THE ECLECTIC REVIEW, MDCCCXXXV. JANUARY-JUNE. THIRD SERIES. VOL. XIII. Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ οὐ τὴν Στωικὴν λέγω, οὐδὲ τὴν Πλατωνικὴν, ἢ τὴν Επισ CLEM. ALEX. Strom. L. 1. LONDON: JACKSON AND WAL FOR D, 18, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1835. CONTENTS. Fanaticism. By the Author of "Natural History of Enthusiasm " Fletcher's (Dr.) Funeral Discourse occasioned by the death of the Rev. Robert Hampden's (Dr.) Observations on Religious Dissent, with particular reference to Philip's Manly Piety in its Principles - Manly Piety in its Spirit Manly Piety in its Realizations Pinkerton's (Dr.) Russia; or Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Pre- sent State of that Country and its Inhabitants Proposals for a Reformation of the Church of England Psalmist, The, or Select Versions of the Psalms from various Authors Quarterly Review, No. CIV. Reed's (Dr.) and Dr. Matheson's Narrative of the Visit to the American 188 ib. ib. 145 223 399 241 421 Ritchie's Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source, with Twenty En- gravings from Drawings by J. M. W. Turner, Esq. Roberts's Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures 361 Sketches of Corfu, Historical and Domestic, &c. Smith (Dr.) on the Temper to be cultivated by Christians of different Denomina- Spiritual Despotism. By the Author of "Natural History of Enthusiasm " 325, 493 Tenth Memoir respecting the Translations of the Sacred Scriptures into the Three Hundred and Fifty Portions of the Book of Psalms, with a Collection of Torrens's Colonization of Australia. A Letter to William Crawford, Esq. Townsend's Old and New Testament, arranged in Historical and Chronological University of London. Address from the Senate to the Council, on the applica- THE ECLECTIC REVIEW, FOR JANUARY, 1835. Art. I. Fanaticism. By the Author of "Natural History of Enthusiasm." 8vo. pp. 515. London, 1833. 66 WE E have so long delayed our notice of this volume, that another portion of the series embraced by the Author's original plan is already advertised as forthcoming, under the title of Spiritual Despotism." More than twelve years ago, the Preface to the volume before us states, the Author projected a work which should at one view exhibit the several principal forms of spurious or corrupted religion. The "Natural History of Enthusiasm" was put forth as a sort of experiment and sample. Emboldened to proceed, he almost immediately entered upon the closely connected subject here treated of; and, as he extended his researches concerning the rise and progress of the fatal errors ' that have obscured our holy religion,' his wish to achieve his purpose was strengthened, as his plan assumed a more definite shape, and the field opened before him. "Fanaticism " was to have been followed by "Superstition." For some reason or other, this is postponed to "Spiritual Despotism," the subject of the next volume; and "Corruption of Morals" and "Scepticism announced as the title of two succeeding ones, which will be required to complete the projected series. 6 are It must be confessed, that this will form a very large demand upon public attention on the part of an individual Writer; for, although a much larger quantity of writing within a given time is being poured forth by the pens of gentlemen of the press, in the columns of newspapers and the pages of periodical Numbers, so that the entire works, political and critical, of more than one popular writer of the day, would rival in bulk and quantity the numerous folios of the 'painful' authors of other times; yet, those of us who are obliged to be constantly ministering to the VOL. XIII.-N.S. B |