18.-The Moral Influences, Dangers and Duties connected with Great Cities. By John Todd. Northampton: J. H. Butler. Philadelphia: Smith & Peck. Boston: Crocker & Brewster; A. D. Phelps. 1841. pp. 267.

This little volume has been written, the author informs us, to benefit three classes of persons,-" those who reside in great cities, those who are about to come into the great city, and those who have sent, or who are about to send children and friends to reside in the great city." The topic is one of the first importance, and we rejoice that it has fallen into hands so competent to do it justice. The acknowledged ability of Mr. Todd as a writer, in connection with his practical knowledge of the matters of which he treats, is a sufficient voucher for the character of his volume. It contains six Lectures, the subjects of which are as follows:-Importance of having Religion in great cities, Temptations and Duties peculiar to Christians in great cities, Dangers peculiar to worldly Men engaged in business, and to Young Men in great cities. We hope it will be extensively and carefully read.

19.-Old Humphrey's Observations. New-York: Robert Carter. London: The Religious Tract Society. 1841. pp. 258. 20.-Old Humphrey's Addresses, by the author of Old Humphrey's Observations. Published as above. pp. 252.

These volumes are "got up" in good style by the publisher. The "Observations," as the author says in his introduction, are the "remarks of a friendly old man, who has some affection in his heart for every human being under the canopy of the skies." They combine the utmost familiarity and simplicity with occasional elegance of style. They are all brief, amusing and instructive, and are always, in the end, turned to some profitable account for the inculcation or enforcement of lessons of prudence, morality or religion. They are on sev enty distinct subjects, the remarks on each of which are extended to two, three or four pages. The following are specimens of the topics,-the prices of things, excellent ideas, hedges and ditches, duelling, a scoffer, an aged saint's departure for glory, etc. etc.

The "Addresses" are equally miscellaneous in their character and the range of their topics; and like the "Observations," are intended, at once to amuse and to communicate important practical, moral and religious instruction. The subjects are sixty-one in number, among which are the following,-Sanc

tified sorrow, a comfortable home, close questioning, riches, selfishness, gin-drinking, etc. etc. On the whole we do not hesitate to recommend these as very good and useful books. They are adapted to readers of every capacity, possessing a simplicity which renders them intelligible to the least informed, and sterling sense which will command the respect of the educated and refined, in the hours of leisure and relaxation. As books for amusement, how infinitely superior to the vile and useless trash which is often resorted to for that purpose.

21.-The Theory of Horticulture; or an Attempt to explain the Principal operations of Gardening, upon Physiological Principles, by John Lindley, Ph., D. F. R. S. Vice-Secretary of the Horticultural Society of London, and Professor of Botany in University College. First American Edition, with Notes, etc., by A. J. Downing and A. Gray. New-York: Wiley & Putnam. Boston: C. C. Little & Co. 1841. pp. 370.

The announcement of this title-page reminds us of a certain lawyer of eminence, of whom Mr. Webster remarked, that his statement was an argument. This title, with the names of the author and editors, is sufficient to indicate the character of the work. We need only add that it enters with learning and discrimination into the principles of Horticulture, and answers in detail most of the questions which are likely to suggest themselves to the practical inquirer. It is a valuable book for the farmer as well as the gardener.

22.-The Practical Spelling-Book, with Reading Lessons. By T. H. Gallaudet, and Horace Hooker. Hartford: Belknap & Hammersley. pp. 166.

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augurs well for the cause of education, that some of the finest intellects among us are engaged in the preparation of works for the young. To the hasty observer the making of a good spelling-book may seem a very humble employment; but contemplated in its ultimate results, it is a most laudable because a most useful vocation. We regret that we have not room to speak of the labors of the above named gentlemen as they deserve. They have proceeded in a truly philosophical spirit, and, after much pains-taking, have constructed a spelling-book that will greatly simplify the business of primary education. We hope that all who are interested in elementary instruction will examine the work and judge for themselves.

