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HOPKINS* PURITANS.a»irv FCirTAKB; Or ThB Cm'uca. Cnt.BT. Ar~ »MM*TH_.;4 er ir-tai^iD. »>i Thre.*»l.^« Ste Vols. I. and'll. «Jo-Id k Liucoltt.Tbe plan of this ambitious work, of which tw<

nf the three volume* of which it is to consist anfcow ci*«.pletod, npproftchcsthe extreme borders olégitimât«* historical composition. It ocenpiet igmd.lleground between the- profe-ssed ruinan.c 1feisten, in which act redited fuel» BMJ made taot.e as the basis for fictitious reprtwntation, nn«Die richly embellished nnrrativee of such writers nCariv Ie and Macnulay. The author hau evident)]Biade a profound study of the period which he itacribe»; he hns caught the spirit of the rouiarkabl»ago which witnessed the birth of Puritanism in th»English Church; he ose», his authorities with crifi-enl sagacity; bnt not content with disposing of hi-fncte in n «impie narrative, he aims at perpetua!dramatic eflfeet by a s.-ries of art.li. ial groupings,vu hi. h preserve the vividness and intensity olthe stage, without itt illusion«. In spite of theintrinsic e-dafejat»»» of" the plan, we aie bound Uaay that Mr. HophlM has managed it with no littleability, and Ihnt bis work thus far if marked kjtjaalitifat which give a constant interest to its po-Tiisal, if the« do not place it iu tbe highoat rank o¡historical authorities.As l specimen of his skill in delineation, we ma}

Jtreat-ut the ic «lowingItlltTRAlT OK QITRRI K1.I7.ABKTI1.

El.abetb was now in Ott il est blush of womanhood.}r_»t t-utcrcd \x\hju her twenty »a.ill year. Her com

Îil-.'xi'iii and hair wera light; her foiv'.u-hd IsMM .1>air; Lcr eyes livelv and of a pleasing expressionihougb aht.Tt-fflK.ited; her nose, ajinewhat B0_aillneher lace. wanting in the regularities of complet»hesiuiy, yet oval and perfectly fair, and her counte¬nance bo bright as covered smaller dataen; her Miltir«*, tall; bor figure, sl-nder, erect, and symmetric»!Tothetto fuTorts, nnture ar rather berOW» prim-el;.ijriril.liatl eupentihhd the crow hiiik dun in of iiaerenenujtetic grace in all her movement«, lu cverythin,ehe riiid or did, thia majestic air inspired avvo ntfe«than love; yet ahe conld assume m fns-iniitini? manuoiwhich few could rvniitt ami her MMaRMnnRI »westii« . wer»- eo mMMMi thnt «ill admired l«> 1.Her» ia an effective description ot a celebrates

.oeiie atI'.AK'lllOl.llMliW 's l'Vllt.

Oerb«*nwell Ore«*n was, a famous pean for merry diluga. ThKt old church and th'me old elms hud wit-neased rare and roistering pastimes years and years be¬fore. Queen Elizabtth was born, or hlutf Harry, heiaire. Many n gallant and manv a merry maid', nowchnicli-yiiradiiit, liad ex. hanged looks, aud whispersand trrje-love tokens, al the fairs of I'lerkenwell; andno bad I.»«. and ladies, princes and princesses.dnslB«,w, M well M hnnihler hivers. Manv a parish ch-rltOf laondon in bygone yearn had pin::s!y tnrncd tt i-'¦.|>bivi-r there MM Btwelv.-iii'Uith; playing whole Enteríerniiit ol lb" llihh*, witii divers artistic einenda'iontand th« deril for ineirv-andiew; revivitviiig Shuîsoi.and Delilah, Duvid and (í-ilia'i, gnlonm aud tlu(L>ue»n of «Suelta, ('.m.pared with the a-tore of UMrnneveeiilh ceniiiry, th.-y of the fourteenth were Anakim. At their entertainments, the reign of a sin^lfka.g waa but a tit-hit; and the playing of a ringle day,bul Üit- whetter of the appetite." 'I hey M»d t-. phi«©ut generate iisj after generations for a play of two oitli re«-da ya long-, mid with kings und ipii-.-ns to hintthen», too, and t« hettr th.- u through. Witness th«record of their datan in .lulv, ISM. That was a smallI'hiy, though; fur iiiiieteeit year» afli-r, at Skinner'«V « tt, baidl.y, they played a" play eight days long, tout twenty-five yearsof age. He was looking at the burr.ing with a listlesslir, »trikinglv in contia-t with that f his coiiipan'«»ns.A u.iiivtive piiiiue bent from his cap of anibl'Mileilal ve!-tet, to wbi»h it wa» l.iit'on.d by it single niagnitict-ntilniniond. I "pon his sh'iuhl.-r-, and als" fii-*.«!i«'l by abrilliiint. hiinjr loosely a riding-dolk of silk iih.»uo.t;v-idently more for ornament than use, and bv no m-ai»i-oocealn.g the rich dray, nay, my b*i.vt g»>»il-wk!'' nid the ether,

