Classical and Miscellaneous. EUROPEAN. A PERPETUAL activity pervades the whole field of classical philology in Germanyand especially the domain of Greek Lexicography. In this department two important works have appeared, which we have not seen, but which are highly commended in the Leipziger Repertorium. They are the 46 Handworterbuch der Griechischen Sprache, von C. Jacobitz und E. E. Seiler," 2 vols., large Svo., pp. 1502 and 1792: and the "Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch zum Schulund Privatgebrauche, von Jacobitz und Seiler," large 8vo., 1650 pp. THE whole number of matriculated students at the University of BoNN for the winter semester of 1850-1851, was 911; of whom 58 were students of Theology under the Protestant Faculty, and 204 under the Catholic; 308 of Jurisprudence, 127 of Medicine, and 144 of Philosophy and Theology. The University of BRESLAU, for the same half-year, had 823 students, of whom 297 were students of Theology. In JENA, there were 358 students, of whom 78 were Theological; MARBURG, 263 students, 72 Theological; MUNICH, 1884 students, 315 Theological; WURZBURG, 672 students, 96 Theological. THE fourth part of the second volume of Passow's Greek Lexicon (newly edited by Rost, Palm, and Kreussler) is published, and extends from the word πɛрacía to πλινδυφής. WE have received the first number of a new philological journal entitled "Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung, auf dem gebiete des Deutschen, Griechischen und Lateinischen, herausgegeben von Dr. J. Aufrecht, Priv. Doc. a. d. Universität zu Berlin, und Dr. A. Kuhn, Lehrer am Cöln. Gymnasium." (Berlin, F. Dümmler; NewYork, Westermann, Brothers.) The first number gives good promise, both in matter and appearance, of a useful and attractive journal. The space is about equally divided between the three languages, German, Greek, and Latin; and this proportion is to be kept up in future numbers. Among the contributors to this number, besides the editors, may be found the names of Förstemann, Curtius, Benary, and Jac. Grimm; and among the collaborators engaged for the future service of the journal, are Bopp, Diefenbach, Haase, Hartung, Lassen, Zumpt, and others. The cost of the journal, in this country, will be about $3.50 per annum. A REMARKABLE production of the past year is Ιστορία τῶν Ἑλλήνων Ποιητών καὶ Συγγραφέων, ὑπὸ Κ. Ασωπίου. Τόμ. πρῶτος, ΑΖ. Εν Αθήναις, 1850, 960 pp., 8vo. The author, Constantine Asopios, is Professor of Greek Literature in the Otto University at Athens. The work, when completed, will embrace the history of Greek Literature from the earliest times up to the year 1453. To show how comprehensive are the attempts of modern philosophy, we give the title and contents of a new German treatise, viz." System der Wissenschaft: ein philosophischen Encheiridion von Dr. Karl Rosenkranz, 1850, pp. 621, 8vo." The contents are as follows:-I. REASON: the science of the logical Idea (Dialectics), in three parts (1.) Being (Metaphysics): (2.) Conception (Logic): (3.) Idea (Ideology).— II. NATURE: the Philosophy of Nature (Physics) (1.) Matter (Mechanics): (2.) Power (Dynamics): (3.) Life (Organics) .— III. SPIRIT (1.) the Subjective Spirit (Pay chology): (2.) the Objective Spirit (Ethics): (3.) the Absolute Spirit (Theology). WE notice the completion, at last, of Dr. Traill's translation of Josephus' Jewish War, edited by Isaac Taylor. The work is in two volumes, price about $10. AMONG the new works in Classical and Miscellaneous Literature announced on the Continent are the following: Bibliographisches Handbuch der philoso phischen Literatur der Deutschen v. der Mitte des 18. Jahrh. bis auf die neueste Zeit. Von Dr. Chr. Ant. Geissler. Nach J. Sam. Ersch in systemat. Ordnung bearb. u. m. den nöthigen Registern versehen. 3. Aufl. Leipzig, 1850. 283 pp. 8vo. Histoire de la philosophie; par l'abbé J. B. Bourgeat. Philosophie orientale. Paris, Hachette. 1850. Svo. Grundzüge d. Systems der Philosophie od. Encyclopädie der philosoph. Wissenschaften von Dr. K. Ph. Fischer, Prof. 2. Bd. Die Wissenschaft des subjectiven u. objectiven Geistes. 1. Abth. Erlangen, Palm. 1850. 272 pp. 8vo. Lehrbuch zur Einleitung in die Philosophie. Allgemeine Einleitung, Psychologie, Logik. Von Dr. R. Joh. Lichtenfels. 1850. 267 pp. 8vo. System der speculativen Ethik, oder Philosophie der Familie, des Staates u. der religiösen Sitte. Von H. Mor. Chalybäus. 2 Bde. Leipzig. 1850. 1143 pp. Schleiermachers Sittenlehre ausführlich dargestellt u. beurtheilt mit e. einleitenden Exposition d. histor. Entwickelungsganges der Sittenlehre überhaupt. Eine v. d. K. Dan. Gesellschaft zu Kopenhagen gekrönte Preisschrift. Von Dr. Frz. Vorländer. 1851. 348 pp. 8vo. Vom Staatsleben nach platonischen, aristotelischen und christlichen Grundsätzen. Eine staatswissenschaftliche Abhandlung von P. H. Stuhr. 1. Thl. Berlin. 1850. 327 pp. 8vo. Gottfried Hermann's pädagogischer Einfluss. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik des altclassischen Humanisten von Dr. K. Fr. Ameis, Prof. u. Prorector am Gymnasium zu Mühlhausen. Jena. 1850. 115 pp. 8vo. Corpus inscriptionum graecarum. Auctoritate et impensis acad. litterar. regiae Boruss. ex materia collecta ab Aug. Boeckhio ed. Jo. Franzius. Vol. III. Fasc. III. Berolini. 