23.-The Jubilee Memorial; being the Sermons, Meetings, Presentations, and a full account of the Jubilee, commemorating the Rev. William Jay's fifty years Ministry at Argyle Chapel, Bath. New York: Robert Carter. 1841. pp. 179.

The title of this work explains its character. In the month of January last, Mr. Jay, as many of our readers are aware, completed the fiftieth year of his useful ministry at Bath. The last Sabbath of the month was observed by appropriate services; Mr. Jay preached in the morning and Rev. Mr. East, of Birmingham, in the evening. On the Tuesday following, a meeting was held, at which £650 were presented by the congregation to their venerable pastor, and several addresses made. The sermons preached upon the Sabbath, together with a full account of the Presentation meeting, are contained in this volume. It is seldom that a jubilee of so much interest is commemorated; and the numerous admirers of Mr. Jay in this country, we have no doubt, will read this memorial of the event with pleasure.

ARTICLE XII.

RECENT LITERARY INTELLIGence.

Great Britain.

Part I. of Dr. Trail's new Translation of Josephus is soon to appear, containing the Life of Josephus by himself; the principal scenes in the successive Nos. are to be illustrated by views taken by an artist who visits them for this purpose.—Mr. Fellowes' book, giving an account of his discoveries in Lycia during a second excursion to Asia Minor, is said to justify the expectations excited by the announcement of his intended revisit. It contains a description of 11 cities not upon any map, many coins hitherto unknown, a great variety of illustrations, etc.-Mr. Buckingham's "America, Historical, Statistic and Descriptive" has appeared in England. From the account given of it by the London journals, it seems to possess some of the characteristics of the Lectures on Egypt and Palestine.

Among the recent publications, we notice McKrie's "Life of Knox, with numerous Additions and Corrections, and a vindication of Knox from the charge of being implicated in Rizzio's murder; Records of Female Piety, comprising Sketches of the Lives and Extracts from the Writings of Women eminent for religious excellence, by James A. Huie; a Church Dictionary by Dr. Hook, being Part IV. of the new series of Leeds Tracts; the Mécanique Céleste of La Place, translated, with a Commentary, by Dr. Bowditch, 4 vols. 4to.; Logicæ Artis Com

pendium, by Robert Sanderson; Hon. Mrs. Damer's Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt and the Holy Land; a new and enlarged edition of Montgomery's Poetical Works. A new edition of Flügel's German Dictionary is in the press.

Germany.

The Nov. No. of the Hall. Allg. Lit-Zeitung contains a notice of Dr. George Christian Knapp's Biblical Theology. Dr. Knapp is the author of Lectures on Christian Theology, translated several years since by Pres. Woods. The Biblical Theology is published by Dr. Guerike, without alteration, from the MS. left by the author. The reviewer thinks this work will be as well received as the Lectures on Christian Theology. -A new quarterly periodical has been commenced at Leipsic, of which Drs. Rudelbach and Guerike are the editors. It is called: "Zeitschrift für die gesammte lutherische Theologie und Kirche." Each No. is to contain a running account of all the theological works which have appeared during the preceding quarter. The leading article of the first No. is on the Inspiration of the Scriptures by Rudelbach. The later opinions in Germany on this subject are reviewed. The article is unfinished.-The History of the European States, edited by Heeren and Ukert and published by Perthes, has already reached 34 volumes and 7 are in the press. It is intended to be a standard work.-Schelling has been appointed to an office in the department of Justice at Berlin, with liberty to give what lectures he pleases.—A professorship of modern Greek literature has been established at Berlin, and Dr. J. Franz has been appointed to fill it; he has promised to aid in the continuation of Prof. Bückh's Corpus Inscriptionum Græcorum.-The small kingdom of Saxony contains 63 printing establishments; 46 for lithographic printing, and 9 for copper-plate. Of these Leipsic alone is said to contain 39, with 120 common presses and 10 printing machines.

