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29. THE MEDICI SERIES OF ITALIAN PROSE.-The Challenge of Barletta, by MASSIMO D'AZEGLIO.-The Florentine Histories, by NicCOLÒ MACCHIAVELLI, 2 vols.-The Citizen of a Republic, by ANSALDO CEBA.-All translated and edited by C. EDWARDS LESTER, U. S. Consul at Genoa. New York: Paine & Burgess. 1845. Price of each vol. 50 cts.

This publishing house has recently come to our city with the good intent of encouraging home products, that is, of confining themselves to the publication of books by American authors.

They have commenced with what they call The Medici Series, intending to embrace in it translations of works from the Italian, illustrative of the times of the Medici. The translations thus far have been executed by C. Edwards Lester, our Consul at Genoa, who evinces a thorough knowledge of the Italian language, and has certainly transferred its idioms into our own, in a happy, easy style.

The Challenge of Barletta belongs to the class of romances, yet, like some of Scott's novels, it beautifully interweaves historical incidents, setting them in bright, attractive colors. As a specimen of romance from the land of soft sounds and lovely skies, it bespeaks attention; yet, with our views of romances, we are glad to learn that the series will be made up with works of more solidity and value.

The following volumes are of this description: The Florentine Histories, and the Citizen of a Republic. The former, by the celebrated Florentine Secretary, cannot but be acceptable to American readers, the lovers of freedom. This history, although probably inaccurate in some minutiæ, is the most vivid, and on the whole, truthful representation of the glory and power of the fair Florentine Republic: and although the author's name has become a stereotyped symbol of cunning and treachery, yet was he unquestionably the ablest and most liberal statesman of his age.-The Citizen, by Ansaldo Ceba, one of the most illustrious of the bold republicans of the times of the Medici, "is a work," says the Biblioteca Enciclopedica Italiana, "enriched with elegant learning, and written with all that terseness and solemn earnestness of style, which characterized the great writers of the brilliant ages of the republics of antiquity. The man who best restrains his appetites and lusts-who is the most prudent in public deliberations-the most just in every private and public relation of family and of society, is, in the estimation of Ansaldo Ceba, the best citizen." Would there were more of this mind in our own blest republic.

ARTICLE X.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Germany.

Books: Die Versöhnungslehre der evangelisch-protestantischen Kirche, Von Dr. Schneeman.-Einleitung in die heiligen Schriften des alten und neuen Testaments, Von. Dr. J. M. Aug. Scholz, author of the well known Greek Testament.-Geschichte der Philosophie, Von Dr. H. Ritter. The 7th Vol. is out, or the 3d of the History of Christian Philosophy. It embraces an account of the medieval scholastic philosophy-Reinhold has also published, Geschichte der Philosophie nach den Hauptmomenten ihrer Entwickelung-Correspondenz des Kaisers Karl V., Aus dem Königlichen archiv und der Bibliothèque de Bourgogne zu Brüssel, Von Dr. K. Lanz.-Hengstenbergs, Vol. III., on the Psalms does not complete the work, extending only to Ps. 91.-Die Römische Topographie, Von Prof. L. Ulrichs. The Professor, in this tract, maintains views differing from those of Becker.

France.

A valuable work has been published by F. de Brotonne, keeper of the Library of St. Geneviève, at Paris, entitled, Civilization primative: ou Essai de restitution de la période ante-historique ; pour servir d'introduction à l'Histoire Universelle.-Histoire de Bernadotte, Charles XIV., Jean, Roi de Suède et de Norvège. Par B. Sarrans, jeune.-New Philological Journal, Revue de Philologie, de Literature, et d'Histoire anciennes.

England.

A Greek-English Lexicon, by Liddell and Scott, 2nd edition, enlargedbased on that of Passow.-J. W. Donaldson's Rules of Greek Construction.Metcalfe's Translation of W. A. Becker's Charicles, or Illustrations of the Private Life of the ancient Greeks.

INDEX TO VOL. I.

A.

Abercrombie, John, M. D.

His Es-

says noticed 771.
Adopted Child, The, by Charles
Burdett, noticed 387.
Advice to a Young Christian, with
an Essay by Dr. Alexander, no-
ticed 383.

Alden, Rev. Joseph, D. D. His
"Great Secret Discovered," no-
ticed 384. Baird's Religion in
America, reviewed by, 487.
Alison, Archibald, LL. D. His Es-
says on the Nature and Principles
of Taste, noticed 185.

