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recognised fact, and that the endlessness of future punishments will follow naturally from the perpetuation of sinful character in the lost. maintains, further, that the supposed probability of a future state of probation for the wicked does not exist; while the revived doctrine of annihilation may be disproved on moral grounds, and is based upon an ignorance of the scriptural meaning of eternal death. After giving the arguments which in his judgment prove that the doctrine of Universalism is not legitimately drawn from Scripture, but involves a breach of a plain canon of interpretation, as well as moral fallacies, he gives two possible solutions of the mode in which the doctrine of endless punishment may be applied to the case of the Heathen. In an APPENDIX he shows that the denial of the supernatural neces

fresh legislation which may strengthen that Church as the chief bulwark against the theology and the practice of the Church of Rome. The APPendix contains a form of petition in accordance with these suggestions, together with an abstract of the Act of Uniformity.

First Sundays at Church; or, Familiar Conversations on the Morning and Evening Services of the Church of England. By the Rev. J. E. RIDDLE, M.A. Author of the 'Manual' and 'Outlines of Scripture History.' New Edition. Fcp. 8vo. pp. 184, price 2s. 6d. cloth. [May 30, 1865.

forgiveness of sins, and necessitates the belief in eternal punishments.

Protestantism in Peril: a Commentary on the Tractarian Tendencies of the Age, Romish Proselytism and Perversion, Evidenced by Facts; and a Popular Exposition of the Law relating to the Services of the Church of England; with Propositions for Practical Measures of Redress, demanding the cooperation of Protestant Christians of Every Denomination. By F. J. HAMEL, H.M.C.S. &c. Senior Churchwarden of Stoke Newington. 8vo. pp. 152, price 3s. 6d. cloth.

[April 14, 1865. BELIEVING that the Church of England is

passing through a very critical stage of her existence, and that the dangers which chiefly menace her arise from the Romanising tendencies of the present time, the Author has felt himself bound to call the earnest attention of Protestants to the rapid development of principles which must, if not arrested, cause grievous trouble throughout the land. Although he has been compelled to assume a position unequivocally opposed to the spread of Romish practices chiefly by circumstances which have occurred in the parish and neighbourhood of Stoke Newington, the urgent requests of many friends have led him to think that much of what he had written with a local purpose may be not only acceptable to the public generally, but, as the result of careful investigation and experience, may not be without its use in the present crisis.

A sketch of the origin and progress of the Tractarian movement is followed by an exposition of the law as it relates to the ordering of public worship in the Church of England; while the concluding chapter contains some suggestions for

the order and meaning of the Morning and Evening Services of the Church of England, and to convey other useful information on liturgical subjects, in a plain and easy style, with a view to explain and recommend the chief of those principles of religious worship and of Christian sentiment and practice which are set forth in Scripture, and are maintained by that Reformed branch of the Apostolic Church which is established in these realms.

The Author has freely availed himself of the labours of the various commentators on the English liturgy. For the most part, wherever the very words of an Author have been used, some means have been adopted to mark the passage as a quotation, with as little formality as possible. Sometimes, however, a reference of this kind is made in general terms, without mention of an Author's name; and in these cases the quotation is usually from COMBER'S 'Companion to the Temple,' WHATELY's Illustration of the Book of Common Prayer,' or Bishop MANT'S 'Notes on the Book of Common Prayer.'

The Sacred Steps of Creation; or, the Revealed Genetic Theology illustrated by Geology and Astronomy. By T. MARSDEN, B.A. Rector of Burstow, formerly Mawson Scholar of C. C. Coll. Camb. Crown 8vo. pp. 424, price 10s. 6d. cloth. [March 21, 1865.

THIS work is opposed to Uniformitarianism,

which the Author regards as the atheism of EPICURUS in a modern garb, and which, as he believes, tends to subvert both revealed and natural science. He had experienced the damaging effect to faith caused by the antagonism existing between revelation and nature. For a remedy he examined the Hebrew text, especially that of Gen. i. and discovered that revealed science is very different from that which it is usually represented to be.

The days, or, as St. Paul calls them, aeons, Heb. xi. 3, correspond with geological life periods. The first is azoic. During this period the earth is represented as existing amorphous. It had an abyss of waters located in darkness, and a spirit of Elohim (universal gravitation) was attracting the waters, causing tides and drawing the earth into daylight. On the second day a previously existing attenuated atmosphere was rendered firm and vital. It corresponds with the beginnings of life found in the Silurian system. On the third day rotation was given to the earth; the waters were gathered into one place, the equatorial zone; the dry land consequently appeared, and a peculiar vegetation was created, distinguished by having seed in the tree and not in the fruit. This day geologically corresponds with the Devonian and carboniferous life periods. The Author has discussed the question of transmutation, and is of opinion that organic creation was the result of an instantaneous typal assimilation of the germinal constituents of bodies; and that types and germs were specially and advancingly produced by Divine wisdom. On the fourth day the Sun for the first time was made to denote years, or iterations indicating a periodic orbit. The making of this orbit is recorded in the Permian and Triassic formations. The fifth day revealed the creation of oolitic life. On the sixth day the tertiary animals were created, and animal men. The Author then states his belief that the creation of Venus and Mercury caused changes in the distance of the earth from the sun, in accordance with the principle of forced oscillations; that after a postpliocene Sabbath, immortal man was formed as a white peculiarity of the Adamah; that the Deluge was caused by a diminution of rotation, the result of polar inversion; that it was over all the earth, but not over all the mountains, except in the Adamah; that the animals preserved in the Ark were a peculiar formation distinguished by the Ruakh k'hay-yim, or breath of life; and that races, languages, and religions are the product of admixture in the Ark.

