and so far as we have examined them, each hymn is adapted in thought and language to a very little child. This is its great excellence, and we cordially commend it to the attention of teachers of infant-schools, as well as to mothers; for we are sure they will find it a most valuable collection.

XVI. The Physical Geography of the Sea. By M. F. Maury, LL.D., Lieut. U. S. Navy. New-York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 329 and 331 Pearl street, Franklin Square. 1855.

THIS is a most valuable book, embracing the results of the experience of a great many navigators, as well as treatises upon the winds and currents of the ocean; so that we have, in a convenient space, a complete Physical Geography of the Sea. Science is already much indebted to Lieutenant Maury; and this collection of his observations, reflections, and experiments will add to that debt. The value of the book is greatly enhanced by numerous well-executed

charts.

XVII.-Nature and Man Before and After the Deluge: Being a brief Defence of the Literal Reading of the first Ten Chapters of Genesis. By P*** R****. New-York: Charles B. Norton, 71 Chambers street. 1855.

XVIII.-North and South. By the Author of " Mary Barton," "The Moorland Cottage," "Cranford," etc. New-York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square. 1855.

AN English story.

XIX.-An Orphan Tale. By the Rev. George Fisk. NewYork: Robert Carter & Brothers, No. 285 Broadway.

THIS is a most touching and beautiful story in rhyme-well adapted to interest and instruct readers both young and old. Some portions rise to the level of fine poetry, while the whole is simple and truthful.

XX-Harper's Story Books-Nos. 2 and 3. A Series of Narratives, Dialogues, Biographies, and Tales for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young. By Jacob Abbott. Embellished with numerous and beautiful Engravings.

To those who are seeking books for children, this series will be most acceptable. The variety is great, the stories practical, moral, and entertaining, and the illustrations very pretty. The stories partake not in the least of romance, but are such as all children will appreciate and comprehend.

XXI.-The Man of God who was Disobedient unto the Word of the Lord. A Sermon Preached on the Occasion of Reading the Sentence of Deposition of L. Silliman Ives, to the Congregation of Trinity Church, Pottsville, Pa. By Daniel Washburn. Philadelphia: Published by Herman Hooker. 1854.

XXII.-An Address delivered before the House of Convocation of Trinity College. By the Rt. Rev. John H. Hopkins, D.D., LL.D.

XXIII.-An Address Pronounced before the House of Convocation of Trinity College. By William E. Curtis, M.A.

XXIV. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Union Theological Seminary. New-York: 1854.

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XXV.-American Principles on National Prosperity. Thanksgiving Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, Nov. 28, 1854. By Nicholas Murray, D.D. New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1854.

XXVI.-The Scripture Doctrine with Regard to Slavery. By a Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Pottsville: 1854.

XXVII. The Gospel: A Sermon Preached in St. Luke's Church, Rochester, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1854, at the Consecration of the Rev. Henry Washington Lee, D.D., as Bishop of the Diocese of Iowa. By the Rt. Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts.

A TRULY able, fearless, and faithful sermon.

XXVIII.-Examination Papers of the New-York Free Academy, Feb., 1855.

Report on the Free Academy. 1855.

THESE are two valuable documents, the first showing the general plan of conducting the examinations in the various branches of study, and the second containing much statistical information.

XXIX.-Harper's Gazetteer of the World-No. X.

THIS number completes the most perfect work of the kind we have.

XXX.-Journal of the XXVIIth Annual Convention of the Diocese of Ohio. Held in Grace Church, Sandusky, Sept. 27, 1854.

XXXI.-The Means of Grace. By the Rev. Samuel Fuller, D.D., Rector of Christ Church, Åndover.

WE are indebted to Messrs. Cutting, Walker, and Tweed, members of the last Congress, for the following valuable Public Documents:

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1854.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Report from the Register of the Treasury, of the Commerce and Navigation of the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1854.

Statistical View of the United States, being a Compendium of the Seventh Census; together with the results of every preceding Census, beginning with 1790. By J. D. B. De Bow, Superintendent of the United States Census.

Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1853. Agriculture. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department. By William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenants in the Navy. Part I. By Lieutenant Herndon. 1854.

Herndon's Valley of the Amazon Maps. Part I.

CONTENTS OF No. II.

ARTICLE

I. THE NEW ARTICLE OF FAITH, AND THE CONSEQUENT POSI-
TION OF THE CHURCH OF ROME,

II. THE LORD'S SUPPER: ITS TRUE RELATIONS AND DANGEROUS
PERVERSION.

1. The Altar; or, the Communicant's Manual: contain-
ing the Order for the Administration of the Holy
Communion. By the late Bishop Hobart, of New-
York, etc.

2. Steps to the Altar: a Manual of Devotions and
Meditations for the Blessed Eucharist, compiled
by a Parish Priest. Eighth edition,

III. THE MEMORIAL, AND ITS EXPOSITION,

PAGE

. 161

189

210

IV. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF
VIRGINIA, DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY. With a Brief
Notice of its Earlier History. By Bishop Meade,

With

V. SERMONS OF THE REV. JAMES H. FOWLES, LATE RECTOR
OF THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY, PHILADELPHIA.
a Memoir,

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VI. NEW REFORMATION IN IRELAND. No. IV. By S. H. Tyng, 277
CHURCH EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES:

NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS:

1. Ruth Hall. By Fanny Fern, Chevely. By Lady Bulwer,

2. Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, delivered in Philadelphia,

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- 300

- 300

305

· 307

309

3. The Parables of the New-Testament Practically Unfolded, 306 4. The Two Sisters; or, Principle and Practice, 5. The Truth and Life: Twenty-two Sermons, 6. The Poets and Poetry of Europe, with Introductions and Biographical Notices. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 310 7. A Memoir of the Life of James Milnor, D.D., 、 8. Sermons Preached in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia. By the late Rev. James H. Fowles, Rector, 9. The Fountain of Living Waters, Illustrated by Facts, - 313 10. A Few Thoughts on the Duties, Difficulties, and Relations

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312

of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, 313 11. Plain Words to a Young Communicant,

12. Carrie; or, the Child of the Parsonage, 13. Parish and other Pencilings,

14. Water from the Well Spring, for the Sabbath Hours of Afflicted Believers,

- 315

- 315

18. North and South. By the Author of "Mary Barton," etc.,
19. An Orphan Tale. By the Rev. George Fisk,
20. Harper's Story-Books-Nos. 2 and 3,
21. The Man of God who was Disobedient unto the Word of
the Lord,

15. The Infant-School Hymn-Book,

16. The Physical Geography of the Sea. By M. F. Maury, 17. Nature and Man Before and After the Deluge,

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317

317

22. An Address delivered before the House of Convocation of
Trinity College. By the Rt. Rev. John H. Hopkins,
23. An Address pronounced before the House of Convocation
of Trinity College. By William E. Curtis, M.A., - 317
24. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Union Theo-
logical Seminary,

25. American Frinciples on National Prosperity,
26. The Scripture Doctrine with Regard to Slavery,
27. The Gospel: a Sermon Preached in St. Luke's Church,
Rochester,

- 317

- 317

- 317

317

- 317

- 318

30. Journal of the XXVIIth Annual Convention of the Diocese of Ohio,

318

31. The Means of Grace. By the Rev. Samuel Fulller, D.D., 318

28. Examination Papers of the New-York Free Academy, Feb., 1855. Also Report on the Free Academy, 1855,

29. Harper's Gazetteer of the World-No. X.