of the BLIND (John xi. 37); "And he whom thou now hast is not THY husband," John iv. 18; for example, express accurately the exphasis of the original. See also Matt. iii. 14; viii. 9. John xix. 6, 7.

notes will prove welcome to the general reader, especially in the proposed second volume. In the gospels there are no various readings in that manuscript of importance. The type adopted enables the reader to judge very fairly of the Unhappily this principle is pushed to general importance of various readings. an extreme. Six and twenty different "JESUS saith," i. e. with the article, is in cases are enumerated in which it is said the Vatican manuscript, "Jesus saith," that emphasis is expressed, while in i. e. without the article, Matt. xvii. 26. In many of them there is no emphasis at Mark vii. 36, our received text reads, all. Verbs for example in the infinitive "He charged them... they published mood and adverbs are made nouns in it." The Vatican reads, "he charged Greek by prefixing the article, as in them. . . they published it.” The Mark vi. 48, Matt. viii. 18, and all such places of the emphatic pronouns being are marked by Mr. Taylor as em-reversed. The general importance of phatic. Now the article is employed this manuscript, may be gathered from in such cases to meet the requirements of grammar, and not to give peculiar force to the word. To print such instances as emphatic confounds all proper notion of emphasis, and deprives the ordinary reader of the advantages which the general system advocated by Mr. Taylor is intended to confer. Could the six and twenty rules he gives be reduced to six, and really emphatic words be printed in emphatic type, a great benefit would be conferred, and the reader would be aided as much as by a corrected version. Of course we wish only the emphasis of the original, more than that would be exposition and not translation.

The various readings of the Vatican manuscript which are given in foot

the fact that ten out of a dozen or thirteen important readings in the New Testament, which are adopted by all the great critics, Griesbach, Scholz, Lachman, and Tischendorf, are found to agree with the Vatican. Unhappily the long standing promise of the Papacy that this text is soon to be given to the world is still unredeemed; and the various readings it contains are known only through imperfect collations.

On the whole, we deem Mr. Taylor's book a useful addition to our stores. The idea is a good one, and if his plan be confined to real emphasis and not extended to merely grammatical forms, it will throw much light on the sacred text. He has found a good horse; but let him beware of riding him to death.

BRIEF NOTICES.

The Pictorial Family Bible, according to the
Authorized Version: containing the Old and
New Testaments. With copious Original
Notes, by J. KITTO, D.D. London: W. S.
Orr and Co. 4to. Parts xxiv. and xxv.

This reprint of the original edition of Kitto's Bible having proceeded as far as the seventh chapter of Luke's Gospel, we renew our testimony, that though it is not equal to the VOL. XV.-FOURTH SERIES.

"Standard Edition," we regard its progress with complacency, as it will afford valuable instruction to multitudes to whom the more expensive work would be inaccessible. It is an excellent family book, and exceedingly cheap. The Bible and the Working Classes; being a Series of Lectures delivered to the Working Classes of Braford, Yorkshire, in 1851. By ALEXANDER WALLACE, Edinburgh. Second

3 с

Thousand. London, Hamilton, Adams, and
Co. Pp. 298.

Feeling in common with many Christian
men that for the appliances of Christianity to
be brought to bear on the operative classes in
this country something must be done different
from any efforts heretofore attempted, Mr.
Wallace, at that time a resident at Bradford,
secured the Lecture room of the Mechanics'
Institute for an afternoon service specially in-
tended for this portion of the community, and
altogether unconnected with any religious sect
or organization. There he delivered from week
to week during the course of four months this
series of popular addresses on "the Bible." The
plan proved eminently successful. Hundreds
of working men attended from the town and
the neighbourhood around, numbers of whom
prided themselves in being Freethinkers, and
were disposed to treat both the claims and
teachings of the bible with disregard. At a
large public meeting held after the services
were brought to a close, the lecturer was re-
quested to publish the addresses which had
excited so much interest; and eight of the most
influential religious men of Bradford subscribed
an amount sufficient to defray the expenses of
the first thousand copies. The second thousand
has just been published, and we wish it may be
speedily followed by a third. We have read
the book with intense interest. The circum-
stances in which it originated-the character
of the work itself-and the valuable results
which may be anticipated as its fruit; all con-
tribute to yield high satisfaction. Here and
there we have to complain of confusion of
figure and a style which reminds us of the
finest writing of Theodore Parker and George
Gilfillan. We must protest against this high
pressure style. It is in bad taste-is becoming
increasingly prevalent-and to young writers
has seductive charms. Apart from this we
heartily commend the volume to all classes of
our readers. Difficulties are not evaded; but
stated and met. The claims of the bible to be
at once the messenger of God and the friend of
man are advocated and sustained. There is no
sacrifice of essential truth for the sake of popu-
larity. On the other hand, there is none of
that offensive and feeble way of exhibiting
truth which has disgusted multitudes of all
grades in this Christian land. May such
efforts as those of Mr. Wallace be multiplied
a thousand fold, and may the God of the bible
abundantly bless them!