- American Common School Histories.
A Critical Review of, by M.
Wilson, 517.
Anastasis; or the Doctrine of the
Resurrection of the Body, by
George Bush, noticed 181. Re-
viewed, by Rev. D. D Tomp-
kins McLaughlin 669. New in-
terest awakened in the doctrine
of the resurrection of the body
670. Statement of Prof. Bush's
views 671. Outer line of circum-
vallation, the spiritual resurrec-
tion of Christ 673. Distinction
made by Prof. Bush as to the He-
brew and Greek words for the
English to see 674. Examina-
tion of the philological question
675. ropaι used from a necessi-
ty of the language 676. Examples
of the interchange of oropa,
θεωρέω, etc. 678. Table showing
the uses of these words 680. Mr.
Bush, in his calculation, includes
the disputed passages 681. Clas-
sification of the uses of oropa in
the New Testament 683. Review
of the classification and results
666. On the phrase," their eyes
were opened" 688. Signification
and correspondence with
ὄπτομαι 689. Βλέπω, εἶδον, 692.
Θεάομαι, θεωρέω, 693, "Ορασις,

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Οπτασία, ἄφαντες ἐγένετο, Luke 24 :
31, 695. Kuinoel on this text
699. Christ's fourth appearance
700 Romans 6: 4-11, 704. Pas-
sage in 1 Pet. 3: 18, 705. Mean-
ing of the prep. 706. Christ's
second coming 708.

Apocalypse. Commentary on, by
Prof. Moses Stuart, noticed 565.
Apocrypha. Arguments of Roman-
ists in behalf of, by James H.
Thornwell, noticed 190.

Appleton's Literary Melange noticed
775.

Arnold, Thomas, D. D. His Mis-
cellaneous Works noticed 774.

His Introductory
Lectures on History noticed 774.
Life and Cor-
respondence of, by A. P. Stan-
ley, noticed 379.

Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
Recent Improvements in, by An-
drew Ure, M. D., noticed 380.

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Barnes, Albert, D. D. His Notes
on Job, noticed 186—on the Epis-
tles of Paul to Ephesians, Philip-
pians, Colossians, noticed 567.
His Notes onThessalonians, etc.,
noticed 772.

Bible, Devotional Family, by Rev.
Alexander Fletcher, noticed 388,
778.

Blair, Rev. Hugh, D. D. His Ser
mons noticed 183.
Bonnechose, Emile. His Reformers
before the Reformation noticed
186.

Bossingault, G. B. His Rural
Economy noticed 379.
Book of Peace, noticed 767.
Bowdler, John, Esq. His Practical
Christianity noticed 773.

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Carter's Cabinet Library noticed 777.
Catechism. Explanation of the As-
sembly's Shorter, by John Brown,
noticed 383.

Cecil. Works of Rev. Richard, no-
ticed 777.

Centurion, The, or Scenes in Rome,

by William W. Taylor, noticed
190.

Charlotte Elizabeth. Her Works
noticed 187,387, 778. Her Deserter
noticed 187-her Judæa Capta
noticed 383-her Church Visible
in all Ages noticed 384.
Chemistry, applied to Agriculture,
by J. B Boussingault, noticed 379.
Christianity, Practical, by John
Bowdler, Esq., noticed 773.
Christian Retirement noticed 777.
Church Visible in all Ages, by
Charlotte Elizabeth, noticed 384.
Church, Theses on the Unity of the,
by Prof. Henry Tappan, D D.,
617.

Clark, Rev. Caleb, Exposition of
Matthew 16: 18, by, 413
Cleveland, Prof. C. D.

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Copley, Mrs. Her Kind Words for
the Kitchen noticed 384.
Cormenin, Louis Marie De. His
History of the Popes noticed 567.
Correspondence between Schiller and
Goethe noticed 384.

Course of English Reading, by Rev.
James Pycroft, noticed 385.
Cox, Rev. Samuel H., D. D. Lane's
Refuge of Lies and Covert from
the Storm, reviewed by, 52.
Creeds, Use of Church, by Rev.
John G. Hall, 577. Some disa
vow all creeds 578. Instance of
the Baptists 579. A creed
should define the sense of Scrip-
ture-Scriptural authority 580.
Acts 15-16 considered 582.
Creeds necessary to harmony 583.
Difference between a society and
a church-necessary to church-
discipline 585. Some symbol of
belief unavoidable 587 Subject
needs attention 588.

