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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1861.


MEpITAI1oNs on LIFE AND IT'S RELIGIOUS
DUTIES Translated IRON the Germsu,. b.
FRkpEh1cA Rowan. Boston: Tlcknor Il Fields
Chicago: :. c. Gtfggs i Co. and John r. Walsh
This Ia another volume by Zchokke, the
well known German theo1ogian, and Is In
tended as companion to the Meditations on
Deah and Eternity, By the same author and
translator. This Inst book, as our readers
nay remember, was favorite study with the
late Prince Albert, and was arss published In
England under the immediate supervision and
auspices Of Her Majesty, the Queen Of En-
gland The cu,iotity Of the thing of Il book
edited By Queen gave 1t large temporary
noto1ie'y, and Introduced 1t Into circles where
i: would never have found its way If 1t haa
not been endorsed By royalty. It is intrinsic
ally, however, profound and thoughtful
book, worthy Of place In every library. The
.ltditations on Litt come to Us, also, with the
odors Of Toy atty about them. They are dedi-
Gated to q. Il. Il. the Princess Louisa Of Hease,
Princess Alice Of Great Britain aud ireland,
"Thosc young life, " accordin. to tha dedica-
ton. has already given evidence Of the reli-
gious earnestness and sincerity Iacu1cated In
these medttations.'' It is a rare thing for any
of the royal family Ct England to be touched
BY the sacred fire Of religion; and until tho
ascension OF Her present Majesty-who has
eet IN example Of virtue to her people, which
has no precedent in the long line Of ancestral
kings AID queens who have occupied the En-
g1ish throne even morality was in = great
runbcr Of instances tabooed, aud rice In its
mcst abcminable forms displayed itself in per-
petual orgies. The private history Of the ac-
conmodatirg daughters Of George the Third
Ii not Ve1y cred1tAb1e record; and George
the Fourth, :" first gentleman in Europe" was
also the first b1ackgguard, the most cruel and
heartleas of seducere, and the yilest Of de-
bauchees. England and the world have to
thank Queen Victoria for tho reformation
rbich she has eftacted In the conduct and
morals of the English Court, the most un1m-
peachable in Europe. Ono is glad to find,
also, that Alice, who is considered the most
beautiful woman in Europe, is likely to be-
come as high pattern Of moral excellence as
her Queenly mother. The book here dedicated
to her abonnds with fine passages of thought
AID feeling, and is perysded BY an atmosphere
of genuine religion and devotion.
PALMoN1, OR TIE NUMERALS OF SCRIP
TURE A PROOF OF INSPIRATION. 4 Free
Inquiry. By II. MAuAE, DID,. St. Marks in tho
BoWery Professor Of Ecclesiastical History, DC.
New York: D. Appleton d Co. chicago: S. q.
Gtiggs d Co.
The author Of this book has q. cryptical
mind; he is reader Of dark questions, as the
Egyptians call them, and ought to have gone
to Egypt to read the hieroglyphIcs with Cham
pollion+ BE has taken the shine ont Of Swe-
denborg; he has discovered neH ciphera
shsrewith TO interpret the occult meaning Of
the Holy Scriptures; he has discovered that
they hare an occult meaning; that figures
represent things, and eycn the cardinal doc.
tr1nes Of Christianity Thus he ssys, "F!f.
ten is the numerical value Of one Of the He
brew abhreyiations Of the name Of the Lord.
It is also connected with the idea Of the sccond
resurrection" &c. We confess that the au-
thor reasons very ipgeniously, and that many
things, otherwise dirk in Scripture, assume a
new intelligence. Sir Thomas Browne first
broke The ground in this new science, which
may be called the science Of numbers In their
relation to divine truth. Curious renders
will flsd in this book much to stimulate the
intellect and instruct the mind.
ONER LOOSE IN DIXIE. By Rev. Capt. J.
GEEn Philadelphia: ). ". Daughaday. Chi
cago: John 3, Walsh.
This is very interesting account Of the ad-
ventures Of Yankee prisoner IN the 1snd Of
the ehisalzy. Capt. Geer must hare suffered
evcn more than usually falls to the lot Of sol.
d.ers WIN are cnnturpd hv the nerr5fess and