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object. In this way it may be rendered, 'to natch's, namely, from some evil or danger; but it never is, or can be, used, as expressing the taking away in a hostile or unfriendly manner, which is the import of Mr. Good's interpretation of the word. This is a specimen of the manner in which Mr Good interprets in numerous instances, and in which he manifests a radical want of Hebrew learning and the insufficiency of his skill in philological discrimination. He evidently knows nothing of the origin or import of the word

Job, xxxvi. 14. "They shall die in the youth of their soul) A most forcible and elegant phraseology, but which is strangely mutilated in our common version by the total omission of D), their soul."-Good's Notes. p. 410.

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The common version reads, "They die in youth." margin has-" their soul dieth, i. e. in youth." The Hebrew, is CVD) qva non, which, literally rendered, is-"Their soul shall "die in youth;" in exact accordance with the marginal reading, and the proper import of which is preserved in the textual rengird. non never can be rendered "They die."

What we have cited constitute but a small proportion of the gross inaccuracies and blunders with which Mr. Good's Book abounds. Many errors pervade the text in cases in which nothing in reference to the passages appears in the notes. For instance, ch. xiv. 18. is translated by-"for ever," instead of "truly," or "surely.", ch. xxii. 4. is rendered" will he smite thee," &c. &c. &c.

Mr. Good's canon for the use of the Hebrew 1 vau, as an imperfect negative, remains to be examined. It is as follows:

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Whenever vau is employed negatively, it has the precise force of, and in its general range runs precisely parallel with, our own nor, and the Latin nec or neve; and hence is only an imperfect or half negative, requiring a preceding negative, as nor and nec require, to make the negation complete.-The imperfect negative may be employed alone in every sentence composed of two opposite propositions, when it be comes the means of connecting the one with the other such propositions being in a state of reciprocal negation, and the former of course supplying the place of an antecedent negative to the subsequent and imperfect connecting particle.'-Notes, p. 6.

This canon is applied by Mr. Good in explanation of

Job i. 5. 11, sinning against, and serving or blessing God, are opposite propositions, constituting negations to each other; and are united by an imperfect negative particle, whose imperfection is cured or supplied by the relative negation of the first of the two propositions.'

In his letter to the Editor of the Eclectic Review, Mr. Good furnishes another example of the application of his canon:

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Here', says Mr. Good, the vau preceding is used in a half-negative sense, the other half negation being supplied by the contrast of the verbs pass away, and come with the verb abide for ' ever.' The passage is rendered by him, ' Generation cometh, and generation passeth away; NOR doth the earth abide for

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What is a canon? A canon is a general rule. But Mr. Good's canon is so far from being a general rule, that it is no rule at all. If it be applicable in one case, it must be applicable in another, where the requisite circumstances are not wanting. Let us try it in reference to the very passage selected by Mr. Good, from Eccl. i. 4. Coming and going are as much opposed to each other as pass away and abide for ever; the former verbs constitute negations to each other as completely as the latter; and the one set of verbs is also connected by the particle 1, in the same manner as the other. According to Mr. Good's canon, then, the words must be rendered 'Gene

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'ration cometh, NOR does generation go.' Again: in the cii. Psalm, v. 27. we have Here we have all the requisites of Mr. Good's sage exactly parallel to Eccl. i 4. The verb abide is in contrast with the verb to perish, and the particle connects them, which is cured of its imperfection' by the negation contained in the first proposition as related to the second, in exactly the same manner as 1 is cured of its imperfection in Eccl. i. 4. The passage in cii. Psalm, if rendered according to Mr. Good's canon, will appear as follows: They shall perish, NOR shalt ' thou continue.' We need not remind our readers that the latter words refer to the Deity. This, we think, constitutes a reductio ad absurdum, and would be sufficient to demonstrate the fallacy of Mr. Good's canon.' It is, in fact, built on sand. Notwithstanding his confidence and his parade, it is a mere assumption throughout. Mr. Good's philological talents must be estimated by the proper proofs; but if he persist in urging any of the points to which the present remarks relate, he will only expose himself the more. Were he to act ingenuously, he would at once acknowledge his numerous and palpable errors; errors of which no accomplished Hebrew scholar could be guilty. Mr. Good was indebted to our lenity in the review of his work, which is in truth the most radically erroneous book we recollect ever to have read. Our extracts speak for themselves.

Articles on Clarke's Travels, Southey's Poet's Pilgrimage, Jones's History of the Waldenses, Accum on Gas, &c. will appear in he next Number.

ART. XIII. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.

In the press, Memoirs and Remains of the late Rev. Charles Buck: collected and arranged from his papers: with a brief Review of his various Publications. By John Styles, D. D.

Mr. Coulton, of Devizes, is preparing for publication, a new edition in 1 vol. 12mo. of his "Doctrine of the Bible," under the patronage of her Royal Highness the Duchess of York.

Preparing for the press, in one thick volume, 12mo. Theological and Literary Essays on Practical Subjects in Divinity, and on interesting Subjects in Literature. By the Rev. G. G. Scraggs, A. M. of Buckingham.

