nishes ample confirmation of what we presented to our readers in our last number. The sermon by the Rev. Norman M'Leod, on "The nature of future happiness," was suggested to the preacher by the last conversation he had with Dr. Wardlaw; and is distinguished by great reach of thought and eloquent and vivid description. The closing "Tribute," by Dr. Macfarlane, is, we think, equal to anything in the volume, in beauty, discrimination, and justice, to the memory of the departed.

The little volume will amply repay perusal, and will be especially welcome to all the friends and admirers of Dr. Wardlaw.

A SERMON preached at Hanover Chapel, Peckham, on the evening of the Funeral of the Rev. William Bengo' Collyer, D.D., LL.D., F.A.S. By the Rev. JOHN MORISON, D.D., LL.D.

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THIS able and interesting discourse was evidently written and delivered under deep feelings of attachment to the beloved and lamented minister, and of sympathy with the bereaved church and congregation. The text was Zech. i. 5, "Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?"

in this place, as your pastor, his fame, as an evangelical preacher, not only pervaded the metropolis, but the provinces. When I arrived in London, in 1811, no name had the enchantment belonging to it of that of Dr. Collyer. Many envied, some criticised, not a few affected to wonder at his success; but the best portion of the public estimated his rea worth, no less than his persuasive eloquence; and of his critics not a few were left to preach to empty walls, while he was ministering to congregated thou sands.

"While admiring crowds flocked to hear him; when, from his ready address, mellifluous tones, and eloquent appeals, not a few who were either unsound in the faith, or altogether sceptical, were attracted to the scene of his ministry, he never shrank from a full announcement of the humbling doctrines of the Cross, nor in any way accommodated his message to the taste of the carnal mind. However much any of his hearers might object, on mere questions of taste, if they knew anything of the pure gospel of Christ they must have been constrained to admit, that he never concealed it, and never was ashamed of it, as the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.'" H. F. B.

RACTERS. PP. 376.

By WILLIAM JAY. Svo,

We think that a powerful inducement to obtain and to peruse this touching and impressive sermon will be 'presented to our readers, by the following extract from the vivid sketch of Dr. Collyer's ministerial character and career :

"How early was his consecration to the service of his Lord! Before other men enter on their college course for the ministry, he had not only terminated his, but had filled the old Presbyterian Chapel, at Peckham, with attentive and penetrated hearers. He became eminent while he was only buckling on his armour for the

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THIS evening offering to the churches, from the pen of Mr. Jay, will be gratefully accepted by thousands of his attached friends and admirers. We have here a series of Lectures, on Female Scripture Biography, selected partly from manuscripts written forty-eight years ago, and partly from the author's more recent preparations for the Christian pulpit. All Mr. Jay's excellencies and peculiarities are exhibited in this volume. Forty-two years ago, we heard him preach one of the Lectures, and we can, at this distance of time, imagine that we are listening, as we read, to his mellow tones, and penetrating sayings.

It would be difficult, perhaps, in any modern publication, except one from Jay's pen, to point to another volume containing so many striking and pathetic utterances.

The Lectures are very gracefully dedicated to that most estimable lady, the Countess Dowager of Ducie.

1. THE TENT AND THE ALTAR; or, Sketches from Patriarchal Life. By JOHN CUMMING, D.D., F.R.S.E.

2. FORE-SHADOWS; or, Lectures on our Lord's Parables, as Earnests of the Age to Come. By JOHN CUMMING, D.D. 3. FORE-SHADOWS; or, Lectures on our Lord's Miracles, as Earnests of the Age to Come. By JOHN CUMMING, D.D., Minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown Court, Covent Garden.

Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co. THESE are new and beautifully illustrated editions of a portion of Dr. Cumming's works. All the volumes are full of instructive matter, and are written in a vigorous and impressive style. No preacher of the day treats the public to better English than Dr. Cumming; and certainly, considering the number of his appearances from the press, it is marvellous that he can furnish such a goodly supply of well-digested thought.

