second daily school, which has lately been set up in a more remote quarter of Mr. Evans's parish, and which is already working with most satisfactory effect." Need we say another word. We feel it is almost superfluous; but still, in justice to our author, we must add, that we do not think the "slightness of the texture," for which he offers a quasi apology, would be easily discovered, save by a hypercritic; whilst the peculiar characteristics of the Rector's style shine forth with all their former attraction. The nature of the work will be best explained by the Table of Contents, which we subjoin; and close this brief notice, by wishing the author all anticipated success.

CONTENTS.

ALBAN.-The Procession. A Heathen's Death-bed. A Christian Congregation. A Christian's Death-bed. The Druid's Burial. The Discovery. The Conversion. The Baptism. The Trial. The Martyrdom.

GERMAIN.-The Arrival. The Coun

cil. The Penitent. The Mis-ion. The Embassy. The Harper. The Irruption. The Restoration. The Baptism. The Victory.

GWIDELLYN.-The Departure. The Hermitage. The Farewell. Self-recognition.

VODIN. The Remonstrance.
Flight. The Testimony.

The

DEWI.-The Hermit. The Prelude.

The Enthronement.

DINOTH.-The Warning. The Conference. The Preparation. The Conflagration.

that

A Lexicon of the Greek Language, for the use of Colleges and Schools; containing, I. A Greek-English Lexicon, combining the Advantages of an Alphabetical and Derivative Arrangement; II. An English-Greek Lexicon, more copious than any has yet appeared. To which is prefixed, a Concise Grammar of the Greek Language. By the Rev. J. A. GILES, LL.D. late Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxon, Head Master of the City of London School. London: Longman and Co. Pp. xxxvi. 939.

THE object of the compiler has been to reduce into a small compass, and

at a reasonable price, for the use of colleges and schools, the best information and most useful matter, found hitherto in several distinct volumes. This the learned Doctor has accomplished in a most satisfactory manner, and condensed the Greek-English part into so small a space, (at the same time retaining a larger number of words than any other volume of the same size,) as to leave ample room for the English-Greek Lexicon, which is, at least, twice as comprehensive as any hitherto published. We have carefully examined the volume, and pronounce it a very valuable addition to this department of literature; and do not hesitate to say it fully maintains the character which Dr. Giles has previously earned, as a sound critical scholar.

Annotations upon the Holy Bible; wherein the Sacred Text is inserted, with the Marginal References and Parallel Scriptures, according to the Authorized Version; the more diffi cult Terms in each Verse are explained, seeming Contradictions reconciled, Questions and Doubts resolved, and the whole Text opened. By MATTHEW POOL. In three Volumes. Part I. London: Holdsworth. Pp. 128.

THE Somewhat quaint running title, if we may use the term, of the present publication is "Mr. Pool's English Synopsis of Annotations upon THE HOLY BIBLE: collected out of the Latin Synopsis Criticorum, and divers other learned Interpreters; and accommodated to the use of vulgar capacities."- "The first edition," it is observed, was published in 1683, and the second in 1685; since which two other editions have been given to the public. When the great excellence of the work is taken into account, it is much to be regretted that no recent attempt has been made to call the attention of the present generation to its merits. While Doddridge and Henry have been printed in a variety of cheap and inviting forms, POOL'S ANNOTATIONS have been suffered to become a scarce book, and have risen

The Autobiography of THOMAS PLATTER, a Schoolmaster of the Sixteenth Century. Translated from the German. By the Translator of "Lavater's Original Maxims." London: Wertheim. Cheltenham: Wright and Dewe. Pp. iv. 106.

A VERY singular and interesting piece of autobiography," written by Thomas Platter, the 14th of February, 1573, the seventy-third year of my age.'

"God grant me a happy end, through Jesus Christ. Amen."

"In the year 1582, the 26th January, my dear father died happily. Almighty God grant that he may rise again joyfully at the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

"DR. FELIX PLATTER."

Thus closes the volume. And this pious wish of a pious son for a beloved and venerated parent, will we are sure interest our readers in a history,

which we have great pleasure in recommending to their perusal, as eminently calculated

"To show what's pleasing and instructive too."

