(13.) "A Brief Treatise on the Canon and Interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, by ALEXANDER M'CLELLAND, Prof. of Biblical Literature in the Theological Seminary at New-Brunswick," (New-York, Carters, 12mo., pp. 236.) Some years ago we read with great pleasure Dr. M'Clelland's brief" Manual of Sacred Interpretation ;" and we are glad to see it again in this new and improved form. The portion on the Canon is new, and contains, within the space of a few pages, the substance of the proof of the canonicity of the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testaments. The whole book is marked by strong sense and direct logical thinking. It is well adapted for the use of Christians in general, as well as of junior theological students, indeed it is the only book on the subject suited to general reading.

(14.) "The East; Sketches of Travel in Egypt and the Holy Land, by Rev. J. A. SPENCER, M. A.” (New-York, G. P. Putnam, 1850: 8vo., pp. 503.) Mr. Spencer spent six months, it appears, in Egypt and the Holy Land, and this ample volume is the record of what he saw. It contains also a good deal of information, topographical, antiquarian, and other, gathered from somewhat extended reading; though it does not pretend to learning, or to any discussion founded on researches into original sources of knowledge. The narration is plain and unadorned; but not destitute of clearness, and occasionally approaching to graphic descriptive power. Yet, on the whole, Mr. Spencer's style is too heavy for this species of writing. A book of travels intended for general readers, as this is, needs other qualities than honesty and industry, indispensable as these qualities are. Mr. Spencer sides with Dr. Olin and Mr. Williams against Dr. Robinson's conclusions with regard to the site of the Holy Sepulchre, though he adds no new elements for the settlement of the question. Mr. Putnam has done his part towards the getting out of the book in that style of elegance and ample illustration which he has introduced-almost as a new era-into American publishing.

(15.) WE have received the first volume of " Mahomet and his Successors, by WASHINGTON IRVING," (New-York, G. P. Putnam, 12mo., pp. 373.) Mr. Irving, with characteristic modesty, says in his preface that the book "bears the type of a work intended for a family library, in constructing which the whole aim of the writer has been to digest into an easy, perspicuous, and flowing narrative the admitted facts concerning Mahomet, with such legends and traditions as have been wrought into the whole system of Oriental literature; and at the same time to give such a summary of his faith as might be sufficient for the more general reader.” The book fulfils this promise. It is written in Irving's usual style of transparent clearness; it develops the history of Mahomet's mind and character with simplicity and probability; and the narrative of his gradual self-deception and of the growth of evil passions in his heart is well sustained. But the author's estimate of Mahomet's character is, in our view, altogether too favourable; and in this, as in most of his writings, there is no sufficiently decided manifestation of a Christian element.

(16.) The "Iconographic Encyclopædia of Science, Literature, and Art, edited by Prof. S. F. BAIRD, of Dickinson College," (New-York, R. Garrigue,) has now reached its sixth monthly issue. The subjects embraced in the letter-press of the fifth and sixth parts are Magnetism, Electricity, Meteorology, Chemistry, and Mineralogy; and of these, as of the topics heretofore treated, condensed and accurate treatises-not mere fragments-are presented. We find all our; statements in regard to the ability of Prof. Baird, the translator and editor, fully confirmed; and the general voice of the press attests the ample success of his labours thus far. He is assisted in the department of the Natural Sciences by Messrs. Agassiz, Haldeman, and other eminent scientific men. One point in the publisher's statement should call the special attention of those of our readers who possess the Encyclopædia Americana :—

"The plates of this Encyclopædia were originally designed for illustrations to the Conversations-Lexicon of Brockhaus, which is the original of the Encyclopædia Americana. The plates of the Iconographic Encyclopædia will therefore be found by all owners of the Encyclopædia Americana an invaluable supplement to this latter work, while the elaborate text, which is published with the valuable assistance of the most distinguished American scholars, makes the Iconographic Encyclopædia a complete work in itself, being not merely explanatory of the designs of the plates, but embracing full and original treatises of the sciences illustrated."

The price of the Iconographic Encyclopædia is only $1 per part, including eighty pages of letter-press and twenty engravings; and, by a special arrangement with the Post-Office Department, single parts of the Encyclopædia can be forwarded now through the Post-Office; postage only twelve and a half

cents.

