business, or he who would vote him out of it; he that would encourage him to hazard his property and character by lingering around this maelstrom of moral and pecuniary ruin, or he who would endeavour to prevent his approaching its verge, and, in the last resort, would, even by legal enactments, hedge up his way, and turn his attention to a more honourable and less hazardous occupation."

ADVERTISEMENT.

LANDSHARK, Harpoon, and Company, beg leave to tender to the inhabitants of Poverty Hollow and vicinity, their warmest expressions of gratitude for the very liberal share of patronage they have received; and hope their strict attention to business, and superior accommodations, will secure a continuance of the same disinterested liberality. They would announce, with the liveliest satisfaction, that they have rebuilt and re-arranged their establishment in a manner that cannot fail to gratify the taste and meet the wants of both citizen and stranger. That the Fuddle Hotel richly merits our encomiums of praise, will be attested to by all who have enjoyed its rich and spicy accommodations. It is situated in the centre of Poverty Hollow, on the broad road that leads to Destruction, and within sight of Lazy Plains, Starvation Corner, and Battle Hill; thus rendering the scenery and advantages far superior to any similar institution in the country. Landshark, Harpoon, and Company are satisfied that nothing but a more thorough knowledge of the great advantages of their establishment is wanting to extend their operations, and secure an amount of patronage unprecedented in the history of fuddle-bility. To gain so desirable an object, the_proprietors would enumerate, as briefly as possible, some of the advantages of their establishment:

1. Any person wishing to break the heart of his wife, and fill his house with tears and lamentations, can be speedily qualified for the business at a very trifling

munity who have more money than is agreeable, they can spend it here in a very short time, without any danger of regaining it to embarrass their future circumstances.

4. Any one wishing to accustom himself to sleeping in the fields, ditches, and barnyards, and under fences, old stairways, and snow-drifts, can be initiated into the business in the most scientific and workmanlike manner.

5. All those having hardy constitutions and the prospect of a long life, can be made sickly and effeminate, and brought to an early grave, on terms warranted to be satisfactory.

6. Boys, young and old, cannot do better than make us a visit of a few days' continuance.

7. Beggars and town paupers manufactured at short notice, and on the most reasonable terms.

8. Jails, prisons, and lunatic asylums filled at prices made known only to con

tractors.

9. Drunkards killed gratis.

The public are cautioned to beware of common and sabbath-schools, and temperance societies, as they are openly opposed to our interests and reputation.

Landshark, Harpoon, and Company, would announce with the greatest pleasure, that Ichabod Soaker, Colonel Carbuncle, and Jeremiah Guzzle, jun., will be in constant attendance to amuse travellers with songs, boxing, and other pugilistic feats, which cannot fail to increase their patronage and enhance the pleasure of their entertainments.

P.S. Landshark, Harpoon, and Company, will open their splendid Fuddle Hotel on the 25th of the present month, when they will furnish gratis, for three days, all the spirits which may be called for by their customers. On this occasion they hope to have a full house and a jelly time, as it will give them a good start in business, and place the cause on a more permanent foundation. They would caution their friends not to stay away from this grand and sumptuous entertainment, under the pretext of getting wood and provisions for their wives and children. No matter how cold the weather, or destitute their families, let every man be on the ground and give a good account of himself; and if a few tears are shed or hearts broken, the occasion will remove all suspicion of criminality.

LANDSHARK, HARPOON, AND Co.

Hurrey's Poems.-The Cottager's Sabbath, &c.

THE impression made by the outset of this work is unfavourable to the author. But Mr. Hurrey, in the body of his book, is not an offensive, but an agreeable man. His folly is confined to his Preface, and may be accounted for by the fact that he is but slenderly acquainted with the mechanical part of authorship. For instance, the poem of the book, and that from which it derives its designation, "The Cottager's Sabbath,' is actually placed not first, but last! This is a case which has no parallel. But while the last should have been first, the first should have been last, and better still if it had been wholly left out, as it presents a most perilous view of human nature. Speaking of the lilies growing around the grave of a young lady, he pronounces thus on her nature:

"Fair types of her, whose spotless soul
Was shackled not by sin's control,
When back to God it fled."

He tells us no stain was on her heart;" nothing but "purity of thought and deed:"

"And yet her love was wide as earth,
Embracing all mankind;

She wrought no ill,-she knew no sin,-
For all was innocence within;

As stainless snow her mind."

