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The Layman's Creed. By Christopher James Reithmtiller....

very polished and harmonious verses express the author's firm faith in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, the following verses giving the key-note of his position :— "......

Gems Of German Poetry. Translated By Lady John Manners....

wood.)—Very fair translations, especially of the quieter poems. Lady John Manners is scarcely up to the rendering of Heine's Belshazzar.......

The Theological Review. No. Ix., July, 1865....

a good number of this able review, which, though we differ radically from some of its dogmatic negations, it is impossible to read without respect, and often instruction. The......

Noel; Or, It Was To Be. By Robert Baker And

Skelton Yorke. 2 vols. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—This novel is a very disappointing one, for the mere writing is good enough to raise hopes in the reader's mind of an amount of......

The Alchymist. By Captain C. M. Tucker, Late Bengal Cavalry.

(Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—The author calls these poems parables in rhyme, but we shall not attempt to deprive his readers of the pleasure they will take in unravelling the......

My Via-a-rm; Or, Harry's Account Of His Courtship, And Other

Poems. By Mary Eliza Rogers, author of Domestic Life in Palestine. (Bell and Daldy.)—Cheerful chatter in rhyme by a clever woman,—rather pleatiant to read. The more solemn poems......

The Clildren's Garden, And What They Made Of It. By

Agnes and Maria K Catlow. Illustrated by Mrs. Harry °riddle. (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin.)—Some respect is due to a "little work" which is "dedi- cated by the Queen's gracious......

This Firm Conviction That The Controversies Of The Day...

only the non-essentials of religion is enforced under the various headings, "Belief," "Inspiration," "Prayer," the "Church," the "Burial Service," and "True Religion," always......