freedom France enjoys now to favor this tendency and increase these dispositions. The Eastern Studies, (Etudes Orientales,) by A. Frank, is among the most commendable works recently published on that kind of literature which we have pointed out as now attracting the attention of the French. It is made up of several articles published in newspapers and reviews, and contains, first, a reduced and revised extract of the course of natural right as it existed in olden times in India, Egypt, Persia, Judea, and China; second, a work upon the philosophical and religious doctrines of ancient Persia; third, a memoir on the political and religious state of Judea in the latter years of her nationality, and some other miscellaneous pieces. Of course the subjects treated by Mr. Frank could not fail to elicit criticism, as all works of real merit generally do, and more especially those relating to religious topics. Among other reproaches he is accused of having sacrificed the historical and scientific part of his writings to his peculiar predispositions for that spiritual philosophy which reckons Cousin among its apostles. Be this accusation either founded or unfounded, the Studies of Mr. Frank will always be perused by all the lovers of Oriental literature as an honest and conscientious work. The passage concerning the Jewish nation and the Hebrew philosophers Maimonides and Avicebron, cannot fail to be read with a lively interest by theologians and all the lovers of Jewish literature. The position Mr. A. Frank occupies in France is in itself a guarantee of the intrinsic merit of this work. Born of Jewish parents, he devoted himself from his youth to the study of philosophy, which he first taught in Province, and afterward in Paris in the year 1840. After having occupied a chair in the College of Charlemagne he was elected professor at the Sorbonne, where he delivered a course of lectures on social philosophy in the year 1847. About that time he was elected member of the Academy of Social and Political Science. In 1854 he was nominated by the Emperor Napoleon III. to the place of professor of natural right among the Eastern nations of olden times, which he still retains. To a list of works of the same kind we must add the Principes élémentaires des Textes Assyriens, by J. Ménant, a French Orientalist of great distinction, noted for his researches in philology. His great object in this work is to explain some of the laws of the Assyrian language, which, he says, must be better known than they are, to take a rank in positive philology, and be accepted without suspicion or contest. The persons who will read Mr. Ménant's book will soon be convinced that, with the investigator as he, that language will assistance of so patient and learned an soon lose much of its mystery, and be as easy to us as that of which Champollion has given us the key. Euvres et Correspondance inédites de J. J. Rousseau. Published by S. Mou ton. People acquainted with the vast influence exercised by J. J. Rousseau in the latter part of the last century, will not be surprised at the curiosity manifested at the announcement of the publication of his unpublished works. More than any other man of the last century, Rousseau has had the privilege of retaining his prestige among the following generations, and of exciting upon the mind of posterity that sort of attraction that eccentric genius is wont to exercise upon the multitude. To this, more than to the intrinsic merit of the book, "is the success which has attended Mr. Moulton's publication due; for nothing in the unpublished work of that unfortunate great man seems to us calculated to increase the knowledge we possess of his character or of his talents; no composition appears to us superior to those already known and published. In this work Rousseau shows himself, as he always did, as a writer uniting strong reasoning powers with impracticable views; as a mind in which sensible opinions and chimerical ideas are strangely blended. Let us take, for instance, the Constitution which, in imitation of Locke the English philosopher, who prepared a Constitution for the inhabitants of South Carolina, Rousseau wrote for the Corsicans, and we shall find in it the same want of practical knowledge of men and things, the same whimsical opinions and sentiments as those we find in his illustrious predecessor. Few subjects afford as much interest to Frenchmen as those which