DR. KITTO. YOUNG'S "MYSTERY." 421 Kitto." It is not only an affecting record of difficulties overcome in the pursuit of knowledge, but a cheering example of a life devoted to noble and enduring purposes. The materials available are of a peculiarly interesting character, and have been turned to the best account by a skilful and conscientious biographer. We congratulate Mr. Ryland on having linked his name so honourably and so indissolubly with the histories of men so different, but each of them so distinguished, as John Kitto and John Foster. From the pen of Dr. John Young there has just appeared a volume, entitled, "The Mystery: or, Evil and God." From the rare delight with which we read the author's "Christ of History," we opened this new work with eager expectation. And we have not been disappointed. It is seldom that an abstruse subject is placed in a light so clear, or that profound thoughts are expressed in language so plain. All portions of the argument are not to our mind equally strong, and expressions occur which would seem to point to an eventual restoration of all the fallen, although it must be admitted that these are met by others which appear to involve the opposite conclusion. But although, on this momentous question, we could have wished a more explicit avowal of the author's opinion, we are grateful to him for what he has done. His work contains many deep thoughts and many overlooked but important distinctions. It is written in the spirit of a truly Christian philosophy, earnest, candid, reverential. Its object is to vindicate the ways of God, and in the most difficult field of inquiry few efforts have been so successful. With the 101st Number, Auldjo's "Ascent of Mont Blanc," we believe that the Traveller's Library concludes. We have just received the last Number of "Reading for Travellers," being "Alfieri; his Life, Adventures, and Works," by one who is better acquainted with these than most Englishmen, Mr. C. M. Charles. It is a lively and amusing sketch of an extraordinary man, and the specimens of Alfieri's tragedies possess a merit rare in translation; they are excellent poetry. Mental science has lost the mightiest of all its recent devotees; one who, to the native force and acuteness of a Reid or Hume, added the industry and erudition of a Cudworth. Sir William Hamilton was born at Glasgow in 1788, and died at Edinburgh on the 6th of May last. In the University of the Northern Metropolis he had held the chair of Logic since the year 1836; and his Lectures, which will now doubtless be published, have given an impulse to metaphysical studies which cannot be confined to Scotland. In the "Athenæum" of May 3 is an account of an interesting discovery made at Jerusalem by Mr. Douglas and his friends. About 150 yards eastward of the Damascus Gate, and outside the city, they were guided by an Arab to an opening in the side of the valley, not much larger than the burrow of some wild animal. On entering, they found themselves in a succession of enormous vaults, which, from the chips and squared blocks of stone still remaining, as well as from the markings on the sides, were evidently ancient quarries. Some of the blocks, partly dressed, corresponded to the stones, so remarkable for their size, built into the south-east corner of the wall of Jerusalem; and so enormous were the excavations, that Mr. D. says, they may have "yielded stones enough to build, not only the Temple, but the whole of Jerusalem." The condition of the remaining blocks also illustrates the statement in 1 Kings, that "there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." INDEX. Aboo-Simbel, temple of, illustrations from, Achromatic lenses, 100. Adelsburg, cavern of, 269; lines on, 356, Aerolites. See Meteoric stones. Alexander, Dr. of New York, Good, Better, Alpine gentian, the, 213, 214. Amphiuma of Carolina, 209. Anak, children of, presumed representa- Animal power, 146. Aqueous humours of the eye, 95. Assimilation of food, 288. Association of young men, an address to, Assur-bani-pal, his lion-hunts, as