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have already had a pretty wide circulation. They are said to have been originally written on the fly-leaf of one of his volumes. Those who possess the work may like to put on the fly-leaf of their own copy this very satisfactory synopsis of the accomplished and distinguished author's faith.

THIS is the creed-let no man chuckle

Of the great thinker, Henry Buckle;
"I believe in fire and water,

And in Fate, Dame Nature's daughter;
Consciousness I set aside-

The dissecting knife's my guide;
I believe in steam and rice,

Not in virtue, nor in vice;

In what strikes the outward sense,

Not in mind or Providence;

In a stated course of crimes,

In Macaulay, and The Times.

As for truth, the ancients lost her-
Plato was a great impostor.
Morals are a vain illusion,
Leading only to confusion.
Not in Latin nor in Greek
Let us for instruction seek;

Let us study snakes and flies,
And on fossils fix our eyes.

Would we learn what we should do,

Let us watch the Kangaroo;

Would we know the mental march,

It depends on dates and starch.

I believe in all the gases,

As a means to raise the masses.

Carbon animates ambition,

Oxygen controls volition;
Whate'er is good or great in men
May be traced to hydrogen;

And the body, not the soul,

Governs the unfettered whole."

MISCELLANY.

LETTER ON "THE FREE BANKING LAW."-We have received from Joseph S. Ropes, Esq., of Boston-who will be recognized as a valued contributor to the pages of this Quarterly-a printed letter which he has lately addressed to the Hon. S. Hooper, on the "Free Banking Law." His views are so just, that we should like,

if it were practicable, to publish the letter entire. It deserves general circulation.

He approves of the issue of government currency, which, he says, "may be slightly depreciated for a time, but will ultimately be placed on a par with specie, and will then undoubledly constitute by far the best paper medium we have ever known, precisely because it will have no connection with banking."

"The necessary qualifications of a good paper currency are, 1. Complete security. 2. Universal confidence. 3. Prompt and unfailing convertibility into specie at par, and at the principal commercial centers of the country."

The only serious objection to the issue of currency by the government, has hitherto been that it would displace the issues of local banks, causing much loss and inconvenience to local interests. Now all this is changed. The U. S. Treasury needs all it can borrow, while the local banks, from the diminution of business. and curtailment of credit are unable generally "to keep up their loans and can reduce their circulation without inconvenience."

"The three essential requisites of a good paper currency would be secured. The security of notes based on the resources and credit of the whole nation would be ample, and the confidence felt in them equally so, while the facility of redemption at those commercial centers, which supply so large a portion of the revenue, will be obviously complete."

The difference between such a currency and notes issued under a"Free Banking Law" is very forcibly shown by discussing the impossibility of securing the prompt convertibility of such notes into specie; the danger of unlimited expansion, and the periodical return of financial crises.

THE LAW OF FREEDOM AND BONDAGE IN THE UNITED STATES.*We have space in the present number for the title only of this valuable work. The author is JOHN CODMAN HURD, Esq., of New York. A notice of it may be expected in the next number.

LORD BACON'S WORKS.-Messrs. Brown & Taggard of Boston deserve high commendation for their enterprise in continuing the publication of their princely edition of Lord Bacon's Works. Vol

*The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States. By JOHN CODMAN HURD, Counselor at Law. Two volumes. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 8vo. pp. 617, 800.

ume Third of the Philosophical Works is now before the public. Eight volumes in all have now appeared; seven more will complete the series.

MACLAY'S LIFE AMONG THE CHINESE.*-In the present interesting and critical condition of things in the Celestial Empire, any work relating to it, written by one who has had many years' personal acquaintance with its institutions and people, cannot but have its value. The work before us is by a Methodist missionary of thirteen years' standing, and has been compiled for the special gratification of his friends, at their pressing instance. It first reviews the whole field of Chinese history, religion, literature, character, etc., in a manner which is necessarily too brief and sketchy to be very satisfactory, and which, also, as we think, is deficient in the liveliness and point which would partially make up for its scantiness. The last two-thirds of the book are mainly occupied with accounts of the labors of the mission to which the author belonged, and are plentifully illustrated with views of the various mission buildings in and about Fuh-Chow, where he was stationed.

BONAR'S HYMNS OF FAITH AND HOPE.t-The Messrs. Carter, of New York, have just published, in very attractive style, a second series of the Hymns of Horatius Bonar, of Kelso. We confess that we have never been able to discover any special marks of genius in the poetical productions of Dr. Bonar. Still they are pervaded by a spirit so calm, so tranquil, and so thoroughly religious, that many of his little poems have long been favorites with us. have found quite a number of Hymns in the series now before us fully equal to the best of his former productions; and it would be very easy to make from these pages a very attractive selection.

