he had formerly read, in this strange form, and with additions of his own? Shall it be said that the minds of living men through sympathy impressed themselves upon him in that excitement, and he in that manner acquired his information? His editors deny both of these suppositions; they do not claim that he is infallible-and there are many and great errors in the book; they claim nothing miraculous in his case-only that his ideas came from "the second sphere of human existence." It is certainly extraordinary that so young a man, with no education, who had never attended any school half a year in his whole life, without acquaintance with scientific works, should dictate so remarkable a work. It must then be referred to the same class with the works of Böhme, Fox, Swedenborg, and the whole host of mystical writers who wrote, more or less, in the state of ecstacy or trance. Very little is known respecting that state, and we hope the appearance of this work, and the frankness and coolness with which its claims are made to so remarkable an origin, will provoke a discussion of the whole matter. Viewed as one will, the book is one of the most remarkable literary curiosities ever heard of.

16.- A Summer in the Wilderness; embracing a Canoe Voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior. By CHARLES LANMAN, Author of "Essays for Summer Hours," etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1847. 16mo. pp. 208.

THE subject of this book is sufficiently explained by the titlepage. The ground passed over, it will be seen, is most interesting. We are sorry, however, that Mr. Lanman, in writing his travels, has chosen rather to indulge in general reflections and sentiment, than to bring before his own mind, and thus before his readers, the characteristic features of the country and its inhabitants.

17. Two Years in the Ministry; or, Farewell Discourses, comprising, 1. Views of the Nature and Sources of true Christian Theology; and 2. Views of the Nature of the Christian Religion, and Salvation by Christ. By JAMES RICHARDSON, JR., A. M. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 1847. pp. 58.

8vo.

THE object of the first of these discourses is to show "the necessity of making Theology an exact science, based upon Reason and Nature, accordant with the facts and realities of the Universe," and that there is no incompatibility between Religion and Science. The second, on the other hand, guards against the

danger of supposing Religion and Salvation thereby to be "a mere intellectual belief in certain doctrines," and insists "that Religion is wholly a practical matter- a thing of the life."

Zeno

18.—ΖΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΟΣ ΑΠΟΜΝΗΜΟΝΕΥΜΑΤΑ. phon's Memorabilia of Socrates. With notes by R. D. C. ROBBINS, Librarian of Andover Theological Seminary. 1848. pp. x and 417.

12mo.

Andover.

In the text the industrious and accomplished editor has followed mainly the valuable edition of Kühner. The text occupies one hundred and sixty-eight pages. The notes and indices two hundred and forty-seven pages. The text is printed in a neat and clear type. The notes are full and minute, indicating careful and exact study on the editor's part. So far as we have been able to examine them they are accurate and valuable, but rather too full and learned for the use of lads in the lower classes at college, while they contain mere grammatical remarks, which the advanced scholar will not need. However, if this fulness of annotation be an error it is one on the right side. There is an English and a Greek index-both of which are mainly designed to guide the reader to a knowledge of the grammatical peculiarities of the author. This volume, so carefully prepared, is one of the numerous signs of the increased attention paid to the study of the classics.

19 - Human Knowledge: a Discourse delivered before the Massachusetts Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, Aug. 26th, 1847. By GEO. P. MARSH. Boston: Little & Brown. 1847. 8vo. pp. 42.

THE subject of Mr. Marsh's address is the position and duties of the American Scholar. "With us," he says, "the pursuit of knowledge is the task of youth, or the recreation of maturity and age, rather than the stated occupation of a class." In contrast with the scanty period usually allotted to its pursuit, he reviews the immense extension of the field of science in our day; the advances made in Philology, Mathematics, Physics, History, Politics, Art, Philosophy, and Theology. In spite of improved methods, "the patrimony of knowledge has now become so wide, that none can hope to possess it in its full extent." We are reminded, however, that knowledge is not a mere aggregate of facts. "It is a mistake to suppose that all mental acquisition implies mental culture. Facts without end may be learned, familiarized, forgotten again, and leave the mind at last more inept than they found it.

The idea, or law, is what is to be learned;-"pure law is all that is truly knowable, and a knowledge of law brings us to the ultimate possible, as well as the highest and sublimest, limit of human attainment."

Knowledge, however, according to Mr. Marsh, "is but a means to an ultimate end, and therefore should be pursued with constant reference to its higher uses," which are, "not the adaptation of external means to selfish ends," but, "to reign supreme over one's self," and "to promote the best interests of mankind."

As to the prospects of literature in this country, Mr. Marsh thinks that "the American intellect combines the speculative propensities of the German, with the practical tendencies of the English mind," and thus sees "in the literature of America abundant promise of rich contributions to the elucidation of the highest themes which can occupy the faculties of mortal man."

*WE have received prospectuses of two new periodicals, one called "The Nineteenth Century"-to be devoted to "Science, Literature, National News, Reform theories of Government and Law, and Religion without sectarianism. To be edited by C. C. Burr, and published by G. B. Zieber & Co., Philadelphia." Among the names of promised contributors we notice those of Horace Greeley and Mr. Furness.

The other is to bear the title of "The Univercœlum," and "to be devoted to General Inquiry, Philosophies, Theology, and the inculcation of the principles of Nature, in their application to individual and social life." It is to be conducted and published by "S. B. Brittan, of New York, assisted by twelve associate editors," among whom is Mr. Davis, "The Poughkeepsie Seer."

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