time separated from the volumes to which they belong, and published together in this country for the purpose of illustrating a truth which is often strangely overlooked even by intelligent readers of history, viz.: that the early struggles of religious freedom in Massachusetts were not begun here, but were inherited from a former age and imported from the Old World. In this volume these struggles are traced back as far as the reign of Henry VIII., and their progress is recorded down to the period of the settlement of New-England. It is shown that through all this period the Baptists of England invariably maintained the independency of the church and the civil power, and the responsibility of every man in matters of religion to God alone, among the most cherished articles in their Confessions of Faith. They defended it in their writings, they embodied it in all their organizations, and they transmitted it to other ages as an inheritance of priceless importance, till at length the doctrine was for the first time incorporated into a colony in America, from which it is now making its triumphal progress to the four quarters of the globe. In the Introduction which Mr. Cutting has prefixed to the volume, the progress of the perpetual struggle, through which religious freedom has won its way to its present vantage-ground, is admirably delineated, and the questions which are involved in that struggle are presented with a clearness and power which no intelligent reader will fail to appreciate. The volume goes very strongly to prove what we have always attempted to maintain, that the Baptists, hated and despised as they long were-maligned and traduced as even now they sometimes are-have always contended for the unchartered and inalienable freedom of the human soul, and that whatever else they have failed to do, they have invariably, at all times, and in all places, appealed to the Scriptures as containing the only law that can bind the conscience in any inatters of faith or worship. This is a distinction which we believe can be awarded to no other portion of the Christian church, and it is one which we delight to connect with the still neglected memories of the ancient fathers of our denomination.

The Life and Times of John Calvin, the Great Reformer. Translated from the German of PAUL HENRY, D.D., Minister and Seminary Inspector in Berlin, by HENRY STEBBING, D.D., F.R.S., &c. &c. In two volVol. I. New-York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1851. 8vo, pp. 519.

umes.

The original work of Dr. Henry was published at Hamburg, in three volumes, in 1835-1844, and the translation of Dr. Stebbing appeared in England in two volumes in 1839. Some of the notes and references which were appended by the author to the German edition are understood to have been omitted by the English translator. The work, however, is a vast magazine of facts and views respecting the life, times, and doctrines of the great Genevan Reformer, and we welcome its reprint in the United States, by Messrs. Carter, with unusual pleasure. As a biographer, the German author cannot be said to possess a very high order of skill either in the selection or the arrangement and grouping of his incidents; and as a writer of English Dr. Stebbing falls far below the standard by which we would naturally measure one who has been so long practised in historical composition. But after all the drawbacks which are implied in criticisms like these, the volume already published is quite sufficient to establish the great merits of the work as an illustration and exposition of the life and views of Calvin. The briefer and more recent life by Mr. Dyer has been generally thought to be harsh and unjust in its judgments of his character, and we are not sure but the present work may be deemed by

some as verging towards the opposite extreme. Yet we think all who read it will be satisfied that it contains the materials-not always, indeed, very thorougly digested and arranged-for a full and complete judgment alike of the deeds and the doctrines of John Calvin. It is a work which should find a place in every theological library, and we are happy to learn that its cost does not place it beyond the reach of most theological scholars.

Annals of the Famine in Ireland, in 1847, 1848, and 1849. By Mrs. A. NICHOLSON. New-York: E. French. 12 mo, pp. 336.

Near thirty years ago, the author of this volume was the teacher of a school for lads and misses, in a quiet village, embosomed among mountains in the northern part of the State of New-York. We were but a child then, but we well remember those qualities in her character which have of late been developed in her remarkable mission among the suffering Irish. She is a lady of talents and cultivation, of high Christian purposes and abundant energy, of great shrewdness and a close observer of the world; but eccentric withal, and a little impatient that society will not be reformed as rapidly as she desires. After a residence of several years in this city, where she was well known as the keeper of a "Vegetarian" boarding-house, she was seized with the idea that she must trace the stream of Irish immigration to its source; why, she knew not, but for some reason she must go; and so she travelled over Ireland, sometimes on foot, sometimes in peasants' cars, and sometimes in the public coach; sometimes with money, and then, when her remittances failed her, quite without; lodging sometimes in hovels and at others in castles; sometimes welcomed and sometimes spurned. She fed the poor; she read the Scriptures and sung Christian hymns to companies of peasants who understood religion only through the mysterious forms of the Catholic Church; she studied the people; she fathomed their miseries, and wrote a book, entitled "Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger." Those were the days when the famine was approaching. The famine came, and with it claims enough for ministrations of mercy. This new misery, this deeper depth of woe, she sounded. Amid want, horrible want and death, she made her way-the almoner of the charities of the merciful, and draining too her own purse-feeding the starving, teaching the miserablə people how to husband and how to use their narrow supplies, and comforting sorrowing souls with the solaces of Christian instruction. "The Famine in Ireland" is a record of those dreadful times, and will be read with melancholy interest. Its representations may be received with

confidence.

