As to faith, the evangelical churches are, we believe, not accused of departing from the primitive standards-they are not necessarily heretics, but are merely out of the church, because, as our opponents assume, "there can be no church without a bishop." But how do they get over the acknowledged heresies of Rome? Why, this is a small matter enough! The wise note-writer eases it off almost without an effort. He tells us that Rome has merely added to the faith. She receives all the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and a little more, that's all. And Mr. Carey held that the matters of difference between the Church of England and the Church of Rome were not matters of faith. This would do if the matter added were consistent with the original creed. The canons of the Council of Trent and the creed and articles of the Church of England, are in many essential points perfectly antagonistic. For instance, how does the worship of the Virgin Mary, and of relics, agree with the doctrine of the one living and true God? How does the mediation of saints and angels agree with the doctrine of the "one Mediator, Jesus Christ?" And how does the doctrine of justification by the merit of works agree with that of "justification by faith alone?"

The old English divines saw all these contrarieties, and many more which we might notice, in a strong light, and steadily maintained that Rome had corrupted the very substance of religion. We need go no further than the Homilies to prove this. There Rome is charged with such radical errors as vitiate her claim to the character of a church. Witness the following language: "Now if you will compare this with the Church of Rome, not as it was in the beginning, but as it is at present, and hath been for the space of nine hundred years and odd; you shall well perceive the state thereof to be so far wide from the nature of the true church, that nothing can be more. For neither are they built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, retaining the sound and pure doctrine of Christ Jesus; neither yet do they order either the sacraments, or else the ecclesiastical keys, in such sort as he did first institute and ordain them; but have so intermingled their own traditions and inventions, by chopping and changing, by adding and plucking away, that now they may seem to be converted into a new guise." -Homily on Whitsunday.

We would recommend to our Puseyites to discard these uncatholic notions, and wholly to repudiate all there is in the Homilies and Thirty-nine Articles against Romanism, if they do not even dig up the bones of the old English reformers, if they can be found, and burn them over again. For really if our modern high-church

men are right, the old reformers were the worst of heretics. With them Rome was antichrist-her doctrine and government-her "whole estate"-essentially variant from the gospel. But with our modern high-churchmen Rome is right in essentials. We, however, rather agree with the English fathers, and are consequently forced to the conclusion that their unworthy sons are essentially wrong. That they have left the old paths, any one with half

an eye can see.

Among the small matters which a critic might incidentally notice in this pamphlet are a few specimens of orthography. One of these is the obsolete word sectarism. Webster inserts this word with the parenthesis, "little used." Johnson retains it upon the authority of "King Charles "-probably "the martyr"—and cites the following example from the royal author: "Nothing hath more marks of schism and sectarism than this presbyterian way." Now we cannot quarel with Dr. Wainwright and his learned "friend" for an affectation of high antiquity, and a truly ancient and catholic mode of expression. Certainly they have as good a right to copy the style and own the orthography of "King Charles, the blessed martyr," as they have to consider him an example of catholic orthodoxy and correct Christian morals, albeit their church “way” "hath" as many "marks of schism and sectarism" as the "presbyterian way" of the sainted king Charles. But we hope these gentlemen will not soon be so completely imbued with the spirit and policy of the Stuarts, as well as with their chaste orthography, as to threaten to "harry out of the land" all those who are of "this presbyterian way."

Another instance, as it occurs but once, may possibly be an error of the printer. We are told of the "liquidation of the blood of St. Januarius."-P. 29. Now if this be a mere typographical error we would suggest that it is a pity so splendid a book should be thus marred, and we ought slightly to take Dr. Wainwright and his "friend" to task for the carelessness with which they passed the proof sheets. But if it be an instance of a new and strange sense given to an old word, all we have to say is, that the authority of Dr. Wainwright and his friend is not quite sufficient. We shall wait at least for the liquefaction of the icebergs of exclusiveness, among which they have entrenched themselves, before we shall feel called to the "liquidation" of the debt of gratitude which they may think they have brought the world under by their discovery. Heartily sick and tired of this miserable specimen of high-church logic, we now bid it a final adieu.

ART. VIII.-CRITICAL NOTICES.

1. Miscellanies: consisting principally of Sermons and Essays. By JOHN HARRIS, D. D., author of " Mammon," "The Great Teacher," "The Great Commission," &c., &c. With Introduction and Notes, by JOSEPH BELCHER, D. D. Post 8vo., pp. 287. Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. 1844.

DR. HARRIS is extensively and advantageously known in these United States, and this interesting volume will by no means detract from his well-merited fame. It consists of eight sermons, eleven essays, and a short but affecting memoir of his deceased wife. The sermons were all preached on public occasions, such as the anniversaries of the London Christian Instruction Society, the Home Missionary Society, the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, the opening of the Lancashire College, and at the dedication or anniversaries of three churches; the essays were mostly written for a periodical conducted by the editor of the present volume. The same correct sentiments, enlightened piety, and catholic spirit which distinguished Dr. Harris's former works, will be found in this. The Introduction and Notes furnish us with much interesting information relative to the author, and the institutions for which he so ably pleads.