" the qiiHiTy is not there. Turn thine eye out of doeman. Post see yon booth wHb the tapster's lure swtnin*, over it a pint« bush?1'

'' Yes, mv lord !*' It were" fit, I w«-en, that sortie devront man, lil

Kit-hard Vaniey, (lentlenian. did sUt-nd in theway ovngnii.si it, to warn the simple and unwary to bewabutt and pralle POtl" and he looked with a mock graitv ¡it his maaiia , , ,, ,

" Abi.k, aWk, my lord! Bas'iMn-v; baahfnlae«Itl-e nv f.-ol'a fitter, my hands gyve, my ItMgMpal v. niv fortune'.« ban»-', my amkiuon't luftbtmaroraving tinlv in your Ictrdahip'Beefvlae, wherein, mthinks, I be norci.pple nor lajfi-.t'-el.

" Now out upon the, for one ol nature's contradiHona I a mute babbler! a bashful braggart I Thewould-! be ri godaeiit! toa »bowman ut a gnml a nighBut loi nor thine eloquence nor mine is needful yo'e'er. Wat tkia peoaent, Varaey, are bofetéate]led. TitWO in fOWa and cap in the vevv's shade are more vliant exhorten» than we, an I lie not at faul», lu inthinking, they muet bave tbe odor of saaetity, for tinwear tas trae aepscl of Qcnpe.eta. Now, sir Dildence, thou canst buiyIv devine somo t uniting abiftfind them out; who.whence».and no forth,tell th.ee my heart vennie'li toward them; most bward th« ancient one. in whose fera ine-t'-iiak»» I siBoaneUi.in not anfaniflfatr. An he ht a Qoapoller,c.i.ct neu me to know it. for he hath no le« the 1 .»¦of a man of stamp and niolii, thun of years hhiI ir ».11neite. Mink his lorm-wan and »lender, albeit stiuigiBBanraedB.BB'a ahasftl And trknta bm-*l Tkras« ore j ear.« and ten there, bat there be maiiboodyiby my haHdon ! I would solute Bock en Ban in aaatb/' ni! Haiten, -fcotl Vnrnev!'Tim **S*raira performed bis errand with idacrity bu

f-.r modesty's nuke, by proxy. Hit' report, bowevet-ii:- cut eb'ort afanOOl it' tbe tir«t Word, for tho ¡* illOllord wan appealed la at ran instant in a hotdisr-u s ..tWeeo a court bean and a court belle, whether t!cmalaa of two lines on the jialin of Bee beautiful hat:cud betoken her of the- aVrau_I religion or no. Hefottbih grave question could bo n-ttb'd, the burning Upthe erren was over; the people wen« n-siiniing thepaatunee: and tbe < .«inpauy in Üie galleriea were in hthe bustle of dapailaitiTheir ctwalchd-, brilliant with beauty and rich a

