books that has fallen under our notice, since the commencement of our critical career. Every one is acquainted with the Dialogues on Natural Religion, written by the acute, but cold-hearted Hume; the effect of which was to excite in the mind of his readers the most painful doubts in regard to the moral attributes, and hence, in regard to the existence, of the Divine Mind. Dr Morehead has resumed the subject, with the more pious view of reducing the religion of nature to the principles of revelation, and of establishing the important fact, that all true philosophy must be founded on the belief and confidence which result from an enlightened theism. With this intention, he has replaced on the stage the dramatis persona of his predecessor; and we are accordingly once more delighted with the ingenuity of Philo, no longer a reckless sceptic; with the calm philosophical temper of Cleanthes; and with the conclusive reasoning of Pamphilus, whose knowledge and reflection have been much improved by a long residence in foreign countries. The subjects upon which Dr Morehead has employed the heroes of his Dialogues are sufficiently profound; relating to the very elements and basis of human knowledge; to the origin of all belief as it respects this world and the next; and to the ultimate authority for those perceptions and reasonings upon which mankind have agreed to rest all the practical maxims of life. In the discussions which ensue, we frequently meet with the eloquence of Hume, combined with his ingenuity; while we enjoy throughout the purer satisfaction which arises from the exposure of sophistry, and from the developement of the most important truths. We think the author is particularly happy in the application of a principle which has been too much overlooked by mere aspiring philosophers; namely, the conviction under which all men begin to examine the material world, that it is a system bearing the marks of design, and consequently the work of an intelligent Being who continues to superintend its movements. On this ground, he explains most satisfactorily the confidence which the human being feels in reference to the constitution of nature, and the unbroken regularity of its procedure. There is not, he justly maintains, a nation so savage, as not to form a conception of the world as being one thing, and constructed upon one great and infinite scheme; nor even a child that has made any observations upon the scene of nature, who has not got the habit of tying together in his mind the scattered appearances of the universe, and of contemplating them as one connected whole. The principles then, which conduct to the most perfect conclusions of religion, are not recondite truths which it requires meditation and study to discover, but are such that it is impossible for a rational being to miss them. but in the efforts of genius, and which, if it has seemed for a season, indeed, to be under a heavy eclipse, is again happily breaking forth into its genuine station, although it may that can be collected on this highest of all enquiries, and to still be travelling through clouds. To throw all the light point out its bearings on every other branch of knowledge, and on all human improvement,-is surely an honourable attempt, at least, and bids fair to be useful; nor are you to suppose that it is one entirely forestalled, or on which new observations may not every day be produced. Here, in truth, is the fountain of all meditation. It is only when Man, that we find them prolific of truly ennobling concepwe look with the eye of Religion upon Nature or upon tions; when we permit ourselves to be fettered under material chains, we are then within limits which are for ever baffling and depressing us, and throwing a chill upon our most vigorous exertions. "There is not, either, any great difficulty in this enquiry, nor does it presuppose any high gifts or endowments, although none can be exercised well, if deprived of its influence. It presupposes only simplicity of thought and great good faith-a mind that opens to the impressions of truth, when they rise before it, and that uses no ingenuity to stifle them. This is all which is required; and, even in fallen man, this may, in a certain degree, be found, although, no doubt, the consciousness of the illusions which are, in his present state, so constantly perverting him, ought to make him cling eagerly to that high source of light and purification by which alone his spirit may be restored to a pervading sense of the Divine presence. "Simple, however, and sublime as this glorious theme must be confessed to be, are you not aware, my friend, that there is none less steadily present to the soul of man ?—and do you not think that, in whatever way the sentiments of religion can be rendered profitable and lovely, it is certainly the current of the world, and, in the weak apprehension of not the part of her friends timidly to resign themselves to seeming obtrusive or austere, to suffer opportunities to pass which might awaken the careless to reflection, or might moderate the passions of worldly minds? "There are views of Christianity, too, which might be inculcated without offence to any one. Its happy influence on society, the beautiful simplicity of its origin, the pure character of its author and of its first preachers, are topics which might be rendered very delightful and interesting, even in the social hour; at least I can conceive this, and I have sometimes regretted that there is no such character, now and then, in the world, as a Christian Socrates-a man who, with a full