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slave. Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. What Irishman does not feel proud that he has lived in the days of GRATTAN? who has not turned to him for comfort, from the false friends and open enemies of Ireland? who did not remember him in the days of its burnings and wastings and murders? No Government ever dismayed him-the world could not bribe him-he thought only of Ireland-lived for no other object-dedicated to her his beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius, were within his reach; but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other men happy and free; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without one sidelook, without one yielding thought, without one motive in his heart which he might not have laid open to the view of God and He is gone!-but there is not a single day of his honest life of which every good Irishman would not be more proud, than of the whole political existence of his countrymen,-the annual deserters and betrayers of their native land.

man.

[The following beautiful lines, from the eloquent pen of Miss FRANCES WRIGHT, have appeared before; yet we would fain give them a more accessible, if not a more lasting habitation, in our pages. We value the esteem and friendship of the admirable author of Altorf,-and feel more gratified with the approbation of one such person of genius, than hurt at the sarcasms of a thousand tourists.]

THE STRANGER'S FAREWELL TO AMERICA.

Yes! I have left ye, regions of the sun!

Land of the free, I've bade thee my farewell!
The reckless gale our proud ship driveth on,

And thou art sunk beneath the billows' swell.

Farewell to thee!-Heaven's choicest blessings thine,
Freedom, and her twin sister, holy Peace;
Ever upon thee may their influence shine,

Strengthen thy strength, and hallow its increase!

Well hast thou chosen, in the day of youth,
Spurning the sceptre of a kingly lord,
And seating thee beneath the eye of Truth,
To rule thee by her fair and simple word.

Shame on the heartless, on the selfish wight,
Can tread thy shore, and cast abroad his eye
On thy vast regions, bless'd in freedom's light,
In active, peaceful, happy industry ;—

Can walk amid thy race of free-born men,
Whose fathers broke the stubborn tyrant's rod,
And taught the truth, none will unlearn again,
That man hath no superior but his God.
Shame on the wretch can tread thy sacred shore,
And feel no generous thoughts expand his mind;
Can speak thy name, and think thy story o'er,
Nor bless thee in the name of all mankind!

Ay, young America! earth owes to thee,
If now, through all her vast and varied climes,
Aught better, nobler, 'mong her tribes she see,
Than suffering slaves, and tyrants working crimes.
Thy cry of freedom first poor Gallia heard,
And shook her chains, and burst them at one bound;
Then all the tribes of mighty Andes stirr'd,
Till e'en the slumbering Spaniard caught the sound.
And when all earth shall hear the stunning call,
And all her myriads range 'neath freedom's wings;
When from her peoples the last chains shall fall,
With the last iron sceptre of her kings—

Then shall the nations turn their eyes to thee;
To thee, America! whose youthful mind
Had strength to brave the laws of tyranny,
And point the way of truth to all mankind :
Then shall they bless thy Congress, firmly great,
Who made appeal to men and heaven's Lord,
When they in solemn council fearless sat,

Declar'd their nation's rights, and drew the sword:
Then shall they write upon the door of fame
Thy Franklin, the pure patriot and the sage,
And Jefferson, and many a stainless name,
Whose virtues live within thy history's page:
Then shall they read, with sympathizing pride,
How thy firm Washington the cause upstaid,
With equal mind, did good or ill betide,
Unaw'd by danger, or by faction sway'd.

But hark! what clamour makes the battling wind!
Ocean and heaven mix in wild uproar ;
The raving deep in mountains rolls behind,
And storm and tempest point our track before.

Farewell! Farewell! Kindly I'll think on thee,
Land of the West! and so may'st thou retain,
In some warm hearts, kind memory of me,
A cheerless pilgrim of the stormy main.

F. W.

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** The answers to the Queries of D. F. are unavoidably postponed for a future number.

The ART. IV. of our last number, contains what has been considered an unfriendly criticism upon the Army. The passage alluded to was not published exactly as was intended-but it would be useless to give an erratum, with the correction, now. In a second edition of the first numbers (which are to be reprinted) the correction will be embraced. The force and general applicability of the passage, as it stands, escaped the editor, in the multiplicity of his business,-and he is assured that the writer himself did not intend to convey the general censure which the words fairly warrant. It is sincerely regretted that any expression injurious to our military establishment, should be understood to proceed from a work, which will so cheerfully support the permanent interests of the service.

LIST OF AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.

(1.) EDUCATION.

L. Jackson's Elements of Penmanship, practically arranged. NewYork. Published by P. Maverick, engraver, and L. Jackson. [Engraved by P. Maverick, Durand & Co.]

(2.) CHEMISTRY.

A System of Chemistry, by Thomas Thompson, M. D. F. R. S. L. &c., from the 5th Lond. edit., with notes by Thomas Cooper, Esq. Prof. &c. 4 vols. 8vo.

(3.) HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND TOPOGRAPHY.

History of the War of Independence of the U. S., by Charles Bottatranslated from the Italian by Geo. A. Otis. Vol. 3d. A. Small.

Philad.

Narrative Journal of Travels, through the north-western regions of the United States, extending from the Detroit, through the great chain of AMERICAN LAKES, to the sources of the Mississippi river ; performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass, in the year 1820. By Henry R. Schoolcraft. With a map, and 8 engravings. [In press.]

Memoir on the Geography, and Natural and Civil History of Florida; attended by a map of that country, connected with the adjacent places and an Appendix, containing the Treaty of Cession, &c. by William Darby. 8vo. Hickman & Hazzard. Philad.

