Nine Sermons, preached at the Palace Chapel, Valetta, at Malta. By the Rev. J. W. HATHERELL, D.D. London: Hatchards. 1843.

DR. HATHERELL, in the Sermons before us, has shown a very accurate acquaintance with the practical workings of Christianity, and has frequently put the truth under such new and striking aspects, that it appears with more than usual force to the mind. The two dissertations at the end of the book are, we think, inferior in force and accuracy to the sermons, especially the former, which treats on original sin, and where we occasionally observe a carelessness of expression which may lead many readers to regard the Doctor as an advocate of the Calvinistic scheme. This is a matter of far more importance than it is sometimes thought to be; for though it is possible for a man to deny the consequence of his own premises, yet others may follow them to their legitimate consequences.

Judah's Lion. By CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. London: Seeleys.

1843.

THIS Volume, which treats of Jewish matters, is in the form of a tale; and inasmuch as the controversies which are going on about these questions are far less violent than those in which Rome is concerned, so this volume is written in a more Christian temper than most of the works by the same writer; yet "Charlotte Elizabeth," when she brings such severe charges against the monks of Palestine as she does, should at all events give us full authority for believing them; and till she does so, we at least shall class them with the Pope's bull revealed to the Rev. D. D. Gregg.

Communion in Prayer. Three Sermons, preached in the Chapel of Winchester College. By CHARles Wordsworth, M.A. London: Burns. 1843.

WHEN we first looked at this beautiful little volume, we thought it scarcely possible that the inside could be equal to the outside. As a specimen of ecclesiastical binding it is worthy of all praise. When we read it our doubts were resolved, and we willingly admit that discourses so excellent well deserve to be so enclosed.

England and her Interests. By JOHN WHITE, A.M. London: Sherwoods. 1843.

MR. WHITE might, we opine, have been better employed than in sophistically attempting to white-wash the abominable AntiCorn Law League.

A Reply to the Prize Essays of the Anti-Corn Law League. By a LINCOLNSHIRE LANDOWNER. Painter, Strand. 1843. THE fierce and unholy ravings and denunciations of the CornLaw League cannot but excite the indignation, not only of every Christian, but of every lover of his country. "The Lincolnshire Landowner" seems to share some of these feelings of antipathy, and accordingly anatomizes with some severity the essays of Hope, Morse, and Greg, and other members of the same political family, in favour of a repeal of the Corn Law. The author concludes his treatise with the following remark :—

"We, it is true, in brief space decay,

Like bubbles on the sea of matter born

We rise, we break, and to that sea return.”

But man survives and progresses; and, looking at the changes which are daily taking place around us, he must be a bold man who dare presume to assign a limit beyond which the progress of mankind shall not extend.

Elements of Language and General Grammar. By GEORGE PAYNE, LL.D. London: Gladding. 1843.

THERE have been of late several important works published on philological subjects, and the institution of the Philological Society bids fair, we think, to aid and increase the taste for such discussions. Dr. Latham's book on the English Language is one of considerable consequence, and the work before us, which treats on the general principles of grammar, is well worth a perusal. Dr. Payne has made himself master of the works of Horne Tooke and Harris, and has devoted powers of a very superior order to the task he has imposed on himself. The limits, however, of so small a volume have evidently cramped him, reducing him to the necessity of a hint where a chapter would have been well employed; this, however, may be remedied in future editions, and we would recommend occasionally a few copious notes.

Anti-Popery; or, Popery Unreasonable, Unscriptural, and Novel. By JOHN ROGERS, late of St. John's College, Cambridge. Third Edition. London: Simpkin and Marshall. 1843. WHEN we first saw Mr. Rogers' book, under its title of Antipopo-priestian! we really could not stifle our laughter at its strange and stilted phraseology. A second edition was no better, but in the third Mr. Rogers has taken the advice of his friends, and made his book readable-and now that it is readable it deserves to be read.

Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan, from the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Vienna. To which is added, a Summary of the Leading Events since that Period. By H. WHITE, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Edinburgh Oliver and Boyd. 1843.

THIS Volume is, as far as we recollect, the only attempt ever made to embody, for the use of schools and young persons, the elements of Universal History. Greece, Rome, and England have been hitherto almost all that has been presented to the youthful mind, and then larger works were necessarily had recourse to, without any previous digest. Mr. White has performed his task very faithfully as well as very ably, and the perusal of his neat book may advantageously precede, as well as follow, the reading of Rollin, Gibbon, Hume, Mezerai, Robertson, and Russell. It will be a fit preparation, and a very excel

lent resumé.

The Voice of the Anglican Church; being the declared opinion of her Bishops on the doctrines of the Oxford Tract Writers. By the Rev. HENRY HUGHES, M.A. London: Seeleys. 1843. MR. HUGHES has given here, in a neat little volume, much the same information which we have ourselves laid before our readers in former numbers. Most sincerely do we hope that the fact will be soon duly appreciated, that nearly all the Fathers of our Church have declared their sentiments "ex cathedra" to be opposed to Tractarianism.