ray. was soon in motion, and took leave.the lailiimounted UjH.ii t«hl»--Bail.ile».amid the BUaUBS "f tlrustic multiluili*. but rank muet pay its 088.1.081 aitl:e y were colihlrained, lin they BBBM lu'iue ItiroilUCbeanside, to afford their prraenec at two other "grotfires in tK« street. one Hgaiunt Ironmonger Lane, a:the other agaim-t Mercers Chanel.-" wbereiu weithrown a Kreat nuuiber of roods wiiii the itnagea (.lohn and Marv, und ihe res-nublan¿eri oí diver» otlnraiota."but St. Bailknloan W*8 fe«tival did not end with th

day. Nor did the lif-hi; for no sooner had tho sugone down, than the ciiv waa bright vv'uh a tboii-taulires. Lighted at irregular interval-, alongthe «tre.-i.throwing a flickering glare here, ( aetini* deep «binl inthen-, Hliootnit- up win y pillars of smoke, which slowlose, expanded, Bad BSSBBSiaaled till they becamei uiii'py. they creaied anoxriting pictuie of wild ananimated contri.»la. Y11 tin- cliielfn0.1*8*4 of the seenwaa keaeatki in the vnstnera, Ike ssnging. the onnetaal re4ee, ofthat Btnaai oi human lile wasch addle»dor,g the Streets, lain not sure that there WB8 I.K'liietbil'K there Which the Eye to vvlif.til da*.B88B anlight are both alike HinilcJ ui«.n and blessed. TherWaaBJOOd cheer there, of 8808.I and drink«, upon th8'-i rt-fi of labl« which encircled every lire; but I dnet mean that. There wan 008".BI «reeling there httvvt-n neighbor und aeighboral ordaarytnaaeaaatfloor stranger»; but I du not awaa that. Tin-re walar*re-beart'-d gviie-lo-ity there, which met everpaeser-hy, known or ank.own. gentleor e.aale, le «itlotl ug or in ram. fall or I'ami«hing, and led him wit:heart and courtesy to fellowship at its own board orepart, telling him to sit there and be merry, t mtti» re and piaiae God; but I do not menu that. Thenwus a Iarger, nobler BSiaafoB going on; for here amth» re you mighi have BOea two men »it kilter leu»sought out. and brought together by osediators, who inquired and reasoned and explained and plsadad, BBivroald not Man importunity, or restrain tears, uliithe-two bad embraced, aa! down tonal and drink to¦.-ether, e*echiiiige.l fiagitanara, ami paitad eovanaatri.r.di.ndeiineU tr.uii a hitter eUtBU, It was thuBtissioa -e way: and. what is moro fiiigulur, rc-tog-lilies it ii< a note Vol. VI i. M), nt.tei.B(OW, Who livt-l in Llizabeth s eiay. and to v, bom

Huara often refero, raya: "la the year 1564, OuUliaui11. «mi ii, a Putchiiiuii. became the Queen'i ooncboian,an(I war- 'be fiiet that l.rouirbt the use of Ooaob« UitoEngland." (Aaaala,867,86B.I Prohaoly trundol iat-o-d.i. ,'i I., ih (be Dtiit liman ana the Oonsn.The cbiuiot, or whirl;...;., ,v;. a .lib,.,!, rehici

Band both by Bliaabolk (Btiypo's annals, 1. -I--*. in.folio edit. 273) und hv her sister M'irv (Btrype'a M-im>-iialf.. V. 49B, SOB, folio edit, 304). 'it-.c,.'- anaadenlcarnage. (Bton e Bnrvuy, 13L ÙtLjEUsabeth probably waatto her lir-i Parliti.ent inhe* barge, though I find aoreoord cfil to the seca-md,m l.if-u.'-.». oa horseback, aa above Btated. Tbe) I'nrliu-.:,, ut ol loti!, w;:» ttie earn, i.e lhil ot I ,o_' .. OfSMMBftM,it niiHiid btituiicsH witliout tue nit Tirlaano ol tbe(/in -n in j.»eie(.!.. Tlie fire', time, iher.-l-.i.-. t!ial tbeop. nid a Pío-lian tut after 1564, aha went to the House"in the ancient accustomed and mow baaomble jm-»-BBgO, und m In r coach. (D'Kwea, 136.) It ia singu¬lar that Huí: c ehiuild kavo overlooked, or rather byimptkation eotitradñ ted, a f..-1 which D'Kwes ¡..»- ...-spienonsly noii.-i d.Boon rnne after tbe mack eaaraiato aas.te aom"

raaan ".¦. aruae aprejadice against tej uud th qnee-iio:¡ v.: ..:, "Wnetnerthe devil kruogbiinto ¦'.... ¦.t> h, or brought a (¦.l"'llit line. Tbe Ilinitt.« ii,..i,ip-.la'ively ru-aï'" ihe livTa BeTVe, lia«' Ih- Nil»-, !«.

