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Review-Howell's Selkirk.-Brief Survey of Books.

But whatever opinion may be entertained respecting the insertion of these letters in a volume already swelled to a more than ordinary biographical bulk, of the other parts there can be scarcely any room for a diversity of opinion. It is a valuable memorial, enlivened with interesting details, which will retain their freshness when, the present generation having passed away, time shall transmit it to posterity.

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REVIEW.-Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, containing the real Inci dents upon which the Romance of Robin-way. For this reason alone we think our son Crusoe is founded. By John Howell. 12mo. pp. 196. Whittaker.

London. 1829.

No reader who is acquainted with the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, can be at a loss to comprehend the nature and character of this volume; but after having been so highly entertained with the romance of Daniel de Foe, it is not improbable that he will prefer the visions of fiction to the realities of truth.

In his introduction to this work, the author vindicates De Foe from the charges of dishonourably pilfering from Selkirk's papers, with which his reputation has been assailed. He thinks that nothing but the simple fact, namely, that Selkirk had been confined several years on an uninhabited island, suggested to De Foe the foundation on which he has contrived to erect an imperishable fabric.

Of Alexander Selkirk, the author, in this volume, traces the personal, and in some degree the family history, stating his reasons for going to sea, the occasion of his being left on the island of Juan Fernandez, his mode of living while there, his final rescue from this abode of solitude, his subsequent return to the land of his nativity, and the incidents which followed, to the conclusion of his days. In this detail, plain unvarnished truth, unadorned with the embellishments of fiction, seems to have dictated to the author's pen; and though it will probably be read with less interest than the history and adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the deficiency will be supplied by the additional confidence which a conviction of truth rarely fails to inspire.

BRIEF SURVEY OF BOOKS.

1. The Monthly Bible Class Book, upon the American Plan; Part I. Vol I. Gospel by John. 12mo., (Westley and Davis, London,) has, at first sight, a matu

rity of thought belonging to it, which would, seem to unfit it for general busefulness among the young. But when it is remembered that the author's aim is not so much to address himself to the minds of children, as to those of a class of young people about to enter on the great duties of life, the difficulty will at once vanish, and the solidity of the instruction administered will appear to be a great recommendation of the author's plan. The value of religious knowledge directly derived from the sacred oracles, must far surpass that which is acquired in any other American brethren have set us a noble example, in so generally making the Bible the Class Book in almost all their catèchetical exercises. We hope the example will be generally followed in this country. It is one susceptible of almost indefinite improvement. The worthy author of this part of a series of biblical instructions has entered upon a most acceptable service to the church, which we sincerely trust he will find himself encouraged to pursue. He has thrown a clear and steady light upon the word of God, so far as he has proceeded in his undertaking; and we would only remind him that simplicity and fidelity must be the objects of his uniform aim.

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2. West Indian Slavery traced to its Actual Source, &c., with an Appeal for Sympathy and Consideration, (Westley and Davis, London,) is a brief but spirited appeal to the compassion of Britons, urging the propriety and duty of abstaining from the use of articles procured by slavery. The notes contain extracts from colonial advertisements, which no Englishman can read without disgust.

3. A Pastoral Letter on the Subject of Revivals in Religion, &c., by John Angell James, (Westley, London,) strongly recommends " a greater increase of true piety in those who are already sincere Christians, and in the number of those who are truly converted to God." The author, however, is not afraid to quote what the justly celebrated Jonathan Edwards has written on the sudden and surprising outpouring of the Spirit of God in New England, nor ashamed to advert to the days of Wesley and Whitefield, when such shaking among the dry bones was by by no means uncommon. But these are not the revivals at which he aims. The tendency of this pastoral letter is, to inculcate an increase of sober heart-felt piety, and a consistent conduct among genuine Christians of all denominations, but more par

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Brief Survey of Books. Autograph of Talleyrand.

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cussion, &c. Dublin, Nov. 26, 1828, (Nisbet, London,) enter into the points at issue between the Roman Catholics and Protestants. In favour of the latter, they embody much solid argument, and make a powerful appeal to our reasoning faculties. Meeting, however, with no opposition, we cannot estimate their relative importance, as to what may be urged on the other side. This much is clear, that they place the Protestant cause on advantageous grounds, from which the enemy will not easily be able to dislodge it.

