course, and the excellent atlas which accompanies them. The uniformity of plan by which these and the other works of the series are distinguished, renders the task of giving and receiving instruction comparatively easy, when contrasted with the bewilderment which ensues to teacher and pupil from the use of many volumes having their contents differently arranged, and not unfrequently being at variance with each other. In the lessons on reading, the teacher is strongly recommended to follow theSystem of teaching by sound,' using the powers rather than the names of the letters, and the exercises are constructed with a view to facilitate attention to this plan. Although it is understood by many who are engaged in the task of teaching our boys and girls their mother tongue, yet there are some who, we hope, may use these schoolbooks, to whom it is not so familiar; and for their sakes we have wished for a careful and complete explanation of it, either in the form of an introduction to the lesson book, or in a separate tract. We confess also, that with many prepossessions in its favour, we are not fully satisfied that it is preferable to all others, and cannot help thinking that the distinction which has to be preserved between the power of a letter and its name is one difficult for a child clearly to understand, at the age when it is commonly taught to read, and likely to create confusion and perplexity in the mind. The plan would be less objectionable if, as is the case with some of them, all the names of the letters were made to correspond with their powers. To effect, however, this desirable change, requires an authority greater and more extensive than that which is adequate to enact new laws, or even to reform a parliament.

If any of our readers are anxious to obtain more complete information respecting the books in this series, we refer them to a syllabus issued by the publishers, which contains a list of the works and an explanation of their contents. It ought to be extensively circulated by the parties who are engaged in this worthy undertaking.

The Epistles of Barnabas, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, and the Epistle to Diognetus. Edited from the text of Hefele, with an introduction and notes, by Algernon Grenfell, M.A., one of the masters of Rugby School. Rugby: I. G. Crossley. London: G. B. Whitaker & Co. 1844. THIS is the most compendious reprint of the apostolical fathers' we have yet seen, and to those who may desire the text without the usual apparatus of various readings and notes, will be a very attractive publication. It is beautifully printed, in a clear bold type. The arguments are given by the side of each chapter in English. As the title intimates, the text of Hefele's edition is followed throughout; and although we should decidedly recommend every student, who intends to have but one copy of these fathers, to obtain Hefele's edition, in preference to every other; yet, where the object is to have the text only in a portable form, we think that the present edition leaves nothing to be desired, either for accuracy or beauty.

The introduction is a very sensible and useful paper. It supplies all the information which is required in a manual edition respecting the genuineness of the various pieces included in the volume. The grounds on which the genuineness of the epistle which bears the name of Bar

nabas is denied, and the principal facts respecting the epistles of Ignatius, are briefly but sufficiently stated. The editor's remarks respecting the value of these early works are moderate and candid. Avoiding 'the question of the amount of evidence which they contain for the apostolic sanction of episcopacy,' he is careful to show what kind of episcopacy it is which Ignatius speaks of,' and its difference from that which now bears the name. He has also some very judicious remarks on the corrupting tendency of a judaizing spirit in both the earlier and later church, and notices the references which occur in the letter of the pseudo-Barnabas, in the two epistles of Ignatius, and in that to Diognetus on this subject.

To the Editor of the Eclectic Review!'

DEAR SIR,-Looking over the article on the Pauline Epistles, in the Eclectic' of this month, I am mortified in detecting some errors of the press, or of transcription, which escaped my notice in the slight revision which I was compelled to give to the proof-sheet forwarded to me while on a journey. You will greatly oblige me by inserting the following corrections from my own copy in your next number, which will complete the volume in which the errors are found.

Page 509, for Molderhauer, read Moldenhaner.

The Convict Ship: a narrative of the results of Scriptural Instruction and Moral Discipline as these appeared on board the Earl Grey,' during the voyage to Tasmania, with brief notices of individual prisoners. By Colin A. Browning, M.D.

The Missionary's Reward, or the success of the Gospel in the Pacific. By George Pritchard, Esq. With an Introduction by Rev. J. A. James. The Star of Attéghéi; the Vision of Swartz and other poems. By Frances Brown.

Uncle Peter's Fairy Tales. The first story containing the history and adventures of Little Mary, Queen of the great Island of Brakarakakaka. Laodicea; or Religious Declension, its nature, indications, causes, consequences, and remedies, an Essay. By David Everard Ford."

Memoir of Mrs. Martha Innes, of Edinburgh: with extracts from her diary and letters. Compiled and edited by her husband. Discourses. By William Allison.

A Voice from North Africa; or a narrative illustrative of the religious

ceremonies, customs, and manners of the inhabitants of that part of the world; with an historical introduction and appendix. By Nathan Davis. Luther and Calvin; or the true spirit of the Reform Church. By J. H. Merle D'Aubigné, D.D.

The Natural Boundaries of Empires; and a new view of Colonization. By John Finch, Esq.

The Counting-house Guide to the higher branches of calculation. Parts 1 and 2. By William Tate.

An Enquiry into the Organization and Government of the Apostolic Church, particularly with reference to the claims of Episcopacy. By Albert Barnes.

Fisher's Drawing-room Scrap Book, for 1845. By the author of the Women of England.

The Juvenile Scrap Book. By the author of the Women of England. 1845. China; a Series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire. Drawn from original and authentic sketches, by Thomas Allom, Esq.; with historical and descriptive notes. By the Rev. G. N. Wright, M.A.* ́Vol. III.

Cathedral Chants of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Edited by Edward F. Bimhault, L.L.D., F.S.A.

The Treatise of John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople, on the Priesthood. Translated by Edward Garrard Marsh, M.A.

A Selection from the University Sermons of August Tholuck, D.D., Professor of Theology and Preacher in the University of Halle. Translated from the German.

The Reformation in Europe. By the author of The Council of Trent.' Tractarianism not of God. Sermons by Charles B. Taylor, M.A.

The Life of Isaac Milner, D.D., F.R.S., Dean of Carlisle, &c.; comprising a portion of his correspondence and other writings hitherto unpublished. By his niece, Mary Milner.

The Holy Land: being sketches of the Jews and of the land of Palestine. Compiled from the best sources.

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Part IX. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, obsolete phrases, proverbs, and ancient customs, from the 14th century. Forming a key to the writings of our ancient poets, dramatists, and other authors, whose works abound with allusions of which explanations are not to be found in the ordinary books of reference. By J. O. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S.

The Reformers before the Reformation, in the fifteenth century, John Huss, and the Council of Constance. By Emile de Bonnechose. Author of Histoire Française, &c. Translated from the French by Campbell Mackenzie, B.A., Trinity College, Dublin.

The Star of the Court, or the Maid of Honour, and Queen of England, Anne Boleyn. By Miss S. Bunbury.

The Christian Almanack, for the year 1845.

A Revived Ministry our only hope for a Revived Church. By one of the least among the brethren.

Notes of Lectures on Future Punishment. By H. H. Dobney.

A Memorial to bring to remembrance Twelve Sermons preached in Christ Church, Barnwell. By the Rev. John Lane, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, and Curate of Barnwell, Cambridge.

A Memoir of the Rev. John Elias. By the Rev. E. Morgan, A.M. With an Introductory Essay. By the Rev. J. K. Foster, late President of Cheshunt College.

Points and Pickings of information about China and the Chinese. By the author of Soldiers and Sailors, &c. With Twenty Engravings, from drawings by W. H. Prior.

The Complete Suffrage Almanack and Reformer's Manual, for 1845.

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