THEOLOQY AND BIBLICAL CRITICISM

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of My Creed. By FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN, Author of ** A History of the Hebrew Monarchy," ** The Seul : Her Sorrows and Her Aspirations." Post 8vo, cloth, 69. P. 6d.

' Besides a style of remarkable fascination, from its perfect simplicity and the absence of ail thought of writing, the literary eharacter of this book arises trom its display of the writer*s mind, and the narrative of hls struggles. ... In addition to the religious and metaphysical interest, it contains s<Hne more tangible biographical matter, in ineldental pictures of the writer's career, and glimpses of the aliénations and social persécutions he onderwent in conséquence of his opinions."—Spec//r/or.

** The book altogether is a most remarkable book, and is destined, we think, to acquire ail the notoriety which was attained a few years since by the * Vestiges of Création,* and to produce a more lasting eftecV—Weeklff New».

** No work in our expérience bas yet been published, so capable of grasping the mind of the reader and carryirig him through the tortuous labyrinth of reugious controversy ; no work ao energetically clearing the subject of ail its ambigulties and sophistications; no work so capable of making a path for the new reformation to tread securely on. In this history of

the conflicts of a deeply religious mind, courageously seeking the truth, and conquering for itself, bit by bit, the right to

Eronounce dogmatically on that which it ad heretofore accepted tradiUonally, we see refiected, as in a mirror, the history fit the last few centuries. Modem spiritualism bas reason to be deeply grateful to Mr. Newman : his leaming, his piety, his courage, his candour, and his thorough mastery of his subject, render his allianve doubly preclous to the cause.*' — The Leader.

**Mr. Newman is a master of style, and his book, written in plain and nervous Engliffh, treats of too important a subject to fail in commanding the attention of ail thinking men, and particularly of ail the ministers of religion." — Economist.

" As a narrative of the varions doubts and misgivings that beset a religions mind when compeUed by conviction to deviate from the orthodox views, and as a history of the conclusions arrived at by an intelligent and eduoated mind, with the reasons and steps by which such conclusions were gained, this work is most interesting and of great importance." — Moming Adverti»er,

A Disconrse of Matters pertalning to Religion. By THEODORE PARKER. New Edition, Post 8vo, cloth, is.

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History of the Hebrew Monarchy^ from the

Administration of Samuel to the Babylonish Captivity. By FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN, formerly Fellow of Balliol Collège, Oxford, and Author of "The Soûl : Her Sorrows and Her Aspirations," &c. 8vo, cloth, 10«. P. 1«.

** It is truly refreshing to flnd Jewish hidtory treated, as in the volume before us, according to the rules of sound criticism and good sensé. . . . The publication of such a work will form an epoch in biblical literature in this country."— Inquirer.

** The Author bas brought a rery acute mind, familiar with knowledge that is beyond the range of ordinary scholarship, to the task of combining and interpreting the antique and fragmentary records

which contain the cnly materials for his work." — Proipectitie Heview.

** This book mu&t be regarded, we think, as the most valuable contribution ever made in the English language to our means of understandmg that portion of Hebrew History to which it relates. . . The Author has not the common superstitions révérence for the Bible, but he shows everywhere a large, humane, and Christian spirit." — Massachtueit* Quarterly Heview.

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The Ufb of Jésus, Oritioally Baamined.

By Dr. DAVID FRIEDRICH STRAUSS. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, £1168. P. 2«. 6d.

** The extraordinary merit of this book. | . . . Stranas's dialectic dezterity, his ' forenvle coolness, the even polish of hls style, présent taim to us as the accompUsbed pleader, too eompletely master of his work to feel the temptatlon to unfsir adrantage or unseemly temper. . . Wè can testlfy that the truislator has aehieved a verytoa^ work with remarkable spirit and fldelity. The author. though indeed a good wrlter, oould hardly bave spoken b^ter had his country aoa language been EngHsh. The work has eridently fttUen into the hands of one who has not only effective command of both languages, but a fitrniliarity with the subject-matter of theological criticism, and an initiation into its tedmical phraseology.'*^— rFi?«/. nunster and Foreign Quarterlg Reviewt

** WhoeTer v^eadt thèse volâmes without any référence to the German, must be pleased with the easy, perspicnous, idiomattc, and harmonious force of the English style. Ôut he will be still more satlsfied whcm, on tuming to the original, he finds that the rendering Is Word for word, thooght for thoaght, and sentence for sentence. In preparing so l)eaatifùl a rendering as the présent, the cUfflculties can hare been neither fbw nor small in the way of preserving, in varions parts of the work, the exactness of the translation, combined with that nniform harmony and cleamess of style, which impart to the

volumes before us the air and spirit of an original. A modest and kindly care for bis reader's oonvenience has induced the translator often to supply the rendering into English of a Greek quotation, where there was no correqmnding rendering into German in the ori^al. Indeed, Strauss may well say, as he does in the notice which he writes for this English édition, that as far as he has examined it, the translation is *et accurata et perspicua.' " — Prospective Rniew.

** In r^;ard to leaming, acuteness, and sagadous conlectures, the work resembles Niebuhr's * History of Rome.' The gênerai manner of treating the subject and arranging the cliapters, sections, and parts of the argument, indicates consummate dialectical skill ; while the style is clear, the expi'ession direct, and the author's openness in referring to his sources of information» and stating his conclusions in ail their simjdiclty, is candid and exemplanr. . . It not only surpasses ail its predeceasors of its kind in leaming, acuteness, and thorough investigation, but it is marked by a serions and eamest spirit.'* — Christian Examiner.

** l found in M. Strauss a young man fùll of candeur, ^ntleness, and modesty —one possessed or a soûl that was almost mysterious, and, as it were, saddened by the réputation he had gained. He scarcely seems to be tbe author of the work imder considération." — QuinettRevue des Mondes,

Ohrlstian Aspects of Faith and Duty. Discourses by J. J. TAYLER, B.A. Post 8vo, cloth, 7«. P. 1«.

** Abounds with lessons of the hlghest practical wisdom, conveyed in language of consummate beauty." — Inquirer.

" Thèse sermons are admirable. They partake more directly of the character of religions instruction, and possess vastly more literary merit than is usual in such compositions. The thought is arranged with great cleamess, and the style, for its lucid and félicitons phraseology, is beyond

ail pralse. The greatest ehann ef tbe whole volume, however, is its fine spirit . AU the writer*s human sympathies are

Jfenerous and elevated, and his religions éelings and aspirations pure and fervent.

We are sure that many will

thank us for commending to them a volume flrom which such catholic views and elevated sentiments may be derived.*' — Noncortjbrmist.

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laectures. Forming part of a Séries Preached in Answer

to a Course of Lectures against Ut)itarîani8m by Thirteen Clergymen of the Church of England. By J. H. THOM. 8vo, cloth, 68,