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grace over the rudeness of society.
then shall doubt their utility? Or what
virtuous intellectual exercise is there,
which is to be despised as unprofitable?
"Philosophy," says an eminent writer,
"teaches us to regard all human pursuits
as equally vain." Philosophy, say we,
should rather teach us to regard them as
almost equally profitable.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

And far in heaven, the while,
The sun, that sends that gale to wander here,
Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile,—
The sweetest of the year.

Where now the solemn shade,
Verdure and gloom where many branches meet;
So grateful, when the noon of summer made

The vallies sick with heat?

Let in through all the trees
Come the strange rays; the forest depths are bright;
Their sunny-coloured foliage, in the breeze,
Twinkles, like beams of light.

The rivulet, late unseen,
Where bickering through the shrubs its waters run,
Shines with the image of its golden screen,
And glimmerings of the sun.

But, 'neath yon crimson tree,

Who have leisure and means to do what they will, and good taste enough to love what is beautiful. The contrast, rather the comparison, instituted between the two great epic poets of Italy, pleased us perhaps more than any other part of this article. The merits of each are allowed him; and the faults of each are fairly stated; and this the author has done as only he could have done, who had studied them for himself, and learned to appreciate and enjoy their excellence. There are translations of parts THE first article in the XLV. number of Pulci's Morgante, of Ariosto's Satires, is a review of General Sumner's letter to and of the Ricciardetto of Fortiguerra, President Adams, respecting the Militia which, we suppose, should be accredited to System, with his answer; and of Captain the writer of the article. They are, espePartridge's observations upon the same sub- cially the last, so very good, that we canject. The writer recommends that the na- not help hinting to the writer, that he may Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, tional government should arm the militia perhaps employ a part of his leisure pleas- Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, at the expense of the nation; that Scott's antly and profitably in preparing for the system of discipline, now used by the Unit-public translations of larger portions of ed States army, should be adapted to the Italian literature. The dramatic poetry of militia; and that some kind of classification Italy did not fall within the scope of this Depart the hues that make thy forests glad ; writer's plan; and he alludes to Alfieri's Thy gentle wind and thy fair sunny noon, writings slightly and seldom. This we regret, for if there be one European author of modern days, who must be read with admiration by every American, acquainted Amidst with his language, it is Alfieri. His high respect for the institutions of our native land is well known; and no one can read That makes men mad-the tug for wealth and his tragedies-especially the best of them- The passions and the cares that wither life, without acknowledging how truly and deeply they sympathize with what should be the habitual and ruling feelings of a citizen of this country. There are mistakes of the press in the French and Italian quotations, which disfigure the pages quite too much.

should be adopted, by which the severer
labour and greater expense of time should
fall upon the younger class. He states with
force and accuracy the reasons which make
those plans of occasional encampment of
bodies of militia, which have often been
and probably often will be urged upon the
general and state governments, impolitic
and inexpedient. We understand that the
writer of this article is an officer in the
regular army of the United States; and it
is gratifying to see a professional soldier
speaking with so much candour and good
sense of an instrument of warfare which
his brethren are rather too apt to despise.
He has however fallen into one error, un-
less we be greatly mistaken.
poses the religious sects, now exempted by
law from militia duty, would not complain
were they taxed with the fine for the non-
performance of this duty. We think, that
no one at all acquainted with the princi-
ples and habits of these sects can doubt
that they would complain, and that the fine
could only be collected by legal distress.
A very large sum is annually levied by dis-
tress upon the Quakers, in England, for
nonpayment of tythes and nonperformance
of military duty.

He sup

The third article is upon the Life and Genius of Goethe. It is well written and interesting; and discovers an extent and intimacy of acquaintance with the literature of Germany which is highly creditable to the writer. We have no doubt that he speaks not only scholarly but wisely; but are not sufficiently well versed in the mysteries of the German tongue, to vouch for the accuracy of his criticisms.