By the latest accounts from Germany, we learn the number of students in the several universities. At Bonn there were 594, of whom 120 were foreigners; 87 (foreign 41) were connected with the Protestant theological department, and 89 (foreign 1) with the Catholic theological department. At Breslau there were 631 students, of whom 7 were foreigners; 106 (foreign 1) were attending to Protestant theology, and 114 to Catholic theology. At Enlangen there were 311 students, 18 of them foreigners; 145 were attending to theology. At Freiburg there were 301 students, 87 were foreigners; 95 (foreign 25) were studying theology. At Giessen there were 407 students, including 76 foreigners. At Göttingen there were 704 students, 431 being foreigners; 167 (foreign 31) were in the department of theology. At Halle there were 682 students, 144 of them were foreigners; 420 (foreign 92) were attending to theology. At Heidelberg the number of students was 614. At Königsberg there were 390 students, 26 of them being foreigners; 114 (foreign 5) were in the theological department. At Leipsic there were 935 students; 276 were foreigners and 254 were studying theology. At Marburg the number of students was 285, foreigners 49; 67 (foreign 10) being in the theological department. At Tübingen there were 739 students, foreigners 52; pursuing Protestant theology 145, Catholic theology 62.

france.

The theological faculty at Montauban is arranged as follows:-M. Jalaguier is Professor of Dogmatic Theology, M. de Felice of Evangelical Morality, M. Montet, Sen. of Ecclesiastical History, M. A. Monod of Hebrew, M. Encontre of Latin and Greek Literature, M. Nicolas of Natural and Intellectual Philosophy.-Prof. Boutriche has just published his Comparative and Historical Picture of Ancient and Modern Religions, the Principal Religious Sects and Schools of Philosophy.-M. Firmin Didot is publishing a Bibliothèque Grecque in 50 large volumes. It is to contain the chefs d'œuvre of the Greek poets, historians, orators, philosophers, with Josephus and the Septuagint, with a Latin translation, and Indices Rerum et Nominum. Some 10 to 15 vols. have already appeared; among them Homer's Iliad, Odyssey, Hymns and Fragments in 1 vol. price 12 fr. 50c., Xenophon complete in 1 vol. 15fr., Aristophanes, Menander, Philemon in 1 vol. Each vol. may be had separately. -A bill to extend the right of literary property has been rejected in the Chamber of Deputies, 158 to 108.—The Libraire d'Education, by Victor Boreau and L. F. Hivert, is advancing towards its completion; the History of France in 2 vols., by Boreau, the History of England, by Boreau and Lafon, the History of Russia, by Duchiron, the History of Poland, by Cynske, the History of Italy, by Boreau and Duchiron; and the History of Germany, by Boreau, have already appeared.

Africa.

A prospectus has been issued of a curious lithographic work, to be published in Nos. at Algiers. It is to consist of views of the Christian remains of the ancient African Church, with notes from the bishop lately appointed by the Pope for that colony. No. I. will contain a view of the ruins of the Basilica of Peace, at Hippona.

United States.

The Second Edition of Prof. Stuart's N. Test. Grammar is in the press; most of it has been written anew; and the remainder revised and corrected. John F. Trow has a new edition of Edwards' Works in the press, under the supervision of a distinguished New-England divine, based on the old Worcester edition, with additions and improvements from the English edition and other sources; to be comprised in 4 vols. and furnished at a reduced price. D. Appleton & Co. will shortly publish Palmer's Treatise on the Church, edited by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Whittingham; Early English Church, by the Rev. Edward Churton, edited by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Ives; Disce 'Viveri,-Learn to Live, by Dr. Sutton; John Angel James' Widow directed to the Widow's God; also his Happiness,--its Nature and Sources; Lectures on Spiritual Christianity, by Isaac Taylor, author of Natural History of Enthusiasm ; Blunt's Family Commentary on Genesis; Practical Christian and Devout Penitent, by Sherlock; Life of Napoleon, with 500 illustrations, 2 vols.; Lockhart's Spanish Ballads; The Hannahs, a continuation of the Lady's Closet Library; by Robert Philip.