German Hymnology
Survey of German hymnology focusing on Luther’s hymns, editions, melodies, and the rise of congregational singing in the Reformation.
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German Hymnology
Le Pays Latin
1850 Princeton Magazine pieces on Gothic language scholarship and on ‘Le Pays Latin’—Latin student life, verses, and reflections on Wordsworth. Covers grammars, Sorbonne anecdotes, and classical verse.
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Letters on the Early Latin Writers
Explores the ‘physiognomy’ of houses and introduces letters on early Latin writers, tracing Rome’s literary origins, Greek influence, and the development of the Latin language.
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Machinery and Labour
Argues that labour-saving machinery, while displacing some jobs short-term, expands overall employment, raises living standards, and creates new trades; workers should adopt or adapt.
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Merry Men
Short essays: praise and critique of Wordsworth, a moral sketch of ‘merry men’ warning against convivial excess and ruin, and counsel on economy of thought and honesty.
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Of the Term Aesthetics
Survey of the term "aesthetics": its Greek/Latin origins, adoption by German thinkers (Kant, Hegel), debates among classicists and critics, and its establishment in English usage.
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Our Visit to the Somerset Farmer
A 19th-century essay celebrating rural farm life in New Jersey—hospitality, fruit culture, hearty fare, and practical industry. It argues that cultivation and family labors bring moral improvement.
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Presbyterianism in Virginia
Lives of Robert Blair and early Virginia Presbyterianism, tracing ministers like Francis Makemie, legal struggles over the Act of Toleration, and the church’s colonial foundations.
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Roadside Architecture
Critiques narrow "practical" education and defends sound foundational learning. Advocates tasteful roadside architecture—beauty from knowledge not cost—and educating builders with prizes and models.
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Sears’s Life of Luther
Praises Barnas Sears’s Life of Luther for thorough German-source research and a clear, evangelical account of Luther’s early conversion and justification. Notes the later years are compressed.
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The Minor Works of Doctor Johnson
Review of Dr. Samuel Johnson’s minor works—essays, letters, prefaces, prayers and poems—praising moral tone and Dictionary preface while critiquing some letters and his Shakespeare criticism.
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The Physiognomy of Houses
An essay that personifies houses—castles that frown, cottages that smile, and deserted homes that reveal neglect—arguing a home’s appearance reflects its inhabitants. Includes a short poem on hope.
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The Prospects of the Mechanic
Three essays from Princeton Magazine (1850): Gothic language scholarship; American mechanics’ prospects and social mobility; and a call for poetry suited to its age.
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The Working Man’s Aim
An essay urging young working men to ‘aim high’—pursue intellectual and moral growth beyond mere labor—and a short poem reflecting on age and time.
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What Can We Do for Irreligious Households?
Urges Christian parents to use family worship, instruction, example and prayer to reclaim irreligious households and train children. Highlights baptismal covenant and catechism.
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Wordsworth
Critical appreciation of Wordsworth praising his truth to nature, melodic versification, and moral purity while noting stylistic excesses and theoretical errors.
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Carl, the Young Emigrant
Juvenile Sunday-school story about Carl, a young German emigrant orphan at a boarding school. It emphasizes teacherly kindness, schoolboy camaraderie, and reading nature through Scripture (Psalms 19, 104).
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Fireside Singing
Three pieces: a warning of the soul’s death and sleepless torment for the ungodly. An appeal to family hymn-singing to nurture piety, and a critique of superficial external ornament.
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Sabbath Evenings in Former Days
Reflects on the Christian resolve to ‘call nothing mine but God,’ citing Abraham’s tithe as surrender. Urges Sabbath-evening family worship and weekly catechizing from the Westminster catechisms.
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