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rSCoLxRIpcE's WoaK,.-A new and CON-

tS@ CoLxRIpcE's WoRK,.-A new and CON-
rlete edition Of ~Tse Works OF Colerdge" is psssins
through the press OF Harper Brothers. The eSiaon
il TO be eompTieei in seven volumes, OF wsieh TWO
have already been published, containing The AIDS 70
| Reflection" The stsesmsn's Manual, and "fhe
Frsrdn An Introductory Essay, BY the editor, Prof
sHxpp given in the FIRST volume, describing the po-
s,on Of Coeridge as a Philosopher and Thecloyian,
ard defending his claims to the character Of emf
ipcnt master of thought Th. written With earnest,
ness and in.ight-the style is both vigorous and lucid
it sbsws not only profound acquaintance with mod
ern systems of philosophy but rare power of acute
original reelection. The admirers Of Coerdge will
welcome this admirable indication of their fsvorte.
Without asserting the views presented in this essay,
regard II q singulsry able specimen OF phlosoph'
csl disqusitiou-Tne external appearance OF this edi
ton il quite satisfactory
u "THE AMERICAN SLAVE CobE," By
WILLIAM GoopELL Q2mo. PIP. 43l. Published by
the American and Foreign Anti-Slsvery Society,"
comprehensive digest of the laws of the slsvehodng
StAies in regard TO their peculiar institution with
appropriate comments and illustrations by the editor.
II treats of the general relation OF master and slave, OF
the relation of the slave 10 society and 10 civil govern
mcnt and of the relation Of the Slave Code to the o
critics of the few The work exhibits great legal re-
search snd no ordinary power Of analysis. Is siapt
ed 10 place the evils of slavery before he understand
ing Of the reader in less vivid light than the pa
thetc creations of the fancy Even the titles of some
of the chapters have no small significance" Slaves
can Possess Nothing -" Slaves cannot Msrry'-"rae
Slave cannot Sue his Master and the like. No one can
peruse this seasonabe volume without fresh sense OF
the contradiction between Southern legislation and the
rights Of humanity.
rT"MY CoNsULsHIP." BY c. EDWARDS
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very characteristic producton.-erratc, superficial,
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tT9"TH OBLIGATION or THE SABBATH.
discussion between Rev. J. NEWTON BsowN and
WIN B. TAYLOR in regard to the obligation OF Sabbat-
ica in situations under the Christian dispensation The
question argued on both sides with learning fairness
and decency variety OF remarkable quotations from
the early Fathers and eminent modern Christian di-
vines maintaining the abolition of the Sabbath are in
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non Of the Sabbath in the nature Of man. as well a. on
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founded fact and well adapted by the impressive
scenes hiCh describes TO the attention OF the
reader to the mischefs of the liquor traffic We trust
this volume will find wide circulation. 1t cannot fail
TO exert a salutary influence
rS9"HArcHIE, or the GUARDIAN SLAVE
by WAKREN T. ASHTON, is a tale of the Mississippi
and the Southwest, written "beiore negro literature
had become mania in the community" II does not
claim TO Illustrate either the blessings or the evils OF
slavery nor does the author attempt nforsze upon
Southern institutions, any other extrsneeus topic"
With TOO apparent aim for intense effect it has seve
raj passages OF lively description and the whole is
quite readable story Boston: B. B. Mussey & Coz
IT," ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY"
for 1853, edited by DAVID II. WELLS Boston Gould
& Lncon) In addition to the usual variety OF scena
tic facts recorded in this work. the present volume
copOus and valuable series Of itorial Notes
OIL the Progress OF Science in lsJ2.
tS MEMOIRS or THE QUEENS OF HENRY
vlI," by AGNES STRICKLAND. These Memoirs. which
present striking illustration of the stormy period Of
transition from the Middle Ages modern times
taken from the large work of Miss Strickland on The
Queens OF England" and repubished without abrdge
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~ We have received the Fifth Volume Of
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editor Boston :. James Munroe Coz
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