Job and his Times; or, a Picture of the Patriarchal Age during the Period between Noah and Abraham, as regards the State of Religion and Morality, Manners and Customs, &c.; and a new Version of that most ancient Poem, accompanied with Notes and Dissertations. The whole adapted to the English Reader. By THOMAS WEMYSS. London: Jackson and Walford. Svo. Pp. 382. 1839.

THE title of this work would lead us to expect a book of interesting gossip about the venerable Patriarch, his friends and contemporaries; and that Mr. Wemyss had drawn largely from the Talmud for his anecdotes and historical illustrations. This, however, would be a fallacious expectation. Notwithstanding the familiar, and, as we think, rather irreverent title of his production, our author takes a higher path, and attempts to retranslate, anaİyze, and expound the Book of Job, and deduce from it a graphic account of the patriarchal age between Noah and Abraham. Mr. Wemyss, we are sorry to say, has here undertaken much more than he was qualified to accomplish with advantage to his readers, or with credit to himself. He is unfitted for his work by his ignorance as a scholar and a theologian; and is, consequently, betrayed into rash judgments on many of the very important topics of biblical criticism, which the nature of his subject invites him to grapple with. He is a

very unsafe guide to the "English reader," who, should he place any confidence in his director, will hardly escape the mischievous infection of neology. Thus Mr. W. attempts to draw a distinction between the Satan who tempted and persecuted Job, and the arch-fiend of the New Testament. The former he represents as a recording angel, conscientiously discharging the duties of his office; and he styles

the section of his work which contains his lucubrations on this subject, "the Privy Council of God!" Mr. Wemyss's objections to the received interpretation of Job xix. 25, 26, 28, seems prompted by a like neological feeling as the distinction to which we have

just referred. The arguments by which he endeavours to support his own views on the question, are unsound, presumptuous, and irrelevant. When will men perceive not the sin merely, but the absurdity of following the suggestions of private judgments in matters which the concurrent interpretation of antiquity has set at rest for ever? Mr. Wemyss does not mean to be irreverent, or to assist the speculations of neologians and infidels. As a favourable specimen of this new translation, we subjoin the following extract, which is certainly an able paraphrase of the original text: and we hope Mr. Wemyss, in his promised work on Daniel, will enable us, by his accuracy and judgment, to pronounce a more favourable opinion than we have been able to do on this occasion.

Conscience, considered chiefly in reference to Moral and Religious Obligation. By the Rev. JOHN KING, M.A. Incumbent of Christ's Church, Sculcoates, Hull. London: Seeleys. Pp. xx. 315.

THE moral improvement and religious edification of his readers is the main object contemplated by Mr. King in this well-digested work. Though small and unpretending, it contains matter of high and holy import, and the arrangement is exceedingly lucid.

Chap. 1.-Contains, inter alia, Definitions of Conscience. Chap. 2.-On the offices of Conscience.

Chaps. 3.-4. The office of Conscience as our Instructor. Chap. 5.-On the authority of Conscience.

Popery, or Mystical Jericho. A Sermon preached in the parish churches of St. Augustine Watling-street, and St. Bene't, Paul's Wharf. By the Rev. WILLIAM JOHN HALL, M.A., Rector of St, Bene't. Published by request. London: Wix. Pp. 51.

WE have only had time to give a short glance at this well-timed discourse; but that brief view enables us to pronounce a most favourable opinion of it, both with respect to the profound research of the learned author into the history of the Popish heresy, and the incontrovertible arguments by which he has refuted the most plausible statements of the Papists. As, in our next, we shall review the Sermon at length, we will only add, that it is a most appropriate "New Year's Offering" to the Protestant Church, by one of her most zealous sons.

Tea; its effects, Medicinal and Moral. By G. G. SIGMOND, M.D., F.S.A., F.L.S. Professor of Materia Medica to the Royal Medico-Botanical Society. London: Longman and Co. Pp. viii. 144.

