New-York tribune., 1871-09-22

wares ana rob life Of its most sacred meaning is trest
beauty In such atmosphere the ideal marriage can
have no place. The civil contract by which It ID msae
decent for man and woman to live together may DO
found there but not what the Church has truly caicd
the Sacrament Of Marriage" The whole article Ger
tany suggestive odious tts Of shoddy arstoo
racy Is too sweeping In its generasatons and
describes the personal experience OF the writer only
shows that he has kept bad company.
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Tnf aSeIGas III ~ Cassca .l sss Ss:s e. T. T. 0''' "
The idea of the present work, which is
reprint from the English edition. was first suggested
several years the Speaker Of the House of Com
nons Evelyn Denison and from that fact, 1t has re-
ce,ved the popular designation Of the Speakers Bble
His plan contemplated plain and simple exposition OF
the Sacred Books in which the latest information might
be impaired persons In the ordinary walks OF Life,
and with no more than the average degree Of culture
Assuming that the Scriptures do not change in character
or significance from ago to another, he recognized
the fact that phases presented by the OF
physical pathological and historical knowledge 90 that
the comments which may suit ono generation Will %
found obsolete by its SUCCESSORS For the accomplish
ment Of his plan, . company Of divtnes was formed
under the sanction Of tho highest ecclesiastical
authority, who by . tudicous distribution OF labor
might each expound the portion Of Scripture Tor
which he was best prepared BY his habitual su1os Tne
work has divided into eight sections Of whion tine
present volume contains the Penateuch consists OF
general introduction TO the Pcntateuch, an introduo
ton to Genesis, and commentary and critical notes on
the book, by the Bishop Of Ely similar netnoo
s pursued with the other books of the Pentaerch which
have engaged the abors Of different competent hands
The translation has also been revised and some neoes
sary amendments introduced in tho form Of notes. while
the text reprinted exactly from the authorized English
verson with the marginal references OF the edition OF
1911 The execution Of the work appears to have been
successfully accomplished in conformity with the orlg
ina plan It exhibits ample learning, remarkable power
OF illustration and desire to support the prev
slent conceptions Of the Bible amid the skeptcal sug
gestlons Of current science.
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8ve. pp 7sl Kay Brother
In the absence of any work devoted exclu-
svey to the legal aspects Of the question OF popular
suffrage the author Of tho present volume has been In
duced to make collection Of that have been de-
cded on this subject by the courts together with state
ment authorities which the decisions have been
founded The information which It presents is mostly Of
novel character Of the cases have never been
reported or extant only in works that are not easily
accessible the student Several other cases arc
selected from Reports Of distant States, which are
usually found in the private library OF lawyer In
addition to the function Of the volume as digest OF i'm
portant cases. 1t presents the views Of the author on
their political relations aud bearings especially as Illus
tratve Of the evils Of an elective Judiciary holding by
limited tenure the influence Of which in the exercise OF
discretionary powers in political cases. he considers
Of the greatest danger to the free institutions OF
this country He has given the most explicit utterance
to his opinions this subject and submitted several
recent decisions to course Of stringent criticism