By Amalie Winter with richly coloured engravings, Square 12mo. pp. 216. Binns and Goodwin, Bath. Whitaker and Co., London. THE scenes of this book are laid, as the title indicates, principally in other lands, and a striking view of the habits and character of the Lazzaroni is here presented. Young readers will find in it abundant entertainment, administered in a profitable manner. We cannot but draw attention to the truly beautiful engravings, printed in body colours. These, together with the handsome exterior of the volume, make it a most becoming ornament for the drawing room table. ANNIE GRAY: or, the Experience of a Week. A Story for Children. By Sidney O'Moore. Square 16mo., pp. 45. A very pleasant, and a very profitable story too, if our little folks will but lay Annie Gray's experience to heart. MORNING OF LIFE. A Memoir of Miss A-n, a Ward of Dr. Doyle, late Roman Catholic Bishop of Carlow. By her Friend, M. M. C. M., fep. 8vo., pp. 160. Binns and Goodwin, Bath. SOME particulars of the history of this young lady, who was educated for a nun, but (with her sister) became a Protestant, has been some time before the public, and excited a deep interest, from the connection of the two sisters with Dr. Doyle, their guardian, not their uncle, as generally supposed. The interest arose from the belief, which this well written narrative confirms, that partly through the means of these young ladies, partly by the more direct teaching of the Spirit of Truth, that much respected man died a Protestant. Our readers will be delighted with a perusal of the work. PAPA AND MAMMA'S EASY LESLONS IN GEOGRAPHY, with numerous illustrations. By Anna Maria Sargeant. Fcp. 8vo., pp. 90. Dean and Son, Threadneedle Street. THIS is an admirable book for its purpose, and well deserves a wide circulation. The Authoress begins, in our opinion, at the right end; and we feel sure that the result of such teaching cannot be otherwise than is playfully stated in the narrative-the turning a very dry study into a pursuit of great interest. ANNIE FIELDING; or, Why not пого? WALTER THORNTON; or, the Broken Promise. Nos. 1 and 2, of Ramsay's Instructive Stories for the Young. 32mo. W. F. Ramsay, Paternoster Row. WE cordially recommend these two little publications. They are both written with a good aim, and in a BOOKS good spirit. If the Series be carried on as well as it is begun, it will be a very useful one. ECCLESIA AND OTHER PARA BLES. 12mo., pp. 48. Guillaume, IMMERSED as we are in the whirling tide of a vast commercial metropolis, we must confess that we enjoy an occasional flight into the aerial world of imagination and fancy. And those who sympathize with us, will be pleased with this little volume; in which, without endorsing every statement, we promise them instruction and encouragement. GUTTA PERCHA. Its Discovery, History, and Manifold Uses. With Engravings. Feap. 8vo., pp. 48. B. L. Green, Paternoster Row. WE gladly recommend this very interesting and clearly-written description of an article which already enters widely into daily use; and with the origin and working of which both they who teach and they who learn ought to become acquainted. The concluding remarks of the writer on the value of such natural riches, are penned in an admirable spirit. RECEIVED. BINNS AND GOODWIN, Bath. WHITAKER & CO., London. THE FATHER'S MESSENGER, OR THE HISTORY OF HENRY ELLIOTT AND HIS COUSIN. 16mo., pp. 75. OUR LITTLE STUDY. By the Rev. T. Furlong. Fep. 8vo. pp. 192. THE TEMPLE HOME FOR YOUTH. A Sermon. By the Rev. W. Foster. Fep. 8vo., pp. 30. 16mo. GOSPEL REMINISCENCES IN THE WEST INDIES. By Leonard Strong. 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Fcp. 8vo., pp. 58. Hatchard's, Picadilly. WELLS OF BACA. By the Author of "The Night Watches." 16mo. pp. 64. W. F. Ramsay, Brompton Row. CASES OF CONSCIENCE, OR LESSONS IN MORALS FOR THE USE OF THE LAITY. Extracted from the Moral Theology of the Romish Clergy. By Pascal the Younger. 8vo. pp. 64. Bosworth, Regent Street. Notices to Correspondents, Members, &c. Articles by W. M. S.-Z. Z.-J. T. A.--R. W. T., and "Death of a Sunday Scholar❞—are in type, but unavoidably postponed. Contributions have been received also from E.-S. S. T. (Somerton).—Lucilla. -A Sunday School Teacher (Hampstead Road).-R. H. E.-N. H.-A. S. and C. T. H. (Cambridge), &c. We have received a packet of Sunday School Materiel from the Sunday School Society for Ireland; and another, with specimens of Publications, from the American Sunday School Union; and we hope, in our next Number, to lay before our readers a short account of each of these Societies, and their Publications. We could not possibly find room to do so in our present Number, having already extended it beyond its usual limits, in order to give our readers full details of our very interesting Scholars' Meeting at Exeter Hall. Contributions for our next must be sent in (with Name and Address) by 31st August. The following are the Lectures and Meetings for the ensuing Quarter. LECTURES. In consequence of the determination of the Committee to have Lectures at St. Dunstan's School Room, Fleet Street, only during the winter months, viz:--from October to March; and during the other six months in the various Metropolitan districts, the Lecture List will not be given until the next Number of the