The Bible Class Manual of the Life of Christ; or a Harmony of the Gospels, in a Continuous Narrative, with Notes and Questions. By ANDREW G. FULLER. London: B. L. Green. 1852. Pp. x., 181.

To reduce the memoirs of the four evangelists into one continuous narrative would seem to a person who had never attempted it a much easier thing than it actually is. Sometimes one of the writers gives a fuller account of a transaction than any of the others, and yet passes over circumstances which they mention, and which must therefore be introduced, though it is difficult to determine to what part of his statement they belong. In many cases

there are apparent discrepancies which a more
complete knowledge of facts than we possess
might reconcile, but to harmonize which re-
quires much learning, and the sacrifice of
common prepossessions. The fewness of the
dates which are given, and the similarity be-
tween discourses which were delivered on
different occasions add to the difficulty of the
undertaking and the uncertainty which will be
felt on many points when it is completed. Mr.
Fuller has taken much pains with the present
work, and has succeeded in constructing a nar-
rative which reads smoothly and yet is com-
prehensive. In many families, sabbath schools,
and bible-classes, his publication will be accept-
able and useful. It includes a few explanatory
notes: many readers will wish that they had
been more numerous, but in that case they
could not have had the book on the same low
terms as those at which it is now presented to
to them.

Scripture Teacher's Assistant, with Explana-
tions and Lessons, designed for Sunday
Schools and Families. By HENRY AL-
THANS. London. Price One Shilling.

It is surprising that a man of so much experience in the instruction of children, and who enjoys so high a reputation among sabbath school teachers, should have published so very poor a book as this is. We have heard of men title-page, and the question has occurred to us of celebrity lending their names to be put on a whether the good nature of Mr. Althans has not led him to accommodate some friend in that

way in this instance. The very first explana-
Judea."
tion that is given is this: "Bethlehem, a city of

And so

Does not the word "city" convey to an English child, not to say a London child-and it is for "London Sunday schools" especially that the author has written-an idea totally inapplicable to Bethlehem? Such an are these: " explanation is far worse than none. kingdom of glory. Eternal happiness." p. 33. Kingdom of heaven. Christ's Offended in me. Displeased with what I teach." p. 38. "The holy place. The holy Others are about equal to none; as, “Was the ground round the city of Jerusalem." p. 64. Son of God. I now believe that Jesus was the Son of God." p. 71.

The Economy of Prayer; in Principle, Practice, and Result; deduced from the Lord's Prayer. By JOSEPH EDE. Pp. 138. London: Houlston and Stoneman.

in its import-more suggestive of thought-or No part of scripture is more comprehensive than that in which our Lord taught his dismore interesting from collateral circumstances ciples the manner after which they were to pray. Hence in all ages of the church it has Expositions of the "Lord's Prayer" however, been considered a fruitful theme for comment. generally failed to impart either profit or inlike lectures on the "Pilgrim's Progress," have terest. Through ignorance of biblical truth or want of sympathy with the exercise of subject have, for the most part, served to illusprayer, or general incompetency, writers on this trate the saying of an old Waldensian, "This prayer can scarce be expounded completely by

all the theologians in the world." We have
read this work, however, with interest and
profit. Taking up in their order the several
parts of the prayer, it shows the principles they
recognize the practice they enjoin-and the
natural results they warrant us to expect.
Some of the conclusions are rather "far-
fetched," and now and then an expression sa-
vours of affectation; nevertheless, there is
originality and vigour, both of thought and
style, which in these days of servile imitation
are quite refreshing. The writer is himself a
man of prayer.

The Course of Faith, or the Practical Believer
Delineated. By JOHN ANGELL JAMES.
London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 16mo.
Pp. x., 333.

The deservedly popular author of this volume,
speaking of his writings generally, says, “To
awaken the sinner, guide the inquirer, and aid
the believer in the path of life-rather than to
lead the student through the intricate laby-
rinths of controversy or into the depths of
profound biblical knowledge-is the highest
object which my literary ambition has ever led
me to seek, or my own consciousness will ever
lead me to hope that I can obtain." The
design and execution of the work correspond
with this avowal; and we doubt not that, as an
experimental treatise, it will be acceptable and
useful to thousands. The subjects of its chap-
ters are Faith in General-Faith in Justifica-
tion-Faith in relation to Sanctification-the
Joy of Faith-the Work of Faith-Faith's
Victory over the World-Faith in Prayer-
Faith in Hearing the Word-Strong Faith,
including the Assurance of Faith-Faith in
reference to the Blessings of this Life-Faith's
exercise in reference to Affliction-Faith in
reference to Death-Faith in its relation to
Heaven. We are rather surprised that with
these chapters there is not one on Faith in the
Resurrection of the Dead. We have long
been of opinion that this primary article of
faith in the primitive church does not hold the
same place in modern theology as it holds in
the apostolic writings; but we should have
looked for a much fuller reference to it from
such a man as Mr. James. A single paragraph
on the subject, in so large a book as this, would
not have seemed enough, we think, to Paul,
The last chapter, also, on Faith in its relation
to Heaven, is in our view vague and unsatis-
factory, not recognizing duly the superiority of
the ultimate state of happiness to which the
New Testament scriptures teach us to look
forward.

