, 1870-07-11
NEW BOOKS

T1ONS FROM NY NOTE BOOK. By C.
Gould i Lincoln. Chicago: Western New
Company. 1870.
The volume before us il simply common
place book Of illustrations, original and col
lected, by Rev. c. H. spurgeon, the fRmou
Baptist preacher Of London, and has been pre-
pared in the manner OF handbook On chess
or t3lyming dictionary, to afford the prscti
cal Gradg1inds Of the pulpit with ready-mad
feathers for their a1TowB- To the preache
who fires sharp a11ow, which needs wings
they will prove Of value but to him whose Al
TOW is blunt and pointless, We conceive the,
vii prove Of Little value. In either case, i
would rebound more to the credit Of the pul
pit for each preacher to manufactur
his own featheEs- Nr. spurgeon's feather
are Of very fine quality, and very handsome il
color and texture, and for that very reaso1
vii not fit readily on miscellaneous 2fToEs
The volume furnishes, however, one very ex
ceflent hint for ali preachers in the practice q
Mr. Spurgeon, who writes that, Whenever b,
1lntakcs q 1engthened tour, he is in the hAbi
Of carrying with Lin notebook, in which he
lota down the illustrations which occur to him.
Such notebook would prove Il mental The
saurus to any minister, as, II not fixed upon
paper. ideas are very apt to vanish With the
occasion which suggested them. The book II
very handsomely bound and printed, and ia
curiosity in the way Of sinilitudes, 1T least.
T,1E u,s7nny M rxnt1su POETRY. from
the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century. BY
THOMAS W4R1nS, q: foet,Lanns a1 .s ia. EeaoM
Of Antiouafies. and late Professor Of Pootry IN
the University of oxford. From the last Lon-
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Romanism NJ JAMES FREEHAS CLARKE, Hos-
ten: American Unitarian Association 1870.
Whatever views may be entertained OF the
theo4oSlcal ocneia OF james Freeman Clarke,
his ssoutest opponent must eoneede to him
frankness and simplicity OF statement. pow
Ct od condensation Which 10 well nigh marvel
lous, style In Whiting which is fairly fsscina-
nng, and scholarly manner which never leads
hun to mvect1ve, and never carrssa him beyond
the bounds OF dignity. The yolume before rs
CONSISTS OF ser1es OF steps IN beAet from
Atheism to ihelsm, rom ane'sn 60 onf'saan-
ity, rom hona"sm 70 rto.es'antlsm' nom
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formulA teachlog 'thst the hame God who is
shove US is also the God who is with us, and
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pressure o. 1ono"ne me details OF bis Argu-
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nama indicates, the observations OF an idle
rambler With no other purpose IN view than
l1s Own pleasure, and for tha reason the book
vii please MANY other idle .amblers.
MEMOIRS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AxD
WRITINGS OF JOIN EVELYN. Esq, F. r.
his nsrv fro y, ~ tc !r,1 i.sa e. i7S .19 a