materially to the reputation of the "Sweet Singer" of Methodism. After all, it would seem that the public have been pretty well acquainted with his best pieces. Among the poems in this collection, those to which is assigned the title "autobiographic" are specially interesting, for the reason that they illustrate the progress of the poet's religious character, and exhibit the thoughts to which he turned for consolation in the hours of doubt, and bereavement, and danger. Soine of his "polemic" pieces, too,-poems we can hardly call them, for though there is fire enough in them, it is certainly not poetic fire-we are not sorry to find here. They are so characteristic of the times in which they were written, and illustrate so well the nature of the unavoidable theological contests with the high Calvinistic divines of the period, that their omission would have been a mistake.

VENETIAN LIFE.*-The author of this volume has succeeded admirably in doing exactly what everyone is desirous to have done with regard to foreign cities and countries. Books of mere travel we have in abundance. They are all very well in their way; but most readers crave to know something of the characteristic life of the different European cities whose names are so familiar. The merit of this work is that it brings the reader into direct contact with every-day Venetian life in all its phases. Mr. Howell was for some years American consul in Venice, and he has succeeded in making the reader of his book share with him all his various experiences; first, as a bachelor at various lodgings in the different quarters of the city, then, as a married man at housekeeping, -if so it can be called. There is nothing of the guide book here. It is the very farthest remove possible from "Murray." It will take rank with Sir Francis Head's best book, “Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau."

REBELLION RECORD.-The sixty-first number of this invaluable documentary History of the Rebellion has now been published.

* Venetian Life. By W. D. HOWELLS. New York: Hurd & Houghton. 1867. 12mo. pp. 401. New Haven: T. H. Pease. Price $2.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS.

The Papacy; its historic origin, and primitive relations with the Eastern Churches. By the Abbe Guettee, D. D. Translated from the French, with a biographical notice of the author. With an introduction by A. C. Coxe, Bishop of Western New York. 12mo. pp. 383. New York: George W. Carleton.

The Last Warning Cry. With reasons for the hope that is in me. Ry Rev. J. Cumming. 12mo. pp. 327. New York: George W. Carleton.

Dr. Bushnell's Orthodoxy; or an inquiry whether the Factors of the Atonement are recognized in his "Vicarious Sacrifice." With a Defense of the New England Doctrine from his misinterpretations. By Rev. O. S. Taylor. 16mo. pp. 67. New Haven.

The Episcopate the Missionary Order of the Church. By a Presbyter. 12mo. pp. 53. Pott & Amery.

The Life of Jesus. According to the original Biographers, with notes. By J. R. Gilmore (Edmund Kirke). 12mo. pp. 297. Boston: Lee & Shepard.

American Ecclesiastical Law; the Law of Religious Societies, Church Government and Creeds, Disturbing Religious Meetings, and the Law of Burial-Grounds in the United States. With practical forms. By R. H. Tyler. 8vo. pp. 539. Albany: W. Gould.

Heaven and its Wonders, and Hell. From Things Heard and Seen. By Emanuel Swedenborg. 24mo. pp. 453. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.

A Letter to a Preacher of Universalism. By the late Rt. Rev. George Burgess, D. D., Bishop of Maine. 24mo. pp. 54.

Two Sermons on the Completion of Twenty Years of Pastoral Service. By R. S. Storrs, Jr., D. D. 8vo. pp. 57. New York.

A Sermon preached in Old Lyme on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of his Pastorate, July 1st, 1866. By D. S. Brainerd. 8vo. pp. 20.

The Great Pilot and his Lessons. By the Rev. Richard Newton, D. D. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1867. 16mo. pp. 309.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son; with Notes by James Hamilton, D. D., F. L. S.; and illustrations by Henry Courtnay Selous. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1867. 12mo. pp. 196.

The Good Report. Morning and Evening Lessons for Lent. By Alice B. Haven. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1867. 12mo. pp. 318.

Curfew Chimes; or, Thoughts for Life's Eventide. By J. R. Macduff, D. D, New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1867. 24mo. pp. 71.

Catena Dominica. A Series of Sunday Idyls. By John H. Alexander. Second Edition. 16mo. pp. 177. New York: A. 1. F. Randolph.

Manual of the Evidences of Christianity. For classes and private reading. By Stephen G. Bulfinch, D. D. Boston: William V. Spencer, 1866. 16mo. pp. 147. [To be noticed hereafter.]

Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Book of Genesis. From the Covenant to the Close. By Melancthon W. Jacobus, Professor of Bible History and Exe

gesis in the Thelogical Seminary at Allegheny, Pa. New York: R. Carter & Brothers. 1866. Vol. II. 12mo. pp. 266.

Hymns of Faith and Hope. By Horatius Bonar, D. D. New edition. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1867. 12mo. pp. 375.

Dr. Noyes's "Translations." [The American Unitarian Association offer a new and revised edition of the whole of Dr. Noyes's well-known and valuable translations of the Hebrew Prophets, the Book of Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Canticles, in four volumes of uniform style, for $1.25 a volume, and will also make a discount from this price of twenty-five per cent. to clergymen of every denomination.]

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

Philip II. of Spain. By Charles Gayarré. With an Introductory Letter by George Bancroft. 8vo. pp. iv., 366. New York: W. J. Widdleton.

The History of King Philip's War. By Benjamin Church. With an Introduction and Notes by Henry Martyn Dexter. 4to. pp. 1., 205. Boston: J. K. Wiggin.

The Government of Sir Edmond Andros over New England in 1688 and 1689. Read before the New York Historical Society. By John R. Brodhead. 8vo. PP. 40.

The Life and Times of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket. H. Stone. With a Memoir of the Author by his Son. pp. 509. Albany: J. Munsell.

By the late William With Portraits. 8vo.

The Journal of Maurice de Guérin, with an Essay by Matthew Arnold, and a Memoir by Sainte-Beuve. Edited by G. S. Trebutien. Translated by Edward T. Fisher. 16mo. pp. 153. New York: Leypoldt & Holt. Famous Americans of Recent Times. By James Parton. ton: Ticknor & Fields.

Trials of an Inventor.

8vo. pp. 473. Bos

Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear. By Rev.

B. K Pierce. 16mo. pp. 224. New York: Carlton & Porter.

The Story of Martin Luther. By Miss Whately. New York: R. Carter & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 354.

The Model Man; an Oration on Washington. By T. W. Hoit, St. Louis, Mo. 8vo. pp. 46.

Memorial Address and Proceedings at the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Geneseo, Illinois, Nov. 19 and 20, 1866. 8vo. pp. 30.

Additional Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts. Mr. Moore's Reply to his Boston Critics. 8vo. pp. 15.

Berlin and Sans Souci; or Romance. By L. Mühlbach. Coleman and her Daughters. Joseph II. and his Court.

BELLES LETTRES.

Frederick the Great and his Friends. An Historical Translated from the German by Mrs. Chapman 12mo, pp. 391. New York: D. Appleton & Co. A novel. By Louise Mühlbach. Translated by Adelaide De V. Chandron. 8vo. pp. iv., 343. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Two Marriages. By Dinah Mulock. 12mo. pp. 301. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Sybil's Second Love. By Julia Kavanagh. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

8vo. pp. 432.

Songs of Seven.

By Jean Ingelow. Illustrated. Small 4to. pp. 29. Bos

ton: Roberts Bros.
Fairy Tales of all Nations. By Edouard Laboulaye. Translated by Mary L.
Booth. 12mo. pp. 363. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Father Tom and the Pope; or a Night at the Vatican. Sq. 16mo. pp. 71.
Philadelphia: J. Pennington & Son.

Six Hundred Dollars a Year.

A Wife's Effort at Low Living under High

Prices. 18mo. pp. 183. Boston: Ticknor & Fields.

1867.

Father Clement. A Roman Catholic Story. By the author of the "Decision." From the last Edinburgh edition, New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 16mo. pp. 246.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Education of Deaf Mutes Shall it be by Signs or Articulation? By Gardiner Greene Hubbard, of Cambridge, Mass. [This long vexed question, whether the education of Deaf Mutes shall be by signs or articulation, has come up once more for discussion in this country, Circumstances have interested the author personally in this subject, and so much of his pamphlet as relates to the results of his own experience in his own family is of value. It is admitted on both sides, we believe, that those who lose the sense of hearing in early life, after they once have learned in the usual way to articulate, may, if properly encouraged and taught, retain what language they have, and even cultivate a power of speaking and of understanding what is said to them, by watching the movements of the lips of those who talk with them. Of how much practical value this is for the deaf-mute out of the circle of his own family and friends is a question. But from this, and the other numerous questions which are just now so warmly debated by the two parties at issue, we must abstain for want of room. We think that Mr. Hubbard has unintentionally failed to do justice to the friends of the Hartford Asylum; we say unintentionally, for there is every evidence, in his discussion of the subject, of a desire to deal fairly with all.]

