Essays and Correspondence, chiefly on Scriptural Subjects, by the late
JOHN WALKER. This collection consists of two bulky octavo volumes, containing upwards of twelve hundred closely printed pages, principally consisting of divinity and epistles. The divinity is partly controversial, partly expository of the late Mr. WALKER'S views of certain general points of Chris- tianity ; the epistles also flow somewhat in this direction. A religious journal might probably feel inclined to dive into Mr. WALKER'S Thoughts on Baptism, or on the Divine Authority of the Apostolic Traditions, or on the Essays Illustrative of the Faith and Hope of the Gospel; but we, whose public dealings are chiefly with the things of Caesar, must pass them by with the remark, that the author was not only a scholar, but an earnest Christian; for he resigned his ministerial gown, sacrificed a fellowship and the honours of a University, to the maintenance of his opinions ; and if his own account is to be taken, was not only treated unhandsomely, but shabbily, by the Dublin Professors.
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