In the press, and speedily will be pub. Aished, in imperial Quarto, engraved on sixty double plates, 51. 5s. in boards, The Elgin Marbles of the Temple of Minerva at Athens: selected from the second and fourth volumes of Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of Athens. Το which will be prefixed the interesting Report of the Select Committee to the House of Commons respecting the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles; also, an Historical Account of the Temple.

The Life of the late William Hutton, of Birmingham, including a history of his family, and an account of the riots at Birmingham in 1791, is preparing for publication under the auspices of his daughter.

Abbé J. A. Dubois, missionary in Mysore, has in the press, in a quarto volume, a Description of the People of India, with particular reference to their separation into casts.

Mr. James Dallaway will soon publish, in imperial octavo, Statuary and Sculpture among the Ancients; with some account of specimens preserved in England; embellished with numerous etchings.

Dr. W. R. Clanny has in the press, a Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Gilsland, in which is given an account of their chemical composition and medicinal qualities.

The Rev. Dr. Trevor will soon publish a volume of Sermons.

The Rev. R. P. Beachcroft has in the press two volumes of Sermons.

The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, in four volumes, with a portrait, will soon appear.

Mr. Holmes has in the press, a Treatise on the Coal Mines of Durham and

Northumberland, containing accounts of the fatal explosions within the last twenty years, and the means proposed for their remedy.

Sir George Buck's History of Richard the Third is printing from the original MS. in the possession of the editor, with an Appendix of notes and documents, by Charles Yarnold, esq. in a quarto volume.

Mr. Aston, author of the Manchester Guide, bas iu a state of forwardness, a Picture of Manchester, embellished with wood-cuts of the principal buildings.

Dr. Alex. Marcet, one of the physicians to Guy's Hospital, will soon publish an Essay on the Chemical History and Medical Treatment of Uri. nary Calculi, with plates.

Dr. John Reed, formerly physician to the Finsbury Dispensary, has in the press, Essays on Nervous and Hypochondriacal Diseases, and other subjects.

Sir Cuthbert Sharp will soon publish, a History of Hartlepool, in the county of Durham.

Conversations on Political Economy, by the author of Conversations on Chemistry, are printing in a duodecimo volume.

The Rev. John Hewlett has in the press, in five octavo volumes, Commentaries and Annotations on the Holy Scriptures.

Biblical Criticism on the Books of the Old Testament, and Translations of Sacred Songs, with Notes, by the late Bp. Horsley, is preparing for publica- . tion.

Mrs. West, author of Letters to a Young Man, &c. has in the press, Scriptural Essays adapted to the Holidays of the Church of England.

A Historical Account, interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes, of the illustrious House of Saxony, will soon appear in a crown octavo volume, embellished with portraits.

Mr. Benjamin Holdich has in the press, a History of Crowland Abbey, digested from the materials of Mr. Gough, including an abstract of Mr. Essex's Observations on the Abbey.

An edition of Stackhouse's History of the Bible, corrected and improved by Dr. George Gleig, one of the bishops of the Scotch Episcopal Church, is preparing for publication, in three quarto volumes, and will appear in parts.

Mr. Berry, late of the College of Arms, and Author of a History of Guernsey, has in the press, a Series of Tables, entitled "The Genealogical Mythology," intended as a book of reference

for Classical Students. The work has received the sanction of many of the most eminent Scholars in the Kingdom, to whom the MS. has been submitted.

Art. XIV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

Brief Memoirs of four Christian Hindoos, lately deceased. Published by the Serampore Missionaries.-12mo. 3s. 6d. boards.

A Supplement to Political Portraits in this new era; with notes historical and biographical. By Wm. Playfair, Evo. 12s. boards.

Evangelical Biography, By Erasmus Middleton, late Rector of Turvey, Beds. with 51 portraits. A new edition. 21. 8s.

Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, written by himself, and continued to the time of his death, from his diary, notes, and other papers. 3 vols. 12mo. ll. is.

BOTANY.

A System of Physiological Botany. By the Rev. P. Keith, F.L.S. Vicar of Bothersden, &c. illustrated by nine engravings. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 63.

EDUCATION.

Geographical Exercises on the New Testament; narrating the principal occurrences recorded, and describing all the places mentioned in that Sacred book: with maps, and a brief account of the religious sects: designed for the use of young ladies. By William Butler, teacher of writing, geography, &c. second edition.

A familiar History of England, by question and answer: with heads, fcp. Svo. 3s. 6d. boards.

A short introduction to Numeration, designed for Children between four and five Years of Age, preparatory to Condorcet's Method of learning to calculate, by a Mother, 1s.

A system of Geography for the use of Schools, on a new and perfectly easy plan, in which the Europeau Boundaries are stated, as settled by the peace of Paris, November 1815. By John Bigland, Author of Letters on Ancient and Modern History, &c. &c. 12mo. 2s. 6d. bound. Illustrated by six well engraved Maps.

HISTORY.

Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, delivered in the University of Dublin. By George Miller, D. D. late Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Vols. 1 and 2. 8vo. 24s.

