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its reviewers. We regret to see by it that the author has lost a portion of that serenity of mind which is so essential to one's private comfort, as well as to his respectable appearance before the public. He uses hard words and applies naughty epithets to us. We are accused of being "unmannerly," and are called a 66 scoffer." We think this is rather severe upon us, after having treated the book with almost censurable courtesy. The Postscript fills about eight pages of fine type, and is more crowded with matters that deserve animadversion than the book itself. However it carries its own refutation with it, and will also damage the volume to which it is appended. We should not be induced to refer to the subject again, were it not for the purpose of correcting a mistake of our own. Like many others, we understood the book to say, that cotton was eighty-six per cent. of all the product of the whole earth. The real meaning of the blind passage from which we quoted is this, that the cotton raised in the United States is eighty-six per cent. of the cotton crop of the whole earth. That is, we raise about seven-eighths of all the cotton that is raised in the whole world, while all other countries raise a trifle more than one-eighth. This statement is meant by the author to be very exact; but though not so wild as that which we innocently attributed to him, it leaves a wide range for correction. In the Patent Office Report for 1852, is an article on the "Cotton Trade," by C. F. M'Coy, of the University of Georgia. In this we read as follows: "There is in India an immense production of cotton for domestic use; it has been stated to be as large as the crop in the United States, but no satisfactory statistics have ever been collected to show its actual amount; it is, however, very large, and a high price in Europe attracts a large portion for foreign export. This would reduce our portion of the cotton crop to fifty per cent of the whole; but in addition we find that the export of cotton from Egypt and Brazil received at the port of Liverpool alone for several years past, has averaged 250,000 bales per annum. If to this amount we add all that is worked up for domestic use in these countries, all that is raised in other parts of the earth than those that have been named, our proportion will be reduced, probably to about two-eighths, or twenty-five per cent. of the product of the whole earth. We are thus particular, in order to correct our own mistake, and to give the author due credit for such an approximation to exactness.

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A single sentence in reference to the bad motives and corrupt feelings imputed to us by way of inuendoes and insinuations. The writer of the Postscript thinks it becoming in him

to make them; but it is beneath us to answer or imitate him in this regard.

When the "South-side View" first appeared we had some fears that it would contribute, in a measure, to a reaction against the healthy sentiment in opposition to slavery, which has been so rapidly increasing for several years; but these fears have subsided. It is doubtless true that many good men, who have always opposed every phase of the anti-slavery movement, have hailed this book as a godsend; but, on the other hand, nearly, if not quite, all the organs of public opinion at the North, which have any leaning towards the future, have condemned it, or "damned it with faint praise." That which was designed to be a barrier to the current of sentiment against American Slavery, proves to be only the light bubble that is borne on the surface of the stream.

New England's Memorial. By NATHANIEL MORTON, Secretary to the Court for the jurisdiction of New Plymouth. Sixth edition. Also Governor Bradford's History of New Plymouth Colony; Portions of Prince's Chronology; Gov. Bradford's Dialogue; Gov. Winslow's Visit to Massassoit; with numerous marginal notes and an Appendix, containing numerous articles relating to the labors, principles and character of the Puritans and Pilgrims. Boston: Congregational Board of Publication.

New England, and especially the New England churches in all parts of the Union, are greatly indebted to the Congregational Board of Publication for this valuable reprint of documents relating to our early history. The fullness of the title page which we have copied, relieves us of the necessity of saying particularly how much the volume contains. It is proper, however, to inform our readers that Gov. Bradford's History is here given only in those portions of it which are incorporated in Morton's Memorial, with the additional fragments which are found in the archives of the ancient church at Plymouth. The appendix contains, among other things, a learned and careful exposition of "the faith and order of the Leyden-Plymouth Church and their influence on other churches in England and in this country," prepared (as we understand) by a well known. layman of the Old Colony, himself "a descendant of the Pilgrims," as well as an admirer of their character and history. Every Congregational church ought to have a copy of this

volume.

Gov. Bradford's entire history of Plymouth, so long supposed to be lost, has come to light in the library of Lambeth Palace. Probably it will add little, when published, to the facts contained in Morton's Memorial and Prince's Chronology. Yet we cannot but wait for it with far more eagerness than if it

were another of the lost works of Cicero discovered in the Vatican.

Historical Survey of Speculative Philosophy from Kant to Hegel; designed as an introduction to the opinions of the recent schools. By HENRICH MORITY CHALYBAUS, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel. Translated from the fourth edition of the German, by ALFRED TULK. Andover: W. F. Draper & Brother. 1854. New Haven: T. H. Pease. 12mo. pp. 397.

Most thinking men at this day desire to know something of the recent system of German Philosophy. These systems are the products of some of the greatest men of modern times, and they have exerted a prodigious influence on the Politics and Theology of the Continent. Hence they attract the curious student as by a kind of fascination; and whether he will or no, he finds himself impelled by an irresistible inclination to explore the intricate mazes of their speculations.

