This volume of the cheap Boston edition of Hume is devoted to Charles I. and the Commonwealth; contains the principal alleged offences of the author against the principles of civil and religious liberty, and is, accordingly, that part of his great work which has been made the subject of the most vehement controversies. It is, perhaps, the ablest in style and matter of the whole, and may be profitably read in connection with Macaulay’s views on the same subjects. * * * * * _Saint Leger, or The Threads of Life. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1 vol. 12mo._ This is the work of a man of intense conceptions, whose style is urged on by the _furor_ of his thinking, and who, by sheer strength, drags the readers along with him from the first to the last page. The detail of the hero’s personal experience, if given with less vividness, would certainly tire, but as expressed in the author’s vehement style, it fastens attention as much as the incidents. * * * * * _The Whale and his Captors; or The Whaleman’s Adventures, and The Whale’s Biography. By Rev. Henry T. Cheever. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1 vol. 16mo._ This volume is the production of a scholar, a man of letters, and a clergyman; and the characteristics of all three are modified by a sort of assumed Jack-Tarism, always racy, if sometimes in questionable taste. It is spirited in style, full of a landsman’s exultation in the incidents and scenery of sea life, and laden with interesting information pleasantly told. * * * * * EDITOR’S TABLE. THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE. _Grif._ Noble madam, Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now? _Kath._ Yes, good Griffith; I were malicious else. _Grif._ This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly, Was fashioned to much honor from his cradle. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. KING HENRY VIII.