Literary Intelligence [pp. 478-482]

-Literary Intelligence.
"Science of Religion;" Luthardt's Sermons on "The Grace of God
in Jesus Christ;" Part I. of "The Person and Work of Christ, according to Christ's own Testimony and the Testimony of the Apostles,"
by Gess; Part I. of Ritschl's "Christian Doctrine of Justification and
Reconciliation;" Part II., Sec. II., of Rothe's Dogmatics; Part I. of
Vilmar's Theological Ethics; Zhckler on the Augsburg Confession;
Wieseler's History of the Confessional Condition of the Lutheran
Church in Pomerania prior to the Union; " and Schultze on Fetichism.
Vol. V. of the Prussian Royal Academy's edition of Aristotle contains Fragments, Supplementary Scholia, and a very complete Index
by H. Bonitz (which may also be had separately). Another Aristotelian work is "Aristotle on Art, especially on Tragedy," by Reinkens;
and still another is "Aristotle's Notion of God, with reference to the
Christian idea of God, " by Gotz. Other philosophical treatises are
Hofer's "Significance of Philosophy for Life, as exhibited by Plato;"
Schoppe's "Human Thinking;" Zimmermann's "Samuel Clarke's
Life and Doctrines;" and Michelis' "Kant before and after 1770."
In biography and history we note Vol. III., completing Plitt's
Schelling; Vol. II. of Droysen's Gustavus Adolphus; Part V. of
Dahn's' Kings of the Germans;" Disselhoffs "Guide to J. G. Hamann;" Geiger's "Reuchlin: his Life and Works;" Lang's "Martin
Luther;" Part I. of Philippson's "Henry IV. and Philip III.;"
Hettner's "Goethe and Schiller;" Germann's "Christian Frederic
Schwartz;" Striiter's "Oliver Cromwell; " Vol. I. of L. Von Ranke's
"German Powers and Confederation of Princes (1780-1790);"
Ritter's "Founding of the Union in 1598-1608, " Vol. I.; Vol. III.
of Biidinger's "Contributions to Roman Imperial History;" Part I.
of H. Rau's "Papacy: its Origin, its Prime, atd its Decay;" Frantz's
"Preaching of the Gospel in Germany before the time of Charlemagne;" Vol. VII. of the "History of Rome in the Middle Ages,"
by Gregorovius; "Hungary under Maria Theresa and Joseph II.," by
Krones; Vol. I. of Mtillerinhof's "German Archaeology; " and Tobler's
"Great Controversy of the Latins with the Greeks in Palestine for the
Holy Places," etc.
The most valuable contribution to philology is Part I. of the first
volume of Ritschl's second and thoroughly revised edition of Plautus,
containing the Trinummus. A second part of Westphal's "Methodical Grammar of the Greek Language," treats of the verb. Vol. I. of
Peters' critical edition of the " Historicorum Romanorum Reliquie "
has just appeared. Forbiger's "Hellas and Rome" is designed to exhibit in a thorough, yet popular way the public and private life of the
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