depicted on Assyrian sculptures, 411-414; clay Audubon, Mr., on the extraordinary flocks Austria and Rome, concordat between, 67. Babel, Tower of. See Borsippa. Beaumont, Ren, Joseph, M.D., Life of, 359. Belshazzar, occurrence of his name on an Bible, the best guide in common life, 416. Biography: Amos Lawrence, 11; Fra Blind, general cheerfulness of the, 106. Bonar, Rev. Andrew, Visitor's Book of Borsippa, conjectured to be the Tower of Boston, effect produced by his devotional Capucin pigeon, 295. Carburetted hydrogen, 173, 174. Carrier pigeon, 296. Carrioles, travelling in, in Norway, 217, 218. Challis, Alderman, the foundation-stone Charles, Mr. C. M., Alfieri; his Life, Ad- Chaucer, last verses of, written on his Chemical equivalents, law of, 150, 151. Chimpanzee, the, in its native state, 25; Christian character, formation of, 7-10. Christianja, arrival at, 356; description of, 392; its Museum of Natural History Chromatic aberration, 100. Classics, what is implied by the term, 400; Columbida. See Pigeons. Conder, Mr. Josiah, death of, 143, 144. Copenhagen, desolate aspect of, when Cowper's letters, 157; his religious poetry, Crocodile, the, structure of, 361, 362. Davy, Sir Humphry, experiments by, on Devotional writers, 86-93, 151-160; a trea- Doddridge's Rise and Progress, as a guide Dog, the, use of, in various countries, 205; its attachment to man, 205, 206; con- Douglas, Mr., interesting discovery by, Douglas, Mr., of Cavers, Passing Thoughts, Dress, hints on, 273–280. Drew, Mr., Scripture Studies, 70. Dutch, their industry in reclaiming land Early trouble, 141. Earth, experiments on the density of the, Edinburgh Speculative Society, eminent Eels, curious instance of their instinct, Egypt; its architecture, sculpture, and Egyptian art, design of, 80, 81; conven- tionalities in sculpture and colour, 81-85. Eider-ducks, islands of, 181. Electricity, mechanical force of, 149, 150; Ellesmere, Earl of, The Pilgrimage and Elsineur, visit to, 397. English Classics, 400-407. English school of painting, 108, 109. Ethics: Hints on dress, 273. European sovereigns, visits of, to England, Evening Hymn, history and versions of the, "Excelsior" literature, 71. Explosions in coal-mines, cause of, 173. Eye-ball, or globe, 94. Faber, Rev. G. S., monument erected to Fancy pigeons, 295, 296. Fernfoot, or Heart Portraits, 359. Fine Arts: Egyptian architecture, sculp- Fire-balls, 342-344. Fisheries of Britain, their importance, 191; species forming the objects of, ib.; Fishes, the lowest class of the vertebrate INDEX. eyes, 125, 126; their air-bladder, 126, Flowers from many Lands, 144. Food, how long man may exist without, Franklin, Sir John, confirmation of his French and Sardinian soldiery, circulation Fugitive Slave-Law, effects of the, 41. Gas, various kinds of, 173-176. Gatty, Mrs., Parables from Nature, 71; German lays, 58-63, 140, 141. Glommen, the, 352, 353. "Gloria in excelsis," Greek, Latin, and Gorilla, troglodytes, description of, 27. Great Pictures, Notes on: Joshua Rey- Hackled pigeon, 299. Hamilton, Sir William, death of, 421, 422. Heat, mechanical value of, produced by Hellbender, 269. Herbert, George, his Poems, 69. Herder, John G. von, his birth and educa- tion, 61; his parables, 61-64. Hill, Mr., John Sadleir, M.P., A History Hints on the Culture of Character, 70. Home, Sir Everard, on the nature of the Hunger and thirst, sensations of, 258. 425 Kent, East Indiaman, burning of the, 129; Khalah-Shergat believed to be one of the Kiöbnhavn, or Merchants' Haven, 397. Kronborg, castle of, view from the sum- Krummacher, parables of, 280-285. Lamb, Charles, confessions by, 373, 374. Latimer and Ridley, burning of, observa- Latin literature, 403. Lawrence, Abbott, his liberality to Har- Lawrence, Amos, his birth and parentage, Lenses, chromatic and achromatic, 99. Life, speculations on the nature of, 302- Life in death, 282, 283. Linden groves, leaves from the, 58-60, Lion-hunts in ancient Assyria, 408-415. Loftus, Mr., Assyrian sculptures recently Luxor, propylon of the temple of, 78. |