4. The Child's Commentator on the Holy Scriptures, by Ingram Cobbin, Vol I. (Westley and Davis, London,) contains, within a narrow compass, a familiar exposition of the leading facts, both historical and practical, included in Genesis and Exodus, delivered in language suited to the infantile capacity. The illustrations are drawn from topics with which every child is well acquainted. It is a pleasing little commentary, adorned with wood-cuts; and from its perusal, children may derive both amusement and instruction. 9. Quarterly Extracts from the British 5. Memoir of James Wait, a pious Society for Promoting the Religious Shepherd, &c., by Robert Macluurin, Principles of the Reformation, (Nisbet, (Hamilton, London,) is a simple narrative London,) contain several interesting docurespecting a pious man, who, in the hum-ments, which shew that the Society has ble walks of life, and with very inadequate been productive of much benefit to the means of instruction, enjoyed much of the Protestant cause. divine presence, and was rendered remarkably useful in his family, and to all around him. It is a pleasing diary of Christian experience, which will find a mirror in the hearts of all who are born of God.

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10. The Ladies' Library, part 1. (Knight and Lacey, London,) has a pleas ing aspect, and bids fair to be a useful publication. It is ornamented with a neatly executed engraving of her Royal Highness Princess Victoria, and consists of original 6. The Monthly Teacher, edited by articles, both in prose and verse, and of the Rev. T. Dury, for January, 1829, extracts from the Annuals, and some other (Seeley, London,) is designed for children, pleasing productions; but having neither to whom it will be both amusing and in-preface, advertisement, nor title, besides structive. The price being only three halfpence per number, no great variety can be expected. In this that is before us, we have five articles, relating to travels, distant occurrences, and fragments of natural history, all of which have an immediate bearing on facts contained in the Bible, with which it is intended to make the pupil fully acquainted.

7. Paternal Discipline and Self-Scrutiny, by Henry Forster Burder, M.A., (Westley, London,) form a pamphlet which embodies the substance of three discourses, delivered at Hackney, in September and October, 1828. It contains many observations that are appropriate and striking, but nothing to command any particular

attention.

8. The Speeches of the Rev. Dr. Singer, and Rev. Messrs. M'Ghee and

what we have given, we know nothing of its intended extent, or the course which the publishers design to steer.

11. The Fatal Consequences of Licentiousness, a Sermon, by John Scott, M.A., (Seeley, London,) was occasioned by the trial of a young woman for the alleged murder of her illegitimate child. This circumstance furnished the author with

a fair opportunity of unfolding the frightful visage of iniquity in its various forms, but more particularly so in the case which thus presented itself immediately before him; and we cannot but acknowledge that he has turned it to a beneficial account. It is a sermon that will be read with such deep and lively interest, that the talents of the preacher will be forgotten amidst the mo mentous topics that every where pervade his discourse.

M. TALLEYRAND.

Few persons acquainted with the exploits of Buonapare can be ignorant, that to the splendid talents of this celebrated statesman, he was indebted in no small degree for the successes which marked his military career. The following is the Autograph of this extraordinary man.

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The Slave Trade.-This country has paid, so far as can be ascertained, about £5,000,000 altoge ther, on account of the abolition of the Slave Trade. The government expenditure on this account for 1825 and 1826, averaged about £300,000 each year. And yet how little has been effected in our colonies towards the amelioration of the con. dition of the unhappy slaves; and how high the tone assumed by their tyrants, who talk about their vested rights and acknowledged claims to property in their fellow-men. A little efficient legislation, firmly enforced, is wanting to quarter humanity among them, and prevent their frequent barassing of missionaries, and incessantly cracking the whip.

Ireland. Of this country, Swift has remarked, and we believe his observations will apply in some degree at the present day, that "two-thirds of its revenues are spent out of it-the nation not permitted to trade with the other third-and that the pride of the women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures, even when they exceed what come from abroad." This is the true state of Ireland in very few words.

