New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-11
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Charles De Bernard. Published by ~.
w. Carleton g. Co, New York. For sale
BY George Z iis & Brother. No. 81 Camp
street. New Orleans.
This book has been translated from the
French by .. yibeur. 1t was translated
from the forty first Paris edition. which in
dlcates its original success. Il is novel,
and, Of course, as its title indicates. love
story. Threaded on plot arranged from
the events of every day life. is charm
ingiy told story. Its moral taught is unex'
ceptionable. It is that Of marriage based
npou mutual love as first principle. The
bit, Of wisdom and captivating style OF the
writer can not fairly be described III an Or
dinary notice Of the book. 1t can be read
and liked.
THE GENESIS or THE New ENGLAND
CHURCHES. BY Leonard Bacon. Puo
!ished by Harper T. Brothers. New York.
For sale by George Et rs L. Brother. No.
81 Camp street, New Orleans.
The want of complete history Of Pro
tes.ant Christianity in the United States OF
America has long been needed. This is
now supplied by the yene. able DR.. Bacon,
| an educated and liberal Christian. The
Pilgrim Fathers. landing from the May
flower at Plymouth, and the Puritans.
who formed tho first settle ements at Salem.
have been often cOnfOunded as identical in
person and purpose. While both were off
shoots from the Church Of England. the
Pilgrims were those who separated en-
tirely from the old Chm rch and prayer
book. and sought a new land for religious
liberty; the Puritans bel ieved in Church
and State as one, but demanded reforms.
The former were stern and unin viting re-
| ligionis.s, even to fana ticis m, the latter
were bisoted and iatole rant. ready TO &C
cuse unbelievers Of witchc raft, or apply the
lash to simple Quakers. But the Pilgrims and
| Puritans builded better than they knew.
They laid the founda ton for this country
as it is. A badly gov erned church is better
| than no religion. In tho land which Co
lumbus found howling wilderness. peopled
with savages, these old gospel gentlemen
sowed the seeds Of civiliz alton, industry
and the Christian religio n. The result il
| tho most enlightened and prosperous n q
ton upon the face of the ca rth. Since those
days the demands Of Christianity have been
more literally interp re ted. Religion hat
been a habit rather than warfare. By the
uncertain lights OF history, written by men
not religious, these found eys Of Christianity
in America have been frequently seer
and condemned as over erzealOus. Fippan'
criticism i'll becomes those whose souls
have never been tried in the cruciblt
Of persecution. Tho Pilgrim Fathers arr
our fathers, and their simple faith should
| be reyered as the source from whence
came good government and religious lib
F! erty. DR.. Bacon's book is one Of great
interest and value, aud in writing of the
lives and tribulations of the Christian
leaders of primitive American settlements
he has added an important chapter to ous
nationa! history.
PRAIRIE AND FOREST. b. Parker Gilmore
| Published by Harper T. Brothers, New
York. For sale by George Ellis l. Brother,
No. 81 Camp street, New Orleans.
This book purporss to be = description o1
the game Of North Anne rica. with accounts
of personal adventures in pursuit. and to
lovers Of sport with gun and rod it will
prove highly entertaining. 1t is copiously
illustrated. with cuts Of animals, birds and
|! fish, and the text has something about al
things worth catching or shooting by sports
men, from the trout and moose-deer o.
Canada aud Maine, to the wild buffalo ol
the far West.
BARNES NOTES BY Albert Barnes. Pub
!ishei by Harper T. BrOthe Rs, New York.
| For sale by George Ellis e. Brother, No
| Tho volume now before us is q revised
edition Of Dr.. Barnes explanatory and
| practical notes on the Epistles of Paul to
the Thessalonians. to Timothy, to Titus and
tn Philemon. Those who search the Scrip
lures know the value Of these works. and
for years have apprecia ted the fair and
lucid explanations given to Holy Writ by
! Or. Barnes.