take the following as a fair specimen, both of the author's manner and of his really and rightly philanthropic spirit.

'It was, as I have just observed, the Sabbath morn; and, although no pleasing sound of village bells was heard, although no distinct indications proclaimed the hallowed day of rest, a general repose of nature pervaded the whole landscape, and seemed to inspire devotion in language more powerfully impressive than any human influence I had ever felt. Loitering along the mountain, I met accidentally two Caffers, armed as usual with their assagais, and questioned them, through Mr. Kay's interpreter, respecting their ideas of a future state. Their attention became arrested; and one of them, an old man, throwing down his assagai, and seating bimself on the ground, (a method commonly adopted to shew a desire for conversation) exclaimed abruptly, That is what I want to hear about;' his countenance at the same time brightening up with a degree of interest and animation that I have seldom witnessed among these people. Where shall I go,' said he, when I die?' The Caffer is very poor and very ignorant; he knows nothing. Having addressed them at some length, through Whiteboy, the interpreter, by whom I was accompanied, one of them inquired, very shrewdly, 'Why did not God destroy the wicked spirit? Why suffer him to do evil? Did you ever see God? How did he send you the great Word out of the skies? Are you sure it is his Word?' putting many other similar questions, which I found no little difficulty in answering satisfactorily to their comprehension. After many ineffectual attempts to make them understand some of the leading

truths of Christianity, Whiteboy, the Hottentot, turned round and said to me, in a tone of despair and mortification, The Caffers, master! are all stupid; they are blind;' and, closing his eyes, he added, 'quite blind.' And were you not once so yourself, Whiteboy?' 'Yes, master,' he replied, 'that is true.' 'Then explain to these Caffers,' I said, 'that you were formerly blind and ignorant as they are, but that now you can discern the importance of these things.' I found by the tear glistening in his eye, that I had touched a chord which vibrated through the heart of this poor unlettered Hottentot. Turning immediately to the Caffers, he addressed them with a warmth and energy of expression, which it was impossible to witness without feeling deeply interested, whilst he seemed to rivet the attention of his hearers, and by the fervency of his appeal to awaken in their minds a most powerful impression. Vol. I. page 28.

To the foregoing we need only add, that the litho→ graphic and wood engravings are both beautiful: the former by Baynes, the latter by Harvey. There are fourteen in all, besides a large and valuable map of Southern Africa, compiled from MS. maps at the colonial office. We think these handsome volumes will become very popular.

THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: in six discourses. By the Rev. John Ayre, M.A. Minister of St. John's Chapel, Hampstead; and Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Roden. Author of 'Liturgica,' Advent,' &c. &c. Burns.

'PERHAPS,' says the Author in his Preface, there is a growing inclination abroad to limit a belief to comprehension, and to reject those things as facts which cannot in their operation be understood. The contemplation of such a subject as is here treated is well adapted to check this spirit, and to convince us that there is that in Christianity which "passeth knowledge." We must receive the truth, as little children, in simplicity of heart; and for this we need generally the repetition of “ line upon line, precept upon precept."

That sublime and comprehensive verse, 1 Timothy iii. 16, furnishes the texts for these six sermons: I. Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh: II. Justified in the Spirit: III. Seen of angels: IV. Preached unto the Gentiles: V. Believed on in the world: VI. Received up into glory. Here we have, not a single sermon, but a whole volume, where, according to the counsel of one of our old divines, 'Jesus Christ shines as the diamond breast-pin in the bosom, and on the front of all.' The perspicuity, force, and condensation that mark Mr. Ayre's former works appear no less strikingly in this: and we cordially recommend the little volume, alike to the individual believer and to the family circle which he desires to see built up in their most holy faith. The discourse on 'God in

carnate seen of angels,' is very beautiful, opening a wide field of contemplation, yet strictly confined within scriptural boundaries; while from that part of the sacred narrative a powerful argument is deduced, respecting our Lord's proper divinity. This, indeed, is the great "mystery of godliness," to the establishment of which the whole series directly, and most convincingly tends.

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SUCH of our readers as can decypher the above, will heartily rejoice in seeing it. Those who cannot, but who know the peculiar character of the native Irish, their highly imaginative turn and the abundance of tropes and figures that adorn their phraseology will rejoice too when we tell them that it is 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' of worthy John Bunyan. For many years we have ardently desired to behold this sight, well knowing how exquisitely the book is adapted alike to the minds and to the wants of our Irish-speaking brethren. That devoted friend to their best interests, the Reverend Christopher Anderson, whose Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and their descendants' is the most valuable book of the kind extant, has at length succeeded in supplying the objects of his Christian commiseration with this precious instructor. The present work

extends to the death of Faithful in Vanity Fair; and if sufficient encouragement is given, the remainder will shortly follow. We invite and entreat our readers to afford that encouragement. Very few,

among spiritually-minded persons, will be found to question the value of the Pilgrim's Progress. We can assure them that no class of persons on earth's surface can better enter into the meaning of the work than those in whose hands we now desire to place it: nor can the world exhibit a race of human beings more deplorably in need of such teaching as they will find in its pages.

REFLECTIONS OF A CHRISTIAN MOTHER; or, a Practical Application of Scripture to the circumstances of herself and her Children. Religious Tract Society.

THE author of this pocket volume has, we think, rendered an important service, both to parents and children, by its publication. Simple, touching, natural, the sentiments and feelings of a pious mother are depicted in lively and truthful colours; and we do not exaggerate in saying that every sentence has an evident connection with the one thing needful. The third chapter- The Saviour peculiarly precious to believing Mothers,' is delightful. We look into

many books, in order to cull a few that may be strongly recommended; and this is one of our decided selections.