Popish Protestantism.-The following is from a form of common prayer, composed for the 30th of January, soon after the Restoration, published by his majesty's direction, and printed by John Bill, printer to the king, London, 1661. "And we beseech thee to give us all grace, to remember and provide for our latter end, by a careful, studious imitation of this thy blessed saint and martyr, (viz. Charles I.) and all other thy saints and martyrs that have gone before us; that we may be made worthy to receive (benefit by their prayers, which they, in communion with thy Church catholic, offer up unto thee, for that part of it here militant." In the evening collect.

Beauty of the English Law.-It is the character and the vice of the law of England to deal in specialties; it is shaped on no broad principles, but adapted to particular cases. The consequence is, that between the specialties there are amply wide gaps for the escape of offenders. Embezzlement is observed to be a frequent offence of clerks and servants: the legislature accordingly frame a law not comprehending embezzlement in all its forms, by whomsoever committed, but embezzlement by clerks and servants. Mr. Austin is indicted for embezzlement, and acquitted because he comes neither under the description of a clerk nor of a servant! This is the beauty of English law. Now another law will be made, comprehending the embezzlement of treasurers for trusts, or deputytreasurers, agents, or others, and this will do till some undescribed character embezzles, when there will be another failure of justice, and another special law to fill the gap. Such is the perfection of wisdom, excellent in shutting the stable-door when the steed is stolen. Crime, like time, should be. seized by the forelock. Our legislators, however, delight in setting justice to the pleasant and seemly sport of securing the pig by the soaped tail; and there is a squeak-an evasion-the prey is gone, and Themis floundering on her back in the mire of iniquity.

Great Curiosity to Ornithologists.-On Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1828, Mr. J. Symes, of Warminster, shot in his garden a singularly variegated cock sparrow; the head, neck, back, and wings, are beautifully spotted with a diversity of colours, white, red, black, brown, &c.; under the beak and part of the breast is a resemblance of the starling, and from the breast to the tail is perfectly white. The bird, in a preserved state, is now in the possession of Mr. Symes.

A Sober Public House. At a public-house in the village of Coddenham, in Suffolk, a labourer is rarely allowed to drink more than a pint of beer; if he calls for more, the landlady will let him have but half-a-pint, and not often even that quantity, telling him, it is as much as he can afford to pay for. Drunkenuess is, consequently, but little known in the house.

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Cost of the Redemption of all British Female Slaves. Were all the inhabitants of the United Kingdom to contribute a yearly payment of only sixpence each, all the female slaves, ander forty years of age might be redeemed, from bondage and their children being born free, slavery might be extinguished in a single generation. If gold be an antidote for slavery, should we not give, for the ransom of our enslaved brethren, our jewels of silver and our jewels of gold, to hasten their deliverance? that they may go with their young and with their old, with their sons and with their daughters, and that their little ones may go with them? We cannot add, with their flocks and with their herds-for BRITISH slaves have none. The number of female slaves in all our colonies may be estimated at 360,000. Of these the number who are from one day to forty years of age, may be taken to be 300,000. The price of them, at fifty pounds each, which is a very high average, would be £15,000,000; which sum, reckoning the 3 per cents, at 90, would be completely liquidated by a perpetual annuity of half a million,

Just Claims of British Slaves.-What are the claims of British slayes on their fellow-subjects, in return for all the wrongs which they have hitherto endured? Common justice requires that they should be prepared for their freedom by the best means, and at the earliest possible period; and that liberty should be given them, as soon as it could be done with advantage to themselves. The question of compensation lies between the planters and the people of England. Petitions, it is true, have been sent to the legislature from all parts of the country, praying for the abolition of slavery; and yet lit tle, or nothing, has been done for the relief of the oppressed.-Missionary Register.

