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calm and philosophic, and are undoubtedly the result
of extensive reading and patient investigation. The
first discourse is an answer to tLe question "On what
is government founded ?" The second is on " Civil
Liberty," in which the author defines the nature of
true liberty—points out the way in which it is to be
maintained within, and how it is to be defended from
without—and closes by enumerating its advantages.
His remarks on the connection of civil liberty with
religion are extremely valuable. The third discourse
treats of secret suffrage, or vote by ballot. The argu-
ments against this favourite nostrum of the philoso.
phical radicals are powerful and conclusive. The
fourth discourse embraces the subject of equality or
inequality, in which the wild aspirations of the
"chartist" agitators are exposed to merited ridicule.
The closing discourse is on the central and local sys-
tems. To every one anxious to study the theory of
government or the constitution of society, this work
must prove an invaluable acquisition.

Practical Observations on the Causes and Treatment
of Curvatures of the Spine. By Samuel Hare,

surgeon. London: Sin Akin & Marshall. 1838.

This is a truly valuable work, with the contents of
which it were desirable that every parent should be
familiarly acquainted. The alarming prevalence of
spinal distortion within the last half century, and its
seeming increase in the present day, renders it impe-
ratively incumbent upon all who have children en-
trusted to their charge to make the physical culture of
youth a matter of serious study, with a view to the
prevention of so gi ievous a calamity. As " preven-
tion is always better than cure," we particularly re-
commend to the notice of our readers the very sensible
practical observations which Mr. Hare has offered on
the food, exercise, and clothing of infants, and on the
improprieties of chess, which constitute the main
sources of spinal diseases. The section which treats
of inattention to general health is also particularly
valuable. The more scientific portions of the work
are chiefly useful to the professional reader, but may.
be consulted with advantage by all who are them.
selves suffering from, or who have relations afflicted
with, spinal distortion or irritation. The concluding
chapter on pulmonary consumption embodies much
sound information. The volume is illustrated by nu-
merous engravings illustrative of the subject on which
it treats.

The Voice of the Pulpit, being Sermons on Various
Subjects. By George Stephens, Esq., Author of
the " Slumber of the Pulpit." London : Mitchell.
We have been much struck, while perusing these
admirable sermons, with the originality of many of
the author's conceptions, and with the fervour and
eloquence with which his views of scriptural truths are
enforced. He has evidently studied simplicity of dic-
tion, and avoided all inflation of style and imagination;
but we should reflect that simplicity and sublimity are
nearly allied, and never more so than in all treatises
on religion. As a literary performance this small
volume reflects the highest credit upon the writer ;
but it has a still higher claim than this upon our regard
and admiration—it is a faithful exposition of Gospel
truth, and calculated to instruct and edify the Christian
reader. The subjects treated of are, the resurrection
of the dead—prayer—repentance—domestic concord—
and religious apostacy. We sincerely trust that these
sermons may be useful to many, building them up in
one most holy faith, and training them for a blissful
immortality ; and that they will lead many to think of
those things which concern their everlasting peace,
who have been hitherto living in careless indifference
respecting their spiritual welfare.

An Exhortation to the Belief and Practice of Real
Religion ; with Cautions against some Mistakes
about it ; together with Short Rules for a Holy
Life. Third Edition. By the Rev. T. Horn, A.M.
London : W. E. Painter. 1838.

This is a cheap republication of a little book, ori-
ginally printed upwards of a century ago, and abound-
ing in sound, plain, and practical instructions in the
Christian religion. We cordially recommend it to
the notice of our readers, as a most faithful exhortation
to ;holiness of life. It forms a very suitable present
for the young.

The Bible the only Rule of Faith. A Sermon
preached in St. Michael's Church, Pitt-street, Li-
verpool, on Friday evening, Nov. 9, 1838. By the
Rev. Henry Carpenter, A. 8., Minister of St. Mi-
chael's, Liverpool : Newling.
This is the first of a series of sermons, now in
course of delivery at St. Michael's Church, on the er-
rors of the Church of Rome. We are glad to find
that a great number of the clergy of this town have
determined to act upon the aggressive, in reference to
the fatal heresies of Popery. Protestants have too
long been content with acting upon the defensive
against the assaults of Romanism ; but this is not
likely to be the case much longer. The rapid en-
croachments of Romanism, and the zeal with which its
adherents are now grasping at ascendancy, has, we
rejoice to find, stimulated the zeal of the clergy of the
Established Church, and prompted them to a due con-
sideration of their ordination vow "to root out all
heresies" from the land. The clergy of Liverpool
have set an example which we trust to find generally
followed in all parts of the kingdom. They have com-
bined, in a holy phalanx, to resist the spread of Popery,
and to oppose its errors and superstitions. This step
was almost indispensably necessary in a town like Li-
verpool, comprising as it does, on the authority of the
Papists themselves, a Roman Catholic population of
sixty thousand persons; and more especially after the
recent successful experiment made by the corporate
authorities, influenced by the Popish priests, to intro.
duce the Irish system of education into the public
schools of the town.

