King," and of the vicious retinue that attended him. On the slender thread of the narrative are strung many choice pearls of criticism and observation. The work is, in fact, as Dr. Potts observes in his Introduction, "substantially a book on eloquence, especially sacred eloquence, and none the less worthy of respectful attention because its criticisms are embodied in a spirited narrative, embracing occurrences and persons which belong to the actual history of that extraordinary era." It treats, in that lively and pointed style of discussion which none but a Frenchman can reach, of the handling of the text, of divisions, of the delivery of the sermon, and of most of the other topics of theoretical and practical homiletics.

(23.) WE have received the fifth and sixth volumes of "The Works of Shakspeare, edited by Rev. H. N. Hudson, A. M. (Boston: James Monroe & Co.; 12mo.) The same judicious style of annotation-not excessive, but sufficient for the ordinary reader-which marked the former volumes of this edition, characterizes the two before us. In point of size, goodness of type, portability, &c., this is certainly the best edition of Shakspeare as a text for reading now extant in the language.

(24.) THE American Unitarian Association is publishing a series of books which give by authority (so far as there is any authority in that denomination on theological questions) the views of those Unitarians who hold to the authenticity and inspiration of the Christian Scriptures. The first of those that has reached us is, "Discourses on the Unity of God, and other Subjects, by W. G. ELIOT, Jr., Pastor of the First Congregational Society of St. Louis." (Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co.; 1853; 12mo., pp. 168.) Mr. Eliot presents the Unitarian theory of Christianity in its very best aspect, and writes with a clearness, moderation, and judgment rarely brought to the treatment (in a polemical way) of theological topics. Whoever wishes to see the most and best that can be said for Unitarianism will find it, in short compass, in this book. One example of apparently unfair dealing appears in the volume however, viz., the citation of Kuinoel's Commentary as a "standard work in orthodox universities," implying thereby that Kuinoel is an orthodox authority, which Mr. Eliot knows, or should know, is not the fact. It is somewhat amusing to see how promptly Mr. Eliot sets aside the orthodox method of interpretation in applying certain passages of Scripture to Christ's human nature, (p. 50,) while he adopts precisely the same method (p. 64) in order to get rid of those passages in which "similar language is applied to Christ and to God."

We cannot say so much for the execution of another volume bearing the same imprimatur, entitled, "Regeneration, by EDMUND H. SEARS." (12mo., pp. 248.) The style is elaborate and ambitious, only too fine for the purpose, and quite different from the clear, curt, and comprehensive style of Mr. Eliot. But the subject is treated with remarkable ability. The work is divided into three parts, of which the first treats of the "natural inan," the second of the "spiritual nature," and the third of the "new man." Discarding the theory

of the imputation of Adam's guilt to his posterity, Mr. Sears goes far beyond the usual admissions of Unitarian writers on depravity. He holds that human nature is not merely functionally but organically depraved, and that certain of its internal forces are so corrupt as to require extinction, while at the same time they are transmitted from generation to generation by a universal law of descent, tainting the whole race. Nevertheless, man's spiritual nature still exists, forming an inborn capacity for holiness, and a receptivity of divine influences, which are imparted, generally, to all men, and specially to Christians, and which constitute the source of holiness in man. Regeneration, then, includes:-1. The receiving of the Holy Spirit; 2. The inclination, under this spiritual influence, of our natural powers toward God; 3. The expulsion of our corrupt instincts, whether inherited or acquired. Such is the outline. One would think the writer was trying how near he could come to the substance of evangelical theology without adopting its forms. Of course we cannot regard the book as sound, logical, or Scriptural in its theology; but it tends in the right direction. We shall rejoice to find such books as these multiplied by the Unitarian Association. Their influence will be shown in the next generation, if not in this, in the return of many not only to the spirit, but to the forms of the old historical theology of the Church, so far as those forms are Scriptural, as they are in the main.

(25.) "The Poetry of the Vegetable World: a Popular Exposition of the Science of Botany and its Relations to Man, by M. J. SLEIDEN, M. D., Professor of Botany in the University of Jena." (Cincinnati: Moore & Co.; New-York: Newman; 12mo., pp. 360.) The title of this book affords no clue to its exceedingly rich contents. It not only sets forth the facts and principles of botany perspicuously and comprehensively, but it also treats, in a broad and philosophical way, of the relation of plants to the organism of nature and of the human race. Finding, too, in the vegetable world a hieroglyphic of the Eternal, it unfolds the relations of the world through man to God. There are faults and gaps, but what human work is perfect? The English edition has been carefully edited by Professor Alphonso Wood of Cincinnati.

