which makes the' Chriatirm sigh over the vanity of the werld - MacMillan, of Cambridge, is hiinging i d nut, in parts,", "Christ an other " Masters ."The Religions of, China, Amer ica and Oceanioa,"-form the third.part; the "Religions of India" precede it ' It is a valuable butexpensive work, each part: sell ing at seven, shillings and ,pence. The authorris,C. Harwiok, M.. A., Christian' Ad vocate in the.Unifersity of:Cambridge. • Lord Cainpbell'oontinues to publish fresh volumes of "Lives of thelChancelleri." He is ,now heading„a movement for the addition of the tutorial element to the system inthe Universities of his native Scotland; in order to render them More : efficient. He is a per son of rare iuflustry, and a first rate lawyer and Judge. , IVlessra: , Nisbet& Co., continue to bring out monthly - '"Christian Classic Readings,"'. froth 'the beilt 'Divines, edited'6i 4itines D, D. , This will r form charnk ing series. of the best portions' and extracts from .the' old Divines, from. the days of the Reformation onward, Sudan illuthinated by hiitorie and biographical` Inotices by the editor. Few men are better qualified for the task,even in the matter of a good .library and , extendedireading.. Rio father, 'Rev: Dr. Hamilton, oeStrathblanc,` was a great book collector. • The same publishers, have just. issued "Christianity in' the First Three Centuries," hiStoooal leetures 'delivered Ad "Gtneva' by Merle . lYA übtg - ne, Dr. Bugener, Count Gas- Parip„fuyi Viguet. Among = - seasonable becks. on India are " The Land of the 'Veda;'.-' by the Rev. P. j'"The Rise bfloiti Indian Empire," ,hy s ft.# Mahon; an t .,illustrated work, by Mr. Monlgomeri Martin ; and Sepoy Re- volt, its Causes and its Consequences." o ur literature, as well as our press, pulpits and oratories too, prove that India occupies the hearts, thoughts and prayers. of multitud- A at this time. Surely this is the precurPrz of blessing for that long neglected and rna g , nificent land. The death of Havelock adds another stimulus to prayer and exertion; while the fact that at Cawnpore and 6 e . where, many have died in the spirit of true martyrs for Christ under heathen savagery, gives deeper emphasis to the resolve of th e Church of God, both here and in the ted States of America. And as I refer to additions, to the roll of the ,ft noble army of martyrs," so I shall end 1, 7 referring io "The Israel of the Alps," a complete history of the Vaudois of Piedru ult and their Colonies, by Alexis Muston, le, D". Translated by John Montgomery, A. M In two volumes, with numerous illustration s . .London Blackie & Sons. This is not a mere compilation. The thrilling details of the Vaudois-martyrology are here collected for the first time, and the interesting history of Saluces, beret/afore all but unknown, eon. stitutes a considerable portion of the work. The digest of such a vast mass of motel-ills .must have involved enormous labor. The "British Standard" says of the work and its heart-rending details : cr The Sepr,ss `themselves are almost humane as compared with the atrocities here depicted, extended through ages, and perpetrated on multitude:. It is a noble performance, presenting ths. most overwhelming indictment against Pope. dom yet known to history." J. W. EASTERN SUMMARY. BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND. The 'lncrease of Drunkenness in the an cient city of the Puritans has become ing. It is estimated that between two thou sand and three thousand grog shops and drinking houses are at present within its limits; and that the amount of taxation caused thereby, in various ways, is nearly $300,000 per annum. Petitions are circu lated, which have been numerously signed by the best and most eminent citizens, praying the Mayor and the Councils to take `Some effective measures for suppressing the great evil and removing this source of bur ,densome taxation. The State Temperance Society,has employed the services of Peter Sinclair, Esq., to canvass the State and re awaken the-people to the perils of 'increasing intemperance, and to stir them up to active duty. Mr. Sinclair is a well known Scotch man, who , warmly advocates and •defends Prohibitory Legislation as well as Moral suasion. In his own country, the temper 'mice force is divided between those who take his view of the matter and those who depend entirely on moral suasion and Gospel influence. Of the latter Mr. Gough, the well known • American, whose appeals have thrilled so many thousands in this land, is the recognized exponent. The, Memoir of. the _We of John Quincy Adams, by Josiah Quincy, Sr., will soon appeal': One remarkable thing about this work is, that the author was born on the 4th o,Eobruary, 1772, and consequently is now eighty-six years old. He is probably the only native Bostonian, now living, who has a distinct, remembrance of the Declaration of Independence, which took place when he was about four years and a half old. An othereinstance cannot be found of a man yet laboring actively in the political field who was a member of Congress in the time of Jefferson, and who was the opponent of Henry Clay forty.five years ago. •An arrangement has been made for the delivery, in the Pitt Street chapel, (Unita rian)'.—of Boston, on successive Sabbath eveningi, of a aeries of Six, Discourses,' by clergymen of as many different denomina tions; setting forth. and defending the claims of'each denomination thus represented. The first discourse was delivered by the Rev. W. R. Clarke, of the Methodist church, to crowded audience. The effort was able, and the - peculiarities of Methodism were pm sented doctrinally, ecclesiastically and histor- ically. Th 6 great difficulty in obtaining an edu• nation' at Harvard College, is said to be the high rates charged for room-rent and board. Thelßoard of - 'overseers have set themselves to devise some effectual remedy, so that the benefits of the institution may be enjoyed by many who are now excluded from thew. The present year will complete the first half i century of .the existence of Andover Theo/kgical Seminary, and it is expected that a -semi-centennial celebration will be held along with the usual August . pito ver sariee. The number of students in attend.- . mice at present is one hundred and twenty thre; including thirteen resident licentiates. The Rev. Mr. Seeley, of Springfield, Mass., has accepted the appointment to the `;Antertit, Chapel at Paris. He is said to be eminently qualified, both as a preacher and Ohriitian gentleman for this important posaion., In the Maine Legislature the subject Of Temperance has been referred to a Commit ti:te' of 'twenty, embracing all shades of °pie ion on the subject. It is a common belief that the aid " Maine Law," in its g ent provisions,. will be submitted to a vote of the people, by whom it will be triumphantly re estiblished". NEW YORK `The . Market for Breadstufs has decined still farther; and present appearances jai ', ,nte yet lower prices. i The Amount of Specie now in the Bok , is larger than ever before; and 'since um!' chants are more than usually cautious M ,their business arrangements, discounts are much smaller; so some difficulty is found in in, keeping this surplus capital properly em ployed. A vigorous attempt will be made to hare the present Mary Laws repealed, and to allow•money, as other things, to fluctuate according to its market value. The rate of interest propotied when no special agreement has been made, is seven per cent. scene in - the Burdett TregdY,