The Historical Account, of the Battle of Waterloo: comprehending a Circumstantial Narrative of the whole events of the War of 1815. By Wm. Mudford, Esq. accompanied by a series of splendidly coloured engravings. plans, &c. from Drawings taken on the spot, by James Rouse, Esq. Part I. imperial 4to. with six plates, 11. 11s. 6d.

The History of the Inquisition, &c. with a particular description of its Secret Prisons, Modes of Torture, &c. abridged from the elaborate Work of Professor Limborch. Introduced by a Historical Survey of the Christian Church, and illustrated by Extracts from various Writers, and Original Manuscripts; interesting Particulars of Persons who have suffered the Terrors of that dark and sanguinary Tribunal ; and Political Reflections on its Revival in Spain by the Decree of Ferdinand VII. with engravings. 8vo. 13s.

MEDICINE AND CHIRURGERY.

A Treatise on the Medicinal Leech; including its Medicinal and Natural History. By James Rawlins Johnson, M. D. F.L.S. 8vo. 8s. boards.

The First Part of Rudiments of the Anatomy and Physiology of the HumanBody. By T. J. Armiger, Surgeon Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, &c. 8vo. 4s.

MINERALOGY.

An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy. Designed for the use of the student. By William Phillips, member of the Geological Society. 12mo. 8s. 6d.

A system of Mineralogy. By Robert Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. The second edition, with numerous plates. 3 Vol. 8vo. 21. 12s. 6d. boards.

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The Report from the Select Commit. tee of the House of Commons, on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles. With a copious Index. 8vo. 9s. 6d. boards.

A Letter from the Chevalier Antonio Canova; and Two Memoirs descriptive of the Sculptured Marbles collected by the Earl of Elgin. By the Chevalier E. Q. Visconti. 8vo. 9s. 6d. boards. Translated from the French.

Memoirs of Oliver Cromwell and his Children, supposed to be written by himself. 3 vols. 12mo. 18s. boards.

The Russian Prisoner of War among the French. By Moritz Von Kotzebue, Lieutenant of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army, Knight of the Order of St. Wladimir. Edited, with the Addition of a Preface and Postscript, by the Author's Father, A. Von Kotzebue. Translated from the German. Svo. 9s. boards.

Letters to a Nobleman, proving a late Prime Minister to have been Junius; and developing the secret Motives which induced him to write under that and other signatures. With an Appendix, containing a celebrated Case, published by Almon, in 1768. 8vo. Ss. boards.

ORNITHOLOGY.

The Sixth and Seventh Volumes of the Natural History of British Birds. The Descriptions from the Systema Naturæ of Linnæus: embellished with Figures drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original Specimens. By E. Donovan, F. L. S. royal 8vo. 31., 12s. boards.

PHILOLOGY.

An easy natural and rational method of teaching and acquiring the French Language, on a plan entirely new, in which the anomalies and irregularities of verbs are clearly demonstrated and reduced to rule. The whole

deduce l'rom the Philosophy of the lan guage, and an Analysis of the Human mind. By W. H. Pyous. 8s. boards.

Italian Phraseology, a Companion to the Grammar, comprising a selection of the most useful phrases, with their various constructions explained on a new plan, and a copious glossary. By M. Santagnello, Author of the Italian Grammar and Exercises, &c. 1 vol. 12mo. 7s.

POETRY.

The Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo. By Robert Southey Esq. P. L &c. illus trated by 8 engravings 12o. 10s. 6d.

Christabel, &c.-By S. T. Coleridge, Esq. 8vo. 4s. 6d. sewed.

Margaret of Anjou, a Poem. By Miss Holford, Author of Wallace. 4to 21. 2s. boards.

Mador of the Moor, a Poem. By the Author of the Queen's Wake. 8vo. 75. 6d. boards.

Thanksgiving Ode, January 18, 1816, with other short pieces, chiefly referring to recent public events. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. 2s.

THEOLOGY.

An Essay on the Existence of a Supreme Creator, possessed of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness. [To which Mr. Burnett's first prize of 12001. was adjudged at Aberdeen, on the 4th day of August 1815] By William Laurence Brown, D.D. Principal of Marischalcollege and University of Aberdeen, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

Thesaurus Theologicus, or a complete system of Divinity: summed up in brief notes upon select places of the Old and New Testament. Wherein the sacred text is reduced under proper heads, explained and illustrated with the opinions and authorities of the ancient fathers, councils, &c. By William Beveridge, D.D. Bishop of St. Asaph. A new edition, in two Volumes 8vo. 11. 4s. boards.

Christian Churches, the hope and joy of faithful Ministers, a Sermon delivered at Needham Market, before the halfyearly association of Suffolk Independent Churches. By Isaac Slopes, Beccles. 6d.

The Sorrow of a bereaved Church, a sermon occasioned by the death of the Rev. G. Lambert, of Hull. By the Rev. E. Parsons, Leeds, together with the address at the interment. By the Rev. J. Gilbert, Rotherham, and the last charge of their dying pastor to the Church and Congregation. 8vo. 2s.

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