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    know of him a * on * of the herd of lords , of lawyers , and of what by courtesy are called statesmen . Considered with reference to himself , the subject is the chief peculiarity . The originality and the triteness , the logic and the sophistry , the solidity and the showiness , the learning and the ignorance , and the fluctuating appearances of deep earnestness and of mere advocacy , are the characters of this work , as they are of his lordship ' s intelligence generally .

    The most original , striking , and well-reasoned portion of the treatise is that in which the author argues the claims of natural theology to a rank amongst the inductive sciences . The most eloquent writing- m that of the second part , which treats of the advantages of this study . The most ilJogical and unsound are those passages , in both parts , which relate to the nature of the thinking principle . Ail natural theology isj

    made to rest upon the doctrine of the immateriality of the human souL . Neither the arguments of the sceptical Materialists , nor those of the religious Materialist )} , are done justice to by bis lordship . To our ap » prehensions , the moral proof of immortality is far more impressive and conclusive than the metaphysical argument , even supposing the latter to be valid . We make no extracts from this Treatise , because we assume that all who are interested in the subject will go through the volume .

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    FausttiM , a Dramatic Mystery j The Bride of Corinth ; The Fyrti W < tipurgis Night . From the German of Goethe . By John Anster , LL . D . We have no hesitation in pronouncing this book the best means by which the English reader can become acquainted with Faust . It represents both the letter and spirit of the original , and is a remarkable con * pound of freedom and fidelity . The metrical construction is preserved , and many passage * might be quoted as beautiful specimens of versification . The translator says nothing of the continuation of this extraordinary drama ; but we hope he will , iu due time , complete his work .

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    The Boy and the Bird * . By Emily Taylor . With Designs by Thomas Landseer . There is in tbis little book something of the spirit of the beautiful and memorable Story without an End . ' It will not , indeed , delight so deeply , but it will please more generally ; fipr , while th * resemblance will endear it to some , there is an unlikeuess which will recommend it

    to others ; and those who complained of that as unintelligible and aimless , will value this as an instructive and interesting fragment of Juvenile Ornithology . The birds tell their own itory to the boy , and , while the peculiarities of their habits , &c ., are clearly presented , the aar « rativo has , with kindred felicity to that of the artist by wbom the work is illustrated , been rendered so characteristic as to provide a fund of amusement , and become the vehicle of some playful and drlicatf ? satire .

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    Memoirs of John Sciden . By G . W . Johnson . This work is dedicated to Lord Stauloy , * by one who admire * hit talents , moderatioo , and integrity / and is avowedly intended as a me morial of what the author consifcr * tkt ' OHXkraU party' of Uk timtm

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/63/