afterwards the Scriptures in their own languages were eagerly welcomed, gratuitous schools well attended, and spacious churches erected as the free-will offerings of the natives, we look in vain for evidence that the people had been cured of their warlike propensities, had entered resolutely upon civilized habits of life, in a word, were rescued from the extinction which threatens a feeble race in contact with one of more power. The Bishop's defence is, that nothing has befallen this mission but what the Christian Church has had to endure elsewhere; that these outbursts of fiendish fighting and these invasions of intriguing Jesuits are no novel devices of Satan: all of which may be readily granted, without our being satisfied that the New-Zealand sacrifice of money and life was the wisest that could have been made, or its well-known results all that could have been asked.

F. W. H.

THE gorilla-discoverer, in his book on "Equatorial Africa," fared very badly the narrative was so strangely confused as to the different expeditions, the descriptions of new animals were so highly dressed up, the tendency to magnify his own exploits was so manifest, that the Boston Society of Natural History named his new otter " Mythomys," in ridicule of Du Chaillu's inventiveness. The distrust was even greater abroad, especially in Germany; and, with the exception of a few men like Sir Roderick Murchison and Professor Owen, an overwhelming tide set against him: even the great African explorer, Dr. Barth, doubted whether any such journey had been taken; and nearly every reflecting person supposed that the narrative had been worked up by some over-ingenious person as a sensation story.

In his new work, "A Journey to the Ashango Land," Mr. Du Chaillu signalizes his triumph by placing on the titlepage a wood-cut of the animal Professor Gray had named "Mythomys," whose skeleton now awaits the examination of curious people in England. His marvellous statements of the gorilla seem to be confirmed in this volume, though many particulars remain unauthenticated. His purpose, in the new expedition, was to leave nothing unattempted, which man could do, to confirm his peculiar views, establish his previous discoveries, and gain the whole world to his side. He makes certain the existence of a race of dwarf negroes, deep sunken in animalism,

* A Journey to Ashango Land. By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. New York: Appletons, 1867.

and regarded with scorn even by their negro neighbors. There seems to be no doubt, too, of the prevalence of cannibalism, as well as slavery and polygamy, among the savages whom he visited. It may be regarded as certain, that these unimprovable black races are dying out; that they have no means of protection from epidemics, like small-pox ; that, wherever they approach white men, they have gained nothing but a speedier extinction; and that, even when partially civilized, if left to themselves, they fall back into primitive barbarism. Yet no traveller ever received kinder treatment; considering that disease and death haunted Du Chaillu's steps, that his men sometimes appropriated even the wives of their entertainers, that many of the native superstitions were openly assailed, and generally with success. His repulse from the Ashango Land was owing to a double homicide, committed by a careless native in his eagerness to display the superiority of European arms. Had Du Chaillu consented to surrender the offender, according to African ideas of justice, his interesting collections, and part even of his journal, would not have perished in a panic-stricken retreat. As it was, every calamity was visited upon the brave adventurer: he was nearly drowned at landing; he was nearly killed by starvation; was once prostrated by disease; was pierced by a poisoned arrow; was systematically robbed; and, finally, owed his return to England to the pity of a trading vessel, which happened to touch at the Fernand Vaz River.

F. W. H.

NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS.

The Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels. By Andrews Norton. Abridged Edition. Boston: American Unitarian Association. pp. 584. ("This edition contains the whole of the original work, with the exception of such portions as might be omitted without essential injury to the force of its main argument. The omissions chiefly consist of passages addressed rather to the scholar than to the general reader; and they have been the more readily made, from the belief that any student who might be desirous of following the author in his investigation of the subject in its more obscure, collateral developments, might, without much difficulty, obtain a copy of the work in its original form." A list of these omissions is. appended. The volume is a handsome and valuable addition to the Association's excellent library of Unitarian literature.)

Prayers of the Ages. Compiled by Caroline S. Whitmarsh. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. pp. 335. (Gathered from very various sources, some of them rare and curious, and giving sufficient examples of pagan and Oriental piety. The deficiencies appear to be of special prayers from such sources as the Jewish liturgy, and of a larger variety from the older English, like the very interesting examples on pages 144 and 147; while too much space is taken up with long and formal prayers, some quite conventional and commonplace, of recent composition. Still, in its breadth of devotional sympathy, and its absolute freedom from the limits of any religious creed, it is unique among similar collections; and in typography and arrangement extremely neat.)

The Theology of the Greek Poets. By W. S. Tyler, Williston Professor of Greek in Amherst College. Boston: Draper & Halliday. pp. 365. (The most interesting part of this volume, to the general reader, is the outline which it gives of the dramatic story of Eschylus and Sophocles, so strikingly illustrative of the subject it treats. The scholar will be disappointed at finding one-third of the volume taken up with irrelevant, however interesting, discussions, one, a purely theological essay, "The Head of the Church Head over all Things;" and the other, a re-arguing of the "Homeric Question" on the familiar ground taken by Colonel Mure. The parallelism between the religious ideas of the elder Greek poets and those of the Hebrew Scriptures is a little tedious; but has its value to the scientific student of opinion, as well as to those who, like the author, seek in it a support to their own doctrinal system.)

History of the People of Israel, to the Death of Moses. (English translation.) Edited by Russell Martineau. London: Longmans. (To be reviewed.)

The Continuity of Religious Development. By David Griffith. London: Williams & Norgate. pp. 180. (An earnest and scholarly attempt, in a series of sermons addressed to a Christian congregation, to illustrate the familiar scientific notion of development, in the history of religious thought and institutions.)

Prayers from Plymouth Pulpit. By Henry Ward Beecher. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. pp. 332.

