CLASSIFIED AND REVIEWED. 487 cold and waking world." We question whether he would not have done better had he allowed this sentiment to weigh finally with him. Leila Ada was undoubtedly a very lovely character; but her correspondence is not always of a kind profitable to print. Some of the extracts from the diary are most beautiful, particularly the scene at the house of the venerable Jew, who, with his daughters, lament over her conversion to Christianity. But these should have been included in the first publication. We are not sure that the narrative, if told as much as possible in her own words, would not have been even more interesting than it is in these two volumes; and much irrelevant matter might have been avoided. Biographical Sketch of the late Dr. Golding Bird. Being an Address to Students, delivered at the request of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society. By John Hutton Balfour, M.D., F.R.S.E. Edinburgh: Constables. 1855. The Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society is, as its name imports, a Society for missionary efforts among the medical professors and students of the modern Athens. Its object is not merely this, but to call the attention of the students of medicine in that great school, to the importance of those things which concern their eternal well-being. Before this Society, one of the most distinguished professors in the University, Dr. Balfour, who occupies the chair of Medicine and Botany, has just read the deeply interesting Memoir of Dr. Golding Bird, which is now printed and lying before us. Such a sketch is worth far more than the heavy two or three volumes, commonly made up for the market, with extracts from diaries, and reprints of letters. We hope to see the day when such memoirs will be more common, and when they will be bound up at the end of every year into a few really valuable volumes, comprising all that the world wishes to know, or ought to know, concerning those eminent persons departed during the course of the twelve months. III. SERMONS. Sermons by Thomas Chalmers, D.D., L.L.D. Vol. I. Edinburgh: Constables. 1855. This volume is the third of the select works of Dr. Chalmers, which the Messrs. Constables are now issuing. It contains the astronomical discourses, the commercial discourses, the sermons on public occasions, and the two kingdoms. Golden works all; and by the diffusion of which, Christian philosophy cannot but be benefitted. The Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross. Seven Lent Lectures. By the Rev. Job Edmunds, M.A., formerly Fellow of the University of Durham. London: Hatchard. 1855. We find nothing to call for special attention in these sermons; they are, as they were intended to be-plain, practical, and affectionate, adapted to a rustic congregation. We see no reason for their publication, save such as would apply to the great majority of pulpit addresses. Gethsemane. Lectures delivered in the Lock Chapel in Lent, 1854. By the Rev. Capel Molyneux, B.A., Minister of the Chapel. London: Partridge, Oakey, and Co. 1854. Mr. Molyneux has a high reputation as a preacher. We may expect, knowing his doctrinal views, to find statements in his pages from which we may probably differ; but we shall hardly expect to find fault with his style and language. Yet the reverse of this is what we experience when we open this volume. His theology is guarded and orthodox ; neither profound nor original in its mode of regarding truth, but still practical and useful; indeed, we may say, conspicuously practical and eminently useful. His style, on the other hand, is broken and abrupt, frequently harsh and inelegant; and all that we can suggest to account for this is, that, perhaps, those very passages which read most disagreeably, may have been the most effective as portions of an oral discourse. The Work of Christ in the World. Four Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge on the four Sundays preceding Advent in the Year of our Lord, 1854. By George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., Bishop of New Zealand. Cambridge: McMillan. 1855. These four sermons will be read with deep interest even by those whose theology does not quadrate with that of the Bishop. Like himself they are nervous, manly, full of pith and substance. They show the views which an able and earnest man takes of the work of Christ in England, in the colonies, and among the heathen. And the practical character of the author is exemplified in the first of the four, the title of which is Christian Work the best interpreter of Christian Doctrine." The Death of the Emperor Nicholas I. By the Rev. B. S. Hollis, Minister of Islington Chapel. London: Partridge, Oakey, and Co. 1855. A very excellent sermon, remarkable as well for its truthfulness as for its adaptation to the circumstances of the case. CLASSIFIED AND REVIEWED. IV. PHILOSOPHY. The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart. 1855. 489 Edited by Sir William Edinburgh: Constables. This magnificent edition is making progress. We have now two more volumes before us, containing the conclusion of the Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, and the Philosophical Essays with many new and important additions. We can do little more at present than merely chronicle the appearance of the volumes as they come out; but when the series is complete we shall return to them. The work deserves to be considered as an original production. It is brought up to the requirements and discoveries of our day by the masterly hand of our first living metaphysician : and there are many points which will invite discussion, some wherein we agree, and some wherein we differ, both from Stewart himself, and his still more distinguished successor. A Refutation recently discovered of Spinoza. By Leibnitz. With Prefatory Remarks and Introduction by the Count A. Foucher de Careil. Translated at his request by the Rev. Octavius Friere Owen, M.A., F.S.A. Edinburgh: Constables. 