bodied, and, That the poetry should be of a kind calculated to attract the attention of children, either by the simplicity of its structure, or the vigour of its images. To this it may be added, that as the children of a Snuday-School are of different ages and capacities, hymns greatly differing in style have been selected, some of which may he lisped by infant lips with an understanding of their meaning, whilst others, by taking a wider range into the subjects of religion, may exalt the thought and improve the judgment. A few are of a still higher class; but it was thought that the bymns in general would, by a course of repetition, be learned by heart, a number of verses might thus be fixed in the memory, which might afford profitable subjects of meditation in future years, when age aud attendance upon the ministry of the word should have ripened the faculties of the mind into maturity."

The Days of Queen Mary; or, Annals of Her Reign. Containing particulars of the Restoration of Romanism, and the sufferings of the Martyrs during that Period. 12mo. No. 1.—IV. 2d. each. The horrible persecutions which were raised by the Church of Rome, against the Protestant Reformers, because of their firm and consistent attachment to the truth of God, ought to be universally known, that the system by which such diabolical barbarities were sanctioned may be universally and for ever execrated, and especially in times like these, when Romish emissaries are traversing the British empire in all directions, to alienate the minds of the common people from the Scriptures, and bring them under the dominion of Popish idolatry and superstition; and when many professed Protestants, under the influence of a spurious candour, wish it to be understood, that the errors of Popery are neither injurious to individuals nor to society. The publication of this work, therefore, consisting of historical facts collected from Fox and other authentic writers, in a cheap form, we regard as particularly seasonable. It has our

best wishes for its success.

The Shipwreck of the Apostle Paul. By the Author of "Daniel in the Den of Lions," &c. 24mo. pp. 36. 4d.-This is a familiar and edifying illustration aud improvement of the account of St. Paul's shipwreck, contained in the twenty-seventh chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. It is very suitable as a reward-book for Sunday Scholars, and as an article of the juvenile library.

those Persons who call themselves Bap-` tists, with reference to the late Publications of Messrs. Gibbs, Birt, and Cox. By Thomas Eisdell, of Twyford, Berks. To which is added, a Brief Statement of Baptism, by Question and Answer. 8vo. pp. 38. 1s. 6d.

·Religious Education; a Series of Observations on the Instruction of the Young, principally with a reference to Sunday-Schools. By A. H. Davis, Aụ- thor of "The Teacher's Farewell, &c. 12mo. pp. 153. 3s.

Sermons on Various Subjects. By Philip Doddridge, D.D. In Four Volumes, 8vo. 17. 16s.-These volumes contain fifty sermons, forty-eight of which were never before published, though prepared for the press by the excellent author, who directed their publication in his Will. The task of sending them into the world was con"fided to the Rev. Job Orton; but the completion of the "Family Expositor," which also devolved upon him, and the subsequent failure of his health, prevented him from fulfilling the request of his deceased friend. Since Mr. Orton's death, the manuscripts have been in the hands of individuals whose personal infirmities rendered them unable to make the necessary arrangements for their publication; and they are now presented to the world by Mr. John Doddridge Humphreys, of Tewksbury. The discourses present strong internal evidence of their authenticity. The theological sentiments contained in them are Baxterian; and they are throughout distinguished by that deep seriousness and piety which characterize the whole of Doddridge's practical writings: like his other printed sermons, however, they are occasionally prolix and feeble but will nevertheless he perused with great benefit by those who read, not for the gratification of a fastidious taste, nor to find topics of dispute, but for the religious and moral improvement of their hearts and lives. The passage in the Doctor's Will, referring to these discourses, is admirably characteristic of his deep and habitual piety: "I desire," says he, "that four octavo volumes of my sermons may he printed by subscription, for the benefit of my family; which I would not appoint, if I did not hope that it might be yet more for the benefit of the world, and that fruit may thereby abound to me in the day of the Lord." Happy those who, in their career of authorship, keep the same object steadily în view!

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defect, his volumes would be entitled to high commendation, and might have been generally useful.

A Greek and English Dictionary. By the Rev. John Groves. 8vo. pp. 460. This Dictionary has been compiled principally for the use of Schools, on the plan of Schrevelius, with several important additions. It contains the different inflections of the words which occur in those Greek authors that are usually read in schools; it also con tains all the words which occur in the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, and is recommended by three Clergymen who are Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin.

A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament, from the" Clavis Philologica" of Christ. Abr. Wahl, late Senior Pastor of Schneeberg, now Superintendent of Oschaz, Saxony. By Edward Robinson, A.M., Assistant Instructer in the Department of Sacred Literature, Theol. Sem., Andover. (Massachusetts.) 8vo. pp. 852.-This is a complete translation, with some additions, of the "Clavis Novi Tes tamenti Philologica" of Wahl, a German Divine, published at Leipzig, in two octavo volumes, in the year 1822. It is not so copious as the learned lexicon of Schleusner; but as an expositor of the original language of the New Testament, it is allowed by competent judges to be generally superior to that celebrated work. Wahl has confined himself principally to the task of giving the correct signification of the words contained in the Greek Testament, without attempting to fix the sense of the different clauses in which those words severally occur, as is done by the other celebrated critic just mentioned; whose speculations, however, are sometimes calculated to mislead the inexperienced student, and have therefore called forth the animadversions of some very eminent scholars. There is not much theology in the Lexicon of Wahl; but that which he has given is generally orthodox. He distinctly acknowledges the depravity of human nature, the reality of the demoniacal possessions mentioned in the New Testament, the Divinity and Persópality of the Holy Ghost, his influence upon the human heart in the production of holy tempers, the atonement made by the death of Jesus Christ for the sins of men, and justification through faith in his blood. In some places he is not explicit on the subject of our Lord's Divinity, and seems of set purpose to evade the question;

