the asylum for the friendless, a school for the education of the savage, and a hospitable home for the servants of Christ of all denominations.

In addition to these important services he carried the gospel to New Zealand at a period when its fierce chieftains were rioting in cannibalism, and the land was covered with heathen darkness, and polluted with the sacrifices of human blood. Seven times did he sail to New Zealand as the messenger of peace and salvation, and so powerful did his influence become that the sanguinary chieftains hailed him as their father, and forcibly carried him on their shoulders in his visits to their villages. His presence quelled the bloody conflict, and his persuasive voice made the fierce chieftains lay down their weapons and cement a friendship with those they had met to destroy. He lived to see heathen kraals converted into Christian villages, and savage idolatry exchanged for the worship of the true and living God; the murdering mother of seventeen children transformed into a meek, loving disciple, and hundreds of converts commemorating a Saviour's redeeming love. The memoir is well written, and while it faithfully portrays the Christian ambassador, it abounds with touching incidents and facts in relation to the spread of the Gospel in heathen lands, and the tendency of the whole is to magnify the riches of Divine grace, and to promote the glory of God.

Our Home Islands; their Productive Industry. By the Rev. Thomas Milner.

A FEW months ago we introduced to the notice of our readers a work under the title of "Our Home Islands; their Natural Features." That work was the precursor of the present one, which treats on the productions of the British Isles, their agriculture, husbandry, fisheries, mines, and manufactures. The present volume is every way a fit companion for its predecessor. It contains much valuable information, and presents it to the reader in a plain,

unaffected, and pleasing style. No Briton can read these volumes without feeling that God hath given us a goodly heritage.

An Earnest Exhortation to Christian Unity, affectionately addressed to the Members of every Religious Community and Denomination, be they Hebrew, Christian, or Infidel, with an Appendix, containing Bishop Beveridge's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul, and the Divinity of the Christian Religion. By the Chief of Sinners. London: Partridge and Co.

Meliora: a Quarterly Review of Social Science, in its Ethical, Economical, Political, and Ameliorative Aspects. No. 2, July, 1858. Contents Paterson, the Founder of the Bank of England-Consolidation and Amendment of the Statute Law-How shall we dispose of our Dead?-Homer: his Translators and CommentatorsThe Social Power of the Pulpit— Popular Art Education-Temperance in History-Our Friends in Council-Record of Social Politics-Literary Reviews. London: Partridge and Co.

A Bible Dictionary; being a Comprehensive Digest of the History and Antiquities of the Hebrews and neighbouring nations; the Natural History, Geography, and Literature of the Sacred Writings with reference to the latest Researches. By the Rev. J. A. Bastow. New Edition. London: Hamilton and Adams.

We have received the fourth part of the above work, which promises to be a very excellent as well as a comprehensive digest of sacred knowledge. When we have the whole work before us we shall give it special

attention.

The Eden Family; showing the Loss

of our Paradise Home, and our
Infinite Obligations to the Divine
Benefactor for our Rescue from
Desert Exile, with Directions and
Encouragements for the Returning

Prodigals who are inquiring their way to our Father's House above. By Jeremiah Dodsworth. London Partridge and Co.

A MORE characteristic title of this little work would have been that assumed by Boston-" Man's Fourfold State," as it treats of man in his original, his fallen, his regenerated, and his glorified state. The style is clear, pointed, and vigorous, the theology sound in all the leading doctrines, and many of the illustrations well adapted to unfold the truth, and impress it on the mind of the reader. From the brevity of the work, and the extensive and varied field through which it carries the reader, we cannot expect argument, nor a solution of theological difficulties. Over these the author passes with a light and buoyant tread, and hastens to the more obvious and general truths of Christianity. In one or two instances, however, he stops to argue a disputed point of theology or science, and here we think he is neither so clear nor so correct as when he is descriptive, or when he dwells on the great cardinal truths of religion. For instance, the introduction and sanction of Dr. Clarke's notion of a monkey tempting our first parents-a notion alike contradicted by all the ancient versions, by sound criticism, and the analogy of Scripture-will, we think, rather perplex and bewilder than instruct and edify the reader. We respectfully submit this should be omitted in a subsequent edition of the work. In a friendly spirit we would also suggest greater care in preserving consistency and harmony in the use of figures. The "moon gilding the mountains and plains with her silvery light;" "shame burning the cheeks of our first parents almost to a cinder ;" and "the black princes of perdition and fallen men marching round heaven to find a salient point," are instances of faulty rhetoric, which we are sure a mind such as Mr. Dodsworth's will correct in forthcoming editions. On the whole, the work displays considerable mental vigour, fluency, and vivacity of style, combined with

The New Testament Laws of Grace and Truth, promulgated by the Great Lawgiver, our Lord Jesus Christ, from the Mount: commonly called the Sermon on the Mount. Adapted for Social Worship. London: Partridge and Co.

Suggestive Thoughts; or, Outlines of Sermons on Several Passages of Scripture, intended for the Study, the Closet, and the Pulpit. By the Rev. Thomas Haswell.

THESE Outlines are plain, homely, and superficial, but evangelical and practical.

John Hampton's Home; What it Was, and What it Became. With a Recommendatory Preface. By the Rev. Robert Maguire, M.A. With Six Illustrations. London: Knight and Co.

THE miseries of the drunkard's career, and the happy consequences of his restoration, are graphically portrayed in these pictorial illustrations, and the letter-press description is admirably appropriate, being true to character and life.

Sunlight in the Shade. By Mary Amelia Jones, Authoress of "Poems of Memory and Feeling." London: Hamilton and Adams. As this volume came late into our

hands, we have had time to read only a few of the poems; but, assuming these to be a fair sample of the whole, we can, without hesitation, say, that the authoress has the soul of a true poet. The sentiments are excellent, the diction poetical, and the rhythm flowing and harmonious.

Received, but too late for notice in the present number, Sacred Song -a sermon by the Rev. John Ramsden. [See advertisement on wrapper of the present number of our large magazine.]