The Confessions of Adalbert. This book is a translation by
Mr. JACKSON from the German of Dr. THEREMIN, a chaplain to the King of Prussia. It narrates, in a series of letters, the conver- sion of the supposed writer from a state of cold and lifeless admission of the truth of religion, to that of vital Christianity. To English minds, at all events if' of a critical nature, the first intellectual condition of the convert seems to possess a sickly sen- timent akin to that of Mr. Wester; and his second is mysticism rather than true Christian faith. Nor are there any redeeming points in the book considered as a story : it is barren of incident; the means of grace seem insufficient to have produced grace in the way the writer describes them ; his sentiments are dreamy and matterless ; and the occurrences and manner are of the mi- nutely literal German school.
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