THE Tea,

"Which cheers but not inebriates,"

has found an able apologist in Dr. Sigmond. Who, for instance, previous to this publication, when sipping her or his Hyson, ever dreamt of the medicinal or moral properties of Tea? It was imbibed as a matter of course; the "matin cup" prepared us for the labours of the day. The vesper meal saw the "bubbling and loud-hissing urn," steaming up like incense offered to the domestic Lares, and both were redolent of Tea in the abstract, or extract. Now, however, we have a moral before us. The learned Doctor has surrounded Tea with a new halo. It is no longer merely agreeable, but instructive. But, as Abernethy used to say, Read the book; it is a good book. And till you do read, Tea will remain to you a sealed herb. When read, you will exclaim, "Non possum vivere sine Tea."

God's History of Man: Sermons preached in Eaton Chapel. By the Rev. JOHN EDWARD SABIN, B. A. Minister of the Chapel, and Rector of Preston Bissett, Bucks. London: Hatchards; Nisbett & Co.; Nattali. Pp. 221.

WE scarcely know what opinion to give of this volume. There is something good in it; but there, at the same time, appears a leaning towards lowchurch principles, if not direct antinomianism, which we cannot recog nise. By faith alone we are saved;" but that must be a living faith, manifested by works.

Short Reflections on the Gospels for every Sunday in the Year; for the use of Young People, and Sunday and all other Schools. By Mrs. PHELPS. Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Hon. the Lady Emily Foley. London: Rivingtons. Pp.

viii. 207.

AN admirable volume, in which every thing promised in the title is ably executed.

Sabbath Musings and Every-day Scenes. By the Author of "Souvenirs of a Summer in Germany," "The Lost Farm," &c. London: Seeleys. Pp. xii. 306.

UNDER a simple and unpretending exterior we have here a book of great intrinsic merit; which may safely be put into the hands of young people, as calculated both to amuse and improve.

The Dukes of Normandy, from the time of Rollo to the Expulsion of King John by Philip Augustus of France. By JONATHAN DUNCAN, Esq., B.A. Author of "The Religions of Profane Antiquity," &c. London: Rickerby. Harvey and Darton. Pp. xii. 393.

A MOST valuable addition to the historical literature of England, throwing a new light on this particular portion of history, which has been too long neglected. It is well arranged— well written and well got up-and if well read, will not fail to profit the inquirer into the history of that most interesting time.

readers for replies; and we cordially recommend the volume to the public generally, but more particularly to those for whose benefit it is especially written.

Practical Sermons. By the Rev. WM. MARSHALL HARTE, Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Barbados; Author of Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew. London: Rivingtons. Pp. xii. 363.

MR. HARTE'S Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew have earned for him no mean reputation as a sound practical divine; and the volume before us will not in any way detract from his fame. We have here eighteen Sermons of a very superior character, proving most satisfactorily, that if Mr. Harte has shown himself by his former work, a sound expositor for the less enlightened portion of the community, he is equally qualified to preach to the higher and more educated classes. We hope he will favour us with many such volumes.

A Guide to the Study of the Pentateuch; being a Series of Questions on the Five Books of Moses, with references to works in which answers may be found; intended for the higher Classes in Schools, and for Students in Divinity. By J. THOMPSON, M. A. St. John's College, Cambridge, and Second Master of the Blackheath Proprietary School. London: Houlston and Stoneman. Pp. viii.

232.

THE object of this work, says the author, is "not only to point out particular beauties in the Pentateuch, but especially to direct attention to the Mosaic economy." And this object has been accomplished in a most masterly style. Simeon, Gray, Horne, Jones, &c. are the chief sources to which Mr. Thompson directs his

Twelve Sermons on the Faith and

Practice of a Christian. By the
Rev. CHARLES GREGORY, B.A.
Chaplain of Sanford, and late
Curate of Crediton, Devon. London:
Rivingtons. Pp viii. 223.

PLAIN Parochial Sermons, well adapted for country congregations, as applying the truths of Revelation to the circumstances of every individual, and leading each to reflect on his own personal interest in the Redemption wrought for man by Jesus Christ.

LITERARY NOTICE.

No. 1 of the Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Journal, a new Monthly Periodical, edited by R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. Price 2s. 6d. Published Jan. 1, 1840.