2. A Treatise on the Forces which produce the Organization of Plants. With an Appendix, containing several Memoirs on Capillary Attraction, Electricity, and the Chemical Action of Light. By JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of NewYork. Harper & Brothers.

WHATEVER may be thought of the doctrines maintained in this elaborate treatise, the author is certainly entitled to the credit of having brought to the discussion of the subject an inquiring disposition, a discriminating judgment, and an industry in making experiments and observations seldom surpassed. He announces, in the Introduction, the great idea which his work is intended to illustrate as that which connects the production and phenomena of organized beings with the imponderable principles, denying the existence of what is known to physiologists as the vital force, and contending that all physical structures are the results of the mechanical action of a variety of natural causes. This is not the place to controvert his opinions, though we presume that he himself scarcely expects that they will pass unchallenged. We cordially pay the work the tribute which it certainly merits, of being a rare and most creditable one, an honor not only to the author, but to the country.

The papers collected in the Appendix have been published in some of the most celebrated scientific journals in this country and in Europe, and are in the highest degree valuable and interesting. The work is issued in a very elegant quarto volume, printed in the very best style of the art. It is scarcely too much to say that it will elevate the character of American science throughout the world.

3. The Anatomy of the Human Body. By J. CRUVEILHIER, Professor of Anatomy to the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, Physician to the Hospital of Salpetriere, and President of the Anatomical Society of Paris. The first American, from the last Paris edition. Edited by GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON, M. D. Harper & Brothers.

THIS work of Cruveilhier is recommended by the American editor, who is one of the most celebrated anatomists in this country, as by far the best treatise on the subject ever published. It has been republished and adopted as a text-book in England, and enjoys a very high reputation among medical men throughout Europe. Coming before the American people under such auspices, it cannot fail to prove a welcome accession to our medical literature. It is published in a thick octavo of nearly a thousand very closely-printed pages, and contains an immense amount of matter. The engravings which were added in the London edition have been retained in this, and the latest corrections and additions of the author have also been adopted. The editor, in his Preface, speaks in high and just terms of commendation of the cheap and most excellent series of scientific medical productions which the Harpers have recently issued.

4. The Autobiography of Heinrich Stilling, late Autic Counselor to the Grand Duke of Baden. Translated from the German, by S. JACKSON. New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1844.

In an age of extraordinary books, this is one of the most remarkable. It is veritable biography, with more interest than romance ever excited. Such a combination of simplicity, fascination, and religion is scarcely to be met with in our own or any other language. Talent of the highest order is shown, by leading us almost to forget its existence; while the simple-hearted piety of this illustrious scholar makes its way to the heart of every reader. We are not surprised that in Germany this book is received by all classes as the Pilgrim's Progress is with us, nor that our contemporaries are placing it in the list with Robinson Crusoe. The translator has performed his work admirably, and we hope his labors will be appreciated in the United States as they have been in England.

5. A History of Greece. By the Right Rev. CONNOP THIRLWALL. Harper & Brothers.

THIS work has recently been completed in England, where its appearance has been very cordially welcomed by the best critics and most judicious scholars. It is written in a style of great elegance, and aims at a more philosophical analysis of the character of the people and institutions of Greece, than has yet been given. It has been commended in very decided terms by some of our most eminent scholars, and will doubtless take its place among the standard histories of the ancient world. The Harpers propose to complete it in eight numbers, of which the first only has as yet been issued.

6. A Grammar of the Greek Language, principally from the German of Kühner. By CHARLES ANTHON, LL. D. New-York: Harper & Brothers.

1844.

To many it may seem useless to go on multiplying grammars of a language that, like the Greek, can never change; but although the language is invariable, constant progress is made in the knowledge of it, and it is this progress which renders new grammars necessary. In this department of learning, the scholars of Germany have uniformly taken the lead, and philology is mainly indebted to them for the great advances it has made in the present century; but it is commonly found that their books, however well they may suit their own methods of instruction, need revision by our own teachers before they can be used to advantage in our schools. In such revisions Dr. Anthon has done good service, as is shown by the extensive adoption of his whole series of school classics. Combining the experience of a practical teacher with the learning of an indefatigable student and a philosophic critic, his books are well aedapted to the minds for which they are intended. The grammar before us contains all the important improvements to be found in Kühner's recent grammar, which are held in the highest estimation both in England and in our own country. In the inflexions, particularly in the paradigm of the verbs, Dr. Anthon has closely followed Kühner's admirable arrangement; but in the syntax he has followed his own judgment in adapting it to our own forms of expression and modes of thought. The German is the more purely philosophical-Dr. Anthon's the more intelligible and the better suited to the comprehension of young minds; and one has only to compare it with any other Greek syntax existing in our language to be satisfied of its superiority for every purpose of instruction. These are the two points which constitute the peculiar excellence of the "New Greek