The Portland daily press., 1872-01-27
Recent Publications.

The american Church ReUieao Quarterly has
entered upon its Oath volume The January
number contains nine articles, the authorship
of which is concealed except in the case of Gre
marks on the American Church, which was
| prepared by the Bishop of Western New York
for publication in volume now going through
the English press for circulation in that coun-
try. 1t will serve an equally good purpose in
this countrys as furnishing chapter in the his
tory of the American Church and an explana-
ton Of some of its different features from the
Mother Church. In sThe Church and the La
boring Glasses" the question of labor and cap
ital is freely and temporarily discussed from
material standpoint, and then the question of the
elevationof the laboring classes follows; and the
conclusion of the writer is that s'the help must
come from power at once social and spiritual;
social that it may act upon society and dispose
it, whenever disturbed by sufferings or injuries,
to calm and benefcent settlement; spiritual,
that it may act upon the individual, quickening
his sense of duty, uplifting him to his real and
lasting interests, and reconciling his life here
with his life hereafter and where shall such
power be found but in the Church of Christ;
and the fitness of the Church to influence the
labor movement is assumed and defended with
a great deal of power Changes in England
during Half Century is review of Dis
raelfs novels, in which the changes political,
literary and theological, in that country since
the appearance of 'Vivian Grey" are rapidly
and strongly presented. Another important
article is 'Munifcence in Giving-a Present
Need of the Times The subject of Deacon
esses occupies considerable space. '.Modern
Thought in its Relation to the Person of our
Lord Jesus Christ" Regeneration in Bap-
tism,'' Scientific Speculation vs. Theological
interpretation" and ''The Analysis of the
Sunbeam" (scientifc) are the titles of the re-
naming papers. Terms "a per year. NH.
Mallory & Co., publishers, Hartford, Conn
FEBRUARY MAGAzINEs.-Ha,per for Februa-
ry has the following table of contents: The
Scott Centenary at Edinburg by M. D. Conway,
with Fifteen Illustrations; Holland and the
Hollanders Second paper) by Junius Henri
Browne, with Thirteen Illustrations A good
Investment, by William j. Flagg, with Two H.
lustrations: English in School by William At
kinson; King Midas Granddaughter by the
Author of "My Daughter Elinor;;' Dame Ma
ture by Miss III. r. Hudson; Old Books in New
York by William G. Prime, with Eleven Illus
trations; Building House with Tea-cup, by
Mrs. S. c. Hall; The Days of Queen Anne, by
Eugene Lawrance; A Curious Prediction, by
Edward Spencer, with One Illustration; The
Golden Lion of Granpere, by Anthony Troll
lope, with -Four Illustrations; The Payroll of
Christendom, by DR.. Samuel Osgood; Wedding
Presents, by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford;
The Story of FRANCHISE, Katharine S. Macquoid.
The Editors Easy Chair is full of good
things from Curtis while the literary scientific,
historical and humorous departments contain
variety of entertaining reading. T
Old and Neao adheres to the plan of making
the contents of each months number appropri-
ate to the season. Accordingly the February
number has much to say of Washington. The
Unpublished Writings of Washington"
washington, the General, 'sWashington's
Expression of Countenance," THE Standard
Likenesses of Washington, and teWashington's
Agricultural Letters" fill large part of the
pages set apart for contributors, while 'Con-
temporary Washington Poetry is reviewed in
the Examiner" The editor very appropriately
styles it Washington number. The other
contributions are the continuation of George Nc
Donald's story, The Wears Daughter" s'Sex-
ual Science" by Thomas Meehan Selfhood and
Sacrifice" by Orville Dewey; More of Six of
One by Half Dozen of the Other" and poet
ry by &c. II. l." Christina G. Rosetti, Mary B.
Dodge and Annie L. Muzzey.