Such is Mr. Hurrey's view of human nature. But his negative are more serious than his positive defects. All his chief pieces required the infusion of some portion of gospel truth to render them safe and nutritious to the soul of the Christian. The Poor Man's Grave-The Poet to his Wife-The Deserted Wife-"Awake, my soul!"-The Promised Land-" I would not die in Spring"-Sabbath Evening Reflections-Stanzas written in Spalding Churchyard, all these pieces imperatively required the infusion of Christian principle to fit them for the Christian church, and to clothe them with power. This is remarkably the case in "The Soul's Defiance," which, as it stands, is the boisterous effusion of an arrogant Stoic philosopher. The piece, too, "Man was not made to mourn," clearly founded on the celebrated lines of Burns, exemplifies our position. Yet Mr. Hurrey is decidedly a pure poet, and a religious sort of man; but he is most imperfectly acquainted with the gospel. It is not

enough that he has here and there hinted at the doctrine of the cross. We have a sort of liking, nevertheless, to Mr. Hurrey, and hence the space we have assigned to him. He is capable of much greater things than he has performed. He identifies himself with the millions! He writes as of them, and for them. He loves mankind, and therefore we love him. We shall be happy to meet him again.

CHARACTERISTIC NOTICES.

The Baptismal Font; or, A Short Exposition of the Nature and Obligations of Christian Baptism. By JOHN CUMMING, D.D., of Crown-court, London. Royal 18mo, pp. 114. Shaw. THIS little book is distinguished at once by elegance, compactness, and learning. The views of Dr. Cumming are, moreover, sound and orthodox. He wisely drops his anchor at Westminster, and moors his vessel in the very heart of its celebrated Assembly. Taken as a whole, in matters both doctrinal and ritual, time only augments our admiration of the Westminster standards. Our creed is fully contained in the following question and answer:

"Q. Unto whom is baptism to be administered ?

"A. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, and so strangers from the covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but infants descending from parents, either both or but one of them, professing faith in Christ, and obedience to him, are, in that respect, within the covenant, and to be baptized."

The Orthodox Doctrine regarding the Extent of the Atonement Vindicated. By CHARLES HODGE, D.D., Professor of Theology, Princeton, U.S. With a Recommendatory Preface, by Drs. Cunningham, Candlish, Symington, and Professor M'Crie. Royal 18mo, pp. 71. Groombridge.

THE recommenders, who themselves require not our recommendation, say, "It is written in a calm, masterly, vigorous style, and is altogether a beautiful specimen of dignified criticism and cogent reasoning. We look on his general principles as correct, and the arguments by which he supports and defends them as at once luminous and profound." On Dr. Hodge's principles the piece is well written, though, we think, both he and his recommenders might improve their views by a candid study of Fuller and Scott, Williams and Wardlaw.

Hints on Faith and Hope. By Drs. STEWART and BROWN. Royal 18mo, pp. 48. Grant and Taylor.

A CHOICE piece, which cannot fail to be a general favourite with pious readers.

The Pocket Expositor of the New Testament. By THOMAS KEYWORTH, Author of the "Daily Expositor, adapted for Family Reading," &c., &c. Second Edition. Hamilton. MR. KEYWORTH has deserved exceeding well of the church of God. His "Principia Hebraica" is the completest thing of the kind ever put into the hands of an English scholar. The volume before us is on the same principle of compactness and comprehension: it were scarcely possible to carry the matter in these respects further than it is carried in the present work. While the volume is only the size of a small pocket Testament, it comprises matter sufficient to fill a large quarto volume. Next to Davison's "Pocket Commentary," we know nothing to compare with it as a Bible student and Sundayscholar's companion. We think we shall be serving the public by giving to it the testimony of one of the most competent living witnesses, Dr. Pye Smith, which runs thus: "It is truly MUCH in a little. To the poor man, to the traveller, the artizan, the field-labourer, the servant, the mother overloaded with domestic cares, the child at home or at school; yea, to the scholar and the gentleman, the author has given a most valuable compendium of sacred learning. It appears to me to be adapted to be useful, most solidly and permanently, and both to the understanding and the heart." This witness is true.

Gilbert's Geography for Families and Schools. pp. 190.

A VERY cheap and valuable system; the maps and engravings are beautifully executed.

The Egyptian. By the Author of "The Jew." Square. Tract Society.

A COMPREHENSIVE and popular view of a great and interesting subject.

