ually lighted up by touches, sometimes jets, of humor. Smiles succeed tears. Neither book will want for readers. Either will do something more and better than simply to entertain. 7. Leisure Hours in Town. By the Author of "The Recreations of a Country Parson." Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1862. pp. 437. It may be presumed that no reader, who claims to keep pace. with the best current literature, has failed to read the most charming essays of the day, the Recreations of a Country Par son. If there be any such, we can only say, that we begrudge him the pleasure and profit yet in store for him. The papers in the volume named above are of the same general character as the Recreations, full of wisdom and wit. The author's rhetoric, easy, graceful, always clear and simple, loses nothing of fascin ation by this further contribution. Among the series of papers is the essay "Concerning Veal," thought by many to be the best production of the author. Young, self-confident aspirants for literary fame may spare themselves much future mortification if they will read and believe in this essay. We recently heard an elaborate dissertation on the science of government by a youth of twenty, which continually reminded us of Mr. Boyd's essay "Concerning Veal"! 8. Introduction to the Study of the Gospel. With Historical and Explanatory Notes. By Brooke Foss Wescott, A. M. With an Introduction by Horatio B. Hackett, D. D. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1862, pp. 476. We had read but few pages of this book before discovering that we had in hand something to which we should devote the space of a review rather than the narrow limits of a "notice." Learning, philosophy, and unusual native ability combine in making the work one of extraordinary merit. The author starts with a clear, well-defined statement of the theory of inspiration. He shows that there is a medium ground between the two notions, that commonly prevail. One notion is that of a mechanical communication of truth, which makes the inspired medium simply a medium-a passive channel through which a higher wis dom speaks, the apostles or prophets having no personal relations to the things they teach-neither their identity nor idiosyncrasies at all affecting their utterances. The second notion is, that inspiration is a kind of poetic fervor, a warming of the spiritual nature, an evolving by purely personal powers, of truths in hering in the human soul. The author shows clearly and satisfactorily that in the act of inspiration, God and man act conjointly-that God may impart truth, and that apostles or prophets may speak that imparted truth in such a way as to sus tain organic relations to it, and exhibit their own peculiarities of thought, style, and phraseology. We have waited long for just such a statement of the theory of inspiration; and had the book no other merit, this alone would entitle it to commendation. But the book abounds in kindred merits. Distinguishing between inspiration and revelation, the author proceeds to state the preparation for Christianity as a revelation-the preparation alike due to pagan culture and Hebrew faith. In this task, he brings to his aid the results of patient and discriminating research in ancient lore, and exhibits the meaning of the apostolic phrase, "When the fulness of the time was come." To ministers, and students for the ministry, we earnestly commend a work in which sound views are presented in a style of rare elegance and force. We hope to be able to make further and more extended reference to one of the best books of the day. 9. The Testimony of Christ to Christianity. By Peter Bayne, A. M. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1862. pp. 200. The author makes a comprehensive statement of his argument as follows: "The conjunction of celestially pure moral teaching, with exercise of creative or miraculous power, in the case of a religious teacher, demonstrates his mission to be divine. The personal testimony of Christ renders it indubitable that his teaching was pure, and that he wielded creative might. Therefore, the mission of Jesus Christ was divine, and what he said of himself and of his religion is true." Under the first named proposition, the author exhibits the "logic of miracles"-shows wherein the exercise of miraculous power is a logical proof of the claims of the worker of miracles,-an important point as being deemed especially vulnerable by the rationalists. Under the second proposition-to the treatment of which the chief labor of the author is directed-it is shown that Christ's testimony is conclusive, alike on moral and intellectual grounds-he was not an imposter, nor was he deluded. The third alternative alone remains; and this is contained in the third proposition. . The book is much the most direct attack upon rationalistic assumptions which we have, as yet, seen. We confess to some surprise in the seeming conclusiveness of his first proposition-the logic of miraculous evidence. We have been disposed to yield the rationalistic claim on this point; for it has seemed to us an assumption that a physical miracle can be demonstrative proof of spiritual truth; and we have felt that we may make this concession without in any degree conceding anything prejudicial to the authority of the New Testament. We shall re-read Mr. Bayne on this point. To all we commend the book as a masterly treatise clear, compact, and argumentative. REV. GEORGE H. EMERSON, EDITOR. CONDITIONS.-1. This Review is published in numbers, containing one hundred and eight octavo pages each, on superior paper and new type, corresponding with the present number. 2. 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