quity and of the Mosaic age. The alleged signs of a post-Mosaic origin are severally submitted to an examination, which, in the Author's belief, leads to the conclusion that not one of these supposed evidences of a later age fails to establish the very fact which some English critics are seeking to overthrow.

The History of the Prayer-Book, and of its formation from previous Liturgies: with a Draft showing how our present Liturgy might with some alterations be advantageously revised and rearranged in more varied services. By the Rev. G. H. STODDART, B.D. of Queen's Coll. Oxford; Author of two "Treatises on the Psalms,' &c. Crown 8vo. pp. 334, 5s. cloth. [March 10, 1864.

Dublin, and London, and from Private or Family Papers. By W. MAZIERE BRADY, D.D. Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Vicar of Clonfert. Cloyne. 3 vols. 8vo. pp. 1,366, price 42s. cloth.

THE

[February 26, 1864.

HE Author of these volumes has endeavoured to set before his readers the state of the Established Church in three Irish dioceses, from the earliest to the present time. Not venturing on theories or offering opinions, he has collected from authentic sources a number of facts concerning the clergy and the parishes of these dioceses, and has arranged them in a form convenient for the political or antiquarian student.

The history of the Bishops of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, contains, besides the entire of what has been published by WARE, HARRIS, and COTTON concerning these Prelates, copious extracts from State and Private Papers, Patent Rolls, Wills, and other Documents.

Each clergyman has been traced as far as it was possible from his birth to his death. His parentage and issue as well as his preferments and literary works have been noticed, as tending to illustrate the system of church patronage and promotions. These genealogical details supply many a missing link in English and Irish pedi grees, and exhibit the connexion existing between the aristocracy and the clerical order.

The history of each parish is told by its statistics. The church population, number of services, amount of tithe rent-charge, value of glebe lands, with other particulars, are stated. so that a fair idea may be readily formed of the condition of the church at various periods. Donations of land and church plate, and charitable bequests made to parishes have been mentioned, and the state of each parish in the year 1860 has been minutely detailed.

The entire of Bishop Downes's manuscript Journal of his Tour through his Dioceses of Cork and Ross, circa 1699, and the manuscripts of Bishop Bennet, including his History of the Property of the See of Cloyne, are now for the first time printed.

formation of Liturgical Services in general, especially of those that have existed in this country from the introduction of Christianity into Britain to the present time. The information is drawn from the most authentic sources, and narrated in language intelligible to the general reader; ecclesiastical terminology and scholastic quotations being avoided; and the subject rendered attractive by the introduction of passages of history and historical and biographical anecdotes, bearing upon and illustrating the compo sition, and several revisions, of the Book of Common Prayer.

The Author furnishes a chronological statement of the origin of the English liturgical formularies, points out how some of them may be better utilised, and suggests a remedy for the objectionable phrases by which the fitness of others of them for edification in public worship is impaired.

Lastly, the Author adduces some cogent arguments in favour of a general revision, including a carefully weighed plan for a better distribution and rearrangement of the whole body of the formularies, which are at present, he argues, massed tautologically together.

The work, in short, temperately repudiates the corruptions, theological and ritual, which have in different ages been prevalent, and sets forth the true principles of Divine worship, in conformity with the developed spirit of Christianity.

teries has been thoroughly investigated, and is, in these volumes, laid bare, while added thereto

are

Old legends of the monkish paze,
Traditions of the Saint and Sage,
Tales that have the rime of age,

And Chronicles of old.'

The action of the Romance is almost wholly confined to the old monastic precincts of Blackfriars, while the period is that of the early days of the Reformation, during the reign of King HENRY VIII.

The work opens with a history and description of the great religious house of the Black Friars. The fourth chapter introduces the two heroines--the MAID of KENT, or HOLY NUN, and a daughter of the great statesman Sir THOMAS MORE, who is represented as suffering from a temporary blindness. The hero, represented as a true lineal descendant of RICHARD III. is designated 'The Last of the Plantagenets.' Many of the great historical events recorded to have taken place within the Monastery of Blackfriars are embodied in the first volume, including the last sitting of the Legate's Court of Divorce, which resulted in WOLSEY'S fall.