i.- rather than drain the neighboring !have few affluents. Tbeyall run from wet» loeaM,having beds al all.»w and bnad, and tbe been i thn igbwbicb ibey flow an Oat, bmg, nod mtrrew. Themmof the "Greet Piabas" ¡a eejuivnl ¦. Mribea ofII .-«¦« i.-y f. nr Btatn between II ¦ Mbadniptrl and tbeAUantb s« a, l ut ib« y ara mm boomgem.i mmatraa,tnmoth, uiiiform. and eontinuona, wiihool i single ab»i iipt ii;i"'ntaiii. u.it» red m i.,., des» rt, or I ik-«. Fromtl aitample dimensions and position Ihey define then«selves to l«e the pattnrt'Jtrtdt of the trartd. Uponthan I-A-T'l:\! I'iltl« lf.ll II» will !.!:;«¦ u -.-¡laia'.i-grand depvtmenl ol naiional utdmlry.Ihe pastoral. hnrut t.-ri-tit, being novel M onjile, aeeda a minnie explanntion. i'i ti."litiiiu,' from the Atlantic II. a. h to the Booth P -».il, point "t gr«-at'--t ahitad« and remotetn nfrma ;li"sea. we ci-"»* gn.«'-s-iv« iv ibe timbered region, theprairie region of softaotl d '¦¦ mnnnlgrnmee, andiii.idly the Qrent I'laiu-. The two lirai are irrigatedby the raba eoming from Ihe MB, and are arable, "he.rt li r in'..-.» of i eenronet soil, reantimlhe plow,and tben lore, ¡union''. Tbe betbnge u poeoliariyadaptrdto the riiman and thedrynenof tbeaoiln-dobere, and in perennhtL It ia edible andnntri»

r, ii'!,,. ,t the ymtr, Tbbia the "gram-l-nlla!-' ¦ji-.sr. It cover- th» nnand OB» i'ic'i M

bight, hill the ap|-arance of ¡t d.-le ate BMBB, and itsI,. the fitem and piral laitareof a negru'i

'. mrMni Tfthf rntrri in the Jntnennn-"in.lain inmates Bl the Ick of the Greet I'laiu». iheriven nreil lihe Ihe Nd'- ¡md yield 11 tphm erapota*tio-i in th.-ir Img sinuoiH mm» ii

Th.- I'a- »»it m BaoioB i« longii'i'linal. The bulk ofit _ andar tba Ttanpuiuto..aanhoatof which it runsnit" the Antic Zone OB the north, and into the TropicalZone on the south. Th.* para!!«-! Atlantic arable andcommercial region flunk.» it on tho e:_t; that oflke l'a-cilic on the west. Tho Gn :it Plains, then, at once s»-p-aiate und bind togBtaer tin to flanks, roumiini" "Ut boththe \ irietv ;,!id MB] actii. ai of BnaageiacBt m the ele¬mentary fit-tails of f-ciety, which enable« u continentto patera itself with the »ame e-u«e a« a «íiikI"« city.Aaaaaaiag, then, that th« advancing aohnaa of prog¬rès« having reached and eetahk.kad ittelf in tons allal« ni* the eastern front of the ({rent I'lains, from _OtUO«iai-a to Minaeoota; having, also, Jaraaad over amiBanked them tel travel« which crowd tiiesh.tivesof libraii«r, be had better cherish hi* recollections inpaanwiihont bMraa-aag tba draary pile of eea_aee>plaee, a-baek baa '«--«--ii dahned by so many as the tntv-uh-r'ii j t i vilsge Tbe pneaat volume, for example.Btdgbt have li.eli |...-rf.-eiK w-11 .»] itr-tl. mid the *»'i*»lioin im resju-t t li.e worse lor it. It BBBBBte of B BSsfalof meager descriptions, mostly of places with whichevery int.lligent reader i« airea ly fain luir, Htalj andin. ii'.toi.cus raaaetleaa on htfrdtttts of little- (atone*,and occasional attesta at Hue wriung which are toofoil, in f. i ritieiaaa. Ihe tour, wbi.li ib« v.-lume uu-asrtakea to relate, we ii.ftar from m.me pansageR,ihongk it is BOWken explicitly stated, wa.« m.ide- aa a. yean ago, aad aaany of ¡is atatasassBa aro.fti "ly ebeokito, while the whole mirrative is