The History of the Church of God during the period of Revelation. By Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, D.D. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. · 8vo. pp. 558.

Sermons by the late Rev. W. H. Drummond, D.D., M.R.I.A. With Memoir by Rev. J. Scott Porter. London: E. T. Whitfield. 12mo. pp. 365.

Lectures, on the Evidences of Christianity in the Nineteenth Century, delivered in the Mercer-street Church, New York, Jan. 21 to Feb. 21, 1867. By Albert Barnes." New York: Harper & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 451.

The Huguenots: their Settlements, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland. By Samuel Smiles. With an Appendix relating to the Huguenots in America. New York: Harper & Brothers. 8vo. pp. 448.

NOVELS AND TALES.

Opportunity: a Novel. By Anne Moncure Crane. pp. 336. The Guardian Angel. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. pp. 420. Christmas Stories, and Sketches by Boz, illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People. By Charles Dickens. (Diamond Edition.) pp. 500. Boston: Ticknor & Fields.

One Wife too Many; or, Rip Van Brigham. A Tale of Tappan Zee. By Edward Hopper. New York: Hurd & Houghton. (In verse.) 16mo. pp. 262.

Waiting for the Verdict. By Rebecca Harding Davis, author of "Margret Howth." Boston: Ticknor & Fields.

Into the Light; or, The Jewess. By E. A. O. Boston: Loring. 12mo. pp. 322.

Mabel's Progress. pp. 168; The Waterdale Neighbors. By the author of "Paul Massie," &c. pp. 130; Carlyon's Year. pp. 88; The Tenants of Malory. By J. Sheridan Le Fanu. pp. 176; Circe; or, Three Acts in the Life of an Artist. By Babington White. pp. 146. New York: Harper & Brothers.

JUVENILE.

Grimm's Goblins, selected from the Household Stories of the Brothers Grimm. With Illustrations in Colors, from Cruikshank's Designs. pp. 111. Queer Little People. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. With Illustrations. (A series of entertaining little stories, some of which have appeared in "Our Young Folks," beginning with The Hen that Hatched Ducks.) pp. 185. Rainbows for Children. Edited by L. Maria Child. With twenty-eight Illustrations.

Snow Berries: a Book for Young Folks. By Alice Cary. With Illustrations. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. pp. 206.

Translated from the German, by S.

Fairy Bells, and what they tolled us.
W. Lander. Boston: Horace B. Fuller. pp. 204.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Slave Songs of the United States. New York: A. Simpson & Co. pp.

115.

Italian Journeys. By W. D. Howells, author of "Venetian Life." pp.

320.

American Notes for General Circulation. By Charles Dickens. pp. 126 (paper). Boston: Ticknor & Fields.

Greek Elements, including the most Useful Roots, Derivatives, and Inflections. Compiled by J. H. Allen, Cambridge, Mass. Boston: Crosby & Ainsworth. pp. 4.

The Sexton's Tale, and other Poems. By Theodore Tilton. New York: Sheldon & Co. pp. 173. (Very pleasing in form, and very slight in substance.)

The Diary of a Milliner. By Belle Otis. pp. 200.

The Turk and the Greek: or, Creeds, Races, Society, and Scenery in Turkey and the Isles of Greece. By S. G. W. Benjamin. pp. 268.

The Philosophy of Eating. By Albert J. Bellows, M.D. pp. 343. New York: Hurd & Houghton.

The Galin Method of Musical Instruction. By C. H. Farnham. New York: American News Company. 8vo. pp. 56.

Harper's Pictorial History of the Rebellion. Folio. New York: Harper & Brothers.

The Hermitage and Other Poems. By Edward Rowland Sill. New York: Leypoldt & Holt. pp. 152.

The Old Roman World: the Grandeur and Failure of its Civilization. By John Lord, LL.D. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. Crown 8vo. pp. 605.

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. By Agnes Strickland. Abridged by the author. Revised and edited by Caroline G. Parker. With Portraits. 12mo. pp. 675.

Mace's Fairy Book. Home Fairy Tales. By Jean Macè. Translated by Mary L. Booth. With Engravings. 16mo. pp. 304.

Three English Statesmen. A Course of Lectures on the Political History of England. By Goldwin Smith. 16mo. pp. 298.

A Treatise on the cause of Exhausted Vitality, or Abuses of the Sexual Function. By E. P. Miller, M.D. 16mo. pp. 131.

The Lovers' Dictionary: a Poetical Treasury of Lovers' Thoughts, Fancies, Addresses, and Dilemmas, indexed, with nearly Ten Thousand References, as a Dictionary of Compliments, and Guide to the Study of the Tender Science. 12mo. pp. 789; Elementary Arithmetic for the Slate, in which methods and rules are based upon principles established by induction. By John H. French, LL.D. 18mo. pp. 220. New York: Harper &

Brothers.

Life and Letters of Madame Swetchine. By Count de Falloux, of the French Academy. Translated by H. W. Preston. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 16mo. pp. 369.

The Day of Doom; or, a Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment; with other Poems. By Michael Wrigglesworth, A.M., Teacher of the Church at Malden, New England, 1662. Also a Memoir of the Author, Autobiography, and Sketch of his Funeral Sermon, by Rev. Cotton Mather. New York: American News Co. 16mo. pp. 118.

The Interference Theory of Government. By Charles Astor Bristed; Member of the Executive Committee and Ex-Corresponding Secretary of the American Free-Trade League. New York: Leypoldt & Holt. 16mo. pp. 109.

Speeches and Papers relating to the Rebellion and the overthrow of Slavery. By George S. Boutwell. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company. 12mo, pp. 628.