Lay Lectures on Christian Faith and Practice. By John | Tractarianism not of God.-Sermons. By Charles B. Mr. Bullar would appear to be a favourite lay preacher, to probably a congregation of Independents. By the term lay we are not to understand, in this case, a plain, unlettered, pious Christian, whose exhortations may nevertheless be highly profitable for edification. The author of these discourses is a man of ability, literary taste, and competent learning; if not, indeed, possessed of more learning than belongs to many ordained priests. We beg of our readers, in perusing this note to a lecture entitled Virtuous Obstinacy, to keep the cheap postage merits of Rowland Hill before them: "It is well worth a strenuous and prolonged effort, on the part of parents, whose children are inevitably separated from the guardianship of a happy home, to keep up assiduous intercourse by means of regular correspondence by letter. The pecuniary expense of this is now so happily obviated that it would be inexcusable to neglect the opportunity of a quiet insensible influence of this kind. Long observation and experience have convinced me, that this is a mode of converting the stress of parental authority into the gentlest restraints of love, esteem, and friendship, which is capable of the most useful adaptation to the whole connexion, that the varying course of human life, from childhood up to maturity, may be said to graduate between parents and children. A perpetual stream of advice defeats its own object. It is the interchanged communication of little daily occurrences perpetually presenting the image of home, that is best adapted to keep up the feeling, which may make the good principles and habits of home still present to the now distant member of the family. His affections may thus be kept in healthy and continued exercise towards those he has left; with the prevalent and influential feeling, amidst unavoidable temptations, that whatever would injure his mind or heart, must painfully wound those whom he neither would nor could forget, conscious from this frequent intercourse, that he is never neglected or forgotten by them. . The Fathers and Founders of the London Missionary Society. A Jubilee Memorial. Including a Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Institution. By John Morison, D. D., Author of "The Protestant Reformation." "Family Prayers for every day in the year," &c. &c. A new edition with 21 portaits. Octavo. Pp. 604. London: Fisher, Son, & Co. This is a new edition of what is likely to become a favourite household book with a numerous class in England. Lachrymæ Ecclesiæ.-The Anglican Reformed Church and her Clergy, in the days of their destitution and Suffering during the great Rebellion in the Serenteenth Century. By the Rev. George Wyatt, LL.B., F.S.A., Rector of Burghwallis, Doncaster. Fcap. 8vo. London: W. J. Cleaver. The strain of this book may be guessed at, when we state that the author, under the general name of Puritans, without much discrimination, vituperates sectarians of all denominations; and upholds the Church of England as the only pure Catholic and Apostolic Church, to the utter confusion of the numerous progeny of schism and also of the Papists, to whom the name of Catholic is denied. If from this the complexion of the work be not sufficiently understood, it may be added, that it is inscribed to Dr. Hook of Leeds, as one among the most sound and apostolical of modern divines. Tayler, M.A., Rector of St. Peters, and Evening Lecturer of St Mary's Chester. London: Longman & Co. This is a series of short discourses, exposing, in a popular but earnest manner, the prevailing spiritual delu sions of the day. This is not the first service which the author has rendered to the Church, of which he is a con scientious minister. The Convict Ship; a Narrative of the results of Scriptural Instruction and Moral Discipline, as these appeared on board the "Earl Grey," during the Voyage to Tasmania. By Colin Arrot Browning, M.D. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. In conducting the passengers of a convict ship to Van Diemen's Land, the surgeon, Dr. Browning, acted among them as a zealous chaplain, or Christian missionary. His volume relates solely to his efforts for the conversion and moral improvement of these outcasts; and his labours do not seem to have been in vain. Notes on the Historical Results deducible from the recent Discoveries in Afghanistan. By H. T. Prinsep, Esq. Octavo. P. 132. London: Wm. H. Allen, & Co. In one view, this volume is a catalogue raisonée of a collection of rare coins, &c. lately found in Afghanistan, and which are illustrative of the conquest of India by Alexander the Great, and his Greek and Parthian successors; in another, by the help of numismatic lore, it attempts to throw light on the occupation of the regions of Central India by the dynasties of the successors of Alexander. Though curious to the numismatic, Oriental, and perhaps classical antiquary, this is scarcely a book for ordinary readers. The work contains a number of well-executed plates of coins and other curious relics found in the East. The Irish Question considered in its Integrity. Second Edition. With an Introduction and Prefatory Remarks on the Conduct of the House of Peers. By Viscount Wellesley. 