from uie north j s poet ae ul ram � of hi ii order which and their we are rare will from the a reception with their merits they are essays which would do to the of any s m� keep more to text own and are less a theory of their own mn the of di g tis of history than to take a calm and of events and opinions � � well worthy of an lift � � � the ns is and with a good deal of interest th exhibit of remark an their beyond the mere book dear in the paper the treatment requires pains a larger and more liberal in and so w s times a marked and � great power and interest in freedom of opinion and in ot judgment the writers are to oar own but we think there is less brilliancy and point in them though on that very account there is and justice rich as we are in tliis department of literature we gladly accept another contribution to biography the american writers the worship of j being an examination of the doctrine announced ff d p � that to our are of is left but a worship rf genius that is a reverence lor those great spirits who create in the progress of the human race and in whom taken the god like itself to us most fully and thus having reference to the views unfolded in the work entitled i f v� ly car s and the character tr essence of t an essay relative to modem speculations and the present state translated from the german of c by post vo ss general view of the of the work t the stages of development through christianity itself has passed the same phases in the views wliich ave been taken of it s christianity as doctrine under this head are both and as a moral law the of a christianity as the religion of s de s the above two works are the peculiar significance and influence of character the views of and his christ as the of the union of the and human in one importance of this truth for the d� of the of christianity o christianity as the perfect ii from the preceding is and of argument application of the idea of faith application to the church in one volume post v so the catholic there are many and and developed and n and is dear and simple tliat adopted often by oar brethren in treating such topics � is la it important and original intelligent british christians who are inclined to take of tlie christian faith will find to delight and them � � r fr sources his translated from the german second edition a engraved doth s d the of which extends only to his year is one of uie most interesting studies of a poet s childhood ever given to the � f magazine has an vehement irresistible crushing in pieces the problems piercing into the most hidden of things and tlie most distant an imagination vague sombre splendid or appalling brooding over the rf wandering and before us in its dim religious light shapes of brilliancy solemnity or terror a fancy of for it its treasures with a whidi knows no limit hanging like the sun a jewel on every grass blade and tlie earth at large ith pearls but deeper than all these lies humour tlie ruling quality of as it were the central fire that per and his whole being he is a from his in most soul he thinks as a he acts feels as a sport is the element in which his nature lives and works thomas with such a writer it is no common treat to be intimately acquainted in ttie of great and virtuous minds we a portion of their feel as ts say a are with the same of faith hope and patient endurance are furnished with for clearing up and working out the intricate problem of life and are inspire like them with the of immortality no reader or sensibility can rise m tlie perusal of these volumes without becoming both wiser and better � we find in the present biography much that does not so much amuse and instruct as to adopt a phrase from the religious world positively the reader the life of is indeed a moral and a religious as much as a literary treat to all who have a sense exercised to religion and morality as a thing essentially from mere and the two volumes ns be read without the reader like a good sermon to self and in this reject they are is a thorough christian and i a christian with a large glowing human i heart tlie of his biography j in an form cannot but be regarded as a great boon to the best interests of the � apart from the interest rf the work as the life of paul the reader of german life and german and is introduced to during its most and tlie great fixed stars of germany in with paul were there surrounded by and admiring women rf the most refined and exalted natures and of rank it is passages so attractive and valuable that it is to make a selection as examples of its character � this be found very valuable as an introduction to the study of one of the most and of germany paul s writings are so much the paul himself that every light that shines upon the one inevitably the other the work is a of a great and amiable man who of the feelings and tlie most brilliant to a purpose that humour of which is the great grandfather and one of the ancestors and contrasted it an exaltation of feeling and a poetry are entirely bis own let us that it will complete the work by s essays 