Historical and Topographical Sketches of the Floridas, down to the ratification of the treaty between the U. S. and Spain. By James Grant Forbes, Esq. [In the press.] C. S. Van Winkle. New-York. Travels in France and Italy, during the years 1817 and 18. By the Rev. William Berrian. 8vo. New-York.

An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the birth of Christ to the beginning of the present century; in which the rise, progress, and variations of church power, are considered in their connexion with the state of learning and philosophy, and the political history of Europe during that period. By the late learned John Lawrence Mosheim, D. D. and Chancellor of the Univ. of Gottingen. Translated from the original Latin, and accompanied with notes and chronological tables, by Archibald Maclaine, D. D. 4 vols. 8vo. Collins & Co. New-York.

Gibbon's Roman Empire. [In the press.] J. & J. Harper. N. York. Hallam's view of the History and Governments of Europe, during the middle ages. 4 vols. 8vo. [In the press.] Dobson & Son. Phil. Atlas Classica, or select maps of ancient geography, both sacred and profane. A. Finley. Phil. $5.

(3.) LAW.

A Treatise on the Practice of the Supreme Court of New-York, in civil actions; together with the proceedings in error. By John A. Dunlap, Esq. counsellor at law. E. F. Backus. Albany.

A Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the U. S. from its establishment in 1789, to Feb. term 1820, including cases decided in the continental court of appeals in prize causes, during the war of the Revolution. By Henry Wheaton, Counsellor, &c., reporter for the sup. court. R. Donaldson. New-York.

A Treatise on Maritime Contracts of Letting to hire. By Robert Jos. Pothier. Translated from the French, with notes, and a life of the author, by Caleb Cushing. Boston.

Journal of Debates and proceedings in the Convention of Delegates, chosen to revise the Constitution of Mass. at Boston, 1821.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the high court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellors Thurlow, Erskine, and Eldon, from 1789 to 1812-13. By Francis Vesey, jr. Esq. barrister, &c. In 18 vols. roy. 8vo. From the 3d. Lond. edit. with references to American decisions, by Edward D. Ingraham, Esq. and,

Reports of Cases in the high court of Chancery in the time of Lord Chancellor Eldon, from 1812-13 to 1814. By Francis Vesey and John Beames, Esqrs. &. In 2 vols. roy. 8vo. From the 2d. Lond. edit., with references to American decisions, by the same-and, Index to the Chancery Reports. By R. Belt, Esq. royal 8vo. [In the press.] M. Carey & Son. Phil. Vols. 1 and 2 pub.

Cases in the high court of Chancery, during the time of Lord Chancellor Eldon, in 1815. By George Cooper, Esq. barrister,—and, Reports of Cases in the high court of Chancery; from Michaelmas term, 1815, to Michaelmas term, 1817. By J. H. Merivale, Esq. 3 vols.-and,

Reports of Cases in the high court of Chancery; from before Hilary VOL. II. 62

term, 1818. By C. T. Swanston, Esq., and continued to the present time, by J. Wilson, Esq. [These Reports are a continuation of the series by Vesey jun. and Vesey and Beames, which M. Carey & Son are now publishing. They will be put to press as soon as the others are completed, which will be about the close of the present year.] They also propose to republish the

Series of Chancery Reports, from Equity Cases Abridged, which commence at the earliest authentic period, to Brown's Reports, which terminate in 1795, when F. Vesey, jun. commenced; each work to contain notes and references to the subsequent English, and to the American decisions: total 25 vols.

A Treatise of Equity, with addition of marginal references and notes. By John Fonblanque, Esq. barrister. 2d Am. from 5th Lond. edit.; with additions and references to Am. decisions. 2 vols. 8vo. A. Small. Philad.

A Practical Treatise of the Law of venders and purchasers of Estates. By Edward Burtenshaw Sudgen, Esq. 2d Am. from 5th Lond. edit.; with notes and references to Am. decisions, by Edward D. Ingraham. A. Small. Philad.

(4.) MEDICINE.

Pharmacopea of the United States. Charles Ewer. Boston.

A System of Practical Nosology; to which is prefixed, a synopsis of the systems of Sauvages, Linnæus, Vogel, Sagar, Maibride, Cullen, Darwin, Crichton, Pinel, Parr, Swediaur, Young, and Good, with reference to the best authors on each disease. By David Hosack, M. D. F. R. S. L. & E. Prof. of the Inst. and Prac. of Med. in the Univ. of New-York, &c. 2d edit. corrected and enlarged. C. S. Van Winkle. New-York.

Medical Dissertations on Hemoptysis, or spitting of blood; and on Suppuration, which obtained the Boylston premiums for the years 1818, 1820. By John Ware, M. D. Boston-pp. 95.

Practical Illustrations of Typhus Fever, of the common continued fevers, and of inflammatory diseases, &c. by John Armstrong, M. D. Physician of the Fever Institution of London; with notes critical and explanatory, by Nathaniel Potter, M. D. Prof. theor. and pract. med. Univ. Maryland, &c. From the 3d Eng. edit. J. Webster. Phil. Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New-York, for the year 1821; together with the annual address, by John Stearns, M. D. Presid. Albany.

(5.) NOVELS.

The Novels of Charles Brockden Brown, viz. Wieland, Arthur Mervyn, Edgar Huntley, Ormond, Jane Talbot, and Clara Howard. [In the press.] C. S. Van Winkle. New-York.

The Village of St. Mariendorpt, a Tale, by Anna Maria Porter. Wells & Lilly. Boston.

No Fiction, a narrative founded on recent and interesting facts, and connected with living characters. 2 vols. 18mo. from the Lond. 3d edit. S. T. Armstrong. Boston.

Melmoth the Wanderer, a Tale, by the author of "Bertram." 4 vols. in 2. Wells & Lilly. Boston.

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