The fifth article is a learned and beautifully written essay upon Italian Narrative Poetry. It is very long, occupying indeed fifty-three pages; but we believe no readers will think it too long;-they certainly will not, who hold that the intellect of this country is nowise deficient in strength, and rejoice at every new proof, that it will, ere long, receive due culture. We doubt not that the ornament of elegant literature will be sought and won by those amongst us who

POETRY.

Her blush of maiden shame.

Oh, Autumn! why so soon

And leave thee wild and sad!

Ah, 'twere a lot too blest

Forever in thy coloured shades to stray;
the kisses of the soft southwest

To rove and dream for aye;

And leave the vain low strife

power,

And waste its little hour.

NAHANT.

Who ridest in the raging of the deep
Nahant, majestic Queen of promontories;
Like a sea-monster; by what potent hand
Were thy unyielding crags deep-morticed
In sockets caverned to the inmost earth.
What strife of chaos or what shock of worlds,
Through the burst marble of the ocean's floor.
Sea-born, pressed upward thy amphibious bulk,
Ages and ages ere man looked on thee,
Have thy rude battlements rung to the wreck
Of continents of ice. Impregnable,

I

B.

The fourth article, upon Agriculture, is
sensible and very well written. But there
should be in this work, or elsewhere, a
fuller exposition of the errors of the econ-
omists, which, as the writer of this article
states, Adam Smith did certainly adopt.
We have not room to speak more partic-Thou seem'st to stand a footstool for the weight
ularly of other articles. If some of the
Of that gigantic angel whom the world
lighter publications of the day had been look upon the violent strife of waters,
Cannot uphold alone. From thine oft shocked verge
noticed, the number would certainly be As thundering they dash on thee, and split
more amusing,-though perhaps less in. And fly to atoms at thy touch, silvering
structive.
Thy Atlantean shoulders with their spoil.
I love to look at thee by pale moonlight,
When the dun Ocean, wearied out with rage,
Submissive, lays his head upon thy lap,
And slumbers, while his rustling silver curls
Fringe with their shining ringlets thy dark feet.
But when the awakened waters shudder
In their dismaying sense of coming storms,
Then is thy greatest glory. Then amidst
The scorching lightning and the thunders' din,
The howl of frenzied elements, the sigh
Of apprehensive and alarmed nature,
Thou standest like to one that trusts in God!
How noble is the Ocean in his wrath?
Swoln with the lashes of tempestuous winds,
Headlong the green surge rushes upon thee;
And upward pouring with a thorough search
Fills every hollow-till the massy bulk
Of the black wave, rising and threatening stands,
And then with one o'erwhelming, bursting stroke,
Grinds the drenched granite in its giant arms!
Thy strong rocks tremble, and the glittering spray
Darts upward like the gleams of northern morn,
And spreads around a cloud of silver dust;
Then suddenly the exhausted waters fall
Relaxing from their gallant hold to drop
Into the bosom of their baffled host.

AUTUMN WOODS.

Ere, in the northern gale,
The summer tresses of the trees are gone,
The woods of Autumn, all around our vale,
Have put their glory on.

The mountains that infold

In their wide sweep, the coloured landscape round,
Seem groups of giant kings in purple and gold,

That guard the enchanted ground.

I roam the woods that crown

The upland, where the mingled splendours glow,
Where the gay company of trees look down

On the green fields below.

My steps are not alone
In these bright walks; the sweet southwest, at play,
Flies, rustling, where the painted leaves are strown
Along the winding way.

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We are borne along on the passing gale,
That softly is fanning our silken sail,
On its trembling wings as we float along;
Mortal! list to the Spirits' song.

From the distant land where the happy dwell,
Where whispering lovers their fond vows tell,
Where no sigh is heard save the sigh of love,
Breathed by the Spirits who hither rove :-

From the land where the jessamine ever blooms,

And the Camalate breathes its sweet perfumes,

Where light by day and by night there is none, Save the light that beams from beauty's throne:

Where Spring and Summer forever reign,
And the fairest flowrets bedeck the plain,
Where blasts of the death-wind never blow,
And the golden waters forever flow.

