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Jacob's Flight; Or, A Pilgrimage To Saran. By Mrs. Beke.

(Long- man and Co.)—Dr. Beke has long had a theory that Haran, the resi- dence of Laban, and place whence Abraham was called, was in the Ager Damascenus, and not Mesopotamia.......

The Laws Of Thought, Objective And 'subjective. By Alex....

London, 1864 (Longman), and Edinburgh.—The Scottish nation has for a long time past been prolific in metaphysical speculation, and it is remarkable how diverse are the lines of......

Lord Bacon Not The Author Of " The Christian Paradoxes."

By the Rev. Alexander Grosart. (Printed for private circulation.)Mr. Grosart has made a discovery in the dark places of literature which is of very -considerable interest, for......

The Parables Of Our Lord. By The Rev. W. Arnot.

(T. Nelson and Sons.)—A bulky volume of well-meant commentary, which seems, how- ever, to throw very little new light on the parables. Apparently it consists of a series of......

Christian Certainty. By Samuel Wainwright, Vicar Of Holy...

York. (Hatohard and Co.)—Another apology for Christian- ity, or vindication of the certainty of the Christian faith, dedicated to Lord Westbury, in admiration of his great......

Sunset In Provence, And Other Tales Of Martyr Times. (t.

Nelson and Sons.)—Pleasantly written, these five stories of suffering endured at the hands of the Catholic Church by Protestants will doubtless have many readers. It is just the......

Singed Moths: A City Romance. By C. J. Coffins. Three

vols. (John Maxwell and Co.)—Mr. Collins has here presented us with a picture of a vulgar City magnate, his family and acquaintances, to which the chief objection is that it is......

Adam And The Adamite ; Or, The Harmony Of Scripture

and Ethnology. By Dominiok M'Causland, Q.C., LL.D. (Richard Bentley.)—It is per- haps inevitable that when a man has thought out for himself a chain of reasoning which SWAM to......

The True Theory Of The Subjunctive, Or The Logic Of

the Latin Language. By Gavin Hamilton. (Simpkin, Marshall; and Co.)—Mr. Hamilton boldly declares war on all the German scholars, Zumpt and Kruger no less than Grotefend and......

The Log Of The Alabama And The Sumter. Abridged From

the library edition. (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—The only point in this abridg- ment which seems to require any notice from us is that it seems to be admitted that the builders......

The Oxford Declaration And The Eleven Thousand: Biblical...

Bishop Colenso. By James Boully. (Frederick Farrah.)—The object of this gentleman is "to allow every one to entertain the creed which the circumstances amid which he has been......