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Short Notices.
the appendix contains a list of Christian names of men and
women, with their signification; pronunciation of modern
geographical names, of distinguished men of modern times; a
collection of words, phrases, and quotations from the Latin,
French, Italian, and Spanish languages; principal deities,
heroes, &c., in Greek and Roman fabulous history, &c., &c.
It is evident therefore, that it would be difficult to find so
much valuable matter of the kind in any other similar work.
Moral Philosophy; Including Theoretical and Practical Ethics. By
Joseph Hiaven, D. D., Professor in the Chicago Theological Seminary,
and lately Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in Amherst
College. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. New York: Sheldon & Co. Cin cinnati: George S. Blanchard. For sale by McGenniss & Smith,
Princeton, New Jersey.
We reviewed favourably Dr. Haven's work on Mental Philosophy a year since. His volume on Moral Philosophy,
although it has been before the public for a twelve-month, has
only just come into our hands. From the slight inspection
which we have been able to give it, we do not think that it will
take the same stand with the previous work by the same
writer. It is however, compendious, instructive, and well
written.
The Philosophy of Natural History. By John Ware, M. D. Prepared
on the plan, and retaining portions, of the work of WILLIAM SMELLIE,
Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh. Boston:
Brown &Taggart. 1860. Pp. 448.
The book of Smellie was published about seventy years ago;
in 1824 Dr. Ware prepared an edition for the use of schools.
In the present edition the original plan has been adhered to,
but extensive alterations have been made, and most of the
chapters have been prepared anew.
British Novelists and their Styles; Being a critical sketch of the history
of British prose fiction. By David Masson, MI. A., Professor of English
Literature, University College, London; author of "the Life of Milton
and his Times." Boston: Gould & Lincoln. New York: Sheldon &
Co. Cincinnati: George S. Blanchard. 1860. Pp. 312.
The substance of this volume was delivered in a course of
lectures in Edinburgh. The subject is one of interest to
literary men, and it is treated by a man of established repu tation.
A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges. By James Hadley, Pro fessor in Yale College.
We have been highly gratified by the inspection of this work.
It meets a real want. Recent analysis of the Greek language
has put our old Grammars out of date, while the best of the
new have hitherto lacked simplicity and clearness in the state ment of general principles. Excellent as treatises for a scholar
1860.]
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