[full review, pp. 38-48.] A few individuals, by the most unwearied and persevering exertions, succeeded in effecting a partial, though local reformation. A few congregations, in some of the most populous towns and villages of New England, were rescued from the prevailing degeneracy, the style of music which they adopted was comparatively excellent .... Several laudable attempts ... to supply this deficiency have been attended with partial success; and amongst these are justly to be reckoned the 'Templi Carmina.' ... It is ... doubtful whether a book that makes such high pretensions to correctness, may not, by offending the taste of the amateur and the man of science, and by imperfectly accommodating itself to the wants of choirs and worshipping assemblies, do something towards retarding, instead of facilitating the cultivation of church music.