(17.) WE have seldom read a more earnest sermon than one entitled "The Kingdom of God: a Discourse preached before the Synod of New-Jersey, Oct. 17th, 1849, by C. K. IMBRIE, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Rahway, N. J." (New-York, Franklin Knight, 18mo., pp. 147.) It is an urgent appeal for the study of the Second Advent, as absolutely necessary to a just theory and practice in the work of Missions. It is written in the declamatory style so common among the advent writers as to be almost characteristic of the class; but is, nevertheless, pointed and well argued.

(18.) WE have received the first volume of " Memoirs of the Life and Writings of THOMAS CHALMERS, D. D., by his son-in-law, W. HANNA, LL. D.,” (NewYork, Harper & Brothers, 12mo., pp. 514.) The whole work is to be completed in three volumes, of which the first carries the biography down to the year 1814. In point of religious interest, this volume will probably not be surpassed by those that are to follow, as it contains the account of that remarkable transition in Dr. Chalmers' religious life-his conversion, we may with all propriety call it-in which he passed from a clergyman observing decent proprieties and neglecting vital religion, into a fervent, fearless, earnest preacher of the peculiar and essential doctrines of evangelical Christianity. Our readers must not suppose that because so much has been said and written of Chalmers, they will find in this biography no new revelations of his genial honesty and simplicity of character, of his straightforward directness in the path

of duty, and of his humble consecration of intellectual power of the highest class on the altar of his Lord and Master. We shall await the appearance of the remaining volumes with eagerness.

(19.) WE have several times mentioned the neat edition of school classics edited by Drs. Schmitz and Zumpt, now in course of republication by Messrs. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. Another volume of the series has just appeared, namely, "M. T. Ciceronis Orationes Selectæ, XII,” (18mo., pp. 300.) We need add nothing to our commendation, before expressed, both of the plan of the series and of its execution.

(20.) A JUDICIOUs friend, who is at the head of a large school, told us a few weeks since that we had spoken too strongly in favour of a certain elementary French grammar "as the best extant," inasmuch as Pinney's books were "better." The publishers (Messrs. Huntington & Savage) have since sent us Pinney's, namely, the "First Book in French," (18mo., pp. 182;) the “Practical French Grammar," (12mo., pp. 400;) and the "Progressive French Reader," (12mo., pp. 277.) We find these books to be excellent applications of the oral method, and to contain also a more systematic and progressive exposition of the grammar than Ollendorff or Manesca.

(21.) MESSRS. D. APPLETON & Co. have published a new modification of “Ollendorff's Method" as applied to French, prepared by M. VALUE, long known as a successful teacher of French. The lessons are divided into shorter portions, and numerous additions made, among them Mr. Value's own system of French pronunciation, his grammatical synopsis, and a new Index. We have examined the book with some care, and think it can hardly fail to be a successful manual in the hands of a good teacher.

(22.) A NEW elementary book on Natural Philosophy should have strong claims to justify its appearance after the excellent works of Prof. Olmsted and Prof. Johnston, so recently laid before the public. We have therefore looked with some care into "Elements of Natural Philosophy, designed as a Text-Book for Academies, High-Schools, and Colleges, by Alonzo GRAY, A.M.” (New-York, Harper & Brothers, 12mo., pp. 405,) and feel ourselves entitled to bid it welcome. It shows everywhere the mark of thorough working out, and that with a definite view to practical use in the school-room. For this purpose it has passed through an unusual, but very useful process-the printed sheets having been used in class-instruction before the edition was put to press. A good peculiarity of the work is a summary proposition, or propositions, of the substance of each section, placed at the head of the section. It also contains a large stock of examples for practice. The book deserves a wide circulation.

(23.) THE pleasantest, if not the most useful, books of modern times are the volumes of collected essays of the ablest writers in the several Reviews. A new one has been added to the list in "Historical Studies, by G. W. GREENE," (New-York, Putnam, 12mo., pp. 467.) All the papers in this volume (except one) have appeared at intervals in the North American Review, forming the able and attractive series of articles on Italian subjects which has reflected so much credit upon that journal.