Mortal! we've come on the zephyr's wings,
And have waked our wild harps' murmurings,
Our journey of love to thee to tell;
Mortal! 'tis told-farewell-farewell.

G.

The wild vine leap upon the nectarine's trunk,
And strangle it with a too close embrace-
The thistle shall o'errun the beautiful mead-
The bison feed upon the cities' site-
The adder coil him in the lady's bower
And hiss upon the mastodon, as he
Comes from his exile of a thousand years.
And these shall be because such things have been,
For nature is immutable and keeps
No changeful course.

FROM THE ITALIAN OF TASSO.

There blooms no floweret of the plain, Whose petals boast so fair a stain,

As thy sweet lips, my love! Nor does the zephyr whispering nigh, Nor all the woodland melody, The murmur of the bubbling spring, Such transport o'er my spirit fling,

As thy sweet song, my love! May nought disturb its melody, Save the soft kiss and gentle sigh Of thee-and me, my love.

INTELLIGENCE.

J.

G.

CABINET OF MINERALS AT CAMBRIDGE.

The liberality of several gentlemen of Boston, and their desire to promote the study of Mineralogy and Geology in this vicinity, have lately been displayed in the purchase of an extensive and valuable collection of minerals, which they have presented to the University at Cambridge. This collection is now added to that pregether with the specimens formerly transmitted by the French Government, and the late Dr Lettsom, with the additions made by Dr Waterhouse, will constitute one of the most complete and valuable mineralogical cabinets in the United States.

The flower by which the heaven of Indra is sented by Andrew Ritchie, Esq. and toperfumed.

LINES FROM A TRAVELLER'S PORT FOLIO. I stood upon the lofty Alleghany.

It was a summer morning-the bright sun
Shone o'er the mountain tops on the fair vales,
Which lay stretched out beneath his gladdening
beam.

Calm, peaceful vales, such as the aged love
To rest their wearied limbs upon when life
Draws near its close-such as young lovers seek.
And there I stood upon that mountain's brow,
And looked upon the morning;-far away
On either hand, and where the Ohio glides
Serenely to the bed of other waters,
Lay fields of brightly shining summer grain,
Where lusty arms plied nimble reaping hooks,
And bright-eyed virgins, as of olden time,
Them followed, and the yellow sheaf upreared.
And there were pastures fair beneath mine eye,
And o'er them grazed innumerous herds and flocks,
The wealth of the strong man, who years ago
Built his rude cabin by the beetling brow
Of these eternal mountains, and sat down,
And lopt the sycamore, and felled the oak,
And had him sons and daughters born amidst
The shouts and battl songs of savage tribes.

And still I stood upon that mountain's brow,
And still it was the morning. O'er me past
A breath from out the deep and fearful glen,
Which lay beside me, fringed with meagre pines-

The shrubbery of the bleak mountain top.
Within me was a voice which bade me look
Upon the ages which had passed away;—
Upon the time when those far-spreading vales
Were peopled by another race of mn;
The builders of the proud sepulchral pile
And architects of works of use unknown.
"Tis thus the potent finger of decay
Saps the foundation of all earthly things,

The collection embraces (with the exception of a very few of the rarest substances) all the late discoveries, and many of those specimens, the localities of which are exhausted, and many of which are now rarely met with even in the large collections of Europe. The suite of Ores is peculiarly rich, as is likewise the volcanic department; and the gems and precious stones are numerous. The specimens are all well characterized, and the crystallizations are remarkably fine.

This collection is arranged in the spacious room formerly used as Commons Hall, being 45 feet in length, 364 feet wide, and 173 feet high.

The specimens are placed in cases with glass doors, against the walls of the room, which, to the height of ten feet, are completely covered by them; a large proportion of the most beautiful specimens are arranged upon eight glazed tables, and the residue in nearly 200 drawers.

One of the tables is appropriated to the EXTERNAL CHARACTERS of mineral substances, on which are disposed the most distinctly characterized specimens, illustrating all the technical terms of the science, the different varieties of colour, of fracture,

lustre, transparency, hardness, &c. &c. To these succeed the most perfect crystals, and Hauy, the modifications of these forms, illustrating the primary forms of Werner, and the effect of truncations, bevelments, &c.-A suite of models of crystals, in wood, terminates this first division of the cabinet.

