mainly on grounds derived from ascertained facts as to the variation and degeneration of inferior animals. 37.-1. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. By THOMAS H. HUXLEY, F. R. S., F. L. S., Professor of Natural History in the Jermyn Street School of Mines. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. 12mo. pp. 184. 2. On the Origin of Species: or, The Causes of the Phenomena of Organic Nature. A Course of Lectures to Workingmen. By THOMAS H. HUXLEY, Professor of Natural History in the Jermyn Street School of Mines. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. 12mo. pp. 150. THESE books are popular exhibitions of the Darwinian theory. That this theory can ever be demonstrated is impossible; for it is admitted by its advocates, that the countless intermediate stages of development which it supposes have, most of them, left no discoverable vestiges. That it will remain the dominant belief of the scientific world seems to us improbable. But there is reason to think that it will be to a large extent and for some length of time adopted as a provisional hypothesis for the grouping of established facts and new discoveries in comparative anatomy. We would urge with regard to it the same considerations to which we have given expression as to the antiquity of man. It may at least express a portion of the truth. It may lead to the reduction of animated nature to a few primitive and ascertainable types; and even were it pushed as far as is claimed by Darwin and Huxley, - were it to be admitted - which we heartily deprecate with regard to the physical structure of the human being, it cannot reach the realm of reason, conscience, and will, it cannot cast a ray of doubt on our Divine sonship and immortal birthright on the spiritual side, nor can it falsify the charter of our heavenly citizenship in the revelation which bears the incontestable signature of the Almighty. ERRATUM. Page 71, lines 2 and 3 from bottom, for "George and William Wyndham, Thomas Grenville,' etc., read "George, William Wyndham, and Thomas Grenville," etc. NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. A Memorial of Rev. Theodore Tebbets: a Sermon delivered in the First Church, Medford, Feb. 8, 1863. By Rev. Edward C. Towne. With an Appendix. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 1863. A Memorial of Rev. Richard Pike: Two Discourses, with Letter, Resolutions, &c. A Discourse delivered before the Third Religious Society, Dorchester, at the Funeral of its late Pastor, Rev. Richard Pike, February 20, 1863. By Rev. Nathaniel Hall. A Sermon delivered by Request before the Third Religious Society in Dorchester, the First Sabbath after the Decease of Rev. Richard Pike, February 22, 1863. By Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 1863. Manhood, the Want of the Day. A Sermon preached in the Church of the Cambridgeport Parish, March 1, 1863, by Rev. John F. W. Ware. Reprinted from the Monthly Religious Magazine. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles. 1863. God Hiding Himself in Times of Trouble. A Sermon preached on the Day of the State Fast, April 2, 1863, in the Baptist Church, Brookline, Mass. By William Lamson, Pastor of the Church. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1863. The War to end only when the Rebellion ceases. A Discourse in All Souls' Church, on the Occasion of the National Fast, April 30, 1863. By Henry W. Bellows, D. D. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. 1863. Northern Strength and Weakness. An Address on Occasion of the National Fast, April 30, 1863, delivered in Watertown, by Rev. John Weiss. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 1863. Man's Cry, and God's Gracious Answer. A Contribution toward the Defence of the Faith. By the Rev. B. Franklin. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. The Roman Catholic Principle; a "Price Lecture,” delivered in Trinity Church, Boston, March 18, 1863, by F. D. Huntington, D. D., Rector of Emmanuel Church. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1863. The New Religion. Two Discourses delivered to the First Congregation of the New Catholic Church, in the City of New York, October 12th and October 19th, 1862. By the Pastor, Rev. Edward Bowman Freeland. Boston: William White & Co. 1862. Influence of Catholic Christian Doctrines in the Emancipation of Slaves, by a Member of the Sodality of the B. V. Mary, Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, East Boston. Boston: Patrick Donahoe. 1863. Future Punishment. By Rev. John Todd, D. D. Boston: American Tract Society. 