1850. Pp. 689-1032. gr. Fol. Lehrbuch der griechischen Antiquitäten. Von Dr. K. Fr. Hermann, Prof. zu Göttingen. 3. Thl., die Privatalterthümer enthaltend. 1. Hälfte. Heidelberg. 1850. 210 pp. 8vo. Griechische Mythologie. Von Dr. Em. Braun. In 3 Büchern. 2. Buch. 1. Hälfte. Hamburg u. Gotha. 1850. Pp. 211-442. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. Von Dr. Ed. Munk. 2. Thl.: Geschichte der griechischen Prosa. Berlin. 1850. 669 pp. 8vo. Histoire de la liltérature Grecque; par Alex. Pierron. Paris. 1850. 12mo. Demosthenes, ausgewählte Reden. Erklärt von Ant. Westermann. (In 3 Bdchen.) 2. Bdchen.: [XVIII.] Rede vom Kranze. [XX.] Rede gegen Leptines. Leipzig. 1850. 218 pp. 8vo. Platonis opera omnia uno volumine comprehensa. Ad fidem optimor. libror. denuo recognovit et una cum scholiis graecis emendatius ed. Gfr. Stallbaumius, Prof. et Gymn. Rector. Edit. stereot. Lipsiae. 1850. 728 pp. Large Svo. Organismus der lateinischen Sprache oder Darstellung der Weltanschauung des röm. Volkes in seinen Sprachformen. Von Dr. Ant. Schmitt. 2 Thle. Mit 6 Formentaf. 2. Aufl. Mainz. 1851. 310 pp. 8vo. AMONG the new works announced in Great Britain are the following:-Sketches of the Poetical Literature of the past HalfCentury, in six Lectures, delivered at the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, by D. M. MOIR (DELTA), foolscap 8vo. :-Sir John Richardson's Journal of his Boat Voyage through Rupert's Land, and along the Central Arctic Coasts, in Search of the Discovery Ships under Sir John Franklin, 2 vols. 8vo., Map, coloured Plates, and Woodcuts :-A History of Greek and Roman Classical Literature, with an introduction on each of the languages, biographical notices, an account of the periods in which each principal author lived and wrote, so far as literature was affected by such history, and observations on the works themselves, by R. W. Browne, Professor of Classics at King's College, London, 2 vols., 8vo. :-The One Primeval Language, traced experimentally through ancient inscriptions, in alphabetical characters of lost powers from the four Continents, including the voice of Israel from the rocks of Sinai, and the vestiges of patriarchal tradition from the Monuments of Egypt, Etruria, and Southern Arabia, with illustrative Plates, a Harmonized Table of Alphabets, Glossaries, and Translations, by the Rev. Charles Forster, B.D. :Schiller's Complete Poems, including all his early suppressed Pieces, together with the Poems introduced in his Dramatic Works, attempted in English, by Edgar Alfred Bowring: A Handbook of the English Language, by R. G. Latham, M.D., late Professor of English Language and Literature in University College, London, 1 vol., 12mo. :-Letters on the Physics of the Globe, by H. Buff, Professor of Physics in the University of Giessen, edited by Dr. A. W. Hofman, Professor in the Royal College of Chemistry, London, foolscap 8vo. :The Naturalist in Jamaica, by P. H. Gosse, Esq., author of Popular British Ornithology, &c., post 8vo., with coloured Plates:Wesley and Methodism, by Isaac Taylor, author of Natural History of Enthusiasm, &c., post 8vo. :-The Italian Volunteers and Lombard Rifle Brigade in 1848-1849, from the Italian of Emilio Dandolo, post 8vo., Map and Plan:-Examples of the Architecture of Venice, selected and drawn to Measurement from the Edifices, by John Ruskin, author of The Stones of Venice, Seven Lamps of Architecture, Modern Painters, &c., to be completed in Twelve Parts of folio imperial size, price one guinea each. Each Part will contain Five Plates, engraved by the first Artists, and as nearly as possible fac-similes of Mr. Ruskin's original drawings, but of mixed character:-The Search for Sir John Franklin, by C. R. Weld, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, in 8vo. :-Life in Sweden, by Hans Christian Anderson, author of The Improvisatore, in post 8vo. :-Leith to Lapland, or Pictures from Scandinavia, By W. Hurton, in 2 vols. post Svo. :-The Andromache of Euripides, edited, with notes illustrative of the text, by the Rev. J. Edwards, M.A., Second Master of King's College, and the Rev. C. Hawkins, B.C.L., in 8vo. :-The Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown, edited from the best Text, with English Notes and Grammatical References, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A., 12mo. : -The Elements of Natural Philosophy, by James Beaven, D.D., Professor of King's College, Toronto, small 8vo. :-The Ajax of Sophocles, with English Notes, translated from the German of F. W. Schneide win, by the Rev. R. B. Paul, Vicar of St. Augustine's, Bristol, and late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, edited by the Rev. T. K. Arnold, M.A., 12mo. :-Demosthenes de Corona, the Greek Text, with English Notes, by B. W. F. Drake, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, crown 8vo. :The Oration on the Crown, done into English by the Rev. J. P. Norris, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, crown 8vo. :-Theocritus, the Greek Text, with English Notes Critical and Explanatory, for the use of Colleges and Schools, by the Rev. E. Perowne, B.