First Impressions of England and its People. By HUGH MILLER, author of Footprints of the Creator," &c. &c. Boston: Gould & Lincoln.

1851.

This is the third of the delightful works of this great Scottish geologist which Messrs. Gould & Lincoln have recently given to the public, and to the unscientific reader it will undoubtedly prove the most attractive and readable of all. It is a simple and exceedingly natural record of the incidents of the author's first extended journey in England, in the autumn of 1845, in the course of which he visited the places, alike in town and country, which are famous either by the historic or the personal associations connected with them, and also many spots interesting to the man of science. The whole condition of England-the subject of so much speculation and anxiety-passes in review before him. Its government and its religion-the Established Church and the several bodies of the Dissenters

-its education in schools and universities-its science and literature-its people as they live alike in cottages or in castles, are all subjected to the inspection of one who knows well how to sympathize with all the fortunes both of man and of society, and who has a ready eye for the peculiarities of both. The author maintains his character as a man of science, and mingles with his narrative a large amount of rich and varied instruction respecting the condition and progress of the sciences in which he is especially interested. The volume is printed in the best style of Messrs. Gould & Lincoln's press, and has for a frontispiece a well-executed head of the illustrious Scotchman.

The Course of Creation. By JOHN ANDERSON, D.D.
of Scientific Terms. Cincinnati: W. H. Moore & Co.
pp. 384.

With a Glossary 1851. 12mo,

This valuable contribution to the science of geology and its bearings upon theology, appears to be the fruit of such leisure as an active and well-employed clergyman has been able to glean from his more pressing duties, for the cultivation of his favorite branch of knowledge. The work is divided into four parts, of which the first treats of the geology of Scotland; the second of that of England, with several comparisons, both in this and the preceding, with that of the United States; the third of the geology of France and Switzerland, and the fourth of certain general principles of the science, in the course of which the author discusses the theory contained in the "Vestiges of Creation," and shows how the Mosaic records are to be harmonized with the discoveries of geological science. The work is evidently the product of an earnest and well-informed mind.

Life of Algernon Sidney; with Sketches of some of his Contemporaries, and Extracts from his Correspondence and Political Writings. By G. VAN SANTVOORD. New-York: Charles Scribner. 1851. 12mo, pp. 334.

The name of Sidney has always been cherished by the American people, and we are happy to find that one of our countrymen has prepared this fitting tribute to his life and character, and his illustrious services in the cause of English freedom. The story of his life is plainly though clearly told, as it runs on through that most troubled and contentious period which lies between 1622, the date of his birth, in the reign of James I., to 1683, when he was beheaded on Tower Hill, according to the sentence of Judge Jeffries, in the reign of Charles II. It deserves to be welcomed as an interesting addition to our means of understanding and appreciating the character of one of the purest patriots who adorned a corrupt and shameless age.

A Memoir of the Rev. Henry Watson Fox, B.A., Missionary to the Teloogoo People, South India. By Rev. GEORGE T. Fox. With an Introduc tory Essay by Rev. C. P. M'ILVAINE, D.D., Bishop of Ohio. NewYork: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1851.

This is an interesting memoir of one of those lofty and magnanimous spirits whose memory is always green in the hearts of those who knew them. Henry W. Fox was a missionary of the English Church Missionary Society among the Teloogoos, and began to reside at Madras in 1840. Before five years had passed away, his constitution had yielded to the inroads of an Indian climate, and he was obliged to return to England,

where he spent nearly a year in awakening a missionary spirit, especially at the Universities, and at length went back, with renovated health, to the distant field of his chosen labors. But his constitution was too much impaired, and he was soon again compelled to relinquish his post and seek an asylum in his native country. After a brief period of employment in the service of the Missionary Society at home, he died at Durham, the residence of his brother and biographer, in the autumn of 1848, at the early age of 32. The work is introduced to the American public in an earnest preface, breathing a warm and devoted Christian spirit, from the pen of Bishop M'Ilvaine, of Ohio.

A Treatise on Political Economy. By GEORGE OPDYKE. New-York: Published for the Proprietor, by G. P. Putnam. 1851. Pp. 339.

The author's aspiration has been, in the preparation of this little treatise on a most important and interesting science, to present in a brief outline a view of Political Economy suited to the condition and progress of our own country. The views which he presents, though not all of them novel, are certainly deserving the attention of the thoughtful reader. His general exposition of the nature and objects of the science is clear and correct; he favors the doctrine of free trade as the true policy of the United Staes, and develops some peculiar views respecting the functions of money, and the laws which should regulate its use as a medium of exchange. The treatise is enriched with many interesting and striking facts, and is pervaded by a general fund of good sense, which, in speculations of this kind, is of inestimable value.

