ART. IX. WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.
Astronomical Observations, made at the Observatory of Cambridge, for the year 1832. By George Biddell Airy, Esq., M.A., Plumian Prof. of Astron., and Exper. Phil., in the University of Cambridge. Royal Quarto. 15s.
Hints for the Formation and Management of Sunday Schools. By the Rev. J. C. Wigram, M.A., Secretary to the National School Society. 2s.
The Annual Historian for 1833; comprising the Events of the Previous Year. By Ingram Cobbin, A.M. 18mo. 3s. cloth.
The Crusaders; or, Scenes, Events, and Characters, from the Times of the Crusades. By Thomas Keightly. With Views, &c. 5s. 6d. Cloth lettered.
Insects and their Habitations. A Book for Children. With many Engravings. Is.
Persian Fables, for Young and Old. By the Rev. H. G. Keene, M.A. With Eighteen Illustrative Engravings. 1s.
A Residence at the Court of London. By the Honourable Richard Rush, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, from 1817 to 1825. 8vo. 14s.
Authentic Letters from Upper Canada: with an Account of Canadian Field Sports. By T. W. Magrath, Esq. Edited by the Rev. T. Radcliff; with etchings by Samuel Lover, Esq., R.H.A. 6s.
Readings in Poetry. A Selection from the best English Poets, from Spenser to the Present Time: and Specimens of several American Poets of deserved reputation: with a History of English Poetry, and an Essay on Versification. Cloth lettered, 4s. 6d.
Whom are we to look to? or, Things as they Are. Some brief remarks on the present state of Parties in this country. "Cui Fidas Videas." 1s.
A Letter from Legion to the Right Hon. E. G. Stanley, upon his Scheme for
the Abolition of Colonial Slavery, and containing suggestions of a plan really "safe and satisfactory" in its character. Is.
A Plan for the Reconciliation of all Interests in the Emancipation of West India Slaves. By John Hancock, M.D. 6d.
The Book of Rights; or, Constitutional Acts and Parliamentary Proceedings affecting Civil and Religious Liberty in England, from Magna Charta to the present time. Historically arranged, with Notes and Observations. By Edgar Taylor, F.S.A. 6s. 6d. extra cloth boards.
The Interests of the Country, and the Prospects of West Indian Planters, mutually secured by the immediate Abolition of Slavery. By James Cropper. Second edition. 1s.
Wages or the Whip. An Essay on the Comparative Cost and Productiveness of Free and Slave Labour. By Josiah Conder. Author of the Modern Traveller," &c. &c. Svo. 2s. 6d.
A Vindication of the Loan of £15,000,000 to the West India Planters, showing that it may not only be lent with perfect safety, but with immense advantage both to the West Indians and to the people of England. By James Cropper. Svo. 6d.
Considerations on Civil Establishments of Religion. By H. Heugh, D.D. 8vo. 2s. 6d.
A Critique on Dr. Ralph Wardlaw's Sermon, "Civil Establishments of Christianity;" showing that it is unfounded in scripture, contradicted by ecclesiastical history, is based on what is not true, and is alike repudiated by sound criticism and conclusive argument. By Alexander Fleming, A.M., Minister of Neilston.
Christianity Epitomised, with Antithesis analytical and illustrative of the Papacy. Contents-Israelitish Christianity Christianity typical and psalmodic-Historic Christianity to the close of the first Atonement-The century-The sonality and Influences of the Holy Spirit -Historic Christianity to the close of the second century-Pagan Philosophy-Progressive Christianity to the Constantine era-The Papacy contrasted with Christianity-Socianism repelled-Trinitarianism advocated-The attributes of Faith-Justification-Christian identity-Sabbatic desecration, &c. &c. 8s. cloth boards.
Anti-slavery reporter, No. 104, 138; see Garrison's Thoughts.
Arnold's, Dr., principles of church re- form, 176; extracts, 176–79. Auldjo's sketches of Vesuvius, 212; de- scription of Vesuvius, 213; view from the highest point, 216.
