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seven to the towns of the freemen, potwallopers, scot and lot voters, and boroughmongers. When fears are expressed for the country if ruled by the enfranchisement of all its intelligence, the marvel is noteworthy of an empire submitting from this fear to be ruled by a body chosen by a small minority of its most servile and venal citizens.

These are not times for half measures. Unless great reforms are powerfully demanded by peaceful reformers, the threats of the men of violence in England, Ireland, and Scotland, may be fulfilled during the ensuing autumn. Progress there will be,effected either by words or by blood. The existing state of society is self-doomed. It is not doubtful what the nature of the change will be-it will be from oligarchical to popular government. The only thing doubtful is the mode of doing it; by the rude methods of barbarous times, or by the onslaughts of reason and the conquests of benevolence.

Brief Notices.

The Doctor, etc. By the late Robert Southey. Edited by his Sonin-law, John Wood Warter, B.D. Complete in One Volume. London: Longman and Co.

THERE are few volumes which will find a more hearty reception than this; and differing, as we do, from many of the opinions it expresses, we yet regard with satisfaction its appearance in such a form. It is a good sign of the times, that there is a demand for such an edition, as the contents of the work are far from being light and flimsy. They display extensive and varied reading, scholarship of the best and most available order, a taste rarely at fault, in points of criticism and style, a faculty of observation unusually keen, a most retentive memory, and, apart from the acerbity of controversy, a kind and generous heart. Of Dr. Southey's prose style it is needless to speak, as, by universal consent, it combines many of the best qualities of our language. The Doctor was published anonymously, and various opinions respecting its authorship were for a time entertained. It is now,' as his editor and son-in-law remarks, 'well-known, that the lamented Southey played with its pages as he did with his kittens, -as a relaxation from his breadearning and every-day pursuits. It is not too much to say, that no one but Southey could have written it.' For wit, literature, and multifarious information; the mingling up of the light and the grave, the eccentricities of an individual, and the common sympathies of our race, we know few companions more desirable than The Doctor. We often dissent from his judgments, we sometimes turn away indignant at the class prejudices, the uncharitableness, and the intolerance which are expressed, but we, nevertheless, recur to its pages again and again, and find them, notwithstanding all, a fountain of

fresh and delicious water. The present edition contains the whole work in one volume, the getting-up' of which, it is needless to say, is in the best possible style. The page is open, the type clear, and not too small, and the sketches of the author and of his study, constitute a very acceptable addition to the volume. We thank both the editor and the publishers for presenting us with the work in so attractive and readable a form.

History of the Bank of England, its Times and Traditions. By John Francis. Two Vols. Third Edition. London: Willoughby and Co.

A SECOND edition of this work was called for within seven weeks after its publication, and a third is now before us. The author, therefore, if so disposed, may well smile at us critics. He has evidently the public with him, and the assurance of its favor may steel him against any assaults from our quarter. But, in truth, he has little to fear. His book is a good book, one that ought to have been written, and which will amply repay its readers. Moreover, it consists in happy proportions of the agreeable and the instructive. The light and the grave are mingled together; the vivacity of anecdote enlivens the history of finance, while economical science wears a more than commonly-attractive countenance, by being associated with the incidents and traditions of the monetary world. Mr. Francis merits the success he has obtained. His work is not a complete one. It does not profess to be so. But he has opened up the subject, and those who come after him will be stimulated by his example, and will gladly avail themselves of his materials. The following extract from the preface to his first edition, will attest the value, and explain the success of the work:-The life of William Paterson, the founder of the corporation, one of those men who live before their time, embracing the history of the remarkable Darien expedition-the Mississippi scheme, with its lights and shades, an evidence of the evils arising from the circulation being in the hands of government-the South-Sea Bubble, that memorable example of the panics which, from time to time, have seized this great commercial country -the Mine Adventurers' Company, pronounced a deception by the House of Commons, but the origin of the most important charter hitherto granted the Corporation-the Sacheverell and Gordon riots, with the attack upon the building-the perplexity of the directors in 1745, and their extraordinary expedient to meet the evil-the various runs upon the Bank, with the causes which produced them-the curious forgeries of Price, which for a time startled the whole community-the suspension of cash payments, with a historical view of its causes the organized deception on the Stock Exchange, almost unrivalled in the history of fraud-the forgeries of Fauntleroy, when the most trifling incident which related to the crime or the man was devoured with avidity, and vast crowds assembled near CarltonHouse, anxious to gain, on the day of the Recorder's report to the sovereign, the earliest intelligence of the banker's doom-with the

more recent cases of the Continental Conspiracy, and the WillForgeries, form part only of the contents of these volumes.'

