Parish Papers. By Norman Macleod, D.D., author of "The Old
Lieutenant," &c.—Speaking to the Heart. By Thomas Guthrie, D.D., author of "The Gospel in Ezekiel," &c. (Strahan and, Co.)—Both these works are of a devotional character. The former consists of a number of detached papers on abstract religious questions, relieved by one or two articles of a more practical nature on such subjects as "Revi- vals," or "The Commencement of a Now Year." All are written in a quiet and temperate style. The latter work, the title of which appears to have been selected through a mistake on the part of its publisher, is a collection of sermons. Dr. Guthrie's principal literary characteristic appears to be a considerable command of florid language, and a fre- quent indulgence in aneedete and illustrations derived from the outer world.
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