platforms; it issues no flaming placards. Yet it is at work, quietly, resolutely, judiciously, and most effectually, among the vast multitudes of the poor, ignorant, suffering, and depraved of the great cities of England."Parson and People" gives the details of such instrumentalities in a single and most successful instance. We thank Mr. Bacon for his tribute to what the Church of England is doing. It is in noble contrast with the treatment which the Mother and Daughter Churches have learned to expect from such sources. We wish he was in a position to lend his generous nature and effective influence to the same work, which is already inaugurated in this country to a much larger extent than he seems to be aware of.

OUR VOWS: A Work to be read in preparation for Baptismal Confirmation and the Eucharist. By the Rev. RICHARD LOWNDEs, M. A., Vicar of Sturminster Newton, Dorsetshire. Revised, and adapted to use in the Church in the United States. New York: Church Book Society. 1865. 12mo. pp. 123.

The author designed this as a work to be read by the Pastor to, and with, his class of candidates for Confirmation and the Holy Sacraments, and consists of eight Chapters; in which is included the whole subject of Man's condition in his present relation to God, and the means and ordinances suited to, and appointed for that condition. Man under the Law, and Man under Grace; the subjective effect of the Fall; the nature of Regeneration; of Justification, Sanctification, and Conversion; of Repentance, Faith, and Obedience; the Eucharist, these are the subjects which the author discusses, in a plain and familiar manner. The great principles of the work are thoroughly sound, and its faithful use, as contemplated by the author, must result in a more fitting preparation for, and proper reception of, the Sacraments of the Gospel.

"HALLOWED SONGS." A collection of the most popular Hymns and Tunes, both old and new, designed for prayer and social meetings, revivals, and family worship, and Sabbath Schools. By T. E. PERKINS, PHILIP PHILLIPS, and SYLVESTER MAIN. New York: Carlton & Porter, 200 Mulberry street. 1865. 4to. pp. 256.

The music of this little volume is, as a whole, much better than the words. With here and there a really choice gem, many of the Hymns remind one of the snatches which used to be heard on the Negro plantations of the South, consisting of almost endless changes rung on a few words, with little connected meaning, or no meaning at all. For example, there is in this book a Hymn of five stanzas, containing forty lines. Twenty of these lines are a mere repetition of the line," "Tis a wonder, a wonder, a wonder." While we are loth to criticise a work of such good intention, we do insist that one great end to be answered by Sacred Song, on every occasion, should be, to educate, elevate, and refine the feelings, rather than to minister to a merely sensuous emotionalism. .

A COMMENTARY ON THE LORD'S PRAYER. By the Rev. W. Denton, M. A. Edited and enlarged by the Rev. H. J. Fox, M. A. New York: Carlton and Porter. 1865. 16mo. pp. 208.

This Commentary on the Lord's Prayer, as prepared by the author, an English Church Clergyman, we judge, was a most excellent and valuable treatise. The American Methodist Editor, however, says, that in presenting it "to his own and sister Evangelical Churches," ," "he has taken some liberties with the text," omitting and modifying "expressions growing out of the author's relation to an intensely prelatical Church." He has also "made what he thinks will be regarded as useful additions." It is easy enough to track the American Editor throughout the volume, in the dilutions, and insipidities, and alterations and perversions, which are apparent. As an honest man, he has no right to take such a liberty with the thoughts, and arguments, and opinions, and literary labor of Mr. Denton, whose name at least should have been dropped from the work entirely; or else he should have indicated precisely what Mr. Denton is responsible for, and what belongs to the Methodist Mr. Fox. Public sentiment among us is too indifferent at such trifling with the literary reputation and doctrinal teaching of English authors, so common in this country.

TRACT NUMBER NINETY. Remarks on certain Passages in the Thirty Nine Articles. By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, D. D. New York: H. B. Durand. 1865. 12mo. pp. 134..

We hear considerable surprise expressed at the republication among us, and especially just now, of the Tract which made so much mischief a few years ago; and also some curiosity evinced, to know under whose auspices, and at whose suggestion and responsibility, it now appears. We assure all such persons, that the question is not worth asking; and that the treatise itself is too thoroughly sophistical, dishonest, and unprincipled, to do any great amount of harm.