The second division is the Systematic Arrangement of the different substances according to their chemical composition; this method has been adopted as it is intended to combine the instruction in chemistry with mineralogy.

The third division comprises the Geolog ical part of the collection; in this the rocks are arranged in the relative order in which they are presented to us by nature; and in connexion with each are seen the minerals composing the rock, and those which are more or less accidentally present in it, together with the metallic ores and fossil remains.

The fourth division is Geographical, commencing with the mineral productions of the United States, arranged according to the States.

The last division is intended to embrace all the products of the Mineral kingdom employed in the Arts and Manufactures, in their natural state, and in the different stages of preparation. This department is one of peculiar interest and importance in this country, and can only be rendered complete by the liberality of artists and manufacturers, who, it is hoped, will not be backward to transmit to the University such specimens as will best illustrate the different stages of all the processes connected with each substance. Thus, here will be seen the different ores, as when first taken from the earth, and the same in all the degrees of purification, &c.—the clays in all the stages of manufacture-the substances used in colouring, in the manufacture of glass, &c. &c.

Mineralogists throughout the country, it is hoped, will avail themselves of the permission granted by the Corporation of the University, to exchange duplicate specimens.-Boston Journal of Philosophy, &c.

NEW FRENCH NOVEL.

A companion to Ourika, called Gunima, from the pen of M. Hyppolite, has lately made its appearance at Paris. Gunima is a young and handsome negress, whose heart is wounded by the darts of love, and who cherishes a profound and passionate attachment to a youthful white. Like Ourika she is subjected to many severe trials; but, unlike her, she ultimately triumphs. She meets with a heart that answers to her own, and from that grateful heart she obtains a marked preference over a white fe male, proud of her colour, and of the combined advantages of youth, beauty, and fortune, by whom Gunima had long been treated with the highest disdain. The scene belongs to the Cape of Good Hope, at the house of a rich Dutch merchant, who is accustomed to deliver up his slaves to the dreadful samboe (a whip composed of strips of the hide of the rhinoceros or the sea

cow) of a brutal and ferocious driver. The son of this merchant, who has recently arrived from Europe, where he has imbibed feelings and habits of humanity, which cause him to see with indignation the cruel treatment inflicted on the slaves, declares himself protector of these unfortunate creatures, especially of two young Hottentots, brother and sister, Igamma and Gunima, whom his father consents to give up to him. We will not follow the young white, and his black female companion, in a perilous expedition against the lions, panthers, and elephants of the desert, and against the Bosjesmans, the most ferocious of all the savage nations of Southern Africa. We will leave to the curious reader the pleasure of becoming acquainted with the African Hebe (the name she receives as a slave), whose regular features, inexpressible sweetness, settled melancholy (inspired by the sense of her misfortunes, and her humiliation), ingenuous tenderness, intrepid courage amidst innumerable vicissitudes, adventures, and dangers, and absolute devotion to the man whom she loves, form a striking contrast, and one infinitely to her advantage, to the cold egotism, the asperity, and the insensibility of the beautiful Constance, her haughty rival.

MOUNT ROSA THE HIGHEST IN EUROPE.

Dr Brewster has published, in his new “Edinburgh Journal of Science," from the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Turin, a translation of an account of the first ascent of the southern summit of Mount Rosa, by MM. Zumstein and Vincent. Having determined, by means of the barometer, that the elevation of the southern summit, which they had gained for the first time, was 13,920 Paris, or 14,83564 English feet above the level of the sea, they ascertained, by a trigonometrical measurement thence made, that the elevation of the highest summit of the mountain was 1680 Paris feet above it, or 15,600 (16,6264 English) above

the level of the sea. Thus Mount Rosa is

in reality the highest in Europe; the height of Mont Blanc, according to Prof. Tralles, being only 14,793 Paris, or 15,7034 English feet.