1855. Some numbers ago we noticed the discovery, by M. de Careil, of so interesting a work as the refutation of Spinoza, by Liebnitz,we can now congratulate the reader on an English translation. The introduction by the translator is good, but it strikes us as not altogether original. We think we could point out the source from which it is almost verbally taken. We should have been better pleased had an acknowledgment been made of this. Setting aside this matter, we are glad to see so important a work placed within the reach of the Eng lsh reader. A Lecture on Respiration: being the Sixth of a Series of Plain and Simple Lectures on the Education of Man. By Thomas Hopley. London: Churchill. 1855. Mr. Hopley is a true philanthropist. He is publishing a series of able and most useful lectures, and another of smaller publication called "HELPS," on topies intimately connected with physical education. The first are intended for delivery, and the second for extensive circulation; and he offers them at so low a rate that they are within the reach of all sanitary reformers. If there should be any profits, they will be devoted to the same good cause; and we are glad to hear that the writer has other plans maturing. VI. TRAVELS AND TOPOGRAPHY. Wanderings in Corsica, its History and its Heroes. Translated from the German of Ferdinand Gregorovius, by Alexander Muir. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Constables. 1855. There are few parts of Europe so little known as Corsica. Mr. Tyndale has told us all about Sardinia, and Mr. Christmas all about the Balearic Islands. Malta is as well known as Brighton, and the little Elba has recently found its traveller and historian. It is then with more than usual satisfaction that we open these pleasant volumes about an island so interesting, and to the majority of tourists so new. The work is wonderfully complete. Every patch of ground has its history, every ravine its legend; but its chief charm will be the light which it throws on the early annals of the Bonaparte family; the youthful life of the great Emperor; and the strange story of Pascal Paoli. With these volumes we need seek no farther account of Corsica, but sit down quite contented and sure that we know all that is worth knowing. There is however something, and it is difficult to say what, which makes the book hang somewhat heavily. The author's personal adventures are not very interesting; his enthusiasm does not always come in in the right place: so that we prefer him when he is giving us solid information, to when he is endeavouring to amuse us. All this is very German, and so, we are bound to say, is the amount of good, solid, useful material which Herr Gregorovius does unquestionably supply us withal. Tonga and the Friendly Islands; with a Sketch of their Mission History. Written for Young People, By Sarah S. Farmer. London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1855. This little book has three merits: it is comprehensive, reliable, and pleasantly written. Miss Farmer has given a brief but scientific account of the Tonga Islands; their physical geography; the progress of coral reefs and islands; and the nature of the vegetation that succeeds-the fauna and flora-next occupy her attention; and she then proceeds to give an animated picture of the missionary work which has been carried on there. She speaks principally of the Wesleyan missions, and relates many most delightful instances of the power of religion over the heretofore savage mind. Nor is this all we have a well-arranged account of the natives, CLASSIFIED AND REVIEWED. 491 their habits and customs, their superstitions, and their gradual advance to civilization. On the whole, we are able to speak very highly of Miss Farmer's book. The Crimea; its Towns, Inhabitants, and Social Customs. By a Lady, resident near the Alma. London: Partridge, Oakey, and Co. 1855. "The Lady" is sure of an attentive circle of readers. Who would not desire to know all about the Crimea? and they may learn much from so intelligent an informant. In the compass of 140 pages we have here as much real information as many a pretentious work in three volumes would give. There is no spinning out, no book-making. The lady writes because she has something to say, and believes that her countrymen at home will gladly listen to her; and she is right. Burghersh; or, the Pleasures of a Country Life. Illustrated with Engravings. London: Partridge, Oakey, and Co. 1855. As it is extremely probable that this book will be taken up by some unfortunate wight, who, misled by the title, will look forward to such a feast as the hands of Wilmott or Ákerman might provide; and probably imagine that Burghersh is the name of some recluse, such as Cowper would have loved to depict; let us hasten to "de-orientalize" them, by stating that Burghersh is a pleasant village near Tonbridge; that there is an hotel there, whereof a very pretty picture is to be seen in the book before us; and that the pleasures of a country life consist in taking up one's quarters at the hotel aforesaid, ordering a chaise and pair every morning, and proceeding to the exploration of those spots marked by the "illustrations" as agreeable drives, and getting back to a well-arranged dinner at the hotel hereinbefore mentioned-a guide-book, in fact, to a country village and its hotel! V. FICTION. Philip Lancaster. By Maria Norris, Author of the "Life and Times of Madame de Štael." 3 Vols. Saunders and Otley. 1854. Miss Norris has been for some time known as an able writer of biographical history. We have here a specimen, a and very favourable specimen too, of her talents in another line. The tale is a chequered one, and there is a general air of sadness in it, but too consonant with the common experience of life; but it is not wanting in gleams of sunshine, nor the |