ple followed is to adopt the true foreign sound, explained as far as is practicable in English letters, in all cases except those few, like Paris and Naples, which seem to have acquired a fixed Eng. lish pronunciation. The practical value of a work of this sort depends entirely on the fulness and accuracy with which it is executed; and in these respects we can commend this volume in the strongest terms. Extraordinary pains seem to have been taken to find the true pronunciation in each case, and to explain it clearly to the English reader. In an introduction of considerable length and interest, the principles on which the work is constructed are explained with precision and minuteness, and general rules are given for the pronunciation of about a dozen of the foreign languages, from which most of the geographical names are taken. A list is given of some twenty gentlemen of education and respectability, mostly natives of various countries in Europe, who have been consulted about the pronunciation of those names with which they were naturally most familiar. For determining the accent, and very often the sound, of those proper names which are now fairly adopted into our tongue, recourse has very properly been had to the English poets, who are led by the occasions of rhyme and rhythm to mark the proper sound often with great exactness, and whose popularity makes their determination of it decisive. Mr. Baldwin remarks, and the quotations given sustain his position, that the later poets especially, such as Wordsworth, Southey, Scott, Byron, Campbell, Rogers, and Moore, have been very uniform and precise in their use of proper names.

Mr. Baldwin's work is valuable also for the ordinary purposes of a Gazetteer, as great care appears to have been used in collecting the topographical and statistical information that is embodied in it. We have only to commend it heartily to our readers, in the hope that it may be generally adopted as a standard for the pronunciation of geographical names.

6.An Examination of Hume's Argument on the Subject of Miracles. By A. H. LAWRENCE. Washington: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon. 1845. 12mo. pp. 20.

HUME's famous argument against the credibility of miracles has been so often exposed and confuted, that a fresh examination of it at the present day seems to be little more than an exercise of logical ingenuity. As its proper effect is to establish not the impossibility of a miracle, but the impossibility of believing in one,

it is practically confuted by the belief actually entertained by the bulk of mankind,- by all persons, in fact, whose skeptical ingenuity does not transcend their sober judgment. It affords a good field, however, for legitimate metaphysical discussion, and a severe scrutiny of the nature and applicability of different kinds of evidence; and it is as an exercise of this character that Mr. Lawrence has treated it. He has viewed the subject more as a lawyer than a theologian, and his remarks are therefore free from that professional bias which has injured the effect, if it has not impaired the soundness, of many replies to Hume. His criticisms are not confined to the reasoning of the arch skeptic, but extend over the ground occupied by most of these replies; and they evince a clear understanding of the subject, great logical acumen, and a remarkable power of stating his arguments and conclusions in concise, forcible, and distinct language. It is quite refreshing to find a little pamphlet so free from the verbiage, irrelevancy, and indistinctness which deform most argumentative discussions of the present day. If the writer will cultivate his powers, and choose a broader field for their exercise, he can hardly fail to acquire distinction in the practice of any profession which affords play for the nobler faculties of the intellect.

7.- Manual of Astronomy: a Popular Treatise on Theoretical, Descriptive, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments, and the best Methods of using them. By JOHN DREW. London: Darton & Co. 18mo. pp. 344.

We have room only to commend very briefly the plan and execution of Mr. Drew's little work, as alike modest, thorough, and practical. His long experience as an instructer has enabled him to give a very perspicuous and interesting account of the leading principles and facts of astronomical science, adapted to the wants of those who have not leisure or inclination to make themselves entire masters of the subject. The lucid description of the most important instruments of observation, and the succinct directions for their use, will be very acceptable to a number of persons in this country, who are now training themselves in our recently established observatories to watch with scientific precision the phenomena of the heavens.

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