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Coins, Habits, Laws, Customs, and Peculiarities, of the Jews, &c. &c. With the Fragments; containing entirely New Illustrations of Scripture Incidents and Expressions, selected from the most authentic Historians, Travellers, &c., containing many Occurrences and Observations extremely interesting and highly entertaining, brought down to the latest period: illustrated by several Hundred Plates of Views, Maps, Plans, Dresses, &c. from the best Authorities. Publishing in single Parts at 6s each; or in Four Parts, in boards, at 24s. B. J. Holdsworth.

It would be the height of presumption in any reviewer, at this late period, to attempt a formal criticism of the Dictionary of Calmet, which has long since taken a decisive stand as the first Biblical Encyclopædia in the known world. Taking it for granted, therefore, that it has no rival in the libraries of the learned, we shall merely address ourselves to the task of pointing out to our readers the peculiar recommendations of the present edition, and the progress which its present publisher has made towards offering it in a new and elegant form to the Christian and literary public.

The fourth edition of Calmet was, in reality, the first of the work in its complete state; as all the former editions consisted of three different works:-viz. Calmet, Taylor's Fragments, and Scripture Illustrations. But to the obvious advantages of the fourth edition, the present proprietor has added many distinguished improvements. The first great excellence to be noticed, is the careful superintendence under which the present edition is making its appearance. Three individuals of decided learning and industry are employed in revising each sheet as it goes to press, while the whole passes under the eye of a competent final editor. By this means every effort is made to secure the accuracy, and thereby to extend the usefulness, of the work. The references and quotations, amounting to many thousands, have been verified and corrected-the explanations of the plates, hitherto detached from the body of the work, to the great inconvenience of the reader, have been incorporated with the articles of which they form an integral part-the whole of the text has passed under a diligent revision

AND SEVERAL ENTIRELY NEW ARTICLES, as well as occasional additions, have been introduced. In the present edition also, the plates have been retouched, and some of them re-engraved; and in the course of publication it is intended to furnish a superior portrait of the original author. The index too, of which we had occasion lately to speak, has been greatly enlarged, by the introduction of all the new matter which appears in the body of the work. And in addition to all these important considerations, we beg to inform our readers, that the paper and printing of this edition far surpass those of any former one. Indeed, the work has now an air of great elegance, and, when completed, will be the ornament of any library in which it may be placed. At the present moment there are twelve single parts ready for delivery; and, for the convenience of purchasers, they are made up in boards, in three large parts at One Pound Four each. We heartily

wish the publisher success in his very arduo and expensive undertaking.

From the Assistant of Education.
TO LADY I—K——,

On being asked if Poets can write when the are happy.

WHICH are the happy moments?-If the hour
When life's intoxicating flattery pours
Its nectar on the lip-the harp and viol
And the light dance the inebriate sense beguile
And pleasure, as her diamond sands run on,
Sees them not go, and wonders how they've
gone-

If this be happy-all of life forgot
Except the present's isolated spot,
And that beheld by the delusive burning
Of earth-fed lamps that must go ont ere morn-
ing-

Unmeet for happiness so light, so vain,
It is not then.

Or if it be to lie entranc'd in ease
Upon the bosom of earth-cherish'd peace-
Waking, sleeping, asking not for more,
The bosom's longings levell'd to its store;
Mindless of pleasures that it could not feel,
And griefs it has not felt. To dwell
In selfish uselessness amid the ding
Of creatures sinning, suffering, perishing,
And feel no rocking of the storm within-
Unterrified participants of sin
They never wept-If this be bliss,
Careless of other worlds, suffic'd in this,
And unasham'd for sin's unwashen stain-
It is not then.

Imagination's children seldom taste
of joys like these. To them a thorny waste
Seems the fair peopled earth. As if they were
The exil'd spirits of some sunny sphere
Where all is beaming with poetic fire,
They sicken in unsatisfied desire.
Pleasure is not so gay, nor love so fond,
As they would have it-nor the dizzy round
Of life so rapid-nor flattery's cup so full,
As they have somewhere learn'd. And so the
Nor aught so true, nor aught so beautiful

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But in the hours, when on a world unkind,
The poet looks from out his own bright mind,
Finds it a wilderness, and peoples it
With all the brilliant revelry of wit,
Rich in the wealth of his ingather'd store,
When the earth's barrenness can yield no more,
And like the lonely camel on the waste,
From his own bosom makes himself a feast.
If in such hours the self-sufficed mind,
Alien all else, a native kingdom find,
And can forget, amid his brilliant reves,
That he is not so blest as he believes-
The minstrel monarch of his own domain-
It may be then

Or better in her inner chambers, when,
Unsought of pity and unseen of men,

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Literary Entelligence.

