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    n * IVt * lu 0 h fefttah already dropped , bit by bit , iato th < j 4 e $ peha * m belQWTk 0 jt ^ t ^ pm so far down is whitened over with age * It must ) iav e )> $ a g ^ MTy I Q wh » t monstrous blocks have been hewa from its pid ^ sj JL \^ $ mto ne partly rent appears large enough to fonp . an E ^ j ^ tran pyr ^ nid ; and they who laboured to form those enormous masses coul d never asfcehd from its depths , but have there died , and those are tlieir

    bones which lie blanched in the untrodden deep . Thousands of years have tolled away since anything of life moved in that dead valley I—even the walls that are now lessening and decaying , or sinking frightfully lower , seem as if they were dying . How horrible looks that pass I The light that gleams through those fiery crags shines awfully along the dusky heights ! There are tents upon the mountain , but they look old

    and quaintly made ; while on the peak above stands a hoary castle ; but from the rents through its crumbling walls , we know that the besieged and the besiegers have ages since become a portion of the earth . Lower descends that darkening mountain , and the whole country is thrown into shadow } it looks as if night in solid blackness was falling upon the world . The flames ascend anew , the sky has broken from its fastenings , and all rt gone . "—p . 47 .

    jpie book is not all description . A story which contains rftany touches of fine and delicate feeling , runs throughout it . It must be read , not in , extract , but continuously , to receive its due measure of appreciation . From the elegant manner in which % he publishers have produced it , and far more from its varied and pleasing contents , we should recommend it as a Chris ^ tuas present to young people , whose hearts no less than minxls yvould be improved and enlightened by the perusal .

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    TflCrs is the first of a series in which Mr Owen means to develope all his theories . The present volume contains an explanation of the ponstitution of Human Nature . It is written witli &a excellent precision of arrangement and clearness of style , a » 4 ^

    sioratieity and earnestness of faith truly winning . The following is the scope of the work , as stated in the Introduction : *—* The first part contains an explanation of theconstitntion of Human Nature and the MoTal Science of Man , in brAeirthat a solid foundation may be laid at the commencement .

    In tile succeeding part of this book the conditions requisite to inj ure the happiness © F man will be stated , with the reason for each OOfl $ tU > n- Slaving considered what individual man is by nature , mad what is jnecje&wy to ( he happiness of a being so constituted , an explanation will be given of the arrangements which ar * iiiiUUlftiy for id * social condition , which will toad to the cuuddet *

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    7 & * The Book tf the Mm Moral World .

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    THE BOOK OF THE NEW MORAL WORLD .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1836, page 742, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2664/page/26/