(26.) THE fourth and concluding volume of “The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France, by ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE," (New-York: Harper & Brothers; 1853; 12mo., pp. 524,) brings the history down to the expul sion of Charles X. from France. It is, in some respects, the best of the four volumes-impartial in its judgments, so far as Lamartine can be impartial in treating any subject into which he throws his fine sympathies-graphic in its pictures, and, on the whole, trustworthy in its statement of facts. The times of the restored Louis XVIII. and of Charles X. do not abound in stirring adventure, but the intrigues, reactions, and political combinations of the period require nice discrimination for their treatment. Lamartine is more than fair to Charles X. and his ministers. The work, now completed, should be in every well-furnished library.

(27.) "The Annotated Paragraph Bible, with Explanatory Notes, &c., vol. 1. Genesis to Solomon's Song." (New-York: C. B. Norton; 1853; 8vo., pp. 720.) The text of this edition is divided, according to the natural pauses, into paragraphs and sections, with appropriate headings to each, the chapters and verses being marked in the margin. Brief notes are subjoined to each page, chiefly illustrating manners, customs, usages, &c.; while comprehensive introductory prefaces are given with each book. The whole work is prepared with great care, and it is illustrated quite largely with maps and drawings. We have seen no edition of the Bible so well suited for private and family reading.

(28.) OF "Home-Life in Germany, by CHARLES L. BRACE," (New-York: C. Scribner; 12mo., pp. 444,) we should be glad to say a great deal and to give copious extracts, but the book has reached our table at so late a period that we can only announce it, merely adding that we can bear personal testimony to the fidelity of its pictures of German life, and that no book of travel in Germany for many years has rivalled this in point of interest and truthfulness. Our readers who wish to know how the great, and, in many respects, excellent German, people live about their own firesides will find a store-house of instruction and entertainment in Mr. Brace's pages.

(29.) THE "Complete Historical Series," by S. G. GOODRICH, (Peter Parley,) has been several years before the public and has met with great success. New and revised editions have just been issued by E. H. Butler & Co., Pha., in very neat form. The series consists of a "Pictorial History of the United States," (12mo., pp. 360;) "Pictorial History of England," brought down to the time of Queen Victoria (12mo., pp. 444 ;) “Pictorial History of France,” down to 1848, (pp. 347;) "Pictorial History of Greece," ancient and modern, (pp. 371;) "Pictorial History of Rome," with a sketch of the history of modern Italy, (pp. 333;) and "Peter Parley's Common School History," intended to furnish a clear outline of universal history down to 1849. The paragraphs in each history are numbered, and questions are subjoined upon each for the purpose of class-training. We know no better books of the kind than this series.

(30.) "Life of Thomas Chalmers, D. D., edited by Rev. JAMES C. MOFFATT, M. A., Professor of Latin, &c., at Princeton." (Cincinnati: Moore & Co.; 12mo., pp. 435.) This volume professes to be little more than an abridgment of Dr. Hanna's Memoir of Chalmers, which has been republished in this country by Messrs. Harper & Brothers. As such it may be useful to many who cannot purchase the larger work. How far, under the present lawless condition of international copyright, abridgments of works already before the public should be undertaken, except by the publishers who may have taken the risk of the greater enterprise, is a question on both sides of which something might be said. We are inclined to think, however, that so long as all

American publishers alike have unlimited right to print English books without compensation to the authors, they should respect the quasi rights gained by priority of republication.

(31.) "Leila; or the Island, by ANN FRASER TYTLER,” (New-York: C. S. Francis & Co.; 1853; 18mo., pp. 232,) is a very pretty Crusoe-like story of a gentleman and his daughter who were wrecked on an uninhabited island, and made their abode there for some years. It abounds in excellent moral and religious lessons. From the same publishers we have received "Arbell, by JANE WINNARD HOOPER," which has less of the religious character. Both are very neatly printed and illustrated.

