executed; the printing is done in the most perfect style of the art, on superb paper, and it is bound in beautiful gilt binding. The Society has certainly tried its best on the "Elstow-tinker," and has now given to the world Bunyan's immortal work, in a form and dress worthy of its great excellence and popularity. It is sold also at an astonishing low price, considering its style and size, and must quickly supersede, both on account of its beauty and economy, all the other editions that have appeared in this country. Great pains have been taken in collating this edition with other copies, in order to render it a correct reprint of the original work. The original side-notes, which often throw much light upon the text, have been preserved. It embraces the autobiography of the Author in his "Grace Abounding."

The great essayist Macauley, speaking of this book, says, "The style of Bunyan is delightful to every reader, and invaluable as a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command over the English language. The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language; no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how little it has improved by all that it has borrowed." And again, “Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the 17th century, there were only two great creative minds. One of these minds produced the Paradise Lost, the other the Pilgrim's Progress."

6.-Poems by William Cowper. With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, by the Rev. Thomas Dale. With numerous splendid Engravings. In two volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers.

COWPER deservedly ranks among the first of English Poets. Others far surpassed him in imaginative powers, in depth and reach of original thought, in lofty genius, but few have equalled, none perhaps surpassed him, as the Poet of affection, of elevated religious sentiment and experience, and of social beauty and enjoyment. There is an artlessness, a naturalness, a pathos and sweetness in his poetry, that lends to it a peculiar charm, and gives it a most happy influence on one's tastes and moral feelings. If we could have but one of the great English Poets, we would, all things considered, take COWPER. His religious and devotional poetry, especially, is pre-eminently excellent and valuable.

The HARPERS have here given us a most superb edition of this great Poet. It is a finished and perfect copy. We have seldom if ever seen a book got up in better taste and style. It is illustrated by seventy-five beautiful engravings, and is printed and bound in that finished and elegant manner for which these publishers are distinguished. We are glad that they are giving to the world, in so attractive a form, the Standard British Poets. They have already given Shakespeare, Thompson, Goldsmith, Milton, and now Cowper; and we trust the series will be extended. As a gift-book, to any person of sense or true feelings, this single copy of Cowper is worth more than all the Annuals of the season, or a cart-load of the popular literature of the day.

7.-History of France, from the Conquest of Gaul, by Julius Cæsar to the reign of Louis Philippe; with Conversations at the end of each chapter. By MRS. MARKHAM. Prepared for the use of schools by the addition of a Map, Notes. Questions, and a Supplementary Chapter, bringing down the History to the present time. By JACOB ABBOTT. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1848. This is a very valuable History. It is admirably adapted to the school-room,

and will be found to be an entertaining narrative to the general reader. It gives a clear, concise and condensed account of the leading events which have transpired in that remarkable country, from the Conquest of Gaul by Cæsar, to the close of the recent eventful Revolution. The conversations by the Authoress, at the end of each chapter, are sure to arrest the attention and interest the mind of the pupil, and tend to fix the leading facts of the history in the memory. The Maps, Notes, Questions, and Supplement, by Mr. Abbott, add very much to the interest and value of the work.

8.-Wreaths of Friendship. By T. S. ARTHUR, & F. C. WOODWORTH. New York: Baker & Scribner.

It is a noble work to entertain, in a rational way, and instruct, the youthful mind; to teach useful and pious lessons in a winning and attractive manner. Few living writers are more successful in this department, than are the joint Authors of this elegant Annual. And they have herein twined many a chaste and beautiful "Wreath" of thought and affection, as a gift for their favorite ones. It was a happy thought that suggested this rational festival, for their numerous young friends, and no little tact and wisdom is manifest in carrying it out. It is a book of short stories, which will not only be read with interest but cannot fail to make a pleasing impression. Parents will find it an admirable gift-book for the younger members of their family. We heartily bid it god-speed in its mission of friendship and rational entertainment.

9.-First Book in Greek; containing a full view of the Forms of Words, with Vocabularies and Copious Exercises, on the method of constant Imitation and Repetition. By JOHN MCCLINTOCK, D.D., & GEORGE R. CROOKS, A.M., Profs. of Languages in Dickinson College. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1848. This book is prepared on the same plan with the "First Book in Latin,” from the same authors. That work was generally received with high approbation; was recommended by high authority, and we believe has been pretty extensively adopted as a school-book. We should think, from the examination we have given this First Book in Greek, that its merits were equal to that, and that it is a decided improvement upon previous works. We are highly pleased with its arrangements and execution, and should think that it was the best book for beginners in Greek, to be found in this country.

