We shall probably soon have an opportunity to give an
extended account of his character and genius. In most parts of this
country notice has been taken of this event, and in London also.
Beside the published discourses of Messrs. Gannett, Hedge, Clarke,
Parker, Pierpont, and Bellows, Mr. Bancroft made Dr. Channing's
genius the topic of a just tribute in a lecture before the Diffusion
Society at the Masonic Temple. We regret that the city has not yet
felt the propriety of paying a public honor to the memory of one of
the truest and noblest of its citizens.
_Confessions of St. Augustine_. Boston: E. P. Peabody.
We heartily welcome this reprint from the recent London
edition, which was a revision, by the Oxford divines, of an old
English translation. It is a rare addition to our religious library.
The great Augustine, -- one of the truest, richest, subtlest,
eloquentest of authors, comes now in this American dress, to stand on
the same shelf with his far-famed disciples, with A-Kempis, Herbert,
Taylor, Scougal, and Fenelon. The Confessions have also a high
interest as one of the honestest autobiographies ever written.
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