A PASTORAL LETTER to the Clergy of the Diocese of New York, from the Bishop, May, 1865. 8vo. pp. 21.

The howlings of anger with which this Pastoral is greeted by the radicals outside of the Church, shows how strong their expectations had become, and not without reason, of crushing the Church, and trampling upon her authority. Professing the greatest degree of liberality, the intolerance of this radicalism is relentless towards everything which will not bend the knee to its iron despotism. As this Pastoral has a history, and is one of the most important documents ever issued by an American Bishop, we purpose to speak of it more at length hereafter. It is worthy of the Bishop of New York, and will be hailed with grateful satisfaction by all true Churchmen, Clergymen and Laymen.

BISHOP STEVENS'S MEMORIAL SERMON ON BISHOP BOONE. Philadelphia: 1865. 8vo. pp. 63.

While Bishop Stevens has paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of his personal friend, Bishop Boone, he has, at the same time, elevated him in the respect of those who did not thoroughly know him; for Bishop Boone was no common man; and he has also presented an argument for the Mission to China, which is unanswerable. In many respects, it is a publication of permanent value.

PROCEEDINGS at the Thirty First Anniversary of the Bishop White Prayer Book Society, with the Annual Report of the Board of Managers, &c., &c. Nov. 27, 1864. Philadelphia: 1865. 8vo. pp. 44.

The Report presented, was prepared by the Rev. B. Wistar Morris, one of a Committee specially appointed and instructed to give a historical account of the Prayer Book in this country. The present Report is spoken of as introductory, and the first of a series. It gives a historical record of the use of the Prayer Book in this country down to the Revolution, and shows, incidentally, "what instrumentality it has had in the promotion and preservation of these United States." Mr. Morris records the use of the Prayer Book by Capt. Frobisher and his Companions, May 27, 1577, more than forty years before the landing from the May Flower. It was used in Capt. Frobisher's Company in 1578, by Rev. Mr. Wolfall, who celebrated the ordinances of the Church on the Continent, near the inlet to Hudson's Bay. It was habitually used by the Expedition under Sir Richard Grenville, which landed on the Island of Roanoke, June 26, 1585 This was thirty-five years before the May Flower. It was regularly used by the Colony which landed on the peninsula of James River, April 13, 1607. This was thirteen years before the May Flower. In 1605 the Cross was planted on the bank of the Penobscot, in Maine; and on the 9th of Aug., 1607, the Rev. Richard Seymour celebrated Di-vine Service in St. George's Island, off the Coast of Maine, and a Church was soon erected on the main land. This was thirteen years before the May Flower. The first Representative Civil Government on American soil, met in the old Jamestown Church, July 16, 1619, and its doings were hallowed by the ordinances of the Church. This was one year before the May Flower. The use of the Prayer Book is traced down to the well-known Services by the Rev. Mr. Duché in the Continental Congress, Sept. 7, 1774, and the Chaplaincy of Bishop White, appointed Dec. 23, 1776. Appropriate record is also made of the most acceptable use of the Prayer Book during our present Civil War. This Report would make a most excellent Tract for general distribution. It is minute in its details, and is written in an excellent spirit. A collection of such Tracts would form a most valuable volume, and Mr. Morris has all the materials to do such a service for the Church.

Words for THE PEOPLE. In Three Parts. Part I. Civil Government. Part II. Government of the United States. Part III. Social Duties. By ORIGEN. Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Co. 1865. 18mo. pp. 295.

This treatise is not so much an argument, as it is a didactic statement of the theory of the writer. It is in the form of theses; each Part containing about one hundred and seventy distinct propositions. The First Part treats of the origin and nature of Civil Government; the Second, of the construction of our own Government; and in the Third, the writer treats of the relations of Labor and Capital, to the well-being of Society. It is a thoughtful work, evidently by a layman, written in a Christian spirit; it contains some propositions, which, if not novel, are at least doubtful; but is full of good sense and practical wisdom. It is one of that class of works which are likely to be the fruit of our national troubles; and, for that reason, to be read with care and caution.

