The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

Sportsman is illustrated by two cleverly-executed en-
The Intended Meal," and " Going to Meet the

The first is by the celebrated Aiken—the se-

cond by Armfield

The Farmer's Magazine is illustrated by two plates: one,
" A Short-horned Bull ;" the other, " Mercury, a celebra-
ted Hunter." We can recommend this publication to the
notice of the farmer. The contents are truly valuable.

Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune. By W.
H. Maxwell. Curry and Co., Dublin ; Walmsley, Li-

erpool

The talented author of the " Stories of Waterloo " has
reappeared upon the stage of literature in the present volume.
His abilities as a raconteur have been admitted by all who
have perused his works. His reputation will not suffer by

the present venture. The mode in which the stories are
introduced is novel and good. Some travellers being de-
tained at the home of the soldier, by a storm, to lighten the

time they take upon themselves to narrate some passage in
their lives. There are eight stories in all, and four spirited
illustrations, with a portrait of the author. "My First
ple Chase " is admirably told, and we shall endeavour
soon to make room for it. " The Deceased Pluralist" is a
fearful exhibition of the state of Ireland a few years ago.
" The Tour—not Sentimental," will produce hearty laugh-
ter. MacDermott's reflections upon " things in general"
are odd enough. It will be noticed that this work emanates
from the Dublin press, and is published by Messrs. C.
It does them great credit. We can recommend this amusing

book to all who wish for a few hours' agreeable reading.

Faith and Works : the former does not per se necessarily
produce the latter. Painter, Strand, London.

The tendency of this pamphlet is most unscriptural. The
author, or rather the compiler, evidently is not acquainted
with the subject of which he treats. A man who can delibe-
rately write about'` acquiring" faith, is not likely to be able
to know whether or not that inestimable " gift" be really
productive of good works. Had the compiler been content
with allowing the extracts, which he has selected from seve-
ral dignitaries of the church, to speak for themselves, we
would willingly leave the decision of the question he discusses
in the hands of any unprejudiced person ; but we cannot
quietly suffer him, with such. apparent sang froid, to pervert
the meaning of better informed persons than himself. He is

a layman, et ne sutorultra erepidam

The Churchman for February. Painter, London

This magazine might, we conceive, be made more useful if

the information contained in it were of a more interesting
character. The letters of Mr. Faber are, doubtless, ex-
tremely valuable, but where so little space is at hand, would

it not gratify a " churchman" more to peruse much valuable
matter connected with the doctrines and movements of the

church ? and which cannot be, at least so we presume, for it
is not, given. The magazine is calculated to be of essential
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ervice, but it is, notwithstanding, capable of improvement.
The Village Churchman is, in kind, a great improvement

)11 its contemporary, but of course the latter will find its way
nto circles where the former, in all probability never pene-
des. There are many subjeets of vital importance to the
,ch which we rarely or never see in the columns of The