Antiquities.-The house of Arrius Diomes was the first thing dug out at Pompeii. The remains of this edifice announced it to be one of the most beautiful and convenient buildings. Its interior consists of a large square yard, the portico of which is supported by columns of gypsum. In the middle of this was a small garden, with a railing. Eight rooms on the ground-floor look into the yard; most of them are painted red, the floors laid in with mosaics, and the ceilings flat. Several of them are beautifully decorated with figures and arabesques. On the ground-floor a skeleton was found, supposed to be that of the proprietor. He held in one hand a tray, and gold coins and decora tions in the other. A slave behind him carried a bronze and a silver vase. These two individuals were overtaken and overwhelmed by the volcanic shower in the moment of flight. Below the portico which surrounds the garden, is a subterraneous apartment, perhaps a cellar, where many wine jars were found. Two staircases lead to the upper story, the right side of which only remains standing, which, like all the houses of Pompeii, is without covering. In the middle of the house is a covered yard, surrounded with fourteen columns lined with tiles and intaglio, forming a portico with mosaics. The ground-floor contains several apartments apparently destined for baths, diningrooms, bed-rooms, &c.,

Bishopric of London.-There are thirty ma nors, two palaces, £8000 a year, and the patronage of thirty-seven livings, attached to the see of London.

The Pope v. Miracles.-The Archbishops and Bishops of France had ordered a continuance of forty days' prayer throughout the kingdom, and calculated their ordinance so that the holy time should close on the 17th December, that day being the anniversary of the miraculous appearance of a luminous cross at Migne, in 1826. In order to sanctify the proceeding, the Pope was applied to for a Bull to declare the luminous cross to be a real miracle; but the Pope sent for the most skilful chemists and natural philosophers of Rome, and upon their proving that they could produce a similar cross by the aid of certain very common chemical powers, his Holiness is reported to have exclaimed, "As long as I fill the Holy Chair, not a line shall be published in favour of the jug. gling at Migne."

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Ancient New Year's Gift-(From the Percy Household Book.')"Item. My Lorde useth ande aceustomyth to gyf yerly, when his Lordshipp is at home, to his Mynstraills that be daly in his Houshold, at his Tabret, Lute, ande Rebek, upon New Yeres Day in the mornynge, when they doo play at my Ladis Chambre doure for his Lordschipe and my Lady, xx. Viz. xiijs. iiijd. for my Lorde, and vjs. viiijd. for my Lady, if she be at my Lords fynd-ynge, and not at her owen. And for playing at my Ladis sone and heir Chambre doure, the Lord Percy, ijs. And for playing at the Chambre doures of my Lords younger sonnes, my younge Maisters after, viijd. the pece for every of themxxiijs. iiijd."

Gravel Walks.-The following cheap improvement is recommended in the construction of walks in gardens, lawns, &c. uniting the advantages of great hardness, durability, and freedom from worms and insects. When a new walk is made, or an old one reformed, take the necessary quantity of road-scraping, previously dried in the air, and reduced as fine as possible; mix with the heap enough coal-tar from a gas work, so that the whole shall be sufficiently saturated, and then add a quantity of gravel; with this lay rather a thick stratum as a foundation, and then cover it with a thin coating of gravel. In a short time the walk will be as hard as a rock, not affected by wet, or disfigured by worms.

A Floating Farm Yard.-The following sketch of a family floating down the Ohio on a raft is at once highly graphic and characteristic of inland migration in America :-"To-day we passed two large rafts lashed together, by which simple conveyance several families from New England were transporting themselves and their property to the lands of promise in the western woods. Each raft was 80 or 90 feet long, with a small house erected on it; and on each was a stack of hay, round which several horses and cows were feeding, while the paraphernalia of a farm-yard, the ploughs, waggons, pigs, children, and poultry, carelessly distributed, gave to the whole more the appearance of a permanent residence, than of a caravan of adventurers seeking a home. A respectable looking old lady, with spectacles on her nose, was seated on a chair at the door of one of the cabins, employed in knitting; another female was at the wash-tub; the men were chewing their tobacco with as much complacency as if they had been in the land of steady habits,' and the various family avocations seemed to go on like clock. work. In this manner these people travel at a slight expense. They bring their own provisions; their raft floats with the current; and honest Jonathan, surrounded with his scolding, grunting, squalling, and neighing dependents, floats to the point proposed, without leaving his own fire-side, and on his arrival there, may step on shore with his house, and commence business, like a certain grave personage, who, on his marriage with a rich widow, said he had nothing to do but to walk in, and hang up his hat.'"-Letters from the West.

