15 APRIL 1865, Page 20

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Sermons. By Henry Ward Beecher. Vol. I. (J. Heaton and Son.) —These addresses will, we fear, disappoint the friends of the South, or rather the haters of the North. They are not like Mr. Beecher's speeches, or on the other hand, what we call sermons. They are shrewd, lively, witty essays, generally on moral subjects, but sometimes stating a doctrine in a common-sense way, and always with transparent lucidity.