Blair's inquiry into the state of slavery amongst the Romans, 273; universal prevalence in former times of slavery, 274; originated in war, ib.; ancient slave-trade, 277; extract from Mr. Hal- ley's sinfulness of colonial slavery, 279 -81; the Roman slavery admitted of greater mitigation than our colonial sys- tem, 283; slavery in the Grecian states, ib.; Christianity ameliorated the condi- tion of the slave, 285, 6; it shall annul it in toto, 287.
Brown's, Dr., biblical cabinet, Vol. II.,
119; its contents most useful, ib.; me- rit of Calvin as a Bible interpreter, ib.; German Bible critics, 121; the treatises contained in this volume, 122, 123. Buccaneer, the, 40; characters in the tale, 41; extracts, 41, 42; Cromwell's daugh- ter, 45; author's account of Cromwell, 47; Milton, 52.
Canadas, the, as they now are; see Statis- tical Sketches.
Causes of the French revolution, 361; written by lord John Russell, ib.; what is meant by the causes of the French revolution? ib.; its causes, according to the Quarterly Review, 362; Louis XVI. had less to do in causing the overthrow of the monarchy than Marie Antoinette, 363; the French philosophers, 364; the effect of their writings would have been inconsiderable but from other causes, 365; example of the United States a cause of the French revolution, 366, 7; financial disorders, 367; the real causes of the revolution, 368; extract from M. Aug. le Comte, 369-371; our revolu- tion in the times of Charles I., 371, 2; Chenevix contrasts the French Revolu- tion with it, 373-5; the pretended fears of the Quarterly reviewer, 375; the French revolution could not have occurred in England, 377; the social state in England, 378–83. Chesney's, Captain, reports of the naviga- tion of the Euphrates, 263; its feasibi lity, ib.; extracts, 263—5. Church reform, Arnold on, 176. Clarke's concise view of the succession of
sacred literature, 332; a valuable guide to the student, 333; the fathers no long- er the principal sources for theological learning, ib.; the Greek writers to be preferred, ib.; a character of Chrysos- tom, 334; Boætius, 335; Aldhelmus, 337.
Cobbin's, Ingram, moral fables and para- bles, for infant minds, 94; specimen, the falling kite, ib. Colton's, Calvin, manual for emigrants; see Statistical Sketches of Upper Cana-
Conder's wages or the whip, 544. Cropper's vindication of a loan of fifteen millions to the West India planters, 544. Curtis's existing monopoly, an inadequate protection of the authorized version of scripture; see Oxford Bibles.
Davenant's, Bishop, exposition of St. Paul's epistle to the Colossians, trans- lated by Josiah Allport, 123; Davenant's birth, &c., 124, et seq.; anecdote of Laud, 126; Davenant's works, 127; Bishop Hacket, 128; letter to Bishop Hall, 130; the exposition of the epistle to the Colossians, 130, et seq.; extracts, 134-36; defects of the elder commen- tators, 132; Davenant a sublapsarian, 136; our religion too often turned into materials for contention and strife, 137; excellence of this translation of Da- venant's works, 137, 8.
Davis's true dignity of human nature, 534; extracts, 534-36.
Douglas's address on slavery, sabbath pro-
tection, and church reform, 351; the West Indies, ib.; man can have no pro- perty in man, 352, 3; who is profitted by the system? 353-56; nothing now for it, but immediate abolition, 356; ob- servance of the sabbath, a religious duty and a civil privilege, 357.
Elijah, by the author of "Balaam,” 260; object of the work excellent, ib.; ex- tracts, 261, 2.
