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16.-A Romaic Grammar, accompanied by a Chrestomathy, with a Vocabulary. By E. A. Sophocles, A. M. Hartford H. Huntington, Jun., 1842.

pp. 264. This Grammar of the modern Greek, coming from a native Greek, and one who has already proved his skill in the construction of a Grammar of the ancient language, must be presumed to be superior to any of those previously current. Our examination of it has satisfied us that it will furnish the best aid to those, who design making themselves acquainted with this relic of the beautiful language of Xenophon and Plato, sustaining about the same relation to it, as the Italian to the Latin. Greek scholars will very readily acquire a knowledge of the Romaic, just as Latin scholars find little difficulty in learning the Italian. We presume this language will ultimately be numbered amongst those modern tongues which it will be thought desirable to know.

17.-Memoir of Mrs. Mary Lundie Duncan: being Recollections of a Daughter. By her Mother. From the

second Edinburgh edition. New York: Robert Carter, 1842. pp. 268.

We have seldom experienced as much pleasure in reading a memoir as this has afforded us. We could desire that every youthful Christian especially, might have the gratification and reap the benefit of its perusal. Such humility and loveliness have seldom existed in union with so much refinement of mind and taste, prompting so many caresses on the part of admir. ers. Mrs. Duncan appears to us one of the most transparent characters with which we have ever become acquainted. She lived and died an humble disciple of Jesus. The Tablet in the Parish Church of Cleish well describes her: "In the morning of her life, the sweet affections of her heart, and every energy of a powerful and highly refined intellect, were consecrated by the Holy Spirit to the service of Jesus Christ."

"Lovely alike in person and in character, she discharged with fidelity the duties of a wife and of a mother, and prayerfully sought to improve every opportunity of usefulness among the people of this parish; till, unexpectedly, but not unprepared, she fell asleep in Jesus, on the 5th day of January, A. D. 1840, aged 25."

We must add that, in the Appendix, will be found some beautiful poetry, better adapted to the comprehension of very young children, than most of the hymns in our juvenile collections.

18.-Sacred Songs, for Family and Social Worship; comprising the most approved Spiritual Hymns, with chaste and popular tunes. Published by the American Tract Society. 1842. pp. 343.

"The design of this work," as expressed in the Preface, "is to promote devotional singing in the closet, in the family, and in meetings for social worship. The aim has been to furnish a selection of Spiritual Hymns, classified in the order of subjects, with a nice adaptation of chaste and popular tunes, of sufficient number and variety to meet existing wants." The Committee have enjoyed the counsel and aid of Messrs. Hastings, Mason, Kingsley, Pond, and other celebrated authors of sacred music. We are much pleased, both with the hymns

and the music.

19.-The Way of Life. By Charles Hodge, Professor in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Written for the Am. S. S. Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication. American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia. 1842. pp. 343.

The book is divided into nine chapters, embracing the following topics :-The Scriptures are the word of God-SinCauses of indifference to the charge of Sin-Conviction of Sin-Justification-Faith -Repentance-Profession of Religion-Holy Living. An enquirer after the way of Life, will here find counsel on all the great questions relating to his spiritual interests; and we fondly hope that the work will be instrumental in directing many a wanderer into the right path.

The style of the author is chaste and perspicuous, and his method of treating his subjects clear, forcible, and impressive. Professor Hodge has here, undoubtedly, performed a good work, which will cause his name to go down to future gene. rations, and embalm it in the memory of multitudes. The book is as free from peculiar views as it could well be, and consequently has met the approbation of all schools. There are ex. pressions in it, to which some would perhaps object, but, on the whole, the performance is commendable; and the spirit of it is such as will secure a candid reading.

ARTICLE XI.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Germany:

The "Archiv" of the city was blown up with the "Rathhaus," at Hamburg, and with it many most valuable documents connected with the history, not only of Hamburg, but of all the other principal cities and states of Europe, more particularly of England, have perished.-Wilhelm Schlegel announces a series of lectures on Ancient and Modern India.The University of Tübingen, a few weeks ago, received a present from the Directors of the English East India Company, of sixty-seven Oriental works, chiefly in Sanscrit, printed at Calcutta.