The second volume takes up the fortunes of AVELINE MORE, who having been abducted, is carried to old Richmond Palace. RICHARD PLANTAGENET is next conducted through many scenes of excitement and danger, to the tiltyard at Whitehall. The heroine, in escaping the persecutions of Sir JOHN PERROTT, a natural son of the king, finds a refuge still more dangerous in the protection of her Confessor.

In the third volume the Subprior of the Black Friars, who has conceived a guilty passion for his fair penitent, AVELINE MORE, strives to involve her in his ambitious plans, with little prospect of her rescue, until amid the closing scenes he meets a fate he had previously adjudged to some of his own kindred. The MAID of KENT, who is a leading character in the romance, in this volume is brought to trial, condemned, and narrowly escapes being burnt as a heretic.

Among the numerous other characters introduced are HENRY VIII. ANNE BOLEYN, Cardinal WOLSEY, THOMAS CROMWELL, Sir THOMAS MORE, Prior STRUDDEL, Sir RALPH SADLER, a Captain ROCHE, and his lieutenant TONY VULP, the two latter being mercenary ruffians.

In the APPENDIX is given a concise Monastic Survey,' embodying an account of the Rise and Progress, the Habits and Customs, the Offices and Officials, and the Merits and Demerits of the Monks of Old. This is followed by an analytical description of the principal Monastic houses that existed within the limits of the Metropolis during the early part of the Sixteenth Century.

Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government. Post 8vo. pp. 472, price 10s. 6d. cloth.

THE

[February 20, 1864.

HE object of this book is to place the doctrine of Utilitarianism on a sound basis, and to draw practical conclusions applicable to Moral and Political Government.

For this purpose it was necessary that the Author should show wherein he differs from the reasoning of Mr. JOHN STUART MILL, and the school of Utilitarians, of which he may now be considered the Head Master.

The Author believes that Mr. MILL has, in his book on Utilitarianism, advocated a false philosophy, necessarily involving all the errors of the Pagan doctrine of Epicurus; and though treated with much ingenuity, and some undeniable truths, yet calculated to do more harm than good. To some who can distinguish clearly between the truth and the error, it may be harmless, but to many, the error which seems to pervade nearly the whole of Mr. MILL's reasoning must be of an injurious tendency.

The Author is not aware that the attempt has ever before been made to place the doctrine of Utilitarianism on a sound basis, from which may be drawn safe principles for human government.

He has attempted to show that, at best, this doctrine can furnish but an imperfect index for directing human actions to the highest aim, and that to pretend to draw from this the Greatest Happiness Principle,' is a sheer absurdity, Utilitarianism having no relation whatever to Happi

ness.

The true principle, as here explained, is exemplified by application to current events in Moral and Political Government.

Lyra Domestica, SECOND SERIES; Christian Songs and Hymns, translated from the German of C. J. P. SPITTA and other favourite Hymn Writers. By RICHARD MASSIE. Fep. pp. 176, price 4s. 6d. cloth; and 10s. calf antique, or 12s. morocco antique, bound by RIVIÈRE. [January 12, 1864. THIS volume is divided into two parts. The THIS first contains a translation of the concluding portion of SPITTA's Psalter und Harpe, and, with the FIRST SERIES of Lyra Domestica, completes the Author's English translation of the whole of that work. The second part consists principally of translations from PAUL GERHARDT and some other favourite German hymn writers. And these are followed by a few original hymns and versions of the Psalms of DAVID, added with the

view of giving greater variety to the volume, also of adapting it more completely to its principal object, namely, the edification of the family circle. This SECOND SERIES, like the FIRST, is printed and bound uniformly with Miss WINKWORTH'S well-known Lyra Germanica.

