of the collated SEPTUAGINT. The fufpenfion of that work, by the death of Dr. Holmes, was a calamitous event. The refumption of it, therefore, apparently with equal zeal and diligence, by Mr. Parfons deferved to be hailed with joy, by the friends of facred knowledge. If there be paffages, as furely there are, in which that venerable verfion appears to retain the principal teftimony of the true reading; it cannot be too highly prized, nor its purity inveftigated with too great care. Our account of Bp. Horfley's Sermons was concluded in this volume; fermons which may provoke controverfy, but muft always demand admi, ration; as the work of what he was in an eminent degree, an acute man, a profound fcholar, and a fincere chriftian. The laft, at leaft, of thefe qualities is apparent in the fermons of Mr. Browne at Bampton's Leature, which if they are not written with fo much vigour as fome former productions of that inftitution, are employed to prove an important point, and are not unfuccefsful in the proof of it. A former Lecturer in the fame pulpit, § Mr. E. Nares, has again appeared as a controverfialift, in his Remarks on the affociated efforts of the Unitarians, in what they are pleafed to call an Improved Verfion of the New Teftament; and he appears with vigour and fuccefs. We truft it will not be thought derogatory to the Remarks, or to us, that a part of them firft appeared in our pages. Dr. Marb alfo has been engaged with the Uni tarians, on account of fome remarks which had been published on his Lectures, which produced an ani • No. IV. p. 321. We fhould be glad to fee that effected to a much greater extent, which Mr. Reeves has done for the Pfalms, the collating and comparing of the Septuagint Verfion with the Hebrew. See an account of his valuable book on that fubject, B. C. vol. xvii. P. 341, and 624. 1 No. 1. p. 38. No. VI. p. 623. mated and very able Letter from him, addreffed to the Critical Reviewers *. Another controverfy, that against the Predeftinarians, has been ably handlen by Mr. Le Mefurier, in a tract on that fubject †. Mr. Spry, though too much of a Calvinist for us, is an able antagonist to the Barrister, who, in oppofing Antinomian doctrines, feemed very anxious to diffufe thofe of Socinus. Mr. Faber, if he would abate fomething of the minutenefs of his interpretations, might be hailed as a fuccessful illuftrator of the great object of Prophecy, the future Converfion and Reftoration of the Jews. The inftructions addreffed to the parishioners of Straddifball, by their Rector, Dr. Valpy, are fuch as every other parish may read with advantage. Without affuming a controverfial form, they are aimed against the most prevailing errors, particularly on the fubject of faith and works. In his Abridgement of Hooker's noble and impor tant work, the Ecclefiaftical Polity, Mr. Collinfon¶ has rendered an admirable fervice to theology. Hooker is one of thofe facred claffics **, the approach to whom, like the approach to truth itself, cannot be too much facilitated. A few republications of theological works have attracted our attention, and we wish them to attract alfo that of our readers. These are Dr. Bell on the Miffions of John the Baptift and of Chrift ††, a work long confecrated by the most judicious approbation; Watfon on the Future State, a work which will alfo live, and increase in fame and utility; and a felection from the excellent book of Abbadie, on the Evidences of *No. I. p. 49. + No. II. p. 149. No. III. p. 240. I No. V. P. 462. No. II. p. 165. I No. IV. P. 368. ** Sacred Claffics has by fome been appropriated to infpired writers. But there are alfo uninfpired facred claffics. ++ No. IV. p. 394. A 3 ‡‡ No. V. p. 504. Christianity, Christianity; a felection made with judgment, and particularly deferving of circulation. Of smaller tracts and fingle fermons, we shall mention only a few, but thofe of confpicuous merit. In this felect number the Confecration Sermon, preach ed by Dr. Haggitt †, is diftinguished; being, both for ftyle and matter, among the beft that we have ever feen. Dr. R. Gray's Jubilee Sermon ‡, is also prominent in its own clafs; and worthy of the author of one of the most valuable among Christian books of reference. The known acuteness and learning of Dr. Laurence appear to advantage in his Vifitation Sermon, "on the Metaphorical Character of the Apoftolical Style," which he confirms and illuftrates in a very masterly way. Of Mr. Moore's tract, on the celebrated prophecy of Ifaiah, "Behold a Virgin fhall conceive," [ch. vii. 14, &c.] we can fay without referve, that it proceeds on juft principles of interpretation, both as to the words and the fenfe; and is probably right, as to its most material points. We are promised more of fcriptural criticifm from the pen of the fame author. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES. We have often paid to history the compliment of placing it next after Divinity. The hiftory of Man is indeed, in one point of view, the narrative of the difpenfations of Providence in this world: would it were not fo often marked by the offences and perverfions of human nature! The Annals of Great-Britain **, from the beginning, of the prefent reign, and to the period of the peace of Amiens, form a work, not indeed impartially written, but with no fmall degree of ability; and, by candour in fome important points, redeems in part the prejudices, which in fome other refpects are seen to operate. This is of the more confequence, as much poifon has been industriously diffeminated in hiftories of nearly the fame period. A more particular history, but one of diftinguished value, appears in the Narrative of General Moore's Campaign †, that campaign in which much glory was purchased with much fuffering; and, as in other memorable inftances, with the lofs of the hero who atchieved the victory. Hiftorical in its form is Mr. Hazlitt's Eloquence of the British Senate ‡, being a compilation of speeches, which begins from the reign of Charles I, and is continued to the present day. Though not entirely fatisfied with the execution of the work, we think it worthy of a tranfient reference in this place. The Siege of Genoa, an event of fome intereft in the prefent extraordinary war, has been given to us in English by Mr. Maunde, from the French Original of Thiebaut; it exhibits, what may be confidered at this moment as a favourable omen, a fuccessful effort of Lord Wellington, against his prefent opponent Maffena. Concerning Antiquities we have little on this occafion to fay; Herculanenfia, indeed, the elaborate production of Mr. Walpole and Sir William Drummond §, forms a memorable exception, being full of curious enquiries, by no means within the reach of common refearch. Mr. Dibdin's republication of Ames and Herbert, on Typographical Antiquities ¶, is however of more general attraction. It has been begun with tafte and spirit, and we truft it will be concluded in good time, to the fatisfaction of the public, and the advantage, as well as credit, of the meritorious compiler. They who poffefs Mr. Coates's Hiftory of Reading may be glad to be told of the Supplement; we cannot to others ftrongly recommend it, as either curious or important. BIOGRAPHY, ** We have not for a long time had any thing fo important in this clafs as Dr. Wordsworth's Ecclefiaftical Biography, which, though principally a republication of old materials, comprifes a moft important collection of lives, chiefly of the founders and ornaments of our church, from Wickliffe to Archbishop Tillotfon. The knowledge and judgment of the compiler are every where confpicuous; and his accefs to the treafures of Lambeth and other libraries has given rife to fome valuable improvements. Dr. Drake's Efays on the authors of the Rambler, Adventurer, &c. very happily unite criticifm with biography, and will be welcomed by the numerous admirers both of the works examined, and of the effayift himfelf. Dr. Drake has thus completed his view of our periodical writings, from their origin to the prefent day. As a judicious fupplement to Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting, the work of the late Mr. Edwards, himself an Artift, is extremely acceptable: and the author, whofe judgment was in general good, was as free as any artift can be from the cabals and partialities of his profeffion. The life of Dr. Adam, the compiler of Roman and Greek Antiquities, on an excellent plan, has its merits and its blemishes; but the latter are chiefly occafioned by that partiality No. IV. p. 398. + No. V. p. 475. See Br. Cr. Vol. xxviii. p. 147. 1 No. V. P. 452. No. VI. p. 577- to |