thither, many of them being persons eminent in rank and learning. For their advantage, as well as for that of the residents, it becomes desirable to have a library of reference, and something of literary intercourse to offer them. There is,' Mr. Finn remarks, scope enough here for the exercise of great talents and industry, in the birth-place of Christianity, surrounded by Asiatic institutions and processes of the human mind; there is an interesting range of investigation to be found among unknown products of nature; we have strange combinations of the human family presented for study in this religious centre of the world, and ancient languages are spoken here every day and all day long. The land given to Abraham, with all its chequered history subsequent to the donation, can never fail to demand attention, and our aim is to explore not only what might be matters of curious research in any country, but impartially to record whatever may corroborate the Sacred Scriptures of the Bible. It is stated that pecuniary aid in the purchase of books, especially old books relating to Palestine, and a few philosophical instruments, will be most acceptable. Contributions for the library are invited, and will be received by Messrs. Wertheim and Macintosh, booksellers, 24, Paternoster Row, who will forward boxes occasionally, by sea to Jaffa; and any information required can be obtained through J. B. M’Caul, Esq., St. Magnus Rectory, London Bridge. Biblical as well as all other literary intelligence is meagre at this time, the rather as it is expected that the publishing season will be delayed even to the spring, to meet the concourse expected in London at the Industrial Exhibition. For continental intelligence, we must refer to the letter of Dr. Tregelles, inserted among our CORRESPONDENCE. We have seen a large specimen, extending to Romans xv., of a work which is, we understand, to be published in November. Its title, which well describes its object, is this:-'The Chronological Testament, according to the Authorized Version, newly divided into Paragraphs and Sections, with the dates and places of transactions marked, the Marginal Readings, and many illustrative Parallel Passages printed at length, to which are added letters over each of them as a help to devotional Self-Examination.' This work consists of a new and judicious arrangement of the text into sections and paragraphs. Figures are placed on the right over each section to mark the order of time. By this simple process a sort of Harmony has been produced, while the text of each Gospel remains in its usual order. The dates of each transaction are attempted to be ascertained, and are exhibited at the top of the marginal columns; localities, certain or conjectural, are given; each book has a brief introduction; the chronological position of each of the Epistles is marked, by figures in the Book of Acts and over each Epistle, while the present order of our Testaments is preserved. Every section is headed with its own subject matter; and in the Epistles a condensed analysis of the argument is given. Quotations from the Old Testament are printed in a different type (small capitals), and this we very much approve, as it enables the reader to see at a glance what and how much of the Old Testament is contained in the New. Speeches are marked by inverted commas; letters are placed over the sections, to assist in the devotional reading of the New Testament by reference to a schedule provided by the Editor: thus the letter A indicates the question 'What Acknowledgment to God does this declaration require from me?" The marginal references are given, and a selection from them are printed in full along the sides. This part of the plan has been anticipated by Mr. Moody's work, noticed in our last Number, with this difference-that Mr. Moody gives all the references in full at the foot of the page, while here a selection, very judiciously made, is given in the margin alongside the text. The advantage of this publication, in its multifarious utilities, seems to be, that it combines in one work the advantages which have hitherto been attained only in many different publications and editions of the New Testament. The design seems to us very praiseworthy, and it appears to have been executed with care and judgment. We cannot but augur well for its success. It appears that there is some prospect that the Journals of Seetzen will at last be published. This enterprising traveller was several years in Syria and Palestine, from 1803 to 1809, when he went to Egypt; and perished at last by poison in Arabia in 1811. His journals were written out by himself during his residence at Cairo. They were recovered and received in Germany in 1822 or 1823. Immediate measures were taken for their publication, and it is much to be regretted that these were broken off, as the original value of the papers must have much diminished by 28 years of delay. Messrs. Hall, Virtue, and Co., announce a serial work under the title of the Protestant Sacred Library, which is to comprise Treatises on the Doctrines, Morality, and Evidences of eminent Christianity; select Sermons of Divines, the most interesting specimens of Religious Biography, and the choicest examples of Devotional and Sacred Poetry. There are to be original Introductory Essays, Memoirs, and Notes, by Dr. J. Pye Smith, Dr. Cumming, Dr. Stebbing, Dr. Croly, and others. Each work is to be published without abridgment, and to be carefully revised and collated. The first volume will consist of Butler's Analogy of Religion, with a Memoir by Dr. Croly. This scheme seems similar to one started some five and twenty years ago by Messrs. Collins of Glasgow, and which, if we recollect aright, likewise commenced with Butler's Analogy, with an Introductory Essay from the pen of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the present Bishop of Calcutta. Among the announcements of Messrs. Longman we find Amended Translations from the Original Hebrew of various passages of the Authorized English Bible, with notes Critical and Explanatory; exhibiting the true sense of many passages of Scripture hitherto unintelligible to the majority of Christians, and on which the greatest difference of opinion now exists among the learned, by Charles Dalton.' LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. ENGLISH. Analysis and Summary of Old Testament History and the Laws of Moses. 