the press. It will not only embrace the ❘ correspondence of men like Calvin, Farel, Vienet, and Beza, but in general of all who took an active part in the reformation in the countries of the French language during the period from 1512 to 1565. Every single folio is to be furnished with a brief summary and historical and biographical notes.

The relation of the Christian Church to Slavery is a subject which is now frequently discussed in Europe also, in consequence of the profound interest awakened in the subject by our war. A new work on the subject has been published in France, under the title "The Church and Slavery," by Armand Riviere. The author traces the history of the relation of the Church to the classes living in involuntary servitude during ten centuries. He charges the Church with having done little or nothing toward promoting emancipation.

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of a new work by Michelet, entitled the 'Bible of Humanity." M. Michelet has acquired a reputation among the scholars of France by his former scientific works, and is a member of the French Academy. At the same time he is very popular among the masses of the people, among whom his latest works on "Love," on "Woman," and others, have had a very large circulation. In his new works M. Michelet preaches a kind of mystic naturalism. He undertakes to draw a brief outline of the history of religion from a scientific point of view, and, as usual in the writings of Michelet, the greatest brilliancy is found by the side of the greatest confusion. His attacks on Christianity are much more violent and sweeping than those of Rénan, and historical truth and probability are outraged by him much more than by the latter.

The literary contest between the orthodox and the rationalistic schools of French Protestantism is carried on with great briskness. Among the latest pamphlets on the subject are the follow

The question of the unity of the human races has been recently the subject of an animated discussion among the scholars of France. The unity has especially been defended with great talenting: by M. de Quatrefages, while the contrary opinion, the plurality, has found a defender in G. Pouchet. (De la Pluralité des Races Humaines.)

The number of translations from English and German into French seems to increase. We notice among the last translations from R. W. Emerson, Sallet, and Feuerbach. (Emerson, Les Lois de la vie. Trad. par Xavier Eyma. L. Feuerbach, La Religion, Mort, Immortalité; Religion. Trad. par Joseph Roy. Sallet, Evangile. Trad. par Desti.)

A member of the order of the Jesuits, Carayon, has published a Bibliographical History of his Order, or a Catalogue of Works relating to the History of the Jesuits from their origin to our days. (Bibliographie Historique de la Compagnie de Jesus.)

The number of assailants of Biblical Christianity in France has received a dangerous addition by the publication

"What is Christianity without Doctrines and without Miracles?" by N. Poulain; "Our Christianity and our Good Right," three letters to Mr. Poulain, by A. Reville, one of the most gifted representatives of the Rationalistic School; "Reply to the Three Letters of Mr. Albert Reville on the New Theology," by N. Poulain; and the "Doctrine of the New School," according to Reville, A. Coquerel, and Colani.

just been published by E. de Pressensé, A new work on the Holy Land has

the learned editor of the Revue Chretienne. (Le Pays de l'Evangile. Notes d'un Voyage en Orient.) M. Pressensé undertook this journey chiefly for the purpose of preparing himself the better for writing a work on the Life of Jesus against Renan. Two introductory chapters of the book treat, first, of the pilgrimages and journeys in the Holy Land; and, secondly, of the great geographical divisions of Palestine.

ART. IX.-SYNOPSIS OF THE QUARTERLIES, AND OTHERS OF THE HIGHER PERIODICALS.

American Quarterly Reviews.

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AND THEOLOGICAL REVIEW. October, 1864. (New York.)-1. Ebionitism and the Christianity of the Sub-Apostolic Age. 2. The Fundamental Properties of Style. 3. The Indian Tribes and the Duty of Government to them. 4. Religious Influence of Colleges. 5. Ecclesiastical Organizations and Foreign Missions. 6. Difficulties of Revelation. 7. The Ancient Schools of Ireland..

BIBLICAL REPERTORY AND PRINCETON REVIEW. October, 1864. (Philadelphia.)—1. Man's Mental Instincts. 2. The Russian Church. 3. Modern Philology. 4. Lange's Theological and Homiletical Commentary. 5. Whedon and Hazard on the Will. BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, October, 1864. (Andover, Mass.)-1. The New Analytic of Logical Forms. 2. The Bearing of Modern Scientific Theories on the Fundamental Truths of Religion. 3. Authorship of the Pentateuch. 4. Palestine and the Desert, Past and Present. 5. Is Theology an Improvable Science? 6. Theology of the Modern Greek Church. 7. God the Supreme Disposer and Moral Governor. 8. The Brethren of Christ.

DANVILLE REVIEW, September, 1864. (Danville, Ky.)-1. Conflicts of Revelation and Science: The Science of the Bible Phenomenal. 2. The Borrowing of Jewels from the Egyptians. 3. Treason, Slavery, Loyalty, in Kentucky. 4. The Past Course and Present Duty of Kentucky. 5. The Peace Panic-Its Authors and Objects. EVANGELICAL QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1864. (Gettysburgh, Pa.)— 1. The Wisdom of the World and of the Church Compared. 2. Ínstruction in Christian Doctrine according to the System of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; by John Henry Kurtz, D.D. 3. The Study of the Ancient Classics. 4. The German Language. 5. Reminiscences of Deceased Lutheran Ministers. 6. Precious Stones. 7. The Lord's Supper. 8. Catechization. 9. The Mystical Union. 10. Responsibilities of the American Citizen.

