THE

NATIONAL REVIEW.

VOL. XVI.

JANUARY AND APRIL 1863.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY.

MDCCCLXIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY ROBSON, LEVEY, AND FRANKLYN,

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THE NATIONAL REVIEW.

CONTENTS OF No. XXXI.—JANUARY 1863.

ART.

I.-BISHOP COLENSO ON THE PENTATEUCH

The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua critically examined. By

the Right Rev. John William Colenso, D.D., Bishop of Natal.

Longman and Co. 1862.

II.-ORLEY FARM

Orley Farm. By Anthony Trollope. Chapman and Hall. 1862.

III. THE CRISIS IN PRUSSIA

IV.-SHELLEY'S POETICAL MYSTICISM

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1862.

Relics of Shelley. Edited by Richard Garnett. Moxon.

Memorials of Shelley. By Lady Shelley. Moxon. 1859.

Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron. By E. J.

Trelawny. Moxon. 1858.

The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. By Thomas Jefferson Hogg.

Vols. I. and II. Moxon. 1858.

V.-ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

The Revelation of God the Probation of Man. Two Sermons

preached before the University of Oxford. By Samuel Lord

Bishop of Oxford. London: J. H. and Jas. Parker, and J.

Murray. 1861.

Notes on the Parables. By Richard Chenevix Trench, D.D., Dean

of Westminster.

Parochial Sermons. By John Henry Newman, B.D., Fellow of

Oriel College, Oxford.

1844.

An Exposition of the Creed. By John Pearson, D.D., Lord

Bishop of Chester.

Sermons. By George Bull, D.D., Lord Bishop of St. David's,

Oxford. 1846.

The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians, Romans.

By Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College,

Oxford. London: J. Murray. 1855.

Scripture Revelations of a Future State. By Richard Whately,

D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. London: Parker, Son, and Bourn.

Theological Essays. By Frederick Denison Maurice, M.A. Cam-

bridge: Macmillan. 1853.

Essays and Reviews. London: Longmans. 1861.

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St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, newly translated and explained

from a Missionary point of view. By the Right Rev. J. W.

Colenso, D.D., Bishop of Natal. Cambridge: Macmillan and

Co. 1861.

Forgiveness after Death: Does the Bible or the Church of England

affirm it to be impossible? A Review of the alleged Proofs of

the Hopelessness of the Future State. By a Clergyman. Lon-

don: Longmans. 1862.

VI.-LAW OF MARITIME CAPTURE AND BLOCKADE

Commercial Blockades considered with reference to Law and

Policy. By John Westlake. Ridgway. 1862.

Commentaries on International Law. By Robert Phillimore.

Vol. III. 1857.

VII.-HOME LIFE IN DENMARK AND NORWAY

Adam Homo. Et Digt af F. Paludan Müller. Tredie Udgave.

Copenhagen C. A. Reitzel.

:

Synnöve Sölbakken, af Björnstjerne Björnson. Bergen: E. B. Gi-

ertsen.

Arne, af Björnstjerne Björnson. Bergen: H. J. Geelmuyden's

Enke.

Grossererens Familie. En Fortælling. Christiania: J. W. Cappelen.

VIII. THE FLAVIAN CESARS

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A History of the Romans under the Empire. By Charles Merivale,

B.D. Vols. VI. and VII. London. 1858-62.

The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to the Death

of Marcus Antoninus. By the late Rev. Robert Lynam, M. A.

Edited by the Rev. John T. White, M.A. Two Vols. London.

1850.

IX.-LEARNING IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Report of the Church Congress held at Oxford, 1862.

X.-LANCASHIRE IN 1862

Lord Derby's Speech; "Times," Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1862.

CURRENT LITERATURE

Eugénie de Guérin, Journal et Lettres-The History of English

Nonconformity-Descriptive Catalogue of Materials relating to

the History of Great Britain and Ireland-Giraldi Cambrensis

Opera-Royal and other Historical Letters illustrative of the

Reign of Henry III.-A Manual of English Literature, his-

torical and critical; with an Appendix on English Metres

-The Missionary Life and Labours of Francis Xavier, taken

from his own Correspondence; with a Sketch of the general

Results of Roman Catholic Missions among the Heathen-A

Lenten Journey in Umbria and the Marches-Mr. Worsley's

Translation of the Odyssey of Homer-The Home and Foreign

Review.

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BOOKS OF THE QUARTER SUITABLE FOR READING-SOCIETIES 267

THE NATIONAL REVIEW.

CONTENTS OF No. XXXII.—APRIL 1863.

ART.

"I. THE IRISH CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT

Constitutional History of England. 1760-1810.

Erskine May. Vol. II. Longman.

By Thomas

The Liberal Party in Ireland; its present Condition and Pro-

spects. By a Roman Catholic. 1862. Kelly, Dublin.

The Irish Church. Speech of Edward Miall, M.P., in the House

of Commons, May 27, 1856. Effingham Wilson."

II. KINGLAKE'S INVASION OF THE CRIMEA

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The Invasion of the Crimea, its Origin, and an Account of its

Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. By Alexander

William Kinglake. Vols. I. and II. Edinburgh and London:

Blackwood and Sons. 1863.

Lettres du Maréchal de Saint Arnaud. Paris: Michel Lévy

Frères. 1855.

Letters from Head-Quarters on the Realities of the War in the

Crimea. By an Officer of the Staff. Third Edition. London :

Murray. 1858.

The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol, written in the Camp.

By Lieut.-Col. E. Bruce Hamley, Captain Royal Artillery. With

Illustrations drawn in Camp by the Author. Edinburgh and

London: Blackwood and Sons. 1855.

Précis Historique des Opérations Militaires en Orient de mars

1854 à octobre 1855. Par A. du Casse, Chef-d'Escadron d'Etat-

Major. Avec Cartes et Plans. Paris: E. Dentu. 1857.

Atlas Historique et Topographique de la Guerre d'Orient en 1854,

1855 et 1856; entrepris par ordre de S. M. l'Empereur Napo-

léon III; rédigé sur les Documents officiels et les Renseigne-

ments authentiques recueillis par le Corps d'Etat-Major; gravé

et publié par les soins du Dépôt de la Guerre, S. Exc. le

Maréchal Vaillant étant Ministre de la Guerre, et le Colonel

Blondel Directeur du Dépôt de la Guerre. 1858.

III.-PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF ERASMUS

1. Unpublished Papers in the Public Record Office.

2. Erasmi Epistolæ.

IV. CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD

Chronicles of Carlingford: Salem Chapel. W. Blackwood and

Sons.

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