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geography is beginning to supersede the mere dry details of countries, rivers, lakes, &c. measured in English miles, which have hitherto been deemed sufficient in elementary books on geography. Objection may be taken against the speculative character of one or two chapters in this book, but, on the whole, it is a good explanation of the elements of physical geography, and its relation to the history of man.

XXVII. The Religion of Mankind. By JAMES SPENCE, M.A. Fcap. pp. 271. Snow, 1852.-Under this title Mr. Spence has published a series of discourses intended to show that Christianity has been adapted to man in all the aspects of his being by its divine author. Only a few days since, an intelligent, rightly-disposed young man, expressed himself to us as desirous of reading some book that might suffice to give him a just view of the nature and claims of religion as regarded by evangelical believers, of the fairly educated class, in this country. We could think of no book in our language so likely to meet the wants of such a mind as the book before us, and we presented him with a copy accordingly. It is philosophical, without being either abstruse or technical; and evangelical, without the iterations of commonplace. It is a ripe book, giving you the results of processes, without the processes themselves.

INDEX.

Affairs, public, 284; military, ecclesias-
tical, and political, 285; progress of
absolutism, 286; Russia and France,
287; socialism, 288; Kossuth, 289.
Afghanistan and the Punjab, 220; pro-
gress of our Indian empire, 221; vicis-
situdes in North Western India, 222;
Runjeet Singh, Shah Soojah, and Dost
Mohammed, 223, 224; origin of the
Afghanistan conquest, 225, 226; the
army of the Indus, 227; Runjeet Singh
meets Lord Auckland, 228; Shah
Soojah enters Caubul, 229; Dost Mo-
hammed surrenders, 230, 231; insur-
rection at Caubul, 233; murder of Mr.
Macnaghten, 233; the dreadful retreat,
234; massacre at the Koord Caubul
Pass, 235, 236; Caubul re-taken, and the
'Gates of Somnauth,' 237; the Punjab,
238; the Pushtoo Bible, 239.
Angels, Good and Evil, lectures respect-
ing, 300.

Beauties of the Bible, by W. Leask, 596.
Belief, Restoration of, 583.

Bible and the Working Classes, by A.
Wallace, 595.

Bibliotheca Sacra, 292.

Bickersteth, Memoirs of the Rev. E., by
Rev. T. Birks, 300.

Binney's Tower-Church Sermons, 597.
Books, Notices of various, 579, 582, 600,
601.

Books, Sundry, 307, 308.

British Empire, History of, by J. Mac-
gregor, 593.

California and Oregon, 338. See Litera-

ture.

Classical Selections, 302.
Coleridge, H., Poems of, 293, 294.
Constantine, Life of, by J. Fletcher, 595.
Cyprus, destruction of, 295.

Doddridge's Life, by J. Stoughton, 591.
Dogma and the Priest, 529; controversy
regarding Popery, 530, 531; Dr. Hal-
ley's Lectures on the Lord's Supper,
532; his plan, 533, 534; incarnation
and sacrifice of Christ, 535, 536; tran-

substantiation untrue and absurd, 537
538; refuted by Dr. Anderson, 539,
540; imposed by priestcraft, 541, 542;
sound principle of Scripture interpre-
tation, 543; Dr. Wiseman's reasoning
examined, 544, 547; institution of the
Lord's Supper, 548, 549; transubstan-
tiation not a miracle, nor mystery, 550,
551; true doctrine of the Lord's Sup-
per,552; priestly imposition in the Mass,
553, 554.

Fathers, The School for, by T. Gwynne,

597.

Field, Caleb, A Tale of the Puritans, 598.
Footsteps of our Forefathers, by J. G.
Miall, 302.

Gazetteer of the World, 595.
Geographical Science, 299.
Geography, scientific and artistic, 373,
374; necessary to education, 375, 376;
astronomy necessary test to geographer,
377; progress of discovery, 378-380;
tables and maps of Ptolemy and Strabo,
381, 382; Mr. Wyld's globe, 383;
orthographic and stereographic projec-
tions, 384, 385; globular projection and
conical development, 386, 387; Mer-
cator's and other charts, 388, 389.
Geography, a School Atlas of, by A. K.
Johnston, 599.
Gold-seekers in California, 78. See
Travel.