Holy Matrimony. Its Duties and Dignity, as set forth by the English Church. London: Darton and Clarke. 1843. THE book before us is very neat, and very neatly expresses what has been a thousand times said before. This is, however, no fault, as we presume the book is intended as a present to brides, and the sources from which it is selected are the best that could by any possibility be chosen.

The Topographer and Genealogist. Part I. March, 1843. To be continued Quarterly. London: Nichols. 1843. MR. NICHOLS, long the devoted supporter of antiquarian learning, here offers to our notice something like a Quarterly Collectanea; and to judge from the first number, we entertain no doubt whatever of the aid which heraldry, genealogy, and topography will derive from a quarterly journal employed exclusively in their service.

The Discipline of the Church in the choice of her Ministers. A Sermon preached on the 8th January, 1843, on the appointment of the Rev. George Harrison, A.M., to the perpetual Curacy of New Brentford. By the Rev. J. A. EMERTON, M.A., Čurate of Hanwell, Middlesex. Painter: Strand. MR. EMERTON is known to many of our readers as a zealous and sincere minister of Christ, and a steward " of the mysteries of God." In the present sermon he takes a very interesting review of the early government of the Church in the time of the Apostles and their immediate descendants-and he asserts with meekness, but with confidence, the claim of the Church of England to be called a truly Apostolical Church, entrusted with the mysteries of God, and illuminated and sanctified by the continual presence of Jesus Christ. Mr. Emerton then reviews the Ordination Service, and deduces from the examination of that service a strong testimony to the diligent care of the Church in providing suitable men for her ministry. Mr. Emerton adds an interesting account of the steps taken to obtain an efficient minister for the new and difficult curacy of New Brentford.

A Voice from the Holy Land; purporting to be the Letters of a Centurion written in the days of the Emperor Tiberius. Edited by the Rev. EDWARD MANGIN, M. A. London: Painter. 1843.

We have but little sympathy with those critics who object to the period of sacred history being illustrated by fictitious narrative; an admirable opportunity is thereby afforded for the introduction of much useful information respecting the habits, customs, and current opinions of the period, which cannot fail to be useful. Mr. Margin, in selecting the period of our Lord's personal ministrations in Judæa as the basis of his narrative, has done so in a mode so free from objections, that we cannot help congratulating him both on his taste and on his success. The letters themselves are, perhaps, too Roman in character to be altogether popular; they look like translations, but still the work is highly interesting, and likely, we think, to be very acceptable.

Interment and Disinterment. By G. A. WALKER, Surgeon. London: Longmans. 1843.

MR. WALKER has been long before the public in the capacity of a "Metropolitan-interment agitator." Here we have a few extracts thrown together from his larger works on the same subject.

The Portion of Jezreel; a Sacred Drama. By the Rev. RICHARD BEADON BRADLEY, Incumbent Curate of Ash Priors and Cothelstone, Somerset. London: Painter. 1843, POETRY, if not a drug in the market, is at least a heavily selling article, and the appearance of a new poem is becoming proportionably rare. A drama, therefore, like Mr. Bradley's, ought to make a sensation-and seeing that it has already passed into a second edition, we suppose that it is doing so. It is our intention before long, to enter at some length into the question of sacred poetry as it exists among us at present, and to examine the pretensions of those who profess, with more or less truth, to have inherited the mantles of our Herberts and our Cowpers. Mr. Bradley, in cultivating force, has occasionally fallen into coarseness, and we hope in a third edition to see the description of Jezebel's deeds and death somewhat tamed down into propriety.

The Principles of Gothic Architecture. By J. BLOXAM, Esq. London: Tegg. 1843.

If the principles of Gothic Architecture are not understood among us, it is certainly not from any deficiency in books, and good books too, great and small, which treat on the subject. That such a subject possesses very great attractions; there can be no doubt, but still its cultivation is not a little owing to the very exquisite little volumes which find their way into every parsonage, and on every churchwarden's table. We do hope that the days are gone when the whitewashing of brass and marble could be commemorated by the inscription, "This Church was repaired and beautified, A.D. 1808. The Rev. JEREMY SWAMP, A.M., Rector, James Hern, Richard Vandal, Churchwardens."

Reeds shaken by the Wind. By the Rev. R. S. HAWKer, M.A. London: Burns. 1843.

THERE are some elegant poems in this very thin volume, but even though poetry is offered to the public, Tractarianism will be found lurking beneath it. We soon shall see a Tractarian "Euclid."

Ruth. By the Author of "A Visit to my Birth-place." London Hamilton, 1843.

THIS is a pretty little volume, but we do not quite like the management whereby the title is made applicable; the greater part of readers will be misled, and therefore disappointed, by it,