-.¦ in exjressif-u iih to insjiie but a sligbt iagiae; it denM in the remain»he of the work. Much

ilelicuci. , f it) l" BB the following aro of fnOBBBl re>-curretice: " Tbia tily r.-fjiiit».l .¡a-u«; "(»ne canscarcely irimgine ¡yreater poket than tbe waiters;"" Tb»- liriiio apartruents of her Majenty." The author;> ¡il« | ret*** largsry in foreign ararda and phrases, hutwith almost ui if'oim bail link. Even tbe most com¬mon expressions a:e oddly metamorphosed. Thuswe I,ave "in tog," two Words f >r a traction of one,'. CLompt Btpoa, BKmtkaaanea, " l'fr U Empe¬reur ." " Cur Curdtan,'' frvun tba iiiacription an fti.ol-hy*a trash, " Latrimi Çkritti ;" and bb aa te BÜatr,Atiioi | ike ralaaha dia avariea aada by the aatknr ¡aI.< adea ia tlm' " nlad ia dovoomd by «if ami " taisl.aiililully," exciting bi« «. wonder that il is notmore ¦ ¿ alai with Ike . .inket-s."

ll.«i ROOK IB IBTELLRCTI if. PHILOSOPHY fOBri( ¡('(.I.« AM) I.H.I.K..--'..-. B* .1 r. Came..,,,D. I). i2uio. pp *,o. CrasB-r, Bfcbsb, l>r, k OaWUhaatafa-bg at ib.- peadaatloaef eekjiaalthee

risa in the differ, nt bran, b.-s t-f mental science, the au¬thor of this volume has presented a shupb- OZBoek.Mit ii» l.i.iiini* principlea, a* wt forth by the most emi.m nt ¡itithonti. -. Hi« chief m rit coi-is-H in hi« cl.-.iri,nd ,¡ispiis*iiii_ite statement», hi« ap' BhatiatkWB. andsstniaBBM afeaaafB-Ba letafle. Iutln- distribution

of bis !..p«cs. he lítala liai *d mind ill getc r..l, andtbe-nconsiders suc«,sivelv tbe subjects . «.»I. Ti-a-i,.,r i. nana,

The Hjecial subject to which thi«. relume is dovo ad,in the medical and Mrgtnl uses of ele» trieity. whichthe author regards a« an »flicient remedial agent, tenl-ing in most caw» U» alieviat«.- the symptoms of dis»»-«««»,und often capullo of producing a rudicali uro, espo«;ia!!yin nervou« llnatien* He has given many yearn f,, ih»-study of the subject, and has suc.-essfdlly adopt-l theapplication of electricity in his own professional prac¬tice. In preparing this work, at tho snggeation ofmany eminent tried .-»l men in different parts of thoI'i ¡t. d «Matai, be has combined the results of his ownclinical aaaMnaea, with those of ih« ngaeet nmnnBlMillion lie»». The, volume abound« in Hijü.tm.-iiUof gr» atint. r»»t and value to the studr nt of physiology, a» vv. Ilus the medical practitioner, and it founded on a »trie*HMBtifie h_»is.

-«aHOW TO ENJOY I.IFK; (»a, Pht«ica» a*- MbntaiHranm Bj tVitxia« M. Coaraix, M.D. tJan» pi»300. Jaliiee Challen i. Bun.