PERKINS' STEAM-ENGINE.

“The Bibliothèque Universelle for March 1824, contains an elaborate paper on Mr Perkins' Steam-Engine, by a friend of Mr Perkins, which was carried to Geneva, and communicated to the editors, by Mr Church, the American Consul, who had made a voyage to London for the express purpose of seeing Mr Perkins' apparatus. This paper contains the most complete description of the above engine which has yet appeared, and it presents, we believe, the first attempt to explain its operation on philosophical principles. We have been anxious, therefore, more particularly on the latter ground, to examine it, having hitherto looked in vain for any rational account of Mr Perkins' plans, or of those advantages arising from them which have been so con

fidently asserted as a matter of fact, but, low as 40°. 2. Although the water exposwhich we confess we have been from the ed in this manner to the intense heat of beginning doubtful of, from what is already the furnace, remains permanently cold, yet, known of the nature and principles of heat if any crack or opening should take place and of steam. Having read the paper, how- in the bottom of the boiler within which the ever, we really see nothing advanced in it water is pressed with a force of at least which tends in the least to alter the opinions 400 lb. on the inch, yet no water will issue we had previously formed; and those who at the opening. The reason assigned for expect in it any reasons to satisfy their cu- this, we are unable to comprehend, or to riosity or belief, will undoubtedly be dis-render intelligible. 3. It is proposed to appointed. In place of that clear and "pump back the heat" into the boiler, after philosophical exposition of causes and ef- it has done its office of impelling the piston in fects, which such a subject demands, and the cylinder; to pump it back into the genecertainly admits of, if any real discovery rator, and to cause it in this way to act again has been made, we are here presented with and again upon the piston; so that, in this such a mass of mere theories and assump-manner, the author, in the fervour of his tions, together with such fanciful paradoxes, imagination, thinks it but reasonable to exand downright absurdities, as we believe pect, that an apparatus of this kind may be have seldom been brought forward in the constructed, which, when once sufficiently shape of philosophy. Instead of proceed-heated, will continue to move forever, and ing with a plain statement of experiments, to drive machinery of itself, without any and of consequences deducible from them, farther consumption of fuel. On looking or advancing clearly and boldly forward into his description of this part of the apfrom principles already known, to some paratus, we find the plan consists merely in great and striking conclusion, the author is heating the water of the generator by the continually halting in his career, and be- waste steam from the cylinder,--a plan wilders himself in a maze of obscure and which has been already frequently proposunintelligible speculation, ingeniously con- ed, and which is indeed practised to a certrived, one would think, to puzzle himself tain extent in every steam engine in the and his readers. He appears to entertain, kingdom." in some respects, very correct views on the nature of heat, and its expansive force; but he has taken up some strange notion regarding its power of compressing a confined liquid, such as the water in a generator, and of forcing or squeezing out of it, "as from a sponge," the heat which it contains. This, and several other notions of a similar kind, seem to have confused his whole ideas of the subject he attempts to explain; so that, though his remarks on other points are, in many respects, sensible and judicious, yet on these topics he appears incapable of reasoning with his accustomed accuracy and vigour of judgment. We are often at a loss to know what he would be at; and all his endeavours to prove what he wishes to demonstrate, are vain. He occasionally proceeds so clearly and methodically with his principles, that you are prepared for some important consequences; instead of which you are landed in some ingenious paradox,-some palpable inconsistency, some result which turns out, after all, mere assertion or assumption, or not deducible from the premises; or, lastly, some obvious truth, in which you are surprised the author can discover any thing new or important.

The above statement is copied from the Edinbugh Philosophical Journal into the Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts. The editors of the Boston Journal in republishing it, refer their readers to an account of Mr Perkins' Engine in a former number, also copied from the Edinburgh, in which Mr Perkins and his invention are spoken of in terms of high commendation. They also remark, in justice to Mr Perkins, that "he is not to be considered answerable for all the absurdities which are published, in various forms, in the accounts of his engine, by people who are ready to admire what

ever they do not understand." For a care

ful and judicious examination of the principles upon which the new discovery of Mr Perkins purports to be founded, and an exposition of the fallacy of some points which he has assumed, we beg leave to refer to an article in the same Journal, Vol. I. p. 294.