The sermon preached by the respected minister of
St. Michael's very appropriately introduces the series
—laying, as it does, the only foundation on which we
can safely build our faith. It contains a sound, lucid,
and strictly evangelical exposition of the text—" From
a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which
are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through
faith which is in Christ Jesus." The author shows
that " the Church of Rome maintains that the Bible,
the Apocrypha, and Tradition, jointly, constitute the
rule of Faith" ; and that " the Church of England
rejects Tradition—rejects the Apocrypha—and appeals
to the Bible as the sole standard of Faith—the only
foundation of our Religious Belief." The notes ap-
pended to the sermon are extremely valuable, especi-
aly the second, in which the modified Popery of the
Pusevites is denounced as opposed to the doctrines of
the Church of England.

The Duty of exposing the Errors of the Church of
Rome. A Sermon preached in St. Michael's Church,
Pitt street, Liverpool, on Friday Evening, Nov. 16,
1838 By the Rev. Fielding Ould, A. 8., Minister
of Christ Church. Liverpool : Newling.

The text of this sermon is from Jer. 1. 29, on which
Mr. Oulci grounds an appeal to the Ministers of the
Church of England, calling upon them to be faithful
to their God, faithful to their ordination vows, faithful
to their Roman Catholic brethren, and faithful to their
own people, by setting themselves in array against the
spiritual Babylon. He exhorts them to be valiant and
active, " not only for the spread of the truth, but also
for the defence of the truth—not merely for the
preaching of the gospel, but also for the banishment
of 'that other gospel, which is not yet another.'" In
enforcing this duty Mr. Ould has taken a cursory view
of the principal errors of Popery, against which it is
the bounden duty of Protestant ministers to declaim.
The language of the sermon is highly persuasive and
eloquent. A candid perusal of it by Roman Catholics
must convince them of the heretical character of
Popery.

Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord, are the only
Two Sacraments ordained by Christ in the Gospel.
A sermon preached in St. Michael's church, Pitt-
street,Liverpool, on Friday evening,Nov. 23d., 1838.
By the Rev. R. P. Buddicom, A.M., F.R.S., Incum-
bent of St. George's church, Everton. Liverpool:
Newling.
This forms the third in the series of sermons
against Popery. The text is taken from Jeremiah 23,
28. " The Prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a
dream ; and he that bath my word let him speak my
word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ?
saith the Lord." Of this admirable sermon it may be
truly said, that the preacher "speaks the word of the
Lord faithfully." We have never seen, within the
same compass, so triumphant a refutation of the doc-
trines of the Church of Rome respecting sacraments.
The Romish church maintains that. there are seven
sacraments—namely Baptism, Confirmation, the Eu-
charist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and
Matrimony. The Church of England, on the con-
trary, holds that " there are two Sacraments ordained
of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Bap-
tism, and the Supper of the Lord." Mr. Buddicom
joins issue with the Romanists on the ground that the
three essentials, acknowledged by the Church of Rome
to be essential to the nature of a Sacrament, exists
only in Baptism and the Supper of the Lord, and that
they are wanting in the five other so-styled Sacra-
ments of the Papists. Those essentials are, 1. That
there be a visible sensible sign, which may again be
divided into the form, and matter. 2. That it confer
grace on the partaker. 3. That it have divine insti-
tution. In all these essentials Mr. Buddicom has
proved the sacraments of the church of Rome to be
deficient.

Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative
Tales of the Borders and of Scotland. Patt 52,
Edinburgh : Sutherland.
The high tone of morality which pervades the
whole of these popular tales, and the striking pictures
of society—ancient usages—modern manners—and
rural employments, which each of them affords, entitle
them to the most extended patronage. We need
scarcely add that their cheapness is another decided
recommendation. Four volumes of these tales have
been already completed. The part before us com-
prises several delightful tales, the titles of which we
subjoin :—" The Epicure"—" The Two Comrades"—
"The Surtout"—" Gleanings of the Covenant," and
"The Abduction." We hope that the continuation of
these tales will become increasingly popular.

Specimens of Cast Metal Ornaments. By R. Brans-
ton, Engraver on Wood.
These specitpens are exquisitely wiepqted. We