The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-19
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IHE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN REvIEw.-This ster-
ling old quarterly again has made its appearance
The publication of the number been long
delayed owing to General SHERMAN and other accidents
pr ejudicia to the growth and dissemination Of higher
literature. However. glad at to SEQ this old
favorite "all into tho traces again. We know visits
will be greeted with hearty welcome in many cozy
little study The contents Puritanism and Pres.
byterisnism q Saint PAULs Vision of Victory by
T. BocooK, Appomattox O. H., Va. s. The Relation Of
State and Church, by Rev. r. 8. GLADSEY, Aberdeen,
Miss. f. Life and Times Of BERTRAND DU GUEscLIN by
Rev. A. T. DICKSON Orangeburg @. H. 8. O. North
Southern Views of the Province of the Church.
by Rev. JOHN B. ApoER D. d. Professor Of Eccleslasti-
cal History and Church Poity. Columbia, 8. O.
We make the following extract from tho Reviep of
General JAM1soN's book, BERTRAND pU GUEscL1s:
This beautifully printed and classical book ia trulv
cenotaph alike Of tho amented author and Of tho
s0 % bat @ hoSe GO IN whose and for whose
raj Jamison in the minds Of all his friends with the tolls
the work without calling into vivid remembrance that
thoughtful, earnest face, whose hsbituay melancholy
and acons Ss Sy
somewhat bowed by foeble health for many years. and
bnities-a burden which could scarcely be borne but
which could not be Stunned; that voice. pleasant when
whose place 1t took.
hn6its General Jamison's public influence was aingu-
ay large and to be accounted for only by
study Of history and politics had made him the 'suide
philosopher. and friend" Of men aggressive, more
externally energetic than himself Through then-until
tue few signal closing scenes-thr ough them rather
than by bis own voice personal action did his patr-
otism and sagacty make themselves felt Then Indeed
the eminent virtue Of his political e were
acknowledged and incessantly employed Great duties
IN rapid succession, were thrust upon him. These
as diligently discharged as they were noby accepted
post swept him thence immediately to the grave-his
last thoughts turning to the loved whose faces he
was not permitted to behold again In the fesh
Upon mind originally Of considerable force he con-
ferred the habits and tastes Of the scholar Literary
search was. perhaps, more entirely his delight and
brought him unnlloyed satisfaction than TO sny
other man among us. His conversation was enriched
with apt quotations from good books including best
Of Books, and mbued with serious-often reiaious-
spirit Though not member Of the church-restraned
from open profession by excessive ienstveness the
responsibility involved, and by the Bhrinkng Of timid
conscience from the possibility Of unworthy entrance
there-here s little reason to doubt his genuine pety
They who knew him most Intimately remit him to the
heavenly rest with the most confident hope
or the book before IL must be said was the
pleasure and the toll OF his maturer Every effort
was cheerfuly made to secure needful information
the highest sources The libraries both Continents
were diligently examined and the facts obtained as
nearly as possible at first hand. And we learn with
pleasure that its claims confidence and respect are
frankly acknowledged in Europe already and that t is
admired and praised in France authority upon the
Besides the claims Of its eminent author our
regard the "fe and Times OF Bertrand du Cues
the only solid literary production Of the South during
the four Of the late Running tho
gauntlet Of the blockade twice. these shores as tho
the clouds Of the last catastrophe already
air. Truly orphan child It had gladdened but mo-
all things earthly and the country Of his love- to
whose honor be offered It. willing and precious tribute
outllved him but one little hahyear
"It repor ted that the Emperor ordered the work
to be translated into his own tongue.