The English student is greatly embarrassed in the effort to satisfy his curiosity upon this point. He first studies German, but he finds that when he has mastered the language sufficiently to read the ordinary work of science and literature, he must read it with greater facility, in order to be unembarrassed by the medium through which the philosopher expresses his thoughts. When he has made a second effort and conquered the language, he then finds that the subject matter is so peculiar, that he must be very familiar with the distinctions and problems of metaphysics, to be able to understand the discussions of them in a foreign language, even though the language itself presents few obstacles. He then studies philosophy more thoroughly as treated by the ancient and modern writers of eminence. But he finds that very few of the most distinguished philosophers whom he has read, have considered the questions, which the Germans discuss. But he is still more appalled to learn that the German philosophical dialect is unlike the language commonly used in the schools, and that it requires special study to become familiar with it. This can be learned like every other dialect, not so much by definitions as by long continued use in reading and hearing. What is still more annoying at this point is the discovery that the philosophers themselves are not always severe and precise in the use of terms, but that there is much vagueness and even poetic license in the language even of the severest thinkers.

The historical sketch of Chalybaus has a high reputation in Germany as an introduction to the study of the recent systems, and it is the best single work to be found in the English language, as a guide to the student. The translation is in general, well executed, though it is not above criticism, and it fails

occasionally in just the points when we need the most accurate and reliable distinctions. Much remains to be done before a history of German philosophy in the English language is placed at the command of the scholar.

Sermons of Rev. Ichabod S. Spencer, D. D., late Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY. With a Sketch of his Life. By Rev. J. M. SHERWOOD. 2 vols. 1855. New York: M. W. Dodd. New Haven: F. T. Jarman, (S. S. Depository.)

For many years previous to his death, Dr. Spencer had been widely known, and greatly respected as a laborious and successful minister of Christ. His intellectual and moral qualifications had abundant illustration in the manifold labors and glorious results of his ministry. Not many pastors of the present day think of attempting so much as Dr. Spencer appeared to accomplish year by year. His industry, and fidelity, and patience, were not without fruit in the prosperity and increase of the churches with which he was connected. He preached about five thousand sermons during a ministry of twenty-five years, an average of nearly four a week. He received into the church, in connection with his ministry, thirteen hundred and ninety-seven persons,-two hundred and thirty-three in Northampton, and eleven hundred and sixty-four in Brooklyn. Six hundred and eighty-two of these were received on profession of their faith. The Sermons in these volumes appear to be plain, convincing, Scriptural exhibitions of truth, which will be read with interest and profit.

Cornell's Intermediate Geography. Designed for pupils who have completed a Primary and Elementary Course of Instruction in Geography. By S. S. CORNELL. New York: D. Appleton & Co. New Haven: Thos. H. Pease.

This book has been carefully prepared and simplified for the tastes and capacities of those who have acquired but few of the elements of Geographical science. The maps are well execu ted, the illustrations are attractive, the matter is well arranged, and the book deserves specially the attention of Teachers of Common Schools.

Foster's First Principles of Chemistry. Adapted specially for Classes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. New Haven: E. Downes.

This is a comprehensive manual of chemistry for schools, designed to illustrate the great principles of the science by means of select and striking experiments, and adapted to the use of teachers and classes who have at command only a limited apparatus. The simple manner in which the experiments are described, and the diagrams illustrative of chemical combinations, seem well calculated to familiarize the pupil with both the principles and the symbolic language of chemistry.

History for Boys; or Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe. By JOHN G. EDGAR. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. New Haven: E. Downes. This is a well arranged and instructive book, admirably adapted to the class of persons for whom it was written. Striking and important events which mark the histories of the various nations of Europe, are so exhibited as to form a good book of reference as well as study.

Lovell's Progressive Readers. No. 2. By JOHN E. LOVELL. Durrie & Peck: New Haven.

The author of this work is an accomplished instructor, and from a long experience in teaching, understands precisely the kind of Readers best suited to promote the progress of young pupils.

First Book in Composition, for the use of Schools. By F. BROOKFIELD. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 1855.

The design and arrangement of this little book are new, and recommend it to the attention of all instructors of children and youth. It is a first book in composition, and is well adapted to excite the thoughts and expand the mind of the pupil.

The Whole French Language. By T. ROBERTSON. (Edited by Louis Ernst.) New York: Roe, Lockwood & Co. New Haven: S. Babcock.

This work is a method of teaching the French language according to the "Robertsonian System." It is new in its application to this language, and it so happily unites practical instruction with an accurate knowledge of the principles of the language, as greatly to facilitate a thorough acquaintance with it.

It claims, and probably with justice, to combine all that is valuable in other systems, without the faults which belong to them.

The Dead in Christ. Their State; Present and Future. By JOHN BROWN, D. D. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. 1855. pp. 164.

It is by the experience of affliction that the sources of consolation are most readily discovered, and most thoroughly known. The present and prospective condition of the pious dead, is a subject of thoughtful interest to many minds. To such this excellent volume will be welcome for the truly religious consolation which it offers. The reader is directed in this little work, to the condition of the soul after death, before the resurrection of the body; also its condition at the resurrection, at and after the general judgment. A practical application of these great truths is made, to comfort the Christian in the loss of Christian friends; and in the trials of life, and in the prospect of death.

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