THE

Preparation for the Holy Communion: the Devotions compiled chiefly from the works of Bishop Jeremy Taylor. By the Author of Amy Herbert. 32mo. pp. 186, price 3s. cloth, red edges. [February 15, 1864. HE devotions contained in this manual, in preparation for the Holy Communion and for use during the celebration of the Office, are preceded by some introductory chapters in which the several questions in the Church Catechism relating to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper are explained in their order. The distinction between a Sacrament, as an outward sign of a spiritual grace, and a mere symbol or type, and again between the Sacrament of Baptism as giving or engrafting life, and of the Lord's Supper as sustaining and strengthening it, leads to a consideration of the visible signs employed in the latter, and of the reality of the gift imparted in that Sacrament, and finally to the great subject of self-examination, as a means for enabling us to ascertain the balance of our character, and so to test the sincerity of our repentance, faith, and charity.

Lyra Messianica: Hymns and Verses on the Life of Christ, Ancient and Modern; with Edited by the Rev. ORBY Fep. 8vo. pp. 466, price [February 18, 1864.

other Poems. SHIPLEY, M.A. 78. 6d. cloth. THIS Collection of Hymns and Verses, forming

and, in common with that Book, intended for devotional reading at home, and not for public use in Church, combines original and selected Hymns and Verses. Of the latter, those have been chiefly chosen which are less well known amongst Hymns written or translated since the revival of the taste for ancient compositions; and as it has been impossible to print more than a selection from the Hymns of different Authors or Translators, single pieces, to act as representative Hymns, have, in general, been chosen for each division of the work, from those formerly published. Of the original Hymns, some are absolutely original, some are translations of Hymns never before attempted in English, and some are new versions of those already well known many have been taken from Latin and

Greek sources, some from the German, and a few from the Italian, Spanish, and Swedish.

The Hymns and Verses are arranged in the following order :-I. Advent: Hymns on the first and second Advent. II. The Incarnation: Hymns on the Annunciation and Nativity. III. The Epiphany and Transfiguration. IV. The Passion: Hymns on the Betrayal, Holy Week, Good Friday, the Crucifixion, and Easter Eve. V. Easter. VI. Ascension and Whitsuntide.

The Hymns published in Lyra Messianica are in accordance with the Doctrine of the Church of England; and have been printed verbatim as their Authors composed or revised them.

Pictures of the Past, and other Poems. By WILLIAM BRADFIELD. Crown 8vo. pp. 240, price 4s. cloth; or on toned paper, with gilt edges, price 6s. cloth. [Jan. 11, 1864. THESE pictures are a series of Metrical

Sketches, illustrative of different periods in English history. The subjects relate, for the most part, to the Author's native place, Nottingham; and have been selected as illustrating its antiquities, and the brief records of our old chroniclers. The work, however, is not of a merely local character, the incidents and events depicted being of general interest, and the poems founded upon them being designed to furnish a connecting link between the past and the present.

Among them will be found illustrations of events in the earlier periods of English history, of the Battle of Bosworth Field, of the voyage and untimely death of Sir Hugh Willoughby, and, in more recent times, of Brandreth's attempted revolution.

The Oxford University Local Examinations for 1864.

THOMSON'S Winter: with a Life of the Poet, Notes Critical, Explanatory and Grammatical, and Remarks on the Analysis of Sentences, with Illustrative Examples. Edited, for the Use of Schools, by WALTER M'LEOD, F.R.G.S. M.C.P. F.A.S.L. Head Master of the Model School and Master of Method in the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. 12mo. pp. 152, price 2s. cloth. [February 20, 1864. THE IE present edition of THOMSON'S Winter is specially intended for pupils qualifying for the Oxford Local Examinations in May. The Regulations issued by the University state that Junior Candidates will be required to satisfy the Examiners in the Analysis and Parsing of a passage taken from Winter in THOMSON's Seasons;

and that a few questions suggested by this portion of the poem will be added. This textbook has therefore been published in order to provide candidates with a manual of the information required on the several points specified in the Regulations.