10.-Count Raymond, of Toulouse, and the Crusade against the Albigenses, under Pope Innocent III. By CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. Illustrated edition. New York: M. W. Dodd, 1848.

THIS work will always possess a sort of melancholy interest to the public, it being the last production of the gifted and lamented authoress, and written, also, under circumstances of the most painful character. We do not think it equal, in point of intrinsic interest and power, to many of her other works; still it is characteristic; and will be read and treasured by her many admirers. The style of it is beautiful: the picture drawn of the condition of the church in the 12th century; of Papal tyranny and persecution; and of the sufferings of the poor Albigenses, under Innocent III., is truthful and graphic, and leaves a sad impression on the reader's mind. Mr. Dodd has brought it out in an elegant form.

11, Important Doctrines of the True Christian Religion, Explained, Demonstrated, and Vindicated from Vulgar Errors: Being a Series of Lectures delivered at the New Jerusalem Church, London. By the Rev. S. NOBLE; with an Introduction by CEORGE BUSH. New York: John Allen, 1848.

THIS is an octavo of nearly 600 pages. It contains lectures on the follow

ing subjects: The Lord's Second Advent: The Divine Character, Unity, Trinity, and Person; The Assumption of Humanity, and putting forth thereby, of the Power of Redemption: The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and Salvation by His Blood His Mediation and Atonement: The Justification of a Sinner: Harmony with the Doctrine of a Plurality of worlds.-A strange mixture truly, of truth and error, sober piety, and the wildest extravagance, are these Lectures. There is much in them that is good, true, ingenious, and able, with very much that is crude, erroneous, visionary, and utterly subversive of the one true Faith. It is an earnest and labored attempt to draft a system of theology on the principles and vagaries of Swedenborg. Mr. Noble has long been known as a distinguished, and probably the ablest living advocate and expounder of the faith of that remarkable man. He has evidently here done his best; but alas! it is essentially "another gospel," that he has given to us; a gospel without a Trinity-without a vicarious Atonement-without Justification by faith-without an interceding Mediator-without a Holy Ghost-with scarcely one feature of the faith which Christ and His apostles taught. He begins at the foundation, and affirms, "that God has not existed in three persons, but in one, and that an atonement made by one Divine person to Himself, is a glaring absurdity." "The foundation swept away," says Prof. Bush, in his Introduction, with solemn gravity and evident satisfaction, "the superstructure totters down. To the clarified vision of the man of the New Church the entire fabric of the doctrinals of the old system passes over the stage as a solemn phantasmagoria, a spectral array of synodical and sacerdotal sanctities, which fit and disappear forever, as embodying any substantial truth." And upon such a foundation the New Jerusalem Church is to be built! Alas, for Truth and Religion, when they fall into the hands of vain dreamers or rash speculators!

12. A Manual of Morals for Common Schools. Andover: W. H. Wardwell. Boston: J. P. Jewett & Co. New York: M. H. Newman & Co., 1848.

THE design of this book is one of no little importance. What lesson more needful for all the children of this great Republic to learn, than "the fear of God" the principles of a sound scriptural morality. And if not taught in the common school, this much needed lesson will never be taught to multitudes of our children and youth. "Some work on morals," says the Hon. Horace Mann, "which shall excite the sympathies as well as inform the intellect; which shall make children love virtue as well as understand what it is, is the great desideratum of our schools." This manual presents the elements of the subject in a simple, concise, and intelligent manner, and illustrates them by familiar examples. Its teachings are scriptural; and we earnestly commend it to the attention of parents and teachers.

15. History of Mary, Queen of Scots. By Jacob Abbott. With Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848.

THIS history was prepared expressly for the younger class of minds. The thrilling narrative of the beautiful, though unfortunate Queen, is related in that pleasing and attractive manner for which the author is justly distinguished. He evidently inclines to the darker side of the question, respecting her participation in the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, as well as her criminality respecting her intercouse and marriage with the Earl of Bothwell-the two worst features in her history. No one can read the story of her downfall, long captivity, and final cruel death, and not pity her sorrows, and deplore her unhappy fate.

14.-History of King Charles the First, of England. With Engravings. By JACOB ABBOTT. New York: Harper & Brothers,

1848.

THIS is another of Abbott's Histories, similar in design and execution with his Mary, Queen of Scots. It portrays the chief events of his personal history and of his eventful reign, as well as the long and fierce struggle with his Parliament, which ended in his overthrow and the establishment of the Commonwealth under Cromwell, in a lively and graphic manner, so as to interest the reader deeply in the subject, and fix the prominent points of the history in his memory. It is illustrated with a number of very striking engravings, and is beautifully bound, uniform with the other volumes of the series. This series of short and popular histories, from such a polished and practised pen, will no doubt be received with favor, and awaken a deeper interest in the study of history in the minds of the young.