1863. Addresses at the Inauguration of Thomas Hill, D. D., as President of Harvard College, Wednesday, March 4, 1863. Cambridge: Sever & Francis. 1863. Memoir of Hon. Daniel Appleton White. lution of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston. 1863. Prepared agreeably to a Reso By Rev. James Walker, D. D. Remarks on the Narraganset Patent. Read before the Massachusetts Historical Society, June, 1862. By Thomas Aspinwall. Boston. 1863. Sketch of the Life of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, A. M., Author of the Day of Doom. By John Ward Dean, Editor of the New England Hist. and Gen. Register. To which is appended a Fragment of his Autobiography, some of his Letters, and a Catalogue of his Library. Reprinted from the Register for April, 1863. Albany: J. Munsell. 1863. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College. Vol. IV. Part I. Catalogue of Polar and Clock Stars. Cambridge. 1863. Recent Researches relating to Nebula. By Prof. A. Gautier. Translated from the Bibliothèque Universelle, Sept., 1862. From the American Journal of Science, Vol. XXXV., Jan., 1863. Library of Select Novels. No. 228. A First Friendship. A Tale. pp. 90. No. 229. A Dark Night's Work. A Novel. By Mrs. Gaskell, Author of "Sylvia's Lovers," "Mary Barton," "North and South," "Cranford," "My Lady Ludlow," &c., &c. pp. 90.- No. 231. St. Olave's. A Novel. pp. 162. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1863. Slaves of the Ring; or, Before and After. By the Author of Grandmother's Money," Wildflower," "Under the Spell," etc., etc. T. O. H. P. Burnham. 1863. pp. 171. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous. Boston: A Narrative in Plain English, attempted by George Augustus Sala. Boston: T. O. H. P. Burnham. 1863. The Story of the Guard: a Chronicle of the War. By Jessie Benton Fremont. Knapsack Edition. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1863. pp. 235. Speech of Cassius M. Clay, before the Law Department of the University of Albany, N. Y., February 3, 1863. Second Edition. New York. 1863. Mr. Jay's Letter on the Recent Relinquishment of the Monroe Doctrine. New York. 1863. The New and Complete Tax-Payer's Manual: containing the Direct and Excise Taxes; with the Recent Amendments by Congress, and the Decisions of the Commissioner; also Complete Marginal References, and an Analytical Index showing all the Items of Taxation, the Mode of Proceeding, and the Duties of the Officers. With an Explanatory Preface. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. pp. 148, 36. The Crisis New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. An Undelivered Speech on Executive Arrests. Philadelphia. 1862. The War Powers of Congress and of the President. An Address delivered before the National Club of Salem, March 13, 1863. By Joel Parker. Cambridge. 1863. Attainder of Treason and Confiscation of the Property of Rebels. A Letter to the Hon. Samuel A. Foot, LL. D., on the Constitutional Restrictions upon Attainder and Forfeiture for Treason against the United States, by W. D. Wilson, D. D., Prof., &c., in Hobart College, with Judge Foot's Answer, in further Elucidation of the Subject. Albany. 1863. A Geographical, Statistical, and Ethical View of the American Slaveholders' Rebellion. By Sidney E. Morse, A. M. Illustrated with a Cerographic Map. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. 1863. The Loyalist's Ammunition. - Speech of a Brave Old Patriot. - A Voice from the Army. - On Foreign Interference. For the Croakers. — The Words of a Patriot Soldier. Cromwell on Destructive Conservatism. - Pusillanimous Peace. Philadelphia. 1863. The United States Military Academy at West Point. By E. D. Mansfield, LL. D. Reprinted from the American Journal of Education for March, 1863. The United States Bank Law. An Act to Provide a National Currency, secured by a Pledge of United States Stocks, and to Provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1863. French Interference in Mexico. Speech of Hon. J. A. McDougall, of California, in the Senate of the United States, on Tuesday, February 3d, 1863. Baltimore: John Murphy & Co. 1863. Letters of Marque and Reprisal. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Bill to Authorize the President, in all Domestic or Foreign Wars, to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal. In the Senate of the United States, Feb. 17, 1863. Washington. 1863. The Argument of Thomas C. Amory, against the proposed Metropolitan Police Bill, before the Joint Special Committee of the Legislature, Monday, March 16, 1863. Documentary History of Maine. Proceedings of the Legislature of Maine, for procuring Copies of Original Papers, in the British State Paper Office, not heretofore published, in regard to the Early History of Maine. Augusta. 