Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-01-21
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.

4 -ssfs.cse NOIICES @OF NEW sBOOkS.
Reason and Faith and other Misce1lanieso Of Henry
Rogers, 4uthor of the 6 Eclipse of Fifth n-Bos-
ton and Ne,o York, 1853. u
collection of essays originally contributed to the
Edinburg Review, and which win be welcomed by
many of the readers of that journal their present
form The Eclipse of Faith, as many of our read
ers know is brilliant and effective sortie upon the
modern outworks of inidelity, in the shape of RAJ
tionalism, and generally of philosophy falsely so
called. This additional collection of essays by the
same author, and on the general class of SUBJ
jects will be found to be characterized by the same
wide and complete mastery of the subject in all its
endless and and ever-shiftng phases-the same keen
and trenchaut' logic, the same and raciness of
style, and the same pure and lofty tone of evangei
cal piety. Though large portion of the present
volume is chiefly literary rather than controversial
yet in view Of the thorough handling of the mythic
hypothesis of Strauss and his English coadjutors,
Foxton and Froade, in the essay on Reason al d
Faith their Claims and Conflicts" taken in connex
ion with the previous work, The Eclipse of Faith"
think Mr.. Rogers mas fairly place among
the foremost apologists whom the modern form of
the great Christian controversy has produced.
The Difficulties Of I.1fdelity" by GEORGE STAN
LEY FABER, B. D., to which is added, Modern
h.1fdetity Considered" by ROBERT HALL, A NJ, and
a Catalogue of the Books known to have been writ
ten on the Evidence of Revealed Religion.-Neo
York, William G0cdns 1853 This is a beautiful
reprint of two of the best known and ablest works
on Apologetics in the language. The form of the
book, like every publication of Mr.. Gowans' we have
seen is worthy of all commentator, as blending
chasteness and beauty with convenience and good
taste. It is model of book-making that should be
:pfro hxyo fbor of l,,
photography do we earnestly recommend it to the
thoughtful consideration of the Harpers, whose
tangled and abominabe spelling is doing so much to
corrupt the English language. The catalogue of
books on the Evidence of Revealed Religion, appcn-
ded by the Publisher, is very valuable feature of
this Edition it is hardly to be expected that such
catalogue should be made absolutely complete at
once, but the intelligent reader who has any knowl
edge of the difficulties of the task, will be much
surprised at its funess than disappointed at missing
any particular work from its thirty closely printed
pages.
For sale at Pomeroy's
JOHN MITCHELL ON TIE SLAVERY QUESTION. The
abolitionsts have not manifested much affection for
John Mitchell since his arrival in this country,
the alternate attacks of the Evening Post, Albany
Atlas and Tribune have sufficiently manifested.
They saw him in company with Charles O'Connor,
drew thence evil augury to their hopes of leading
him into the pitfalls which they set for kossuth. But
satisfied they were not prepared for the an
nexed paragraph, which appeared in the second
number of his paper, The Citizen 1t seems, some
fanatical philosopher over in Ireland writes him a
letter of enquiry about the slave-drivcrs and the
slavc-pens" in this country, and insists his def
ming his position on the question of human rig ats
and abolition" He gives extract of this letter,
and accompanies it with the following.
1--WE are not aboltionists-no more abolitionists
than Moses, or Socrates or Jesus Christ. We deny
that it is crime, a wrong or even a peccadillo
to hold slaves to buy slaves, to sell slaves to keep
slaves to their work by fogging or other needfu CO.
ercion. BY your silence, says Mr.. Haughton, you
will become participation in their wrongs, but we
will not be silent when occasion calls for speech, and
for being participation in the wrongs for
part acish zee h I'd good plantation aoeU stocked
aciM healthy negroes IN Aha6anea."
An EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG MEN. The Messrs. Harp
ers of New York. who recently lost about ,O00 600
by fire, but who still in Independent crcumstan-
ces-abe to rccommence operations on an extensive
scae-commenced life poor boys. The New York
Times furnishes the following brief history of the
career of the Harpers:
1.-The establishment of the Harpers founded
by James Harper, the oldest of the four brothers,
VINO now constitute the firm. He came to the city
in 1910, lad fifteen years old, and served APP
premiership of six years to Paul & Thomas, the
leading printers of that day. His brother John
followed him, and learned the trade of Mr.. Seymour,
had saved, the brothers opened small book and
job office in Dover Street. The first book they |
printed Seneca's M0Fals-the second was edi-
ton of the Methodist Catechiym. The first book |
they published on their account was Lockes |
Essay Human Understanding. They toiled with |
industry, and maintained the highest |
character for enterprise and integrity In 1920 the
third brother Joseph Wesley, Joined them, and six
years later Fletcher became a member of the firm.
From that time until now they have carried the
publishing business with degree of well directed |
energy, which has few parallels They removed to
Cliff street about 1920 and have added one building
after another their establishment the demands
of their business required. The amount of books |
they have issued is almost incalcuable For the !
last few years they have published an average, |
taeenty-1ire rolumes minute for ten hours a day;
and from three to four thousand persons have OBJ
tanned livelihood from their employment
LONDON Dock BRANDY. A New York corrcspon-
dent of the Mobile Tribune tells the following good
story:
"a friend of mine was offered share, the other
day, in the profits of brilliant speculation. Being
so absurd to have troublesome tenant of his |
breast called conscience he declined the enterprise,
thereby losing handsome per cent 1t was in this |
WISE My friend is largely in an exporting business.
A gentleman informed him that he would like to
shin on shares What 10 thew contain 2" "