Begins the scandal and the cry:
'Proclaim the faults he would not show,
Break lock and seal; betray the trust;
Keep nothing sacred; 'tis but just

The many-headed beast should know.'"

We contend that it is an offense against all our better feelings to spread before the public eye a series of private and familiar letters, and we cannot understand how the editor could, on his account or that of his friend, have consented to their publication. We do not believe that the annals of literary history can furnish a parallel to such an act. Thirty years' correspondence between Jebb and Knox, is totally unlike this, in that it contains few passages that are merely personal, and none of that overflowing of private and public gossiping, in which this series superabounds, but is made up almost wholly with the discussion in a familiar way of the gravest matters. The peculiarity of these letters is that they are flooded with the news of the day and the writer's comments upon them. It is true the character of Dr. Alexander is in this way most effectually exhibited. We are quite sure that he was earnest in the Christian life, and burdened with his responsibilities as a pastorthat he was inventive and versatile in his devices for good, that he was facile in execution and never wearied in well-doing. We see, also, that he was alive to beauty in nature, that he was exquisite in his literary tastes, that he abounded in humor and was as playful as the children whom he loved; that his pen and fancy, together, would at times both run rioting like the babble of a mountain stream. We are convinced, also, that in all sincerity he was a large-hearted and catholic theologian, not a stickler for nice points of an over-strained Calvinism, and having no sympathy with the violent spirits who divided the Presbyterian church; that he sighed again and again for the return of harmony between those who differed and was prepared to be satisfied with a substantial agreement in the prominent truths of the Christian faith-and Jet, on the other hand, he was imbued with the credulous suspiciousness that is hereditary at Princeton towards New England and her sons save those who abuse and renounce the theology of their fathers. It is just in keeping that he should be surprised that anything good should be found east of the Hudson river, and gratified to find, after Bridgeport had been consecrated to his sympathies by the erection of a Presbyterian church, that it was so beautiful a city, "which he dare not say is the most beautiful place he ever saw, but dare say as little the reverse." While we acknowledge that we have been greatly amused by this

work, and have received some very delightful impressions of Dr. Alexander, we must confess that we are not any the more reconciled to the book which has given these impressions, or to the pages on pages of tattle, that are the vehicles through which we have reached them.

As to the expressions of opinion in regard to men, the chance thoughts of a good man in his idlest and least earnest moods, we have only to say that as long as they slumbered in these letters they were the most innocent things imaginable, but now they are printed and given to the public, they have a somewhat graver significance. Sir Thomas Brown remarks, "There is no reproach to the scandal of a story; it is such an authentic kind of falsehood, that with authority belies our good names to all nations and posterity." These gossiping stories, which Dr. Alexander penned after breakfast, in a thoughtless mood, are destined to live and propagate prejudices for generations against the men who walk with him before the Throne of God and the Lamb.

LETTERS OF HANNAH MORE TO ZACHARY MACAULAY.*-When the memoirs of the life and correspondence of Hannah More were origi nally published, many interesting letters which she had written to one of the earliest of her friends, Zachary Macaulay, were withheld from the work, on account of the frequent and familiar allusions in them to his son, the late Lord Macaulay, who was then living and occupying so conspicuous a place before the public. After his death, there seemed to be no reason why they should be kept back any longer. Accordingly they have been given to us in this little volume of somewhat over two hundred pages. The special interest that attaches to the collection is the glimpse that is afforded of the early life of the illustrious historian. When a boy, he was a frequent visitor at Barley Wood. genius could not fail to attract the attention of one of the most observing of women, and in these letters we find her prophesying his future greatness. In her will, made about this time, she bequeathed her library to him, evidently expecting that one day this promising son of her old friend, who had been trained in the school of Wilberforce and Stephen, of Venn and Thornton, would come to be the representative of their principles in the British Parliament, and the leader of the evangelical party in the kingdom. But her hopes were not destined to

* Letters of Hannah More to Zachary Macaulay, Esq. Containing notices of Lord Macaulay's youth. Now first published. Edited and arranged by ARTHUR ROBERTS, M. A. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1860. pp. 215. 18mo.

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be realized. She lived to see him attain the high position that she had anticipated, but her interest in him waned as she saw him "brought over from the ranks of the saints by the whig politicians," and giving up those religious and political principles which were so dear to her. She accordingly made a different disposition of her library, and left it to one of her own relatives.

