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Short Notices.[
ponder and practice. It is a work which theological students
and ministers would do well to read.
A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity.
By the Most Reverend Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, with a
sketch of the life of the author, and a catalogue of his writings. New
York: Willisa Gowans. 1860. Pp. 288.
Archbishop Whately was one of the writers engaged to
prepare introductory essays for the new edition of the Encyclop,edia Britannica, now in the course of publication. This
treatise is one of those essays. It has not before been printed
in a book. The sibject and the reputation of the author will
secure for it a hearsay welcome from the Christian public.
The Bible in Schools. Argument of Richard H. Dana, Jr. Esq. and the
opinion ofthe Supreme Court of Maine, &c. Approved by the Committee
of Publication. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath-school Society. Deposi tory, No. 13 Cornhill. Pp. 59.
A Roman Catholic child was excluded from a district school
in Maine, because her father refused to permit her to read the
Scriptures in the common English version. For this exclusion
the father brought suit for damages, as he was a tax-payer.
This pamphlet contains an exhibition of the grounds on which
the court sustained the action of the school authorities and
non-suited the plaintiff.
The Difficulties of Arminian Methodism; A Series of Letters addressed to
Bishop Simpson, of Pittsburgh. By William Annan, author of "Letters
on Psalmody." Fourth edition, re-written and enlarged. Philadelphia:
William S. & Alfred Martien, No. 606 Chestnut street. 1860. Pp. 336.
As this work has been many years before the public, it has
an established reputation. It has received the stamp of general
approbation, and we rejoice that so useful a volume is again
sent forth in an improved form. Those of our brethren who
are called to contend with the constant misrepresentations of
the opponents of the Augustinian system of doctrines, will find
this work a very valuable aid.
A Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language. By Joseph E.
Worcester, LL.D. Revised with important additions. Boston: Swan,
Brewer & Tileston. Cleveland: Ingham & Bragg. 1860. 8vo. pp. 608.
This dictionary is substantially a combination of "the Comprehensive Dictionary," and "A Pronouncing, Explanatory,
and Synonymous Dictionary of the English Language," previously published by Dr. Worcester. It contains a vast
amount of valuable matter in a very condensed form. Besides
a full vocabulary of well authorized English words, it comprises
numerous technical, obsolete, and provincial words, which need
explanation. In all doubtful cases as to pronunciation, the
authorities for the different modes in use are given. Besides
the usual list of Greek, Latin, and Scriptural proper names,
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