The work is arranged under the following heads-1. A Life of THOMSON, with Critical Remarks on his Works; 2. The Analysis of Sentences, with numerous illustrative Examples; 3. The Poem, with Notes-Critical, Explanatory, and Grammatical. These NOTES, which are numerous, contain short historical accounts of the persons and places named in the poem, brief descriptions of the various animals, and such notices of the phenomena of nature as were considered necessary to a clear comprehension of the text. Difficulties in grammar and the analysis of sentences have been explained; and the etymologies of peculiar or uncommon words have been given. The introduction of exercises in derivation tends not only to elucidate the word under consideration, but also to impress its meaning more firmly on the mind of the pupil.

The work corresponds throughout in arrangement and treatment with GOLDSMITH's Deserted Village (now in its tenth edition), and THOMSON'S Spring (second edition), by the same Editor, both of which have been very favourably received by teachers; and it is printed, as regards the punctua tion and the text, from the edition of the Seasons by BOLTON CORNEY, which is regarded not only as the most accurate text of THOMSON'S celebrated poem given to the public either during the Author's lifetime or since, but as a model of careful editorship.

Although this text-book has been specially prepared for middle-class schools, it is believed that the work may be used with advantage wherever the reading of poetry and the study of the Analysis of Sentences form subjects of school instruction.

for the use of older lads, and, since attendance at evening schools is apt to be desultory, it is difficult to keep up interest in a book on one continuous subject. It is seldom possible in such schools to do more than give greater fluency in reading, greater ease in writing, and impart some knowledge of the simple arithmetical rules. The time which can be allotted is too short, the lads are too tired for any studies beyond these.

It has not, therefore, been the purpose of this book to teach anything other than reading. The extracts are such as an ordinary village boy, from twelve to sixteen years of age, can understand. Each is complete in itself, and, when read by a class of imperfect readers, will occupy about twenty minutes. The few foot-notes are intended to be of use in cases-not unfrequent-where a clergyman is assisted in his work at the night school by some villager older and better educated than the class he is teaching, but not able to explain the hard words or allusions in the lesson.

Fourth Standard, pp. 160, 97. Fifth Standard, pp. 224, 18.3d. Sixth Standard, pp. 224, 18, 3d. **ANSWERS to the EXERCISES in ARITHMETIC (about 8,000 in number) may be had separately, and are nearly ready.

for the use of the more Advanced Classes. Collected and edited by the Rev. C. K. PAUL, Vicar of Sturminster-Marshall. Fep. Svo. pp. 224, price 1s. 6d. cloth.

[February 25, 1864.

THIS compilation, which consists of twenty

eight short pieces selected from the most suitable works of SHAKSPEARE, GOLDSMITH, BUNYAN, DE FOE, and a few other popular writers, is an attempt to supply a want felt by all those who have had the charge of evening schools in country parishes. Reading books for day schools are, for the most part, too childish

portion of the Government grant payable to Schools depends on the results of the individual examination of the children, it has appeared to the compilers::

1st. That a carefully graduated Series of Books, suited to the several Standards, is required.

2nd. That Home Lessons must form a highly important adjunct to every school routine.

3rd. That a Series, suitable not only for individual and simultaneous instruction, but also for Home and School Work, is desirable.

4th. That each Book should contain the three subjects of examination, and be published at such a price as may place it within the reach of the poorest child. And this is the more important

since the discontinuance of the Government book grants.

It has, therefore, been the aim of the compilers of the present Series to produce in each of their Standards a book that can be well read through by a class in about fifty days, so that each child eligible for examination may have been through it at least twice.

The books, moreover, are so prepared that Teachers may be sure of their Pupils passing the Inspector in all the subjects if only they know their One Lesson Book well.