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND

SURGERY.

We noticed in one of our late numbers a change in the editorial department of this work; the following notice of the plan on which it will in future be conducted, accompanied the Journal for October.

"The general plan and principles of the work will continue the same that they have hitherto been, and no exertions will be spared on the part of its conductors, to render it worthy of a continuance of the liberal patronage it has received. Each number will in future contain,

Having only just received this paper, our limits do not permit us to enter more fully into the particulars of it in the present number. We shall just state, therefore, in proof of what we have said, one or two, as a specimen of the propositions maintained there. 1. It is said, that, in the generator, or high-pressure boiler, the heat is great- "1. A department for original communiest at the top, and decreases towards the cations, which will comprehend such papers bottom, against which the flame and heat as have been usually placed in the first of the furnace are chiefly directed; so that part of the numbers. It is desirable that while the temperature of the upper part of this department should be made the deposiboiler is at 400°, that of the lower part tory for as much information as possible renext the fire may, in extreme cases, be solating to the history and treatment of the

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diseases of New England. Every section of country has something in the features of its diseases, and consequently something in the treatment they require, peculiar to itself. Every physician also meets occasionally with a common disease under a form somewhat new, requiring, of course, a modification of its treatment. Communications relating to these peculiarities, and to these occasional modifications of disease, would be highly valuable and interesting; very much more so than the narration of any cases, however curious and extraordinary, since the general deductions which we make from our whole practice, are worthy of much more confidence than those derived from any single cases. Essays of the kind here alluded to, are particularly solicited, whilst, at the same time, other communications upon anatomical, physiological, and practical subjects, and accounts of important cases, will be extremely acceptable.

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either of these subjects is entitled to the who contributed under the fictitious name of Peter premium of fifty dollars, or a gold medal of Feldmann, to his liberation from the Prisons of Olmutz. Translated from the French Manuscript. the same value.

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2. The second department will contain Miscellaneous Notices upon the various subjects connected with medicine, both original and selected; including abstracts of such cases as do not appear of sufficient importance to be detailed at length; intel-printed by the Professors and Tutors of Harvard ligence with regard to new remedies; no- University, touching their Right to the exclusive tices of operations in this city and else- Government of that Seminary." By Edward Evwhere, &c. &c. 8vo. pp. 102.

"3. This will consist of Reviews of New Publications, which are intended to be principally analytical.

A Letter to John Lowell, Esq., in Reply to a Publication entitled "Remarks on a Pamphlet

erett.

By Glazier & Co.-Hallowell, Me. Elements of Arithmetic, translated from

"4. Selections from other Journals, ei- the French of M. Bezout, and adapted to the use ther foreign or American.

"5. Intelligence. 6. A List of New Medical Publications, and of works proposed and in the press. This list is intended to embrace both domestic and foreign works, in order to give as complete a view as possible of the medical literature of the day, and to enable the directors of libraries, and physicians who are forming private collections, to select more easily the works they may wish to import. Authors and publishers, who wish to have their works inserted in this list, are earnestly requested to send the title, number of pages, &c. of their books, to the editors, as soon as they issue from the press.

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of American Schools. In this work the principles of arithmetic are developed with great clearness, according to the analytic method; and the opera tions explained with a perspicuity, for which the author is unrivalled among Mathematicians. To the original text of Bezout some additions have been made from the writings of Raynaud, La Grange, Lacroix, and others; and a Systematic Arrangement of Rules, a method essential for practical usefulness, has been preserved. And in addition to all applications of numbers which have been made by the latest writers on the subject, contains an Illustration of the Method of forming Powers and extracting Roots, and an Explanation of the Theory of Logarithms, with their uses. The whole interspersed with numerous Examples. By Nathaniel Haynes, A. B., Tutor in Mathematics at Gardiner Lyceum.

