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Rationalism And Revelation. (longman.)—the Anonymous...

wishes to enforce the distinction between faith and reason. Faith is concerned with the spiritual, reason with the natural ; by the former we obtain knowledge of God, by the......

Sophy Laurie. By W. C. Hazlett. 8 Vols. (maxwell.)—this Can-

not be called a successful novel. There are some signs of force in the writing, and one or two of the characters are well conceived, but exaggeration and grotesqueness are the......

Historical And Philosophical Essays. By Nassau. W....

vols. Vol. L (Lingman.)—We have here four able essays on the national characteristics of France, America, and England ; the law of nations ; political philosophy ; and the......

Advise Our Readers Not To Care Who Did It. The

people are uninter- esting, the humour coarse, and the incidents unnataraL We have an insipid heroine that everybody turns out to be in love with, and two vul- gar groups whose......