Eliot's, Archdeacon, christianity and slav- ery, 383; evidence of the advocates for slavery, ib.; first impressions of Euro- peans on witnessing slavery wear away, 384; neglected state of the slaves, 385; jealousy of making them Christians, 386; better observance of the sabbath in Barbados, 387, 8; marriage among the slaves, 389; shameful violation of it, 390; cruelty often perpetrated, 391; Archdeacon Eliot on manumission, 392, 3; advocates bit by bit emancipation, 393; slave-owner entitled to no com- pensation, 394; souls not saleable,' 395; specious, though ingenious, argu- ment drawn from St. Paul, 396. England, society in, 378, et seq. Essays on religious subjects, by a Lay-
man, 225; how is it, the author is a lay- man? ib.; three reasons why competent laymen should publish on this subject, 226; has the church been well served by laymen? 227; list of lay theologians,
Englishman's almanack, the, 94. Entomological magazine, 450.
Euphrates, navigation of, 263.
Fergusson's practical notes made during a tour in Canada, &c.; see Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada. Fifty-one original fables, with morals, &c., embellished by R. Cruickshank, 91; specimens, 92; author's object, ib. Flowers of fable, culled from Epictetus, &c., 91; deserve high praise, 92; many former collections objectionable, ib.; poetical extract, 93.
Garrison's, W. Lloyd, thoughts on African
colonization, 138; the American colon- ization society, 139; anti-Christian spirit towards the coloured Americans, ib.; General Jackson's proclamation to the free people of colour, 141; their intelli- gence, &c. ib.; extracts, 141-145; is it lawful to enslave a man for his colour? 146, 7; the ludicrous antipathy the coloured races are held in, 147; extracts on the side of colonization, ib. et seq.; Russia, in a comparison with America, has the advantage, 149; our Christian ministers should protest against Ameri- can slavery, 150; other wrongs inflicted on this race, 1583-6; we look to Eng- land with hope, 158; the expediency of early emancipation, 159-61. Gilly's memoir of Felix Neff, pastor of the High Alps, 23; originated, in part, by life of Oberlin, ib.; Oberlin was Neff's model, ib.; Aborigines of the High Alps, 23, 24; history of Neff, 26; he quits the army, 27; his zeal in the ministry, ib.; his opinions on separation from the na- tional church, ib.; arrives in London, 28; appointed pastor of the churches of Val Queyras and Val Fressinière, 29; parish of Arvieux, ib.; Neff's habitation, 31; San Veran and Dormilleuse, 32; Neff's disinterestedness, 33; his perse- verance and patience, 34, 35; his stu- dents, 35; knowledge of geography an aid to the cause of missions, 36; Neff's ill- ness, 37; his last letter, ib.; his character, 37-39; his method with the Roman Catholics, 39.
Gregory's memoir of Robert Hall, 189; ¦ anecdotes of Hall, 191; his popularity at Bristol, 194; danger he fell into, 195; is invited to Cambridge, 196; important changes in his feelings, 196, 7; appears as a political writer, 197; character of Hall, 198, et seq.; his celebrity did not arise from his position at Cambridge, 203; the Quarterly reviewer's portrait of him, 205; letter of Mackintosh, 207; his afflicting visitations and recovery,
208-10; his residence at Leicester, 210; he succeeds Dr. Ryland at Bris- tol, 211; his death, ib.; Mr. Foster's portrait of Hall, as he appeared in the pulpit, 488; his manner of public prayer, 489; preaching prayers, 490, 1; each of Hall's sermons had a distinct assign- able subject, 491, 2; his preaching an- alysed and portrayed, 492-6; imagin- ation with him, a subordinate faculty, 496-8; sermon on text Prov. xxv. 2, pp. 498-503; Mr. Hall always absorbed in his subject, 503, 4; his hearers not always equal to understanding him, 505; the British Critic's criticisms, 506-8. Greswell's harmonia evangelica, 1; his dis- sertation upon the principles, &c., of a harmony of the gospels, ib.; the harmonia and the dissertations compose one work, ib.; synopsis of the contents of the dis- sertations, 1-4; inconsistencies in pre- vious harmonies, 