Hanover, Kingdom of, 592.

Hardman, F., on Central America, 338.
See Literature.

Hebrew Text of Genesis, by Rev. W.
Paul, 587.

Hinton's, J., Test of Experience, 59.
Hora Evangelicæ, by Rev. T. K. Birks,

593.

Italy and Vienna, Letters from, 597.

Kossuth and Magyar Land, by E. Prid-
ham, Esq., 78. See Travel.
Kossuth's Speeches in England, 253,289.
See Non-Intervention.

Latham's, Dr., English Language, 295.
Law Reform, Reports of the Commis-
sioners on, 508; County Courts, 509,
511; course of Nisi Prius, 512, 513;
process of a cause, 514, 515; Court of
Exchequer, 516, 517; reform needful,
518; legal education, 519, 521; em-
ployment of barristers, 522, 523; re-
form in the Courts of Equity needed,
524, 525; and in Ecclesiastical, 526;
conveyancing, 527.

Literature of Travel, 338-340; books
of travel, who should write? 341;
descriptive writing, 342, 343; Mexico,
344, 345; Vera Cruz, 344; Tappa,
peasant costume, 347; City of Mexico,
its society and crime, 348, 349; Mr.
Coke and the Rocky Mountains, 350,
351; difficulties of travel, 351, 352;
troubles of travellers, 353, 354; savage
simplicity, 355; new troubles, fate of
poor William, 356-358; Squier's Ni-
caragua, 359, 360; scenes in Central
America, 361.

Logic for the Million, 301.
London Labour and the Poor, by H.
Mayhew, 309; increased duration of
human life, 310, 311; results of free-
trade, 312, 313; condition of the poor
in the seventeenth century, 314, 315;
cruel treatment of the poor, 316; early
part of the eighteenth century, 317,
318; prosperity of that period, 319;
wretched condition of labourers, 320,
321; Manchester labour and wages,
322, 323; the short-time movement,
324, 325; what regulates wages, 326,
328; the clearance system in England,
329; Mr. Mayhew on the labour
market, 330, 331; his mistakes, 332;
increase of our textile manufactures,
333, 334; imports of corn, 335; im-
proved agriculture, 336; improvement
of the masses, 337.
Longfellow's Golden Legend, 298.
Luther, by R. Montgomery, 297.

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Merchant, the Successful, by W. Arthur,

594.

Methodism, its peculiarities and prospects,
37, 38; defection from Methodism, 39;
the Reform movement, 40; Methodist
documents, 41; Methodism as viewed
by Methodists, 42, 45; the Congrega-
tional principle, 46, 47; its various in-
terests, 48, 49; itinerancy the bond of
connexionalism, 50, 51; the itinerant
scheme examined, 52, 53; its mission-
ary character, 54; its necessity to suc-
cess, 55; its effects on the ministers,
56, 58; its relations to conference
power, 59, 61; the prelatic element in
Methodism, 62, 63; its advancement
to change Methodism, 64, 65; progres-
sive change, 66, 67; assumptions of Me-
thodist preachers, 68; Mr. Taylor's
views of Methodism, 69, 70; form of
Methodism, 71, 72; its hierarchical
pretensions, 73, 75; its unchristian
character as an establishment, 76, 77.
Methodism of the Future, 586.
Milton, John, Biography, by C. Ed-
monds, 392.

Moore, T., Poetical Works of, 486;
character of his poetry, Lalla Rookh,
487, 488; oriental scenes, 489, 491;
beauties of Lalla Rookh, 492, 494;
political principles and writings of
Moore, 495, 499; his songs, 500, 503;
our poets not musicians, 504, 506;
Moore the national poet of Ireland,

507.

Napoleonism and its Prospects, 555;
character and policy of Louis Napoleon,
556, 557; his enmity to the press, 558;
ruin of this policy, 559; financial dif-
ficulties, 560; danger of this state from
acknowledged principles, 561, 562;
present state of government, 563, 565;
confiscation of the Orleans property,
566; Napoleon's various decrees, 567;
his aim at imperial power, 568, 569;
contradictions of present policy, 570;
moral degradation of the French, 571,
572; their insecurity, 573.
Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis, Works of,

595.

Neues Leben, by Betuerbach, 593.
Newspapers and the Stamp Question,
135, 136; what is a newspaper? 137;
difficulties regarding the present law;
138; transmission by post, 139, 140;
what rate is equitable? 141, 142; influ-
ence of newspapers on education, 143,
144; case of the Times, 145, 146;
cheap newspapers, 147; effects of the
stamp duty, 148, 149; number of our

INDEX.

daily papers, 150, 151; profits on the
Times, 152, 153; alleged loss exa-
mined, 154, 156; London evening-
papers, morning papers, 157, 158;
effects of increased journalism, 159,
160; limited circulation of conserva-
tive newspapers, 161; desirable altera-
tion of the stamp-duty law, 162.
Nineveh and its Palaces, by J. Bonomi,

596.

Non-intervention, the doctrine of, 253;
Cicero and Vattel on international
duty, 254, 256; judgment of M. A.
Comte, 257; sentiments of the Society
of Friends of Italy, 258; sentiments of
Kossuth, 259, 260; history of the doc-
trine, 261, 262; recent and present
views of the doctrine, 263; nationality
and international duty, 264, 265; phi-
losophy of conquests, strength of na-
tionality, 266, 267; Europe according
to nationalities, 268, 269; nationalities
versus the rule of the strongest, 270,
271; two principles of Russia and
America, 272; difficulty, Kossuth's
policy, 273, 274; on the claim of na-
tionalities, 275, 276; law of non-inter-
ference, 277, 278; second law, 279,
280; application of the principle, 281;
the probable future, 282, 283.
Northern Europe, Literature of, by W.
and M. Howitt, 425, 426; the Odin
mythology, 427, 428; the descent of
Odin, 429, 430; Odin's high song, 431,
432; Volund's Saga, 433, 434; the
Niflunger Sagas, 435-438; the Eyr-
byggia Saga, 439, 440; the Folks-
Sagas, 441, 442; the Danish national
song, 443, 444; poems of Oehlenschlä-
ger,445-448; Grundtvig, 449; his Song
of Praise, 450, 451; Swedish poets, 452,
Old Testament, Introduction to, by Dr.
De Wette, 453; his character and
works, 454, 455; his work on the Old
Testament, 456; Parker's translation,
457; his incompetency, 458, 459; his
hatred of orthodoxy, 460; his scepti-
cism, 461, 462; evidences, 463, 464;
De Wette's plan, 465, 466; process in
proof of the Old-Testament canon, 467-
476; scepticism of De Wette, 477,
479; his hypothesis, 480, 482; refuta-
tion of it, 483, 485.
Oriental Early History, 297.

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Papacy, the, its History, Dogmas, Ge-
nius, and Prospects, 299.

Parker, T., Translation of De Wette, 453.
See Old Testament.

Physical Geography, by A. Guyot, 599.

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603

Popery calmly considered, by R. Weaver,

299.

Public Affairs, 574; policy of popery in
England and Ireland, 576; state of
parties in England, 577.

Reasoning, the Theory of, by S. Bailey,
304.

Reid, Dr. J., Life of, by Dr. Wilson,

599.

Religion of Mankind, by J. Spence, 600.
Romanism in its social influence, 200;
temporal sovereignty claimed by the
Popes, 201; Bulls against English
princes, 202; against Bonaparte, 203;
Komanism necessarily hostile to civil
liberty, 204, 205; and to all good go-
vernment, 206, 207; illustrations of it,
208, 209; Popery the ally of despots,
210, 211; hostile to piety, 212, 213;
Papal law, or man put in the place of
God, 214, 215; Popery judges tolera-
tion absurd and impious, 216, 217; con-
demnation of Protestants, 218; Popery
demoralizes and depraves, 219.

Sacraments, an inquiry into the nature
of the, so called, by Dr. Halley, 529.
See Dogma.

Schiller's Poems, by E. A. Browning,
584.

