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and study of law are solemnising mid ennoblinc, to
one actuated by a right spirit," and, based on this
conviction, he views it, in connexion with religion, as
carrying man directly into the invoked presence of
Maker. He further contemplates the Law of Eng-
land throughout the whole work as the institution of
a Christian-state, having reference to its Christianity.
Having adduced this as a fundamental postulate, he,
in his introduction, gives the following clear, yet
beautiful enunciation of the
CONNEXION BETWEEN ENGLISH LAW AND CHRISTIANITY.
Our nature is immortal, our destination eternity ; our
existence here, transient and probationary. Man, however, is
a fallen creature. Almost the earliest exercise of his will was
to choose evil rather than good, incurring, thereby, the just
but not implacable displeasure of his Maker. His law He has
written in our hearts : and when, our nature having become
perverse and corrupt, the characters of that law had grown
dim and obscure, He was graciously pleased to reveal it, in full
distinctness. Thus 'the Diiine'Law is •spoken of as Natural
and Revealed ; Christianity being a republication, and ex-
ternal institution of natural religion, containing an account
of a dispensation of things not discoverable by reason : natural
religion being thus the foundation and principal part of
'Christianity, but not in any sense the whole of it. Human
laws, therefore, ought to be in -conformity with the Divine
Law, their object being the regulation of our conduct towards
each other, in this life, as fellow-citizens and neighbours; as
It were fellow-travellers, or pilgrims, towards a common
'destiny, having interests, objects, hopes, and fears in common ;
being, in fact ~brethren. In this aspect law is indeed lovely ;
and from the hallowed lips -of the-Saviour of mankind, we
learn that Jove is the very keystone of our relations to our
Maker, and each other. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and With all thy soul, and with all thy
strength : thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On
these two commandments hang 1!11 the law and the prophets."
From these two precepts may be deduced the-entire code of
jurisprudence ; which has thus'a vitality, lustre and authority,
not apparent to him who regards it :as a• series of mere
arbitrary enactments.,
.expei*d 'imon the 4mited sphere of
action afforded h:
'Luis life olili.Lllhisiieing the, holy and
glori"--
t • of enlightened' and equitable laws,
as yus roun amhumane,
regards alike the making, enforcing, and obey. i!ig them.;
let it be received as an axiom, that law and religion are in
-their nature inseparable.. -The attempt -to dissever them
would be absurd and nugatory : the vitality of law, the force
of its sauctions,-Ivogi disappear ; the very foundations of its
authority would be.subierted.

Such being the very elevated pedestal on which .our
aUthor places subject for contemplation, he main-
..
tains it in 'the same honourable position *throughout
the who le period of his rigorous examination. In
preparing the work, which is eminently practical in
purpose and execution, Mr. Warren has had a fourfold
object in view, each phase of which he has kept
steadily in sight during the whole of its execution.
The first—indeed the one which pervades and domi-
nates all the others—to present a lucid digest of the
organic structure of our laws and legislation, practi-
cally and philosophically adapted.to the jurisprudence
of England, As-that law And legislation exist in 1855.
The second, so to arrange and condense it as to confer
on his volume the character of a " book of authority"
among his professional brethren and fellow-practi-
tioners. The third, to provide a text-book for the use
of students. The fourth, to furnish the non-clerical
public with a comprehensible and. comprehensive
manual to which they may refer for the solution of
difficulties by which the paths of commercial and
social life are frequently encumbered. To accomplish
this multiform and important task, fully two thirds of
the book have required to be furnished from new and
original sources ; and to be so carefully studied as to
harmonise with the older matter and the fixed princi-
ples of our constitutional law. In accomplishing this
task, Mr. Warren has been in the highest degree suc-
cessful, displaying the erudition of the scholar—the
painstakinc, assiduity of the antiquary—the sharp I
acumen or the lawyer—and the balanced wisdom of
the sagacious jurisconsult. How far his professional
brethren may be prepared to profit by his labours in,
it, and from these still farther to exalt the estimation
in which they hold him, it is impossible for us to say,
and is no part of our duty to consider; but .we run
little risk in saying, that even in their jealousjudg-
ment this book will win for him additional confidence
and still higheresteem increasing the affectionthey have
already accorded to him. As abook of reference—an im-
partial and dispassionate legal adviser to the general
public—it will prove invaluable,.discussing as it does
the principles of public law as these apply to the regu-
lation of real and personal property—of commercial
arrangements and intercourse—of municipal adminis-
tration, and parliamentary and municipal elections—
of ecclesiastical interference and jurisdiction—of the