The title "f this hook might suggest the anticipationof a code of l.piciiit-an moral», but tl»- reader will liudMMMd thereof h collection of vv holes«-u:e precepts, re¬ferring, for the most pail, to the caie of t'ie bodilyhealth, and illustrated by a great array of anecdotesMil exainp'es. Ia preparing the volume, the authorbus had the clerical profes-ion chiefly in flaw, but hisdirections an.' ee.uully applicable to every clas/i of so¬ciety. He write« in an animated atyle, tenparing thegravi'y of didactic discipline with frequent touches ofMit.stfc humor. His boot is eminently praeti a!.treating of a variety of everyday topicr, and neidMt»¡t,g no import.nt detail on account of its nmn1ÍM»B,STOl'II'.S OF IRVRRTOBS AM) WSrOV KRKR» IV S*cr

ENCC ARD THE IIEFUL ART! By Jous Tiubi,P S.A. Hm I'P tH II»Tvr Wood, limo pp 'i,j Tlia"*>B'T

LITERARY.m

.Two editions of " The Arctic Boot Joemay," bfDr. Hayes, I uvemiee," which constitute that august body, woali up.peur. It was altogether a very great failure.

.Messrs. Lippincott d* Co. have in press a colltctionof the u.tacciL.ie(i.« writings of kit-bard Kuth, a publiah un, let'er known to tbe last than the presentgeiierati'D, but always deserving to be held in re-m. ii.bnir.ee, as a dignified, honest, and enb«.hu»aed»tut»aaaaa. it i« entitled " Oeas.(eeaJ i'r.-daeüoao.Political, Diploma«ie and Mis'ellaoeous by the lotoRichard IJiish. Kditcd by bin executors..".Tbe principal aim of modern English travelers

Besan to be a reversal of Dr. Beattie's dictum " Aktwho can tell how bard it is to elimo.'' So grist iathe passion for alpine adventure, that a poitab!« e-duiea(the sixth) of " Peaks, Passus uud Gilacier**.printed in c >nden«ed form, adapted for the trav¬elers' pocket," aid c-mpri«iog ad ;he maps aad"Mtiuntaii Kxptditioiis,'" ba« just been broughtoatby Me.««ts. LaagBB.B«-The fame acquired by Mr. Albert Smith as a publia

lecturer has dimmed the i'efol|i-cti"li uf his Volum¡DOBSlabora as an author. A new biok by him, "WildOats," was announced as in press by Messrs. Cbap-:i.¡in and iiall at the moment of his untimely aad bt-

,'iite.l decease, lleside innumeiabl«- ..«-utributio.i toperiodic.I.«, bis two hooka of travel." A Month at("on-tuntir.i'ph*," and " Story of the Ascent of MentWane'".with r-r»:ral of his novel«, have token apermanent place with the light literature of the halfce-utury, Among tbe bitter are, " Adventures of Mr.I ..«.¡bury," ' (.hrisiop! crTad*»ole," "The Scntf-srguodFamily," " T. ». I'ottl ton I.ef/iicy," and a more aat-i itious book, " The Marchioness of Brinvilliort," nvery spirited Banatfonnf the career of the famouspoiaoBer. Hi.) stories of cotempora.-y life wfl Beatonaa value from time to time as the mot perfect extantpleturae of aauraan araoug tha upper mercantile andprodbasiei.aJ eLissee of the metropolis, alloiviug for nslight tinge, of caricature; but be h'id no construcüroi kill us a roveli.t, and jxirhnps tho most favor.bisupeefcaoB at hi« pnwen aa a writer are found in acol-I.ction of short, r pieces callad "Trie vTaaSB. Howl,'*published in two volumes, with admirable illusraiior.I y Leech. He was remarkable fer Ike warmth of hie.'. n.talk ¡ill'-cti-'Us, and bin Inl ts-k, when fortuneIn st tijo.i him, »v lio to plan at cane, (it-yond Hie rt-athof vv ant, 1 is family arid father, a country medical prae-titioner.-the over-worked ami ill-paid wur,"?on to aI cot-law union. Of in B fíame and jerfectly tetuper-iit»- Inibits, il was bis boast us a pu' lie entertainer thatle bad never di-.o ] .tinted au audience or kept »hem iawaiting a single im ment iti a car».r of several tbouseand a¡ peut am« s,. 1 lin death in no diiu'jt to he attribut¬ed to the habitual " I i/-h pnaratO" ut t. Inch a LoudenIheiaiy man ¡a obliged lo live.if Uve be will.