8vo. London: Longman & Co. The Introduction to the second edition of this publication is more important and nearly as bulky as the original work. In it the author treats of the somewhat anomalous functions of the House of Peers, and warmly protests against their decision on what he considers the relinquishment of their privileges in the recent case of the Irish state prisoners. This waiving f their privileges, he conceives to be fraught with danger to the constitution, and calculated to render the Hor of Peers contemptible in the eyes of Europe. The reader will be better able to estimate the weight due to this writer's opinions when reminded that the same Viscount Wellesley who now comes forward as a political writer or statesman, is the once well-known Mr. Long Pole Tilney Long Wellesley. As we do not suppose that the noble Viscount's opinion on Irish affairs will have much influence with any party or any government, his manifesto does not require farther comment. The Scientific Phenomena of Domestic Life, as they are presented in the House, or in a Walk in the Fields, familiarly explained. By Charles Foote Gower, Esq. London: James Ridgway. This is a small dish of the most harmless pap of nataral philosophy, intended for the nutriment of sucklings Such preparations, however, have their uses, even to those not of tender age. The Economy of Waste Manures, a Treatise on the Nature | taries of Henry and Brown in editing and annotating a and Uses of Neglected Fertilizers. By John Hannan. London: Longman & Co. This treatise was written at the request of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, for the praiseworthy purpose of circulating information among practical farmers, and of making them better acquainted with the resources which they possess, without knowing how best to turn them to advantage. The work not only teaches how the manures already at the command of the farmer may be economized, but points out numerous sources from which fertilizers may be obtained, which are at present totally wasted. The work is worthy the attention of the practical agriculturist, and also of the public economist. Letters from Calcutta to Friends at Home, from June 1843 to May 1844. By an Idler. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. I. THE MOSAIC WORKERS; a Tale. To which is added, THE ORCO; a Tradition.-Translated from the French of George Sand, by E. A. A. II. THE FOUNTAIN; and other Poems. By W. C. Bryant. III. Ballads; and other Poems. By John G. Whittier. IV. SONGS AND BALLADS. By J. E. Carpenter, a new Edition. These are, in their typography and external appearance, exceedingly neat and even tasteful little volumes; and purport to be the first of a series which deserves encouragement, from combined neatness, cheapness, and the quality of the works. The Mosaic Workers is the only one of the publications which can be strictly called original. It is an elegant translation of the only one of George Sand's Tales which every class of English readers must consider perfectly unexceptionable. We are not so sure that it is one of her best performances, though undoubtedly a work of genius, and one for which the Foreign Quarterly Review has stimulated English curiosity. A shorter imaginative and allegorical tale by George Sand entitled "The Orco; a Tradition of the Austrian Rule in Venice," fills up the volume. THE REV. THOMAS SCOTT'S COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version; with an introductory essay, and numerous additional notes, critical, practical, and explanatory. By the Rev. Wm. Symington, D.D. Glasgow. Imperial quarto, with plates, maps, &c. Glasgow M'Kenzie, White, & Co. : It is not without reason that Scott's Commentary on the Bible has, taking it altogether, come to be esteemed the best work of the sort that has yet appeared. It is complete, accurate, judicious, and sober-minded, and has obtained the suffrages of the most competent judges. The Rev. Dr. Symington, one of many who has borne testimony to its merits, has preferred it to the commen family expositor of the sacred writings. He pledges himself for the accuracy of this edition, in which he has throughout followed that which received the author's careful and final revision. He states that "Additional matter, to some considerable extent, is supplied. This consists of brief annotations, introduced, for the most part, into the central columns, and occasionally into the body of the author's notes, but always in such a form as to be readily distinguished from the original work." In the few parts that have fallen under our notice, this profession seems to be amply redeemed. The Bible and Commentary are printed in the style most suitable for a work of this description, which in most families is regarded not only as an oracle, but an heir-loom. We are sorry that we cannot speak as favourably of the pictorial illustrations as of the letter-press. The prints enhance the expense of the work without adding much to its beauty or desirableness. THE COMPLETE CONCORDANCE TO SHAKSPEARE; being a Verbal Index to all the Passages in the Dramatic Works of the Poet. By Mrs. Cowden Clarke. Parts VI. and VII. London: Charles Knight & Co. A TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE. By the Artisan Club. Parts IV. and V. Illustrated by Steel Plates and Wood-cuts. London: Longman & Co. As this work progresses, it turns out to be the most complete and scientific account of the Steam Engine that has ever been laid before the public. OLD ENGLAND. A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities. Edited and published by Charles Knight. Parts X. & XI. MAXWELL'S HISTORY OF THE REBELLION IN IRELAND, EDUCATION AND JUVENILE WORKS. HISTOIRE DE FRANCE, Racontée à la Jeunesse. Par M. Lamé Fleury, Auteur de Plusieurs ouvrages d' Education. Nouvelle Édition, revue et soigneusement corrigée, avec des notes explicatives. Par J. Christison, Maitre de Français aux Séminaires de Dundee. Édimbourg: Myles Macphail.