The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-04 00:00:00

NEW BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED.

Second Edition, printed uniioriu with the " Omnipre-

sce.
1. A UNIVERSAL PRAYER; DEATH ;
ilk A VISION OF HEAVES ; AND A VISION
OF HELL : Poems.

By ROBERT MONTGOMERY,
Author of " The Omnipresence of the Deity."
Second Edition, poet Bvo., price 7e. 6d. boards.

" It is a great and extraordinary performance, aud will
much extend the fame b 0 truly deserved by its author."—
Literary Gazette.
2. THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY. Se-
venth Edition, price 78. 6d.

" TUB OUNIFILESENCE OF TUX DEITY..--Mr. Mont-
gomery's excellent poem on this awful and impressive sub-
ject has, nut 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 ; lint, in
this production, be has displayed a depth and maturity 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—tey are never in-
troduced merely at the suggestion of fancy, but are called
in to illustrate some feeling of the mind, or some affection
of the heart. A glowing spirit of fervid elevation distin-
guishes the whole work. In every page we find—
' Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.'
The author appears to have felt that he stood in the pre-
sence of HIM whose greatness he was ceiehrating ; to Him
he has prayed for inspiration, and from Him he has received
it. He describes with felicitous effect the presence of the
Deity in all times and places—in the glare of day, and in
the darkness of night ; in the storms of winter, in the mild
breath of spring, in the gorgeous glory of summer, and in
the fruition of autumn. The all-seeing eye is never closed ;
it penetrates oar most secret thoughts; it views our most
covert designs ; it is fixed OR tm when we are born,—it
marks us during youth, manhood, and old age,—and when
the dseeth-bed Beene arrives, it is still fixed on its, The
author has inculcated this principle with a force and vigour
worthy of the theme ; be 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 where 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 graceful 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 Tha Cruci-
fixion' cannot lie read without emotion. '—From The
Times, April 1, 1828.
3. CONVERSATIONS ON GEOLOGY: comprising
a Familiar Explanation of the Huttonian and Wernerian
Systems ; the Mosaic Geology, as explained by Mr. Gran.
ville Penn ; and the late Discoveries of Professnr Buckland,
Macculloch, and others. With several Engravings. Price
7s. 6d.

4. THE WANDERER'S LEGACY ;. a Collection of
Poems on Various Subjects. By CATHARINE GRACE
GODWIN. Dedicated, by permission, to W. Words-
with, Esq. Post Svo., price Ss. Sd.
London; Printed foi S. Maunder, Newsate-atrett.