The York Town Campaign. By Henry P. Johnston. (Harper Brothers,
New York.)—We in this conntry naturally do not take so keen an interest in the York-Town campaign as do our friends on the other side of the Atlantic. But if any one wants to know all about it, let him read this book. By the way, it seems to have been quite as much, if not more, of a French than of an American victory. The Americans numbered about five thousand regulars and three thousand militia. The French had nearly eight thousand regulars. The total of the British force was something less than six thousand. The political results of the victory were very great ; but as a military achievement, it was nothing very stupendous.
Of books on theological and devotional subjects which our space does not permit us to notice at greater length, we may mention Readings for the Sundays and Holidays of the Church's Year, by the Author of " Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship" (Thomas Bosworth) ; Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer, by the Rev. F. C. Blyth, M.A. (Cassell and Co.) ; Henri Perreyre and his Counsels to the Sick, translated by Kathleen O'Meara (C. Kegan Paul and Co.); The Life of Jean-Marie Boudon, Archdeacon of Evreux (Burns and Oates); Voices of Calvary, by Charles Stanford, D.D. (Religious Tract Society) ; The Order of Complin, after the Use of Sarum (Pickering); Deaconesses of the Church of England (Griffith and Farran); System of Christian Doctrine, by Dr. J. A. Dorner, translated by the Rev. Alfred Cave, B.A., and the Rev. J. S. Banks (T. and T. Clark) ; Christian Civilisa- tion, with Special Reference to India, by William Cunningham, M.A. (Macmillan and Co.) ; A Popular Handbook of Christian Evidences, by John Kennedy, M.A., D.D., Part 1, " Theism and Related Subjects" (Sunday School Union) ; The Age of the Great Patriarchs, by Robert Mill, B.A., Vol. II. (Sunday School Union) ; Outlines of the Life of Christ, by Eustace R. Conde; M.A. (Religious Tract Society) ; The Creed of the Gospel of St. John (Bickers and SOD) ; Household Readings on Prophecy, by a Layman (C. Segall Paul and Co.); The Preparatory History and Final Destiny of ,Nations of Men (T. and T. Clark) ; The Miracles of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by the Rev. S.C. Malan, D.D. (Bell and Sons) ; Parochial Addresses and Lessons, by Richard Johnstone, M.A. (Bell and Sons) ; The Redemption of the World, by Henry Hughes, (C. Kegan Paul and Co.) ; Vignettes of the Great Revival, by Edwin Paxton Hood (Religions Tract Society) ; " Tekel," by H. Bate (London Literary Society) ; Exposition of the Gospel of St. John, by R. Govett, Vol. II. (Bemrose and Sons) ; God's B )ok for Man's Life, by John Brown, B.A. (Hodder and Stoughton) ; The Promise of Life, by J. F. B. Tinliog, B.A. (Elliot Stock) ; The Month of Prayer, from Bishop Andrews, by "A. N." (Masters) ; and The Philosophy of Prayer, and Other Papers, by H. R. Reynolds, D.D., (Religious Tract Society.) In what may be called " Examination " literature, we notice two sets of Shakespeare's plays, Henry V. and the Mtitsitnint.r Night's Dream, of the Rugby edition, by Rev. Charles E. Moberly (Riving- tons) ; and Richard II. and Hamlet, edited by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, M.A., Professor of Education, St. Andrews. (Chambers.) —The Rugby set seems to be the more portable and convenient, but the other is,
in some important respects, very valuable. Both have excellent and not too copious notes; and an introduction, to which the Scotch editor adds a "plan of perfect possession," and examination-papers.
—In another department, thst of military examinations, we have A Short Sketch of the Peninsular War, by Walter W. Northcott.
(Stanford.)—It is a wonderfully-compressed account of transactions which it must be very difficult to give truly in such a form ; but as this is a second edition, made more valuable by a map, we conclude it has been found useful, and will be again.—A
Short Bible History, for schools and families (Rolfe Brothers), edited by the Rev. Edmund Fowle, certainly deserves its title of " short,"
for in thirty-nine small pages of clear print it contains the names and order of the canonical books of both Testaments, with notes ; a summary of Bible history, the principal dates of sacred history, and into the bargain the chief important dates in English history.— In the series of "Handbooks for Bible Classes," published by
Messrs. T. and T. Clark, of Edinburgh, we have The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes by the Rev. John Macpherson, M.A. (Findhorn.)—We had imagined Bible classes dealt more exclusively with the study of the Bible in its practical application, than with the deep doctrinal study involved in an analysis of the Westminster Confession ; but there, doubtless, are classes of thoughtful young students to whom theology in this form is welcome, and to whom as a mental exercise we commend it, trusting that their hearts may receive some simultaneous cultivation.—Stories from the Book of Genesis, by Richard Bertram (London Sunday-school Association), is a cleverly-written, sensible little book, we conclude by a Unitarian, as in the " First Words," with which it begins, the author writes thus,—" Jesus Christ, who was so great and good, that people have called him the Son of God."—To the feminine portion of our readers, we commend a series of shilling books issued by Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Co., Sylvia's Book of New Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet, Sylvia's Fancy Needlework Instruction-Book, and Sylvia's Illustrated Embroidery Book.—Yet with more pleasure we notice Plain Hints for Needlework Examiners (Griffith and Ferran), as a good sign of the times, and
likely to be very useful, if its pages, full of good-sense and instruction, should find readers beyond the small circle for whom it has been
written. It is by the " Senior Examiner of Needlework " to the London School Board. The " Glossary " at the end is admirable. Who among us knows that " slocken" is the correct word, and stocking the corrupt one ?
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