We find it difficult to express our admiration of the service which Messrs Johnstone and Hunter are at present rendering to the religious literature of our country, by their elegant, yet unprecedentedly cheap, reprint of the Works of Dr Owen, the first volume of which now lies on our table...... The Publishers have been fortunate in securing the editorial services of the Rev. Wm. H. Goold of Edinburgh, one every way qualified for the work, who seems to have entered on his labours with a full sense alike of the responsibility, the difficulty, and the honour of the undertaking, and to have determined to spare no pains to present this edition of the works of the great puritan divine in the best attainable condition.-Scottish Guardian.

Messrs Johnstone and Hunter, in fulfilment of their promise, have issued the first volume of this great undertaking; and, viewed as a specimen, we predict for it a reception worthy of the performance: it cannot fail to give universal satisfaction-nay, to excite admiration, that a volume so ample should be furnished for a trifle so insignificant...... Mr Goold has made an excellent commencement; and there is no doubt that he will close as he has begun. . . . . . The Editor has prefixed to each publication a Prefatory Note, which, at this late day, will be useful to the less erudite reader.-British Banner.

We hail with unfeigned delight the appearance of the first volume of Messrs Johnstone and Hunter's splendid edition of Owen's Works... We have to state to our readers that the work is admirably printed upon clear and excellent paper; that the General Preface, by Mr Goold, is a suitable introduction to the Works of Dr Owen, and proves how well he is fitted for the arduous task of editing them.-Evangelical Magazine.

We have here a General Preface by the Editor, well adapted to conciliate the esteem and confidence of the reading public.-Wesleyan Methodist Magazine.

With its careful and characteristic portrait, with its original and entertaining biography, with 500 pages of letter-press besides, in neat attire and beautiful typography, the first volume of the standard Owen has now appeared... ... Mr Goold's Preface shows how well he is qualified for his arduous task; and we are sure he will fulfil it with honour to himself.-English Presbyterian Messenger.

Messrs Johnstone and Hunter have at length made their appearance, and a goodly appearance it is. Vol. I. of the prince of English divines is now before us; and it is but simple justice to say that while it fulfils to.the letter the stipulation of the Publishers, it entirely meets our most sanguine expectations. The Publishers have found a competent Editor in the Rev. W. H. Goold, who has already introduced his great Encyclopædia of Divinity by a General Preface, which combines brevity with fulness, and pertinence with accuracy.-Christian Witness.

Messrs Johnstone and Hunter have more than fulfilled their promise to their Subscribers. Here is a handsome octavo, printed with a new and beautiful type, on most excellent paper, and containing upwards of 600 pages, for the marvellous cost of about four shillings! But it is of higher importance that the volume is carefully and competently edited by Mr Goold.-Nonconformist.

This is a publication scheme which, in point of cheapness and beauty of printing and execution, deserves to be characterized as a wonderful specimen of literary enterprise. Here are sixteen large elegantly printed volumes, containing all the works of Dr Owen, with the exception of the Commentary on the Hebrews, offered for three guineas, or less considerably than one-half of what the edition edited by Russell cost...... The whole are to be arranged under three divisions, -Doctrinal, Practical, and Controversial; the doctrinal embracing five volumes; the practical four; and the controversial seven; the series to be edited by the Rev. W. H. Goold, Edinburgh, whose attainments admirably qualify him for this important and responsible task.-Scottish Press.

The first volume of this great undertaking i; now on our table. And if we were surprised and delighted by the first announcement of the scheme, our surprise and delight have been greatly augmented by this specimen of the manner in which it is to be executed. The performance outstrips the promise. The volume before us is a most elegant one. Whether you look to the paper or the type,

it is all that could be wished. We are persuaded that nothing cheaper, in the same style of execution, has ever issued from the British press. For accuracy too, which is the main point in editions of books, it stands unrivalled. Innumerable blunders, which deform former editions of Owen, are corrected in this; and' it is plain that the Editor must have expended a vast amount of pains on the work of revision, and on the verification of quotations. This we have no doubt will become the editio princeps of the Works of Owen.-Christian Journal.

The appearance of the first volume of this new and beautiful edition of the Works of the celebrated Dr Owen is remarkable, as an indication of the reading character of the age.-London Record.

Among the divines of the seventeenth century John Owen holds a conspicuous place. He took part in the theological and ecclesiastical questions of his day, and his controversial writings prove how warmly and how ably he did battle for what he believed to be the truth of God; but upon his practical and expository writings his fame chiefly rests. The Works of Owen have been deservedly held in high esteem by evangelical Christians of every section of the church, and the present edition, of which the first volume lies before us, is a proof at once of the enterprising spirit of the Publishers and of the enduring popularity of the old Puritan; for assuredly had there not been still a large body of admirers of Owen, and purchasers of his works, we should never have seen such a collection of the latter, so ably edited, and sold at so low a price.—Scottish Congregational Magazine.