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e Four Books (says Mr. Collie, in his pro=) contain the great outlines of the ConfuPhilosophy, illustrated by numerous hisal facts; and, together with the Notes accompany the present version, give a y accurate view of that singular system has ruled the minds of hundreds of milfor more than two thousand years. In point of view the work cannot be totally d of interest, either to the Philosopher, Toralist, or the Divine. Only a small part e work has hitherto, to the best of our vledge, appeared in an English dress: e it is presumed that the present complete on, with all its defects, will not prove alther unacceptable to the British public. translation and notes, without the origiText, it is supposed, will occupy about 330 ely printed 8vo. pages. The price to subDers will be fifteen shillings. Brief mes of Confucius and Mencius will be pred to the translation. This work is now in press, and will be delivered to subscribers oon as possible.

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INDEX TO VOLUME I.

A

EMENTS of Prayer, 240.

tion, Parental, 341.

Chapelle, 508.

Christian, Errors of the True, 103-Contem-
plated, The, by W. Jay, 180-The Last, 812
-Astronomer, 332-Solace of the, in time
of trial, 366-Year, 510.

Expedition to the Northern Coast of, Christianity in Calcutta, 159-in the inland

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idarium Palestinæ, 386.

er, Mrs. Maria, Memoir of, 61.

seas, Survey of, 351-Connexion of with hu-
man happiness, 457.

Christian's Triumph, The, 338.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, 496.

Church History, Scott's, 14-Milner's, 15.
Church of Rome, Antichristian Character of,
27.

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Dodd, Dr., 59.

Donne, Dr. J., 208.

n, County of, in Ireland, Reformation in, Dreams and Spiritual Agency, On, 283.

373-Life of, 245.

's Remains, 374.

mers, Dr., 319.

nouny, 502.

les V., 16.

acter of Young Women, Difficulties of as-
rtaining, 103.

Dying Christian's Anticipations, 230.

E

Economy of Grace, View of, 107.
Education Societies in Ireland, 45-in Europe,
Progress of, 343.

Elements of Biblical Criticism and Interpreta-
tion, 335-of Thought, 332—of Mental and

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Geneva, 503.

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Man, On the Fearful Constitution of, 139.
Manichean Heresy, 8.

Manuscript, An Ancient, 106.

M'Crie's Reformation in Italy, 165.

Mahomedans, Prophecies of Scripture relative

to, 243-On the Religion, Literature, and
Philosophy of the, 339.

March's Early Life of Christ, 266.

Martin Bos, Memoir of, 289.

Martigny, 502.

Meditation, On, 87.

God is Light, 466-On the Existence of, 441. Mercy Seat, The, 105.

Godliness, On the Mystery of, 371.

Good, Dr. J. M., Memoir of, 111.

Gospels, Devotional Reading of the, 345.
Graves of Martyrs, 491.
Guayaquil, Bibles sold at, 158.

H

Hall, Robert, Memoir of, 306.
Heber's Hymns, 116.

Hebrew Hymn for the Spring, 562.
Heaven, 12.

Henderson's Biblical Criticism, 335.
Henricians, 8.

Herbert, George, 208.

and Explained, 548.

Messiah's Advent, 85.

Mental and Moral Science, by G. Payne, 529.
Midnight Hymn, 106.

Millennial Reign of Christ, On the, 539.

Milan, 327.

Milner's Church History, 15.

Miracles, Considerations on, 555.

Mission, Scottish Caffre, 376.

Missions in Southern Africa, 274.

Missionary Exertions, 151.

Mollio John, an Italian Reformer, 168.

Moral and Religious State of South America.
Thomson's Letters on the, 132, 151, 527.
Morrison, Dr., Missionary to China, 222.

Historical Proof, The Process of, Exemplified Motto of an Armorial Bearing, On a, 89.

Hooker, 208.

Montgomery, as a sacred Poet, 278.
Mosheim, 15.

Hug's Introduction to the New Testament, 296. Murray, Rev. Mr., Vicar of Askeaton, 50,
Hume, 15.

Hymn, 502.

Hymns for Sunday Schools, 266.

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Myconius, Luther's Letter to, 21.

Mystery of Godliness, 371.

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Olympia Morata, 176.

Omnipresence of the Deity, 424.

Omnipresent, The, 282.

Omnipotent, The, 282.

Knowledge and Intellectual Habits considered Orchard, John, Execution of, 55.

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