the Resurrection; Palmer on Practical Theology; and Dorner on the Right View of the Divine Immutability.

The leading articles in the Theologische Quartalschrift, the Roman Catholic Quarterly, are Kober on Excommunication; and Ruckgaber on Quietism in France.

The Zeitschrift f. Lutherische Theologie, 1, 1857, Rudelbach on the Lutheran Church, in review of Grundtvig; Keil, the Sacrifices of the Old Testament; Schick on the question whether Justin Martyr cited the Lord's Prayer; Koeller on Zwingli; and de Mardes on Hymnology.

The first volume of Neander's History of Doctrines, edited by Jacobi, is issued; it extends to the end of the sixth century, and is a valuable complement to his Church History. We trust that it may be soon translated.

The first volume of Bunsen's long-promised work on "God in History," has been published. It is to extend to six Books; two are contained in this volume, which is chiefly taken up with the examination of the Hebrew Nation; the third Book will be devoted to the Greeks; the fourth to the Romans; the fifth to the Christian Nations; and in the last he proposes to give a philosophical development and summary of the whole of his comprehensive plan.

Among the new works in Theology are, Grimm on the Maccabees; a new volume of Hengstenberg's Christology; a new edition of the Apostolic Fathers by Dressel; a new edition of Hertwig's Tabular Introduction to the Old Testament; the second volume of Saalschütz's valuable Hebrew Archaeology; a new edition of Martensen's Dogmatics; Steinheim, the Doctrinal System of the Synagogue; Weisse on the Four Gospels; a third edition of Lücke's Commentary on John; a second edition of Schmidt's Church History; the fourth part of Fürst's Hebrew Lexicon; the 24th volume of Melanchthon's Complete Works; R. Hoffmann on Symbolism, or a Comparison of Confessions of Faith; Brecher on the Doctrine of Immortality among the Israelites.

In Philosophy, the revived discussion on Materialism has called forth a large number of works, in opposition to Vogt, Büchner and other materialists; e. g., Frohschammer on "the Soul and Physiology;" Michelis, "Materialism, the Collier's Faith," shows that no possible science can prove that thought is a mere secretion of the brain. K. Fischer, "Francis Bacon, or the Realistic Philosophy and its Age," is a brilliant essay, though unfair to the higher aspects of Bacon's Philosophy. Ritter, the historian, has published a system of "Logic and Metaphysics," in two volumes; Brandis's "History of Greek Philosophy," in the second half of the second division of the second part, is on "Aristotle and his Academical Contemporaries." Schliephack, "Introduction to the System of Philosophy;" Trendelenburg, "Herbart's Practical Philosophy."

Herzog's "Real Encyclopädie," has reached its sixtieth part. The second volume of Schwegler's Roman History is to the Decemvirate. Bopp's Comparative Grammar is appearing in a second edition. Heyse's Science of Language is edited by H. Steinthal. Nägelbach on the "Post-Homeric

Theology of the Greeks," to the time of Alexander. The second part of the third volume of the third series of Leibnitz's Collected Works, edited by Pertz. A new fragment of the Niebelungen-Lied has been discovered by Professor Kirchhof of Leipsick, filling up some gaps in Lachmann's edition. An Ottoman Grammar, by Fuad and Gazdat Efendi, has been translated into German by Kellegreen.

HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.

There are now 1800 pastors in Holland, of whom 1600 belong to the Dutch Reformed Church.

The Belgian Academy of Sciences has published its programme of subjects for prizes for 1857: 1. The True Origin of the Right of Succession, its grounds and reasons; 2. The Analogies of the Flemish, German and English languages; 3. The Influence of Civilization on Poetry; 4. The Influence of Rhetorical Societies upon the Literature, Morals and Politics of the Netherlands; 5. A History of any one of the Great Councils of Malines, Brabant, Hainaut or Flanders. For 1858: 1. A history of the doctrines that have influenced the social condition, particularly of Belgium, from the beginning of the sixteeenth century; 2. The Relations of the Flemish and French Literature in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The prizes are, for each question, a gold medal of the value of 600 francs.

ENGLAND.

