Notices of Recent Publications. [pp. 650-656]

iSTO.] A%~iccs of llccc~t~ P~c~~i~~tion~. 6~5
PAMPllLETS AND PERIODICALS.
T/~6K1 ifc(1 A~o(c9 Intcroql Wc)t'C!t?~C (C?t(1 T~rff Lo?n (Po88cJ JIly 13,
1S~()). to~cf1ier?Cjt1~ tJe let f)q)05i11(J Texes on i)isti7~e~ ~]`)irits nn(i
i)1J1I'~ci) q~~j for Ot/~C? p?~r])oses (q~~proee~1 Jl([y 2(), [Sf~S), q11(i sitch
ot/ci tots or Ports of Acts sclati?l.O to fJ~tcr?~(6i J?ecen~ie os ore non'
rith Ttliles o.f foxes e CO])j)?t5 4~toiytieo1 Ii~dex, o?~d)fO11
~~1~Cj11111i/ i\%tes. Compiled by tlorace B. Dresser. New York
Hari)er & brothers, Publishers.
It i only uceessary to say that this pamphlet is true to its title, to evince its
great value to vast multitudes of people.
~jO It or t/lc (4enero' Asseotbly of tke Prcs~ytcrion C/~Itreh of tI~e Kni toil.~C(ItC5 of Ao~erioo, Scitil ost AJ)pe?1 Cl ix. By tlie Stated Clerk.
New Sories. ~~CsI. I., A. D. 1870. ~ew York: Presbyterian Board
of Publication. 1870.
This first vol~ime of tite ~Iinutes of the Re-nufted Church is of special importonce. It evinces the magnitude of tl~e Presbyterian body by its o~vn size, extenditig as it does. to nearly 500 closely printed octave pages. None ~vlio ~visli
to be conversant with tlie condition of tijo Preslsyterian Church can do wifl~out
it. Sn fl~r as we can judge, the p~'odigious labor required to edit it has beeii ~vcil
perforn~ed. and tite result is creditable to the stated derk of the Assembly.
J?(lk(li()iI- iii the ~tote 00(1 in the &~ehoo1. A Ptcfetotion qf certain feoson 111(1 (I II (1 ~Y0tClI1c)It5. ~3y Rufus ~Y. Clark, B. B. Ne~v York
Aittevie;tn and Foreign Clir~stian Union, 17 Bible Rouse. 1870.
A vigorous refutation of the articles of Dr. Spear in tl~e 101C7)eodsot, ~vhicli
aim to preve the godless or non-religious character of our government in its
reations to education.
Tile T)isoij)l05 qf oisr Lord deriaa the Personeti Jiinistry. A Lectnre ~e liocioll ill Q~ieeii ~treet Hall, Ediolsoegh, on tic 24th Aegnst, 1890,
1104)00 the ~toClctits' Tilcologiclti ~ocicty of tltc Ktitcd) J)~es1sytertnn
Ch`ich. By ~Yilliain Lee, B. I)., ~[iiiister of Roxburgli. Edinburgh
and London: ~Villiam Black wool & Sons. 18b-.0.
A well-considered tract, developing important truths on a subject quite
worti~y of attention.
Ch)istio))ity the Kltisnote and 1)~sirersa1 P~e1igisn of JIon. A Sernion
J;)(ooh(Ci ill the Wrich (7)erch, i~%w )~orh, AJoy 1, 1870, for the
JJoOrd 1)1 1))reig~t 1AEissio~is of the Pres&yterioit (7tstrch. By the
Rev. Lertiy J. Italsey, B. I)., Cliic<tgo, Ill. Published at the request
of tlie Executive Coiniiiittee. New York: Board of Foreign ~iis ions. 2:3 Centre Street. 1870.
An able presentation of a glorious theme.
JioCler).~~iCitoa1iso~: JJ7hot are sce to think of it? By fl~e Rev. Natban
L. Rice, I). B. Presideiit of ~~estnsinster College, ~Iissoui~i. Pres byterian Board of Publication.
An exposure of that monstrosity wl~ich is as properly called spiritualism as a
bastard is called a legitimate child, alike compact and clear, searchiiig and anal