5; harmonies are for the learned, 7; the error in most har- monies, 8; remarks on St. Matthew's gospel, 8, 9; characteristic differences of the gospels, 9, et seq.; remarks on their authors, 10; Mr. Greswell's conjecture respecting St. Mark's gospel, 12; er- amination of St. Matthew and St. Mark, 13-15; St. John's gospel supplemental, 16; the author's hypothesis accounts for there being four gospels, and only four, 17; his statement examined, 18; St. Mark both saw and consulted St. Mat- thew's gospel, 19; St. Luke's acquaint- ance with St. Matthew's gospel, 20; his- torical character of St. Luke's gospel, 20; danger of misinterpreting an inspired writer, by transpositions of his narrative, 21; tabular view of the distinctive cha- racteristics of the four gospels, 22; a harmony of the four gospels, in English, arranged on the plan of Greswell's har- monia evangelica, 299; Mr. Greswell's division of the harmonized evangelical narrative is purely chronological, 300; Part I. examined, ib.; remarks on the ge- nealogies in Luke and Matthew, 300, 1; their apparent discrepancy, 301; Calvin's opinion of the time of the visit of the magi, 302; Greswell's, 302, 3; Dod- dridge's, 304, note; Part II. of the har- mony examined, 304; Mr. Greswell's order of the temptations, 305; Part III., 306; author's reasoning on John v. 1, 806, et seq.; Doddridge and Benson on this subject, 308; Part IV., 313; in- cludes the greater portion of the gospel narrative, ib.; Part V. contains the ac- counts of the resurrection and the ascen-
sion, ib.; the author's labours a valuable assistance to Bible students, ib. Gurney's biblical notes and dissertations, 161; contents, 162; the canonical au- thority of the epistle to the Hebrews, 163; the internal evidence of its Pauline origin, 164; the epistles of Peter com- pared with those of Paul, 165, 6; para- phrases of the Old Testament inthe Chal- dee language, 167, et seq.; extract, 168; the introduction to John's gospel consi- dered, 172, 3; the conclusion of Mr. G.'s work is practical, 174; extract, 174, 5.
Halley's sinfulness of colonial slavery, 346; should be abolished, from its criminality, ib.; extracts, 347-50. See Douglas's address on slavery, &c.
Harmony, a, of the four gospels, 299; ar- ranged upon the model of Greswell's harmonia evangelica, ib. See Greswell's harmonia.
Heath's book of beauty, 88; not a book of beauties, ib.; praise due to the artists, 88; and to Miss Landon, ib.; extract, 89.
Hinton's harmony of religious truth and
human reason asserted, in a series of essays, 413; to many, the title of the book will be an objection, 415; faith rightly founded, and reason, cannot be opposed, 415-18; the doctrine of the divine influence misunderstood, 418; definition of reason, 418; mischievous contrariety in the writings of our theo- logians, 419, 20; accountability of man, 421; author's error in his essay on the 'revealed character of God,' 423; human attributes applied to God, 424; God's moral government of man, 425-27; 'the eternity of future punishment,' 428; 'hereditary depravity,' 429; 'did Christ die for all men?' 430, 1; 'of unbelief,' 422; the work a valuable accession to modern theological writing, 433. Hints on the necessity of a change of prin- ciple in our legislation, for the efficient protection of society from crime, 468; author would convert all prisons into asylums, 468; divides mankind into three classes, 468-70; deprecates our prison system, 471, 2. See Whately's thoughts on secondary punishments.
Ireland, poor laws for, 325, et seq.
Legion's letter to the right hon. E. G. Stanley, &c., upon his scheme for abo- lition of colonial slavery, 544; it is founded upon two contradictory propo-
sitions, 545; objections to the plan of liberating the children, ib.; emancipation must be total and immediate, 547. Leifchild's abbreviated discourses on vari- ous subjects, 434; not composed for the press, ib.; spiritual and natural freedom, 435; duty of Christians, in respect to slavery, 436, 7; St. Paul's rapture, 438; aspect of the times, 439–441; the spirit of controversy, 441.