persuasion of religion in his own mind, should lay himself out to make it agreeable in society, by showing its connexion with 'every virtue and every praise.' misapprehensions, even a playful and good-humoured irony, There is surely a method of softening prejudices, removing which might be brought to play upon this fine subject, in the Socratic method, amidst the familiarity of conversation; and, till something of this kind be done, I doubt whether religion will ever make a suitable progress among the freer order of spirits. At present, it comes before men under the dogmatical form of doctrine, because they seldom hear of it The same sound views enable Dr Morehead to throw but from the pulpit; and, of course, it becomes a part of good breeding to keep it in the background in conversation, much valuable light upon what are called the fundamen-because people do not like to be reminded of their catechism. tal laws of human belief. It has been usual among phi- In the meantime, how many are there, of good and virtulosophers to ascribe such impressions to instinct, to cus- ous men too, at least as man may be judged of by man, who tom, or to an experience of which the commencement are really almost unprovided with any ideas or sentiments cannot be traced in the history of the human mind. But of a religious nature, and who go through life amidst, perDr Morehead, with much less pretension of research, ac- haps, much external decency, and not without many good counts for the trust or belief in question, by a reference qualities and feelings, with yet scarcely a thought beyond to that perception of design in the works of creation which thing to be done for these men? are they to be left unenthe pursuits or enjoyments of the passing hour; and is noevery sane mind necessarily forms: "If the term in- lightened on that noblest of all subjects, which, in many stinct," says he, "is to be applied to this belief, I may cases, too, may be precluded from entering their minds by not much object to the expression, if it is admitted to be some slight prejudice of no very difficult removal?" an instinct of reason, but I see no necessity for having recourse to the term instinct at all: it is simpler to suppose that the conception of a plan or design in nature, is followed by an instantaneous belief that the plan will con tinue." The reader will find in the Dialogues, much learned discussion on the Being of God; on the existence of the Material World; on the Relation of Cause and Effect; on the Principles of Morality; and on the source and authority of Natural Religion, as distinguished from the doctrines of revelation. Such colloquies admit not of abridgement or extract. On the contrary, they must be read with the utmost care, as the chain of reasoning is "The subject matter of it is, in one word, RELIGION-that so closely and ingeniously constructed, that no link can be inspiring theme, which, in happier times, was at the foun-left out without destroying the connexion between the dation of all that was elevated and pure, not only in morals, premises and the conclusion.The ninth and tenth Dia The object of this instructive and captivating work is well explained by the author in his dedication to Mr Jeffrey, his distinguished friend and relative: logues which turn on the history and spirit of the Christian religion, are interesting in a very high degree; in proof of which we beg attention to the following fine passage: "I will own to you, then, that my faith in the divine origin of the gospel is never so strong as when I happen to look at a map of the world, and recollect very casually the history of the human race. I put my finger upon the small district of Judea; I recollect that eighteen hundred years ago, in that little region, there inhabited a singular, retired, morose sort of a people if you will, but still a nation which, by some means or other, were not idolaters. I cast my eye round upon every other corner of the earth; I see superstitions of the most hateful and degrading kind darkening all the prospects of man, and corrupting his moral nature in its source; I see some of these nations far advanced in many accomplishments of understanding, and many virtues of character, yet unable to shake off the tremendous load of error by which they were pressed down, and irregular accordingly, and capricious, both in the management of their reason, and in the direction of their affections. I see this little spot of Palestine, despised and scorned by those proud nations who could not for a moment have conjectured that any thing which it could offer them, would have had the slightest influence on their condition. I now see, in that despised country, a teacher arise from the lower orders of the people, who was himself no less disregarded by his countrymen, than his country was contemned by the rest of the world. No matter; his instructions made their way, and though he himself perished in the cause, yet his followers, men, too, of no remarkable powers of mind, carried his doctrines into other nations; and in no long period all the splendid apparatus of superstition fell before them. What do I see now? The little pin-point of Judea swelling out to embrace one half-of the globe-by what means? not by force of arms, but by the progress of opinion. All the nations of Europe, one after the other, Greek, Roman, Barbarian, glory in the name of this humble Galilean, armies greater than those which Xerxes led to the subjugation of Greece, swarming into Asia only to get possession of his sepulchre,-a new world added to his dominion; and at this hour, the east and the west, the north and the south, throwing down their treasures before his manger! How is all this?