more than a million of the Jews.  One part of the people were left as food for the wild beasts of the field, whilst some were kept alive to grace the triumph of the victor; but that which above all moved the grief of the Israelites, was the destruction of that temple which had been erected by their own monarchs at so great an expense.  Its glory has been described by the author already named; I find the description among my papers, and send it to you.  You will weep as a true Israelite, and compare our former greatness with the degraded state to which the blindness and errors of our Elders have reduced us.

Under Hadrian, the Jews were once more excited to a contest.[7] Bar Cochef announced himself as the Messias, but in the sequel 580,000 of our nation were destroyed, and the name of Jerusalem was changed for that of Elia.  The emperor Julian, usually called the Apostate, in his ambition for future fame, ordered the Temple of Solomon to be rebuilt.  But the fathers of the Christian Church, as well as the contemporary author Ammianus Marcellinus, assert that a fire, which burst forth from the ground, suspended the operation at its commencement.

    [7] About fifty years after the destruction of Jerusalem, when the
        great body of the Jews held the opinion that the time for the
        appearance of their Messias had arrived, there arose this man,
        who announced himself in that character, and called himself
        Bar Cochef, or the “Son of a Star.”  He was acknowledged by
        numbers of his people, who became his followers, declared him
        their king, and made war upon the Romans, many of whom were
        destroyed, both in Greece and in Africa.  His power continued
        betwixt three and four years, when the very people who had
        supported him proclaimed him an impostor, and gave him the
        name Bar Cosifa, or the “Son of a Lie.”

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ANATOMY OF SOCIETY.

By J.A.  St. John, Esq.

The title of this work leads the reader to expect a regular and connected series of illustrations of the constitution or frame-work of society, in which its scheme might be traced through the various ramifications.  On the contrary, we have two volumes of essays of no consecutive interest, but well written, and in some cases abounding with turns of scholarly elegance.  They seldom flag, or grow vapid, notwithstanding they are on subjects of common life and experience, upon which moralists have rung the changes of words for centuries past.  Occasionally, however, there are some new positions and little conceits which have more of prettiness than truth to recommend them.  To call Cowper’s line

  God made the country, but man made the town!

“a piece of impious jargon” is no proof of Mr. St. John’s acumen or fair comprehension of the poet’s meaning, but accords with his unproved assertion “The mark of man’s hand is as visible in the country as in the town to all those who make use of their eyes.”  Yet this sentiment is a fair specimen of the stern stuff of which Mr. St. John’s creeds and opinions are made up.[8] Nevertheless, the volumes are entertaining, and in proof we have carved out a few laconic extracts: