PERIODICALS. Church Monthly. May. MAY 15, 1866. An American in the Cathedrals of Europe (W. R. Alger).-Edward Brooks Hall.-A Political Note. Some Thoughts on Ritualism for American Church--Review of Current Literature.-New Publications men.-A Cause of Scepticism, and its Remedy. Received. New York: James Miller. Greek and Roman Preparations for the Gospel.- United States Service Magazine. May. Bryan Maurice, or The Seeker.-The Joint Mission of the English and American Churches to the Hawaiian Isles.-The late Dr. Whewell.-Christian Education in Colleges.-Hymn for the Holy Communion.-John Henry Newman.-Book Notices. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. Monthly Religious Magazine. May. The Sunday School: its Aims and Means.-Garments of Praise for Heaviness.-The Four Pillars Strengthened: a Sermon (Rev. R. Ellis).-Hymns from the German (Rev. N. L. Frothingham).-The Tübingen School: No. III. (S. G. Bulfinch).-Margaret's Magnolia.-A Letter from Europe.-Doing Good.-Sketches of Life in Utah.-Random Readings. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles. Christian Examiner. May. The Defence of New Orleans.-The Fourth Army Corps-from the Chickamauga to the Chattahoochie. My First Capture.-Maj.-Gen. B. H. Grierson.The Peace Work of the Navy (De B. R. Keim).— Ana of the War (C. G. Leland).-The Army of the Potomac. Editorial Notes.Congress.- Correspondence. Literary Notices. Official Intelligence; the Army; the Navy; the National Guard. New York: C. B. Richardson. Our Young Folks. May. Wandering About, the Huguenot Fort (Carleton). -A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.-The English Redbreast and the American Robin (T. M. B.).-May-day (J. W. Newcomb, Jr.).-The Bluebird (Emily H. Miller).-Something about Our Baby (Mrs. A. M. Diaz).-Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket (Mrs. H. B. Stowe).-Susy's Dragon (Nora The Unitarian Movement.-Tischendorf's Plea for Perry).-Richmond Prisons (J. T. Trowbridge).— the Genuineness of the Gospels (F. H. Hedge).- Katy Must Wait (Mrs. Anna M. Wells).-Afloat in State University of Michigan (C. H. Brigham).- the Forest (Mayne Reid).-The Enchantress (T. B. Francis William Newman (J. W. Chadwick).- Aldrich).-Round the Evening Lamp.-Our LetterBushnell on Vicarious Sacrifice (J. F. Clarke).- Box. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. PHILOSOPHICAL. BOOK NOTICES. An Examination of Mr. J. S. Mill's Philosophy; being a Defence of Fundamental Truth. By James M'Coch, LL. D. pp. 434. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. The ancient reputation of Hibernia for metaphysic acumen and dialectic skill is well maintained by Dr. M'Cosh, the Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in Queen's College, Belfast. Of his "Method of the Divine Government," so eminent an authority as Sir William Hamilton said, "It is refreshing to read a work so distinguished for originality and soundness of thinking." M'Cosh does not appear here as a Hamiltonian, and he has indeed earnestly opposed some of the leading doctrines of that philosophy as expounded by Hamilton and Mansell. It is his opinion that Hamilton was never able to weld into a consistent whole, the realistic matter he got from Reid and the subjective forms he took from Kant. At the same time M'Cosh, as might be expected, declines to give any adherence to many of the objections which have been taken by Mill, which are stated to abound in inconsistencies, misunderstandings, and mistakes. The different chapters pass in review the leading matters of controversy, and students of this department of thought, who are interested in the great controversy which has been set afloat, will find the Belfast Professor one of the most sturdy combatants on the field. We may add that touching the ground of our belief in an external world, as developed by Mr. Mill in his examination, the number of" Blackwood's Magazine" for January last contains a valuable paper. Essays, Philosophical and Theological. By James Martineau. pp. iv., 424. Boston: V. Spencer. Mr. Martineau's name and merit are known to those who are acquainted with the most recent phase of English thought. He has contributed freely to the Prospective, Westminster, National, and other Reviews, papers which have excited marked attention. Mr. Spencer is entitled to the credit of searching out these essays, and giving them to us in a collected form in a handsome volume. The subjects are-Comte's Life and Philosophy; John Stuart Mill; Nature and God; Science, Nescience and Faith; Mansel's Limits of Religious Thought; Cerebral Psychology Bain: Revelation, what it is not and what it is; Personal Influence of our present Theology: Newman, Coleridge, Carlyle; Theology in its Relation to Progressive Knowledge. These titles all indicate that Mr. Martineau is dealing with the imminent questions of the time. RELIGIOUS. Ecce Homo: a Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ. pp. 355. Boston: Roberts Brothers. This is a republication of a recent English work. It calls upon its readers to place themselves "in imagination at the time when he, whom we call Christ, bore no such name, but was simply as St. Luke describes him, a young man of promise, popular with those who knew him, and appearing to enjoy the Divine favor, to trace his biography from point to point, and accept those conclusions about him, not which church doctors, or even apostles, have sealed with their authority, but which the facts themselves, critically weighed, appear to warrant." We are not aware that the ultimate conclusions substantially differ from those usually held; they seem, however, to be reached by rather a novel path. The volume is a small one, but it is written by a scholar and a thinker. We know not who is the author. We have heard it attributed to Mr. Gladstone, but we know not on what authority. We should not be surprised to see it attract considerable attention. The Living Temple; or Scriptural Views of the Church. By John S. Stone, D. D. pp. 354. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. The work here offered to the public embodies the substance, carefully revised, slightly enlarged, and MAY 15, 1866. somewhat modified, of what was some years ago | The Lives and Times of the Roman Pontiffs, from St. published under the title of "The Church Univer- Peter to Pius the Ninth. New York: D. J. Sadlier sal." The book aims primarily to unfold the & Co. scriptural idea of the Church. The contents are divided into three portions, viz: the Church as a spiritual body, the Church as a visible body, the well-being of the visible Church. The author, as against the Romanist and the Exclusive Episcopalian, regards the Church, in its highest sense, as "that great company of true believers in Christ, who hold His truth in the main, whole and incorrupt, and who by His sole Divine power and agency are saved from sin and everlasting death." What Then? or the Soul's To-Morrow. By E. H. The Holy Comforter; His Person and His Work. The publishers are issuing this work in parts. It is written by Chevalier D'Artaud, and translated by the Rev. Dr. Neligan. It has reached the seventeenth part, coming down to Gregory XIII., who was elevated to the pontificate in 1572. The work contains a number of excellent steel engravings, and is printed on fine paper from new type. It is said to be the only "Lives of the Popes" by a Catholic author ever published in the English language. Short Sermons to Newsboys; with a History of the Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church: Part A very interesting account is here given of the II. From Samuel to the Captivity. By Arthur reformatory efforts made by some benevolent people Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster. pp. in New York, in behalf of the newsboys. The body xvii., 656. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. of the volume consists of sermons, fifteen in numDean Stanley's lectures are not only a contribu-ber, delivered to them by Mr. Brace; and an aption to theological literature, but by their animated, pendix furnishes some facts connected with their picturesque, and, at times, eloquent style they are Lodging-House and Bank. attractive also to the layman and the general reader of history. No one can read them without being gratified by their brilliant literary qualities. The present series covers the grandest and most eventful periods of the Hebrew church, and warriors, bards, and prophets-David, Solomon, and Isaiah-are the central figures around which the graphically narrated events revolve. Scribner & Co. publish the volume in an admirable form, and by arrangement with the author. BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the The publishers are rapidly pushing on the publication of this important work. We have before heartily commended the style in which it is produced. The two volumes now in hand cover the period from 1547 to the death of Mary in 1558. Mr. Froude's style is certainly an admirable one. He is free from the heaviness and solemnity of the old school of historical writers, while at the same time he has the vivacity and sparkle of that recent school whose chief object is to modernize the past, and by dislocating it, as it were, from its attachments and surroundings, and transferring it to the present, render it a huge anachronism. Records from the Life of S. V. S. Wilder. pp. 404. Prior to 1842 Mr. Wilder had been for seventeen years President of the American Tract Society, and the Society in issuing this volume not only pays an honorable tribute to a faithful officer, but presents a record of the life of a devout layman, such as should stir up others to good works. The volume is an extremely readable one, for Mr. Wilder in the earlier part of his life mingled much with public men in Europe and in this country. On page 169 is an interesting account of an interview with President Jackson on the subject of the claims by this country against France. Hours with the Youngest. No. 2. The Second Year in Infant School; being a Course of Instruction about the Lord our God, comprising Tales, Stories, Tests, Illustrations, Hymns, Catechisms, Exercises, etc., adapted to Young Classes and to Home Teaching. By Mary Harvey Gill, author of "Sister Mary's Stories," etc. pp. xix., 149, 103. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. A very ingenious and thorough plan of Sabbathschool instruction is presented in this volume. It is an admirable manual for teachers who would give variety and interest to their instructions. Wee Davie. By Norman Macleod, D. D. pp. 86. The American Tract Society, New York, has added these to its list of juveniles. In general style they correspond with the other excellent publications of the Society. Trust; or a Peep at Eaton Parsonage. By Sarah This little story is thoroughly religious in its aim, while the conversations and the contrasts of character will render it quite a readable juvenile. Poor Matt; or the Clouded Intellect. By Jean Ingelow. pp. 125. Boston: Roberts Brothers. touching simplicity and pathos, which can scarcely The Lost Lilies; a Story for Children. By Emma libraries. POETRY. MAY 15, 1866. "Lost Lilies" is a good story, printed | mended is simple, and seems to accord substantially on stout paper, and with large type. with that which is most generally adopted by the medical profession. "By pursuing it," says the author, "eighty-five out of every hundred of the collapsed cases, and all of the premonitory cases were recovered in the Bay of Bengal in 1852." Hospital Life in the Army of the Potomac. By Wil The Masquerade and other Poems. By John Godfrey No one can pick up this volume without enjoying its liam Howell Reed. pp. 199. Boston: William V. Spencer. raciness. We have had so much military, patriotic, solemn, pious, and other heavy poetry of late, that it is refreshing to get something which is entertain-with the spring of 1864, and continues down to the The narrative in the present volume commences ing and mirth-provoking. FICTION. Hidden Depths. pp. viii., 351. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. close of the war. The fields of observation are Fredericksburg, Rappahannock and Pamunky, City The text relates Point, Burksville, Petersburg. mainly to personal experiences in hospitals and among the sick and wounded on the field. SCHOOL BOOKS. Libro de Lectura. No. 1. pp. 132. Libro de Lectura. No. 3. pp. 403. The "Westminster Review" for April thinks that the author of this story "is either a young curate or a woman," and the reason for the opinion is that "no other beings could possibly have imagined such scenes. We leave it to our readers to form an opinion for themselves. Perhaps the fact that it is a religious novel of a strict sort is enough to in-course issued by Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co., duce the Westminster to say, "The book is put forward as being substantially true, whereas it is substantially false." Recommended to Mercy. By the author of "Taken upon Trust," etc. pp. 345. Mr. Carleton's opinion of "Recommended to Mercy" is such that he has been induced to put to press three other works by the same author, viz., "Taken upon Trust," "Zoe's Brand," and "The Golden Rule." Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing. From the German of Joseph von Eichendorff. By Charles Godfrey Leland. pp. 192. New York: Leypoldt & Holt. We have here, in a fitting English dress, a very characteristic work, and one quite popular in Germany. Mr. Leland's ability as a translator is well known, hence his version is as smooth and clear as if it were an original production in English. Besides its intrinsic attractiveness, he tells us that the work "has a peculiar value in the history of literature, or of 'culture' in being, as I may say, the early swallow of that pleasant spring of artist-life novels, which have since its appearance been written in almost every European language." The publishers have issued the work in the style of neatness which characterizes all their publications. Miss Marjoribanks. By Mrs. Oliphant. pp. 182. The True History of a Little Ragamuffin. By the pp. 138. author of "Reuben Davidger," etc. Gilbert Rugge. By the author of a "First Friendship." pp. 235. From Harper & Brothers, New York, Nos. 268, 269, 270, of their Library of Select Novels. Joseph Grimaldi. By Charles Dickens. pp. 192. The Border Rifles. By Gustave Aimard. pp. 172. From