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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1862. 



settlement from the extraordinary beauty and 

 grace of its subject. 



Genealogy is akin to biography, and in this 

 field the contributions, though few, have been 

 of great importance. James Savage has com- 

 pleted during the year, by the publication 

 of the third and fourth volumes, his " Genea- 

 logical Dictionary of the First Settlers of Few- 

 England," a colossal undertaking, and one re- 

 quiring an amount of patient and persevering 

 labor for which few are competent. Mr. Wil- 

 liam H. Whitmore has also published in a 

 quarto volume, a "Handbook of American 

 Genealogy ; " and Mr. C. S. Sims has furnished 

 to the public an interesting treatise on the 

 origin and signification of Scotch surnames. 



The reprints in biography are not numerous. 

 The most remarkable are Mrs. Oliphant's "Life 

 of Edward Irving," a work of deep interest 

 both from the remarkable character of the sub- 

 ject, and the relations existing between him 

 and his biographer ; the " Life of Arthur Van- 

 deleur, Major Royal Artillery," by the author 

 of " Life of Oapt. Hedley Vicars," and " Louise 

 Juliane, Electress Palatine, and her Times," 

 by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett. 



In theological and religious literature, of 

 sixty-eight titles, just one half are reprints or 

 translations, though several of the works have 

 received valuable additions from their Amer- 

 ican editors. Of the American works, none 

 possess such extraordinary merit as to entitle 

 them to extended notice. Rev. Abel Stevens, 

 D.D., LL.D., published the 3d volume of his 

 " History of the Religious Movement of the 

 18th century, called Methodism ;" Rev. J. H. 

 Kurtz, D.D., an eminent Lutheran clergyman, 

 prepared a "Text-Book of Church History 

 from the Reformation to the Present Time ; " 

 Rev. J. S. 0. Abbott, a treatise on " Practical 

 Christianity," a continuation of his Young 

 Christian Series ; Rev. Hollis Read, a religious 

 writer of considerable reputation, a work on 

 the " Coming Crisis of the World, with an In- 

 troductory Note by S. H. Tyng, D.D. ;" Rev. 

 Joseph H. Allen, " Hebrew Men and Times ; 

 from the Patriarchs to the Messiah." " Solo- 

 mon's Son?, Translated and Explained," by Rev. 

 Leonard Withington, D.D., is a brief but ad- 

 mirable commentary, from the pen of a writer 

 who does not appear in print as often as the 

 public desire. Of volumes of sermons, dis- 

 courses, and public addresses published during 

 the year, the number is considerable. The last 

 collected volume of the sermons of the late 

 Rev. Dr. James W. Alexander, is a series of 

 discourses on Faith ; a series of Discourses on 

 Sacramental Occasions, delivered by the late 

 Rev. Ichabod T. Spencer, D.D., have been 

 published, with an introduction by the vene- 

 rable Dr. Gardner Spring; Rev. W. G. T. 

 Shedd, D.D., late professor at Andover, but 

 now colleague pastor of Dr. Spring, has pub- 

 lished a volume of " Discourses and Essays" of 

 great logical power and ability. Rt. Rev. C. 

 P. M'llvame, bishop of Ohio, defends, in a 



series of discourses, the doctrine of " Right- 

 eousness by Faith;" Rev. William R. Scott, late 

 of San Francisco, has given to the public a vol- 

 ume of sermons, under the somewhat singular 

 title of " The Church in the Army ; or, The 

 Four Centurions." "The National Preacher 

 and Village Pulpit," a monthly serial, contain- 

 ing sermons from conspicuous living clergymen 

 of the United States, has a wide circulation, and 

 is edited with decided ability. 



A volume entitled " Sermons and Speeches," 

 and containing the public discourses on reli- 

 gious topics, and the addresses of the noted 

 anti-slavery orator, Gerrit Smith, was publish- 

 ed in the early part of the year. Among the 

 other religious works of the year are : Rev. 

 Dr. Nehemiah Adams' "Broadcast," a collec- 

 tion of thoughts, apophthegms, illustrations, as 

 gathered during a long period of ministerial 

 labor ; " The Christian Sabbath ; its History, 

 Duties, etc. ; " Rev. James ChrystaPs " History 

 of the Modes of Christian Baptism ; " Rev. Dr. 

 H. Darling's " The Closer Walk ; or, The Be- 

 liever's Sanctiflcation ; " Mrs. E. H. B. Mason's 

 " Great Expectations Realized," a singular 

 medley of autobiography, missionary experi- 

 ences, and advocacy of direct effort for the 

 religious instruction of Burmese women ; "Me- 

 ditations on the Duties of Clergymen ; " " Pray- 

 ers," by the late Theodore Parker ; " The Pro- 

 digal Son, or the Sinner's Departure and the 

 Sinner's Return," by Rev. Geo. E. P. Rogers, 

 D.D. ; " Sacred Cosmogony," by the Abbe A. 

 Sorignet. Rev. J. A. Seiss, D.D., " The Par- 

 able of the Ten Virgins." 



The most noticeable of the reprints of this 

 class are Peter Bayne's " Testimony of Christ 

 to Christianity; " "Essays and Reviews" (4th 

 American from 2d London edition) ; " Aids to 

 Faith ; a series of Theological Essays, being a 

 reply to Essays and Reviews ; " " Replies to 

 Essays and Reviews ; " Bishop Colenso on the 

 "Pentateuch and Book of Joshua," part I; 

 Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Lectures on the 

 History of the Eastern Church ; C. J. Ellicott, 

 D.D., Historical Lectures on the Life of our 

 Lord Jesus Christ, and Critical and Grammatical 

 Commentary on Ephesians, with revised trans- 

 lation ; Brooke Foss Westcott's Introduction 

 to the Study of the Gospels, edited with prelim- 

 inai-y essay, by H. B. Hackett, D.D. ; Dr. 

 Thomas Guthrie's " The Way to Life ; " the 2d 

 volume of Dr. K. R. Hagenbach's " Text Book 

 of the History of Doctrine," revised with large 

 and very valuable additions, by Prof. H. B. 

 Smith; Rev. William Hanna, LL.D., "The 

 Last Day of our Lord's Passion ; " Hay's De- 

 vout Christian Instructed in the Faith of 

 Christ ; Father Senescalchi Ligorio, S. J., 

 " Meditations of St. Ignatius ; or, Spiritual Ex- 

 ercises," translated from the Italian ; Rev. 

 James McCosh, LL.D., "The Supernatural 

 in Relation to the Natural;" "Patience of 

 Hope," by the author of " A Present Heaven," 

 with an introduction by J. G. Whittier; 

 Spurgeon's Sermons, 7th series; Octaviua 



