Travels in South America, during the Years 1819-20-21; containing an Account of the present State of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile. By Alexander Caldcleugh, VI. The Library Companion; or, the Young Man's Guide, ART. I. 1. The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illus trations by himself and others. To which are added a new Life of the Author, an Estimate of his Poetical Character and Writings, and occasional Remarks. By William Roscoe, Esq. 2. The Works of Alexander Pope, with Notes and Illustrations. By Joseph Warton, D.D., and others. 3. The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose; contain- ing the principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton; Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefied, A. Chalmers, F.S.A., and others. To which are added, now first pub- lished, some Original Letters, with additional Observations and Me- moirs of the Life of the Author. By the Rev. William Lisle Bowles, A.M. Prebendary of Salisbury, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness 4. A Reply to the Charges brought by the Reviewer of Spence's Anec- dotes, in the Quarterly Review for October, 1820, against the last Editor of Pope's Works, and Author of A Letter to Mr. Campbell' on the invariable Principles of Poetry.' By the Rev. W. L. Bowles, (inserted in the 33d Number of the Pamphleteer.) 5. Observations on the Poetical Character of Pope, further elucidating the invariable Principles of Poetry, &c.; with a Sequel, in reply to Octavius Gilchrist. By the Rev. W. L. Bowles, (inserted in the 34th and 35th Numbers of the Pamphleteer.) 6. Letters to Lord Byron on a Question of Poetical Criticism: 3d Edi- tion, with Corrections. To which are now first added the Letter to Mr. Campbell, as far as regards Poetical Criticism; and the Answer to the Writer in the Quarterly Review, as far as they relate [it re- lates] to the same subject: 2d Edition: together with an Answer to some Objections, and further Illustrations. By the Rev. W. L. Bowles. 7. Letter to John Murray, Esq. on the Rev. W. L. Bowles's Strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope. By the Right Hon. Lord Byron. 8. A Letter to the Rev. W. Lisle Bowles, in Answer to a Pamphlet re- cently published under the title of a Reply to an Unsentimental sort of Critic, the Reviewer of Spence's Anecdotes in the Quarterly Re- view for October, 1820. By Octavius Gilchrist, Esq. F.S.A. 9. A Second Letter to the Rev. William Lisle Bowles, in Answer to his Second Reply (printed in the Thirty-third Number of the Pamphlet- eer) to the Reviewer of Spence's Anecdotes in the Quarterly Review for October, 1820. By Octavius Gilchrist, Esq. F.S.A 10. A Third Letter to the Rev William Lisle Bowles concerning Pope's Moral Character: including some Observations on that Person's De- meanour towards his Opponents, during the recent Controversy on that Subject. By Octavius Gilchrist, Esq. F.S.A. 11. A Final Appeal to the Literary Public relative to Pope, in reply to certain Observations of Mr. Roscoe, in his Edition of that Poet's Works. To which are added some Remarks on Lord Byron's Con- versations, as far as they relate to the same Subject, and the Author. In Letters to a Literary Friend. By the Rev. W. L. Bowles, M.A. II. 1. A Statist cal Account of the British Settlements in Australasia, including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. 2. An Account of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land, principally de- signed for the Use of Emigrants. By Edward Curr. 3. Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales, by various hands. Voyage Historique et Littéraire en Angleterre et en Europe. IV. The Right Joyous and Pleasant History of the Feats, Gests, and Prowesses of the Chevalier Bayard, the Good Knight without Fear and without Reproach. By the Loyal Servant. V. The Century of Inventions of the Marquis of Worcester, from the Original MS., with Historical and Explanatory Notes, and a Biogra- 3. Wilderspin on the Importance of Educating the Infant Poor. 4. A Reply to Mr. Brougham's Practical Observations upon the Educa- tion of the People, addressed to the Working Classes and their Em- ployers. By E. W. Grinfield, M. A. Minister of Laura Chapel, VII. The Diary of Henry Teonge, Chaplain on board his Majesty's Ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, Anno 1675 to 1679. Now 1. J. Miltoni Angli de Doctrinâ Christianâ libri duo posthumi, quos ex Schedis MSS. deprompsit et Typis mandari primus curavit C. R. Sumner, A.M., Biblioth. Reg. Præf. 2. A Treatise on Christian Doctrine, compiled from the Holy Scriptures alone, by J. Milton. Translated from the Original, by C. R. Sumner, X. 1. Who wrote EIKON BAZIAIKH ? considered and answered, in Two Letters addressed to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. By the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. Master of Trinity Col. 2. Documentary Supplement to Who wrote EIKON BAZIAIKH? By 2. Considerations on Negro Slavery, &c. &c. By Alexander M'Donnell 3. Considerations on the Abolition of Negro Slavery, &c. &c. By J. F. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. ART. I.