ters with whom he associated. Of these his notices, sketched with a running pen and without any attempt at artistic portraiture, have given no little popularity to the work. Hardly a chapter which does not abound with reminiscences of notabilities whom Scotland has furnished to literature or to history. Among them we enumerate Hugh Blair, Robertson the historian, Hutcheson the metaphysician, Home, author of "Douglas," Charles Townshend, John Wilkes, Adam Smith, and David Hume.

The Life and Career of Major John André, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America. By WINTHROP SARGENT. With a portrait, from a miniature by himself. 16mo., pp. 471. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. This book represents André as an educated, agreeable youth, with the romance of the hills of Switzerland, and the music of the German nature breathing upon him through his ancestry. His life was a scene of successive captivities and betrayals, first of heart, then of person.

Many incidents of the Revolution are brought in, interesting in themselves; but it puzzles one to know how they can be possibly connected with Major André. However, by means of "conjectures" and "perhaps," there are ideal links; and, altogether, we may pronounce the book a timely one, as the national mind is ready for anything which looks toward war.

Politics, Law, and General Morals.

J.

The Ordeal of Free Labor in the British West Indies. By WM. G. SEWELL. 12mo., pp. 325. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1861.

We have perused Mr. Sewell's book with no ordinary satisfaction. It comprises a series of letters written by him from the British West India Islands to the editor of the New York Times. Mr. S. visited those islands with the purpose of ascertaining from personal observation what were the results there produced by emancipation. He abjured all regard to inferences in application to slavery in our States or elsewhere. He disclaims any particular sympathy with abolitionists, a fact attested by his incorrect statement of the views and feelings of that class of philanthropists. His purpose was to ascertain, by direct observation, the state of things as it is, the history and prospects of the islands, and thence to answer the question, What have been the results of the great emancipation movement? We feel under no obligation to deny that a large share of our gratification arises, not only from the state and history of things he unfolds, but from the resistless inferences he affords in favor of

antislaveryism. We object not to Mr. Sewell's ignoring the business of making out a verdict against American slavery from West India emancipation. He occupies the stand of the witness, not the jury box. But for ourselves we rejoice to record that his testimony verifies the verdict he refuses to pronounce. Beyond all further question his statement furnishes a decisive vindication of the great emancipation movement in the islands, a clearance of the free negro character from many calumnies invented to justify slavery, and a cheering proof that freedom is not only the birthright, but a high source of well-being to the humblest varieties of our race. A dark point in our hopes for the future of our humanity would it be if the facts were otherwise. Let the record, then, stand; and let the proclamation go forth, that the experiment of freedom in these isles is not, as the advocates of bondage have so boldly asserted, a failure, but a success propitious to the highest hopes of the friends of freedom and righteousness. We recommend Mr. Sewell's book to general perusal. We have room for a few of his closing lines:

But freedom, when allowed fair play, injured the prosperity of none of these West Indian colonies. It saved them from a far deeper and more lasting depression than any they have yet known. It was a boon conferred upon all classes of society: upon planter and upon laborer: upon all interests: upon commerce and agriculture upon industry and education-upon morality and religion. And if a perfect measure of success remains to be achieved, let not freedom be condemned; for the obstacles to overcome were great, and the workers were few and unwilling. Let it be remembered, that a generation born in the night of slavery has not yet passed away, and that men who were taught to believe in that idol and its creations still control the destinies of these distant colonies. Reluctantly they learned the lesson forced upon them; slowly their opposition yielded to the dawning of conviction; but now that the meridian of truth has been reached, we may hope that light will dispel all the shadows of slavery, and confound the logic of its champions when they falsely assert that emancipation has ruined the British islands.—Page 324.

The National Controversy; or, the Voice of the Fathers upon the State of the Country. By JOSEPH C. STILES. 16mo., pp. 108. New York: Rudd & Carleton. 1861.

The advocates of slavery and the advocates of Popery have many striking resemblances both in their character and their cause. One trait they possess in common is suggested by Mr. Stiles's book, which is this: they condescend to reason with you only when they are unable to murder you. The Jesuit unable to bring the heretic to the Inquisition, the pro-slaveryist unable to inflict Lynch law upon the abolitionist, condescends each to resort to what he considers logic. The heroic impudence of Mr. Stiles might be apparent even to himself if he could but ask himself what would be the fate of the abolitionist in the South who should there attempt to attack slavery as he attacks antislaveryism in the North. In this

light, the very existence of his book demonstrates its own falsehood. Des Cartes' famous argument, cogito, ergo sum, is hardly more concise than ours. Mr. Stiles's book exists; therefore it is untrue.

Educational.

Second Standard Phonographic Reader. Engraved by CHAUNCEY B. THORNE. 12mo., pp. 184. Andrew J. Graham, Phonetic Depot, New York. This elegant little volume is the fourth in a series of phonographic works constructed by Mr. Graham and engraved by the skillful hand of Mr. Thorne. It mounts into an upper story of the phonographic structure where we are not familiar, namely, the reporting style. Mr. Graham has introduced some modifications of his own into phonography, which have not been fully adopted by the catholic body of phonographers, though we are told by professional reporters that many if not all his modifications add rapidity to the practiced hand. A schism in the phonographic system is in itself undesirable; but the variations are not so great but that any student can easily master both and practice either. They are not so great, indeed, as Mr. Pitman has lately proposed, though happily we are not obliged to say introduced into the system.