Lewis's remarks on the use and abuse of
some political terms, 473; necessity for such a work, ib.; 'right' and 'wrong,' 475-77; Blackstone's erroneous defi- nition of rights and liberties, 477-80; 'sovereignty' confounded with royalty, 480-82; sovereignty of the people,' 482; Rousseau's notion, 484; origin of legislation in the house of commons, 485; our representatives delegates and legislators, 486; value of Mr. Lewis's work, 487.
Mackintosh's, right hon. Sir James, history of England, 97; his early life, ib.; Sir James, and Robert Hall, 98; Macin- tosh's Vindiciae Gallica, 100; called to the bar, ib.; his lectures, ib.; goes to India, 102; introduced into parliament, ib.; succeeds Tierney as chief of the op- position, 103; his character as a speaker, 104, 105; his failing health, 106: his death, 106, 107; his history of England a valuable fragment, 107; Robert Hall's opinion of his qualifications for historical writing, 108; Mr. Campbell's critique on the History, 109; extracts, 110-112; his other writings, 112; his convers- ation, 114; specimen, 115-18. Martin's, R. M., poor laws for Ireland, a measure of justice to England, &c., 325; Ireland without poor laws, and England with, ib.; Mr. Martin deserves the thanks of his country, 326; poor laws the only legislative measure wanted for Ireland, ib.; Dr. Doyle on the subject, 327-330; Mr. Martin's plan, 330. Mirabeau's letters, during his residence in England, 65; history of the correspond- ence, ib.; Mirabeau's character, ib.; ex- tract, 66; his was the quintessence of the French character, 67; Mirabeau on the influence of religion in England, 68, 69; the melancholy of the English, 69, 70; further extracts, 71-76; Mi- rabeau's interest for the Jews, 76; his wish that England and France should be friends, 77.
Murat's moral and political sketch of the
United States of North America, 236;
advocates slavery, ib.; description of the United States, 236-40.
Neff, Felix, see Gilly's memoir of. North American review, No. LXXVIII., article Prince Puckler Muscau and Mrs. Trollope,' 233; character of Mrs. Trollope's work, 233, 4; extract from the article on nullification, 258, 9. Oxford Bibles. Mr. Curtis's misrepre- sentations exposed, by Edward Card- well, D.D., 509; the Bible printing monopoly, 510; perfect accuracy not to be expected, 511; startling assertion by Mr. Curtis of the intentional de- partures from King James's Bible, 513; the confidence of the illiterate in the Bible, should not be disturbed, ib.; re- port of dissenting ministers' sub-com- mittee on the authorized version, 515; the italics in the Bible, ib.; Mr. Curtis's objections, 517, 18; Dr. Turton's rea- sons for the italics, 518-22; have they exposed the sacred text to the scoffs of infidels? 523; or been stumbling-blocks to the unlearned? 524; Mr. Curtis's inaccuracies, 526, 7; his commentaries on the column titles, 528-32; on the names applied to God in the Bible, 582; excellence of our English Bibles, 533.
Pecchio's, count, semi-serious observations of an Italian exile, during his residence in England, 78; some errors in the book, ib.; extracts, 79, et seq.; the Eng- lish Sunday, 83; author's praise of the English, 83, et seq.; marries an English woman, 85; 'the opposition' in the House of Commons, ib.
Political terms, definitions of, 473; see Lewis.
Punishment, errors in the theory of, 463 -7.
Religion of taste, the, a poem, 180; the vital spirit of Christianity something more than a 'religion of taste', ib.; ex- tract, 180, 1. Report from select committee on king's printers' patents, 509.
Report from the select committee on se condary punishments. See Dr. Whate- ly's thoughts on secondary punish-
Revivals in religion, 287, et seq. Rush's residence at the court of London, 537; adapted to promote a good feeling between the English and Americans, ib.; increase of London, 538; riches of the
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