Sin Apprehended, Tried, and Condemned; being
the reprint of a book entitled, "The Isle of
Man," first published in 1627. By RICHARD
BERNAND, rector of Batcombe, Somerset.
Now edited by the Rev. D. F. Jarman, B.A.
Minister of Bedford Episcopal Chapel, St.
George's, Bloomsbury. London: Nisbet and
Co. 16mo.
pp. 113.

This ingenious allegory was first published in 1627 and must then have met with great favour as it reached the sixth edition during the year of its publication. Since then it has frequently been reprinted. The present edition has been

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purged of the coarse imagery and language
which, in common with many writings of that
age, the early editions contained, and has been
adapted to the present state of society and
in several respects altered that it may be better
education. The object of the writer is twofold.
To convince of sin by unfolding its character
and tracing out its sources, and to promote
holiness by pointing out the hindrances and
necessary to a holy life. The allegory is divided
aids to the discovery of sin and also the graces
into two parts. In the first part we have the
justice, aided by many enemies to righteousness
pursuit and apprehension of Sin. Sin is repre-
sented as a thief, pursued by the officers of
in his escape, at length taking refuge in the
house of Mistress Heart, who keeps a common
thieves.
inn, a receptacle for all villains, profligates, and
In the second part we have the
trial. Conscience is the judge., and Old
Man, Mistress Heart, Wilful Will, and Covet-
ousness are respectively tried and condemned.
mentioned a few, are for the most part well
The dramatis personæ, of whom we have only
conceived and well sustained; and we have
seldom read a book in which the workings,
conviction, are so clearly and forcibly depicted.
springs, and aids of sin, and the hindrances to
The developments of covetousness and its
effects in the second part are admirable, and in
thoughtful perusal of every person.
this haste-to-get-rich age, well deserve the
Letters to a Romanist.

No. I. The Doctrine
of Popery as taught by the Church of Rome.
No. II. The Supremacy of the Pope. No.
III. Auricular Confession. No. IV. The
Worship of the Virgin Mary. No. V. The
Worship of Saints, Images, and Relics.
No. VI. The Doctrines of Purgatory and
Prayers for the Dead. No. VII. The Doc-
trine of Transubstantiation and the Mass.
By a Quiet Looker-on,
Russell. 12mo.
Scarborough: A.

quietly, instead of writing these tracts and
If this gentleman had continued to look on
sending them to the press, it would doubtless
clergy around him than the course he has pur-
have been more pleasant to the Roman Catholic
there is nothing in his production adapted to
sued. Quiet, as the author professes to be,
tranquillize those of his readers who are advo-
cates of the system on which he animadverts;
for a more unsparing exposure of the maxims
and practices of the apostate church we have

never seen.

illustrating the abominations of Auricular ConWhether it was discreet or not, in fession, to translate some of the quotations from reach of English readers, young and old, is a Dens and Bailey, and place them within the question on which there will be difference of opinion; argument may be adduced in favour of the affirmative as well as the negative; and but certainly there are many things in these we will not undertake to pronounce judgment; letters for which it would not have been easy to procure the imprimatur of Cardinal Wisething unfair or dishonourable. The author, who man. We have not observed, however, any dates from Scarborough, has cultivated an extensive acquaintance with the writings of Romanists, and he is turning his knowledge thus laboriously acquired to good account.

[It should be understood that insertion in this list is not a mere announcement: it expresses approbation of the works

enumerated,-not of course extending to every particular, but an approbation of their general character and tendency.]

An Idea of a Christian. By S. W. PARTRIDGE, Author of "Voices from the Garden," &c. London: Partridge and Oakey. 16mo., pp. 30.

The Desolated Valley: a Narrative of the Flood at Holmfrith, Feb. 4, 1852. By J. G. MIALL. London: Houlston and Stoneman. 32mo., pp. 48.

The Elements of Astronomy: comprised in a Series of Questions and Answers, adapted for the use of families and schools. By Mrs. JOHNSON. New and improved edition. London: Partridge and Oakey. 24mo., pp. 64.

Memoir of Cecilia Sloane. London: Houlston and Stoneman.