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Mr. Moorhouse's Jacob, Three Sermons Preached Before The...

Cambridge (Macmillan), without being of the highest order of pulpit eloquence, is a commentary on the significance of the patriarch's history, characterized throughout with......

The Purpose Of God In The Creation Of Man (edmonston

and Douglas) is a posthumous fragment of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen, part of an unfinished work which he had in hand at the time of his death, and published by his express......

Not In Vain. By Armor Groye. 2 Vols. (chapman And

Hall.)— The title-page recalls to us a previous work of the same author, "One too Many." Of this all that we can remember is the dreary reflection, which seemed the only thing......

The Boy In The Bash, By E. Howe (bell And

Daldy), will be something of a novelty to the young readers for whom it is intended. The "Bush" is not the imaginary "Bash" evolved out of the consciousness of stay- at-home......

The Prometheus Vinclus Of ./e'schylas, With Notes. By The...

J. S. Watson. (Williams and Norgate.)—This is a careful edition, in which Mr. Watson has gathered up with judicious selection the results of the labours of previous......

Sketches From The Border Land. (kitto.)—this Is The Story Of

the life of a governess ; what it has to do with "the border land," except that the lady finally settled down there with the "indulgent husband," with whom we leave her, we......