-are the whole human race gone mad?-or is it only a few philosophers, who will not see with the eyes of other men, to whom that epithet is more justly due? At least, Cleanthes, (for if I gain this, I gain almost all that I am concerned about,) is there not something in this representation to make the philosophers be a little modest in their criticisms, and to exercise a little of that suspense of judgment which they are so much given in other cases to recommend? Is it fit that they should treat with contempt those whose minds are swayed with this remarkable and unprecedented view of things, supposing Christianity had no other proof in its support? If the opinions of Socrates had made so great a progress, and had so lasting an effect, would not you have been ready to contend that there was some kind of Divinity about So· crates? "In vain will you tell me that the history of the Mahometan religion is equally wonderful! Mahomet was a conqueror, and in that particular is not more remarkable than Alexander. The means by which his influence was extended were, therefore, sufficiently obvious. The influence of his religion itself I cannot but impute, chiefly, to the previous influence of Christianity. The great blow had been already struck against idolatry and superstition,-men were prepared to believe that there might be a teacher from heaven, and it was not, therefore, a great stretch of belief, to suppose there might be a second as well as a first, or to suppose him the minister of God, who came with the vengeance of an invincible arm. The marvel in Christianity is, that it went on step by step without much effort of human ability, and without any previous attempt of the same kind. Moses gave a religion to a single nation. What a new idea to give a religion to the whole world! How unaccountable that this plan should have been carried into effect, without almost any thing being done for it except declaring that it should be done! God said, Let there be light, and there was light.' The author of Christianity said, 'Let my religion be spread over the world, and it was spread.' P. 242-6. Besides the Preliminary Enquiry and the Dialogues'on Natural and Revealed Religion, there is an Appendix of two hundred pages, containing ten excellent Sermons, illustrative of the subjects handled in the former part of the volume. These discourses were well worthy of a separate publication, and hence we regret to see them oc cupying a place comparatively so subordinate and secondThat, however, is a consideration which does not ary. properly belong to the critic, whose strictures do not extend to the sacred mysteries which regulate the intercourse between author and bookseller. We, therefore, conclude our remarks, by reminding the reader that, in perusing these Dialogues, he must not ascribe to the writer, as his own sentiments, the opinions and reasoning which he puts into the mouth of his sceptical collocutors. Both Philo and Cleanthes, though moderate men upon the whole, support certain doctrines, and advance various hypotheses which Dr Morehead must not be supposed to countenance for a single moment. In fact, he mentions these only for the purpose of confuting them, and of recommending in their place the adoption of a sounder faith, built upon the foundation of Christian principles; and yet, such is the stupidity of some folk, and the malignity of others, that we should not be greatly surprised to see our valued correspondent held up as a scorner more bitter than Voltaire, and as an unbeliever more insidious than Hume. Let such readers have recourse to the Minute Philosophy of the celebrated Bishop Berkeley, a publication universally regarded as one of the ablest defences of Christianity, and they will see at once a mod e and a warrant for the eloquent work which we now recommend to their attention. Legendary Ballads, by Thomas Moore, Esq., arranged with Symphonies and Accompaniments, by Henry R. Bishop. London. J. Power. Pp. 81. WE have been favoured with one of the earliest copies of this elegant work which has yet reached Scotland. It contains twelve new songs by the best song-writer this country has ever produced. The airs, all of which are good, and some extremely beautiful, are selected from various sources, with the exception of one by Bishop, and another by Mrs Robert Arkwright. The volume is farther enriched by a set of very spirited drawings in illustration of the ballads. The work has reached us too late in the week to permit of our entering into a very minute account of its contents; but we have much pleasure in extracting several of the songs, which, like every thing that comes from Moore's pen, must be highly interesting to our readers. ballad, entitled, We begin with the following beautiful CUPID AND PSYCHE. "They told her, that he to whose sweet voice she listen'd, "When next in thy chamber the bridegroom reclineth, To bards in their day-dreams was ever so bright. "A youth but just passing from childhood's sweet morning, "His brow had a grace more than mortal around it, His sunny hair hung, and the flowers that crown'd it But, ab-in her tremor that fatal lamp raising- "All's lost-with a start from his rosy sleep waking, "Farewell—what a dream thy suspicion hath broken! More playful, but not less delightful, is THE MAGIC MIRROR. "Come, if thy magic glass have power To call up forms we sigh to see; Show me my love in that rosy bower, Where last she pledged her truth to