822. 
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Leviticus, chap. xvi.) at the feast of atone- 
ment is “ a typical emblem of the death of 
our Saviour for our sins, and his resurrec- 
tion for our justification.” The sabbatical 
orevery seventh year (which among tie 
Jews was observed throughout by the same 
ordinances as the sabbath day in other 
years) is said to be “ an emblem or type 
of that spiritual rest which Jesus Christ 
has promised to all who will come unto 
him.” We certainly need not caution 
such of our readers as may peruse this 
book, to obtain a clear and concise accouiit 
of Hebrew rites and ceremonies, from 
placing much confidence in the “ emblema- 
tic” opinions of our author, which are so 
truly forced and improbable, that no one 
possessed of an ordiuary portion of com- 
mon sense can for an instant entertain the 
slightest belief in their truth. There are 
several tolerable wood-cuts, which we be- 
lieve are copied from “ Calmet’s ay 
ments.” 
A very pleasing account of the peculiar 
manners and customs of the Turkish nation 
will be found in six neat volumes of The 
World in Miniature; appropriated to the 
description of that country. This work is 
divested of all cumbrous details, and pre- 
sents, in a compendious form, the distin- 
guishing features of the Ottoman empire, 
which are exhibited ina striking and pic- 
turesque point of view. The distribution 
of the subject embraces a short history of 
the successive sultans; a description of 
the court, and the interior of the seraglio ; 
of the government, and the different 
officers, civil and military ; the ceremonies 
of the Mahomedan religion aud laws ; and 
finally the costumes, arts, trades and other 
particulars. These topics are illustrated 
and embellished hy a profusion of coloured 
plates, conveying a characteristic and 
lively idea of the people they pourtray. 
This publication is in every respect well 
executed, and appears in so agreeable and 
ornamental a shape, that it cannot fil to 
prove acceptable, especially to the younger 
class of readers. 
The couversion of the daughters of Mr. 
Loveday, in Paris, to the Catholic faith, 
whilst under the tuition of a French gover- 
ness, has made a considerable impression 
both here and abroad; not occasioned so 
much by the change of oue religious belief 
for another, as by the unfair and treach- 
erous means resorted to, and the difficulty 
thrown by the Freuch authorities in the 
way of redress. One fiction made use of to 
influence the imaginations of the young 
devotees was, The Legend of the Miracu- 
fous Host, the force of which may now be 
generally appreciated, it having been 
translated into English, and published by 
Mr. Hone, with several marvellously ex- 
pressive wood cuts from the hand of Ar. 
Critical Netices of Books of the Month. 
67 
Cruickshank, It is a very reverend legend 
and speaks abundantly for itself. Within 
the walls of a convent, and.covered with 
the dust of five hundred years, it no doubt 
produced great eifects; but in its modern- 
ized dress, we fear that a protestant nation 
will think of it with scorn. Appended to 
the priucipal subject is an extract from the 
works of Father Pinamonti, a Jesuit, con- 
taining a most elaborate and highly finish- 
ed picture of the infernal regions, coloured 
with a vividness beyond which not even 
methodism itself can go. Viewing this 
pamphlet as a means of exposing silly su- 
perstition, avd repressing that fanaticism 
which is again endeavouring to raise its 
head in France, we think it is seasonably 
applied; and we are persuaded that this 
is its true aim, without any intention on 
the part of the pubjisher to bring unmerit- 
ed odium upon any sect or country. 
The Weald of Sussex, by Miss E. 
HITCHENER, is a production replete with 
descriptive and ethic passages of beau- 
ty. Though it may be more particu- 
larly pleasing to those intimately acquaint- 
ed with the highly picturesque landscape 
which forms its ostensible subject, its at- 
tractions are by no means confined to these 
_inspired by a mere local interest. 
To those who are familiar with that sin- 
gularly happy and facetious production, 
“The Pleader’s Guide,” an attempt to suc- 
ceed in the same style. of writing must ap- 
pear toargue more boldness than prudence 
in the author. “ A Gentleman of Gray’s 
Inn,” however, has not been deterred by 
these considerations from offering to the 
public Zhe Conreyancer’s Guide, a Poem, 
in two books, describing Estates as they 
relate to Conveyances, and Conveyancesas 
they relate to Estates. . To assert that this 
jeu d’esprit is a complete failure, would 
be passing too severe a judgment, but cer- 
tainly it displays no superabuncance of 
wit. It requires something more than 
versifying a canto of legal rules and max- 
ims, to make a perfcrmance of this kind 
amusing. The keen perception of humour 
which Anstey possessed pervades his 
whole work, but in the present volume it 
is difficult to find any traces of such a qua- 
lity. The preface, which is a sort of play- 
ful extenuaticn of the author's aitempt, is 
better executed than the work itself. The 
notes, though they may possibly prove of 
some utility to the unfledged lawyer, are, 
for the most part, sufficiently dull. 
There is no complaint more frequent 
amongst the writers of America, than the 
injustice and incorrectness which our 
English travellers have displuyed inthe de- 
lineations of their manners and institutions. 
This is not, indeed, altogether an imaginary 
grievance, "and it was, therefore, with great 
pleasure that we perused a lees bal phar’ 
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