T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia. Doctor Kemp: the Story of a Life with a Blemish. From the American News Company, New York. MEDICAL. Epidemic Cholera: Its Mission and Mystery, Haunts and Havocs, Pathology and Treatment, with Remarks on the Question of Contagion, the Influence of Fear, and Hurried and Delayed Interments. By a former Surgeon in the Service of the Honorable East India Company. pp. 120. New York: Carleton. Notwithstanding a little levity of style in some portions of this work, it is written in an earnest and confident spirit, and is based upon large experience with the diseas. The treatment recom These two volumes are portions of a Spanish New York. No. 3 is a copious reader, containing not only many of the literary gems of the Castilian language from its earliest period to our own days, It is supplied with a vocabulary. The same pubbut also extracts from Spanish-American writers. lishers have also issued a "Union Speller" by Charles W. Sanders, based upon the new illustrated edition of Webster's Dictionary. MISCELLANEOUS. The Emphatic Diaglott: Containing the Original Greek Text of what is commonly styled the Greek Testament (according to the Recension of Dr. J. J. Griesbach), with an Interlineary Word for Word English Translation; a New Emphatic Version, based on the Interlineary Translation, with Renderings of Eminent Critics, on the Various Readings of the Vatican Manuscript No. 1209 in the Vatican Library; together with Illustrative and Explanatory Footnotes and a Copious Selection of References, to the whole of which is added a Valuable Alphabetical Index. By Benjamin Wilson. New York: Fowler & Wells. The long title of this work is so descriptive of its contents that little need be added by us. The plan is novel, and cannot fail to be beneficial to students of the Greek Testament, especially to beginners, although scholars and theologians will probably differ as to the merits of the volume. It is, however, the result of laborious and zealous study, and contains results of biblical criticism, and readings of various manuscripts, in a compact and convenient The Miniature Fruit Garden; or, the Culture of Pyramidal and Bush Fruit Trees. By Thomas Rivers. pp. x., 133. Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained; Containing the Result of Thirty-Five Years' Experience, and Directions for Using the Movable Comb and BoxHive, together with the Most Approved Methods of Propagating the Italian Bee. By M. Quinby, Practical Bee-keeper. pp x., 348. Orange Judd & Co., New York, have recently issued these, each of which is valuable in its department. The first one was originally published fifteen years ago. A second edition appeared in 1856. It has now been extensively improved both in the botanical and the popular portions, and a hundred pages of new matter added. The second work has passed through thirteen editions in England, and is by a pomologist of high repute. It is re MAY 15, 1866. published without alteration. The last volume is by a well-known bee-keeper. It has been revised and newly written, and aims to be practical rather than scientific. Adrift in Dixie; or, A Yankee Officer among the Rebels. With an Introduction by Edmund Kirke. pp. 224. New York: Carleton. The author of this volume is Henry L. Estabrooks, a Lieutenant in the 26th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry. He was captured by the Confederate troops at the battle of Berryville, sent first to Libby, afterwards to a place further south, but managed to escape on the route. He subsequently reached the Union lines. The book is a narrative of his adventures. The Laws of Short Whist. Edited by J. L. Baldwin. And a Treatise on the Game, by J. C. First American Edition, with an Introduction. pp. 153. New York: Leypoldt & Holt. The "Laws" here given appear to have been adopted by a large number of the leading clubs of London. They are expressed in brief though intelligible form. The greater part of the volume is occupied with the "Treatise on Short Whist." The introductory note of the American editor points out the difference between Short Whist and the oldfashioned game, which seems to consist mainly in the manner of scoring. PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. Sadlier's Catholic Almanac and Ordo, for the year of our Lord 1866; with a full report of the various Dioceses in the United States, British North America, and Ireland. pp. 258, 136. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co. Death and After-Life; three lectures by Andrew Jackson Davis; also, A Voice from the Summer Land. pp. 101. New York: A. J. Davis & Co. The Threatening Ruin, A Discourse for the Times. By Joseph A. Seiss, D. D. pp. 39. Philadelphia: Smith, English & Co. 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