me.' "The wizard show'd his lady bright, Where lone and pale in her bower she lay; "True-hearted maid,' said the happy knight, 'She's thinking of one who is far away.' "But lo! a page, with looks of joy, "The lady now, from her favourite tree, "She gives her page that blooming rose, With looks that say, 'Like lightning fly!' "Thus,' thought the knight, she soothes her woes, By fancying still her true love nigh!' "But the page returns, and-oh! what a sight "Such,' quoth the youth, is woman's love!' Dash'd at the warrior his iron glove, And strew'd it all in fragments round. MORAL. “Such ill would never have come to pass, Had he ne'er sought that fatal view; The wizard still would have kept his glass, And the knight still thought his lady true." There is something particularly chivalric and wild in the following ballad : THE HIGH-BORN LADYE. "In vain all the knights of the Underwald woo'd her, Though brightest of maidens, the proudest was she; Brave chieftains they sought, and young minstrels they sued her, But none was found worthy of the high-born Ladye. "Whomsoever I wed,' said this maid so excelling, That knight must the conqueror of conquerors be; He must place me in halls fit for monarchs to dwell in, None else shall be bridegroom of the high-torn Ladye!' "Thus spoke the proud damsel, with scorn looking round her, On knights and on nobles of highest degree; Who humbly and hopelessly left as they found her, And sigh'd, at a distance, for the high-born Ladye. "At length came a knight, from a far land to woo her, With plumes on his helm, like the foam of the sea; His vizor was down-but with voice that thrill'd through her, He whisper'd his greeting to the high-born Ladye. "Proud maiden! I come with high spousals to grace thee, In me the great conqueror of conquerors see; Enthroned in a hall fit for monarchs I'll place thee, And mine thou'rt for ever, thou high-born Ladye!' "'Twas one summer night, when the village lay sleeping, A soft strain of melody came o'er our ears; So sweet, but so mournful, half-song and half-weeping; "We thought 'twas an anthem some angel had sung us- "Nor long did her life for this sphere seem intended, "Then her eyes when she sung,-oh! but once to have seen them, Left thoughts in the soul that can never depart; While her looks, and her voice, made a language between them, That spoke more than holiest words to the heart. "But she pass'd like a day-dream-no skill could restore her Whate'er was her sorrow, its ruin was fast; She died with the same spell of mystery o'er her,- "Nor even in the grave is her sad heart reposing,- The Manners of the Day. In 3 vols. 8vo. London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 1830. THIS is a work by an author of considerable power, but stained with all the worst affectations of the class to which it belongs. It is scarcely worth our while to be angry with these books now; for their career is nearly over. Instead, therefore, of immolating "The Manners of the Day," as we at one time intended, we content ourselves by remarking, that its author is a clever workman, in a vein that has been opened up by another,—one who, though not endowed with much wit of his own, can catch up what is flying, and retail it in his own way, for the benefit of those who have not already heard it. Towards the end of the first volume, the author indulges in a sneer at the "gentlemen of the press." Of this, from him, we cannot approve. If the word be taken all those merry who are sad: very delightful to read, for to make laughter in long winters' nights, but more pleasant on summer dayes." Not having, at this moment, however, access to the University of Cambridge, we cannot enjoy the full benefit of Mr Hartshorne's labours; but we can easily see that he has produced a work which, to the Cambridge student, must be of the highest utility, as well as to all those who have ever an opportunity of visiting that University. He treats, first, of the Public Library,-of the early copies of the Classics it contains,-of the books printed by the Alduses, by Asulanus, by Manutius, by William Caxton, by Wynkyn de Worde, and by various other printers. He then takes, in succession, the King's Library, the Pepysian, Trinity Library, St John's Library, and concludes with a catalogue of the paintings and drawings bequeathed to the University, in 1818, by the late Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam. The work contains much curious and important antiquarian information, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country. No. IL in its widest acceptation, he is himself one of the class he attacks, a person who tries to amuse the public, through the medium of the press, in hopes of obtaining some remuneration. If it be restricted, as it sometimes is, to designate the furnishers of newspaper intelligence, he adds the sin of ingratitude to that of bad taste, seeing that he has derived from them the whole materials of his work, -for all he knows of fashionable life, is gathered from the fragmentary pieces of knowledge, picked up by that industrious part of the community, as they stand huddled up among chairs and coaches, to catch a glimpse of the beau monde leaving a route. The truth is, that the term "gentlemen of the press," is used with a degree of undue latitude; but this fate is common to it, with the uncompounded word "gentleman," which is now-a-days applied with scarcely less liberality. It is indeed difficult to determine what line of conduct, and what kind of external appearance, incapacitate a person from being termed "a gentleman." The