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LECTURES TO YOU'VE MEN, on their Dangers SAT-.
guards, and Responsibilities. By Rev. D.ni,
Smith. New York: Lane Scott For sale ~.
Gray Balantyne Washington
This little book contains seven sar,,o.,u
rather lectures" upon the various eont;n.0.
cies of the interval between boyhood and man
hOod-so justly esteemed the most important &c
our lives, in view of the almost absolute af,or
influence it exerts. While we would mod;e,
very materially the authors wholesale pro-
scription of "amusements," question the eRca-
cy of many of his antidotal prescriptions, and
protest against his revival and profuse use ITO.
ward the close) of theological dogmas, we con.
fess to having found many evidences of earnest
thought, and much forcible truthful reasoning
upon points and questions in which every
young man is interested.
The book is well written neatly nr;ntad
and, we doubt not rciH do good, on the whole.
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| AUTOBIOGRAPHY, INCIDENTS, AND OBSERVATIONS
By Rev. Tobias Spcer. New York Lane & Scott
For sale by Gray 4 Ballantyne, Washington. D. C.
ain compliance with resolution of the
Troy Annual Conference" Mr. Spcer has here
given us his personal and religious experiences,
including an account of his visit to England as
a delegate to the Worlds Convention, held in
London in 1916. The book will probably be
an interesting one to the Methodist society
generally
The KNIcKERBocKER for September, 1852
Welcome, "Old Knick! !" The muddIed
azure of thine exterior hath charm for us
We confess to a weakness for the quaint pecu-
liarities of thine essays - the racy, rollicking
air of thy sketches-and the pungent cham
pagnness of thine editors gossip We re-
member, too, that from the cosy setting of thy
spare corners many poetic gem hath first be-
| trayed its sheen to the world-so thrice wei
come! In earthly prosy parlance this is
| good number.
THE WIDOWS SOUVENIR. By A. c. Rose. New
York Lane Il Scott. For sale by Gray 4 Balan
tyne, Washington, d. c.
This is neat little volume of hundred and
twenty-eight pages, and in its arrangement and
general character gives evidence of sincere
desire to accomplish what is undertaken, viz
the consolation of widows. Yet we much ques
ton its success. The authors design seems to
have been to enter the inner sanctuary of the
widows heart and meet all the subtle contin-
gences of her bereavement IL seems to us
that this is going too far. consolatory essay
should not attempt more than the establish
ment of a spirit of endurance, upon the basis
of perfect faith in the wisdom and benef-
cence of God. If more is attempted however
astute in the science of human nature its au-
thor may be, we utterly disbeleve in its effca-
cy; for just in proportion as organizations diff
fer, of course feelings will differ under similar
circumstances, and widowhood to one woman
is utterly unlike widowhood to another - so :
that an essay calculated to meet the needs of
one, would probably shock and wound the
other. Every grief has its peculiarities its in
diyidualism and above all its sacrednesS and
requires specific, individual remedy applied
with EXTREMIST delicacy, by none but the near
est and dearest
HARPER's MAGAZINE. September, 1852.
We cannot wonder at the vast popularity of
this periodical II seems to gather to itself,
with touchstone-like avidity, all the "pure
metal y of the current literature on both sides
of the water. This number is a perfect cornu-
A losk, r. L. HI, Il on1
are COMMUNICATING some exceedingly inter
esting geological facts in relation to the River
Jordan and the Dead Sea, illustrated by map
of the localities Next are some numerously-
pictured Notes from the Barbary States show
ing up with an agile pen some of the PECULIAR
ties Of Moorish life; then follow a host of
Sketches, Anecdotes, "reminiscences, &c, in
Guiding the last instalments of a My Novel"
and "Bleak House." Sc, Sc, &c. By the by,
has the regular issue of Bleak House ceased
We have heard no tell of it since No s.
The Holy BIBLE. Translated from the Latin Vul-
gate Diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek
and other editions in divers languages The Old
Testament, first published by the English College
At DOudy, n ~. lUVOj anu the NEW Testament,
first published in the English College at Rheims. A.
D. 1882 With useful Notes--crtcal, historical,
controversial and explanatory-seloctcd from the
most eminent commentators and the most able and
judicious critics By the Rev Geo. Leo Haydoch.
New York: Edward DUNCAN a Brother.
Our absence when this work reached here
must be our apology to the publisher for not
noticing it sooner. Ii is to be issued in num-
bers, at twenty-five cents each-the numbers
not to exceed thirty eight The Typography
and illustrations are elegant, and the work APP
pears with the appreciation of Bishop Hughes
As an authorized Catholic Family Bible and
Commentary, we commend it to our Protestant
readers, for the purpose specially of comparl-
son with their own version and the usual COM
mentaries.
We hope to receive the numbers as they may
appear.
VIRGINIA
Where are the Virginia delegates to the f''s-
bureh Convention Is there to be no electoral
ticket for Hale and Julian in the Old Dom'n'