of Christian liberty, and fettering of evangelical truth; and we should be truly happy to see the men, who, for freedom's sake, have broken away from the fearful tyranny of one Conference, shunning, with enlightened and unconquerable hatred, the constitution of another. It is little to the credit either of their heads or their hearts, that it should be said of them, that their struggles against the domination of others have been intended only to enthrone themselves. The proceeds of Omicron's letter are appropriated to a Sabbath-school library.

Medical Notes and Reflections. By Henry Holland, M.D., F.R.S. London: Longman and Co. 8vo. 1839.

Dr. Holland's book is exclusively devoted to the elucidation of medical subjects, and its special professional bearing precludes us from giving it more than a brief and cursory notice. Its claims to the attention of the medical profession are founded on its embodying the results of twenty years medical practice in London, and the reflections on the number of facts accumulated during this period. There is no surer method of testing the truth of theoretical views than a careful retrospect of materials thus collected-and a generalization of them—if executed in an impartial and philosophical spirit, will rarely fail to secure valuable results. False experience is the prevailing corruption of medical science, and were Dr. Holland's example more frequently followed, of patiently registering facts, and suspending for a similar period the conclusions derived from them, we should rarely witness the promulgation of vague and immature opinions, which obstruct the progress of truth, impair testimony, and serve only to mislead. The author does not indulge in speculative inquiry, but treats practically a series of miscellaneous subjects. The absence of systematic arrangement and strict elementary knowledge, renders the work ill-adapted for the medical student; but the scientific medical practitioner will collect much that is useful from the several topics treated on, and will gather many valuable hints to guide him in some of the embarrassing and anomalous cases which he may encounter in private practice. The style is pure and elegant, and very free from the ambiguous expressions which afford so convenient a shelter for loose and undefined notions.

Choral Psalmody for the Church and the Family; consisting of Seventy-Eight Original Melodies; in Four Parts, with an Accompaniment for the Organ or Piano Forte; written expressly for the Peculiar Measures Contained in the Church and Home Psalmody,' of the Rev. T. J. Judkin. M.A. By I. Cobbin.

Mr. Judkin has laudably employed his poetical talents in furnishing his congregation with a Church and Home Psalmody' well adapted for all the purposes of worship, whether public or domestic; nor has he been less attentive in providing appropriate melodies to his beautifully simple compositions. To Mr. Cobbin both the minister of Somers Chapel' and his large circle of friends are greatly indebted for

uniting the gratification of refined taste with the hallowed int of devout feelings.

These melodies have the merit of amplest adaptation no te vers for which they were composed, while at the same time they? rendered available for other words of the same measure, med poss a similar character. As Mr. Judkin's work is chiefly restoste to his own congregation, this is a consideration of import to those who may wish to introduce the music into their pun services or to adapt it to a psalmody of their own. The re character of the compositions considering the narrow limits preseries to their author, is highly creditable to his ingenuity and power. Ju he has abundant resources in himself. While by far the greater part of the melodies may be used either in public worship or in families where sacred music is cultivated, a few of them must be considered a exclusively domestic. This, indeed, the author mentions in his pre

face

Throughout these varied productions Mr. Cobbin has rigidly adhered to the true choral style, to the exclusion of imitations and other violations of that majestic simplicity which ought preeminently to characterize public worship. On the whole, our opinion is that Mr. Cobbin has produced a work on the true principles of musical compesition and good taste.

The Inquirer. October, 1839. Art. The Plymouth Brethren and the Eclectic Review. London: J. Dumas.

Want of space compels us to defer till next month an article which we had prepared in reply to the statements and reasonings of this paper. In the meantime we request our readers to possess themselves of the Inquirer for October, that they may be fully competent to judge of the correctness of the strictures we shall submit to them on our sett appearance.

uniting the gratification of refined taste with the hallowed enjoyment of devout feelings.

These melodies have the merit of amplest adaptation to the words for which they were composed, while at the same time they may be rendered available for other words of the same measure, and possessing a similar character. As Mr. Judkin's work is chiefly restricted to his own congregation, this is a consideration of importance to those who may wish to introduce the music into their public services or to adapt it to a psalmody of their own. The varied character of the compositions considering the narrow limits prescribed to their author, is highly creditable to his ingenuity and power, but he has abundant resources in himself. While by far the greater part of the melodies may be used either in public worship or in families where sacred music is cultivated, a few of them must be considered as exclusively domestic. This, indeed, the author mentions in his preface.