race course is proverbially privileged. We once heard "a gentleman" of good birth and breeding, and a clergyman to the bargain, coolly exclaim," Oh! in a horse, you know, a man would cheat his own father." It has also recently been established by the most satisfactory experiments, that one gentleman" may cheat at cards, and that another may commence an expensive establishment, purchase houses and lands, and lead the fashion with an empty pocket, and when he finds the bubble about to burst, borrow a few thousands, and march off with them. If such persons are gentlemen, we should like to know who is not a "gentleman." We were one night returning along Prince's Street, to our bachelor domicile, and seeing a crowd collected at a crossing, our innate thirst for knowledge prompted us to stop and enquire the cause. "Och," replied a figure, with something on his head which had once been a hat, and a coat which, though it might have been black in days long past, exhibited now a predominant hue of reddish brown, probably from the ope-positively objectionable in point of sentiment, are insufration of the hod-" Och! sir, it's only the police carrying off a fellow, that attacked me and another gentleman!" We invite our contemporaries, and also Mr Stone, the celebrated anti-phrenologist, to join in the curious enquiry, to whom this appellation is or is not applicable. A large induction alone can settle what class precisely is comprehended under it. The London University Magazine, from October, 1829 to January, 1830. Volume I. London. Hurst, Chance, and Co. Pp. 384. HAD we been subscribers to Fraser's Magazine, we should have stopped our subscription as soon as we received No. II. It contains several articles most vulgar and despicable, written apparently by the toad-eaters and underlings of Leigh Hunt, if it be possible for Leigh Hunt to have any underlings. In particular, the first article, upon Moore's Life of Byron, inspires us with unqualified disgust. It is composed in the very worst spirit of Cockney malevolence and low-bred envy. Neither is the review of Bowring's Poetry of the Magyars much better; and all the other articles, which are not ferably dull in point of execution. We spoke leniently of this new periodical on its first appearance; but we now see that it has a taint of vulgarity, and, we fear, something worse, which inevitably dooms it to perpetual obscurity. The London University Magazine is conducted by some young men attending that seminary. It is respectable, but rather heavy. Though scholar-like, it is not quite Il-theless, we doubt not that some of its contributors are so redolent of genius as we could have wished. Neverdestined, ere many years elapse, to distinguish themselves The Book Rarities in the University of Cambridge. lustrated by Original Letters and Notes, Biographical, Literary, and Antiquarian. By the Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, M. A. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1830. Royal 8vo. Pp. 559. in a wider arena. The Young Cook's Assistant; or, Guide to inexperienced Housewives and Servants; upon an Economical Plan ; containing Directions and Receipts, adapted for a Family in the Middle Rank of Life. Edinburgh. Waugh and Innes. 1830. 18mo. Pp. 127. THE ink of the learned, says the Koran, is more precious than the blood of martyrs; and the mass of learning which reposes on the dusty shelves of the University of Cambridge, exceeds all computation. We have here, however, a costly and elegant volume, illustrated by a number of finely-executed engravings, devoted exclusively to the "THE author of this small unpretending volume," says object of bringing to light biblical curiosities, which might the Preface, "found a great want, at the beginning of her otherways never more have been heard of, but which both married life, of some simple directions to give to a young the scholar and the antiquarian will now delight to ex-inexperienced servant ;-that want, as far as she knows, has amine. Although we confess there is not to us the never been supplied. Although there are many excellent same charms in the hieroglyphical mark of three R's, de-books of cookery, they are all more adapted to those in the noting rarissime, that there was to Dominie Sampson, and still is to many worthy gentlemen now living,-yet we are fully prepared to appreciate the important labours of those "qui ante nos nostra dixerunt." When, therefore, we light upon an old folio, such as " The Prouffytable Boke for Manes Soule, and right comfortable to the Body, and specyally in adversite and tribulacyon, which Boke is called the Chastysing of Goddes Chyldren," we invariably peruse it with that veneration which its antiquity demands. Nor are we less pleased suddenly to pick up, in some unexpected corner, a racy and most Methusalem-like duodecimo, such 66 as, A Merry Dialogue between Andrew and his sweet heart Joan, written to make higher ranks of life, with servants that have some expe- say, are simple and judicious, and drawn up with a highly praiseworthy attention to genteel economy. We can, ourselves, see that the receipts are numerous, and have a very tempting appearance, embracing directions for marketing, soups and broth, fish, meats, poultry, vegetables, sauces, pastry and puddings, custards and creams, jellies, pickles, cakes, wines, sundry small dishes, how to salt meat, directions for carving, and various miscellaneous receipts. We confess we are more conversant with the art of eating than of cooking; yet we have an impression that this small volume is well calculated