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, crown 8vo:-Plato's Republic, new Translation into English, with an Introduction and Notes, by Two Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge:-Critical Es says on Philosophy, Literature, and Academical Reform, contributed to The Edinburgh Review by Sir William Hamilton, Bart., with additional Notes and Appendices, 8vo. :-Euripidis Iphigenia Taurica, Helena, Ion, Andromache, cum Præfatione, Emendationibus, et Notulis. Edidit Carolus Badham, M.A., accedunt "Lectiones Codicis Vaticani a C. G. Cobeto denuo collati," Pars Prima Iphigeniam et Helenam continens, 8vo. THE METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW. OCTOBER, 1851. ART. I.-HOLINESS. Nature and Blessedness of Christian Purity. By Rev. R. S. FOSTER, A. M. With an Introduction by Edmund S. Janes, D. D., one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New-York: Lane & Scott. 1851. THIS is a book for the times. It comes from a warm heart and an energetic pen. The author is impelled to write. He sees the worldly tendencies of the age-the rush for wealth and honour-the powerful antagonisms which contend for the hearts of men—and the sad defects of the Church. He knows the remedy, and longs to proclaim it the world over. But he cannot reach all men. Thousands hear him, but tens of thousands cannot, and he seizes his pen, as if by an impulse of inspiration, and before most men would have had time to read up and settle preliminaries his book is announced. The haste of our author may, on some accounts, be regretted. More deliberation would doubtless have contributed to unity and completeness of discussion and to accuracy of style. Some repetitions might have been avoided. A few passages which, however interesting in themselves, hardly belong to the plan of the book, might have been omitted, and given the writer room to enlarge to great advantage upon some fundamental points. Many sentences, quite too loose and complex, might have been analyzed, and those representing thoughts entirely distinct might have had the advantage of a periodic structure. The very fervour of the author's mind has often loaded his style with intensive qualifying terms and epithets, and pushed out into the region of "luxuriant" and "gorgeous," expressions which, by careful weeding, could be made very energetic and beautiful. All these blemishes might have been avoided by taking the time requisite for judicious criticism; and in a subsequent edition we hope the author will give the work a thorough FOURTH SERIES, VOL. III.-32 revision. He has just commenced a career of authorship which is full of promise to himself, to the Church, and to the world; and while numerous and commanding excellencies of thought and style will certainly make him a favourite with the people, his friends are exceedingly anxious that he should avail himself more fully of fundamental rhetorical laws, sound criticism, and elaborate research. His definiteness and scope of thought will thus rapidly increase; his power of illustration, now decidedly marked, will be greatly enhanced; the verbiage and inaccuracies of his style will disappear: and if all this occur without impairing the earnestness, vigour, and originality which are now so evident, it is neither presumption nor flattery to predict for him a very high rank among the best and most successful American writers of the conservative-progressive school. In the mean time let him go on with his perspicuous explanations, his cogent arguments, and his pungent appeals. We would by no means suppress his ardour, enchain his imagination, or cool his fire, by the restraints of technical rules or unimpassioned art. He is a man of the age, and must not be required to throw away his spurs, if he does manage his steed with a little tighter rein. He must compose rapidly. All his improvements will be made before and after the first draught. But the demand for the work before us was so pressing that we can heartily forgive the hurry of its preparation. You need not attempt to cavil at its theology—this is old, settled, strong as the Bible; nor utter a word against its philosophy until you can limit the power of omnipotent grace; nor dwell upon the laws of language and the graces of rhetoric. You understand the man, and it is of the highest moment that you should candidly dispose of the great practical issues which he has raised between God and your conscience instead of allowing yourself to be diverted by questions of mere verbal criticism. We have no desire to save any man the trouble of reading the book, but earnestly recommend a thorough perusal of our author's fresh, warm, and glowing pages. Less than this would be injustice to him, and marked injustice to ourselves. It shall therefore be our only aim, in this paper, to co-operate with him in illustrating "the nature and blessedness of Christian purity," and in endeavouring to extend its experimental and practical power. In doing this we shall confine ourselves to two points, viz.: the true position of this theme in Christian theology, and the relation of this work to the theme. The interpretation of a system depends upon its central idea. This is seen in mechanism. The different parts of a watch, for in |