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A Short Tractate On The Longevity Ascribed To The Patriarchs

in the Book of Genesis, &c. From the Danish of the late Professor Rask. (Tritliner and Co.)—This is a translation of a small work by a Biblical critic of some celebrity, which......

The Closer Walk. By Henry Darling, D.d.—christian Faith...

By J. W. Alexander, D.D. — Our Companions in Glory. By Rev. J. M. Killen, M.A., author of" Our Friends in Heaven." (Edin- burgh: Elliot.)—Mr. Elliot, of Edinburgh, appears to......

Poems. By Thomas Wilson. (glasgow : Murray.)—mr. Wilson Is A

gentleman whose poetical gifts appear to be of a somewhat versatile kind. Within the narrow compass of one small volume be gives us a sensation drama called "Sir Ralph Meredith......

Miscellaneous Essays, Critical And Theological. By Rev....

(Longmans.)—That the Rev. W. Kirkus is a man of some boldness and originality of mind may he inferred from the fact that, though a Dissenting minister, he speaks in the highest......

Dreams And Realities. A Volume Of Poems. By Walter Cook

Spens. (Edmondston and Douglas).—Mr. Spans is evidently a young man who is by no means devoid of poetical feeling, and possesses a -certain command over well-sounding words. At......

The Religion Of School Life. By D. Cornish....

volume contains a number of addresses to school-boys, which, Mr. Cornish tells us, are not exactly sermons, though they bear a close resemblance to that class of compositions.......

Books Received During The Week.

Spirit of the Bible, by Edward Higginson (Whitfield).—A Glimpse of the World, by Amy Herbert (Longmans) —Tales from the German (Emily Faithfull).— Utilitarian- ism, by John......