Holland.

In a marsh, in the duchy of Limburg, a wooden bridge, 1250 ells long, and about three ells broad, has been discovered. The principal beams are as hard as stone, but the cross-beams are completely decayed. They are covered with an unctuous mass, supposed to have been a kind of cement.

France.

Marshal Soult has appointed a Commission charged to draw up and prepare for publication a grammar and dictionary of the Berber or Kabyle language. It has hitherto been supposed that the various dialects of Africa were more or less corruptions of the old Arabic. This error has now been satisfactorily removed. They bear no similitude either to the Arabic, the Coptic, or the Hebrew, though a few Arabic roots have been admitted into them. In the Royal Library at Paris, a Bohemian manuscript was lately discovered, containing several theological essays by John Huss.

Xtaly.

A work of some importance to the scientific world has just been published, namely, a description of all the obelisks of Rome, accompanied by as complete an explanation as the recent discoveries relative to the Hieroglyphics of Egypt permitted.

etc.

United States.

Allen, Morrill & Wardwell will shortly publish at the Codman press : A Grammar of the German Language. By Geo. H. Noehden, L. L. D., From the eighth London Edition, by the Rev C. H. F. Bialloblotzky, Ph. D. Revised and conformed to the present state of German Philology. By Barnas Seares, President of the Newton Theol. Seminary.-James Munroe & Co. have in press The Gorgias of Plato, with Notes by Prof. Woolsey also a new vol. by Mrs. Sigourney, descriptive of a Tour in England, Scotland and France, with engravings.-The next number of the Biblical Repository will contain the concluding article on Baptism by President Beecher.

INDEX TO VOLUME VIII.

A.

Acts, 27: 17, on an expression in, 405;
remarks suggested by a passage
in Plato 405; another passage in
Plato 406; these passages illus-
tiate the meaning of the word
лówμа, 407; the common sense
of the word 409.

Age of the world, by R. C. Shimeall,
noticed 263.

American Board of Foreign Missions,
Tracy's History of, noticed 248.
Azazel, or the Levitical Scape-Goat;
a critical exposition of Leviticus
16: 5-10 by Professor Bush; an
apology 116; a new interpretation
117; etymology of Azazel 119;
principal explanations which have
been given 119; not the name of
a place, nor of the scape-goat 120;
but an evil demon 122; authorities,
-the Septuagint 122; why was
the goat devoted to Azazel 125;
typical import 127; this view very
ancient 128; a symbolical repre-
sentation of Christ's official char-
acter 129; a new complexion
given to the whole passage 131;
objections answered 132.

B.

Barnes, Rev. Albert, examination of
Prof. Stuart on Heb. ix. 16-18,
51; examined by Prof. Stuart 356.
Beecher, Miss Catharine E., Letters

to Domestics, noticed 265.
Biblical Researches in Palestine, by
Dr. Robinson, first supplement,
new information from Mr. Smith
and others 219; Basin of El-Kulch
and its vicinity 220; sources of the
Jordan 221; depression of the
Dead Sea, &c. 224; Jerusalem,
ancient subterranean gateway,
226; discoveries by Mr. Wolcott
227; fountain under the mosque

231; aqueduct from Solomon's
pool 236; tombs of the Judges
239; of the prophets 240; a former
tower 241; a correction 242.
Blanchard, Rev. J., Review of the
Philosophy of the Plan of Salva-
tion 412.

Blunt, Henry, M. A., Family Expo-
sition of the Pentateuch, noticed
255.

Buchanan's Comfort in Afflictions,
noticed 247.

Burnet, John B., on instructing the
deaf and dumb 269.
Burnet's Exposition of the Thirty-
nine Articles, noticed 257.
Bush, Prof. George, on the Levitical
Scape-goat 116; Millenium of the
Apocalypse, noticed 245.
Butler, Rt. Rev. Joseph, D. C. L
the works of, noticed 249.

C.