A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of Approved Books, suitable for Parish Libraries and Sunday Schools. Compiled by a Presbyter of the Diocese of Connecticut. New York: James Pott, 13 Cooper Union. 1865. 12mo. pp. 43.

This Catalogue does not contain books published by the Church Book Society, and has been prepared as an aid to the Clergy in making up a list of books for Sunday School and Parish Libraries; for which purpose it cannot but prove very useful. Mr. Pott, who is doing a good work for the Church, will furnish the Catalogues, on application, and also the books at a fair rate. We would have added somewhat to the list of solid and substantial works for Parish Libraries; and we think, also, that these should form a larger element than is ordinarily found, even in Sunday School Libraries. Educate the children of the Church to love really good books-books that are books.

WOMAN'S MISSion in the ChrISTIAN CHURCH. Report of a Committee on organizing the service of Christian Women. Philadelphia: King & Baird.

We advise all who have any heart for such service for Christ, to send for this Report, to William Welsh, Esq., Philadelphia.

PAPERS OF THE Russo-Greek COMMITTEE. No. IV. Comparative Statement of Russo-Greek and Roman Catholic Doctrines. 8vo. pp. 16.

The present Paper, edited, with Notes, by the Rev. J. F. Young, Editor of the Russo-Greek Committee, is a reprint of an Article, written by the present Metropolitan of Moscow. Its perusal would prevent a great deal of very noisy and very silly talking.

O MOTHER DEAR, JERUSALEM. The Old Hymn. Its Origin and Genealogy. Edited by WILLIAM C. PRIME; Author of "Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia, &c. New York: A. D. F. Randolph. 1865. 12mo. pp. 92.

It is a curious fact, that in quarters where it would least have been looked for, we see, occasionally, curiosity aroused and inquiry insti

tuted, in respect to the literary and devotional wealth of what are termed "the Dark Ages." Dark as they were, yet the corruptions of Rome had not then been precipitated into stereotype form; and there was in the bosom of the Church a depth of learning and richness of piety which now and then startles and rebukes the self-conceit of this nineteenth century. A research into the origin of this famous old Hymn, "The New Jerusalem," has led Mr. Prime to give specimens of the old Latin Hymns of Hildebert, Bernard, and Peter Damian; all of which we are glad to see, for many reasons. Mr. Prime proves that this Hymn, which, in English, has been commonly attributed to David Dickson, a Scotch Clergyman of the seventeeth century, certainly had a much earlier origin. The volume is very tastefully published; it is really a choice little morceau, and will sharpen the appetite of the reader for more from the same source.

THE SPIRIT OF MISSIONS. June, 1865. 8vo. New York: No. 17 and 19 Bible House.

We desire to call the special attention of the Laity of the Church to this publication, edited by the Secretaries of the Domestic and Foreign Board of Missions. Some new features have recently been given to the work, by which able papers, historical and statistical, on Missions, are published, and also Summaries of General Missionary Intelligence. The wide dissemination of this Monthly, as well as the CARRIER DOVE, would be an indication of a truly Missionary spirit among us, and a sure means of greatly promoting it. An Advertisement of these Periodicals may be found in our Advertising Circular.

The following publications have been received:

TONY BUTLER. A Novel. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1865. 8vo. pp. 257.

CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1865. 12mo. pp. 260.

UNCLE SILAS: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh. By J. S. LE FANU. Author of "Wylder's Hand," &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1865. 8vo. pp. 159.

LUTTRELL OF ARRAN. BY CHARLES LEVER; Author of "Barrington," &c., &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1865. 8vo. pp.

223.

KATE KENNEDY. A Novel. By the Author of " Wondrous Strange," &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1865. 8vo. pp. 114.

Rev. Dr. PECK'S DISCOURSES. Our Country. New York: Carlton: & Porter. 1865. 12mo. pp. 300.

The Rt. Rev. BISHOP ODENHEIMER'S Sermon at the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Coxe, Jan. 4, 1865, in Trinity Church, Geneva, N. Y.