Theological Works.-E. W. Grinfield, the Christian Cosmos: the Son of God the Revealed Creator. 12mo. pp. 352.-The Unity of the Faith; or, Jesus as the Manifestation of God in all Ages. 12mo. pp. 100.-A second edition of Professor Baden Powell's Essays on the Unity of the World and of Nature, discussing the Inductive Philosophy, the Plurality of Worlds and the Philosophy of Creation. 8vo. pp. 566.-Inspiration a Reality, by Rev. T. B. Lowe, against Macnaught's 'Doctrine of Inspiration.' 12mo. pp. 258. Rev. Isaac Williams, Sermons on the Characters of the Old Testament. 12mo. pp. 276.-C. Wordsworth, the New Testament in the original Greek, with notes. Part I. The Four Gospels. 8vo. pp. 320.— W. Goode, the Nature of Christ's Presence in the Eucharist. 2 vols. 8vo. against the Oxford School.-An English Harmony of the Gospels, in Paragraphs and Parallelisms, with various readings and notes. 4to. pp. 200. Published by Allan at 6s.-New edition of Stanley's Corinthians and Jowett's Epistles of Paul are announced.-A new Translation and Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes, by Rev. Benj. Weiss. 12mo. pp. 330.H. T. J. Bagge, the Epistle to the Galatians, with revised text, 98.-C. T. Ellicott, the Pastoral Epistles, with translation, 10s. 6d.-Foster's Essays, from the Eclectic, are issued anew in Bohn's Library.-Rev. J. H. Godwin, the Apocalypse of St. John, a new translation, metrically arranged.— The first volume of Dr. Wardlaw's Systematic Theology, contains his Lec

tures on Natural Theology, the Evidences, and the Divine Perfections.J. Todd, Commentary on Sermon on the Mount. pp. 385.

Philosophical Works.-G. Duplex, Matter, its Form and governing Laws. 12mo. pp. 162.-F. D. Maurice, History of Medieval Philosophy, from Enclyclopedia Metropolitan.-R. G. Latham, Logic in its Application to Language. 8vo.-W. Fleming, a Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical. 8vo.-Prof. Fraser's Essays in Philosophy, from the North British, of which he is now the editor, are issued in one volume, containing his articles on Leibnitz, Hamilton, the Insoluble Problem, Augustinianism, etc.—A new edition of Dr. Hampden's Moral Philosophy, is in the press.-The Will, Divine and Human, by Thomas Solly, Barrister, discusses the subject on the basis of the philosophy of Kant.— Lewes' "Biographical History of Philosophy," is in the press, entirely re-written.

Historical Works.-A History of the Christian Church, A. D. 590 to A. D. 1122, by Rev. T. C. Robertson, in continuation of his former work. J. McBurney, the Students' Handbook of Mediæval History, with Dissertations by Col. Proctor.-Chronological Tables, from the beginning of the world to the close of the Russian War, in two parts, 5s. each.-Rev. Dr. Rule's Studies from History, vol. ii., contains the lives of Savonarola and Melanchthon.-A new and cheaper edition of Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences, in three volumes, with additions, is announced.

The new edition of Horne's Introduction is now announced in separate portions; Dr. Davidson on the Text and Interpretation, in consequence of his views on Inspiration, is published by itself; the other portions are Horne on the Evidences, and on Antiquities; and Horne and Tregelles, on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament, with bibliographical lists of editions and versions.

Anselm, "Meditations and Prayers to the Holy Trinity and Our Lord Jesus Christ." This work is translated and edited by Dr. Pusey.

J. Romilly, Graduati Cantabrigienses; a list of all who have received University honors in Cambridge, from 1760 to 1856.

Among the latest English works announced, are, Oliver Cromwell, by C. E. Stewart; State Papers, from the Revolution to the death of Queen Anne, by J. M. Kemble; Luther's Table-Talk, in Bohn's Series, by Hazitt; Time and Faith, an Inquiry into the Dates of Ecclesiastical History, in two volumes; Godwin's Hulsean Lectures on the Glory of the Only Begotten of the Father seen in the Manhood of Christ; Howard on Exodus and Leviticus; Liddell's History of Rome; Worsley, Life of Luther, vol. ii.; a new edition of Nicolas' Historic Peerage of England; The first volume of the new edition of Bacon's Works; Hardwick's Christ and other Masters, vol. ii., on the Religions of India.

NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.

I. Annals of the American Pulpit; or, Commemorative Notices of distinguished American Clergymen of various Denominations, from the early Settlement of the Country, to the close of the year 1855. With historical Introductions. By William B. Sprague, D. D. Volumes 1 and 2. New York: Carter & Brothers. 1857. pp. 723, 778.

This work meets with universal favor. The patient research and remarkable accuracy; the mass of information and the conscientious impartiality; the genial sympathy and evangelical spirit-these are some of the qualities that have commended it to all classes. The volumes now published, include only the Congregationalists, and it will give the reader an idea of the size of the whole work, to consider that 1500 pages are devoted to one denomination.