laws which control matrimonial arrangements, succes
sion, and the whole doctrine of inheritance, together'
with all the multiform ramifications into whidit these
heads severally resolve themselves. To the student it
will prove a safe and easy ladder by which he-may
with facility ascend into the most eleVated
that temple in which justice sits enshrined z and, in,
the maxims with which the pages of the book abound,
he will find safe counsel and trustworthy guidance.
In this light, Mr. Warren's skill is a beautiful last:B,4-
tion of the poet's truthful adage—
Let those teach others who themselves excel.

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He has laboured with assiduity and success to. overcome
the difficulties which beset the entrance to the temple
of justice, and having cleared his own path, he grace- -
fully turns the radiance of his lamp to guide the
hesitating steps of others. With this view,..and:
also in the hope of maintaining a well4foundecL
veneration for our civil polity, he modestly.:.ventures
to suggest it as a fitting manual for the use of our,'
highest Academical Institutions, and the book
is appropriately dedicated to the Earl-iof Efbrby,.
Chancellor of the University of Oxford. It . is-.
a well-timed and able contribution to. the, legal
literature of England—calm, dignified, andjtidieiaLiiy
tone,---its author illustrates points and discusses the
deductions from them with the earnest self-con:trot of
one entitled to be heard, yet in a manner.: as -much.
removed from arrogance, as it is at onee
persuasive. Aiming at utlity in the strietest.sense,.
Mr. Warren has succeeded in uniting :that quality to.
a high elevation of sentiment ; and has-recommended:
both by their admixture with sound,ijudgment and
inobtrusive, though graceful eloquence. . Hits...adapta-
tion of Blackstone does honour ta,)his -profiessional
attainments, and it will add yet another:cm:kat- to the
coronal of his literary laurels.

Monastic Institutions ; their Origin„ _Progress,
Nature, and Tendene y. By Samuel
.I)Nillips Day.
London_ Longman s, Brown, awl
.Green..
_ _

In this little volume, which is -beautifully and taste-
fully got up, we have the bearings of the question as to
the social effect of monachal institutions,, discussed by
one whose personal experience .in the matter entitles,
him to be heard with some, degree of authority..
Besides the claim to notice thus established, Mr. Day,
possesses very considerable skill, ancl.displays no small.
ability in putting his case well beforethe public. In
this effort he maintains a; prudent watchfulness. in;
regard to topics which, however injurious and repre--
hensible, are more properly treated with strong con-
demnation than suited', to exposure. Familiar as
he must be, and evidently is,. with many of, those
hidden iniquities by which the monastic system has
long been rendered obnoxious, and for which, it has
been subjected to j ustr. reprobation and abhorrence, he,
nevertheless, abstains. from a display of these, and
contents himselfi with inflicting on them a generalized
castigation. The book is.well and temperately written ;
yet such is, unfortnnately, the inherent pollution of
the subject, that, even the most vigilant attention will
not secure its, discussion against the intrusion of im-
purities. That, Mr, Day has done his best to avoid.
these, is plain and obvious enough ;. that he has not
been entirely successful, is more the fault of the sub-
ject than the. author.

A Complete English Grammar, for the Use of
Advanced Classes in largo Schools, and for Pupil
Teachers. By M. Wilson„ London : R. Griffin & Co.

