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15.-Norway and the Norwegians; or Feats on the Fiord. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1842. pp. 180.

This neat little volume surpasses our expectations in value and interest. It is partly fact and partly fiction, which are so woven together as to present a more striking and comprehensive view, than any isolated narrative could furnish, of the manners, character and superstitions of the Norwegians. The reader who begins will be almost certain to finish the book; and he will rise from its perusal, feeling, not only that he has been entertained, but instructed. He will be conscious that he now possesses an acquaintance with real life in those hyperborean regions, though derived from descriptions of scenes and events, which, perhaps, have never been witnessed in the precise order in which they are here presented.

16.-A Demonstration of the Authority and Wisdom of Punishment by Death for Murder. By Rev. George B. Cheever. New-York: M. W. Dodd, 1842.

We have observed with interest the arguments lately put forth in England, in defence of capital punishment for the crime of murder; and we cannot regard with indifference the circumstances, among ourselves, which have enlisted the pens of several American divines on the same subject. Recent endeavors, in the Legislature, to change the laws of the State of New-York, have rendered it a topic of special interest to her citizens. Many clergymen have preached on the subject, and several have published single discourses. Mr. Cheever has attempted a more labored and extended argument. He defends the authority and wisdom of capital punishment for murder on the grounds of Scripture and expediency. In conducting the Scripture argument, he maintains the correctness of the common translation of the passage in Genesis,-"Whoso sheddeth man's blood," etc.,-considers the circumstances of the human race when this ordinance was promulgated, its universality and comprehensiveness, the Mosaic statutes respecting it, its confirmation in the New Testament, and the consentaneousness of Divine Providence. In respect to the final causes of the ordinance, the author regards its bearing upon the principles of the Divine government as one of the most important

branches of the subject. The whole discussion is conducted with ingenuity and adroitness, and with a thoroughness of research which is highly creditable to the author. We recom

mend it as well suited to correct and settle the views of candid inquirers, whose compassion for even the guilty, under suffering, has shaken their confidence in principles of government which are demanded both by the authority of God and the best interests of human society.

ADDITIONAL NOTICES.

Capital Punishment, sustained by Reason and the Word of God; being the substance of a Sermon preached in the Spring-street Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William Patton, D. D. New York. Dayton and Newman, 1842. The questions raised in. this Sermon are: Whether man has any right to take away the life of the irrational creature, or of man; which, on the ground of certain grants and ordinances the author answers in the affirmative; and states several things obviously forbidden in the sixth Commandment. The argument is brief and well stated. The Juvenile Naturalist; or Walks in the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. By B. H. Draper. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1842. 2 Vols. pp. 237, 232. These little volumes are in the publishers' best style of printing and binding, and are illustrated with numerous engravings. They are among the very best books for the young which we have seen. We earnestly recommend them to the attention of parents, who would provide for their children objects of thought tending to their elevation and improvement.

Our Country; its Capabilities, its Perils, and its Hope. Being a Plea for the early establishment of Gospel Institutions in the Destitute Portions of the United States. Published by the Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society. New York, 1842. This is a pamphlet of sixty pages. Its object is "to presnt a condensed view of the facts which constitute our country's claim, on all her sons, to promote the moral improvement of Society at home." Its statistics are authentic and accurate, and its argument cumulative and irresistible.

SECOND SERIES, VOL. VII. NO. II.

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ARTICLE XI.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Germany.

DR. PLUCKER has been appointed professor at Bonn in the place of Dr. Augusti. Dr. H. A. G. Hävernick, recently professor extraordinary at Rostock, has been made professor of theology at Königsberg. The Library of the University of Tubingen has just received a valuable accession in the department of Oriental MSS.; the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish MSS., which belonged to Prof. Schulz, (who was killed in Kurdistan, in 1829,) have been added to the collection. Dr. Wuttke of the University of Leipsic has discovered and published a manuscript Autobiography of Christian Wolff; the editor has appended as Essay on the philosophy of Wolff, with a part of his correspondence. Among the recent publications of Germany, we notice Luther's complete works, Vol. XXX, containing a portion of his polemical writings; Umbreit's Practical Commentary on the Prophets of the Old Testament, Vol. I., it being Part I. of his Commentary on Isaiah; the Life and Works of Melancthon by Matthes; Karl Otfried Müller's History of Greek Literature to the Age of Alexander, from a MS. of the author by Dr. Ed. Müller.

