adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris, confectum. Accedit Index Vocum Latinarum locupletissimus. Tomus Primus, \—ż. Hal. Sax. MDCCCXXX. A truly welcome present this, to all who interest themselves for Arabic literature! So all will acknowledge, who have themselves experienced the difficulty of obtaining books for the study of this noble language. A Golius was very rarely to be met with even in Europe, and if found could usually not be bought under from $50 to $80; Meninsky and Castell cost nearly as much; besides the inconvenience of arrangement which characterizes them, and renders it so laborious to consult them; Willmet and Scheid are both very rare, and cover only a few particular books; and besides these there are only the meagre Glossaries appended to different Chrestomathies, the best of which are those of Oberleitner and Kosegarten. But here we have a work, which places the Arabic language in this respect almost on a level with the Greek and Latin. The author's first plan was to give a new edition of Golius, with corrections and additions; but he soon found reason to make a new work of his own, founded on the celebrated Arabic lexicons of Djeuhari and Firuzabad, the last of which is more commonly know as the Camoos or Ocean. The work is most beautifully printed in quarto, on good paper; and the retail price of Vol. I. containing 544 pages, is 20 rix-dollars, or between $14 and $15. The whole work is expected to be completed in two volumes. PROSPECTUS OF THE BIBLICAL REPOSITORY, A QUARTERLY PERIODICAL JOURNAL. THE proposed publication is intended to be, as its name imports, a Collection of Essays and Tracts of permanent value, which shall relate, first and principally, to the literature of the Bible, and to subjects connected with this literature. A less prominent, but no less important, object of the work, will be the conservation of similar essays in the departments of Sacred Rhetoric, and of Doctrinal and Historical Theology; more particularly the latter, as having been hitherto less cultivated in our country than any other. It is a part of the plan, that a portion of each number shall consist of one or more original articles, comprising essays on biblical and other theological topics; as well as views of the state of theological education and literature in other countries. The rest of the work will be made up of such selections from the vast range of essays,-historical, philological, hermeneutical, geographical, etc.-existing in the theological literature of England and the various countries of the European continent, as shall seem most worthy of being presented to the American student, and best adapted to aid his progress, and promote among us the cause of biblical learning and of pure religion. These will be translated where necessary; and will every where be accommodated to the American reader, by the addition of such notes and explanations as may seem to be requisite. To every article the name of the author or translator will be affixed. At the close of each number there will be given a list of any new and valuable publications in our own or in foreign countries; and the more important works, so far as practicable, will be particularly pointed out. In assuming the superintendence of the present work, the Editor is permitted to expect from the Rev. Prof. STUART the assistance not only of his pen, but also of his judgement and counsel. From various other quarters he looks also for extensive aid. Thus supported, he approaches the task with less diffidence. The field before him is boundless, and he pledges himself to spare no effort on his part; but whether the harvest which he may be able to gather, will be such as to satisfy the biblical students of our country, remains to be determined by experiment. May the Great Head of the Church enable him in this way to contribute his mite to the advancement of sacred learning and true piety! Andover Theol. Seminary, 1831. EDWARD ROBINSON. CONDITIONS. 1. The Work will be published quarterly, on the first days of January, April, July, and October, by FLAGG & GOULD; each Number to contain from 175 to 200 pages octavo. 2. The price to Subscribers will be FOUR DOLLARS per annum, payable on the delivery of the second number. To Agents who become responsible for five copies, a sixth copy will be allowed gratis. Communications respecting the work may be addressed (post paid) to FLAGG & GOULD, Andover, Massachusetts, or to any of the agents whose names are printed on the last page of the cover. NOTE. The two numbers already issued contain each 200 pages or more, and it is the intention of the publishers, (should there be sufficient encouragement,) to make the work uniformly of the same average size, unless in extraordinary cases. It will also be perceived, that more than three fourths of the two numbers published, is composed of original matter. CORRIGENDA IN NO. I. Page 60, 1. 12 fr. bot.-It is there said that Wegscheider's Institutiones have reached the ninth edition. It should read sixth edition. Page 198 at the close. Later information enables us to state, that Freytag's Arabic Lexicon is to be completed in three parts or volumes, and that the retail price of the whole work in Germany is 20 rix dollars, or between $14 and $15, payable on the delivery of Part I. |