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ties. No work with which we are acquainted contains such valuable materials for this object. It is worthy of the high reputation of its author, whose services are held in grateful remembrance in all parts of the world. It ought to be in the hands of all interested in the work of missions.

The Uprising of a Great People. The United States in 1861. From the French of Count AGENOR DE GASPARIN, by Mary L. Booth. New-York: Chas. Scribner. 1861. 12mo, pp. 263. Count de Gasparin has for years felt a deep interest in this country, being attracted to it by the strength of his political, moral and religious sympathies. This sympathy inspired him with an almost prophetic vision, as to our present national crisis and its probable issue. His work was written before the struggle of arms began, and it contains, without doubt, the most intelligent and inspiring view of our national struggle which any foreigner has yet expressed. Not as philosophical as the work of De Tocqueville on our democracy, it enters more thoroughly into the true springs of our national life and progress. To the doubting and desponding among ourselves, it may give a needful stimulus, and encouragement to all. Minor inaccuracies of detail (which the translator might have corrected) are slight things, in comparison with the cheering vision which this enthusiastic and eloquent Frenchman holds up for our encouragement in this great conflict. We owe Count de Gasparin a debt of profound gratitude.

In this connection we may also refer to a Sermon by Prof. Egbert C. Smyth, of Bowdoin College, on the theme, "Our Country not Forsaken of God," a lucid and forcible exhibition of the elements of our present conflict; and an original, eloquent and philosophical Fourth of July Oration by Henry James, on the Social Significance of our Institutions.

GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS.

Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa. By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. New York: Harpers. 1861. None who met Du Chaillu while in this country, will readily forget his modest and self-possessed ways, or give credence to the doubts thrown on his credibility. His book is the most interesting, simple and exciting record of travels and adventure, that has been published for years. It is not written as a scientific, or even as a literary man, would have drawn up the narrative; but it absorbs the attention by its unvarnished, graphic and truthful method. Like every body else, h has doubtless made use of previously published prints and maps; but he has also added very much to the stock of information in geography, natural history, and the habits and customs of unvisited tribes. Some twenty new quadrupeds are here described. The region between Barth's and Livingstone's explorations (2° N. and 6o S. latitude) is for the first time described, including 350 miles of the river Agobay. Some of his accounts of folk-lore and popular mythology are new and of great interest. Professor Owen says, "that his collection is the most interesting illustration of the lower creation that has ever reached Europe." The fierce gorilla, the docile nshiego, and the kooloo-kamba, so nearly like man, are admirably depicted. The result of these researches confirms anew the position of an impassable gulf between animal and man; thirteen adult gorillas had an average of twenty-nine cubic inches of brain-the lowest negroes and Australians have seventy-five. And the gorilla, says Owen, like the ape, has no posterior lobe to the brain. We had meant to make various extracts on the gorilla, the nest-making ape,

the horrible cannibalism of the Fans (which we should be glad to disbelieve), and the wonderful armies of the ants; but our space is restricted, and the book is, or ought to be, in the hands of our readers.

Seasons with the Sea-Horses; or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas. By JAMES LAMONT, Esq. New York: Harpers. 1861. Pp. 282— with many spirited illustrations and maps. In pursuit of adventure, Mr. Lamont, in company with another keen sportsman, Lord David Kennedy, went in a sloop to Spitzbergen, and killed 46 walruses, 88 seals, 8 polar bears, one white bear, and 61 poor reindeer. The account of the chase and capture of this unusual game for sportsmen will interest all lovers of hardy life and perilous expeditions.

Life and Adventures in the South Pacific. By a Roving Printer. New York: Harpers. 1861. 12mo, pp. 361. Illustrated. In an unadorned narrative, this volume gives the personal experience of the writer in a long and successful whaling voyage, full of the customary adventures and hairbreadth 'scapes. Its straightforward, simple, honest style, will recommend it to the youthful admirers of a roving life.