1863. Report of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital, presented to the Corporation at their Annual Meeting, February 4, 1863. Boston. 1863. Annual Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, together with the Report of the Director, 1862. Boston. 1863. Report of the Committee of the Overseers of Harvard College appointed to visit the Observatory in the Year 1862, together with the Report of the Director. Submitted January 29, 1863. Boston. 1863. Report of the Committee of the Overseers of Harvard College appointed to visit the Library for the Year 1862, together with the accompanying Documents. Submitted February 19, 1863. Boston. 1863. 1863. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association and Mechanics' Institute, of the City of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; with a List of Members, &c. Pittsburg. 1863. Report of the School Committee of the Town of Medford. Boston. 1863. Report of the Committee of the Trustees of the Boston Athenæum, appointed to consider the Expediency of extending or increasing the Rights of the Proprietors. Boston. 1863. Annual Addresses and Reports read before the Bunker Hill Soldiers' Relief Society, April 19, 1862, and April 20, 1863. Charlestown. 1863. Annual Report of the American Anti-Tobacco Society. 1863. Boston. 1863. Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers, and Students of the University of Pennsylvania. Session 1862-63. Philadelphia. 1863. Thirteenth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Rochester. 1862-63. Rochester. 1862. Notice of the Ward Cabinets of Mineralogy and Geology, lately presented to the University of Rochester. Rochester. 1863. Actes de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux. 3o Série. 23o Année. —1861. 3me et 4me Trimestres. -3° Série. - 24 Année. 1862. 1er Trimestre. Paris: E. Dentu. 1861, 1862. pp. 361, 161. Chambers's Encyclopædia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People on the Basis of the Latest Edition of the German Conversations LexiIllustrated by Wood Engravings and Maps. Parts 61-63. Vol. V. pp. 385-576. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. con. The British American; a Monthly Magazine, devoted to Literature, Science, and Art. No. I. May, 1863. Toronto: Rollo & Adam. 8vo. pp. 112. The American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette. Vol. I. No. I. May 1, 1863. Philadelphia: George W. Childs. 8vo. pp. 96. A Brief Plea for an Ambulance System for the Army of the United States, as drawn from the Extra Sufferings of the late Lieut. Bowditch and a Wounded Comrade. By Henry I. Bowditch, Professor of Clinical Medicine in Harvard College. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1863. Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of South Danvers, April, 1863. South Danvers. 1863. The Fairy-Book. The best Popular Fairy Stories selected and rendered anew. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," &c., &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1863. 16mo. pp. 479. Two Friends. By the Author of "The Patience of Hope,” and “A Present Heaven." Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1863. 12mo. pp. 167. Meditations on Death and Eternity. Translated from the German by Frederica Rowan. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1863. 12mo. pp. 414. The Christian Liturgy, and Book of Common Prayer; containing the Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Apostolic Catholic or Universal Church of Christ, with Collects and Prayers, and Extracts from the Psalter, or Psalms of David. For the Use of the Church of America. Also a Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1861. 12mo. pp. 526. The Union of Churches in the Spirit of Charity; with its Articles of Association and Trust, and the Ritual of the Christian Liturgy accepted. Under the Sanction of many of the Distinguished Clergy and Laity of New England. Boston. 1862. 12mo. pp. 29. Common Prayer for Christian Worship: in Ten Series for Morning and Evening, with Special Collects, Prayers, and Occasional Services. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co. 1863. 12mo. pp. 287. The Soldier's Manual of Devotion or Book of Common Prayer; containing a Form of Public Worship, with Responses, additional Prayers, a Psalter, Scripture Lessons, Articles of Religion, and a Collection of Hymns and National Songs. Prepared by J. G. Forman, Minister of the Gospel, and Chap |