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    y « t > notwithstanding , Mr Kefghtly's work will b £ found rery valuable . ^ Bf ; f ¦; The LiUle Scholar learning to talk . Abbott ' s Series * . Juvenile Woiks . London , 1836 . The p lan of this little book is excellent , and the execution equally so . The stories are simple and interesting , and flie Wood *

    cuts well adapted for their purpose of awakening the curiosity of the child . Au extract frdm the " Notice to Parents , " ifrr ike Introduction , will show the views of the author . > ' u D 6 not confine yourself to what is written . Wait psUieatly farv& » answer to aH the questions ; make additional remarks yourselves ; # tw the child is interested , let him look at the picture as long as hs wdl * He will ask you a question sometimes , after a long pause , which will he

    exceedingly interesting . Let your object be to arouse and concentrate hi » powers , to awaken his curiosity , and to fix his attention- Let him , ' ill fact , lead and guide the exercise . "—Introduction , p . 4 . . ' ' ' This is the true spirit in which instruction should be coitlitttfnicated . ^ The Singing Master , Containing' Instructions for Teaching" Singing in Sciiog ^ $ tygf Families , &c .

    This is a clever book , happy in its selections , and judicious in its arrangements and adaptations . We cannot praise too highly the invariable correctness of the accentuations , a matter so jf » erally disregarded , to the sad disfigurement of both mu&ie ftjjpd words . Some humour is displayed in the adaptations ; the-Pa / -

    risienne , for instance , No . 40 , is turned into a song about the game of cricket ! This is quite in the " beating the swprct ittto a ploughshare" spirit , and is capitally done . There k'jdfo plenty of nonsense in the book , sucli as turning the multi plication , p £ nce and other tables into rhyme , and fitting * airs to them . It

    seems quite gibberish and waste of time and music , but WQ supnose the children like it , aird they are , in this case , the h&t judges . L-. The Religion of the Universe . By K , Fellowes , L L * I >* Dr Feixowes 5 s well known to the world by a long' liffe of bfcneroleace and patriotism . In this work he announces tMthfc various changes of opinion on theological topics have subslu ^ d into an exclusive reliance on the religion of nature . T ^ $ | € changes have never affected the unity of his religious fe ^ faj ^' nor do they now . Some objections to Christianity are urfl ^ H Sf ' , t 6 is work , but in ilo spirit of antagonism . Its prevaUiug ^ aract ^ xas positive ^ and not negative . "It it much more of a pe * itoa | aye towards religion , than of an animadversion on what th # Atttkor deems erroneous religion . It is much such deism as that of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ; and therefor ^ If not an absolute novelty in

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 523, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/63/