entious faithfulness to historic truth,
and is always correct and dignified; but the imaginative gift of deep
insight is wanting, and the fire of genius kindles not the heart of the
stately record to reveal its hidden power and pathos.

HISTORY OF THE ROMANS UNDER THE EMPIRE. By CHARLES
MERIVALE, B.D., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
From the fourth London edition. With a copious Analytical Index.
Vol. III. New York: D. Appleton & Co., Broadway.

Merivale's third volume commences with the proceedings upon the death of
Caesar, and concludes with the Imperial Administration, thus containing
one of the most interesting and important periods of Roman history.
Antonius, Octavius, Cicero, Cleopatra, Octavia, Caesarion, Herod,
Antipater, Mariamne, Agrippa, etc., make part of the brilliant array
rekindled before us. We have no doubt that the readers of ancient
history will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity to possess
themselves of Merivale's work.

SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF JEREMY TAYLOR. With some
Account of the Author and his Writings. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
1864.

Bishop Heber says, when speaking of the three great English divines,
'Hooker is the object of our reverence. Barrow of our admiration, and
Jeremy Taylor of our love.' Taylor was a man of devout and glowing soul,
of imaginative genius, so that, whatever may have been the prejudices of
his times, the restrictions of his creed, his thoughts are still fresh
and captivating, his quaint pages full of interest. He loved his Master,
and his love glows through much of his writing.

He was an accomplished scholar, and in spite of his contests with
'Papists,' a kindhearted man. His biographer says: 'To sum up all in a
few words, this great prelate had the good humor of a gentleman, the
eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a
schoolman, the profoundness of a philosopher, the wisdom of a
chancellor, the sagacity of a prophet, the reason of an angel, and the
piety of a saint, devotion enough for a cloister, learning enough for a
university, and wit enough for a college of virtuosi.'

These selections are judiciously made, and will commend themselves to
all readers of taste. It is a good sign to see Jeremy Taylor and old
Fuller reappearing among us.

POEMS. By FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN. Boston:
Ticknor & Fields. 1864.

Mr. Tuckerman has given us a volume of philos