Magazine. A CONVERSATIONAL MEETING Will be held on Wednesday, 17th September, 1851. Subject, "The best way of making our teaching practically useful." A PRAYER MEETING. Will be held on Wednesday evening, July 16th, presided over by the Rev. E. Auriol, when the attendance of all the Members is requested. A SUPERINTENDENTS' MEETING, Will be held on Friday evening, 26th September. Subject, Separate Services." The attendance of Superintendents, to whom these Meetings are confined, is earnestly solicited. These Meetings will be held at the Rooms of the Institute, 169, Fleet Street, at 8 o'clock p. m., precisely, except the Superintendents' Meeting, which will commence at Half-past Six. Prize Lesson. PRIZE ADDRESS, ON "WASTE OF TIME." ADJUDICATION. Eight Addresses have been sent in, as competing for the prize. One, signed W. S., arrived three days after the specified time. The others were signed,-Gulielmus; A. M. A; W. H. K; S. 8; H. J. F; T. L. R; A. R. E. The best of these we consider to be that Signed Gulielmus-the Author of which, on opening his sealed envelope, we found to be Mr. W. W. H. Cæsar, Superintendent of Seven Dials Sunday school; to whom accordingly, with great pleasure, we award the prize. The address signed T. L. R., is also excellent-and, in some respects fully equal to that by Gulielmus. The point of superiority in the latter, was that it appeared to us so extremely practical, and adapted to the circumstances of those for whom it was designed. It has been deemed advisable by our Committee, not to commence the Class for the study of the Christian Evidences till next quarter-on account of so many teachers being out of town at this season of the year; but we hope to announce complete arrangements for this important step, in our next Number. Public Affairs THE GREAT EXHIBITION. OUR readers will know that we are not accustomed to step far out of our well-defined path in pursuit of the thou. sand events which from day to day are the rightly chosen topics of our daily journals. And, bent as we have ever been, on the one great object which called this Magazine into life, it is quite possible that we may have been deemed to carry this forbearance too far, and to pass by unnoticed events which leave their impress on the world. It may be so-nay, with our limited space, it must be so. We have neither time nor inclination to be the chroniclers of Society. Yet, amidst the tide of daily life, there are, from time to time, things which stand up like great land-marksthings beyond a nine days' wonderthings which men will talk of when the grass is green above our narrow homes. Such is truly the Great Exhibitiongreat in conception-great in execution -great in success. An idea rising in the mind of our illustrious and truly respected Prince Consort has expanded into a potent spell, the influence of which has reached the frozen Russian, and the sun-burnt Neapolitan, the hardy Swiss, and the lazy Spaniard, the plodding Dutchman, and the metaphysical Hindoo, the American, rough and impetuous in the full tide of a growing civilization, and the Chinese, fettered in the chains of a like civilization, effete and effeminate. Beneath that spell all these have bowed, and in obedience to it have poured forth their richest treasures of nature and of art upon the shores of an island which the old Roman deemed cut off from the whole world. And great too has been the successfor what else can be said, when day after day, 40, 50, 60, and 70,000 living beings throng that gigantic building, to gaze on all its wonders-themselves its greatest? Truly it is a Great Exhibition! There we may see what God has created for man to work with-there we may see what power the human mind can exercise over the rich treasures of material things. The results of patient toil, the rich fabrics of cultivated skill, the combinations of untired and inexhaustible ingenuity-yes, even the creations of unfettered fancy, and the still nobler monuments of true genius-all, for once, are gathered into one vast panorama; and the bewildered sight-seer is engaged for hours, nay, days, in feasting on the spectacle. And then to stand at the doors, and mark the thousands who come to see these trophies of man's skill and power! Majesty itself is well-nigh a daily visitor, and in her train come the noble, and the polished, the fashionable, and the gay, some to speed the time away, but many with a far worthier aim. There too may be seen the man of science, and the man of taste, the theorist, who longs to find his day dreams settling into a real existence, and the dull plodding matter-offact worker, half man, half machine, who has yet got a glimmering of some idea beyond the narrow circle of his daily routine. Yonder is the thoughtful Merchant, borne away in imagination to the faroff lands, where these rich treasures may be bought and sold; and yonder the pale-faced Mechanic, pondering over new combinations of laws and of materials familiar to him from his precocious childhood. At least a million of human beings have passed that door-way, each as distinct in thought and mental formation, as in feature and speech; and every day is adding to the vast multitude of visitors. Well then may this be called the "Great Exhibition;" and of all this greatness, WHAT IS TO BE THE ISSUE? The destiny of the building itself, |