STANDARD I. has been drawn up with great care, with a view to introduce the child systematically, and by the easiest gradations, to a complete knowledge of English Monosyllables.

Two or three of the first Lessons comprise words of Two Letters, and a few common ones of Three. Then the simple Vowel sounds are taken with Single Initial Consonants. The words are placed in columns at the top of each page, and Lessons are formed on them-consecutive narratives, not mere disjointed sentences, only those words being introduced which are contained in the respective Spelling Lessons or in those preceding. A few easy Dissyllables are given advisedly, but only such as are compounded of words previously learnt; such as be-fore, a-gain, a-way, at-tempt.

When the simple Vowel Sounds have been gone through, the Diphthongs are treated in the same way; and when the words which have single consonants before the Vowel Sound have been exhausted, those with Compound Initial Consonants are taken. Silent letters and 'ough' come at the end of the book, with the exception of three or four Auxiliary Verbs, which are introduced in Lesson 30, to aid in the construction of the Reading Lessons.

A portion of each Reading Lesson is in Script characters, to be copied by the Pupil at home or at school.

The Arithmetic, like the Reading and Writing, goes rather beyond the requirements of the Standard, so as to introduce the Pupil to the one above.

One great advantage of this book over others is, that it contains a Spelling Book, a Reading Book, a Book of writing copies, and an Arithmetic Book, all in one, and for the price of one.

In each Standard the Reading Lessons are written or selected with the sole object of teaching Reading as effectually and as easily as possible.

A few hints are given in each Book for the benefit of Pupil Teachers and Monitors.

STANDARD II. contains Reading Lessons consisting of Stories, Poems, Adventures, &c., with easy Words of Two Syllables.

Carefully arranged columns of Spelling at the

top of each page, and some hundreds of Sums in the Arithmetic required for this Standard. The Multiplication Table. STANDARD III. contains Reading Lessons similar to the above, with Difficult Words of Two, and easy words of more, Syllables.

Columns of Spelling for each Reading Lesson. Dictation Exercises (to be copied at home and written from dictation at school), containing the Easier Words which have the same sound, but differ in meaning.

Numerous exercises in Numeration, Notation, and the Simple Rules up to, and including, Short Division.

The Multiplication and Division Tables. STANDARD IV. More advanced Reading Lessons similar to Standard III.

Columns of Spelling, with Meanings.

Dictation Exercises as in Standard III., but containing more difficult Words.

Exercises in the Compound Rules (Money), and the requisite Tables.

STANDARD V. Reading Lessons, as above. Prose and Poetry alternate, consisting of Extracts from popular Authors.

Spelling and Dictation, as in Standard IV. Arithmetic, Compound Rules (Weights and Measures), and the Tables of Weights and Mea

sures.

STANDARD VI. Extracts from Newspapers, Magazines, Reviews, and other current Litera

ture.

Scientific and other Terms, with Meanings. Difficult Dictation Exercises. Arithmetic-numerous Examples of Bills of Parcels, Proportion, and Practice.

Explanations of Foreign Phrases and Sentences in common use.

An Alphabetical List of the Roots from which the Words in the Spelling Lessons are derived.

With regard to the important subject of 'Reading,' the Editors' aim has been to enable the Pupil, in the first four Standards, to master its mechanical difficulties; to teach him to read with fluency and expression.

In the FIFTH STANDARD they place before him suitable Lessons selected from the Standard Authors of the language, among whom may be enumerated:-De Foe, Addison, Steele, Johnson, Goldsmith, Robertson, Gibbon, Leigh Hunt, Disraeli, De Quincey, Bishop Stanley, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Cowper, Gray, Lamb, Burns, Byron, Campbell, &c.

In the SIXTH STANDARD they have sought to bring the Pupil into contact with the current thought of the day by means of Extracts from Contemporary Authors and Periodical Literature. The Lessons in this Standard comprise Selections from The Times,' 'Blackwood,''Fraser,'