Curious Invention.-A mathematical instrument-maker at Paris, of the name of Conti, has conceived the notion of a portable instrument, which be calls a tachygraph, by means of which any person may write, or rather print, as fast as any other person can speak. If such an instru ment can be brought to perfection, of what immense value will it be to parliamentary reporters! M. Conti, however, like many other ingenious men, is not rich. He calculates the expense of constructing a single instrument at 600 francs; and he has applied to the Academie des Sciences for pecuniary assistance. His request having been referred to the consideration of a committee, a very favourable report has been made upon it.

New South Wales Cotton.-(By Mr. Buchanan.) "The sample of cotton from Dr, Hooker, said to be the produce of New South Wales, appears to me, as a cotton broker, to be a very beautiful article, and the first of the kind I have seen. general appearance, it resembles the finer samples from the Dutch colonies, more than any thing else I am acquainted with, (say Demerara,) &c.

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and is as valuable; it is a little more uneven in staple, but fully as fine in fibre, although rather inclined to mat; this, however, may in part proceed from the manner in which it has been handled in the cleaning: it is of a good colour, and free from stain. I have prevailed upon Mr. Angus, the manager, and a partner in the Duke-street Twist Company here, to spin this sample of cotton into yarn, and he has been at much pains to do it justice. His experience of it in working, bears me out in the opinion I had formed both of its quality and value, for it has already produced No. 130 from Demerara cotton, and of this, No. 100, 106, 116, 126, and 136, and reports, that the coarser it is spun, the better is the quality of the yarn, as was to be expected. He is also of opinion, that it is decidedly a better cotton than Egyptian, and being much cleaner, more valuable.-As to the cultivation of this cotton, I think that it ought to be grown upon the richest soil to be met with in the island, and as much upon the sea-border as possible, for it is universally found, that the finest cottons in America are produced on the small islands and salt marshes: there are no directions necessary for cleaning it, for that they seem to understand completely already, the sample sent being as clean as can be wished, and the cotton very little injured in the operation. It may be proper, however, just to say, that the less it is handled the bet ter, and that, provided it is clean, the nearer a state of nature, the more favourable for spinning.-You mentioned to me that this sample was grown from Sea-island seed, and the seeds remaining among the cotton prove that it was either Sea island or West Indian seed, both of these being smooth on the surface, and perfectly black in colour. I observe, however, among the cotton, marks of deterioration, either from soil or climate, such as imperfect seeds, and the green nap, only known in the back-country of America, and among the upland cottous."

Mrs. Elizabeth Forster, Grand-daughter of Milton. The following particulars of this last relic of the immortal Milton, is from the Birch and Sloane MSS. In the hand-writing of Dr. Birch." 1754, May 14, Tuesday, I attended the funeral, and performed the office of interring Mrs. Elizabeth Forster, grand-daughter of John Milton, and the last of his descendants. She died at her house, the sign of the Thatched House, in Islington, of an asthma and dropsy, on Thursday afternoon, May 9th. She was born in Ireland, in November 1688, and was about 15 years of age when she came to England, and married Mr. Forster in 1719. She was buried in a vault in Tindall's ground in Bunhill Fields." In addition to this is the following noticé in the Mirror, No. 40, July 26, 1823" Mrs. Forster, grand-daughter to Milton, kept a chandler's shop at Lower Holloway, some years, and died at Islington May 9th, 1754, in the 66th year of her age, and by her death all Milton's family became extinct. She had lived many years in a low way, and was at last depressed with poverty, and the infirmities of old age. It does not appear that any of her grandfather's admirers took any notice of her till 1750, when, on the 5th of April that year, Comus was represented at Drury-lane Theatre, with a new Prologue by Johnson, and spoken by Garrick, for her benefit, which produced her about £130.

Lines, supposed by Milton.-The following Line's on a glass at the -, at Chalfort, in Bucks, are supposed to be written at the time of the plague in 1665:

Fair mirrour of foul times, whose fragile scene.
Shall as it blazeth, break, while Providence
Hye watching o'er his saints, with Eye unseen,
Spreads the red rod of angry Pestilence,
To drive the wicked, and their counsels, hence.