We can only call attention to a few of the many passages in these letters which will interest our readers. On pages 126 and 162, will be found some allusions to Mr. Augustus Hillhouse, and his letters from Paris to Hannah More, on the subject of the circulation of her tracts in France, a project which is spoken of in the first Article in this number of the New Englander, in connection with the brief sketch there given of the life of that accomplished and philanthropic gentleman. On page 162, there is also a reference to "the most elegant of my [her] transatlantic friends, Rev. Matthias Bruen of New York." On page 122, she replies as follows to a friend to whom she had repeatedly written in very high terms of some sermons of our countryman, the Rev. Mr. Gallaudet, of Hartford. "Your speaking of these discourses being more elegant than one expects from an American, reminds me to say that I lately had a letter from the American Ambassador in London, which is really a model of elegance." On page 213, there is an extraordinary letter, written by "William Jamieson, British Chaplain." We would advise those who have access to the book, to observe what important conclusions the writer draws from the fact that when he had sent a printed sermon of his own to Macaulay, his lordship replied that he had read it with interest and pleasure."

A NEW ELEMENTARY BOOK IN LATIN.*-Teachers have long felt the need of a good elementary book in Latin. There have been many attempts to supply the want, but with no very great success. The desideratum is a book that shall induct the learner by an easy method into the reading and writing of the language, while at the same time it gives him a full acquaintance with the necessary grammatical forms and rules. All who know Mr. Whiton, and have heard the recitations of his classes in the "Hopkins Grammar School" of New Haven know that he is eminently qualified to prepare such a book. We think, from what we have seen of the advanced sheets of the volume whose title we give,

A Hand-Book of Exercises and Reading Lessons in Latin for Beginners. By JAMES MORRIS WHITON, Rector of the Hopkins Gramınar School, New Haven, Ct. Boston: James Monroe and Company.

that he has succeeded in making a very valuable work. The peculiar characteristic of his book is the plan (which is carefully carried out in a series of Latin-English and English-Latin exercises,) of familiarizing the learner with the different inflections of the language, by the frequent repetition of familiar words in the greatest possible variety of combination. Those who have tried this method of instruction confess its superiority to every other for impressing the mind with an accurate and ready knowledge of the forms, and for interesting it by a continual appearance of progress. The only deviation from the usual succession of topics is the putting the third conjugation after the fourth on account of its irregularities, and the transfer of the relative pronoun to its proper place among the other connectives at the end of the book. We have space only to mention that there are entertaining dialogues and much other reading matter. The notes are concise yet lucid. The vocabulary is much more complete and instructive than is usual in elementary works; and an especial novelty is a list of over two hundred of the less obvious English derivatives, which serve to give a very tolerable idea of the connection beween the two languages. The print is large and handsome. In short, we can heartily recommend the work to all who are engaged in teaching Latin to beginners.

THE UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY.-This is the name by which the College Quarterly is now known;-a name which characterizes it far better than "The Undergraduate," as it was called when it was commenced a year ago. The first number of the second volume has just been issued, and we had intended at this time to give some account of the complete success which the Quarterly has met, during its first year. But our limits will only allow us to say that its conductors have not only succeeded in making a very readable magazine for students of every name, undergraduate and professional-but one also which deserves to commend itself to all who have ever been within the walls of a college, and all who are in any way interested in education. We would advise all such to send to Thomas H. Pease, Bookseller, New Haven, and order the University Quarterly for the year just commencing. The price is $2 per year; single numbers 75 cents.

AMERICAN NORMAL SCHOOLS.-The proceedings of the first Convention of Normal School Teachers, held in Trenton, August, 1859,

have been carefully reported and well printed in an octavo volume, which is illustrated with views of some of the chief normal schools in the country. The volume contains the formal addresses of Professors Alpheus Crosby, John Ogden and Richard Edwards, and the less extended remarks of many other distinguished educators.

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED.

In addition to the books and pamphlets whose titles are given in this list, a large number have been received which it is impossible to notice in this number. These will all be noticed in the November number.

Faith and the Assurance of Faith. By Rev. EBENEZER ERSKINE, of Stirling, Scotland. 1730-1750. American Tract Society. 18mo.

Pp. 173.

The Wife's Trials and Triumphs. New York: Sheldon & Co. PP. 347.

1860. 12mo.

The Puritan Hymn and Tune Book; designed for Congregational singing, social meetings, and the family. Third Edition. Boston: Congregational Board of Publication. 1859. 8vo. pp. 112.

Manual of Geology; designed for the use of Colleges and Academies. By EBENEZER EMMONS. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Second Edition. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr. 1860. 8vo. pp. 297.

A Popular History of England. By Mrs. THOMAS GELDART. New York: Sheldon & Co. 1860. 18mo. pp. 275.

Haste to the Rescue; or, Work while it is Day. By Mrs. CHARLES W. With preface by the author of "English Hearts and English Hands." New York: American Tract Society. 1860. pp. 324.

Martyrs of the Mutiny; or, Trials and Triumphs of Christianity in the Sepoy Revolution in India. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee. 1860. 18mo. pp. 234.

The Boy Inventor. A memoir of Matthew Edwards, mathematical instrument maker. Boston: Walker, Wise & Co. 1860. 24mo. Pp. 109.

Child's Book of Natural History. Illustrating the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. By M. M. CARLL. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr. 1860. 24mo. pp. 148.