to soften the asperities of domestic life, and to give an additional attraction to the dinner-table of the married man. Conversations upon Comparative Chronology and General We have looked over this book with much satisfaction. We know of none better calculated both to interest the youthful reader, and, at the same time, to impart to him substantial knowledge of the sciences of which it treats. In a modest and well-written Preface, the author, with whose name, we regret to say, we are unacquainted, thus describes the object he has had in view, and the plan he has pursued: "In giving a conversational character to the fruits of researches so dry as those of History, and especially those of Chronology, are often considered, the aim, uniformly pursued, has been to recommend them to attention, by making the substance, as well as the shape, available for amusement and pleasure, and, at the same time, for solid information, and for the culture of moral and religious feelings. The means, as must be obvious, to be resorted to for such a purpose, consist, in the first place, in enlivening and adorning the thread of historical narrative, and list of chronological epochs, by adverting, from moment to moment, to some of the more striking details, agreeably or otherwise impressive, of the various incidents recorded; and, as a second resource of a similar kind, and even as a distinguishing feature of the work, the comparison or parallel of dates has been kept constantly in view, so as to fix the surer regard upon the several eras of persons or events, living, or occurring simultaneously, in different parts of the world; because nothing can more embellish either Chronology or History, or, by aid of the imagination, can more contribute to enchain the memory, than the recalling of coincidences, often the least suspected, of the times of celebrated persons, or of great national events, in regions of the earth the most removed from each other, and among nations the most estranged, and most dissimilar." We have no hesitation in saying, that the author has, in the work itself, amply redeemed the hopes held out în the Preface. The volume, altogether, is an elementary work of a most judicious and valuable description. The Family Classical Library. Nos. I. II. and III.— We do not know why we have not noticed sooner this cheap and elegant little work. Its intention is to present us with the best translations of all the best classical authors. Its circulation will, of course, be much more limited than Miscellanies which embrace a more varied range of subjects; but it will form a complete and valuable work in itself, and will supply the desideratum of a uniform edition of all the most celebrated of the Greek and Roman writers in an English dress. For ourselves, we confess that, having acquired some knowledge of the originals, we are not much addicted to translations. But there are many persons to whom Greek is nothing more nor less than Heathen Greek, and to whom Latin is no better than High Dutch ;-to them the door of information is now unlocked, and for the small and easy charge of four-and-sixpence per month, they have nothing to do but to walk in and be introduced to Demosthenes, Xeno- Letters to Dr Robert Hamilton, in refutation of the Erroneous and Heretical Doctrines, &c. &c. Edinburgh. W. Oliphant. 1830. Pp. 150. HERE is another heresy-monger, yclept Dr Robert Hamilton, who, from being a curer of bodies-having run aground for want of practice-has taken to curing souls in a new and original manner. His doctrines, in point of extravagance and absurdity, beat the dogmas of the Row people hollow. The writer of the pamphlet, the fifth part of the title of which we have quoted above, is " Baptist," who has set himself seriously to the work of refutation, and brought forth a closely-printed brochure of 150 pages, which we would not read for the world. Dr Robert Hamilton declares, on the honour of a gentleman and the faith of a Christian, that the Ten Commandments and the Sabbath are abrogated on this earth for ever! He has got, we believe, about forty converts; some people call them convicts—that is, they are convicted of the truth of Dr Hamilton's luminous conceptions. To these forty disciples, and a host of idlers and others, the worthy Doctor holds forth, we are told, every Sabbath evening, in some hall within the precincts of this city. The followers, or those who have embraced his unique ideas, are principally old women, cidevant governesses, and shoemakers' wives; and, as far as their opinions go, there is no such man upon earth as Dr Robert Hamilton, A New and Comprehensive Topographical Dictionary. THIS appears to be a tasteful, cheap, and useful work. It is to be comprised in forty-two monthly Numbers, closely printed in octavo, double columns, in a clear and legible type. Each Number is to contain a quarto map, engraved by Sydney Hall. Judging by the specimens now before us, it will be the fullest and most accurate Topographical Dictionary yet published. Select Orations of Demosthenes; with Notes, Critical and THE editor of this volume is a scholar who evidently searches deeply, examines carefully, and decides only on conviction. The text has been very minutely collated with the best editions of Demosthenes; and the notes, which are rather explanatory than critical, will be found useful both by the student and instructor. The Orations selected are the first Philippic, the first, second, and third Olynthiac, the Oration on the Peace, the Oration of Eschines against, and that of Demosthenes for, Ctesi-phon. |