Mutual Christianity; or, The Duties of Christians "one to another." By J. K. WILLIAMS. 18mo, pp. 116. Snow.

SEVEN excellent discourses on most important subjects, viz. :-On the obligation to love-to care for-to pray for-to exhort-to confess to -and to edify one another. This publication has our very cordial commendation.

Protestantism Endangered; or, Scriptural Contention for "the Faith," as opposed to Puseyism and Romanism. By a BISHOP OF A CHURCH OF CHRIST. 18mo, pp. 186. Ward.

THE work of an enlightened and strong-minded man, who understands his business, and goes to it in right earnest. The volume is peculiarly seasonable, and deserves the most extensive circulation.

Songs for the Nursery. Square. Longman. Tuis volume can be of little use in England, as the pieces are chiefly in the Scottish dialect; and although the book abounds in pathos, beauty, and morality, yet it likewise teems with nonsense such as no pious parent can wish to stuff into the infant mind. If our Scottish friends would look south, they would find a considerable supply of nursery matter infinitely superior for the purpose of nutrimenting the mind of the infant immortal.

VOL. V.

Closet Hymns and Poems. By JAMES EDMES-
TON. Square. Tract Society.
WELL adapted to edification.

Short Lectures on Scripture Doctrines and Precepts. By C. M. 18mo, pp. 169. Hasleden. THE outline is large, and well filled up, but the chapter on Faith is defective. The writer falls into the too prevalent error, holding man's unbelief to be his misfortune rather than his fault.

Friendly Hints to Tradesmen's Assistants, on their Duties, Difficulties, and Encouragements. Tract Society.

GOOD, so far as it goes; but to give it power, it wanted a wider range and more facts illustrative of the positions laid down in it.

An Introduction to Arithmetic. By JAMES GRAY. With an Improved Rule for the Extraction of the Cube Root, by W. RUTHERFORD, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

AFTER all, there is nothing like Arithmetic ! Young Englishman, mind that! Having richly stored your heart with the word of God, fill your head to overflowing with figures, and you will get on. This is absolutely indispensable to your advancement in this thoroughly commercial nation, and in this most business age. A complete mastery of the rules of Barter, Exchange, Alligation, Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression, Single and Double Position, will do more for you than all the Romance in Europe! Away, then, away with all such stuff, and plunge heart and soul into the Elysium of Figures! This is a most excellent introduction.

The Life of Julius Cæsar. Tract Society. Monthly Series.

AN instructive, interesting, and wholesome narrative, greatly calculated to help on the work of creating right feeling on the subjects of war and glory, and reducing heroes and havoc to their true dimensions.

Glimpses of the Dark Ages. Tract Society. Monthly Series.

SOMETHING more than "glimpses." The Fall of Rome-The Church-The Monastery-The Feudal Castle-and the Town, are successively brought before us, and made the medium of a stream of light which serves very considerably to illumine the dismal period of the Dark Ages.

The Philosophy of Human Life; or, The Argument of the Book of Ecclesiastes. By Mrs. HENDERSON, Author of "Scripture Lessons," &c. Royal 18mo. Hamilton.

ELEGANT, unctuous, and edifying-a fine companion for the garden, the field, the country ramble, or foreign travel. Among the larger expositions of this pathetic book the best is that of Dr. Wardlaw; and among the smaller the best is that of Mrs. Henderson, who has thrown it into the shape of a simple exposition, embodying throughout the words of the text, and making the verses run into one another by means of illuminating and illustrative remarks and observations, which materially contribute to render manifest the continuity of thought and the unity

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of purpose which may be traced throughout the greater part of the book. We very cordially commend the exposition.

Reflections on the Illness and Death of a Beloved Daughter. By the late GEORGE LAWSON, D.D. Oliphant and Sons.

AN exquisite production, which requires only to be known to be very highly prized. It is difficult to say whether it is more adapted to be useful to parents or to children.

Kind Words for his Young Friends. By UNCLE WILLIAM. Tract Society.

THANKS to Uncle William! May he live long, and write so long as he lives! "Kind Words," being interpreted, mean wise sayings and wholesome counsel.

Geneva and Jerusalem: The Gospel at length Preached to the Jews, and their Restoration at hand. By L. GAUSSEN. With an Introduction by Mr. BICKERSTETH. 18mo, pp. 95. Dalton.

