The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-04-21
LITERARY NOTICES.

LITERARY NOTICES
THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER for March, 1853.
This is rich number of this able review,
and we have read with especial interest Arti-
Gle III, PauPs Doctrine Of Last Things Arti-
Gle V, on the Life and Writings of DR.. Chal-
msrs,' and Notices of Hppolytus and his Age,
| by Chevalier Bunsen; and of Ttco Sermons,
preached by Theodore Parker. We have only
space to speak of these last Hippolytus and
his Age, is work of learning and one likely
to make great stir among theologians and
divines A manuscript discovered by Nj. Vile
main, at Mount Athos, in Greece, in 1912, was
sent to Paris, translated, and published in Eng
land, turns out to be the work of Hippolytus,
Bishop of the Harbor of Rome, who lived about
the year 225, and gives some surprising narra-
tives of that period, fatal to the claims of the
Pope and the doctrine of an Apostolical sue
cesson.
The notice of Mr.. Parkers Sermons is frank
expression of the disapproval of the Editors of
the Christian Examiner, of Sermons falsely
so called which put forth as religious teach
ings views essentially the same with those
which have been put forth, again and again,
by successive deistical writer's.
They are the same in substance with those of
Voltaire, Rousseau, and the English deists.
There is nothing of any moment in
Newman, Gregg, or Parker, which is not found
stated with more vigor and brevity in Thomas
Paine. But come to the great
principles which they all hold they equally
reject the authority of Christ; they consider
the idea of miracle absurd They all teach
that the only sources from which religious
truth is to be derived, are Nature and the hui
man souln The Editors of the Examiner soy,
Every man who rejects the Divine authority
of Christianity, knows very well that he would
never have been sought to occupy Christian
pulpit if his views had been distinctly stated
n Christian congregation would no
more select such man for Christian minis.
ter, than mariner, on approaching coast
would take wrecker for pilot
Philosophy OF MYSTERIOUS AGENTS Human and
Mundane, &c. BY E C. Rogers. New York Har
per Brothers For sale by Franck Taylor, Wash
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Spiritual manifestations, as many style them
are exciting considerable attention. We have
private circles in almost every village and city
in the Union, public conventions clerical re-
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mad-house rawlings; but of this confusion, to
get at anything like facts, and the reasons for
them seems impossible. The author of this
valuable book has made the attempt He has
collected multitude of we'll attested cases
and sets up a theory antagonistic to the pop
ular belief Of spiritual interference The.book
is valuable on account of its vast number Of
facts and pleasant for the spirit with which
the subject is treated. They who deny the ex
istence of such startling manifestations of g
heretofore unknown power, are rs insensibie a.
they who, without further evidence, attribute
it to spiritual origin. Let tho subject b
calmly investigated.
Mr. BRowN's LETTERS TO YoUSG MAN AnoUl
Town, &c. BY W. NJ. Thacksray. New York
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This is the last of Appleton's gleanings O
Thsckersy trifss, which, by the present ligh
Of that gentleman's fame they make agreeable
The volume before us is quito amusing and t
have it the more attractive, the great author
has contributed preface-the only thing on
of twelve or thirteen volumes from the above
house, which he has been paid for. The pre-
face is the most amusing rs Thackeray, with
most delicate and sharp-pointed pen, punctures
our American publishers. In most polite and
choice phrase, he gives them to understand
that it is fiat burglary all-litt!e better look
you, than thieving
Did Appleton & Co notice this, or were they
willing to take the structures for the sake oil
the dimes.
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very handsome edition, convenient and
scholarly docking, Of the Works Of Coleridge
has just been commenced by the Harpers, un
der the editorship of Professor Shedd They
are to appear unabridged, in seven volumes
four of which we have already received. The
first contains his Aids to Reflection and States
mans Manual; the second, the series Of Es
: says, political, moral, and religious, that ap
peared in his Friend the third, Biographi
cal Sketches of his Literary Life and Opinions
the fourth, Notes and Lectures on Shakspear,
and several of the old poets and dramatists.
Coleridge was great thinker, but thu
masses will be apt to accept the tradition o
his greatness, without attempting to verify i
, by a careful study Of his prose writings. Thes
, are intended for hard thinkers whom, aftel
ell, they stimulate rather than satisfy w,
need hardly say that several Of his poems viii
endure as long as the language in which they
are written. The only regret is, that his atten
ton was 80 distracted between poetry and
metaphysics, that the fulness Of his genius was
: scarcely displayed in either.
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