relate to the period of their first republic, and to the great men who have illustrated it. Among the latter few held a higher rank | The faithful companion of his father, than Carnot, whose Memoirs by his Son have lately appeared. It was he who planned the battles of the first republic; he who contributed for a large part in repelling the twelve armies which the European coalition had thrown on the French frontier; he who, by his energy and the spirit which he succeeded in infusing into the hearts of his soldiers, precipitated them upon their enemy, and made the French flag float over all the capitals of Europe. But what is still more to be praised in him is, that, aside | from his highest intellectual gifts, he possessed an uprightness and simplicity of character which remind us of Plutarch's heroes. During all his life he remained an unwavering friend of the republic he contributed so much to illustrate; and such was his fidelity to it that he opposed the advent of Napoleon the First to power, a course for which he was sent into exile. His son, to whom we owe his Memoirs, is himself a man of character and talent. whom he accompanied in his exile, no sooner has he returned to France than he joins the partisans of the liberal press which from 1823 to 1829 contributed so much to the overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty. After the revolution of 1830 he takes an active part in politics, and is sent to the Chamber of Deputies in 1839. Member of the opposition, and most zealous advocate of reforms which, from his good sense, he judged necessary to the very existence of the dynasty of Orleans, the revolution of 1848 took him by surprise, as it did almost every man in France and Europe. Nevertheless he gave it his whole support, in consequence of which he was elected minister of public instruction in 1848, then member of the legislative assembly in 1850. Since the coup d'etat of December 2 Mr. Carnot, Jun., has withdrawn from political life and devoted himself exclusively to literary labors. He is now working at a publication upon Germany, which will soon appear. ART. X.-SYNOPSIS OF THE QUARTERLIES, AND OTHERS OF THE HIGHER PERIODICALS. American Quarterly Reviews. AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. The Homeric Doctrine of the Gods. 2. The Life and Character of Emmons. 3. The Will in its Normal and Abnormal States. 4. The Constitutionality of the Sunday Laws: Judge Allen's Opinion. 5. The Moral Aspects of the Present Struggle. 6. The Calvinism of the Church of England. BIBLICAL REPERTORY AND PRINCETON REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Dr. Hickok's New and Revised Edition of Rational Psychology. 2. American Nationality. 3. Some late Developments of American Rationalism. 4. A Practical View of Infant Baptism. 5. Van der Palm. 6. The Natural Grounds of Civil Authority. BIBLIOTHECA SACRA AND BIBLICAL REPOSITORY, October, 1861.-1. A Sketch of Hindu Philosophy. 2. Theories of Messianic Prophecy. 3. A Review of some Points in Bopp's Comparative Grammar. 4. Jonathan Edwards, his Character, Teaching, and Influence. 5. On the Reading "Only-Begotten God," in John i, 18; with Particular Reference to the Statements of Dr. Tregelles. BROWNSON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Various Objections Answered. 2. The Philosophy of Religion. 3. Reading and Study of the Scriptures. 4. Slavery and the War. CHRISTIAN REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Müller's Life of Trust. 2. The Vital Forces of the Age. 3. Contents of the Epistle to the Galatians. 4. Esthetics. 5. Introduction to the Epistle of Jude. 6. Christianity and War. 7. Illustrations of Saxon-English Poetry. 8. Ralph Waldo Emerson and his Writings. DANVILLE QUARTERLY REVIEW, September, 1861.-1. The New Gospel of Rationalism. 2. Imputation. Part I. 3. The Conducting of Public and Social Prayer. 4. The Death and Burial of Moses. 5. Design of the Sacraments. 6. Greek Plastic Art. 7. The Late General Assembly. Church and State. EVANGELICAL REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. State of the Country-Question at Issue. 2. The Two Records of Creation; or, the Bible and Geology. 3. The Ministerial Office. 4. A Bible Glossary. 5. Exposition of Matt. xix, 24. 6. Theses upon the Church. 7. The Nature of Ordination. 8. Hymn from the German. FREEWILL BAPTIST QUARTERLY, October, 1861.-1. The United Netherlands. 2. The Phases of Modern Unbelief. 