trary to all just principles of classification, and tends to endless confusion. We prefer to follow Thiersch in making two cases of the same form, just as is done in Latin, calling one the dative, the other the ablative. The method which Kühner has adopted from preceding grammarians has led him into theories of the uses of the cases, and of the prepositions as connected with them, which we are obliged to regard as totally unfounded.

In conclusion, we have no other apology to offer for the more than usually-extended notice which we have taken of this work than the desire we had to testify our sense of its merits by presenting something more than a general expression of approbation. We ought to add that the work is exceedingly well got up, both as to the paper and type.

ART. IX.-Critical Notices.

1. Life of Martin Luther. To which is prefixed an Expository Essay on the Lutheran Reformation. By Rev. GEORGE CUBIT. With an Appendix, containing a Chronological Table of the principal Events occurring during the Period of Luther's Life. 12mo., pp. 348. NewYork Lane & Sandford. 1844.

THE subject of this book is, for its real grandeur, unrivaled among the subjects of merely human history. It has been so often touched by the greatest masters, that it requires uncommon courage to approach it, and uncommon talents to present it in its real greatness, and to surround it with its native splendors. Mr. Cubit, however, has not degraded his theme. This book is a spirited performance, and reflects honor upon the head and heart of the author. We have only time and space to say we hope this Life of Luther will be extensively circulated and read by our preachers and people.

2. Hyponoia; or, Thoughts on a Spiritual Understanding of the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation. With some Remarks upon the Parousia, or Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and an Appendix upon the Man of Sin. 8vo. Pp. 707. New-York: Leavitt, Trow, & Co. 1844.

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We have here a large and labored work upon the Apocalypse. We have not been able to see how the author (who for some reason conceals himself) has carried out his principles of interpretation. His plan is thus stated in the preface:

"The Apocalypse has been generally supposed to contain a prophetic account of certain political and ecclesiastical changes in the

history of the visible church of Christ; instead of this, it is here taken to be an unveiling of the mysterious truths of Christian doctrine, with an exhibition of certain opposite errors-a revelation made by Jesus Christ of himself-an intellectual manifestation; corresponding with what is apprehended to be the Scripture purport of the second coming of the Son of man."

We have been accustomed to look with about equal doubt upon those expositions of the Revelation which give "a local habitation and a name" to all the symbols of the book, and those which, like our author, spiritualize them all. There may be much useful historical matter in the former class, and much clear Christian doctrine and excellent religious discourse in the latter; but which has found out the accurate meaning of the revelator, or whether both are not wrong, is quite another matter. We as yet are so blind as to coincide somewhat with Adam Clarke in the opinion, that the book of the Revelation is not yet understood by any human being living. There is in the work upon our table the appearance of learning and research, and for those who have a taste for this class of expositions of the prophecies it probably has strong attractions.

3. Christ our Example. By CAROLINE FRY, author of "The Listener," "Scripture Reader's Guide," &c., &c. 12mo., pp. 285. NewYork J. C. Riker, 129 Fulton-street. 1844.

THIS is emphatically a good book. There is upon its pages a glow of holy fervor the outbeamings of a divine spirituality—a blazing of the light of deep experience in the things of God. No pious mind can come into contact with the spirit and sentiments of this work without an increase of pious affections, and especially a longing to be more like CHRIST. When our publishers employ their capital in sending out into the world such books as "Christ our Example," they ought to be patronized by all evangelical Christians, and they will certainly meet with the approbation and blessing of the great Head of the church.

4. The whole Works of Robert Leighton, D. D., Archbishop of Glasgow. To which is prefixed, a Life of the Author. By JOHN NORMAN PEARSON. With a Table of the Texts of Scripture, and an Index of the Subjects discussed; compiled expressly for this edition. New-York: John C. Riker.

We are gratified at length to announce the completion of this important and long-desired work. Among our standard writers of the seventeenth century, probably not one ranks higher for his felicitous unfolding of divine truth than Leighton; and as there was no American

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edition, the Commentary and Expositions of that renowned writer were beyond the reach of ordinary purchasers. Mr. Riker therefore has conferred a great favor upon the religious community by stereotyping this collection of Leighton's productions; which, we learn by the prefatory notice, is the only copy that includes all his known articles; being the collection of every disquisition and letter which are found in the last standard editions both of London and Edinburgh. It conse quently comprises more matter than either of those copies separately. But the value of the present edition is greatly augmented by the additional facts connected with his life, as extracted from the Edinburgh edition; and, above all, by the enlarged indexes which he has procured for the whole series of commentaries, expositions, lectures, and serIn neither of the European copies was there a single reference to the multifarious topics on which the erudite author has discoursed; so that it was almost impossible to recur to any theme, however important and desirable, which the reader wished to reperuse. This deficiency has been supplied by indexes extending to thirty-one pages, which alone, to the possessors of the foreign copies, are worth more than the price of the whole work. The following is rather a rhetorical, but still a true view of the productions of this eminent divine :Leighton is great by the magnificence of his thoughts; by the spontaneous emanations of a mind replete with sacred knowledge, and bursting with seraphic affections; and by that pauseless gush of intellectual splendor, in which the intermediate letter is eclipsed and almost annihilated, that full scope may be given to the mighty effulgence of the informing spirit."