This little and really useful book is by the head
master of the. Glasgow Normal Seminary, and is the
result of no inconsiderable experience in the nature of
of the task included in its compilation. The book
aims at philological investigation, and its author's in-
tention is to deduce, from that investigation, a gram-
matical system which shall, in some degree, at least,
accord with the genius of our language. This is, un-
doubtedly, the right course of procedure. The work
is commenced by a historical introduction, in which
the English language is traced through numerous au-
thorities, from an early period to the present time. It
next proceeds with a systematic treatise on the four
great divisions of grammar, illustrating the rules for
the arrangement of each by copious extracts, most of
which are judiciously selected. It is well suited for
advanced students, but better still for those who are
desirous of overcoming the deficieuoies of early educa-

tion by self culture.: To, such studenit° r:r
once us dui and entertaining.
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D üblin University Magazine. Dui
31‘Glashan.
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The July number. of this- ably-condacrr;
opens with a sensible analytical .review*,
vain= e of Sir- Archibald Aiken :a -ne
Europe. The, 'magazine writer, instead qv/ tlO
the book as an element of. current literage VI
instead
briefly to discuss the leading.points ill ..1
te
velum e ; ank in doing so, displays no.srior
good: sense, candOur, and intelligence.
amen g the topies- which oocupy his at
~,,
clire consequences- which have so- often r''' '
tan/ iering with the eurrener,-that favours'
the ' late Sir... Robert Peel tielighted SO 211:;:b.
—ti le indiscreet 'interference with' whirilib
that i one oocasion,.brought thecountryto •
ban kruptcy. and revolution: The ton
ceelyigs and . political ddngers which
parsing of the Reform Bill are also ,dwelt
durable length, and•aninnulterted on with
sh ort, the 'summary is masterly in desir,"
carried out: "The _ Drainage Miters'
"Bio, Vl.,'.' from the pen of Mr. Caleraftri.;
most interesting—if not, indeed, the rob*
--of the:series. It is ill' of well-tordil
is racy and fresh in its tone. Resides
ferred to, there are several, others of
the number concludes by a brilliant ainPl
ment /*amenity in ,respect-to.the condeel
ASSTRIA.N.ANT.Mgr
MU lecture-room of the Royal -
was., recently crowded, when Prince
the meeting with his,presence, to 7
describe some of theresults of tied,
Assyria.. Colonel Rawlinsav coo-
pursuing his investigation
;14o:three y,
from the British
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the: field of operatiOns opened by VII%
of nearly two thonsand miles
of cm
Euphrates and Tigris to the Persian
excavations made at different-points-,of
area have brought to light rehcs of :-
lug kind, far. surpassing in antictt#
marbles of Mr, Layard, and co- - -
tablets and cylinders. with written _
tend to throw much lig,lit on severg4 k
of ancient history. The oldest re•buill
ware slab,, or brick, from a tefLA wit'
before the Christian era, inlP',..,,t tha'
the king' who, reigned in Chaltiv'',-
Rawlinson explained that the
Assyria, exercised the exclusive right.
names. impressed= on the bricks uses in
that by this means, aided by the
the temples, he was enabled to ascertain
able accuracy the periods at which the
built, Some stone carvings, excav`
the dates of which were thus
a, period at least 800 years before the
are of a character far superior any
recent date excavated by Mr,
figures of animals in hunting seem
the carvings on flat slabs, there
small models of animals, some
hibited on the lecture table, which
with great skill, and they are in aS
of preservation as if .they had been i
Among the most interesting records 0
times are the tablets and cylinders',
inscriptions on their surfaces, most '
Rawlinson has been enabled to di
extracted from one of the temples
nezzar was shown, the inscription au
very small characters, and was
stating the circumstances under lc,'
was built, and lauding the works and
king, ' the tablet contained some
'Colonel Rawlinson thinks alludes to.
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has not yet been clearly decipo
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