Miss 1'arr's BBW work, al-oui to be published bySmitb, Elder fc Co., is called " The W.-rtlebauk Dia¬ry, and Stories from Kutüt* Brmlia Portfolio," byHolme Loot A« latkeeaaa wkk rant oih-r writer^'

...- tk_a lady has soddasdyat.Jarediefeaadaiie baasd upon mauy y»-ars of unackuo vltdgod aadprobably ¡il-rcr-odo-»ns." In M. CherolaoB, aGanaaa savant ntaUhhaiut St. I'tt'-rs'-urg, and known by a former work ofgi.-at eeadWea and authority, on the Sabaan I'eopleaid Religion, we owe lliit git.tl uuv__nig of l_a" world .« «-ray fathers, and their earliest records. Inbrief, after many year«' w.'idy among Arabic manu¬script-, in the UbeBiiaa of Burape, be has pr »v»-d lo the¦U-EMtha t tho greatest scholars of the present day.a.« h ...¡¡Id. Kenan, Me vont, (Jansen, dec-1 ¡ist in tbeearly pait ot tba t>-nt_ century, nctuaJ remains of earlyBabyinniab lileratuie e\i»t«*d among s.-clii.l..d tri»>«s ottl i.l. t ans, near the delta of tbe Tigris and Euphrates^IhflBBB to tho immobility of tbe Semitic laiiguogee,and tbe remote nature of the country; that au Atob ofHub-, Ionian derceut, known to us hist trically from an-ibeiitic source h, devo'.t d hi.iu»elf to the prttservalic-n ofthis precious literature by tninalating it into Arabic,fi'in |atri,.tic motive--, and that these tninulatiou» stillexist, and are, ¡u the main, a laitbful ri-pr.-senution oflab«, Lilian .-r las th.y axe callt-d in ibe lH«oka them--fht-s Nabaiaan originals, tru_smiited from ajieriodof iiiikiiovvn üuri.jiiitv, l'.ng pi»*,io.js to the eia ofVekask-d_na_r, wh.n lia vlo» waa iu its oaiiio-agln*r, the chief city ci the earth, aud Uie re*>s-^-t of all the known nntions of th.» world. Thatreat..I txhumed by M. ChavU.BB are threoon Xabataan AgrieakoBB, written by Kuth.mia Chahkaa n ndii | at Babybra and occupying aboutI IWI pages of lolio Mí».i "Tue Hook of Poisons,"ly ii ] 1; v ¡oi _a n.iu,. d .la.l ,ka. i.el 1m. nit nts from aBraBh entitled " T. a Hovk of tiie Mysleriea ot ibe !iunand M< >>n," a btt«-r compib.ti >u from Chaltie:.i authort-t.Vs. An enriiely iiri«: feet in history is atfordsd byKiitbami, who writes ve bile Habylou was iu subjee*t.ou to a CBaaaaa.-I dv nasty. This Mr. Cbernbh-a(who accepta th.- ancient l.ibhcal chronology) aup|>oaBat.. have i.',« sstab-abed by tkeHykeaaerskaykeHtiiNs, aft. r thtir e»j.uL-io.» from Ki-'ypf. To non-T.-u'ouic i-aaderH the BBBBBBnl raaienals for inveati-iiting this remarkable discovery, are given ia aarude ¡n tb» April uumberof "Tho Chriutiitn Kt-*-

meiiibraiicei, of the ilceiK-itt _BBN_| und appnrvutlv writte-u by a person familiar with tbaEast, and in a paper by the first .Semitic scholar«I Hi.- tini.-, M. 1'uuui, in ihe latt number attu« /,>,.,