Yea, all to break the Pride of Lustful Kings,
Who Heaven's Love reject for brutish sense,
As erst he scourg'd Jesside's sin of yore,
For the fair Hittite, when on seraph's wings,
He sent him War, or Plague, or Famine sore,
Birch and Sloane MSS.

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Thieves. Taking into the account the hulks, and the different prisons in and about the metropolis, there are calculated to be very little short of an average of 100 thieves per day let loose to their former occupations.

Large Trees.-In Needwood forest, in England, the oak tree, called the Swilear lawn oak, contains by estimation a thousand feet of timber. The Rev. Mr. Snow says, this oak, the father of the forest, girths, at five feet high, 21 feet, the whole height 65 feet. In the county of Essex, a Lombardy poplar is described as a very fine and beautiful tree, 70 feet high, and seven feet three inches in circumference; and there is now standing in the garden of Mr. Jeremy Bentham, in St. James's Park, a poplar, which is nearly 80 feet in height. An ash on the lawn of Castle Menzies, in Scotland, was blown over during a violent snow storm, and was then described as the largest ash in that country; it measured eighteen and a half feet in circumference. The Charter oak, in Connecticut, says a Hertford paper, is no less than 400 years old; it is 28 feet in circumference near the ground, and at the height of seven feet it is 17 feet in circumference; the height of the tree is about 70 feet; some of its branches extend 20 feet. Mr. Nelson, the botanist, who accompanied Captain Bligh to the South Seas, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit-tree to the West Indies, when on Van Diemen's Land, found a tree in a thriving state, of the enormous size of thirty-three and a half feet in girth, and of a proportionate height. The elm, in Hatfield, Massachusets, is said to be the largest tree in New England. It measures in circumference 34 feet, at two feet from the ground at the height of five feet from the smallest place in the trunk, the circumference is 24 feet 6 inches. There is a cut in the tree, four feet from the ground, which tradition says was made by the Indians for the highest rise of the Connecticut river." The largest tree in Great Britain," says Dr. Hunter," that I have read of, is the one cited by Smellie, in his Philosophy of Natural History,' as growing at Cowthorpe, near Weatherby, upon the estate belonging to the Right Honourable Lady Stourton. The dimensions are almost incredible; it measures close by the ground 26 feet; its height, in its present ruinous state, (1776), is about 85 feet, and its principal limb extends 16 yards from the boll. When compared to this, all other trees are but children of the forests." In Lewis and Clarke's expedition, they saw pine trees at the mouth of the Colombia river, of twelve feet diameter and 200 feet high.

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Literary Notices.

Just Published.

Fishers' Grand National Improvements; or, Picturesque Beauties of the British Empire in the Nineteenth Century:-No. 1, of" England," commencing with Lancashire.-Nos. 1 and 2, of "Ireland," commencing with Dublin.-Nos. 1 and 2, of "Scotland," commencing with Edinburgh.

The First Number of the Library of Religious Knowledge, containing Natural Theology. Part I. To be continued every Fortnight.

Noon-Day Sunset. A Sermon addressed chiefly to Young People at Broad street Meeting House, London, on the decease of Mrs. T. C. Everett, of Reading. By J. P. Dobson.

The Necessity of the Anti-Pauper System, shewn in the oppression and misery produced by the Allowance System, which paralyzes the beneficial operation of Friendly Societies, Savings' Banks, Select Vestries, well-managed Workhouses, and every other means of ameliorating the condition of the Poor. By the Rev. J. Bosworth, M.A F.A.S.

Facts and Observations relative to the practice of Taxing Pilgrims in some part of India, and paying a premium to those who collect for the worship of Juggernaut, at the great Temple in Orissa, respectfully submitted to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. By J. Peggs, late Missionary in Orissa.

A Gentleman's Guide to the English Language. By Joseph Sutcliffe, M.A.

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A Treatise on Dyeing Silk Shawls, Garments, Bandanas, &c. By H. Mc Kernan. 8vo. With Plates and Wood-cuts.

