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    D . MiebaeU $ , if w £ may judge from his Questions , &c , under No . XXIV ., took a similar view of the subject . Nielmhr , * on the other hand , records an occurrence which might well destroy our scepticism , if the thing passed under his own eyes : that it did not he himself informs us . f

    The notes affixed to the English translation of Strauss ' ^ Helo n , &c , show that the author is usually correct in his descriptions : his translator and editor has treated him throughout with great respect and justice and candour ; and has wisely forborneJ to interpose bis own opinions concerning the nature of the ordinances and

    sacrifices of the law . A work like that before us , though it be made the vehicle of theological sentiments , is not quite suited to the nature ao 4 the ends of theological controversy . On the subject of the Jewish sacrifices it may be enough for us to add , at present , that they should always be considered with a strict and exclusive reference to the singular economy of the Jews—to its origin ^ character and object .

    There is a class of readers who cannot ftjii to appreciate the eminent merit of these notep and illustrations * By the gcaeral scholar , and by the theological student , they will be high * ly prized , as giving a solid and permanent value to volumes that without them would rank only among" the most ingenious productions of taste and fancy . The least praise of the notes is the leaning which they unostentatiously manifest : we admire its variety , its extent , arid its precision ; but the use and the application which are matfe of it constitute its distinguished honour . May we not he permitted to hope that a translator and editor who has been so successful in his labours upon Helots Pilgrimage , &c , will , under the sajne characters , lay other very important works of German scholars and theologians before the British public ? N .

    * Description de L'Arable ( Anisterd 17 ? 4 ) , \>\ k 7 , 3 . t lb . p . 8 , his words arc , " ne l'ayant jainais rencontre . " t Vol . I ] , 359 .

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    Review .. —Ferget Me Nat . 615

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    Art . IL— -Forget Me Npt * & Christ mas and New Yea ??* Present for MDCCCXXVII , Edited by Fre ^ ric Shoberl . 12 u % a » . Pp . 4 £ & Ija ax * ornameated Case . Ackerman . \ % 9 * HPHE " Forget Me Not " is a rich JL and tasteful offering to the coming year . A mare elegant little

    volume was never put into the hands of a friend as a token of affection . It % a niisceliany of poems , essays an , d tales by some of oyr most distinguished ajid popular writers , of whom it is sufficient to name Mrs , Heni $ jis ,

    Miss hm&m , Miss Mitford , Mr . Croly , Mr . Bowles , Mr , Bowring and Mr . Bernard Barton . There are Thirteen Engravings by the first artists , some of which are exquisitely finished .

    The imagery and metre of the following lines remind us of the Dies Irce and the comparison is in their favour : " A Dirqe . " By the Rev . G . Croly .

    " Earth to earth , aad du&t to dust V Here the evil a » d the ju&t , Here Uie youthful ai ) d the old , Here the fearful aud the bold , Here the matron and the maidL

    In one silent bed are laid ; Here the vassal and the king Side by side lie withering ; Here the sword and sceptre rust—1 Earth to earth , aud dust to dust \

    Age on age shall roll along O'er this pale and mighty throng ; Those that wept them , those that weep , All shall with these sleepers sleep . Brothers , sisters of the worm ,

    Summer ' s sun or winter s storm , Sang of peace or battled rter , Ne'er shall break tbelv slubbers jnare . Death shall keep his sullen trustc Earth to earth , ajid dust to 4 u « a V

    But a day is comiag fast , Earth , thy mightiest and thy last ! It shall come iu fear and wonder , Heralded by trump and thunder ; It ; shall come iu strife aud toil , It shall come in blood and spoil , It shall come in empires' groans , Burning temples , trampled thrones : Then Ambition rue thy lust !—

    * Earth to earth , and dust to dust . ' Then shall come the judgment sign ; la the east the King shall shine ; Flashing from Heaven ' s golden gate , Thousand thousands round his state .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 615, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/43/