(32.) THE fifth volume of the Marco Paul Series, so attractive to little folks, is "Marco Paul in Boston, by JACOB ABBOTT," (18mo., pp. 192,) just published by Messrs. Harper & Brothers. Parents may freely furnish these books to their children.

(33.) "Lectures on Pastoral Theology: by the Rev. JAMES S. CANNON, D. D." (New-York: C. Scribner; 8vo., pp. 617.) Dr. Cannon was for many years Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ecclesiastical History in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church, at New-Brunswick, N. J., where he died, full of years and honours, in July, 1852. The volume contains thirty-six lectures, covering the entire range of pastoral theology, and more besides. Part I. treats, in nine lectures, of the "Qualifications of the Pastoral Office," which are stated to be: 1. A divine call; 2. Suitable intellectual endowments; 3. Certain gracious endowments; 4. Aptness to teach, under which head the common topics of homiletics are treated. Part II. treats of "Pastoral Duties," viz., prayer, preaching, the administration of the sacraments, catechization and pastoral visiting, and example. Most of these points are treated in ample detail, and with great good sense. The work is a valuable addition to our scanty stock of books on pastoral theology.

(34.) FEW men have lived and laboured in this world to whom it owes so much, and of whom it knows so little, as the translators of the English Bible. Eminent for learning and piety as these men were in their day, few, except the learned, now know even their names; and, even among the learned, little has been known of their history. No person appears to have thought of collecting the scattered facts of their history, before the author of a work now before us, entitled "The Translators revived; a Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Bible; by A. W. M'CLURE." (NewYork C. Scribner, 1853; 12mo., pp. 250.) Mr. M'Clure has gone through a great deal of toil in searching for the information which his welcome book affords. He gives in an introduction a full account of the different English

versions before the times of James I., and states at length the occasion of the present translation, and the methods by which it was prepared. Then follow biographical sketches, more or less extended, of all the men employed upon the great work. Mr. M'Clure's pages afford ample proof "of the surpassing qualifications of these venerable translators, taken as a body, for their high and holy work." His book, moreover, is full of interest in itself, and deserves the widest possible circulation.

(35.)" Epitome of Greek and Roman Mythology; with Explanatory Notes and a Vocabulary: by JOHN S. HART, LL. D., Principal of the Philadelphia High School," &c. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.; 12mo., pp. 162.) This volume contains an outline of classical mythology, in Latin, long used in elementary instruction in France, under the title of "Epitome de Diis et Heroibus Poeticis," originally prepared by the Jesuit Juvencius. It will serve the double purpose of a text-book for exercise and practice in Latin, and also of a manual of mythology: and is the better for either purpose because it serves both. The student of this little book, while daily hammering out his task as a beginner, will insensibly find the facts of mythology "ground into him." It is remarkable how facts learned in this way stick in the memory: the old schoolmasters had some reason for making the boys learn all grammar-rules in Latin. To facilitate the use of the book, examination-questions are subjoined to each page; and a sufficiently copious body of notes, and a vocabulary at the end of the book, furnish all the apparatus (except the grammar) necessary for its use as a grammatical lesson-book. We recommend the book most earnestly to the notice of classical teachers, believing that a careful examination will lead them to adopt it; and that its use will be of service in making thorough scholars.

(36.) "The Human Body at the Resurrection of the Dead, by GEORGE HODGSON." (London: J. Mason, 1853; pp. 88.) In this tractate Mr. Hodgson seeks to show that the notion that the body will, at the resurrection, be spiritualized or refined into a body partly spirit and partly matter" is contrary alike to Scripture and to philosophy. He also impugns the common opinion that “flesh and blood" cannot enter heaven, and rejects the current physiological doctrine of the "waste" and "reparation" of the human body. The way is thus prepared for a rejection of the germ theory (so called) of the resurrection, (which Mr. Hodgson holds to be destitute of foundation, either in reason or Scripture,) and for the establishment of his own view, which is that the primitive matter of the body, without loss or modification, will be raised up in fulness of life-none of its organs (e. g., those for eating and digestion) being wanting. Mr. Hodgson is not a practised or easy writer, but appears to be firmly convinced of the truth of his conclusions, and maintains his points with a good deal of vigour.

(37.) AMERICAN books of travel, whether of the grave, didactic sort, or of the light and sketchy, are the best of any written at the present day. The causes