(24.) MESSRS. HARPER & BROTHERS have done many wonders in the way of cheap book-publishing; but they have now capped the climax in commencing the publication of “Hume's History of England," in a series of fine duodecimo volumes, of which the first has appeared. It is in every respect, paper, printing, binding, and all, a well-executed book, and it is sold at the price of forty cents! The whole work will be completed in six volumes at the same price. They purpose to print Gibbon and Macaulay in the same form, and at the same prices. That no money will be made by the publishers is very certain; but the public will gain fine editions of these great histories at prices merely nominal.

(25.) WE have received and carefully examined a copy of Sartain's picture of the "Death-Bed of Wesley." From some notices in the newspapers we had expected to find the print a total failure, but our examination has most agreeably disappointed us. The general impression of the picture is very striking, and though some of the less important figures are not worked out so carefully as in the large London engraving, the principal feature, the dying patriarch, is, as it appears to us, decidedly better than in the English print. Both are magnificent engravings, and there is ample room for the encouragement of both in the wide community of American Methodism. The remarkable cheapness of Sartain's puts it within the reach of even very limited means.

(26.) Too late for careful examination we have received an "Essay on Christian Union, by CHARLES ADAMS, with an Introduction by Rev. THOMAS DE WITT, D. D." (New-York, Samuel Hueston, 18mo., pp. 169.) At present we can only chronicle its appearance. The first article in the present number of this journal will afford some notion of the author's interest in the subject, and of his mode of handling it.

Or the following pamphlets, essays, sermons, &c., we regret that we are unable to give anything more than the titles:

Auricular Confession in the Protestant Episcopal Church; considered in a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend in North Carolina, by a Protestant Episcopalian.

-A Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Laity of his Diocese, by the Right Rev. L. SILLIMAN IVES, D. D., Bishop of North Carolina.

An Address delivered at the Fifth Anniversary of the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., July 18th, 1849, by Hon. GEORGE W. WOODWARD.

Adam and Christ Contrasted: a Discourse, showing that Christ hath given Man a better Probation than that which he lost through Adam, by Rev. DANIEL WISE, A. M., Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Fall River, Mass. The Able Minister of the New-Testament: an Anniversary Discourse, delivered before the Literary Societies of the Methodist General Biblical Institute, at Concord, New Hampshire, Nov. 7th, 1849, by Rev. D. W. CLARK, Å. M., Pastor of the Vestry-Street Methodist Episcopal Church, New-York City.

Discourse on History, as a Branch of the National Literature; delivered before the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College, by Joв R. TYSON, an Honorary Member.

Juvenile Depravity and Crime in our City. A Sermon, by THOMAS L. HARRIS, Minister of the Independent Christian Congregation, Broadway, N. Y., preached in the Stuyvesant Institute, Sunday Morning, Jan. 13th, 1850: with an Appendix embodying the recent Report of the Chief of Police concerning Destitution and Crime among Children in the City.

Social Classes: an Oration delivered before the General Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., July 11th, 1849, by Rev. GEORGE A. COFFEY, A. M., a Graduate Member. Washington, D. C.

The Nile, Pharaonic, Persian, Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine, Saracenic, Memlook, and Ottoman, its ancient Monuments, its Modern Scenery, and the varied Characteristics of its People, on the River, Alluvium, and Deserts, exhibited in a grand Panoramic Picture explained in Oral Lectures, embracing the latest Researches, Archæological, Biblical, and Historical; and illustrated by a Gallery of Egyptian Antiquities, Mummies, with splendid Tableaux of Hieroglyphical Writings, Paintings, and Sculptures, by GEORge R. GLIDDON.

The Fathers of New-England: an Oration delivered before the NewEngland Society of New-York, December 21, 1849, and published at their Request, by HORACE BUSHNELL.

The Study of Medicine; an Introductory Lecture, delivered in the Hall of the Philadelphia College of Medicine, October 15th, 1849, by THOMAS D. MITCHELL, M. D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine.

The Chants of the Protestant Episcopal Church, pointed for Singing, by T. CARPENTER.

Prize Essay.-Nash, on Unconditional Perseverance.

Notices of a number of books are necessarily laid over for want of room.