While we hail the appearance of the first volume of these works, we cannot refrain from congratulating their accomplished Editor on the auspicious commencement of the undertaking, and on the "General Preface "--so vigorously and gracefully written, with which they are introduced. The task in which he is engaged is arduous and responsible; but we doubt not it will be ably and satisfactorily performed. It imposes on him the duty of comparing former editions, that he may guard against and correct all inaccuracies of bringing out the author's meaning, by a revisal and reform of the punctuation, which in many places makes it exceedingly obscure and unintelligible-of rectifying the disorder and confusion into which the divisions and subdivisions had been thrown by careless and unskilful hands-of verifying the Scripture references, and the quotations from the Greek and Latin Fathers, which appeared to former editors so formidable, that they all shrunk from attempting it, and seemed to deem it most unreasonable that any such thing should be expected of them-and of preparing prefatory notes to the different treatises, and watching generally over the movements of the press. All these things cannot but demand a large expenditure of time, research, and labour.-Scottish Presbyterian.

In

There is a General Preface by the Editor, Mr Goold, containing much important information regarding the early editions of Dr Owen's Works, and telling us of the elaborate means employed to secure the accuracy of the present one. that preface, we have an abundant guarantee at once for the accuracy, the sound judgment, and thorough appreciation of Owen's position as a divine of the very first class, on the part of the Editor; and if the other fifteen volumes resemble that now issued, nothing will remain to be desired by the admirers of Owen-a standard edition will be the result.-Witness.

The editorship of this collection is honourable to all concerned. Typographical accuracy has been attained at the cost of immense labour in collating previous editions; but no liberties are taken with the text. . . . . . Mr Goold deserves the thanks of the Christian public, for the industry, learning, and taste which he has spent on this labour; and his name is already honourably associated with one of the fathers of British theology and religious liberty.-Christian Times.

This is an undertaking that certainly deserves encouragement; for if it can prove itself successful, and can accomplish fully what it undertakes,—and there seems not the slightest reason for doubting it, we may well expect that it will lead to very great results, and be an effective means of placing all our very best authors within the reach of the most economical students. When we compare this edition with many of the cheap ones that we were glad to avail ourselves of, some twenty-five years since, when we were students, and mark not only the very

great reduction in price, but the equally great improvement in type, paper, accuracy of printing, and clearness in working off, we cannot but rejoice to see such progress in the mechanical part of book-making, and hail it as one of the proofs, multiplying on all hands, of the education of the people, and the extension of knowledge amongst mankind.-Christian Guardian and Churchman's Magazine.

We hail the prospect of the series of publications to be comprised in the "Standard Library of British Divines," projected by Messrs Johnstone and Hunter, and of which the Works of Dr Owen form the first issue. It is, in every point of view, a noble enterprise, and, if supported as it promises to be, will, we are confident, accomplish more for the interests, not only of ministers, but through them, of the whole Church of Christ, than any publication scheme which even our enterprising age has witnessed. Its marvellous cheapness is one recommendation-its elegance is another-its accuracy is a third; and all are of importance. The first two are plain to every observer, the third can be known only to those who have examined the work for themselves. Having done this, we can speak to it. The name of the Editor, the Rev. W. H. Goold, will amply suffice with all who know him, as a guarantee that whatever ripe scholarship, high intelligence, and patient labour can accomplish, will not be awanting. But half an hour's comparison of the edition with any previous one will serve the same purpose. On a single page of a recent edition of the work on "the Person of Christ," we discovered lately no fewer than six textual blunders, all of which (we find) have been corrected by Mr Goold; and in a short quotation from one of the Greek Fathers, the blunders averaged three in every line, of course rendering the passage quite unintelligible. We need not say that the annoyance of this was extreme, and that such a book was dear at any price. It is very pleasing, however, to find that we have now the prospect of an edition which will be the cheapest, and the most accurate, as well as the most elegant in the market.—Christian Treasury.

The

So far the spirited Publishers of this edition of the Works of the memorable Dr Owen have fulfilled their pledge to the public, and something more. memoir, extending to more than a hundred closely printed pages, evinces a sound knowledge of the subject on the part of the author, and is written in the right spirit. The paper and print are everything that could be wished; and we sincerely hope the sale will be such as to leave no room for doubt as to the success of the "Standard Library of British Divines."—-British Quarterly Review.

The first volume of the works of this illustrious divine has just appeared, and reflects the highest credit on all concerned in its production. The Editor (the Rev. Mr Goold) has evidently expended great labour upon it-labour securing unprecedented accuracy—as he has exhibited much judgment in the arrangement of his materials. We would advise those of our readers whose circumstances admit of it, to become subscribers to this invaluable work.-Scottish Christian Journal.

We hail, therefore, with delight the commencement of this magnificent project; and we augur, from the character of that commencement, that the enterprising Publishers will more than fulfil those high hopes which their spirited Prospectus, sustained as it was by their own high character, has inspired through every branch of the great Christian community. The volume of Owen now on our table is every thing we can desire. The clearness of the type, the excellence of the material, and the artistic taste in every part of the workmanship, reflect the highest credit on all who are concerned; and we need scarcely say, that the labours of the Editor in arranging and securing accuracy, and the well-written life of the great author, are highly honourable to the excellent writers.—Protestant World.

EDINBURGH PRINTED AT THE WODROW PRESS.