FREEWILL BAPTIST QUARTERLY, October, 1864. (Dover, N. H.)—1. Education for the Ministry. 2. The Anglo-Saxon Church. 3. The Support of the Ministry. 4. The Doctrine of Divine Providence. 5. Education in the Freewill Baptist Denomination. 6. Abolition of the British SlaveTrade. 7. Lady Huntingdon.

NEW ENGLANDER, October, 1864. (New Haven.)-1. The Conflict with Skepticism and Unbelief. Fourth Article: Recent Discussions upon the Origin of the First Three Gospels. 2. The Sermons of John Huss. 3. A Century of English Parties. 4. The American Cavaliers. 5. The Revival of Letters in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Part I.To the Middle of Century XV. 6. Southern Evangelization. UNIVERSALIST QUARTERLY, October, 1864. (Boston.)-1. A Look into the Age of Man. 2. Condemnation of Universalism. 3. The Preexistence of Jesus Christ. 4. Rome, Paganism, and the Church. 5. John Wesley. 6. Universalism: Its Relation to Politics. 7. General Review: Education and the Pulpit-The Church of England Controversy—Interesting Antiquities-Faith and Works-Anastasis, Resurrection.

English Reviews.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN EVANGELICAL REVIEW, October, 1864. (London.)— 1. St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland. 2. The Christian Church and Social Improvement. 3. Smith's Dictionary of the Bible. 4. Bishop M'Kenzie and African Missions. 5. Relics of the Glacial Epoch in North Britain. 6. Dr. Newman. 7. Authorship of the Pentateuch. 8. Biblical and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 9. German Theological Literature. BRITISH QUARTERLY Review, October, 1864. (London.)—1. William the Conqueror. 2. Hansell's Greek Testament. 3. The Dolomite Mountains. 4. Chevalier's Mexico. 5. Our Foreign Policy. 6. Charles Knight's Personal Recollections. 7. Mind and Brain. 8. Tennyson's Poetry. 9. Projected Reforms in Germany. 10. Epilogue on Affairs. CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, October, 1864. (London.)—1. The Influence of the Ancien Régime on Modern France. 2. Trinity College, Toronto. 3. Father Mathew. 4. Subscription to Formularies. 5. Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker. 6. Mr. Scrivener's Edition of Codex Beza. 7. Voices from Rome-Dr. Manning. 8. The Filioque Controversy. EDINBURGH REVIEW, October, 1864. (New York: reprint.)-1. Angus. 2. Coniferous Trees. 3. Archbishop Whately. 4. Co-operative Societies in 1864. 5. French Anti-Clerical Novels. 6. Man and Nature. 7. Weber's Life of Marshal Saxe. 8. Robert Browning's Poems. 9. The Five-YearOld Parliament,

JOURNAL OF SACRED LITERATURE AND BIBLICAL RECORD, October, 1864. (London.)-1. Israel in Egypt. 2. The Tree of Life. From the German of Dr. Piper. 3. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. 4. Analogy between the Apocalypse of the Old Testament and that of the New. 5. The Decipherment of Cuneiform Inscriptions Described and Tested. 6. A Rational View of Hebrew Chronology. 7. Selections from the Syriac. No. II; The Encomium of the Martyrs. By Eusebius of Cæsarea. English Translation. 8. Dr. M'Neece's University Sermons. LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1864. (New York: reprint.)— 1. Cochin-China and Cambodia. 2. Workmen's Benefit Societies. 3. Rawdon Brown's Venetian State Papers. 4. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible. 5. Sanitary State of the Army in India. 6. Life of Lockhart. 7. Photography. 8. Law Reform. 9. Dr. Newman's Apologia. LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, (Wesleyan,) October, 1864. (London.)— 1. Laws and Penalties. 2. Our British North American Colonies. 3. Calvin and the Reformation. 4. Madame de Sévigné and her Friends. 5. Life in Java. 6. Mr. Kingsley and Dr. Newman. 7. Enoch Arden. 8. Mr. Trevelyan on India. 9. Müller's Lectures on Language. 10. The Recent Methodist Conference.

NATIONAL REVIEW, November, 1864. (London.)-1. Presidential Government. 2. Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning; or, Pure, Ornate, and Grotesque Art in English Poetry. 3. Modern Editions of the Greek Testament Considered, including the State of the Text and its Interpretation. 4. The Russian Version of the Crimean War. 5. Statesmanship in Constitutional Countries. 6. On the Relation of the Pauline Epistles to the Historical Books of the New Testament. 7. Madame de Sévigné. 8. The Functions of Criticism at the Present Time. 9. The Crisis of Faith. 10. Public Schools.

German Reviews.