3. Slavery and Ancient Rome. 4. The Voice of Blood. 5. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; or, the Doctrine of the Trinity. 6. Bible Finance. 7. Ministerial Qualifications. 8. Captain Jotham Parsons. MERCERSBURG REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. The True Conception of Christianity. 2. The Prophets of the Old Testament. 3. Table Movings and Spirit Rappings. 4. Notes on the Agamemnon of Eschylus. 5. Mohammedanism in its Relation to Christianity. 6. The Coming of Christ. 7. Catechisms. 8. Humility the Basis of Moral Greatness. NEW ENGLANDER, October, 1861.-1. Sketch of the Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti. 2. The Problem of Inspiration. 3. African Civilization and the Cotton Trade. 4. The Marble Faun; an Allegory, with a Key to its Interpretation. 5. Guizot's General History of Civilization. 6. The Recreations of a Country Parson. 7. The Lessons of our National Conflict. 8. Soule and Wheeler's Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling. 9. Address at the Funeral of Eli Ives, M.D. NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Charles Albert. 2. Law a Perfectible Science. 3. The Ansaireeh of Syria. 4. Modern Theoretical Astronomy. 5. De Tocqueville on the French Revolution. 6. Lord Macaulay as an Historian. 7. St. Anthony. 8. Habeas Corpus and Martial Law. 9. Buckle's History of Civilization in England. PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. The Nature and Destiny of the English Language. 2. Reform in England after the Death of Wiclif. 3. Melchizedek. 4. The Divine Humanity of Christ. 5. The Intermediate State. 6. Reminiscences of the Rev. Joseph Addison Alexander, D.D., as a Companion in Travel. 7. Phoenicia and Carthage. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Sabbathschools: their Origin and Progress. 2. Exposition of Psalm xvi, 8–11. 3. History of the Synod of Dort. 4. Entomology. 5. Turretin on Calling. 6. Antagonism essential to Development. 7. Luther and His Times. UNIVERSALIST QUARTERLY AND GENERAL REVIEW, October, 1861.1. The Religion of Zoroaster. 2. Difficulties surrounding the Doctrine of the Resurrection. 3. The Promise to Abraham. 4. Christianity and the War. 5. Poetry in Prose. 6. A Summary of the Early Conflicts of Christianity with Heathenism. 7. The Unity of the Race a Bond of Sympathy. English Reviews. BRITISH AND FOREIGN EVANGELICAL REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. The recent Introductions to the Old Testament. 2. Protestantism in Southern France. 3. History of Civilization in England. 4. The Conditions of Ecclesiastical Union. 5. The Practical Application of Calvinism. 6. Recent Geological Speculations regarding the Antiquity of Man. 7. Lechler on the Church Theories of the Early Reformers. 8. Phases of the Atonement-Controversy in England. BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Professor Edward Forbes. 2. Old Iceland-The Burnt Njal. 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 4. Discoveries-New and Old. 5. Christianity and the Two Civilizations. 6. Bacon and his Critics. 7. Steam Husbandry. 8. Our Relations with America. 9. Individual Liberty and Social Right. CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, October, 1861.-1. The Discipline of the Clergy. 2. The Sibylline Oracles. 3. The Eighteenth Century: Burke and Washington. 4. Life and Letters of John Angell James. 5. Character and Conduct of Henry VIII. 6. Mountains and Climbers. 7. The Sephardim. 8. Studies of the Western Church, 1815-1861. 9. The Churches of the British Confession. 10. Beresford Hope on the Modern English Cathedral. LONDON REVIEW, (WESLEYAN,) October, 1861.-1. Religious and Political Centralization in France. 2. American Poets. 3. Du Chaillu's Explorations. 4. Social Legislation under the Tudors. 5. Professor Edward Forbes. 6. Frederick W. Robertson's Sermons. 7. The Bible in South India. 8. Angell James and William Jay. 9. The American Crisis. LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Life of Shelley. 2. Life, Enterprise, and Peril in Coal-Mines. 3. The Immutability of Nature. 4. Newton as a Scientific Discoverer. 5. The Growth of English Poetry. 6. Plutarch. 7. Education of the Poor. 8. Alexis de Tocqueville. 9. Church-rates. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, October, 1861.-1. Democracy Teaching by Example. 