An Appeal to Britain, recommending the Abolition of the Practice of Burning Hindoo Widows. By the Coventry Society for the Abolition of Human Sacrifices in India.

The Child's Commentator on the Holy Scriptures. By Ingram Cobbin, A.M.

A Manual of Christian Instruction, &c. By Wm. Sleigh.

The Step-Mother; a Tragedy. By Jacob Jones, Esq. The Communicant's Spiritual Companion, &c. By the late Rev. T. Haweis, L.L.B. M.D. By

Memoir of James Wait, a pious shepherd. Robert Maclaurin.

Poems, Lyric, Moral, and Humorous. By Thomas Crossley.

The Parental Discipline of Affliction. By Henry Forster Burder, M.A.

A New Version of the Psalms of David. By James Usher.

The Christian Souvenir; or, Reflections for every Day in the Year.

A Pastoral Letter on Revivals of Religion. By John Angell James.

Ghaut Murders in India. By J. Peggs.

The Scripture Student's Assistant, to facilitate the Study of the Sacred Scriptures. By Rev. John Barr. Report of the General Baptist Missionary Society, for the year ending June 30, 1828.

A Help to the Private and Domestic Reading of the Holy Scriptures. By J. Leifchild.

Twelve Moral Maxims of my Uncle Newbury.

A Defence of the Students of Prophecy, in Answer to the Attack of the Rev. Dr. Hamilton, of Strathblane. The Fatal Consequences of Licentiousness; a Sermon. By John Scott, M.A.

A Guide to Acquaintance with God. By the Rev. James Sherman: third edition.

Speeches delivered at a Meeting of the British Reformation Society.

The Ladies' Library. Part I.

The Triumph of Scriptural and Rational Truth displayed in a complete Refutation of the Doctrine of the Eternal Generation of the Divine Logos, and the Hypostatical Union of two Spiritual Natures in Jesus Christ, addressed to the President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference; and an Expostulatory Address to that Conference, as a body. By Samuel Tucker, V.D.M.

The Modern Martyr. By the Author of the Evangelical Rambler. 2 vols. 12mo.

West Indian Slavery traced to its actual source; and an Appeal for sympathy and consideration. The Monthly Bible Class Book, upon the American plan. Vol. I. Gospel by John. By John Morrison. The Scripture Reader's Guide to the Devotional Use of the Holy Scriptures. By Caroline Fry,

An Inquiry-What is the one True Faith, and whether it is professed by all Christian Sects, &c.

In the Press.

The New Testament; with a Key of Reference and Questions, Geographical, Historical, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental; designed to facilitate the Acquaintance of Scriptural Knowledge in Bible Classes, Sunday and other Schools, and Private Families. By Henry Wilbur, A.M.

Essays on Various Subjects. By Jacob Stanley. 12mo. The Prize Essay on the Lever, (embracing its numerous modifications in the wheel and axle, and pulley.) In this production of an Operative Mechanic, the errors of Gregory, Lardner, Nicholson, and other eminent professors of mechanical science, are proved and corrected. It is rendered quite plain to the meanest capacity. Numerous engravings. Mr. Edmeston has in the press, "The Woman of Shunem," a Dramatic Sketch, and other Sacred

Poems.

The Portraiture of a Christian Gentleman. By a Barrister.

The Advantages and Deficiencies of the Protestant Reformation; a Sermon preached at Kingston, before the Monthly Association of Congregational Ministers. By J. P. Dobson.

"A Mother in Israel," being a Sketch of the Character of the late Mrs. Ewing, of Glasgow. 18mo. By the Rev. E. Millar, A.M.

"Ministerial Perseverance;" a Charge delivered at the Settlement of the Rev. Arthur Tidman over the Church assembling in Barbican. By the Rev. Andrew Read.

Preparing for Publication.

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, with Explanations in Latin and English; and a copious English Index. In one thick volume octavo. By the Rev. J. Bosworth, M.A. F.A.S.

LONDON: PRINTED AT THE CAXTON PRESS, BY H. Fisher, SON, AND CO.

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