and distributed to promote its objects. The doctrine of the sermon is that" it is the design of God to establish lasting peace through the world by the gospel of Christ." The argument and illustrations are exhibited with a good deal of spirit and power.

Sixth Annual Report of the Middlesex Bible Society.

Second and Third Letters to the Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D. on his charges against Unitarians.

These letters are not of a local or temporary interest, and are written with so much ability, that we confidently hope they will be published in a volume when the series shall be completed, and widely circulated.

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for social or private worship. Andover Flagg and Gould. 1821. pp. 308.

One would hardly judge from the imprimatur, that this is a selection of hymns in which nothing orthodox is to be found, but which is confined to good poetry, and to those sentiments of devotion and charity in which christians of every name agree. It is a highly judicious and valuable compilation.

The Friend of Peace, No. 24. April, 1821.

This number is not inferior in point and spirit to its predecessors. Readers are doubtless surprised to find how much of new illustration and remark is still brought forward on a subject which many supposed to be exhausted long ago.

State Prisons and the Penitentiary System Vindicated, with observations on managing and conducting these institutions; drawn principally from experience. Also, some particular remarks on Documents relating to the Massachusetts State Prison. By an Officer of the Establishment at Charlestown. 1821. Sold by Wells & Lilly.

The punishment of crimes and the reformation of criminals, are subjects of such importance to the state, and of such interest to the philanthropist, that we are glad to see any publication which may serve to throw any light upon them. With many the penitentiary system is unpopular because it is thought to be ineffectual. Its efficacy is doubtless far less than might be desired, and than its most sanguine friends anticipated. But the true question is, has it not been more efficacious than any other method ever devised; and if it be found only as much so, still it would deserve a preference for the sake of its humanity. This pamphlet attempts to vindicate the system, and we think successfully. We recommend it to attention; and if it receive the attention it deserves, we think men will be persuaded that state prisons should not be abolished, but only reformed; at least that we should not think of relinquishing the great experiment until

all the improvements which experience suggests have been fairly and for a long time made. "It is a system," says our author," which eminently subserves the great cause of humanity; and I would conclude with the same injunction which I ventured to make in the beginning let us not be hasty to abandon what is so beautiful in theory, and which, with proper management and improvement, will be found in practice, to result in the best interests of society."

It appears that the number of convicts has been decreasing for the last three years, and that the number of pardons has been about in the proportion (for five years) of three in forty.

JULY, 1821.

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