The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-28 00:00:00

NEW BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED.

Second Edition, printed uniform with the " Omnipre.
settee," &c.

1.
11A UNIVERSAL PRAYER; DEATH ;
A VISION OF HEAVEN ; AND A VISION
OF HELL : Poems.

By ROBERT MONTGOMERY,
Author of " The 6innipresence of the Deity."
Second Edition, post 8 vo., price 7s. ktl. boards.
" It is a great and extraordinary performance, and will
much extend the fame so truly deserved Icy its author."—
Literary Gazette.
2. THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY. ile•
venth Edition, price 7s. 6.1.
" THE OMNIPRESENCF. OF THE DEITY.--Mr. Mont-
gomery's excellent poem on this awful and impressive sub-
ject has, not more rapidly than deservedly, arrived at a
second edition. The work is dedicated, by permission, to
the Lord Bishop of London, and,is, in every respect, worthy
the countenance and protection of that elevated dignitary.
The author is, we understand, a very young man ; bat, in
this production, lie has displayed a depth and matusity of
thought, a strength and justness of reasoning, which would
do honour to any writer of the present day. His versifica-
tion combines, in no ordinary degree, energy and elegance;
his figures are beautifully appropriate—they are never in-
troduced merely at the suggestion of fancy, but are called
in to illustrate some feeling of the mind, or some affection
°bile heart., A glowing spirit of fervid devotion distin-
guishes the whole work. In every page we find—Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.'
ar andf the
Deity in
The author appears to have felt that he stood in the pre-
sence of HIM whose greatness lie was celebrating ; to Ilan
he has prayed for inspiration, and from Him he has received
describes with
p felicitousec,s_
n effect
the
g the
glare of day,ence o
h:
in the storms of winter, in the mild
breath
itti:ed He
iroen kfn(aleelssofisl night;
spring, in the gorgeous glory of summer, and in
the fruition of autumn. The all-seeing eye is never closed ;
it penetrates our most secret thoughts; it views our most
covert designs;- it is fixed OR us when we are born,--it
marks us during youth, manhood, and old age,--and when
the death-bed scene arrive., it is still fixed on its. The
author has inculcated this principle with a force and vigour
worthy of the theme ; he calls on his fellow men, eloquently
and affectionately, never to let the fact escape from their
memory, that the Deity is ever present; and he argues,
that wkere such a feeling exists, it must check the growth
of evil, counteract the tendency of human nature to vice,
and extend the empire of virtue. A purer body of ethics
we have never read, and he who could peruse it without
emotion,
clothed as it is in the grac,ful garb of poetry,
must have a very cold and insensible heart.
" There are several small poems attached to the volume,
which possess great merit. That entitled 'Th.t Cruci-
fixion' cannot be read without emotion."—From The
Times, April 1, 1828.
3. CONVERS.k.TIONS ON GEOLOGY: comprising
a Familiar Explanation of the Huttonian and Weruerian
Systems ; the Mosaic Geology, as explained by Mr. Gran-
ville Penn ; and the late Discoveries of Professor Buckland,
Maccullocb, and others. With several Engravings, prim
7s. 6d.

4. THE WANDERER'S LEGACY ; a Collection of
Poems ou Various Subjects. By CATHARINE GRACE
GODWIN. Dedicated, by permission, t) W. Words-
worth, Esq. Post Svo., price Bs. 6d.

Loudon; Printed foe S, ISlauuder, Newgate-street.

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