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE THEOLOGIE. (Journal of Scientific Theology. 1864. Fourth Number.)—1. SPIEGEL, Johannes Pollius. 2. TOBLER, Essay on the Epistle to the Hebrews, according to the Codex Sinaiticus. 3. PH. BUTTMANN, Some Peculiarities of the Codex Sinaiticus in the New Testament, especially in the Gospels. 4. L. PAUL, Reply to an article of Professor Hilgenfeld on the Resurrection of Christ. 5. FRANK, The Free-Thinker, Johann Philipp Treiber. 6. A. BUTTMANN, The work of K. H. A. Lipsius on the Greek of the New Testament. 7. HILGENFELD, The New Critical School of Tübingen.

For some time the Journal of Scientific Theology has carried on a controversy on the Resurrection of Christ. Though, in general, the organ of the negative school, and counting among its contributors men like Strauss and Zeller, the journal admitted some time ago an article in defense of the real Resurrection of Christ from the pen of an orthodox theologian, L. Paul. This called forth a rejoinder from D. F. Strauss, and a brief resumé of the controversy from the pen of the editor of this journal, Professor Hilgenfeld, who, though admitting the correctness of some of the arguments used by L. Paul against Strauss, declared himself in the main, as was to be expected, for Strauss. In this last number L. Paul again replies to Professor Hilgenfeld.

The last article refers to the exegetical works of an able Roman Catholic theologian, Professor Aberle of Tubingen, who in a series of books and articles has endeavored to prove that the four Gospels were not written for the sole purpose of leaving to the Church an account of the life of the Saviour, but that each of the Gospels was called forth by special external circumstances, and that this explains a great many of the difficulties which negative theologians of the school of Strauss have found in the sacred records. Professor Hilgenfeld combats most of the arguments advanced by Professor Aberle.

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR HISTORISCHE THEOLOGIE. (Journal of Historical Theology. Fourth Number. 1864.)-1. NIPPOLD, Davis Joris, of Delft. His Life, his Doctrine, and his Sect. (Second Article.)

This second article gives the labors of Joris, at Basle, when he lived under the name of David of Brügge. The relations of Joris to Menno, Schwenkfeld, and other Reformers, gives to some portions of his history a general interest. The author then traces the history of the sect founded by Joris at Basle, in Holland, in Frisia, in Holstein. At the conclusion of the article the author acknowledges the receipt of some corrections and additions to his first article from Professor Scheffer, in Amsterdam, and expresses

the hope that Professor Scheffer, who, he says, has a more extensive knowledge of the Baptist movements of the Sixteenth Century than any other man living, may soon publish his work on the "History of Anabaptism."

French Reviews.

REVUE DES DEUX MONDES.-July 15.-3. A. D'ASSIER, The Brazilian Eldorado. 5. REVILLE, The Origin of the New Testament. 6. FR. LENORMANT, Greece since the Revolution of 1862. 7. JANET, The Philosophical Crisis and the Spiritualistic Ideas. (First article. The Critical School.) 10. MAZADE, Spain and Peru.

Aug. 1.-4. E. DE LAVELEYE, Belgium and the Actual Crisis. The Liberal Party and the Catholic Party. 6. L. REYBAUD, The Cultivation of Cotton in Algeria. 7. JANET, The Philosophical Crisis and the Spiritualistic Ideas. (Second article. Positivism and Idealism.)

Aug. 15.-3. BLERZY, Australia, its Physical History and its Colonization. 5. SIMON, Female Primary Instruction in France. 6. LANGEL, Pythagoras, his History and Doctrine.

Sept. 1.-1. AMEDEE THIERRY, Roman History in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries. (First article.) The Christian Society at Rome and the Roman Emigration to the Holy Land. 3. ESQUIROS, England and English Life. (Twenty-fifth article.) 4. CH. DE REMUSAT, Church and State.

Sept. 15.-2. KLACZKO, Poland and Denmark. 4. LITTRE, Essays on the Middle Ages. The History of Literature and Fine Arts in France during the Fourteenth Century.

Oct. 1.-2. RECLUS, History of the War in the United States. The Two Last Years of the Great American Conflict. 3. KLACZKо, Poland and Denmark. (Second article.) 5. ST. MARC GIRARDIN, The Origin of the Eastern Question. Western Society after the Crusades. Oct. 15.-4. CH. DE REMUSAT, The Political Situation in France. 5. CH. LEVEQUE, The Philosophy of the Spirit, its Defenders and Opponents. 6. BLERZY, Australia, its Physical History and its Colonization. THE two articles in the numbers of July 15, and August 1, on the philosophical crisis in France, are a very interesting review of the recent philosophical literature of France. Their author, Professor Janet, of Paris, is well known as one of the foremost representatives of the "Spiritualistic" school of French philosophers, who firmly hold to the belief in a personal God and the immortality of the soul. Professor Janet passes in review four of the most important adversaries of the Spiritualistic school, namely, Taine, (Philosophes Français au dix-neuvieme siècle,) Rénan, (the author of the Life of Jesus, who explained his philosophical views more fully in an article of the Revue des Deux Mondes of October 15, 1863,) Littré, (preface to the new edition of the works of Auguste Comte,) and Vacherot, (De la Metaphysique et de la Science.)

The first article treats of Taine and Rénan as the representatives