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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. <The =Was
leyans, and the Baptists are Sloe' represented
Off the Row, to the right, are the Aldine
Chambers ; euggesting-" The Aldine.Edition,
of the Claesics;" and to the left, gg Chapter'
House 'Court," where reigns 'a man''-Whe;
makes his fortune by .
reporting and
poPular sermons,_ at the cost of one penny.,
But' while in the Row booksellers still do,
congregate, and Longman's house is c 4 king
or the eanseway," further East, in Cornhill,'
you find Smith, Elder & Co., who hava pub-,
lished some of
, Tbaokeray's hooka,' as well
as those of Warburton and of the antibiof
44 Jane Eyre." Noarer to the India House
are to be seen, books in windows, 'which
invite the young Cadet to the studyof . the:
Pension, Bindoostrinee, and Sanscrit. And
then, corning back on your path, and passing •
round St. Paul's 'cigch, here are Tanana
publishers and booksellers' i establishments: ,
In one Window, prominently are seen , see-'
_dep. of the _,/,, , ad.eham,-ciria`thc, nories,
_Felblished,.._eLeateitaTie — pliuograybs,
of • such celebrities as Palmerston, Lord
Campbell, Sir Colin Campbell, Faraday, and
the Bishop of 'Oxford.
Passing along the Strand Kent & Co. I
take the-place (and continue to ptiblieli
the same forms of, elegant illustrated works,)
of the lamented : David Bogue. Not far away
is the hones' of:Seeley & Co.; Evancreli6all
Church ,Booksellers; and looking . aaross,
your ,eytat , ‘ rests •on the barren i entralicci,,to,"
the court Where, Samuel Johnson's favor-.
its " tavori" still stands , :,
`BO it:11444n 'that 'the' contents ':of his
house the i f', Temple ,"tin part, ; at least,
were lately mild, and that. one,. gentleman
purchased the entire staircase up:whose
steps the r ion'derons lexicoerePher'Was' wont
tg r izilinig' and ia'aliont; it ia said , to Present;
it, as a permanent attraction, to`the Crystal
Palace, Sydenham.
I shall not ask you to walk up Chancery
Lane: with,m, for :perhaps you know enough
Law Books I already, and 'here. they
ihound " Chitty's Pleader," and all the
rest of theni,, oleic propinquity, to the
chambers of Solicitors and Banisters, and, to
the .valious: , Courts. of. Liiw.
feeder's do•-not want to knew what new: law
hooks or new 'editions 'of old - ones such as
Blackstone, or Coke' upon liyttleton have
recently been published.
In West Strand, near ' Chafing` Cross,
Picker's 'pnblishing house is one of high
reputation„and representsthe High CShnroh
.school. - Then, if yon go roundbyHatchard,
the Evangelical-Church , publish'er in Pie
cadily, You may thence repair to Mr. Mur
ray's, Alhemarle Street, the old familitr
haunt of Byron and *ow; and: ,Seott,'and
.Rogers. , 'After pausing Meditatively : there'
a little' yori may then , conclude your
peregrinations at Ilfassis..''Niebet Cd.'l3
Berners Street, Oxford Street, witere,
you enter, coinage of a 'Countess
gqdously inclined," stands at ,the door, 'and
wlienee yearly : issue some,of our most valua
Ide contributions a to, religious , literature.
But if yen wish to' go further, pass &sit 'to
HolbOrn, and you will' find ample store`of
old bookehops there.
,I might , indeed have lingered as we
went along, at other places, which rimy
'come up 'afterwards,. in referring to .new
publications. But OuT of Lowngst, books
and booksellers deserve notice:' Parker , of
`Word, end W.Millan, of ,Catabridge, give
,us theology mostly of, the high and dry
'school, although Profesior Jewett and
'Rev. Baden Powell are ' startling Ration-
Alistic. and thoroughly Clernianised excep
tions.. I must not , cross the Tweed, or
speak of Edinburgh and Glasgow publishers,
at present, or the' well-known' stores of
',3lauricw Ogle, of Glasgow. .
This leads na to say a word about OLD
800 SitOit in London. I speak not hers
'of the smaller fry of this class, although
some,of these, with their penny, four-penny
or six penny ticketed volumes On the stand
,outside, salmi found to have s,opte precious .
soldttreasaresiia Iteithcr i do,l re-.
:far eltipieissitlipPrint , Colleetorsior do moret. l
than refer to the places where autographs,
relics of great men, and articles of vertu
are to be found. There are plenty of pic
tures to be got which appear to the unini
tiated, originals, and not copies, and whose
antique-looking, cracked canvass seems to
tell of the days.•,of Raphael or Titian.
There are in London rare collections of
black letter and illuminated books.
Here I may mention that at the recent
sale of Dean Conybeare's library, two small
M.S. ,yolumetiof-Nycl:Affq'tl. (th,e earliest,),,
fraiiillition ; Of the NA! Testament, were sold'
Mr. Stewart, of King William Street,
Strand, 2 and - others, act as agents for the sale
of the books of decease& Divines, or men> 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,