but under the word Aorox he remarks, that this term "is used in a manner altogether peculiar, to express that which the writer believed to be Divine in the character of Jesus, and united with his human nature." In this passage the Author appears to concede the point. For if St. John, who was a Christian Apostle, and who was led by the Spirit into all the truth, believed that in the person of Jesus Christ a nature properly Divine was united to his humanity, the opposite opinions and reasonings of private in-. dividuals, however learned and ingenious, are of no importance. It is, however, a very suspicious circumstance, when a Lexicographer of the New Testament in attempting to fix the several senses of such words as OEOX, ΥΙΟΣ, ΚΥΡΙΟΣ &c., omits all reference to the Godhead of Christ; and such an omission is the more reprehensible in a German divine, who, if his own sentiments be orthodox, ought to bear a bold and decided testimony against the scepticism and semi-infidelity which so openly prevail among many of his brethren. Mr. Robinson has rendered a valuable service to the cause, of Biblical literature by the transla tion of this very excellent Lexicon and the manner in which it is printed does great credit to the American press. A few copies, we believe, have been imported by some of the London booksellers; but we trust that a work of such value, and in our own language, will be reprinted either in the English or Scottish metropolis, for the general benefit of British students. As a Philological Key to the Greek Testament, which it professes to be, it is, in many respects, incomparably superior to any work that has previously appeared in the English language. The Translator, who avows a coincidence of theological opinion with his author, gives the following statement of the plan which he has adopted in the execution of his task: In translating from a language in which the significa tions of the words are in most cases so general as in the Latin, there is great difficulty in seizing the exact shade of meaning, and expressing it in an English definition. Hence it became necessary to recur constantly to the original Greek, and to form the. definitions from the New Testament itself, rather than from the very general Latin definitions either of Wahl or Schleusner. This, of course, caused a great amount of additional labour; but the value of the work, it is hoped,

will be found increased in an equal proportion. For similar reasons, it was also sometimes necessary to throw an article into a different form, by making an entirely different arrangement of the significations. The Editor has kept Schleusner constantly open before him, and where any remark or illustration seemed of importance, he has uniformly inserted it. The additions thus made, however, have been much fewer than those drawn from other sources ; all of which are so incorporated into the body of the work that it is impossible to specify them. On doctrinal points the Editor has in no instance had occasion to make any change in the statements of the author. He has sometimes inserted an opposite opinion, or a different interpretation of a particular passage, as being, perhaps, of equal authority; but such cases have been few and unimportant."

The Progress of Colonial Reform, being a Brief View of the Real Advance made since May 15th, 1823, in carrying into effect the Recommendations of his Majesty, the unanimous Resolutions of Parliament, and the universal Prayer of the Nation, with respect to Negro-Slavery. Drawn from the Papers printed by the House of Commons, prior to the 10th of April, 1826. 8vo. pp. 49.

Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia; including a Tour in the Crimea, and the Passage of the Caucasus: With Observations on the State of the Rabbinical and Kairite Jews, and the Mohammedan and Pagan Tribes, inhabiting the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire. With Maps and Plates. By E. Henderson, Author of "Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island." 8vo. pp. 538. 16s. -We have not room in this place for an extended notice of this very valuable and interesting publication, which has just issued from the press. It contains the narrative of a journey performed by the author, in the years 1821 and 1822, in company with Dr. Paterson, and, in part, with Mr. Serof, Assistant Secretary to the Russian Bible Society: it en braces a period of eleven months, and carries the reader through twenty governments of the Russian empire. The author has supplied much important information respecting the translations of the Scriptures which have appeared in Russia, and of the reception they have severally met with; the different classes of Religionists iuhabiting various parts of that vast

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empire, and particularly the Jews: he has also given many sketches of the manners and habits of the people, as well as of the natural scenery and artificial objects. According to Mr. Henderson, the hostility which has of late been raised against the circulation of the Scriptures in Russia, is owing to the machinations of those "enemies of all righteousness, who never cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord," the Popish Jesuits. These wicked and subtle agents of mischief, it seems, set every engine at work, to impress the public mind, and especially those in power, with the belief, that between the members of the Bible Society, the Carbonari of Italy, the Burschenschaft of Germany, and the English Radicals, there existed a real and systematic connexion." In the execution of this design, they were too successful; and Alexander deemed it requisite to withdraw his patronage from an institution which promised to be a lasting blessing to the millions of his subjects. The Russian Bible Society, however, still exists, in all its ramifications; and, it is hoped, that at no distaut period it will resume its salutary operations. In the exten sive conspiracy against the Russian government which was lately detected, not an individual was found who had any connexion with the Bible Society; and there is reason to hope that this fact, which is a practical refutation of Jesuitical falsehood, will greatly couduce to turn the tide of public opinion. At a future opportunity, we shall call the attention of our readers more at large, to the valuable details contained in Mr. Henderson's volume.

A Christian Library: Consisting of Extracts from, and Abridgments of, the Choicest Pieces of Practical Divinity which have been published in the English Tongue. In Thirty Volumes. By the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., Vol. XXVI., pp. 522. 8s.-This volume contains Extracts from the Sermons of Dr. South; the Works of Mr. E. Young, Dean of Sarum; Thoughts upon Religious and Philosophical Subjects, by the Honourable Mr. Howe; Spiritual Letters, written in Spanish, by Don Juan D'Avila; and the Country Parson's Advice to his Parishioners. The succeeding volume of this very large work is in the press; and the whole is expected to be completed in the course of the ensuing autumn. The undertaking may be safely recommended to the public patronage,