12mo. pp. 516. Oxford. Bible. The Annotated Paragraph Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments according to the Authorized Version, arranged in Paragraphs and Parallelisms: ; with Explanatory Notes, &c. Part I. The Pentateuch; with 2 maps and 2 engravings. Superroyal 8vo. pp. 216. Blackburne (Rev. J.)-" Why are they then baptized for the dead?" a Supplement to the Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration. 8vo. pp. 116. Brown (Rev. Dr. J.)-Discourses and Sayings of our Lord Jesus Christ, illustrated in a Series of Expositions. 3 vols. 8vo. pp. 1704. Capes (J. M.)-The Bible History; for the use of Young Persons. 12mo. pp. 386. Caunter (Rev. J. H.)-An Inquiry into the History and Character of Rahab. By the Rev. J. H. Caunter. 8vo. pp. 380. Cumming (Rev. J.)-Voices of the Night. 12mo. pp. 464. Douglas (J. of Cavers)—The Structure of Prophecy. 8vo. pp. 132. Holy Bible (The), containing the Old and New Testaments, according to Kenrick (J.)-Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs. By John Kenrick. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 1060. Legge (Rev. Dr.)-Christianity in Harmony with Man's Nature, Present and Progressive. 8vo. pp. 174. VOL. VI.NO. XII. 2 M Margoliouth Margoliouth (Rev. Moses)-A Pilgrimage to the Land of My Fathers; or a Narrative of Travel and Sojourn in Judea and Egypt. 2 vols. 8vo. Mohammed, Life and Religion of, as contained in the Sheeâh Traditions of the Hyat-ul-Kuloob. Translated from the Persian by the Rev. James L. Merrick. 8vo. (Boston, U.S.) pp. 500. Montgomery (Rev. R.)-God and Man: being Outlines of Religious and Moral Truth according to Scripture and the Church. 8vo. pp. 42). Neander (Dr. A.)-Light in the Dark Places; or, Memorials of Christian Life in the Middle Ages. Fep. 8vo. pp. 406. Oliver (Rev. William)-Family Piety; or the Elements of Domestic Religion familiarly illustrated and practically enforced. 12mo. pp. 430. Belfast. Owen (John, D.D.), the Works of, edited by the Rev. W. H. Goold. Vol. i. Standard Library of British Divines. 8vo. pp. 613. Robinson (Dr. E.)-A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament. New edition, revised and in great part re-written. 8vo. pp. 812. Sears (Barnas, D.D.)-Luther, his Mental and Spiritual History. pp. 422. 12mo. Theory of Human Progression, and Natural Probability of a Reign of Justice. 8vo. pp. 535. Yad-Namuh a Chapter of Oriental Life. : Post 8vo. pp. 300. FOREIGN. Chastel (E.)-Histoire de la Destruction du Paganisme dans l'empire d'Orient. 8vo. Ewerbeck (Hermann)-Qu'est-ce que la religion? d'après la nouvelle philosophie Allemande. 8vo. Felice (G. de).-Histoire des Protestants de France, depuis l'origine de la Réformation jusqu'au temps présent. 8vo. Knobel (Aug.) Die Völkertafel der Genesis. 8vo. (Giessen). Polyglotte Catholique, ou Exercices de linguistique, en douze langues, comprenant les principes élémentaires, théoriques et pratiques, de la loi Chrétienne. 8vo. Raumer (K. v.)-Palästina. 3rd edition. 8vo. (Leipz.) 2 plans and a coloured map. Ritter (C.)-Erdkunde, Vol. XV. Die Sinai Halb-Insel, Palästina u. Syrien. Vol. 2. 8vo. (Berlin.) Testamentum novum, Graece et Latine. C. Lachmannus recensuit, P. Butmannus graecae lectionis auctoritates apposuit. Tom. II. 8vo. Berolini. Testamentum vetus, Graece, juxta LXX interpretes. Textum Vaticanum Romanum emendatius edidit, argumenta et locos Novi Testamenti parallelos notavit, omnem lectionis varietatem codicum vetustissimorum Alexandrini, Ephraemi Syri, FridericoAugustani subjunxit, commentationem isagogicam praetexuit Constantinus Tischendorf. 2 vols. 8vo. (Lipsiae.) pp. 1340. Vinet (A.)-Théologie pastorale, ou théorie du ministère évangélique. 8vo. Wolf (R. A.)—Der erste Brief Johannis, in kirchl. Catechisationen. Vol. I. 8vo. (Leipzig.) sje Although the names of the Contributors to this Journal are no longer given in connection with their articles, the publication still remains an organ for the discussion of subjects in Sacred Literature. The views advanced will thus necessarily vary, and are to be regarded as those of the several writers; the Editor not being held responsible for every opinion and argument, but only for the general adaptation of the article to the design of the Journal. *The Title-page and Index of the Sixth Volume will be given with the next Number. INDEX TO THE SIXTH VOLUME OF THE JOURNAL OF SACRED LITERATURE. A. Abyssinia, Ethiopian manuscripts brought Alcuin, an Anglo-Saxon Hebrew scholar, 2. APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE (RECENT), 107-131; classification of the pro- B. Babylonian Talmud, 44. Bacon, Roger, presented Hebrew manu- Bede, the first Hebrew scholar among Bedell, Bishop, his knowledge of Hebrew, 13. VOL. VI.NO. XII. Beraitha, a treatise by Rabbies Hosea BIBLICAL INTELLIGENCE, 255-258, 513- Birks, Rev. T. R., his Hora Apostolicæ, BOOKS, Notices of, 231-255, 497-513: 2 N Beeston The Interpretation attempted 247. Bushnell-God in Christ. Three Dis- Eadie Inspiration in Conflict with Farrer-Translation of Schleierma- Fathers and Founders of the United Presbyterian Church. 4 vols., 244. delity, or the Personality of God, a 245. M Cosh-The Method of the Divine 241. M'Farlane The Mountains of the Owen, Dr.-Works, edited by the Sheppard Three Essays: The Re- union and Recognition of Christians 511. Turner-Biographical Notices of some of God in Spirit and in Truth, 249. Breton, William, wrote a treatise on the Broughton, Hugh, 11, 13. Browne, Sir Thomas, 73. CHRONOLOGICAL HARMONY OF THE Clement V., professorships established by CORRESPONDENCE: Dr. S. Lee on the Tenses of the Hebrew Verbs, 193–207; by the Rev. W. Taylor, 223–227; |