MISCELLANEOUS.

1. Eastern Arts and Antiquities, mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures ; with numerous Illustrations. London: Religious Tract Society. 1841.

2. Ancient History. History of the Egyptians. London: Religious Tract Society.

It is with great pleasure we notice these two unpretending works. They are, though anonymous, known to be the production of a respectable scholar and sound Churchman. They bear traces of great industry, and considerable powers of investigation. If the Tract Society would publish only such works as these, we, at least, should look with more favour on their doings.

1. Of the Apostasy predicted by St. Paul. By Mortimer O'Sullivan, D.D., Rector of Kelleman. Part 1. Dublin: Curry. 1841. 2. Hints to Teachers in National Schools; selected from Modern Works on Practical Education. Edited by the Rev. Henry Hepwood, of Queen's College, Cambridge, and Inspector of National Schools. London: Burns. 1841.

THIS is a judicious selection, and likely to be useful to many besides those for whom it is more immediately intended.

Ancient Models; or, Hints on Church Building. By Charles Anderson, Esq. A new edition, enlarged. London: Burns. 1841. WE have already spoken favourably of this little book, and are glad to find that its merits seem generally acknowledged. This is either the third or fourth edition.

The Powers of the Greek Tenses, and other Papers. By Francis Whaley Harper, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Grant. 1841.

THESE papers are the productions of a scholar, who has made, what in itself would be a dry disquisition, interesting, and even amusing, by his researches into modern literature.

1841.

The World in the Year 1840. London: Fraser. A SUCCESSION of papers which appeared in the "Britannia,” and which are marked by all the brilliancy that distinguish, and have distinguished, that periodical.

Church Music; a Selection of Chants, Sanctuses, and Responses; together with the Litany and Versicles, as used in the Choral Ŝervice; also Psalm Tunes, adapted to the authorized Metrical Versions. Arranged and Edited by Richard Readhead, Organist, Margaret Chapel, St. Marylebone. London : Burns. 1841.

A GOOD selection and well arranged. Mr. Readhead's own compositions are by no means unworthy of the rest.

The History of England, from the Accession to the Decease of King George III. By John Adolphus, Esq. Vol. 2. London: Lee.

1841.

WHEN we noticed the first volume of the new edition of this important work, we expressed a hope that the project of republishing it, in an enlarged form, would meet with the success it deserved. The subscription list is, we rejoice to see, beginning to assume an encouraging appearance. The sixty years during which George III. swayed the sceptre of Britain were so full of events of importance, that it may be said they comprised the most interesting period of our annals. Those who value the memory of one of the best kings that ever reignedwho love the constitution now so fearfully threatened - who prize the rights and safety of Englishmen, should do more than cursorily read "The History of England" during George III.'s reign, by John Adolphus.

Ashante and the Gold Coast; being a Sketch of the History, Social State, and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of those Countries, with a Notice of the state and prospects of Christianity among them. By John Beecham. London: Mason. 1841.

THIS is a very interesting account of the state of a country at present little known it gives also a statement of what has been done by the Wesleyan missionaries there. When shall we have bishops over all our possessions?

Life, Health, and Disease. By Edward Johnson, Surgeon. Fifth Edition. London: Simpkin and Marshall. 1841. WE have seen many more philosophical treatises than thismany more scientific; but never one more popularly written. It is, we think, likely to benefit the community, though the author does occasionally talk a little nonsense-such as saying that poets, and lovers, and lunatics, are all the same; and other absurdities that we could point out.

The Church Committee: an Incident in the Life of Mr. John Wilful. London: Burns. 1841.

THE practice of conveying useful information by means of

pleasant stories, though very ancient, has never been so much nor so well used as at present. Mr. Gresley, Mr. Paget, the author of "My Life, by an Ex-Dissenter," have all done good service to the cause by a judicious use of this instrument. A very good addition to the stores of rational and instructive amusement is made by the author of the "Church Committee." We hope to hear more of Mr. John Wilful.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS.

1. Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated. Parts 2, 3, 4. London: Virtue. 1841.

2. The Works of Josephus, with Illustrations. Parts 11, 12. London: Virtue. 1841.

3. Fox's Book of Martyrs. Edited by the Rev. J. Cumming. Parts 3, 4. London: Virtue. 1841.

THESE works, of which we have before spoken in terms of commendation, are continued in a highly satisfactory way. The edition of "Josephus" is complete, and forms a handsome volume. There is an able introduction by Dr. Stebbing, a good index, and twelve elegant plates.-The "Scenery of Ireland" bids fair to be one of the best works of its class; and the edition of Fox well suited to those who cannot purchase so large a book at once. It is not adapted for the library of the scholar, nor can it be quoted by the controversialist, but it is published for the middle classes.

