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title of The Eighteen Christian Centuries, is not, as many- 

 might suppose from its title, a History of the Church 

 during those centuries, but it is the secular or social his- 

 tory of that period, as influenced by Christianity or viewed 

 with reference to Christian influences. It is the story of 

 the world's progress — sometimes of the world's backsliding 

 — since the Gospel was first preached to man, told in a 

 way to interest and amuse the reader, however little ac- 

 customed he may be to historical studies, and so told as 

 to leave upon his mind a well-defined notion of the more 

 striking incidents of that eventful period. 



After a lapse of thirty years, a new edition of Early 

 English Prose Romances, with Bibliographical and His- 

 torical Introductions, by William J. Thoms, has been called 

 for. The Editor speaks in his Introduction of his satis- 

 faction at finding " the opinion which he held in 1827, 

 as to the rarity and intrinsic curiosity of these specimens 

 of our Early Popular Literature, thus borne out;" 

 and we can well understand how the disappointment 

 which he formerly experienced at not being encouraged 

 to continue the work according to his original views, has 

 been alleviated by the call for this new edition. The 

 Romances are precisely the same as were contained in 

 the original three volumes ; but the Introductions have 

 been corrected and enlarged. They might very easily 

 have been extended to twice their present length, but 

 Mr. Thoms has given such references to authorities as 

 will enable any one desirous of more fully investigating 

 tlie literature of the several Romances to do so, in pre- 

 ference to converting his introductory Sketches into 

 elaborate Histories. 



.The Editor of the Quarterly Review adheres steadily to 

 the plan which has been found so successful in the man- 

 agement of that journal — the making it fully as amusing 

 as it is instructive. In the number just issued the more 

 grave and solid articles are but two in number, viz. one 

 on The Future 3Ianagement of our Indian Empire, and a 

 very important one on Church Extension. We have then 

 three in which scientific research ia converted into popular 

 information ; namely, one on the Difficulties of Railway 

 Engineering ; a second, of very considerable interest, on 

 The Sense of Pain in Man and Animals; the third being 

 Woolwich Arsenal and its Manufacturing Establishments. 

 The lighter articles are one on The Historic Peerage of 

 England, being a review of Mr. Courthope's useful volume, 

 which is so designated ; the second is JViltshire, one of the 

 pleasant, chatty topographical articles of which North- 

 ampton and Ketit furnished such good examples ; and 

 lastly, an interesting biographical sketch of Tobias Smollett. 



The mention of Smollett naturally reminds one of 

 Fielding ; and such of our readers as have not seen it will 

 be glad to have their attention called to Mr. Keightley's 

 interesting Sketch of Fielding, of which the first portion 

 is printed in Frazer's Magazine for the present month. 



Books Received. — Critical and Miscellaneous Essays 

 collected and republished by Thomas Carlyle. The fourth 

 and last volume of these thoughtful Essays contains, in 

 addition to many other interesting papers, Mr. Carlyle's 

 history of The Diamond Necklace. 



Pilgrimages in Paris, by Miss Pardoe : a collection of 

 pleasant sketches of the gay metropolis of La belle France. 



Antenna; Poemf hy Llewellyn jewitt. This volume of 

 graceful little poems is introduced by a Dedication, which 

 speaks much for the affectionate spirit of the writer. 



An Accmint of Church Bells, with some Notices of Wilt- 

 shire Bells and Bell Founders, by Rev. AV. C. Lukes. This 

 is an amplification of a paper which we remember with 

 much pleasure to have heard the author read at the General 

 Meeting of the Wiltshire Archsoological Society in 1854. 



A Charge delivered at the Triennial Visitation of the 

 Diocese, Nov. 1857. By Samuel, Lord Bishop of Oxford. 



The English Bible containing the Old and New Testa- 

 ment according to the Authorized Version, newly divided 

 info Paragraphs. Part XII. The Acts. 



The Eucharistical Adoration, By the Rev. John 

 Keble, M. A. 



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 considerabh interest, among which toe may mention Mr. Durrant Cooper 

 on Army of William III,, Difficulties of Chaucer, No. 5., First Edition 

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