Holland.

According to the latest account which we have seen of the Dutch Universities, they had 1397 students; in Leyden there were 634, in Utrecht, 484. Of this number, 323 were studying theology; 502, jurisprudence; 366, medicine; 65, natural science; 141, philosophy.

United States.

George A. Peters proposes soon to publish, at the office of the American Biblical Repository, a new work in one volume, to be denominated, "The Princi ples of Esthetics, in their application to Literature," or the "Elements of Literary Taste." By Rev. Charles B. Hadduck, Professor of Intellectual Philosophy and English Literature in Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. For a specimen of the work, see Article VI, present No. of the Repository.

John S. Taylor & Co., New-York, have in press, and will publish in a few days, Prof. Gaussen's work on "Theopneusty, or Plenary Inspiration of the Bible," translated from the French by Rev. E. N. Kirk. It will be in one volume of about 300 pages. For an account of the original work, see Biblical Repository of July last. Wiley & Putnam, New-York, are preparing for immediate republication, "A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Arts; compris ing the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge," etc., illustrated with engravings. Edited by W. T. Brande, F. R. S. and Joseph Cauvin, Esq. It will appear in 24 parts, at 25 cents each. Allen, Morrill and Wardwell, propose to publish, at the Codman press, Andover, Sermons and Literary Remains of Rev. William Bradford Homer, late Pastor of the Cong. Church, South Berwick, Me. Edited, with a Memoir, by Rev. E. A. Park, Professor in the Theol. Sem., Andover. Jonathan Leavitt and J. F. Trow, of New-York, will publish in April, a beautiful reprint of Hahn's edition of the Greek New Testament, superintended by E. Robinson, D. D.

INDEX TO VOLUME VII.

A.

Aborigines, the, of America 1. No
authentic history of their origin 1.
Scripture account of a dispersion
2. Plato's Atlantis 3. Catcott's
remarks on Plato's account 4. W.
Jones' remarks 5; the probability
of Plato's story 6; the Indians the
descendants of Ham, and under
the curse 7; their fate corresponds
with this 8; probable exceptions 9.
Central American ruins 10. How
could they have passed from the
Eastern to the Western continent?
11; light from Scripture 12. How
came the animals here? 14. Re-
semblance of Indians to ancient
races 16. The old world early
possessed a numerous population
18; general remarks 22.

Adams, Rev. William, on the influ-
ence of piety on pulpit eloquence
69.
Agricultural Chemistry, noticed 483.
America, the Aborigines of 1.
American Antiquilies, by Bradford,
noticed 240.

American Dictionary, Webster's, no-
ticed 244.

Ancient and Modern Greece 441.
Annals of the Poor, by L. Richmond,
noticed 249.

Augustine, as a sacred orator 375;
his early education 376; conver-
sion 377; his settlement at Hippo
380; election as bishop 380; his
traits of character 381; his homi-
lies 382; his manner of writing
383; his eloquence 384; instances
of its effects 384; remarks upon
its characteristics 391; remarks
on his discourses 392.

B.

Baird, Rev. Robert, visit to North-
ern Europe, noticed 230.
Beecher, Miss Catherine E., treatise

on Domestic Economy, noticed
235.

Beman, Rev. Nathan S. S., D. D.,
Sacred Lyrics, noticed 234.
Biblical Cabinet, Edinburgh, no-
ticed 238, 483.

Bradford, A. W. American Anti-
quities, noticed 241.
Brainard, John G. C., Poems, no-
ticed 485.

Brookes, Thomas, Mute Christian,
noticed 246.

Bucke, Charles, Beauties etc. of Na-
ture, noticed 481.

Bunyan, John, Holy War, noticed
249.

C.

Carlyle, Thomas, French Revolu-
tion, noticed 233.

Cheever, Rev. George B., review of

Tappan on the Will 411. On pun-
ishment by death, noticed 492.
Chemistry, Elements of, by Alonzo
Gray, noticed 248.

Chemistry, Lectures on, by C. U.
Shepard, noticed 246.'

Christian Church, History of the first
planting of, noticed 484.
Christianity, the history of, by Mil-
man, noticed 228.