Carlyle, Thomas, religious senti-
ments of 382; a man's religion
the chief fact respecting him 382;
the inquiry proper 383; Carlyle
extensively read, his German ten-
dency 384; his lamentations 385;
about religion 386; God explained
away 387; irreverence 388; heart-
less literature 389; the gospel ac-
cording to Jeremy Bentham 390;
Carlyle's views of men 391; Ma-
homet, Luther, &c. 392; his opin-
ion of Christ concealed 393;
would deplore the ill effects of his
writings 394; his view of Napo-
leon 395; of men of all countries
396; his opposition to particular
creeds 399; what then are his re-
ligious sentiments 401; they are
opposed to orthodox Christianity
402.

Clark, Rev. Daniel A., Complete
works of, noticed 260.

Cogswell, Rev. Jonathan, D. D., Fa-
mily Discourses, noticed 263.
Creed, Pearson's Exposition of the,
noticed 257.

Critical Notices, 243, 478.

Daughters of England, the, no-
ticed 251:

Day, Prof. Henry N., on the train-

ing of the preacher 71.
Deaf and Dumb, on instructing the,
introductory note, 269; number
thus afflicted in our country 270;
interest of the subject 271; princi-
ples of the art, its success 272;
difficulties and obstacles 273;
deafness a terrible calamity 275;
in many respects a stranger in
the world 277; instruction in
written language 277; difficult
278; its incalculable value 280; .
the great difficulty of using signs
in conversation, 282; Laura
Bridgman 283; mental habits of
the deaf and dumb 284; a most
striking peculiarity 287; an absurd
opinion 288; another 289; exposed
290; written words unsuited to
ordinary intercourse 291; a sys-
tem of stenography needed 298;
recapitulation 299; different sys-
tems of signs 300; effects of dis-
continuing the use of signs 305;
the labial alphabet and methodic
signs 307; two systems of signs
proposed 309.

Dewey's Discourses on Human Life,
noticed 246.

Dictionary of Science, Literature, and
the Arts, noticed 251.

E.

Education, Greek and Roman, gener-

al remarks 21; our interest in the
subject 21; education in Greece
influenced by the position of the
State 23; government regulated
the time devoted to education 26;
watched over morals 27; physical
education 27; intellectual 29; ma-
thematics 30; music 31; union of
the beautiful and the good 33; Ho-
mer a text book 34; eloquence and
philosophy 35; an unfavorable

change in Grecian education 36;
Aristophanes' account of it 37;
Roman education, not the business
of the State, the common people
had none 39; female influence 40;
prevailing character moral 42;
aimed at utility 43; rhetoric pre-
ferred to philosophy 45; import-
ance of the principles of Greek
and Roman education to our own
46; we are beginners 47; con-
nexion between education and re-
ligion 48.

Education Societies, the Necessity
for 444; embarrassments of Amer-
ican Education Society 445; ob-
jections answered, the word bene-
ficiary 446; inadequate views of
the importance of protracted study
449; exalted claims of the clerical
profession 450; the alleged failure
of many who have been aided
451; there is, and is likely to be,
a deficiency of ministers 452; edu-
cation societies are wisely adapted
to supply this deficiency 457;
three ways of rendering aid 459,
that by association the best 460.
Edwards, Prof. B. B. on the Neces-

sity of Education Societies 444.
Ellis, Mrs. the Daughters of England
noticed 251.

Emmons, Rev. Nathanael, D. D., the

Works of, reviewed,-his biogra-
phy 314; his early religious senti-
ments 316; marriage and subse-
quent affliction 318; second mar-
riage 320; success of his ministry
321; death of his second wife 323;
third marriage 324; his subsequent
life 325; his last years and death
327; his personal qualities 328;
discrimination and independence
329; original and consistent 330;
orderly and thorough 331; tem-
perate 332; watchful and affec-
tionate 333; his learning and theo-
logical opinions 335; his innova-
tions or improvements 337; divine
agency 338; unconditional sub-
mission 340; his character as a
preacher 342, his method of ser-
monizing 344; his religious char-
acter 347; his missionary spirit

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