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The Recreations of a Country Parson. Second Series. Boston: Tick nor & Fields. 1861. Pp. 430. This is every way a charming book—paper, type, style and contents. The Recreations consist of meditations or essays upon familiar themes, in a thougthful, earnest, yet often playful, and natural style, with abundance of felicitous allusions and illustrations. No better book can be had for fireside reading, or for enlivening a solitary hour. The themes are handled in a spirit which is at once devout and practical. The higher regions of speculation are also visited, as in the severe and just review of Buckle, in the essay on Man and his Dwelling-place-coming to the heart of the matter without pretence or pedantry. The Pulpit in Scotland has shrewd advice for ministers. Concerning Scylla and Charybdis, and Concerning Screws, combine sense and humor. Wise counsels, in fine veins of thought, pervade the meditations on Disappointment and Success, on Churchyards, on Summer Days, on Solitary Days, and on Future Years. The conclusion gives a warm and touching greeting to the author's friends on this side of the Atlantic.

Edwin of Deira. By ALEXANDER SMITH. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1861. Pp. 191. Besides the main poem, this beautiful volume also contains two others-Torquil and Oona, and Blaavin. A finely drawn likeness of the author has an earnest and thoughtful, but hardly a poetical cast of features. The scene of the chief poem is in England, at the time of the introduction of Christianity under Roman auspices. The struggles between the Pagan and Christian elements are partially reproduced, though without any high dramatic vigor and effect, such as might be expected from a more objective poet. The epic is in fact merged in the lyrical; the objective in the subjective. Apart from this, however, the poem has sufficient sources of attraction and even of fascination in its profuse and delicate imagery, its felicities of allusion and expression, the melodious flow of its verse, its tender descriptions of sentiment, and its vivid images of scenes in the natural world. It is wrought out with a grace of diction, and a chastened imagination, which show the result of culture in repressing the ardor of the poet's

earlier productions. The author may be thought to have surrendered himself too unreservedly to the influence of Tennyson and his school. But he shows such decided poetic talent, that this may be taken as only a transient stage in his career as a poet. He is capable of a much higher range. We can give only one short extract in illustration of the exquisite tenderness strewed through the poem.

"And ere they went,

In Bertha's fragrant bosom lay asleep
The sweetest babe that ever mother blest,-
A helpless thing, omnipotently weak;
Naked, yet stronger than a man in mail—
That, with its new-born struggling sob and cry,
Softened the childless palace, and unsealed
Fountains of love undreamed of. Tenderness
Made every arm a cradle, every voice
Soft as a cradle-song."

"And Bertha hung

Over its slumber all the livelong day,
As moveless as a willow that o'erdroops
A well, the while there is in all the world
Not wind enough to turn a silvered leaf."

Framley Parsonage. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. With Illustrations. Harpers. 1861. Pp. 530. Without any rare or exciting incidents, the interest of the reader in this new volume of Mr. Trollope, is kept up by the accurate delineation of the characters, the simple and regular movement of the story, and the naturalness and vivacity of the dialogue. The descriptions of scenes and events are uniformly good. It is a book that may be safely recommended, especially to young clergymen, who are solicited to indorse the notes of friends in an emergency.

The House on the Moor. By the Author of "Margaret Maitland," etc. New York: Harpers. 1861. Pp. 405. The interest of this work is derived from its startling contrasts of characters-the extremes of light and shade being skilfully played off against each other. Through a large variety of scenes and personages, the plot moves on undisturbed, so that poetic justice is at last rendered to all the actors. The darker shades of character and life are drawn with the most vigor. The moral tone of the book is unexceptionable.

Harper's Monthly Magazine seems to aim at a still higher standard, with each new year. In variety of topics, fertility of illustrations, and cheapness of price, it surpasses all the others. The October number contains, in full, Alexander Smith's new poem, Edwin of Deira, besides an abundance of other interesting matter.

Mr. Bidwell's Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, for September, has an admirable likeness of Thorwaldsen; and our historian Motley appears for the first time in the October number. The selections of this invaluable miscellany are made with a wise adaptation to all classes of readers.

The National Preacher, in some of its later numbers, contains instructive discourses by Dr. Todd, Dr. Nelson, of St. Louis; Rev. S. G. Buckingham, Rev. S. D. Phelps, D.D., and others, well fitted for the supply of vacant pulpits.

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.

The Chemical History of a Candle. By MICHAEL FARADAY, D.C.L, FR.S. Edited by W. Crookers. Harpers. 1861. Pp. 223. These six lec tures, delivered before a juvenile auditory, are among the best possible examples of the highest scientific truths taught in the simplest and most attractive manner. Children can understand them, and they contain instruction for all. A lecture on Platinum is added. Numerous illustrations make every point plain.