THIS is a copious and powerful discourse. If we could grant Professor Gaussen's premises, we must yield his conclusions. But these we cannot grant; and we have no sympathy whatever with him in his exultation over the establishment of the Bishopric of Jerusalem.

The Book of the Sabbath: Illustrations of the Divine Origin and Perpetual Obligations of the Lord's Day. By ROBERT NEWSTEAD. Second Edition, enlarged. 18mo, pp. 98. Wright. THIS is a most precious little piece, containing within a small compass the elements of the entire subject, and presenting the essence of many a bulky volume. We very cordially recommend it to our readers, as specially worthy of personal perusal and general circulation.

Christian Exertion; or, The Duty of Private Members of the Church of Christ to labour for the Souls of Men, Explained and Enforced. Tract Society.

EXCEEDINGLY adapted to usefulness. Christian! read-lend-commend.

The Christian Class Book: A Compendium of the Chief Evidences of the Truth of the Christian Religion. 18mo, pp. 184. Snow.

THIS is a very meritorious digest. There is nothing to find fault with but the arrangement, which is altogether illogical. The third part should have been the first, and the fourth part the second, and then the matter would have stood thus:-The Being of God-The Immortality of the Soul-The Divine Origin of Christianity Quotations from Ancient Writers; while the Appendix ought to have been incorporated with the third head as thus arranged. We commend the volume.

Truth and Duty: An Appeal to British Youth on the Present Claims of Christianity. By JOHN JEFFERSON. 18mo, pp. 67. Snow.

Much suited to the class in question. Like all the author's productions-truthful and powerful. Youthful reader! There is something here worth your notice.

Christian Characteristics; or, An Attempt to delineate the most prominent Features of the Chris18mo. tian Character. By THOMAS LEWIS. Tract Society.

A MOST valuable exhibition of Christian morals.

Christian Churches: their Nature and Constitution, illustrated in a Series of Conversations between a Minister of the Gospel and a Young Christian. By T. COLEMAN. Ward.

THESE Conversations extend to fourteen, embracing all the chief points of the subject. The dialogue is well conducted, and the views set forth such as are contained in the Scriptures. We could have wished that several points had been carried much further, and that additional topics had been introduced; but as a first step, the book is valuable, and worthy of general circulation.

Learning to Feel. Tract Society. WELL adapted to the end aimed at.

Ocean Work, Ancient and Modern; or, Evenings on Sea and Land. By J. H. WRIGHT. Tegg. ONE of the most interesting books of the kind anywhere to be found. The following is a specimen of the chapters:-The Ocean a Rockmaker-The Ocean as a Shark's WorkshopThe Ocean as a Fish's Battle-field-The Ocean a Destroyer-The Ocean as Island-maker-The Crocodile's Playground, &c. The book has special claims upon the attention of Young People.

Michael Cassidy; or, The Cottage Gardener. A Tale for Small Beginners. 18mo. Seeley. FULL of entertainment and instruction.

Thoughts on Flowers. Tract Society.

A BOOK for Young Ladies who delight in hues and odours.

Prayers and Hymns; with the Millennium, a Poem.
By CLARA COULTHARD. 18mo, pp. 106.
Aylott and Jones.
DEVOUT, and well-intentioned.

Twenty Lectures on Eminent Scripture Characters. By SAMUEL DUNN. Square. pp. 62. Snow. THESE Lectures were delivered in the Schoolroom, Broad-street, Halifax, to a large, attentive, and grateful class of young females. The ingenuity of the lecturer is obvious and interesting. We cordially commend the book.

The Power of Divine Grace Illustrated in the Experience of James and Catharine Cuthbert, who both died in Childhood. By A. CUTHBERT, A.M. A BEAUTIFUL narrative. Teachers! It is worth your notice.

A Scripture Text-book, and Religious Conversational Class Companion; designed to promote Christian Stability. 18mo, pp. 71. Houlston.

A MOST valuable help to a most important exercise. Would that all the members of our churches were formed into classes for such conversation!

The Young Ladies' Reader; or, Extracts from Modern Authors, adapted for Educational or Family Use. With Observations on Reading Aloud, as connected with Social Improvement, &c. By Mrs. ELLIS.

ONE of our very best selections, and which deserves a place in every school. The introductory dissertation contains most valuable instruction on a subject of the first moment, not merely as an accomplishment, but as an attainment essential to the efficient discharge of the duties of life; for what is more execrable than bad reading?