One thing may be calculated on in these volumes, that they are not disfigured by deviations from sound gospel | truth. They, indeed, are able defences of spiritual Christianity; and if we could pick out Dr. Cumming's millennarianism, and then give them in their improved form to the public, we should, indeed, be right glad. But he is very fixed apparently in his theory of Christ's human

But, with this exception, we can very cordially recommend Dr. Cumming's works to our readers, as most pleasing and profitable illustrations of the word of God. The pictorial embellishments of the new editions will enhance their value.

London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co. WE like the plan and purpose of Miss Jane Strickland's history, of which the volume now before us is the first instalment. It will present the whole wonderful and varied story of the imperial city, with a completeness and continuity which must invest it with great value to all readers. In this volume she has treated of Rome, under its regal and republican forms of government, with great skill and soundness of judgment. If, when she ascends to the ecclesiastical part of her history, the same impartiality, discrimination, and honest condemnation of oppression and misgovernment shall be exhibited, when treating of creeds and sects, of heresies and heresiarchs, she will deserve the highest praise.

The style of Miss Strickland is clear, easy, and forcible; her information is ample and matured; and her manner of stating facts is calm, luminous, and suited to the tone of history. If we are not greatly mistaken, the name of the author of "The Lives of the Queens of England" was not needed to give weight and popularity to this work. The gossiping, inaccurate, and heretical Miss Agnes Strickland could not have written this book. The order of her mind is one of shreds and patches; her judgment is feeble or one-sided; and her style is clumsy and incorrect. We think the book can gain nothing, in the estimation of careful and enlightened students of history, by the editorial name. We recommend that the

When the other volumes appear we shall be prepared to do ample justice to the book as a whole.

A LAMP TO THE PATH; or, the Bible in the Heart, the Home, and the Marketplace. By the Rev. W. K. TWEEDIE, D.D., Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh.

London: T. Nelson and Sons.

THE character and design of this little volume are such as to commend it to our hearty approval. Dr. Tweedie's aim is to demonstrate to all classes of men that "the grand medicating influence for all our moral ills" is Christianity, in its living and practical form; and the earnestness, simplicity, and faithfulness with which he sets about his task cannot fail to enlist the sympathies, and convince the understandings, of his readers. There is great force in his reasoning and appeals; and the facts which he adduces to illustrate his positions, and give point to his arguments, are peculiarly striking. We very heartily commend the volume to the notice of our readers, satisfied that its wide diffusion would shed the happiest influence over the hearts, and homes, and market-places of England.

AN ECCLESIASTICAL DICTIONARY, Explanatory of the History, Antiquities, Heresies, Sects, and Religious Denominations of the Christian Church. By the Rev. JOHN FARRAR, Classical Tutor of the Theological Institution, Richmond, Author of "A Biblical and Theological Dictionary," &c.

THIS volume is highly creditable to the learning, research, discrimination, and impartiality of Mr. Farrar. He has brought within a manageable compass, and rendered accessible to all readers, a variety of rare and useful knowledge. We do not think that we have met with any compilation of the same extent embracing such fulness, accuracy, and diversity of information. This book will be deemed an exceedingly valuable one by every student of ecclesiastical history.

miliarly Explained to the Young. Edited by the Rev. ROBERT JAMIESON, D.D.

London Griffin and Co.

THIS is the first of a series of four volumes, designed especially to aid and interest the young in the study of the Sacred Scriptures. And from the examination we have bestowed upon it, we give it a most hearty welcome, as destined to become at once popular and useful among the class for which it is intended. The illustrations of the "salient points of the sacred history," which the volume contains, are remarkably rich and varied. To teachers, to conductors of Bible-classes, and to all the young, who peruse and study the Scriptures, it cannot fail to be invested with great interest and value. If the other volumes equal the present one, the work will be second to none that has appeared in the present day for the benefit of the young.

BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL GLEANINGS :

a Collection of Comments, Criticisms, and Remarks, Explanatory or Illustrative of nearly Two Thousand Seven Hundred Passages in the Old and New Testament; especially those that are generally accounted difficult. With a Preface to cach Book: Corrections in Chronology, Punctuation, and Divisions of Chapters; Improved Readings; the meaning of numerous Scripture Terms; Reconciliations of many seeming contradictions; copious allusions to Eastern Customs and Manners; many useful Tables; profitable Reflections; together with explanations of all the more difficult words and terms found in the volume, for the use of plain readers. Selected from Six Hundred Writers and Commentators, with some original Observations. Designed principally for Village Scripture Students. By WILLIAM O'NEILL. Imperial 8vo. Pp. 1464.

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It is saying a great deal of any book issuing from our press, that it is the most complete of its kind in the English language. But this is assuredly the praise that is due to Mr. O'Neill for this effort of his pen. There is nothing to be

range of our literature. It has been got up with surprising care; and to a village preacher, in a remote part of the empire, it is a great credit. The selections indicate sound judgment, and discriminating accuracy in theological views and opinions. As a series of observations on Holy Scripture, gleaned from such a vast variety of sources, the work supplies a desideratum in our libraries. The volume will live, and will become, as it deserves, very popular; and, with its admirable index, will be found easy of consultation upon matters of reference. It contains the cream of our theology and Biblical criticism, from the most approved quarters, ancient and modern. What an invaluable addition will it be to every scanty library!

We give our earnest recommendation to the work, as one of the most decidedly useful that has issued from the modern press. If Mr. O'Neill had only lived to produce such a book, he would not have lived in vain.

PRACTICAL SERMONS: designed for Vacant Congregations and Families. By the Rev. ALBERT BARNES, Philadelphia. First English Edition. With additional Sermons.

Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. THE name of Albert Barnes is widely known as a commentator of great ability; but as a preacher he is not so well known in this country. This is the first volume of his sermons which we recollect to have seen; and from their perusal we have risen with the conviction that his power as a preacher is not inferior to his skill as a commentator. These sermons are characterized by a simplicity, clearness, force, and solemnity of appeal, which we have rarely seen combined. If they are to be regarded as samples of Mr. Barnes' ordinary style of preaching, he must be regarded as one of the most earnest and impressive preachers of the present day. When read, they cannot fail to strike; but when pronounced from the pulpit, with the earnestness which their style implies, they must have been invested with almost irresistible power.

of Services for Domestic Worship, for every Morning and Evening in the Year Select Portions of Holy Writ; and Prayers and Thanksgivings for particular Occasions; with an Address to Heads of Families. Edited by the Rev. JOHN HARRIS, D.D., Principal of New College, St. John's Wood; author of "The Great Teacher," "Mammon," "Præadamite Earth," &c., &c. 4to. pp. 766.

John Cassell.

THIS manual of Family Devotion will, we doubt not, introduced to the public under such favourable auspices, have a very wide circulation, at home and in the colonies. Its plan is excellent, containing a selection of Bible readings, a brief practical exposition, and a prayer for every morning and evening throughout the year. The selection of Scripture is excellent, the remarks pithy and appropriate, and the prayers scriptural, fervent, and well adapted to the exigencies of family worship. We are indebted to Dr. Harris for "the form and distribution of the work," the sections of "the portions of Scripture" introduced, and the supervision of the whole "manuscript before it was sent to press." The contributors to the work are Drs. Urwick, Ferguson, Cox, and Beaumont; and the Rev. Messrs. Lorimer, Ewbank, Sherman, Newman Hall, Brock, C. Williams, B. Parsons, S. Martin, J. Stoughton, J. Kennedy, Leask, G. Smith, W. Chalmers, W. M. Bunting, Hollis, W. Reed, and J. Blackburn. The prayers are generally characterized by a high spirit of devotion.

With Dr. Fletcher's and Dr. Morison's works, on a similar plan, this volume will be, like them, extensively known and greatly useful. We have heard one of the authors of these works say, that he had never written any book of the good resulting from which he had heard so much.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL its Position and Prospects. A Lecture delivered at Trevor Chapel, Brompton. By JOHN MORISON, D.D., LL.D. Fourth of the Series, 6d. Ward and Co.

THE Sunday-school ranks high among the benevolent institutions of the age.