We

REV. DR. O. ELLSWORTH DAGGETT'S SERMON AT THE FUNERAL OF EDSON CARR, M. D.-Dr. Carr, at whose funeral this sermon was preached, was a physician of high professional attainments in Canandaigua, New York. He was in addition a truly religious

* Life among the Chinese: with characteristic sketches and incidents of mis. sionary operations and prospects in China. By Rev. R. S. MACLAY, M. A., etcNew York: Carlton & Porter. 1861. 12mo. pp. 400.

Hymns of Faith and Hope. Second Series. By HORATIUS BONAR, D. D. Kelso. New York: R. Carter & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 308. (For sale in New Haven by F. T. Jarman. Price 75 cents.)

man; and in his character were combined, in an unusual degree, great candor and honesty, with a singular evenness of temper, kindness, liberality, and public spirit. We have had occasion before to speak of the felicity of Rev. Dr. Daggett's sermons on similar occasions. In the discourse before us we find fresh evidence of that warm and friendly sympathy, that rare power of analysis, and that severe good taste in thought and expression, which have made him, for a long time, one of the most honored and acceptable clergymen in Central and Western New York.

THE CHRISTIAN MAIDEN, OR MEMORIALS OF ELIZA HESSEL.*This is a much more readable and valuable book than the biographies which are usually prepared of young people for the use of Sunday Schools. Miss Hessel was a young English lady, who died in 1859, about thirty years of age. She seems to have had a mind of more than common activity, and we may say cultivation,— at least of a certain kind. The peculiar excellence of this memorial is that it gives very interesting glimpses of her mental progress and her inner life. By means of her letters and journals we have the record of the impressions made upon her by a wide variety of the popular writers of the day. Prominent among them are found the names of many Americans:-Channing and Emerson; Cheever and Elihu Burritt; Longfellow and Willis; Mrs. Stowe and Miss Warner; Edgar Poe and John B. Gough; Mrs. Judson and Mrs. Hamlin.

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS QUOTATIONS FROM THE POETS, TOPICALLY ARRANGED.-No matter how familiar one may be with our best religious poets, he will often find it a great assistance, when looking up the passages to which he wishes to refer, to have a book within reach, like the one before us. The compiler has succeeded admirably in his object, which has been to "furnish a volume, illustrating and enforcing moral truth, in its multiform aspects, by the gems of thought found in the poets, in a form convenient for reference and for quotation." The authors, from whom selections have been made, number nearly six hundred; and the quotations

*The Christian Maiden. Memorials of Eliza Hessel. By JosHUA PRIESTLEY. New York: Carlton & Porter. 18mo. pp. 357.

Moral and Religions Quotations from the Poets, Topically Arranged: comprising choice selections from six hundred authors. Compiled by Rev. WILLIAM RICE, A. M. New York: Carlton & Porter. 1861. 8vo. pp. 338.

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more than four thousand. The selection and arrangement of topics, some four or five hundred in number, is excellent. The typography is unexceptionable.

PATRIOTIC AND HEROIC ELOQUENCE.*-This is a book for the times, made up of short but choice extracts for the reading of "the million," and published by Mr. James G. Gregory of New York. The selections well represent the patriotic eloquence of the past year; being taken, for the most part, from the speeches and writings of our best known American statesmen, poets, and literary men, and from the editorials of prominent New York journalists. Like all of Mr. Gregory's publications, the typography of the volume is very superior.

ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS FOR 1862. Although this is a publication designed especially for farmers, and might very properly be called an "agricultural yearbook," yet there is in it very much of general interest. It contains an admirable article upon "Vegetable Physiology, or the growth of plants," with thirty illustrations; and another upon grasses, with descriptions of twenty-two varieties, illustrated by thirteen engravings. To those who wish to procure, at small price, a well prepared treatise on these very interesting subjects, we commend this little volume.

PULPIT AND ROSTRUM.-To those whose eyes are suffering from the labor of attempting to read the popular speeches and addresses of the day as they are given to us in the close columns of our wretchedly printed daily papers, this unpretending little serial will be hailed as a great convenience. Several numbers are now before us. In number 24 we find the Address of HENRY WINTER DAVIS, delivered before the Mercantile Association of Brooklyn, Dec. 26th, 1861, on the "Southern Rebellion and the Constitutional Powers of the Republic for its Suppression." Number 25 contains the lecture which was delivered in New York and Boston,

*Patriotic and Heroic Eloquence.-A book for the Patriot, Statesman, Student. New York: James G. Gregory, 46 Walker street. 1861. 12mo. PP. 264. (For sale in New Haven by T. H. Pease, Price, 75 cents.)

+ The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs for 1862. One hundred and sixty engravings. Albany: Luther Tucker & Son. 1862. 12mo. pp. 232. Price twenty-five cents.

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