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HALF HOURS WITH MODERN SCIENTISTS. New
| Haven, Conn.,: Charles 9. Chatdeld d. Co
1871. Charleston Holiness Book House.
This volume contains l. HuAIey's remark
able discourse lon the Physical Basis of Life,
In which he proposes to demonstrate that
threetld unity-a unity of power or faculty,
unity of form and unity Of substantial COM
posilion-pervades the whole living world
and that s'a,l vital aclion Is but "the result Of
..the molecular forces' of the physical basis.
2. Professor Bakers essay on The "Correlation
of Vital and PhysicalF Forc.s." 8. "As Regards
.tProtoplasm,p Professor Strings cogent reply
to Mr.. Huxley's essay. 4. The scientific ad'
dresses of Professor Tyndall on 'The Methods
and Tendencies of Physical Investigation" on
.sHaze and Dust" and on 1.-THE Scientinc
s.Uses OF the Imaglna ation:7 This table Of Its
contents is the best recommendation we can
give of the book before us.
Cloth. PIP. 2ss. Price 81 so.
THREE CENTURIES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
By Charles Duke Yonge, Rsgius Professor
of Modern History and English Literature ln
Queens College. Belfast. New YORK: u.
Appleton, & Gu. 1872. Charleston Holiness
Book House .:,. =
The standard of literary criticism is not 30
accurately defined that even Regius Professor
may be sure of forming an exactly true est.
mate OF the creative power and artistic skill
of the host of writer's whose lives and works
are described in this goodly volume. Personal
taste and professional prejudice undoubtedly
bias the Judgment Ct the most conscientious
critic, and we can hardly expect that any one
person should be competent TO analyze and
explain the striklngly different qualities OF
Lamb, Milton, Gibbon, Coleridge and
Defoe The reader, therefore, should not be
surprised II he find, as we have found, that
the opinions of Professor Yonge do not always
agree with those of men of at least equal emf
nence who have written upon kindred sub
jects. We must give the critic full credit for
candor and fair-dealng, hear his reasons and
form our own conclusions. 1t Is really then
as an agreeable companion, and not as an In
tallible guide, that We welcome and commend
this book.
Dividing the authors whose works are to be
examined into seven classes, and considering
each GLASS chronologlcaily, Professor Yopge
passes in review the. whole range:ot English
authors, from, Shakespeare and Jonson to
Thackeray and Dickens. It was his desire 10
select 1.-THE flrst-rate writers in each depart.
''ment." and we have. little fault to find with
his choice. A biographical sketch is given Of
each author, as we'll as striking passages from
| his works.
The style Of Professor Yonge is occasionally
! the reverse of lucid, but his book Is we'll ar.
ranged and contains a great deal Of valuable
information. That his Judgment upon our
Millions, Grattans aud Dickenses will be accept.
ed, by every intelligent reader, as inal we
have no idea; nor will any sane person dream
that he has learned all that can be learned ol
English literature when he has read Professor
Yonges essays. But the book goes far enough
to stimulate reading and inquiry, and to give
that general idea of the subject which fire.
quently leads to searching out and obtaining a
more precise and minute knowledge of such
of its branches as most attract the particular
reader. For those who are satisfied with a
bowing acquaintance with our literature, Pro-
fessor YoDge's book, In itself, is all sufficient.
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CHRIST IN MODERN LIFE Sermons preached
in St. Jamess Chapel, York street, st.
James's Square. London. By the Rev.
stop:ord A: Brooke, NJ. A., Honorary Chap
D. Appleton & Co. 1872. Charleston !:
Holiness Book House.
Mr.. stopford Brooke occupies very
marked place In the contemporary religious