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The Superstitions of Witchcraft. By HOWARD WILLIAMS, M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Post 8vo. pp. 286, price 7s. 6d. cloth. [May 20, 1865. THE phænomena of witchcraft belong to the whole history of man. With little exaggeration it may be said that the belief in witchcraft has been universal in all ages. It has been accepted not only by the rude and ignorant, but by the most learned writers, and by thinkers who have displayed no slight scepticism in other matters. It is not easy to measure, and perhaps impossible to over-state, the influence which this belief has exercised on the general condition of Christendom; it has degraded art and retarded science, and opposed the greatest barrier to all true political and social progress.

The object of the present work is to exhibit in a continuous narrative the various forms which this widespread delusion has assumed, and which has sent thousands of victims to the torturechamber, the stake, and the scaffold, almost within the last two centuries. The Author has also brought forward the evidence which shows that in some form or other the belief still prevails over the greater part of the world, and which may call into question the hasty conclusion that it has died out in Europe or in this country; or even that its extinction is to be speedily looked for.

The periodical revivals of Spiritualism, as it is called, among the Anglo-Saxon races in the Old and New Worlds, as well as the occasional experiences of so-called diabolic malice in Catholic Christendom, are sufficiently significant.

Historical Notes to the Lyra Germanica: containing Brief Memoirs of the Authors of the Hymns therein translated, and Notices of remarkable occasions on which some of them, or some of their Verses, have been used; with Notices of other German Hymn Writers, represented in other English Collections. Compiled and translated from authentic German sources by THEODORE KÜBLER, Minister of the German Protestant Reformed Church, London. Fcp. 8vo. pp. 372, price 7s. 6d. cloth. [March 23, 1865.

IN compiling this work, which is dedicated by permission to Miss CATHERINE WINKWORTH, translator of Lyra Germanica, two points have been kept in view-the devotional and the historical. As so many beautiful German hymns have been translated into English, and the translations so widely spread and adopted, it was thought that it might afford additional pleasure and profit to all who peruse them if they knew more of their Authors,

and were made acquainted with some interesting facts and incidents regarding the composition and use of a great number of these Hymns. The work has taken the form of a companion volume to one of the well-known favourite collections of German hymns, translated into English under the title of Lyra Germanica; following exactly its order, and giving under almost every hymn such information respecting its Author, and its origin and its history, as could be ascertained and brought within a brief space. The Compiler has also made reference under each Hymn of the Lyra Germanica, to different versions of the same, where extant, and to additional Hymns of the same Authors which may be found in other English collections. An APPENDIX is added, in which those German hymn-writers are briefly noticed who are not represented in the Lyra Germanica, but some of whose Hymns have been made accessible to English readers through other sources; for instance, the Moravian or United Brethren's Hymn-Book, Miss F. E. Cox's 'Hymns from the German,' the Rev. ARTHUR TOZER RUSSELL'S 'Psalms and Hymns,' the 'Hymns from the Land of LUTHer,' the Rev. W. MERCER's 'Church Psalter and Hymn-Book,' the Hymns Ancient and Modern,' the 'Book of Praise,' Mr. MASSIE'S 'Lyra Domestica,' the 'Chorale-Book for England,' and several other collections. Thus this volume will, it is hoped and believed, be found a sufficient guide to most of the principal German Hymns which have been introduced into England for use in public or private worship or other devotional purposes.

The Life of Christ: An Eclectic Gospel from the Old and New Testaments, arranged on a New Principle; with Analytical Tables, &c. By CHARLES DE LA PRYME, M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge. Second Edition, enlarged. 8vo. pp. 230, price 5s. cloth. [April 21, 1865.

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HE Life of Christ is here presented in a new form, being neither what is usually called a harmony, nor a diatessaron, though partaking of the nature of both. It is divided into 110 sections, all of which (except the first and last) are taken from the Four Gospels, without any omissions or alterations. The leading narratives of each section are taken from whichever Gospel gives the fullest account of each event or discourse, and are placed on the right-hand page, while the parallel accounts are given on the opposite page, as supplementary, explanatory, or illustrative. A sort of Eclectic Gospel is thus formed, and a continuous biographical series is presented to the reader who wishes for a simple and full life of

CHRIST; and he is not compelled (as in the diatessaron) to read several accounts of the same events, nor (as in the harmony) to have selections made for him at the will of the Editor.

A collection of the leading prophecies as to CHRIST from the Old Testament is given, and also such extracts from St. LUKE in the Acts of the Apostles as properly belong to the subject.

