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lea, by the Hon. G.. p. Dsosway, and pub
lishcd by Harper and Brothers, New York,
1868
Toward the close of the seventeenth centu-
~, after the revocation of the edict of Nantes
The religious persecution of the Huguenots,
restrained during the illustrious reign of Hen
ry the Fourth was renewed with the greatest
yigor aud ferocity To such an extent was
this carried that such Of the Huguenots as
could escape, had no refuge but in flight It
is estimated that these prosecutions lost
France not less than one million persons, and
those her best and most industrious citizens
To these exiles the government of England
at that time offered a safe refuge and to show
the influence exerted by them in converting
Great Britain from pastoral to a manulac-
turing nation, one to which the world to this
day pays tribute, is the object of the author
of this work, task so well performed that
in this volume may be found concisely stated
every important fact relating to this subject
in the whole range Of history
From the appendix we learn that the Unit.
ed States is indebted to Tluguenot immigration
for the illustrious names Of Judge John Jay,
Bishop De Lancy, General Francis Marion
and Henry and John Laurens, father and SON
The ancestors of such men no nation could
well afford to lose.
This work is published in elegant style, and
may be procured through our booksellers, or
ordered direct from the publishers
TINS 0LD WoRLD IS IT'S NEW FAcE-IM-
phEssIoNs OF EUROPE IN ls67-ls6s, by
Henry W. Bellows, Vol | New York
Harper Il Brothers
OF course DR.. Bellows is genial and viva.
cious in these letters, as every where; else
he would not be Dr. Bellows His word
painting will bear the adjec,iyes Of the pen
ell. and he is most acute in his observation
very jenkins we do not use the name
with any disrespect TO the Doc,or--in report
ing But what Il strange face is the " New
Face in which the Doctor contemplatos Eu-
rope 1t seems to the unparalleled reader
very much as though the New Face was
that Of the self-satis6ed viewer--it Is sort
Of theological face-and color is given, not
70 Europe, but 10 this sketch of it by the
ever present assertion, ever present whether
tacit or declared, that the peculiar opinions
which the writer holds, are the source Of all
light and change and progress. There is a
pervading sense of revolutionary religionisu
throughout the whole work lts principal
characteristic is It's unsatistactoriness. Re
ligiously the author has constantly Ready
Resolvent Of liberalism wherewithal TO di.
lutte dogmatic faith, and cause it TO be dissi'
pnted while nothing remains in It's place, II
the =" New Face be really that of Europe
and not of the Doctor, is it any wonder that
"the tendency is to no Christianity" (pag'
2S7) Z and is there hope that more Of the
Doetors remedy will preciptate any substan
tial truth Proyidentially, as inevitably the
Liberal Doctor is inconsistent with HIM
self, and thanks the Lord for the Definite
Church which he represents. One is tempt
ed to a severe analysis Of letter xi, " Religion
in Germany How hopeless it is, to be sure
And the author discovers that the " Liberia
Element Of Professionalism in Germany
IL mean that branch Of its Professionalism
which we should consider most in sympath,
with Uniiarianism lis not very earnest o
creative" Yet he is absolutely without sug
gestion of any practical Christian metho
that is creative" On page lO6 the Docto
lays foundation upon which he might buil'
up. "The Bibliolatry Of Protestant ortho
doxy has weakened confidence in the self eri
deneing truth of living church (the ital
les are our own, But there is evidence q
reviving sense Of the indispensable import
ance of this witness, and if the question d
this generation, touching the authenticity an
genuineness of the Gospels is answered mega
lively, there will still remain the deeper quei
tion of the origin of the Christian Churcl
and the faith of that Church
On page 276 he pulls down, where he cal
"An argument compacted from assuming a
absolute identity in the authority and an VI
broken unity in the argument Of the Old an
New Testaments--tle greatest poieer and n
greatest rice Of ORTHODOX hermeaeuties.
Really, that is precisely the point in whc
the witness Of the Church is valuable. FL
the rest Calvin was not the author of tn
Doctrine included in the last paragraph {
page 2S3, but il is eminently that Of Christ IL
rcformer. The " FIVE cardinal points of Ca
vinism are quite subordinate and unnecessai
TO it. In letter xiv student can find cll
to the state of things of which that terrib
Geneyan Peace Congress" was the resul
II is strange how determinedly Liberalism
uses weapons. But the benevolent face of Il
Doctor is shining through the book, and '
welcome him to our summer tables happy
vile away the torrid hours in the cool view
the glaciers, well pleased to take our theoloI
in such palatable doses.
Steven LAWRENCE, YEoMAN, by Mrs. Edwar
author of Archie Lowell etc. etc, al
published by Sheldon Il Co., New Yor
1868.
Those who have followed this attract
story while passing as serial through 7
Galary, will not need any recommended
OF it. Those who have not yet read it ha
now the opportunity of making the acqua
lance of one of the foremost Novelists Of
day. We feel sure that " Steven Lawrence
viii fix Mrs. Edwards reputation as one
the greatest of English Noyelists,
7nx butterfly HUNTERs, by Mrs Helen
Conant, Published by Ticknor 4 Fiel
Boston 1868
This charming book is intended to guilty
n tha .rouns, a Iao;ro 10 investigate into