Throughout these varied productions Mr. Cobbin has rigidly adhered to the true choral style, to the exclusion of imitations and other gross violations of that majestic simplicity which ought preeminently to characterize public worship. On the whole, our opinion is that Mr. Cobbin has produced a work on the true principles of musical composition and good taste.

The Inquirer.

October, 1839. Art. The Plymouth Brethren and the Eclectic Review. London: J. Dumas.

Want of space compels us to defer till next month an article which we had prepared in reply to the statements and reasonings of this paper. In the meantime we request our readers to possess themselves of the Inquirer for October, that they may be fully competent to judge of the correctness of the strictures we shall submit to them on our next appearance.

Literary Entelligence.

In the Press.

Dr. Johnson is preparing for the press a History of the British Sponges and Corallines. To be printed and illustrated in the same style as his History of the British Zoophytes, to which this New Work may be considered as a Supplement, and as completing his original design.

Nearly ready for publication, in two volumes octavo, Discourses on Special Occasions.' By the late Rev. Dr. M'All, of Manchester, with a Sketch of his Life and Character by the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw.

In a few days will be published, in 2 vols. post 8vo., 'The Maiden Monarch; or, Island Queen.'

The Shield of Dissent; or Dissent in its Bearings on Legislation, especially on "The Lord's Day,' National Education, Public Documents, Religious Taxation, &c., with Strictures on Dr. Brown's Work on Tribute. By Edward Swaine.

Continental India, Travelling Sketches, and Historical Recollections, Illustrating the Antiquity, Religion, and Manners of the Hindoos, the extent of British Conquests, and the Progress of Missionary Operations. By J. W. Massie, M.R.S.A. Two vols.

Just Published.

Finden's Tableaux: the Iris of Prose, Poetry, and Art, for 1840. Illusstrated with Engravings by W. and E. Finden, from Paintings by J. Browne. Edited by Mary Russell Mitford.

Gems of Beauty Displayed in a Series of Twelve highly finished Engravings on Various Subjects. From Designs by Edward Corbould, Esq. With Fanciful Illustrations in Verse. By the Countess of Blessington.

Heath's Book of Beauty for 1840. With beautifully finished Engravings from Drawings by the first Artists. Edited by the Countess of Blessington. The Keepsake for 1840. Edited by The Lady E. Stuart Wortley.

Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1840. Windsor Castle and its Environs. By Leitch Ritchie, Esq. With fifteen Engravings by the first Artists, after Original Designs.

Forget-Me-Not; a Christmas, New Year's, and Birthday Present for 1840. Edited by Frederic Shoberl.

The Oriental Annual; containing a Series of Tales, Legends, and Historical Romances. By Thomas Bacon, Esq., F.S.A. With Engravings by W. and E. Finden, from Sketches by the Author and Captain Meadows Taylor. Friendship's Offering; and Winter's Wreath: a Christmas and New Year's

Present for 1840.

The Little Forget-Me-Not.

The Redeemer. A Poem. By William Howorth.

Mariamne, the Last of the Asmonean Princesses: a Historical Novel of Palestine.

The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham; Compiled chiefly from his Correspondence preserved in Her Majesty's State-Paper Office including Notices of many of his Contemporaries. With Illustrations. By John W. Burgon Two vols.

History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. By S. A. Dunham. (Lardner's Cyclopædia.)

Vol. II.

An Encyclopædia of Rural Sports. By D. P. Blaine. Part II. Ward's Library of Standard Divinity. A Short Explanation of the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews. By D. Dickson, A.M. Reprinted from the Edition of 1649.

Tracts for the People, designed to Vindicate Religious and Christian Liberty. No. 1. A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes. By John Milton.

Sermons on Faith and Practice. By the Rev. George Clayton.

The Fathers have no Authority to determine Articles of Faith. An Essay delivered in the Divinity School, Oxford, October 16, 1839. Being one of two Exercises read for the Degree of Bachelor in Divinity. By Thomas Byrth, D.D.

Letters from Germany and Belgium. By An Autumn Tourist.

The Question, Will Christ's Reign during the Millennium be Personal? Answered from Scripture. By Charles Morrison.

Universal Redemption Considered. By the Author of 'Parental Responsibility.'

A Comparative View of Ancient History; Embracing a Sketch of the Contemporary History of the Nations of Antiquity, &c. By Joshua Toulmin

Smith.

On the Relation between the Holy Scriptures and Some Parts of Geological Science. By John Pye Smith, D.D., F.G.S.