Prefixed is an ANALYTICAL PREFACE Containing several new views in connexion with the recorded events of our Saviour's life, and also a tabulated statement of the quality and quantity of the respective contributions of the Evangelists. A complete ANALYTICAL INDEX and TABLE of CONTENTS are added, which will, it is believed, be found useful to theological students, as well as to general readers.

In the present edition the original PREFACE has been rewritten and extended, and two new chapters have been added to the body of the work.

THE THE course of recent discussions on the composition and age of the Pentateuch seem to have shown throughout how slightly English readers are acquainted with the Biblical criticisms of the great continental scholars. Believing, therefore, that in order to form a right judgment on the subject it is absolutely necessary to know the state of opinion and knowledge, not merely among those who defend the traditionary views, but among critics who have applied to the Mosaic records a method analogous to that of Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS in the treatment of Roman traditions, the translator has been induced to lay before the English public the work of Professor KUENEN, as being the most recent publication on the subject, while it embodies the results of continental criticism generally up to the present time, and so provides, in a compact form, a mass of most valuable information for the scholar.

The brevity and conciseness which distinguish this treatise of the eminent Dutch critic seem to justify the hope that it may on this account be the more acceptable to English students, who wish only to know what the facts really are. These facts they will find in Professor KUENEN's work, stated, in the translator's belief, with singular clearness and cogency, the definite conclusions of the Author being given in the text, while the

evidence on which those conclusions rest is chiefly contained in the notes. The translator has not attempted to conceal the points in which his own judgment differs from that of the Author; but their substantial agreement on the most important questions should, he thinks, suspend the harsh judgment of those who have pronounced his own arguments shallow, and his conclusions unsupported by critical authority.

It will be seen that Professor KUENEN has carried his researches into the Book of Joshua, which the Bishop of Natal has not yet been able to examine. On this subject Professor KUENEN gives fully his grounds for the assertion, that no doubt exists among scholars that a large portion of the Book of Joshua was written by the same hand which wrote the Book of Deuteronomy, and that Moses, therefore, at all events, did not write the Book of Deuteronomy.

Although the translator feels that such a conclusion is decisive of the controversy, and although as to the ultimate verdict which will be given generally in England on the age and composition of the Pentateuch he retains the fullest confidence, he has not the least fear that any damage will ensue to the cause of true religion when it is popularly known that these books are the literary growth of ages, and the work of many writers. So far as Christianity itself was derived from and presupposes Judaism, it has, he thinks, everything to gain, towards a true appreciation of itself, from a clear insight into the mode in which the Hebrew records were deposited, not only gradually in time, but under various influences of parties and opinions.

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THE HE object of this volume is to present a fuller account of Saturn and its system than can be given in astronomical works having a wider range. The work treats of-The motions (real and apparent) and telescopic appearance of Saturn, its satellites and rings; the great inequality' of Saturn and Jupiter; the nature of the rings-showing that they are not continuous bodies, solid or fluid; and the habitability of Saturn-proving, inter alia, that the eclipses caused by the rings continue (in places) for many years, and extend (at times) over vast regions of Saturn's

surface.

Three Notes are appended in which the Author has endeavoured to show:-That Chaldæan astro

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nomy formed a more complete system than is commonly supposed; that LAPLACE'S Nebular Theory is not opposed to modern scientific discoveries, to just views of the Wisdom and Power of God, or to the Scripture Account of Creation; and that the arguments for and against the existence of a lunar atmosphere may be reconciled by a theory founded on the moon's colour.

Among the tables (which, with explanatory notes and explanations of astronomical terms, form APPENDIX II.) will be found :-Elements for determining the appearance and illumination of the rings, to the year 1900; the dates of the passages of the rings' plane through the sun between the years 1600 and 2000; and the climatic relations, appearance of the rings, and duration of eclipses caused by the rings, for different latitudes on Saturn's globe.

The Author has endeavoured to make the engravings represent as exactly as possible what they are intended to illustrate.

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An Elementary Atlas of History and Geography, from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Time. Comprising a Series of Maps arranged in Chronological Order, with illustrative Memoirs; adapted to the use of Colleges and Schools. JOHN SHERRIN BREWER, M.A. Queen's College, Oxford. The Maps by E. WELLER, F.R.G.S. Third Edition, revised, corrected, and brought down to the year 1865 by E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D. Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Pp. 152, including a full INDEX; with 16 coloured Maps. Royal 8vo. price 15s. half-bound. [May 19, 1865.

THE object of the present work, of which the first edition appeared in the year 1855, was to supply a want which had been felt by most persons who are engaged in studying or in teaching history and geography. No attempt had been made in this country to represent to the eye the political state of the world at successive eras, and, by employing the map as the basis of historical narrative, to familiarise the student with the general outlines and bearings of history. One half of the task had been most ably executed by SPRUNER; and to his admirable maps geographers and historians are deeply indebted; but the scanty remarks prefixed to the series of maps contained in his School Atlas fail to supply for the student and the teacher the aid given by the more full historical notes which accompany the maps in the present work. These memoirs give in each case a complete outline of the political condition of the countries embraced in the map;