-This History is a favourite in French seminaries of education; and it will be a desirable acquisition in families and in schools where the French language is taught, both as a reading book and an epitome of the history of one of the greatest modern nations. We can vouch for the correctness of this edition. FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER. A course of Lessons on the Robertsonian Method. Sixth Edition. By A. H. Monteith, Esq. Hon. Member of the W. L. C. Also, by the same Author, ITALIAN without a Master; SPANISH without a Master; and GERMAN without a Master. Series First, Second, and Third. London: Samuel Gilbert. EMILY'S REWARD; or, the Holiday Trip to Paris. By Mrs. Hofland, author of the "Son of a Genius," &c. London Grant and Griffith.-This little book, by an author who has long enjoyed great popularity as a writer of stories for the young, is literally a guide to the principal sights of the French metropolis; and, as such, must prove in some degree instructive, while it entertains the juvenile reader. ARITHMETIC DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. By the Rev. J. W. Colenso. M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and late Mathematical Master of Harrow School. Second Edition. London: Longman | & Co. A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR; containing a complete new class of Exercises, &c., adapted to each rule, and constructed on a plan entirely new. By M. Flower, Leeds, and the Rev. W. B. Flower. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. The Counting House Guide to the Higher Branches of Logic: designed as an Introduction to the Study of Rea- The Farmers' Ready Reckoner; or Glasnerin Agricul- PAMPHLETS. Ed GENEALOGY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. inburgh; Myles Macphail.-This brochure must have caused an amount of trouble and research to which no one could have submitted who was not strongly predisposed to genealogical and historical inquiries. The genealogy of her majesty is elaborately traced through the Anglo-Saxon, Scottish, Norman, and Welsh lines. The collateral lines,-if we may so call them, which are traced are, to English readers, even more curious than the descent of her majesty. Those who stickle for legitimacy will be concerned to learn that there are three branches of the Stuart line to be swept off before Queen Victoria "can arrive at the full fruition of the legitimate title founded upon primogeniture and direct descent." These are represented by, 1st, the hereditary Prince of Modena ;- -but we cannot go farther into the subject than to state, that among the numerous heirs of the Stuart line is Louis Philippe, the present king of the French, whom,-if the rights of descent left any choice to us, we should prefer to the elder lines. The piece is of more value for its English Chronology than for its genealogies of the house of Stuart. TABLES SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SHIPPING INTEREST OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, UNITED STATES, AND FRANCE. By George Bayley, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. London: Smith, Elder, & Co.-This is a very useful work to merchants, underwriters, and shipowners. The author seems to doubt the correctness of the statements regarding the increasing annual loss of merchant vessels. THE AMELIORATION OF IRELAND, contemplated in a series of papers on the use of the Irish language in religious worship and instruction. Second edition. London: W. J. Cleaver. THE MISERIES OF PROSTITUTION. By James Beard Talbot. Secretary to the London Society for the Protection of Young Females. London: James Madden & Co. THE METEOROLOGICAL EPHEMERIS FOR 1845; with ruled pages for observations. By Henry Doxat, Esq. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. MAN, as a Physical, Moral, Religious, and Intellectual Smith, Elder, & Co. SCOTLAND VINDICATED, in a Letter to the Editor of The Weekly Dispatch, animadverting on certain Insolent Misrepresentations recently cast by The Dispatch on the Scottish Nation. Edinburgh: A. Ramsay. From this pamphlet, it would appear that some foolish writer in The Weekly Dispatch newspaper, in noticing Tytler's History of Scotland, had spoken slightingly of that portion of the United Kingdom; and a warm-hearted, hotheaded young Scot, resident apparently in London, takes up the cudgels in defence of his fatherland; and being, we suppose, denied access to the columns in which his country was maligned, attacks the editor of that paper with spirit, telling him some facts of which, had he been before aware, he might have been more guarded in admitting such figments into his newspaper. THE INTERESTS OF AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES IDENTICAL. By Mr. T. Plint. Leeds: E. Baines & Sons. THE MERCHANT SEAMAN'S ACT, 8TH VICTORIA, Condensed and Arranged for the Use of Shipowners, Masters, and Seamen. By William Hay. Dundee: W. Middleton. THE LACON OF LIBERTY; a Text-Book for all Classes of Reformers. London: Effingham Wilson. THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ALMANACK, and Reformer's Manual, for 1845. London: Davis & Hasler.-Besides a view of the Complete Suffrage movement for the past year, this work contains the tables found in ordinary almanacks. A few Radical topics are also discussed; such as Taxation-Fiscal Monopolies and Inequalities -National Expenditure-Registration of Voters-Occupations of the People-Game Laws, &c. END OF VOLUME ELEVENTH. Printed by WILLIAM TAIT, 107, Prince's Street, Edinburgh. |