Benevolence in Punishment; or, Transportation

made Reformatory. Post 8vo, pp. 175. Seeley. THIS is the work of a Christian philosopher, and deserves the best attention of our philanthropists and statesmen. The Prime Minister but lately confessed that we were still novices in the science of prison discipline; and in so saying he uttered a melancholy truth, which reflects the deepest disgrace on our rulers. The writer before us discusses the subject under the following heads: On Exemplary Punishment-with respect to which he shows that it ought rather to be called vindictive than exemplary; that it is unjust, as it visits the criminal with more suffering than he deserves, has not been found to deter men from crime, and is contrary to the spirit of Christianity. His next head refers to the extreme rigour towards crimes against property. Here it is clearly shown to proceed from the inordinate thirst for wealth, and the undue value set upon it; it visits the poor only, and thus tends to widen the distance between rich and poor; it is opposed to equitable legislation; and, finally, "it sacrifices the poor, both soul and body, merely for the protection of the wealthy." These sectional headings will show the bold and decisive tone of the author on the subject of convict treatment. In subsequent, chapters he shows the prominent evils of the present system, and presents numerous illustrations of the effects of moral suasion, concluding with Captain Maconochie's proposed system of convict management.

New Marginal Readings and References, adapted to the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures, with occasional Notes, By W. BURGH, A.B. Curry, Dublin.

A BOOK of high pretensions among those of its class, and excellently adapted to Bible-classes and Sunday-schools.

The Philosophy of Human Happiness. By W. ROBINSON. Royal 18mo, pp. 176. Simpkin and Marshall.

MR. ROBINSON is one of those authors whom reflecting men are always glad to meet. Thinking himself, he makes others thoughtful; and while he awakens mind, he wisely guides its movements. His present work comprises fourteen chapters, headed as follows:-Preliminary Observations- Moral Pleasure Intellectual Pleasure-Corporeal Pleasure-Social Pleasure -Ideal Pleasure-Economy of HappinessNatural Evil-Economy of Evil-Circumstances and Habits-Dispositions and Tempers-Happiness of the Future State. Under these several

heads we are presented with a very comprehensive embodiment of condensed and valuable thought, and much practical wisdom.

England in the Seventeenth Century; or, The History of the Reigns of the House of Stuart. 18mo, pp. 456. Tract Society.

ANOTHER precious boon to the Youth of Great Britain. In this small volume we have an immense body of historic fact, bearing on one of the most important sections of British history. On cutting open the volume, we first proceeded to Cromwell and the Commonwealth, determined, by the treatment of these, to test the spirit of the volume. The result was highly satisfactory, and we very cordially commend the work to all our youthful readers.

The Silver Trumpet; or, The Church Guided and Warned in Perilous Times. By OCTAVIUS WINSLOW. 18mo. J. F. Shaw.

THE best antidote to the weak and pernicious system of the Plymouth Brethren that we have ever seen. To localities infested by them this able, earnest, and truthful exposure of the mischievous system will be peculiarly useful.

The Silver Trumpet Answered, and the Banner of Truth Raised. 18mo. Hamilton.

A DEFENCE of the Plymouth Brethren, written The in a gentle spirit, and with a feeble hand. system, in itself considered, is loose, imperfect, crude, and chaotic; but it is not wholly without truth. It comprises matters which bodies of Christians might meditate with advantage.

A Minister's Meditations; designed as a Help for the Tried Followers of the Lamb. By W. BURD, Oakhampton. 18mo, pp. 112. Stoneman. By a severe family bereavement, the writer of these pages felt his life, as it were, smitten to the ground. "His only stable support in this trial was in a constant meditation on the word of God." The result is before the public, who, we doubt not, will consider the author to have been well employed, and trust that out of his sorrow will come much rejoicing.

Popery the Enemy and Falsifier of Scripture. 18mo. Painter.

A VERY seasonable publication.

The Poetic Manual, for the Use of Schools.
Snow.
Written by a BROTHER and a SISTER.
And is it really proposed to teach the pupils of
the Schools of England to repeat such rubbish

as

"I love the name of Doctor Watts, Although he lived so long ago," &c.?

Or,

"Thomas Croft and William Lows Sow'd their onion-seed in rows," &c. ?

Or,

"Fie! naughty boy, your beating stay, Don't use the donkey ill," &c.?

Or,

"Where Mary Ashton used to live, Was such a little rural cot," &c.?