There is first a sketch of each minister. The history of his life is given, with a general view of his character. Then follows one or more letters, written so far as these could be obtained, by persons intimately acquainted with the subject. Of course, these are of all degrees of ability. Some are very interesting.

We quote the letter of Rev. Dr. Burgess, in relation to Samuel J. Mills, though it is our impression that he underrates him. Mr. Mills appears to us to have been a very great man, and the difficulty that his biographers feel in describing him, only shows it more fully. He had a mind eminently creative, one of those intellects that forecast results and reach, far in advance of other men, into the future. It is certain that he was, if not the very chief, yet undoubtedly one of the chief originators of the Amercan Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Bible Society, the United Foreign Missionary Society, and the American Colonization Society. Dr. Burgess no doubt thinks that he shows discrimination and superiority to prejudice and natural attachment, when he says: "He lived at the peculiar time when our National Societies, in imitation of the English, must have been instituted, with or without his efficient aid." This is like saying that Washington lived at a time when America must have been free with or without his aid, and reminds one of the story of Columbus and the egg. Still, though Dr. B. does not appreciate Mills as he ought, the account is sufficiently interesting to copy.

FROM THE REV. EBENEZER BURGESS.

DEDHAM, Mass., October 1, 1849.

My dear Sir: My personal acquaintance with the Rev. Samuel John Mills, Jr., commenced at Andover, when I was a student in the Theological Seminary, on his return from his first tour to the Western and Southern States. He was grave, sallow, and slow in conversation. His public discourse in the Chapel related chiefly to his efforts to distribute the Bible

among the French Catholic population of Louisiana. He gave his attention to the few individuals who were devoted to Foreign Missions. His stay was short. The next year, he returned from his second tour, terminating again at New Orleans. He was still zealous in the Bible enterprise, and glad to see the local Societies becoming auxiliary to the American Bible Society, which had just been instituted. He dwelt much too on the state and prospects of the descendants of Africans in this country, whether free or enslaved. I saw him a few times only, and did not pretend to claim any intimacy of friendship.

Two years after, as I was leaving the Professorship in the University of Vermont, he appealed to me to embark with him on a Mission of Inquiry to Western Africa, in the service of the American Colonization Society, just then organized; to which enterprise, he knew that my attention had been much turned. He had formerly viewed with favor the project which had been contemplated by eminent philanthropists in Virginia, such as Jefferson, Monroe, and many others, of finding a location on the Western or Southern borders of the United States, where to constitute the free people of color a distinct community. The impolicy or impracticability of such an enterprise is now most apparent, as no permanence could be ensured to such a community, any more than to the Aboriginal tribes. I gave to Mr. Mills the precedence and the responsibility in this tour, as his superior age and experience justly demanded. We had no petty rivalry or diversity of judgment. If our qualifications for such an enterprise were humble, our means to prosecute it were surely limited. We had no ship or treasure at our command. In London and Sierra Leone, we were treated with all the civility to which the philanthropic nature of our embassy was entitled.

Having collected the best intelligence in our power respecting the climate of Western Africa, the power of the native tribes, the practicability of buying territory, the natural resources of the country for agriculture and commerce, and the probable connivance of the European Governments, who have Colonies on the coast, we set out on our return. Our progress on the voyage was slow, when, six days out, leaning on the tafferel in the evening twilight, and looking towards the Continent behind, he said, "I have now transcribed the brief journal of my visit to the coast of Africa, and turned my face towards home. If it please God that I may arrive safely, as I may reasonably hope, I think that I shall take Obookiah and go to the Sandwich Islands, and there I shall end my life." Within a week, saying little, taking medicine at his own discretion, sitting at the table and walking on deck to the last day, and with no apparent suffering he fell asleep with a most benignant smile on his face. I closed his eyes and said, My Brother. His remains were decently enveloped, and committed to an ocean grave.

On my return to the United States, I inquired for Obookiah, and learned that he was dead. By a comparison of dates, I found that he died some months before his patron, which intelligence no angel-bird had borne to the mortal ear. What was his surprise on entering Heaven, to find Obookiah there, ready to congratulate him on his safe arrival!

If we wish to do justice to Mr. Mills, we must not contemplate him as a student, a writer, or a preacher, but as a philanthropist, wise in counsel, active, zealous, self-sacrificing, devoted to good works. He did not claim to be a classical scholar, a lucid writer, or a popular orator. While his figure was manly, his apparel studiously neat, and his manners rather graceful, his voice was not clear, nor his eye brilliant, nor his language fluent. Unlike his father, he had no wit. The prominent traits of character which gave him such efficiency as a philanthropist, were such as