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SERMONS, by George W. Bethune, Minister of the 3d Reformed Dutch Church, Philadelphia. Mentz & Rovoudt, 53 North Third-street, Philadelphia. Saxton & Miles, New-York.

This volume of sermons will add to the high reputation of the minister of the Reformed Dutch Church, already esteemed by the religious public as a valuable member of the clergy. The truths set forth are made the more attractive, by the grace of style, and elegance of composition which characterize the volume before us. The perspicuity and force of expression, in which the great truths of the Bible are uttered, are calculated strongly to impress the reader, and convey a strong sense of the moral obligations under which he lies. They may be read with pleasure by the scholar, with instruction by the literary man, and with improvement by the moralist. The volume, which, for fineness of per, and costliness of execution, has been seldom surpassed, may be found at the store of Messrs. Saxton & Miles, and Robert Carter.

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History of the English Revolution of 1640, commonly called the Great Rebellion, from the accession of Charles 1st to his death. By F. GUIZOT, the Prime Minister of France: author of " History of Civilization in Europe," etc. etc. Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT. D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway. 12mo. In presenting this work to the public in a neat and exceedingly well printed edition, the Messrs. Appleton have conferred a real favor on the lovers of history. The writings of M. Guizot are far from being a common possession in this country. He is more generally and unfavorably known as the minister of a treacherous court, who has lately attracted popular attention as the hardy proposer of the application of the European balance of power to the affairs of America, than as the occupant of the professor's chair and the able historian. It may perhaps be a matter of regret that M. Guizot quitted the occupation of the historian for the chicanery and tergiversation of a prime minister in a government struggling to keep terms with the growing spirit of liberalism among the people on the one hand, and with the jealous fears of allied governments on the other. In the works of M. Guizot there is a comprehension of views, a consistency and clearness of narration, which indicate a full possession of facts, and a deliberate and mature digestion of their general results. In the work before us, commencing as it does with the accession of Charles 1st to the throne of Great Britain, in 1625, he traces with singular clearness and animation, the progress of the public mind and the

growth of the confidence of the people in themselves at every attempt they made to resist the innovations of the crown. In the double revolution of the dissenters against the state religion, and of the commons against the crown, concurring in resistance to the encroachments of a haughty and weak Prince, and the dictates of a vain and harsh Prelate, the national passions became gradually aroused, being rather irritated than otherwise by the feeble ef forts of the government to enforce its measures, passed rapidly from resistance to innovation-to innovation on its own part-and the ancient prerogatives of the crown were swept away before the sturdy temper of an aroused people. The interest and excitement of the story are kept up throughout, and the mind of the reader becomes strongly impressed with the immense results of that great movement of the people, when from centuries of apathy they seemed suddenly to awake to the fact that they had rights in the government of the nation of which they composed the body. For ages even the imagination of the masses had not soared so high as to give them the idea of taking a permanent and positive part in the government. In the aristocracy alone, they thought, inhered such high duties. The long peace of the 16th century promoted industry and accumulated wealth, which conferred self-confidence while it demanded greater security, and James began to experience that passive firmness to his encroachments which Charles, by his inflexible temper, excited into active opposition, and which, ripening into popular passion, before which the privileges of the crown perished, subsequently subsided into a calm and dignified consciousness of popular rights, to test the firmness of which cost the restored house of Stuart its crown. We have little doubt

but that the work will, by its extensive sale, encourage the reproduction of others of M. Guizot's historical labors.

Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Rugby

School; with an Address before Confirmation. By THOMAS ARNOLD, D. D. New-York: Appletons..

Dr. Arnold has become already extensively known as a man of unusual intellectual independence and power-as a Christian of peculiar loveliness, and a most affectionate character-and as a teacher of great boldness and emarkable precision of system. The several volumes of his lectures, history, and miscellanies, have already been noticed by us. The present volume, though very modest and unpretending, is not of inferior interest in its particular line. We may say of him, "he hath done all things well." Here he is speaking to boys, some of whom were

very young, upon the most important of all subjects and, to quote one of his own texts, with a slight alteration, "when he is a child, he speaks as a child." He adopts the most simple style of illustration in exhibiting Scriptural truths of the highest character, and leaves an impression distinct and clear upon the most youthful mind with which he deals. He completely displays the fact, that a man may treat upon the highest topics with success, among the most limited minds, if he will adopt language and illustration suited to their capacity and adapted to their own experience. That such a volume as this will become a popular book, we can hardly expect; but it will be valuable for a help to all that large and most important class of persons to whom the education of the young has been entrusted. To their hands the country and the church have committed much, and much is expected of them. To them we would commend the little work before us. It will strike out for them many valuable trains of thought.

A complete Hebrew and English Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary: On a new and improved plan. Containing all the words in the Holy Bible, both Hebrew and Chaldee; with the vowel points, prefixes and affixes, as they stand in the original texts; together with their derivation, literal and etymological meaning, as it occurs in every part of the Bible. Illustrated by numerous citations from the Targums, Talmud, and Cognate dialects. By W. L. Roy, Professor of Oriental Languages, in New-York. To which is added, an English Index of nearly one hundred pages. Second edition. Leavitt & Trow; Newman; Colby, &c.

Such is the title of a work lately issued by the enterprising firm of Leavitt & Trow. We happen to be acquainted with the author, and consider him well qualified for the task, having for the greater part of his life been devoted to the study and teaching of Oriental Literature. The preface is a condensed summary of the advantages, difficulties, and facilities of the study of Hebrew, and shows that kind of acquaintance with the language which a Teacher would naturally possess. It is to be regretted, that so few of those who

devote themselves to the work of the ministry of the New Testament, make themselves acquainted with the Hebrew. Perhaps while at College they do, nolens yolens, acquire something of the Hebrew, but usually this slight smattering is soon abandoned, and the common version of the Old Testament is all which he possesses, who pretends to be a man of God, "thoroughly furnished." But we know no reason why the Hebrew should not be included as a branch of polite literature. There are as many beauties in the Hebrew Classics as in the Greek. In beauty, boldness, variety, and richness of figure, imagery, and depth of thought and expression, the Hebrew Poets and Sages stand unrivalled. The Greeks were more philosophical, but not more truly learned, nor wiser. In the knowledge of nature and man, the Greeks never produced a Solomon, and who among their Poets can compete with Isaiah and Jeremiah? As moral and mental philosophers, we will present Jesus and his Apostles, as competitors for the palm and crown, to the whole civilized world, and they were Hebrew scholars. Whoever wishes to acquire a knowledge of the Hebrew, may now find a very convenient help in this Lexicon..

Memoir of the late Reverend Alexander Proudfit, D.D., with selections from his Diary and Correspondence, and recollections of his life, &c. by his son. By JOHN FORSYTH, D. D., of Newburgh. Harper & Brothers.

This volume is one of more interest than usually attaches to ordinary religious biographies; the passages from the private diary of the deceased, impart a value to it that will at once commend the work to the notice of the Christian reader. Dr. Proudfit was an efficient minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, in Salem; his exemplary character while living earned for him the love and esteem of the wise ard good, among a large circle of friends and the public, and his lamented decease, of which this work is designed to be a living memento, has cast a halo round his name and memory that savors of the upper and better world. We commend this pleasant, pious and profitable volume to all religious readers, assured they will be pleased with its contents.

The able article of Hon. C. Cushing, in our last number, by a slight inadvertence, went to press with several typographical errors, of which we designed to have made an errata, but have not the space.

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