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MONTHLY REVIEW 01 LITERATL'RE. 



Extracts, Doctiinal, "Practical, and Devotional, from the Writings 

 of George Monro, M. A. By Joseph Fry. William Darton 

 and Son. 



Mr. Fry has done good service to the cause of pure and undefiled religion 

 by the publication of this little work. The truths which it contains are ap- 

 plicable to the circumstances of every genuine Christian. They are, as the 

 title-page mentions, doctrinal, practical, and devotional. Mr. Monro was 

 one of the many pious men whom the end of the seventeenth and beginning 

 of the eighteenth centuries produced. The extracts here given from his 

 works are pervaded throughout by a devotional warmth of spirit not often to 

 be met with. 



The Mascarenhas ; a Legend of the Portuguese in India. By the 

 Author of " The Prediction," &c. In 3 vols. Smith, Elder. 

 " Prediction" brought the author of the work before us favourably under 

 the notice of the public. The question of " The Mascarenhas" will become 

 equally popular. The scene is laid in India, and the scenes and incidents 

 will be chiefly interesting to the invalids who have been in the East. But 

 though, we fear, the choice of a subject will, in this instance, be against the 

 author, the work displays superior talent. It contains many striking inci- 

 dents, and is, in many parts. Written with considerable force. The grea 

 fault of the style is. that it is too much laboured. The consequence in some 

 cases is, that it has the appearance of affectation. 



Progressive Exercises in Writing German. By Wilhelm Klauer- 

 Klattowski, Author of the Grerman Manual for Self-Tuition, &c. 

 Simpkin and Marshall. 



Much as we have studied German, we have never before met with an 

 elementary work in this language in which the grammatical structure of its 

 sentences is explained in so novel, and at the same time so simple, clear, and 

 effective a manner, as has been done in the Introduction to these Exercises. 

 We therefore recommend this little work, not merely to the beginner, but also 

 to the more advanced student, and in particular if he intend making a Tour in 

 Germany, since the translation of these pleasant Exercises will enable him 

 to express himself with correctness and fluency. 



Ths Letters and Life of the Rev. Samuel Rutherford. Edited 

 by the Rev. Charles Thomson, Minister of the Scotch Church, 

 North Shields. In Two volumes. F. Baisler, Oxford Street. 



We gladly welcome the appearance of this edition of Mr. Rutherford's 

 Letters. It is by far the best that has yet been published. To say nothing 

 of the introduction, the foot-notes explanatorj- of the numerous Scotticisms 

 which occur in every nage are exceedingly valuable. To our eyes and ears 

 those Scotticisms are beautiful and expressive in no ordinary degree. Had 

 Mr. Thomson attempted to modernize the style of the Letters, he would have 

 deprived them of half their charms. The question if any age or country has 

 produced an individual in which there has been a more striking union of 

 profound learning with pure and fervent piety than there existed in the 

 person of Samuel Rutherford. Almost every one of his Letters contains a 

 body of evangelical religion in itself. We forget what divine it was who 

 said that the Letter to the Rev. John Meine (see page 149 of the first 

 first volume of the present edition) contained more divinity in it, though 

 only consisting of seventy or eighty lines, than an ordinary-sized volume. 

 We thank Mr. Thomson and Mr. Baisler for this edition of these invaluable 

 Letters, and strongly recommend the volumes to the religious public. 