Christians, the early, Sermons on,
noticed 484.

Church-yards, Chapters on, noticed

485.

Collon, George H., Poem, noticed 490
Concordance, a complete Hebrew and
Chaldee, by Dr. Nordheimer, re-
viewed 467.

Critical Notices 226, 478.
Crosby, Prof Alpheus, Greek Gram-
mar, noticed 245.

D.

D'Aubigne's History of the Reforma-
tion, noticed 226, 482.
Devotional, Music, the principles and
claims of, 361.

Dictionary, the School and Family,
by Galaudet and Hooker, noticed
247.
Dictionary, Webster's American, no-
ticed 244.

Domestic Economy, a Treatise on,
by Miss Beecher, noticed 235.

E.

Elliott, Rev. Charles, Delineation of

Roman Catholicism, noticed 240.
Eloquence, Pulpit, the influence of
personal piety on, 69.
Exposition of Hebrews 6:4-6. The

persons here spoken of had been
once enlightened 208; tasted of the
heavenly gift 210; partakers of
the Holy Ghost 212; tasted of the
good word of God 215; the powers
of the world to come 216; had
been renewed unto repentance
218; they are supposed to fall
away 220; it is impossible to re-
new them again by repentance 223.
Exposition of 2 Peter 1: 16-21. Gen-
eral meaning of the passage 352;
the coming of Christ was to be fu-
ture 354, Old Testament prophe-
cies yet remaining to be fulfilled
357; the word of prophecy ex-
plained 359.

F.

Fellowes, Charles, An account of dis-
coveries in Lycia, noticed 486.

G.

Gallaudet, T. H. and H. Hooker,
School and Family Dictionary,
noticed 247.

Gems from the Works of Travellers,
noticed 249.

German Prose Writers, fragments
from, noticed 237.

Gifford, Edward, Esq., visit to the
Ionian Islands, etc., reviewed 441.
Grammar, a, of the Greek Language,
noticed 248.

Grant, Asahel, M. D., on the Nesto-
rians, reviewed 26.
Gray, Alonzo, A. M., Elements of
Chemistry, noticed 248.
Greece, ancient and modern, the works
of Wordsworth and Gifford on, re-
viewed 441. Obstacles to the trav-
eller few 442; route of Mr. Gif-
ford 443. Delphi 444, popular

traditions of primitive times, Eleu-
sis and the battle of Salamis 445,
the antiquities of Athens 446,
the temple of Theseus 447, in-
scriptions lately brought to light
448, the Pnyx and the Bema 449,
the Acropolis 451, a statue of
Aristotle 452, the ruins of the Par-
thenon and its sister temples 452,
the scrupulous care of these ruins
by the present government 454,
the temple of Victory 455, vesti
ges of ancient customs 456, the
Theatre 457, its influence on the
ancient Athenians 458, the Areo-
pagus, the Ilissus and Cephisus
459, the modern city, as it was in
1833, 461, its rapid growth since
that time 462, Attica, the plain of
Marathon 463, ruins of the temple
at Egina 464, atrocities of the
modern revolution in Greece 466.
Greek Lexicon, Rost's, noticed 488.

H.

Hadduck, Prof. Charles B., on Prose
and Poetry, 394.

Hare, Rev. G. Emlen, Exposition of
2 Peter 1: 16–21, 352.
Harper's Family Library, noticed
481.

Harvard University, Quincy's His-
tory of, reviewed 89, 175, 253.
Hastings, Thomas, the Principles
and Claims of Devotional Music
361

Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of
the Old Testament, by Dr. Nord-
heimer, reviewed 467, remarks on
the importance of the work 468,
advantages of a Concordance com-
pared with those of a Lexicon 470,
importance of the study of He-
brew 472, remarks on Gesenius'
Lexicon 477.

Hebrews 6: 4-6, Exposition of, 208.
History, New England, examination
of certain points of, 89.
History of Harvard University, re-
viewed 89, 175, 253.
History of the great Reformation in

Germany and Switzerland, by
Merle de Augbiné, noticed 226.
History of Christianity, by Milman,
noticed 228.

Homes, Rev. Henry A., on the sect of

the Yezidies of Mesopotamia 329.

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