Belles Lettres and Classical.

A Compendium of Classical Literature, comprising choice Extracts translated from the best Greek and Roman Writers, with Biographical Sketches, accounts of their works, and notes directing to the best editions and translations. Part I. From Homer to Longinus. Part II. From Plautus to Boethius. By CHARLES DEXTER CLEVELAND. 12mo., pp. 622. Philadelphia: E. C. & J. Biddle & Co. 1861.

Professor Cleveland has completed in the present volume his series of specimens from English, American, and classical literatures. The works are printed and bound in uniform and appropriate style, and serve not only as standards in themselves, but as means of comparing the ancient and the modern modes of thought. The specimens here given are from the best translators, and the author has been on the alert to obtain the latest results. It may be commended both to the classical scholar and the English reader.

Juvenile.

Glen Morris Stories. Dick Duncan. 18mo., pp. 256. Guy Carlton. 18mo., pp. 254. By Francis Forrester, Esq., author of "My Uncle Toby's Library." New York: Howe & Ferry. Boston: Brown & Ferry. 1861. Our latest intelligence from the vivacious population of Young America is, that Francis Forrester, Esq., is a very great man.

If

he were not above the requisite age they would elect him President. With them he is as superior in fame to President Lincoln as Noah Webster was to Daniel Webster. We left that country a good many years ago never to return; but it is pleasant to hear of the excitements prevalent there, among which calls for Mr. Forrester's "next book are not the least animated.

Miscellaneous.

The following works our space does not allow us to notice in full: The Shadowy Land and other Poems. By Rev. GURDON HUNTINGTON, A. M. 8vo., pp. 508. New York: Jas. Miller. 1861.

The New Testament Standard of Piety. By WM. MCDONALD. 12mo., pp. 270. Boston: H. V. Degen & Son. 1861.

The New American Encyclopedia. Edited by G. RIPLEY & C. A. DANA. Vol. 12. Mozambique-Parr. 8vo., pp. 798. New York: Appleton & Co. Little Mary: An Illustration of the Power of Jesus to save even the Youngest. With an Introduction by BARON STOW, D. D. 18mo., pp. 610. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1861.

Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe. By the author of “Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," etc. 16mo., pp. 265. Harper & Brothers. Trumps. A Novel. By GEORGE WM. CURTIS. Splendidly illustrated by AUGUSTUS HOPPEN. 12mo., pp. 502. New York: Harper & Brothers. Studies from Life. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," "A Life for a Life," etc. 12mo., pp. 290. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Pamphlets.

The Problem of Life. A Funeral Discourse on the occasion of the death of Hon. JOHN M'LEAN, LL.D., one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. Preached in Wesley Chapel, Cincinnati, at the joint request of the Pastor and the family of the deceased. By Rev. D. W. CLARK, D. D. Published by request. 12mo., pp. 30. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern. 1861.

Dr. Clarke draws an eloquent and truthful portraiture of the eminent Christian jurist.

Eulogy on John W. Francis, delivered before the New York Medico-Chirurgical College March 7th, 1861. By AUGUSTUS K. GARDNER, A. M., M. D., Professor of Classical Midwifery and Diseases of Females in the New York Medical College. 8vo., pp. 24. New York: Published by order of the College. 1861.

Antidote to Rev. H. J. Van Dyke's Pro-Slavery Discourse. By Rev. WM. H. BOOLE. Delivered in the M. E. Church, Mount Vernon, N. Y. 8vo., pp. 34. New York: Edmund Jones & Co. 1861.

Objects and Plans of an Institute of Technology, including a Society of Arts, a Museum of Arts, and a School of Industrial Science proposed to be established in Boston. Prepared by direction of the Committee. 8vo., pp. 29. Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son. 1860.

"The Perfect Man." A Sermon delivered in the M. E. Church at Beverley, N. J., on Sabbath morning, February 18th, 1860. By the Rev. RULIFF V. LAWRENCE, of the N. J. Conference. 8vo., pp. 16. Published by request.

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METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW.

OCTOBER, 1861.

ART. I.-HAMILTON'S LECTURES ON LOGIC.

Lectures on Logic. By Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by the Rev. H. L. MANSEL, B.D., LL.D., Waynefleet Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, Oxford, and JOHN VEITCH, M. A., Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics, St. Andrews. 8vo. Boston: Gould & Lincoln.

1860.

WITHIN the last thirty-five years the study of logic has greatly revived in Great Britain, where for a long period it had been nearly neglected or inadequately pursued. The new interest awakened in the subject was largely due to the publication of Whately's Elements of Logic; for, erroneous and imperfect as this work was, it was greatly superior to any previous treatise on this branch of knowledge in the English language, at least for a long period. Several works of more or less value have followed at intervals; but the general interest in the science at present existing is chiefly, if not solely, indebted to the works of J. Stuart Mill and Sir William Hamilton, writers who, nevertheless, represent nearly opposite tendencies of the study. In the profound and comprehensive work of Mr. Mill, logic is represented as "a study of things in their natural order, with a view to the discovery of systematic methods for bringing our thoughts into harmony with that order;" "the rationale of the conditions for extracting real science from the things about which we may think." With FOURTH SERIES, VOL. XIII.—34