THE

SOUTHERN REVIEW,

VOL. IX.---No. 17.

A. T. BLEDSOE, LL. D., EDITOR.

JANUARY, 1871.

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BALTIMORE:

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1871.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by ALBERT TAYLOR BLEDSOE, LL. D.

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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CONTENTS OF No. XVII.

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I. THE SUFFERINGS AND THE SALVATION OF INFANTS.

1. History of Doctrines. By K. R. Hagenbach,
Dr. and Professor of Theology in the University of
Basle. In two volumes. Edinburgh: T. & T.
Clarke, George street. 1846.

2. Lectures on Christian Theology. By George
Christian Knapp. Translated by Leonard Woods,
Jr. In two volumes. New York: G. & C. & H.
Carvill, No. 108 Broadway. 1831

3. An Expositioh of the Thirty-Nine Articles, Historical and Doctrinal. By Edward Harold Browne, D. D., Lord Bishop of Ely. First American for the Fifth English Edition. Edited with notes, by J. Williams, D. D., Bishop of Connecticut. New York: H. B. Durand, 49 White street. 1865.

4. An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. By Gilbert, Bishop of Sarum. A new Edition. London: T. T. & J. Tegg, 73 Cheapside. 1833.

5. The History of Baptism. By William Wall, M. A. In four volumes. Oxford: The Univer sity Press. 1844.

II. PATHETIC POETRY.

1. Revue Contemporaine. Paris, Nov. 15th, 1869. Art. Sainte Reuve.'

2. Folk Songs. Edited by J. W. Palmer. New York, 1861.

3. Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric.

1. Voyage a Madagascar et aux Iles Comares. par B. F. Leguéval de Lacombe. Paris. 1840.

2. The Martyr Church: a narration of the Introduction, Progress, and Triumph of Christianity in Madagascar. By the Rev. William Ellis. London, 1870.

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3. Madagascar and its People. Notes of a few years' residence. With a Sketch of the History, Position, and Prospects of Mission Work amongst the Malagasy. By James Sibree, Jr. Religious Tract Society. 1870.*

4. Relation d'un voyage à Tananarivo, à l'époque du couronnement de Redama II. par Le T. R. P. Jouen. Préfet Apostolique de Madrgascar. Paris.

1864.

IV. NEW ENGLAND AND SECESSION.

1. Life of William Plumer. By his son, William Plumer, Jr. Edited, with a sketch of the author's life, by A. P. Peabody. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. Claremont: Alvin Renney.

1857.

2. Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts. By his son, Edmund Quincy. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1867.

1. Commentaries on the Law of Marriage, Divorce, and Separation without Divorce. By John Prentice Bishop. In two volumes. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 1867.

VI. AMERICAN EDUCATION.

1. American Education, its Principles and Elements. By Edward D. Mansfield; author of the Political Grammar, etc., etc. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 1851.

VII. THE REVIEWERS REVIEWED.

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1. The Southern Presbyterian Review, for April, 1855. Art. IV., Bledsoe's Theodicy.

2. The Southern Presbyterian Review, for April, 1856. Art., The Theology of Dr. Bledsoe.

VIII. THE BEAUTY OF THE UNIVERSE. A Poem.

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IX. NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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THE SOUTHERN REVIEW.

No. XVII.

JANUARY, 1871.

ART. I.-1. History of Doctrines. By K. R. Hagenbach, Dr. and Professor of Theology in the University of Basle. In two volumes. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clarke, George street. 1846.

2. Lectures on Christian Theology. By George Christian Knapp. Translated by Leonard Woods, Jr. In two volumes. New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, No. 108 Broadway. 1831. 3. An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles, Historical and Doctrinal. By Edward Harold Browne, D. D., Lord Bishop of Ely. First American for the Fifth English Edition. Edited with notes, by J. Williams, D. D., Bishop of Connecticut. New York: H. B. Durand, 49 White street. 1865.

4. An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. By Gilbert, Bishop of Sarum. A new Edition. London: T. T. & J. Tegg, 73 Cheapside. 1833.

5. The History of Baptism. By William_Wall, M. A. In four volumes. Oxford: The University Press. 1844.

Few things have ever caused us more grief, or trouble of mind, than the discovery that the Protestant Episcopal Church of this country, as well as the Church of England, dooms every