Hours at Home Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...who have suffered by fire or sword. It is impossible here to allude to the numerous points of interest connected with this memoir. The readers of Hours At Hons will probably find them treated of at length in a future number. In the biography of Dr. I. H. Van der Palm, we have a memoir of less exciting character. Dr. Van der Palm, who died in 1840, was one of the most famous Oriental scholars of Holland. As a preacher, he was remarkable for true evangelical sentiments strongly expressed, in opposition to the skeptical tendencies of the age. Ten of his sermons are given in the volume, which, in the prevailing ignorance of Dutch literature, etc., introduce the reader to new associations and habits of thought, and will favorably impress him with a sense of the piety, wisdom, and benevolence of the good man it commemorates. Among the miscellaneous books of the month, probably none will command a circulation equal to the Plain Talk f that " Timothy Titcomb" addresses to always ready ears. The remarkable currency acquired by Dr. Holland's works among the great masses of our population is unerringly tested by the statistics of publication. The nature of the influence obtained and its effect on the great body of readers is a subject worthy of philosophical inquiry. Suffice it here to say that this influence has always been exerted toward Life and Character of I. H. Van der Palm, D.D., Professor In the University of Leyden. By Nicholas Beets, D.D. Translated from the Dutch by I. P. Westerveldt Umo. New-York: Hurd f t Houghton. t Plain Talk on Familiar Subjects. By Timothy Titcomb, (Dr. J. O. Holland.) 12mo. New-York: Charles Scribner A Co. % a good end. The people find no honeyed words of flattery in Dr. Holland's addresses. He is the sharp and unsparing ce...