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like its title . To each flower a corresponding word or sentiment is assigned ; and if in some cases the association be arbitrary , in others it is very felicitous . Many pleasant , and some curious historical facts connected with flowers are introduced . To the author ' s philosophy we cannot always subscribe . He tells us that the potatoe " has for ever banished from Europe that most fearful of all scourges , famine . " Did he never hear of the land of potatoes , the land where famine yet lingers , encouraged to show its gaunt face by the people being dependent on their potatoe crops for subsistence ? There might surely have been a better emblem for " beneficence . " Wheat , for instance ; a blighted ear representing the Corn Laws .
The Scripture Cabinet . Edited by E . Bellchambers . A very neat pocket abridgement of the Old and New Testament history , with upwards of thirty illustrations engraved on steel by Lizars . Many of them are outlines of celebrated paintings , e . g ., Poussin ' s Rebecca at the Well ; the Finding of Moses ; the Brazen Serpent , by Rubens ; the Holy Family , by Raphael , and his Transfiguration , with several of the Cartoons ; the Lord ' s Supper , by Leonardo da Vinci , &c .
The Book of Christmas . By Thomas K . Harvey , with illustrations by R . Seymour . Any notice of this book now may seem " a day after the fair . " We can only say it is not our fault , the publisher should have remembered us sooner . However , this is a book of which we can honestly say , " better late than never . ' * Moreover it is one to feast upon all future years , and all the year round . It is a collection of all the good things , ancient and modern ,
about Christmas-tide , even up to twelfth-night , and ( horresco referents ) Black Monday . It is full of sports , and of sport ; a merry book and the cause of merriment , and right curious withal . Seymour has illustrated like a poet and a humourist as he is ; and very rich indeed are some of his adornments . We trust the proprietors will be well encouraged to fulfil their purpose , and give us all the " Festivals of England" in like manner .
The Union and Reciprocal Influences of Science and Religion . By W . 11 . Drummond , D . D . Dr . Drummond is well known as an able Theologian ; he lias moreover established a reputation as a man of poetical taste and of literary acquirement . Both characters are nappily blended in this Discourse , which was occasioned bv the meeting :
in Dublin , last August , of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . He has very ably " improved the opportunity . " The Doctor tells us that " so intimate of old was the connexion between Philosophy and Theology , that we
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1836, page 125, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2654/page/61/
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