Critical Notices 181, 377, 565 767.7
Criticism of Rhetoric, by Prof.
Henry N. Day, 589.

Cromwell, Life of Oliver, by Robert
Southey, LL. D., noticed 191.
Cunningham, J. W. His World
without Souls noticed 383.
Cyclopædia, the Pulpit, noticed 188.

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Dictionary of the English Lan-
guage, by Alexander Reid, A. M,
noticed 573.
Dictionary.
noticed 380.
Diodati, de Christo Græce loquente,
Exercitatio, translated by O. T.
Dobbin, LL. D. of Exeter, Eng-
land, 169. The Jews taught
their children Greek in their
schools 169. Used Greek Bibles
172. That they spoke Greek
proved by Josephus 174. Judea
and its cities had Greek names
175. Greek names given to
feasts, edifices, moneys, etc 177.
Summary of the chapter 180.
Christ and his Apostles spoke
the Hellenistic tongue-Jesus

Supplement to Ure's

assumed a Greek name 359. The
band of disciples called by a
Greek name-Christ used Greek
Bibles 360. Greek proverbs 362.
The Greek alphabet 363. Hel-
lenism vernacular to the Apostles
364. Various opinions of the
language of Christ described and
refuted 540. The Hebrew tongue
neither vernacular to Christ nor
the Jews of his day 541. Har-
douin's opinion confuted 542.
Neither the Chaldee nor Syriac
vernacular to Christ or the Jews
of that time 545. Of Paul speak-
ing to the Jews in Hebrew 555.
Of the Syriac words which occur
in the New Testament 561. Pre-
face of Josephus and close of his
antiquities explained 738. Why
Josephus wrote his books of the
war in Chaldea 741. Josephus
examined as to his addressing the
Jews in Hebrew 743. Of the
books of the Rabbins 745. Ap-
pendix-Philological Knots open-
ed-Gospels of Matthew and
Mark 748. Epistle of Paul to the
Hebrews 750. Of the Hellenists
and Hellenistic tongue 751. First
book of Maccabees-Greek ver-
sion of the Seventy 752 False-
hood of the account of Aristeas
753. Arguments against it 754-
758. Inquiry into the age, place
and origin of the Septuagint 759.
Conclusion-Licences 763.
Dobbin, Rev. Orlando T., LL. D.,
Dominici Diodati J C. Neapoli-

tani, de Christo Græce loquente
Exercitatio, by, 169, 359, 540.
Duncan, Mary Lundie. Her Me-
moirs noticed 187.

Duty of American Women to their
Country, noticed 772.

E.

Economy, Rural, in relation with
Chemistry, etc., by J. B. Bous-
singault, noticed 379.

Eddy, Rev. Ansel D., D. D. Pre-
latical Principles, Anti-republican
and Unscriptural, by, 315.
Eloquence. The West and West-
ern, by Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle,
638.
Anecdotes of the West-
its broad territory 639. In any
light, its greatness overwhelms
the mind 640. A few facts about
the West 641. Statistics 642.
Heterogeneity of Western Society
-great mental activity 644. The
people acquire more by hearing
than reading 645. Effect of the
contact with the West 647.
Western eloquence possesses a
fiery energy 648. Western au-
diences 649. Great political
meeting at Dayton, Ohio, in 1842,
650. Thomas Corwin's eloquence
651. The faults and excel-
lences of Western prominent
in him 654. Thomas Ewing 656.
John Brough 657. Comparison
between Corwin and Brough
Western pulpit eloquence
The Western preacher
must be an off-hand man 661.
Dr. Rice of Cincinnati a most ac-
complished debater 662. Rev.
Joseph C. Stiles 663. Dr. Lyman
Beecher 665. Excels in taking
advantage of incidents 666.
Elocution. Practical Manual of, by

658.
660.

Prof. M. Caldwell, noticed 773.
Essays. Dr. Abercrombie's noticed
771.

Etherology, or the Philosophy of

Mesmerism and Phrenology, by
J. Stanley Grimes, noticed 387.
Exercitatio de Christo Græce lo-
quente, by Diodati, 169.
Exposition of Romans 7: 7-24, by
Olshausen, 393.

Exposition of Matthew 16: 18, by
Rev. Caleb Clark, 413.

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