-1. An Abstract of the Annual Reports and Correspondence of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, from the Chat Commencement of its Connexion with the East India Missions, A. D. 1709, to the present day; together with the Charges delivered to the Missionaries at different periods, on their Departure for their several Missions. Published by direction of the Board of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. 2. The Missionary Register, 1813-1824. BEFORE the suppression of the Jesuits, Muratori triumph antly appealed to their missions as one of the visible and evident signs that the Roman Catholic was the true church. No such heroic charity as that which inspired the Romish missionaries, he said, was to be found among the sects of modern heretics; it was not to be looked for but from that Holy Spirit which inflames the hearts of the faithful, nor to be found any where but in the true church of God. Little more than the appointed term of human life has elapsed since this excellent and most erudite person argued thus in perfect sincerity, and in full confidence that his assertion could not be disproved. During this interval, the missions of which he boasted have been broken up, and so utterly destroyed, that in those parts of the world where they were most efficient, and seemed to be most firmly established, not a wreck remains. Meantime the Protestant missionaries have entered the field, and are pursuing their undertakings widely and zealously, with surprizing exertions and various success. They pretend to no miraculous powers, and they canonize no martyrs. But many are the precious lives which have been sacrificed in their labours and the moral miracles which they have worked, and are working, will endure the test of strict inquiry now and hereafter. Those in the Annual Epistles and Relations of the Jesuits, the Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses, and the Chronicles of those monastic orders which have established provinces in America and Asia, will not bear the same touchstone. There is indeed little temerity in affirming, that a comparison between the plain sincerity of the Protestant accounts and the elaborate machinery in those of the Catholics, would go far towards satisfying any sane mind upon the question which is the true church. In In other respects, also, the contrast is not less striking. The Romish missionaries, from the sixteenth century, when the Jesuits opened the way, were supported by the bounty of princes and the wealth of established communities; they were encouraged by popular opinion, from the highest to the lowest ranks; and they were directed by wise heads, who made the humblest devotee and the wildest enthusiast equally subservient to a scheme of settled policy. If they were sent upon a service within those countries which any European power possessed by right of discovery or conquest, they were aided and protected by the colonial governments; and when they adventured beyond those limits, they had the countenance of their sovereign and of his representatives wherever it could avail them. But the Protestant missionaries had to contend against every disadvantage, especially in our own days, when exertions were first made upon a great and comprehensive scale. They had no other funds than what were derived from voluntary contributions. The adventurers were, many of them, ignorant enthusiasts, whose only qualifications appeared to be sincerity and zeal; and the persons at home, under whose direction they acted, were as inexperienced and enthusiastic as themselves. They had neither the assistance of the state nor the countenance of men in authority. Popular opinion was against them; and when, (which we may be allowed to remember with satisfaction,) in the first Number of this Journal, we rendered justice to their conduct and to their cause, those who laid claim to the appellation of liberal and enlightened critics, never noticed them in any other language than that of contumely and contempt. The Romish church facilitated the task of its missionaries even by its corruptions. It presented tangible objects of adoration to those who were either in a state of savage ignorance or of gross idolatry. It had the aid of imposing forms and ceremonies. It laid claim to miraculous powers among tribes and nations who believed in enchantments and supernatural agencies of every kind; and it was not more scrupulous abroad than it has been at home of establishing its pretensions by well worked wonders, and the fabrication of systematic falsehoods. It contented itself with exacting from its converts a routine of easy practices; and conversion in many cases was nothing more than the transferring from one name to another of that lip and finger-worship to which the poor idolaters had been accustomed. There is a memorable example of this in the case of an old Japanese woman, a devotee, who, in her pagan state, used to invoke the name of Amida an hundred and forty thousand times in the course of the day and night; and, after her conversion, in the year 1622, to the Roman Catholic faith, simply exchanged the name of Amida for that of Maria, and continued the same practice as long as she lived. The Jesuits |