Primary Object Lessons for a Graduated Course of Development. By N. A. CALKINS. New York: Harpers. Pp. 362. This manual is constructed on the plan of a gradual and harmonious development of the faculties of children, through converse with objects. It requires, and we think rightly, incessant effort and study on the part of the teacher, and gives many admirable instructions and examples as to the best method of training. Actual experience can alone test the practicability of the system; but it seems to be at once natural and philosophical.

Harper's School and Family Readers. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series. By MARCIUS WILLSON. 1861. Pp. 540. The plan of this admirable series combines systematic instruction in science, history and literature, with reading lessons. It is profusely illustrated. This series surpasses any other with which we are acquainted. It is a carrying out of the principle that the senses are first developed. The lessons draw out, in succession, the ideas of form, color, (very fully and ingeniously,) number, weight, size, sound, of the human body, of place, etc. We commend the volume to parents and teachers.

Latin Accidence and Primary Lesson Book. By GEORGE W. COLLORD. New York: Harpers. 1861. Pp. 347. This volume was prepared to accompany McClintock's First Book in Latin. It is a well-arranged; an excellent and sufficient introduction to the language. The second part consists of reading lessons and syntax, with a vocabulary. A pupil needs no other book to get a good start in the Latin tongue.

INDEX TO VOLUME
TO VOLUME III.-1861.

Ackermann's Plato, 571.

Adams, N., Evenings with, on Doctrines, 403.
Alexander, J. A., on Matthew, 401; Notes, etc.,
410; J. W., on Preaching, 407.
Alexandrian Codex, 196, 398, 495-511.
Allen's Hebrews, 561.

Allen, Judge, on Sunday Laws, 693-710.
American Board, Memorial Volume, 762.
Anniversaries in United States, 583; England,
591; France, 596.

Ante-Nicene Trinitarianism, 161-177, 512-527.
Antiquity of Race, 179.

Aquinas, 81-93.

American Mission, 421.

Arnold on Communion, 197.

Astié, on Jourdain, 81-93.

Atkinson's Amoor, 263.

Australia, 418.

Austria, 418.

Baptists, 206, 211.

Baur, 375, 539.

Bausman's Sinai, 413.

Bay Psalm Book, 191.

Bengel's Gnomon, 399.

Berg's Second Advent, 403.

Bernstein, 184.

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muz, 562.

Dutch Reformed, 205.
Ebrard's John, 401.
Eclectic Magazine, 765.
Education in France, 594.
Edwards and his School, 36-68.
Emerson's Conduct of Life, 412.
Emmons, Life, etc., 632-669.

England, Literature, 187, 388, 534, 754, 768;
News, 208, 589.

English Tongue, a New Speech, 18-85.

Essays and Reviews, (Oxford,) 312-357, 527, 754.
Faraday's Chemistry of a Candle, 766.

Fisher's Addresses, 486-95.

France, Literature, 182, 385, 546, 757; News,
213, 416, 594.

Gasparin's United States, 762.

German Reformed, 204.

Germany, Literature, 183, 375, 539, 755; News,
214, 417.

Goodwin, D. R., on Powell, 438-457.

Graul, Irenæus, 560.

Greece, 181, 381.

Green's Hebrew Grammar, 761.

Guizot, 546, 758.

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Chowlson's Babylonian Literature, 180; Tam- House on the Moor, 765.

Churchman's Calendar, 568.

Church Rates, 592.

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Homer's Odyssey, 413.

Horne on Psalms, 405.

Huber, Philosophy of Fathers, 197.
Hymns and Choirs, 408.
India, 418.

Ireland, 210, 593.

Italy, 211, 387, 545, 596.
Jamaica, 587.

Jameson's Legends, 561.
Jesuits, 597.
Jews, 416.

Jost, 589.

Jourdain's Aquinas, 81-93.
Journal des Savants, 384.

Julian the Apostate, 1-17.

Kingsley on History, 572.

Kurtz, Church History, 199.

Lamson's First Three Centuries, 161.

Lamont's Sea-Horses, 764.

Lange Bibelwerk, 197, 401, 555.

La Peyrere, Præadamites, 68-81.

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