, 1863-07-13
BOOK NOTICES.
THE NATURAL LAWS OF HUsBANpRy-Rr
L1Es1s. New York. 2. Appleton d CO, CIT

| BOOK NOTICES.
THE NATURAL LAWS OF HUsBANpRY-B,
LEE n1is. ~ GF,a. aosk 2: r. Appleton Co. Chi
| Baron liebtg is 80 well known as the popu
lar exponent Of the laws and facts Of chenls
trJ, and is 60 thoroughly appreciated, that his
name as>a Sufficient Recommendation of hit
books. He has done more to enljghten the
people upon this important and interesting
science than all the other professors put to
gether. The secret Of his success lies In his
| plain, unya1nished writing, and in the happy
method of his treatment. There Is a charm
| about his books which does not usually ut
| tach to scientific works. He writes ALWAYS
tor the people, not for the sarans; and the
people understand him. and ara grateful to
him. It is long time since he has given us a
book to talk about, and to learn from. and
this volume on the Laws Of Husbandry Is
very welcome, and will be great boon to all
who are engaged In agriculture. It is the re-
solt OF his experience, and reflection, after
sixteen years Of close, practical study-and
ought to be In the hands Of every farmer In
the country. -.
TIE HOLY WORD N.1Ts OWN DEFENSE
addressed a. 70 B1snGr @ G GCo1ENso, By The REv: A.
70, s. G. Gricrs & GO. " oRt4'.''A c. Wi 'n'es'"
Our readers may remember that some lime
ago an English Colonial Bishop, "thc Right
Rev. John William Colenso, D. D., Bishop of
Natal"-as the Ecclesiastical Nomenclature
has it-w1ote book entitled aTbe panta.
touch and Book Of Jo=hua, Critically Exam.
ined." Il vas not IN orthodox book. sucb .aa
We might have expected from a Cbrssti.n
Bishop sworn to believe in the Thirty nine
Articles, the plenary inspiration of the Ho1v
Scriptures, and the immaculate ch2racter of
the Holy Virgin. hut q heterodox hoo1r anch
as might very well have been written hv
Thomas Paine, whose.painful .t Ara of Rea.
son" called forth renl, uve Bishop to the
rcscue Of the Bible, against this hard smiter
Of It's bnlwarks. And as If. It we're In the
blood Of Bishops to be irre1gioas, Bishop
Watson's "Apology'' as it vas called ssfor the
Bible" In answer to Thomas Paine. was the
most materialistic book which had been writ
ten since the days Of the ~ Great Hobbes ~
whom John Bunyan in his vision of tha two
places beyond the graye. found Ferv uncom.
1o1tapse IN ne11. Bl6nop watson, however,
srfast to be religious, and Bishop Colenso
didn'%and this is the only difference between
The two mitres.
And vet: after all. Co1enso II on4v irre,t.
gfous in his historical disbelief Of the Mosaic
narrative. In his reverence for the teachings
of Christ and for chr;st,on,tv =. n ;7iv;re -.
st,tn,;on ba hoc m e,,,cr,,,,. o,,. +ha-ao :.
spirituality running through the whole Of his
performance, which we valnly look for in tho
pages Of Bishop Watson. Being q disbe-
Neyer, however, in one point. he ia disbc.
1icyer In all, according to the creed of his
church, and etands henceforth outside the
pale Of the Cross.
His hool, has made al 4ba ,p,+cb,,, ~, ~,
a., 4.-.-. - r,,L-..-.
.ne 'o"els ol cn1hlenoom 70 cry aloud that
scores Of thundcrboats In the sbane of
"replies ~ have been hurled arninst him
: OF. all these which we hare seen I'm
Rey. Mr. Silyers'. is the wIscst md most
ORIGINAL This gentleman IL n s,rrdenhor,,,,,,
author of the, ,asymbo1ic character of the "a
cred Scriptures, (which we noticed while ago.
He is not at ali surprised that Colcnso Is In a
quandary about the historical truth of the
Five Books, for he, and all his sect, are pre-.
cisCly Of Colenso's way of thinking, looking
at them as history. He invites the Bishop,
therefore, to change platforms with him-or
at least, to come upon the swedenborgian
platform-Tbich assumes that the events and
characters Of the Scripture are all symbols
OF divine truth, and not the truth Itself;
Al1nouEh necessary 10T understanding the