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uperstitious reverence for its incompatible

superstitous reverence for its incompatible
| Literature. L shall be satisfied"
These extracts fairly indicate the general
character Of the work. On the one hand 1t
is astonishing" on the other hand it ia reyer-
| ent-except In some few passages where the
| author, as lecturer, was perhaps obliged to
| depart from the sober simplicity of scholarly
WORK and make concessions to isggard atter-
l ton.
Tue work treats from the most advanced
critical standpoint, a single class OF Biblical
subjects; the origio, authorship and date
| OF the books of the Bible sevarally co.,
sidered This treatment involves, how
ever some consideration of the charac-
| ter and history of the people Of Israel
ana ot the development of their religion
WITCH, it is maintained, was not ladder let
,, down from heaven, but was buiIs up round BY
round from the solid earth. 1t involves also,
| 10 the part devoted to the New Testament,
some account of the rise Of Christianity. Bat
the primary obj ect of the book appears to be to
state tersely aud 10 popular language. all that
scholarship has discovered or plausibly COZ
! j-ctured concerning the history Of the b1oks
themselves. One can find here the garnered
results of researches Through scores Of vol
umes which few public Libraries, even in our
great cities, have upon their shelves aud waich
| it would cost the individual reader hune, ,rsds of
dollars to PROCURE The value of a work Of
this kind, provided it bs well do1s is Obvious.
1t must recommend itself to syery siucers
student of the Bble
| The book, as book, elegantly made up and
presented at the low price Of 81 80. is another
| characteristic illustration of the publishers'
| good taste aud generous enterprise.
The PRESS is indebsed to the courtesy Of
Messrs. Scr boer of New York for two volumes
| substantially bound in maroon cloth, contain
ing Scribner's Magazine for 1873 No periodi-
cal in the United States is superior to Scrib-
ner's Monthly, in variety, interest, literary
merit or excellence of illustrations The
frontispiece Of one of these volames is the por-
trait OF Mr.. Bryant-which resembles the very
spirit OF our Northern atmosphere and poetry.
with its wintry cloud of white blown beard and
hair and its frosty bat kindly aspect. The
other volume has for It's frontispece Mr.. Wyatt
Eaton's portrait of President Lincoln, and
f,cing it. the admirable, strong and fervens
sonnet By Mr.. r H. StoddArd So nobiy de-
scriptive is this sonnet and so glad task is is
to repeat the praise of the Good President that
| we copy the sonnet here:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
This man, whose homely face you look upon.
| was one OF Natures masteiful great en-;
Born with stiong arms, that unfought bait es won;
Direct OF speech and cunning with the pen.
Chosen for large designs, he had the art
| Of winning with his humor anu he went
Stral.ht u his mark. WHICH was the human heart;
| wise 100, for what he could not break, he bent.
Upon his back more than AtIas-loal.
| The burIhen OF the Commonwealt was laid.
he slooped and rose up to it, though the road
Shot suddenly downwards, not a whit oisma,ei,
Hold warriors, councillors singsl-sll men give place
10 this dear benefaetor OF the Race.
A charming and unfailing treasury of stories.
pictures and poems for the little pee
pie is the bound volume of Messrs.
Soribner's st. Nicholas Magazine, gay
10 its dres, of crimson and gold. No more de-
lightfal gift for the coming holidays can be
found, than this volums-a library in itself.
The perfect taste with which 81. Nicholas is
edited, and its entire adaptation to the wants
aud wishes OF It's young constituency-Are very
remarkable. 1t is uDsurpassable of its kind and
thoroughly to be recommended in every respect.
|
Messrs. Houghtou, Osgood & Co. of Boston
| portland; Loring, Short & HarmonJ send to
the PRESS copy Of the Catalogue OF their pub
lications. The index is arranged all alphabetically
and greatly assists the reader by its good meth
DDS Of classification. Messrs. Hougnton &
Osgood msrit the gratitude of the reading
public for the very large number OF standard
works-bo,h American and Engsh-which
are comprised in their publishing list. Extracts
from various reviews, newspapers and magazines
give an idea of the rank and quality of many
OF the volumes contained in the catalogue.
This publishing list will bs found an indisoens-
able aid to the making of public and private
libraries.
A notably fue book for young Americans ia
Mr.. Charles Q. Cotfin's Story of Lberty New
York: Harper s. Brothers; Portland: Loripg.
Short & Harmony. 1t is at once simple, philo-
sophical and ffesh-it traces the beginnings Of
Libsrty in mans inborD, rightfal desire to think
for himself; 10 the instant when King John
signed Msgna Charta-that its end and fruitful
resalts are on their way, bat are not yet comes
MIR. Coffin impresses the lesson, peculiarly use
ful to the children of an age in which Boss
Tweed and Ben Butler are possible and actual
that the successes of the wicked are apt in the
long run to be failures; and that history shows
that the defeats of a good cause are at last
turned into gain by the Providence
| "---fr m out whose asnd
The Centuries TALL ike grams Of sand"
Yet the young readers must bot believe; be-
cause MIR. Coffin writes SO seriously and with
the desire to teacn such large truths, that they
| will not tnd this volume entertaining. BOYS,
it is full Of fighting aud adventures; girls, it
has lovely blue aud gold covers, and no end Of
stories aud picturesl
Another of Mr.. NJ f. Sweetser's convenient
and reliable artist biographies is devoted to the
memoirs of Fra Angelica. Ii is one Of the
most valuable and finely s-wrtten of the series
indeed, Mr.. Sweetser appears to warm to his
work more and more. To the memoir by the
French Dominican, Edmund Cartier-who
consecrated years to the writing of the life of
the Angelic Brother and still more to the me-
moir by Padre Marchesi, the present biogrs-
pher acknowledges his debt for the record of
events of this siogularly uneyentful life-a life
as coorless as rays OF light that descend ur-
broken from heaven.
Many of the stories in Play Days, by Miss
sara o. Jewets, author of Dsephaven, are
already familiar aud dear to little people all
| over the land, introduced to them By the pat
ron saint of all play dsys-St. Nicholas
Charming, delicate, bright, lovsple, quaint,
natural, simply delicious-are a few adjecrives
descriptive of Miss Jewett's stories, selected
among the many that occur in thinking over
the pleasant hour spent in reading them.
They are among the choicest aud best stories
ever written for children. Boston: Houghton,
| Osgood & Co.. Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon.