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CRITICAL NOTICES.
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A Hational Appeal addressed to the Friends ; or Quakers , of Great Britain . Those of our readers who watch the p rogress of Theologjieal Controversy are probably aware of the division of the American Quakers into two sects , one of which ( consisting of the followers of Elia 9 Hicke ) is denounced in this country as heretical * All American Quaker preachers arriving here have now to perform quarantine , by means of an investigation of their orthodoxy before they exercise their ministry . This caution not seeming
sufficient to some zealous Friends , a " Beacon" was indited b y one Isaac Crewdson ; but unfortunately the beacon is deemed by the leaders a false light , and while warning of Scylla tempts towards Charybdis . Proceedings being contemplated against this anti-heretical heresy , the author before us steps into court with an appeal against any " punishment for belief" at all . Some of his weapons are drawn from the admirable " Essay on
the Formation and Publication of Opinions , " others from thfc avowed principles of the Denomination , and the recognised grounds of Christian liberty , and he employe thein with skill and force . His pamphlet contains excellent hints for thebigotq and persecutors of all parties .
The Life and Times of John Milton , by William Carpenter * A cheap and popular , sensible and spirited account of the great Poet and Patriot . Mr . Carpenter knows how to write for the working classes , by whom he is held in that deserved
estimation which is a passport to the respect of all whose opinion is valuable in any otner class . In causing the character of Milton to be more generally appreciated amongst them , and his prose works more generally read , he is greatly adding to his former and highly useful exertions .
C hurt on s Illustrated Bible . Parts 1 and 2 . The Pictorial Bible . Part 1 . C . Knight . The first of these publications contains three sheets of letterpress and eight engravings for one shilling . The engravi ngs are the wood-cuts from Martin ' s and WestalFs painting * , whjch
have been already noticed . The Rev . Hobart Caunter ' s note * by no means keep the promises of being " exclusivel y explanatory . " Many of them are very mystical and dogmatical . The Pictorial Bible is equally cheap , or cheaper , as to quantity , and in every way of superior quality . The illustrations are very numerous and beautifully executed . They consist of copies of old paintings by the great masters , landscapes from the book * of travels , and object * of natural history or an-
Critical Notices.
CRITICAL NOTICES .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1836, page 323, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2657/page/59/
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