2. Meditations on Dyspepsia. No. II. The Cure. 3. Chronicles of Carlingford: The Doctor's Family. No. I. 4. The Book-Hunter's Club. 5. Social Science. 6. What seems to be Happening just now with the Pope. 7. Among the Lochs. 8. Captain Clutterbuck's Champagne. A West Indian Reminiscence. Part I. November.-1. Chronicles of Carlingford: The Doctor's Family. No. II. 2. How the World Treats Discoverers. 3. Captain Clutterbuck's Champagne. A West Indian Reminiscence. Part II. 4. Mr. Buckle's Scientific Errors. 5. Sir Cresswell Cresswell. 6. The Stage of Weimar. 7. The Inland Sea of Japan. 8. The Cramming System. 9. M. Ernest Renan. 10. The Recantation. 11. The Search. 12. The Late Earl of Eglinton.. ECLECTIC REVIEW, September, 1861.-1. Richard Baxter. 2. Plato and his Republic. 3. Thomas Carlyle on Modern Sociology. 4. Whittier's Poems. 5. History of Nonconformity in Wales.- -October.-1. Christmas Evans. 2. The Fine Arts in Italy considered in Relation to Religion. 3. The Philosophy of the Infinite: Dr. Mansel and Mr. Calder wood. 4. Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations." 5. Popular Education: the New Minute.- -November.-1. Alfred Vaughan. 2. Monkery. 3. Edwin of Deira and Tannhäuser. 4. Literary-Bubble Blowing in the Seventeenth Century. 5. Robert Robinson, of Cambridge. 6. Samson. 7. After Icebergs. 8. Crotchety Christians. FOURTH SERIES, VOL. XIV.-11 NATIONAL REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Principle and No-Principle in Foreign Policy. 2. Medieval English Literature: Piers Ploughman. 3. The Great Arabian. 4. British Columbia. 5. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Elsie Venner. 6. The Science of Language. 7. Street Ballads. 8. Tracts for Priests and People. 9. Is Cotton King? 10. The American Constitution at the Present Crisis. NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, November, 1861.-1. Pascal as a Christian Philosopher. 2. What is Money? 3. Plato and Christianity. 4. Spain. 5. Poets and Poetry of Young Ireland. 6. Edmund Burke; his Life and Genius. 7. Scottish Humor. 8. Comets. 9. Mr. Mill on Representative Government. WESTMINSTER REVIEW, October, 1861.-1. Mr. Goldwin Smith on the Study of History. 2. Biography, Past and Present. 3. A Visit to the Mormons. 4. Count Cavour. 5. The Apocalypse. 6. The Rival American Confederacics. 7. Trades' Unions. French Reviews. REVUE DES DEUX MONDES, Octobre 1, 1861.-1. L'Histoire de la Campagne de 1815 d'Après de Nouveaux Documens. IV. L'Abdication. 2. Royer-Collard Orateur et Politique. 3. Une Caravane Française en Egypte au Printemps de 1860. L'Isthme de Suez et le Sinaï. 4. Le fou Yégof, Episode de l'Invasion. 5. Economie Rurale de la Belgique. III. Le Condrozet L'Ardenne. 6. Un Jeune Ecrivain de Notre Temps. Henry Murger et ses Œuvres. 7. Un Réformateur Américain. Théodore Parker et ses Ecrits.- Octobre 15.-1. De l'Esprit de Réaction. RoyerCollard et Tocqueville. 2. Murillo et l'Andalousie. 3. Le Gardian de la Camargue, Scènes et Souvenirs des Maremmes du Rhone. 4. Romanciers et Ecrivains Contemporains. Mme. Ch. Reybaud. 5. Des Agens de la Production Agricole. Le Drainage et le Colmatage. 6. Les Arts Décoratifs en Orient et en France. Les Gobelins. 7. Un Voyageur Allemand dans l'Autriche Orientale. 8. Le Libéralisme Catholique et M. de Montalembert.-Novembre 1.-1. Le Drac. 2. L'Ile Maurice et la Société Mauricienne. 3. La Politique du Libre Echange II. Le Régime Economique de la France Depuis 1789. L. La Révolution et L'Empire. 4. Deux Elégies Polonaises. 5. Les Causes et les Caractères de la Guerre Civile aux Etats-Unis. 6. De Lunatico: Scènes de la vie Anglaise. 8. Du Gouvernement Représentatif a propos d'un Livre Récent de M. Stuart Mill. 8. L'Ile de Chypre, Souvenirs d'une Mission Scientifique. The Réformateur Américain of this number is Theodore Parker. The article is a very interesting indorsement of Parker as a philosopher, theologian, and especially as an antislavery man-an abolitionist. It gives in very full detail the opposition which Parker encountered from the mob, the authorities, and a large share of Churchdom in Boston. It concludes that Parker has demonstrated the separability of earnest religious sentiment from a system of dogmas, and the self-sustaining power of the former. The writer, Albert Réville, is, we believe, a rationalistic Protestant clergyman. The article on our civil war is as sound and as favorable to the north and to the cause of freedom as any republican could ask. |