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5. Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. By JOSEPH BUTLER, Bishop of Durham. NewYork: Harper & Brothers. 18mo.

THE person who has not carefully studied Butler's "Analogy of Religion" may be thankful that there is one book, at least, in which he will "meet with many things to which he has not before attended." It bears the indelible stamp of originality and perpetuity. The disquisition contains two parts-I. On Natural, and II. On Revealed Religion. The seven chapters of the first part comprise an exposition of the "Future Life—the Government of God—and a State of Probation." The second part includes eight chapters on the "Importance of Christianity—its peculiar System-the Evidences for it—and the Evidence of Analogy." To a reflecting student, this work is beyond all price; and ignorance of its contents is a proof of defect in theological acquireThe illumination which Butler's "Analogy of Religion" sheds

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is indispensable; and the disciples who have not surveyed the visible works of Jehovah and the doctrines of the gospel through Butler's mental telescope should instantly purchase his precious double reflector, that they may perceive the glory of God in the "great mystery of godliness," as well as in the wonders of the heavens.

6. The Obligations of the World to the Bible; a Series of Lectures to Young Men. By GARDNER SPRING, D. D., Pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in the city of New-York. New-York: J. S. Taylor & Co.

DR. SPRING'S Lectures on the Influence of the Bible were first published some four or five years since, and were then favorably received by the religious and literary public. The first edition having been some time since exhausted, the work had become scarce in the market, and hard to be procured. To meet the demand of the public, another edition is now issued. The work requires no recommendation among those to whom it is known, but we fear that it is not duly appreciated, because it is not more generally read. We could most heartily wish that a copy of it were in every family, and that it could be read and pondered by every person in our land. The learned author has done a good service in pointing out the world's indebtedness to this, the true source of real and substantial good to mankind. It is wise to direct the thirsty traveler to the fountain, where the waters are always pure, rather than to the more distant streams, where truth is mingled with human prejudices and the wisdom of the world. No one, we think, after reading these Lectures, can fail to be more fully persuaded of the transcendent excellence of the Bible, as a system of religious truth and moral discipline. To young men especially-the class of persons immediately addressed-this volume is an invaluable present, and it is to be hoped that very many may be led by it, not only to esteem the Bible more highly, but also to study its sacred pages, so as to fashion their characters by its spirit, and to order their lives by its sacred precepts.

7. Neal's History of the Puritans. Edited by Rev. J. O. CHOULES. Harper & Brothers.

THE Harpers are doing good service to the cause of religious freedom by issuing, in a form so cheap and accessible, this standard history of a most heroic and devoted people. The importance of the great events in which they were engaged to the cause of truth can scarcely be estimated; and passing events show too clearly the necessity of making more familiar to the common mind the great princi

ples upon which they acted, and the successive steps by which they succeeded in redeeming the church from its ancient and oppressive thraldom. The work is issued in numbers, each of which is sold at twenty-five cents.

8. The Works of Hannah More. Harper & Brothers.

THE delightful and excellent miscellaneous works of Hannah More have just been published by the Harpers in a series of numbers, at a rate so cheap that we hope they will find their way into the hands of thousands throughout the country to whom they have been hitherto unknown. They are among the best productions of sanctified genius, and are admirably adapted to impress upon the mind the principles and truths of the Christian religion, and to recommend them to practice.

9. An Improved Grammar of the English Language, on the Inductive System: with which Elementary and Progressive Lessons in Composition are combined. For the Use of Schools and Academies, and Private Learners. By Rev. BRADFORD FRAZEE, some time Principal of Elizabeth Female Academy, Washington, Mi. 12mo., pp. 192. Philadelphia: Sorin & Ball. New-York: M. H. Newman. 1844. We have not had sufficient time to examine this grammar, to enable us to decide confidently upon its merits. The several particulars in which the author claims to have improved upon former grammars are truly important. He has thoroughly studied the philosophy of the language, and having been a practical teacher, has had ample opportunity to prove the defects of former systems, as the means of communicating the principles of the science to the learner. We hope much from this effort to make the study of English grammar agreeable, and to bring the acquisition of its principles within the reach of reasonable exertions.

10. Geneva and Rome.-Rome, Papal, as portrayed by Prophecy and History. By S. R. L. GAUSEN, (of Geneva.) With an Introduction. By the Rev. E. BICKERSTITH.

11. Faith and Knowledge. By J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE.

THE above are the titles of two little volumes, lately issued from the press of J. S. Taylor and Co., 145 Nassau-street, N. Y. Geneva seems indeed to be resuming her former strength and commanding position among the churches of Protestantism; and there is further cause of gratulation that her divinity, without suffering in any vital part, comes to us now divested of the offensive features of the Genevese theology of the sixteenth century. The first of the above-named works is the address of Professor Gausen, delivered before the Divinity School of