Schleiden, Professor, on the Plant and its
Life, 114; his lectures, 115, 116; the
mind and its servants, 117, 118; pro-
pagation of plants, 119, 120; errors in
science, the formation of blossoms, 121,
122; humanity weather-bound, 123,
124; an aquatic excursion, 125, 126;
the submarine landscape, vast marine
plants, 127, 128; the Indian seas, 129;
services of the vegetable world, 130,
131; the tree of Poseidon, the sea-god,
132, 133.
Spectator, The Monthly Christian, 303.
Spencer, E., Travels of, in European
Turkey, 163. See Turkey.
Stephen's, Sir J., History of France, its
character, 1-4; compared with Ma-
caulay's England, 5, 6; their merits, 7,
8; monarchy versus feudalism and mu-
nicipalities, 11, 12; Albigensian cru-
sades, their effects, 13, 14; St. Louis,
15, 16; the judicial power and parlia-
ments, 17; the privileged orders and the
monarchy, 18; the states-general, 19,
20; their failure, 20, 21; French Pro-
testantism and persecutions, 22, 23;
power of the pen in France, 24-27;
French scepticism, 28-30; French
dogmatism, 31, 32; literature serving
absolutism, 33, 34; value of an inde-

pendent literature, 35; contemporary
state of England with Louis XIV., 36.
Sterling, John, Life of, by T. Carlyle,

240; one written by Archdeacon Hare,
241; Carlyle violates his promise not
to write another, 242, 243; his motives
for the work, 244, 245; Coleridge and
Puseyism, 246, 247; profaneness of
pseudo-philosophy, 248-250; Ster-
ling's last letter, 251; manner of his
death, 252.

Studien und Kritiken, 290, 291.
Suwarrow's last campaign, by Major
Macready, 296.

Travel, recent books on, 78; remote re-
gions associated by science, 79, 80;
local association of fiction, 81, 82;
routes of modern tourists, 83, 84;
Khartoum, the Blue and White Niles,
85, 86; varying moods of tourists, 87;
village on the Nile, 88; Cleopatra's
Needle and Pompey's Pillar, 89; Arab
women in Egypt, 90; visit to the harem
of the Pasha, 91, 92; voyage up the
Nile, 93, 94; the Upper Nile, 95, 96;
Dongola and the Desert, 97; the town
of Khartoum, 98-100; railway from
Alexandria to Cairo, 101; hippopotami
at Khartoum and crocodiles in the
Nile, 102, 103; tragic story of a Mus-
sulman, 104, 105; golden dreams and
waking realities, 107, 108; journey to
the diggings, 109, 110; a trip to
Mexico, 111, 112; Kossuth and Mag-
yar Land, 113.

Turkey, Travels in, by E. Spencer, 163;
a merry scene at a Turkish entertain-
ment, 164, 165; the Servian peasantry
and townspeople, 166, 167; Tzerni
George, his son Prince Alexander, and
the Servians, 168, 169; Servia, Britain,
and Greece,170-172; influence of com-

merce in Servia, 173-175; towns of
European Turkey, 176-178; the peo-
ple of Masia and neighbours, 179, 180;
governments in European Turkey, 181,
182; servility of the Greek clergy, 183;
political state needing reform, 184, 185;
Bosnia and Albania, 186, 187; Hun-
gary in 1848, 188, 189; policy of
Austria in 1850, 190, 191; reactionary
feeling against Austria and Russia, 192;
Hungarian patriotism, 193, 194; ele-
ments of continental antagonism, 195,
196; What is to be done with Turkey?
197, 198; Turkish and Austrian des-
potism, 199.

Urwick's, Dr., Triple Crown, 299

Violenzia, a Tragedy, 295.

Whigs, the Ministry of the, by J. A.
Roebuck, 390; decline of the Tories,
391, 392; Mr. Canning, 393; the
Whigs and the franchise, 394; their
conduct, 395, 396; death of Canning-
Lord Goderich's ministry, 397; Duke
of Wellington's ministry, 398-400;
Mr. O'Connell, 401, 402; effects of
Mr. Peel's Act, 403, 404; Agrarian
fires, 405; labourers' wages, 406, 407;
character of George IV., 408; De Po-
lignac, and Revolution in France, 409,
410; general election in 1830, 411,
412; the Whigs in power, 413; the
Reform Bill, 414-416; rise of the
Political Union, 417, 418; the Reform
crisis, 419; estimate of the Reform
Act, 420, 421; further reform needed,
422, 423; the ballot, 424.

Window Tracery, by E. A. Freeman,
298.

Women of Christianity, by Julia Kava-
nah, 297.

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