American Neutrality; its honorable Past, its expedient Future. A protest against the proposed repeal of the Neutrality Laws, and a plea for their improvement and consolidation. By George Bemis. 8vo. pp. vi., 211. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

Trial by Impeachment. By Theodore W. Dwight. 8vo. pp. 283.

Is Davis a Traitor; or was Secession a Constitutional Right previous to the War of 1861? By Albert Taylor Bledsoe. 12mo. pp. 263. Baltimore.

The English of Shakespeare; illustrated in a Philological Commentary on his Julius Cæsar. By G. L. Craik. Edited from the third revised edition, by W. J. Rolfe. 12mo. pp. xiv., 386. Boston: Crosby & Ainsworth.

A Defense of Rhetoric. By Anson J. Upson, A. M., Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, and Elocution, in Hamilton College. From the Proceedings of the University Convocation, for 1865. 8vo. pp. 21.

Remarks on Classical and Utilitarian Studies. Read before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dec. 20, 1866. By Jacob Bigelow, M. D., late President of the Academy. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 1867. 8vo. pp. 57.

Studies of our English; or Glimpses of the Inner Life of our Language. By M. Schele de Vere, LL. D. 12mo. pp, vi., 365. New York: C Scribner & Co. Observations on the Scientific Study of Human Nature. A Lecture delivered before the London College of Preceptors, Oct. 10th, 1866. By Edward L. Youmans, M. D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1867. 12mo. pp. 41.

En Avant, Messieurs! Being a Tutor's Counsel to his Pupils. By Rev. G. H. D. Matthias. 16mo. pp. 279. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.

The Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula. By Carl Ritter. Translated and adapted to the use of Biblical students, by W. H. Gage. In four volumes. 8vo. pp. xiii., 451; v., 418; viii., 396; vii., 410. New York: Price $14. Printed in Edinburgh.

D. Appleton & Co.

Brazil, the Home for Southerners; or a Practical Account of what the Author and others saw and did while in that Empire. By Rev. B. S. Dunn.

296. New York: C. B. Richardson.

12mo. pp.

An Inquiry into the Origin of Modern Anesthesia. By Hon. Truman Smith. 8vo. pp. 165. Hartford: Brown & Gross.

"Swingin Round the Cirkle." By Petroleum V. Nasby (D. R. Locke), late Pastor of the Church of the New Dispensation, etc. His ideas of Men, Politics, and Things, as set forth in his Letters to the Public Press during the year 1866. II. lustrated by Thomas Nast. 12mo. pp. 299. Boston: Lee & Shepard.

The New Gospel of Peace according to St. Benjamin. 12mo. pp. xxvi., 343, New York: American News Co.

Day Dawn. By the author of "Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars." New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1867. 24mo. pp. 35.

A Sequel to Ministering Children. By Maria Louisa Charlesworth. New York: R. Carter & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 428.

Publications of the American Tract Society, 150 Nassau street New York.Toils and Triumphs of Union Missionary Colportage for twenty-five years. By one of the Secretaries of the American Tract Society. 24mo. pp. 182.-Hints and Thoughts for Christians. By Rev. John Todd, D. D. 12mo. pp. 260.—A Mother's Legacy; or Sabbath Evening Counsels to her Sons and Daughters. By Mrs. Nancy Sproat, late of Taunton, Mass. 24mo. pp. 139.-The Bible Reader's Help. From the Religious Tract Society, London. 24mo. pp. 159.

Publications of the American Tract Society, 28 Cornhill, Boston. The BlueBook Stories. 24mo. pp. 203.

Publications of the American Sunday School Union, No. 1122 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.-Shenac's Work at Home. 12mo. pp. 410.-Eleanor, an Autobiography. 16mo. pp. 312.-The Little Beggar Boy; or Thou Shalt not Covet. 24mo. pp. 151.-Child Life in Egypt. 24mo. pp. 308.

Reprints of British Periodicals. Each of the January numbers of the Reviews, reprinted by "The Leonard Scott Publishing Company," contain important Articles on the great questions of Reform which are now agitating all classes in the British nation. Among other Articles of special interest in these numbers, will be found discussions of the subjects of University Education, Trades-Unions, Ritualism, Fenianism, and Meteoric Showers.