15.-Gowrie; or the King's Plot. By G. P. R. JAMES Esq. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848.

Another of James' novels. The moral of this is unexceptionable, and yet the impression it makes on one's mind is very unpleasant. The Plot is so dark and hellish, and the end of the hero so tragical, that the mind, especially of a sensitive person, is unfavorably affected by the reading of it. We cannot, as a matter of taste or principle, commend such works to the reading community.

16.-The Great Hoggarthy Diamond.

By W. M. THACKERY.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848. This work is from the pen of the author of "Vanity Fair." It is inferior to that in point of interest and power, and still it has its merits. It is conceived in the same vein of keen satire, and hits off some prevailing weaknesses and sins of modern society, with no little justice and effect.

17.-The Rev. Leigh Richmond's Letters and Counsels to his Children. Selected from his Memoir and " Domestic Portraiture,” with an account of the closing scene of his life. Written by his Daughter. Published by the American Tract Society.

Such a book as this is a treasure. The piety that pervades it; the wisdom of its counsels; and the sweet affection, and parental anxiety and tenderness which characterize it, impart to it a peculiar charm and power to instruct and improve. We know of no better book to put into hands of those for whom it is specially intended.

18.-The Sufferings of Christ. By a Layman. Third Edition. Revised and enlarged. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848.

This book has attracted no little attention in the theological world, both for its doctrine and its logical ability. A third edition in so short a time, shows that it is extensively read; and we have reason to know that a goodly number of intelligent divines and laymen, hold the views of the "Sufferings of Christ" herein advocated.

The character of this work is too well known to need an extended notice. We are not prepared to adopt the main doctrine of the book, “that Christ suffered in his entire personality, or in the totality of his character as human and divine-that there was that about his death which could not have been predicated only of his humanity; something superhuman and awfully mysterious, in consequence of the presence and participation of the divine." Still, to affirm the contrary, and with so much confidence, and without any qualification,

as many do, we conceive to be unwarranted. The whole subject of the Incarnation and Atonement, is a "mystery," too profound for man to explain : the precise nature and extent of that union of the Divine and human natures in the person of Christ, which underlies the whole superstructure, can never be known by us, and hence we cannot know how far, if at all, the Divine participated in the sufferings of the human. Modesty and humility specially become us, in speaking on a theme, so peculiar in its character, and so awfully mysterious. This book deserves to be read and studied.

19.- Youth's Cabinet. Edited by REV. FRANCIS WOODWORTH. Bound Volume. New York, 1848.

Mr. Woodworth is really one of the most pleasing and entertaining writers for the young that we know of. This volume, of nearly 400 octavo pp., abounds with matter that children and youth cannot fail to relish highly, and be made happier and wiser thereby. There is nothing to offend a refined taste, or correct morals; and everything to please the eye, instruct the mind, and improve the heart.

20.-Theophany; or the Manifestation of God in the Life, Character, and Mission of Jesus Christ. By REV. ROBERT TURNBULL, author of "The Genius of Scotland," Pulpit Orators of France and Switzerland," etc. Hartford: Brockett, Fuller, & Co, 1849.

This work was received at a very late day, and we can do little more than announce it. The subject of the Book; the popularity of the Author as a writer; and its appearance just at this time, for well known reasons, will direct attention to it, and secure for it, as well as for Dr. Bushnell's forthcoming work, a careful and extensive reading. The object of the work is not polemical but practical. It is written in a kind spirit, and in a most beautiful style. "The first part of the work contains a rapid sketch of the principal incidents in our Saviour's life, in order to exhibit the great truth of God manifest in the flesh,' in its historical aspects." The Second Part discusses the Moral Perfection of Christ: the Divinity of Christ: His Incarnation; His Atonement: and the Relations of the Godhead to the Sufferings of Christ. The Author's views differ from what are understood to be the views of Dr. Bushnell, as recently put forth at Cambridge, and at New Haven, on certain cardinal points; and are, in the main, those usually held by orthodox divines. He recognizes one fact of immense importance, viz., the folly of any and every attempt to explain the mystery of the Incarnation or of the Trinity; "that we are incompetent to speculate upon this subject; and that no theory, professing its elucidation, however plausible and splendid, can possess the slightest claim to our respect." We fully agree with him here. It is folly and presumption in the extreme, for any mortal to attempt to tear aside the veil behind which God has seen fit to hide the philosophy of His own infinite existence, and of the Plan of Salvation. It is enough for us to know the stupendous facts. We shall probably refer to this work again, when Dr. Bushnell's work, now in press, shall have made its appearance. The book is most elegantly printed.