Short Notices [pp. 554-564]

Short Notices.
ultimate and normal authority on all questions whether of faith
or practice.
We desire especially to commend the pronouncing index, as a
most valuable feature of the book, though we think the end
would be better attained by annexing the pronunciation to the
word as it occurs in the text. As the reader is not likely to
turn to the appendix, except when he is conscious of ignorance
or error, the wretched pronunciation we so often hear in the
reading of the Scriptures, is likely to be perpetuated in a large
number of cases where it might otherwise be corrected.
This, we are well aware, is a matter of great difficulty; and
there will always be difference of opinion, both as to the principles and the practice of orthoepy. We notice accordingly
several cases which we should be glad to submit to the editor
for re-examination; such, for example, as Cabul (Ka'bul),
psaltery (sawl-ter'e), Publius (pub-li'us), Rhegium (re-gi'um).
The Infant's Progress from the Valley of Destruction to Everlasting Glory.
By the author of Little Henry and his Bearer. Illustrated.' New York:
Robert Carter and Brothers, No 285 Broadway. 1851.
Mrs. Sherwood is not John Bunyan, nor is it necessary for
her present purpose that she should be. Though the gifted
intellects of the world will never hang upon the personified
virtues and vices of juvenile humanity which constitute the
dramatis personme of this simple story, as they have done upon
the fascinating progress of Bunyan's pilgrims; yet they possess
quite sufficient interest, as we know by experience, to rouse and
fasten the attention of the class of readers for whom the book
was composed. We do not hesitate to pronounce The Infant's
Progress a highly valuable addition to the apparatus for juvenile
religious instruction; and the edition before us can be recommended as possessing every desirable quality for a book of the
sort.
The World's Religion, as contrasted with Genuine Christianity. By Lady
Colquhoun, Daughter of the Hon. Sir John Sinclair. New York:
Robert Carter and Brothers, 258 Broadway. 1851. pp. 207. 16mo.
The fragrance of this little volume is that of a field which the
Lord hath blessed. It is delightful to see a spirit so purely
evangelical, and so beautifully clad in the graces of genuine
,piety, extricating itself by the help of God's Spirit from the
perils of a social position so ensnaring to the soul; and lifting
up a testimony for Christ, so honouring to his grace; and so
impressive in its earnestness and truth. May the grace of
Christ make this volume to her sex and condition in life, what
that of Wilberforce was to his.
VOL. XXIII.-NO. III.
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