using the figure of rhetoric, termed metaphor. From the moment that the child becomes the subject of temptation, he has access, and should have recourse, to the spiritual armory described by the apostle in Eph. vi. 11-17.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR, AND THE FOURTH
IN THE FURNACE.

REPLICANT. In answer to QUERIST
No. 22, p. 297. There is no article

before "son" in the original; therefore the words should be rendered, like a son of gods, or God. The Septuagint has, vių Oɛoũ. Dr. Fuerst, "einem Sohne der Götter." The most general opinion is that it was an angel. Compare ver. 28; Job i. 6; ii. 1. Calmet says of the Chaldeans, "They recognized gods of different degrees, and with regard to angels they had a notion very similar."

Literary Notices.

[We hold it to be the duty of an Editor either to give an early notice of the books sent to him for remark, or to return them at once to the Publisher. It is unjust to praise worthless books; it is robbery to retain unnoticed ones.]

THE REVIEWER'S CANON.

In every work regard the author's end,
Since none can compass more than they intend.

THE KEY TO THE EXERCISES CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PART OF
DR. KALISCH'S HEBREW GRAMMAR. By the Author. London:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green.
OUR opinions on the high merits of the Hebrew Grammar of Dr. Kalisch
having been sufficiently expressed nearly a year ago, need not be repeated
now. We will only say that Dr. K. is one of the greatest living Hebraists,
and that he especially excels in profound knowledge of the text itself of the
Old Testament. Every page of his grammar affords proof of this, and
in this respect he is not second even to Gesenius. Those who intend
learning Hebrew without a master, will find this Key particularly useful,
if not indispensable. If the student has sufficient firmness to avoid an
improper use of a Key, its legitimate use, which is to assure of correct-
ness when he has done his best, answers a very desirable purpose. Our
readers will remember that we deplored the more than usual number of
errata by which the grammar is disfigured, and its usefulness hindered.
We are happy to say that that evil is partially remedied in this volume
by a page of corrections. Much more, however, needs to be done, ere
the unaided student can use the book with full satisfaction.

THE MOSAIC ORIGIN OF THE PENTATEUCH CONSIDERED. By a Layman of the Church of England. London: William Sheffington. THE three propositions that Colenso endeavors to establish in his notorious work are-(1) That the Pentateuch is a compilation, the work

of several authors, living at very various ages, and not-as is commonly believed the production of a single man. (2) That the earliest of these authors was probably the prophet Samuel; the latest, probably the prophet Jeremiah. (3) That the object of the writers was not to hand down an authentic history, either of the events narrated or the laws connected with them, but merely to convey religious Truth to the people of their own time, in the form most calculated to produce a deep and lasting impression; in which Truth, accordingly, consists the whole value of their writings. These propositions, the author of this work examines and refutes. Of the many who have stood up to answer the bishop, few, if any, have spoken with so much honorable candor, thorough scholarship, and ardor.

THE GOSPEL OF COMMON SENSE; OR, MENTAL, MORAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, IN HARMONY WITH SCRIPTURAL CHRISTIANITY. By ROBERT BROWN, Author of "The Philosophy of Evangelicism," &c. London: Jackson, Walford, & Hodder.

We have no knowledge of Mr. Brown beyond what we have drawn from his book; but we have no hesitation in saying that he is a true thinker. Without adopting all his opinions, we think that converse with his vigorous thoughts is calculated to prove of essential service to very many. Some of his expressions appear to us to be incorrect; as, for instance, when he says, that "guilt is our normal condition." But some are worthy of being written in golden characters. Take, for instance, the following:-" One of the common missiles thrown against advanced religious thought, is to charge it with novelty. But there are two kinds of novelty. There is a novelty which merely restores to its ancient beauty what has been defaced by comparatively recent innovation. Of this, the history of our Church architecture affords not a few striking examples. And were our Church creeds to be submitted to a similar searching scrutiny, it would be found that, beneath the lath and plaster of modern re-construction, there lies concealed a simple grandeur, the discovery and exhibition of which, better than all labored defences, would erect a bulwark against the attacks of scepticism, and advance Christian truth."

ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE.

A Biblical Portrait and a Mirror of the Manifold Grace of God. By W. F. BESSER, D.D. Translated by FREDERIC BULTMANN. With an Introductory Notice by REV. J. S. HOWSON, D.D. London: James Nisbet & Co.

