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The Baptists In America. By the Rev. F. A. Cox, D.D., LL.D., 

 and the Rev. J. Hoby, D. D. T. Ward and Co. 

 This volume consists of a narrative of what came under the observation 

 •of Drs. Cox and Hoby in the course of their visit last year to the United 

 States and the Canadas, They paid that visit not in their individual cha- 

 racters, but as a deputation from the Baptist Union in England. The prin- 

 cipal object in view in appointing the deputation was to obtain information 

 respecting the state of the Baptist churches on the other side of the Atlantic, 

 and to hold a representative conference with them. The iiiformatioh which the 

 authors obtained respecting the state of the Baptist denomination in America 

 is both ample and interesting. It is also, we may add, of a most gratifying 

 nature. The transatlantic churches in the Baptist connection are, in the 

 great majority of cases, in a most flourishing condition. The number of 

 persons who belong to that body is not only greater than that of any other 

 denomination of Christians, but their churches are distinguished for the high 

 standard of piety which exists among them, and for their great and unwearied 

 zeal in the extension of the blessings of the gospel to those who have never 

 heard the joyful sound. But the volume is also valuable for the information 

 it furnishes regarding the condition of other religious denominations. It is 

 well written, and will meet a cordial reception wherever it finds its way. It 

 is illustrated with several well executed engravings. The statistical parts of 

 the volume are particularly valuable. 



The Popular Encyclopaedia. Part VII. Glasgow. Blackie and Son. 

 This excellent work proceeds with its wonted regularity. It is got up with 

 great neatness and care, and, when completed, will be one of the most 

 popular works of the kind with which we are acquainted. 



The History of Brazil, from the Period of the Arrival of the Bra- 

 ganza Family, in 1808, to the Abdication of Don Pedro in 1831. 

 By John Armitage, Esq. In Two volumes. Smith, Elder. & Co. 

 It is singular, as the Author justly remarks in his Preface, that, notwith- 

 standing the extent of our commercial transactions with the Brazils, we 

 scarcely know any thing of that part of South America. This, we believe, 

 is the first work, deserving the name of history, which has appeared regard- 

 ing it. These volumes are written in a plain pains-taking manner. They 

 contain a great deal of useful information respecting that interesting section 

 of the new world. 



CAMDEN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. 



Two Lectures have been delivered during the present month at this 

 Institution by Henry Davis, Esq., of the London University, upon 

 " The Physical Geography of England, with its relations to Canal 

 and Railroad levels '' 



At the present moment, when the attention of a large proportion of the 

 raonied and commercial interest of Great Britain is directed to the] proposed 

 communication between the large towns of the kingdom by means of rail- 

 roads, — when a great number of individuals are eagerly hazarding their all in 

 railroad speculations, without the means of distinguishing between the 

 genuine undertaking of honest enterprise and the seductive promises of selfish 

 and unprincipled adventurers, — lectures which tend to increase the public in- 

 formation upon the nature of the soil of England and the facilities and ob- 

 stacles to be met with in working it, are ia the highest degree interesting and 

 valuable to the public. 



With the laudable design of placing these views in the clearest light, of 