By Dorr & Howland-Worcester, Mass.

The Ladies' Companion. Containing, First, Politeness of Manners and Behaviour, from the French of Abbé de Bellegarde. Second, Fenelon on Education. Third, Miss More's Essays. Fourth, Dean Swift's Letter to a Young Lady Newly Married. Fifth, Moore's Fables for the Female Sex, carefully Selected and Revised. By a Lady in the County of Warcester, Mass.

By Clark & Lyman-Middletown, Conn. Elegant Lessons; or the Young Lady's Preceptor. Being a series of Appropriate Reading Exercises in Prose and Verse, carefully selected from the most approved Authors, for Female Schools and Academies. Including some Remarks upon the Principles of Correct Reading, with a brief Dissertation on Poetry as a Reading Exercise; and the different kinds and constructions of Poetic Feet. By Samuel Whiting, Esq.

By C. Wiley-New York. Memoirs of Gilbert Motier La Fayette. By Gen. H. L. Villaume Ducourdray Holstein,

By J. & J. Harper-New York. Elements of the Etiology and Philosophy of Epidemics. In two Parts. By Joseph Mather Smith, M. D.

By H. C. Carey & I. Lea—Philadelphia. Tales of a Traveller. Part II. & III. By Author of The Sketch Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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Book," 'Bracebridge Hall," &c.
Body and Soul; consisting of a series of
Lively and Pathetic Stories.

A Treatise on the Law of Partnership. By Basil Montague, Esq. With Notes and References to American Decisions, by a Member of the Philadelphia Bar. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Digest of American Reports. Which contains the Reports of Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, and TennesVol. III. By T. J. Wharton, Esq. Collection of Living Plays. 8 vols. 24mo. An Address, delivered before the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, at its meeting, July 20, 1824. By Matthey Carey, Esq.

see.

By E. Littell-Philadelphia. Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka, performed during the years 1320, '21, '22, and '23. By Captain John Dundas Cochrane, R. N.

The Economy of the Eyes; Precepts for the Improvement and Preservation of the Sight; Plain Rules, which will enable all to judge exactly when, and what Spectacles are best calculated for their Eyes; Observations on Opera Glasses and Theatres, and an account of the Panerotic Magnifier, for Double Stars and Day Telescopes. By William Kitchiner, M. D. Author of "The Cook's Oracle," "The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life," "The Pleasure of Making a Will," &c. &c.

The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, No. XXVII. for September 1824.

By John Young-Philadelphia. The Universal Writer, or Short Hand Shortened; being the most correct, easy, speedy, and legible Method ever yet discovered, whereby more may be written in one Hour than in eighty Minutes by any other System heretofore published. By Isaac Stetson, Professor of Stenography.

By Mc Carty & Davis, and Carey & LeaPhiladelphia.

Shakspeare. 2 vols. 8vo. With five Plates.

By P. Potter-Poughkepsie, N. Y. Potter's Compend. The Infantry Exercise of the United States' Army, Abridged, for the use of the Militia of the United States. Fifth Edition. To which is added Compliments by Troops under Review, and the Form and Course of Inspection, Abridged from the General Regulations for the Army.

By James Thomas—Georgetown, D. C.
A Poem on the Restoration of Learning
Which obtained Mr Buchanan's
in the East.
Prize. By Charles Grant, Esq. M. A.

By A. Picket, jr-Wheeling, Va.
Picket's Juvenile Spelling Book, or Ana-
lytical Pronouncer of the English Language. New
Edition, Inproved, now brought to a standard form.

LIST OF WORKS IN PRESS

FOR OCTOBER.

At the University Press-Cambridge. [Several of which are shortly to be published by CUMMINGS, HILLIARD, & Co. Boston.]

A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law, with Occasional Notes and Comments. By Nathan Dane, LL. D. In Eight volumes. Vols VI. and VII.

By Abraham Small-Philadelphia. Five Thousand Precepts in all the Use ful and Domestic Arts, constituting a Complete and Universal Practical Library, and Operative Cyclopædia. By Colin Mac Kenzie.

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