REPRINTS.

1. The Work of the Ministry, represented to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ely. By Symon, Lord Bishop of Ely. Edited by the Rev. W. B. Hawkins, M.Å. London: Rivingtons. 1841. 2. The Art of Contentment. By Lady Pakenham. Edited by the Rev. W. Prisden, M.A., Vicar of Broxted, Essex. London: Burns.

1841.

3. On the Government of Churches; a Discourse pointing at the Primitive Form. By Herbert Thorndike, M.A. Edited by the Rev. David Lewis, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. London: Stewart. 1841.

It will be unnecessary for us to praise Symon Patrick, or Herbert Thorndike, or the authoress of the Whole Duty of Man." All that we have to do, is to express our satisfaction at seeing any part of their works so carefully edited, and so elegantly printed.

W. E. Painter, 342, Strand, London, Printer,

THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Quarterly Review.

OCTOBER, MDCCCXLI.

ART. I.-Tracts of the Anglican Fathers.

London: Painter. 1841.

Vols. I. and II.

AMONG many of those signs of the times which encourage us to hope, and which leave on our minds a calm and quiet confidence, that God has not yet forsaken us, we look with especial thankfulness on the increasing desire to investigate deeply the principles on which the doctrine and discipline of our Church are founded. We see, it is true, that on every side the sacred citadel is assailed, and that the defenders within, like the factions of John and Simon, at the siege of Jerusalem, are but half united. We find great diversities existing among the clergy as well as the laity, and a spirit of unholy rivalry subsisting between the various parties; yet, while the bitterness remains, the number of the combatants is decreasing. One by one the sounder minded are drawing together: the "Record" on the one hand, and the "Tracts for the Times" on the other, are losing their adherents; and though the young partizans of the former are as sanctimonious and as pharisaic, and those of the latter as conceited and as insolent as ever, they excite now disgust instead of alarm-pity instead of indignation.

We cannot expect that a raw youth, who has just taken his degree as Bachelor of Arts, and who has been necessitated to confine his attention to the classics, and history, and mathematics, necessary to stick as a tail to his name that ornamental appendage can have, in ordinary cases, more than a mere smattering of divinity; nor can we reasonably hope that he

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shall see his deficiencies, if he can, by attaching himself to a party, be raised, at least in his own imagination, to some trifling degree of consequence. This intermixture of evil with good is one of the conditions of our finite nature, and we cannot suppress it, for it is a part of the evil which is in the world through sin. Notwithstanding all this, we do nevertheless rejoice that the present condition of our Church is one rather of controversy than rest. There is an Indian fable which tells us, that the water of immortality was obtained by the churning of a troubled sea; and, amongst the worthier controversialists of our day, we have some whose exertions have done much, and will, we trust, do more, towards unveiling

"The face sublime of truth eternal."

We have no pleasure in the larger portion of those who write expositions of our creeds and articles; not only because they have wasted, too often, their own time, and that also of their readers; but because, even if they are right, they do but say what others have said far better before them. When, however, we see reprints from our elder and mightier divines-men, the print of whose footsteps shows us how colossal was their intellectual stature-then we feel our trust encouraged and our hopes strengthened; and it may be that the study of such writings will, by God's blessing, be made the means of raising a generation of theologians to walk in their steps. The Parker Society

-the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology-the new editions of Thorndike, and Patrick, and Lawrence-Jenkyns's Cranmer -Heber's Taylor-the works of Bingham and Collier, put forth but this last year by Mr. Straker-and lastly, though not in the least place, the "Tracts of the Anglican Fathers," have worked, and are still working, a very beneficial influence on the public mind.

Of this last publication it is now our intention to speak more at large; and we have waited for the completion of the second volume, because it contains the Doctrinal Tracts, commencing with Thorndike, which the Editor gives because it had been long promised and expected. We find select portions from the works of Tyndale; Bishops Bilson, Ridley, Hooper, Taylor, and Kidder; Archbishops Sandys, Bramhall, and King; and Doctors Becon and Turner. Most of the chief doctrines of our Church are thus treated, and the Tracts have each an historical preface and notes. In our present article we shall, after giving our general approbation to the whole series, confine our observations to the Tract on Election and Predestination, by, Archbishop King, and that on Original Sin, by Jeremy Taylor.