MR. GEORGE P. PUTNAM has issued A Commentary on Ecclesiastes. By MOSES STUART.-In the earlier part of his professional labors, Professor Stuart abandoned the attempt to lecture on this book, assigning to his students as the cause, that he was not satisfied that he understood it. In later years, however, he has resumed the study of it, and, as he believes, has conquered the difficulties. In this volume we have the results of his investigations and reflections, with the processes through which he has reached them. “With all the alleged and seeming skepticism of the book, it becomes," he says, "clear as the sun, that the writer, after revolving all the difficulties in his mind, comes out from them with a lofty tone of morality, with an unshaken confidence in future judgment and retribution, and with high, adoring, submissive confidence in God, and in his wisdom, goodness, and power. FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, is the final, the grand result of all." 12mo, pp. 300.-Para, or Scenes and Adventures on the Banks of the Amazon. By JOHN ESAIAS WARREN. There is no region of the earth less known or more luxuriant and beautiful than that which is drained by the Amazon. Readers who are unfamiliar with the few books which describe it, will welcome these fresh pages of a recent traveller. 12mo, pp. 272.—Travels in America. The Poetry of Pope. Two lectures delivered to the Leeds Mechanics' Institute and Literary Society, Dec. 5th and 6th, 1850. By the Right Honorable, the Earl of Carlisle. These Lectures are here presented in an extremely beautiful edition. Though they will fail to raise the estimate of Lord Carlisle's intellectual powers, the first of them will be certain to win respect for his candor, his good sense and liberal feeling. We only regret that he has not written more, and more elaborately. 12mo, pp. 135.-Trenton Falls, Picturesque and Descriptive. Edited by N. P. WILLIS. A beautiful guide-book, a gem indeed in its way, which will certainly call travellers to the Falls, and add vastly to their pleasure while

there. The Alhambra. This is the fifteenth volume of the revised edition of Washington Irving's Works,—a charming production, which has a fitting place in the immortal series.-The Pioneers, the fourth volume of Mr. Cooper's Leather Stocking Tales.

THE AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY has issued another 12mo volume from the writings of Bunyan, under the general title Bun yan's Devotional Works. It contains five distinct treatises, entitled respectively, The Spirit of Prayer, The Saint's Privilege and Profit, The Desire of the Righteous Granted, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ, and Paul's Departure and Crown. The volume appears under the supervision of the Editorial Secretary of the Society, the Rev. John Newton Brown, whose labor seems to have been performed with discrimination and care. Mr. Brown thinks that only the first of the treatises here named has appeared in an American edition, and the present combination of them is entirely new. Happy the Christian whose heart is in sympathy with their spirit.-From the same Society we have several sinall publications, of uniform size, intended for general circulation. They are, Seven Letters to the Society of Friends, on the Perpetuity, Subjects and Mode of Baptism, by R. Pengilly; The Primitive Churchman, or Reasons why I am not an Episcopalian; The Power of the Cross, by R. Fuller, D.D.; and The Primitive Rule of Giving for Benevoleut Purposes, by J. R. Scott.-We are glad to know that the Society is in a prosperous condition.

MR. CHARLES SCRIBNER has published The Fruit Garden, a practical work, by a practical man, intended to explain and illustrate the physiology of fruit trees, and the whole process of rearing and cultivating them. The work was written by Mr. P. Barry, of the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y.

ART. IX.-INTELLIGENCE.

ONE of the most important Biblical announcements of the season has recently been made in this city. The Rev. Thomas J. Conant, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature in the University of Rochester, is engaged in making a new translation of the Holy Scriptures into English, to be accompanied with brief explanatory notes. Though based upon the older translations, it is, as we are informed, to be an independent work It will preserve, as far as practicable, the language found in those wells of undefiled English, but will endeavor to engraft upon it the results of later scholarship. We understand that its aim will be not only to aid a critical study of the Scriptures, but to make the meaning more apparent to every class of minds. The enterprise is a private one, the sole parties to it being Dr. Conant and his publisher, Mr. Lewis Colby, of this city. The work will appear in parts, the first of which will be issued in the ensuing autumn or winter. It will form, when completed, a large royal octavo volume. The project has been long in the mind of Dr. Conant, and his preparations for the work have been accumulating through many years. We certainly wish him the largest success.

Among the forthcoming publications of Mr. Charles Scribner, are The Epoch of Creation, by Eleazer Lord, in which "the Scripture Doctrine" is to be "contrasted with the Geological Theory;" Essays on the Primitive Church Officers, reprinted from the Princeton Review; Rural Homes, containing sketches of houses suited to American country life, with designs, by G. Wheeler; The Captains of the Old World, by Henry W. Herbert; Naval Life, by Lieut. Lynch; The Fall of Poland,