The Seasons of James Thomson. Edited, with Notes Philsophical, Classical, Historical, and Biographical, by Anthony Todd Thomson, M.D. F.L.S. London: Longman and Co.

THE great attribut of Thomson was a minute observation of natural phenomena and much skill in their exhibition. The imagination is aroused by the beauty of his delineations, while the judgment is informed by his general correctness. Such a poet will long retain his hold on public favour, and every discreet attempt to correct his errors, and to illustrate his allusions is worthy of commendation. Such is the province of Dr. Thomson in the edition before us. His title page sufficiently explains what he has aimed at, and the following sentence shows the spirit in which his work has been done. In my attempts to elucidate the scientific parts of the poems, I have endeavoured to convey my explanations in simple and intelligible language, so that the information contained in the notes may prove not only acceptable, but useful, to many who would never think of acquiring it from any other source.' The present edition is reprinted from that of Bolton Corney, Esq., who followed the edition of 1746, containing the final revision of the author. No pictorial illustrations are given, the object being to produce a volume of such a moderate price that it can be introduced into schools, and become available to a class of readers who cannot afford to purchase illustrated expensive works.' Dr. Thomson's edition is entitled to supersede all others of its class, and as such we strongly recommend it to the preference of our readers. It is a neat, tasteful volume, and embodies a large amount of valuable illustrative matter.

Life and Times of the Rev. Philip Henry, M.A.

Daily Communion with God; Christianity no Sect; The Sabbath; The Promises of God; The Worth of the Soul; a Church in the House. By Matthew Henry. With a Life, by the Rev. James Hamilton. London: Thomas Nelson.

THESE volumes belong to Nelson's Puritan Divines, and will be read with considerable pleasure by all who are interested in the writings and biography of our Nonconformist fathers. The series of which they form part is worthy of extensive and cordial patronage, and we trust the enterprising publisher will find the support he so richly. merits. He has conferred no trifling boon on the religious community by his well-directed labors, and it would be a lasting reproach if he failed to meet with adequate support. We cordially recommend the whole series to our readers.

The Philosophy of the Beautiful. From the French of Victor Cousin. Translated with Notes and an Introduction, by Jesse Cato Daniel. London: Pickering. 1848.

WE have much pleasure in directing attention to this volume, of

which we would gladly present a somewhat minute analysis. We must, however, content ourselves with merely indicating Cousin's` position on the question of which it treats. Reducing, as is well known, all absolute ideas to two categories, Cause and Substance, he considers the latter as known to us under the triple form of the True, the Beautiful, the Good. The Beautiful is, therefore, absolute, is one, is spiritual From this there follow views of art and

its mission, more dignified than those commonly held. The volume is a valuable one. It exhibits some of the best characteristics of Cousin, of whom Sir W. Hamilton's opinion is fast gaining ground; Take him all in all, in France he stands alone.' We recommend it to all students of philosophy, especially to the increasing class who feel the analyses of Beauty, usually current in England, to be unsatisfactory and superficial. We congratulate the translator, a student of Cheshunt, on his selection of these lectures, as his first attempt to introduce Cousin more generally to notice, and we hope that success will induce a continuance of his labors.

Literary Entelligence.

Just Published.

The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon, consisting of an Alphabetical Arrangement of every word and inflection contained in the Old Testament Scriptures, precisely as they occur in the Sacred Text, with a Grammatical Analysis of each Word, and Lexicographical Illustration of the Meanings, a complete Series of Hebrew and Chaldee Paradigms, with Grammatical Remarks and Explanations.

Sketches of the last Naval War, Translated from the French of Captain E. Jurien De La Gravière. By the Hon. Capt. Plunket, R.N. Two vols. The National Cyclopædia of Useful Knowledge. Part XIII.

The Pictorial Bible. Part XIV.