THIS book is written by a German Doctor of Divinity, translated by a Church of England Missionary, introduced by another Doctor of Divinity, and dedicated to a fourth, who is Bachelor of Divinity, Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Hon. Sec. of the Church Missionary Society. Perhaps

we should have liked better to see the book thrown on its own merits, than ushered in with such an overpowering flourish of trumpets. And this flourish was rendered especially unnecessary by the fact that the work itself is sufficiently remarkable to draw on it wide attention, and enough of vitality to secure its safety. The history of St. Paul is carefully, but not drily expounded, and is made the text of a very warm and lively running comment. The book deserves the popularity which it will doubtless attain, since it is adapted for usefulness to a very large class.

CONVERSION: THE DANGER OF DELAYING IT. From the French of REV. JAMES SAURIN. A new Translation, with Introductory Memoir. By JOHN S. GIBB, F.S.E.I. London: James Nisbet & Co. SAURIN's sermons are too well known to require introduction to our readers. These are three of the most powerful. The translation is faithful and idiomatic. The Memoir occupies twenty-four pages, and is interesting. The little volume is elegantly "got up."

WORK AND PLAY. BY HORACE BUSHNELL, D.D., Author of "The New Life," "Nature and the Supernatural," &c. London: Alexander Strahan & Co.

DR. BUSHNELL is one of the first of American thinkers. His great powers are not cramped, like Emerson's, by an obstinate self-exclusion from the Christian region of truth, but are permitted wide and free play. The result is admirable. This is a volume of essays, eight in number, which are remarkable for intellectual vigor, and force, and beauty of expression.

GARIBALDI: HIS ENTRANCE INTO LONDON. A Sermon for the Working Men of England. By R. E. FORSAITH. London: Passmore & Alabaster. Mr. Forsaith's Sermon is characterized by remarkable ability and vivacity, and ought to circulate by thousands amongst working men. THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY. A Sermon preached in St. Stephen's Church, Paddington. By REV. CHARLES SHAKSPEARE, of Trinity College, Dublin. London (Bayswater): J. C. Cribb. Mr. Shakspeare well brings out the sense and practical reference of an important and beautiful, though neglected passage of Scripture. His Sermon was published at the request of those who heard it, and is well calculated for usefulness to Christian parents, teachers, and ministers of the Word. EASY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE PENTATEUCH. For the Use of Children. By a Lady. London: William Macintosh. The conception of this little book is good, but the execution is not equal to the plan. SURE OF HEAVEN. A Book for the Doubting and Anxious. By THOMAS MILLS. A New Edition. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. This has neither the clearness of view nor the perspicuity of expression which are

indispensable in books of experimental religion intended for general circulation. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. A Refutation of the Views generally held by the Christians commonly called "Plymouth Brethren" on that subject. London: Elliot Stock. It seems that there has been a stupendous theological war raging for a considerable period without the circle of our limited knowledge. The writer of this work evidently thinks that his opponent ought now to submit. If his views are what they are here represented, we think that the world would lose nothing by his silence. THE STORY OF CAREY, MARSHMAN, AND WARD, THE SERAMPORE MISSIONARIES. By JOHN CLARK MARSHMAN. London: Alexander Strahan & Co. An important chapter of Church History is here written in an interesting and we doubt not faithful manner. Here and there condensation might have been an improvement, but on the whole the book is readable, as well as judicious, and we cordially wish it a wide circulation. AONIO PALEARIO. A Chapter in the History of the Italian Reformation. From the French of M. BONNET. London: Religious Tract Society. Paleario was a native of Rome, and an eminent scholar at the time of the revival of learning. He advanced doctrines resembling those of Luther, and suffered death as a heretic in 1570. The memoir is written with considerable vivacity and Protestant zeal. We should have liked a refutation of the common allegation that Paleario retracted before his death. REST UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT ROCK. A Book of Facts and Principles. By REV. JOHN KENNEDY, M.A., F.R.G.S. London: Religious Tract Society. This volume contains a good deal of practical religious matter, not, however, of the highest order. The main current of the writing flows somewhat wearisomely by, but this the reader can easily escape by skipping it in favor of the anecdotes which are plentifully intersperst. UPLIFTINGS OF THE SOUL TO ITS GOD. By NAPOLEON ROUSSEL, Pasteur. Translated from the French. With a Preface by FREDERIC CHALMERS, B.D., Rector of Beckenham. London: James Nisbet & Co. This book of devotion is not only approved of by the translator, but by his venerable relative, the well-known Dr. Marsh. After this, it is unnecessary for us to say that many pious persons might derive from it valuable assistance. HUMAN SADNESS. By the COUNTESS DE GASPARIN, Author of "The Near and the Heavenly Horizons." London Alexander Strahan & Co. As might be expected, the style of this book has considerable elegance. Along with much really valuable matter, there is a measure of sentimentalism, which, to us, is sometimes surprising, but seldom pleasing.

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