The Modern Orator-Charles James Fox. Part XV.

Insanity tested by Science, and shewn to be a Disease rarely connected with permanent organic lesion of the Brain, and on that account far more susceptible of Cure than has hitherto been supposed. By C. M. Burnett, M.D.

Partnership en Commandite,' or Partnership with limited liabilities, (according to the Commercial practice of the Continent of Europe, and the United States of America) for the Employment of Capital, the Circulation of Wages, and the revival of our Home and Colonial Trade.

The Works of John Bunyan: Practical, Allegorical, and Miscellaneous, with Editorial Prefaces and Notes. Also, an Essay on Bunyan's Genius, Times, and Contemporaries. By Rev. Robert Philip, author of Bunyan's Life and Times.' With Portrait, Frontispiece, and Engraved Titles. Life and Times of the Rev. Philip Henry, M.A., Father of the Commentator. Parts I-III.

An Earnest Ministry the Want of the Times. By John Angell James. 4th Edition.

Scholia Hellenistica in novum testamentum Philone et Josepho Patribus Apostolicis aliisq, ecclesiæ antiquæ scriptoribus, necnon libris apocryphis maxime deprompta.

The Voice of Many Waters: A Tale for Young People. By Mrs. David Osborne. With Illustrations. By A. Cooper, R.A. and A. W. Cooper.

The Closing Scene; or, Christianity and Infidelity contrasted in the Last Hours of Remarkable Persons. By the author of The Bishop's Daughter,' etc.

People's Dictionary. Part XXXIV.

Modern Life: a Poem. By Alfred Dixon Toovey. A New Edition.

The Youth of India speaking for themselves; being the substance of the Examination Papers of the Students of the London Missionary Society's Christian Institution or College in Calcutta. With a few Introductory Remarks. By Rev. T. Boaz, Pastor of Union Chapel, Calcutta.

The Unchangeableness of Christ: A Sermon, preached at Downingstreet Chapel, Cambridge, on January 30th, 1848, upon the occasion of his Resignation of the Pastoral Office, by Samuel Thodey.

Come to Jesus! By Newman Hall, B.A.

Prison Discipline; and the Advantages of the Separate System of Imprisonment, with a detailed Account of the Discipline now pursued in the New County Gaol at Reading. By the Rev. J. Field, M.A. 2 vols.

The History of British India, from 1805 to 1835. By Horace H. Wilson. Vol. 3.

The Return: A Summer Day's Journey. By Edmund Peel.

The Doctor, etc. By the late Robert Southey. Edited by his Son-inlaw, John Wood Warter, B.D. Complete in one vol.

The Sacred History of the World attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a series of Letters to a Son. By Sharon Turner, F.S.A. Vols. 2 and 3.

A New Series of Class Books for Children of all Ages: Graduated Reading, comprising a Circle of Knowledge in Two Hundred Lessons. Gradations 1, 2, and 3.

Expository Discourse on the First Epistle of the Apostle Peter. By John Brown, D.D., of Edinburgh. 3 vols.

Autobiography of a Working Man. By 'One who has Whistled at the Plough.'

Mithridates Minor; or, an Essay on Language. By Henry Welsford,

Esq.

Mirabeau A Life History. In four books. 2 vols.

Our Scottish Clergy: Fifty-two Sketches, Biographical, Theological, and Critical, including Clergymen of all Denominations. By John Smith, A.M. A Letter Addressed to the Church. By a Member of the Church of England, on the Holy Mystery of the 'First Resurrection,' the Day of the Restoration of the Kingdom to Israel.

The Organization of Industry, explained in a Course of Lectures, delivered in the University of Cambridge in Easter Term, 1844. By T. C. Banfield, Esq. Second Edition.

Ancient Sea-Margins, as Memorials of Changes in the relative Level of Sea and Land. By Robert Chambers, Esq., F.R.S.E.

Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries. By William Hogan. 4th Edition.

The Worship of God in Public, opposed to the Voice of Scripture, and the Practice of the Primitive Christians.

A Companion to the Wesleyan Hymn Book.
Progressive Geography. By R. Hiley.

The Child's First Geography. By R. Hiley.

Text-Book of English Grammar; a Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language. By the Rev. John Hunter.

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