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HISTORY.

The Early History and Present State of the Town of Quincy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By George Whitney. 8vo. pp. 64. Letters and Memoirs relating to the War of American Independence, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga. By Madame de Riedesel. Translated from the Original German. New York. G. & C. Carvill.

Sketches of the Ancient History of the Six Nations. By David Cusick. Lewiston, N. Y.

LAW.

The General Laws of Massachusetts, from January, 1822, to June 1827. Edited by Theron Metcalf, Esq. Boston. Wells & Lilly.

An Introductory Report to the Code of Prison Discipline, being part of the System of Penal Law, prepared for the State of Louisiana. By Edward Livingston. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 78.

Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed by the General Court, June Session, 1827. Boston. Dutton & Wentworth. 8vo. Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June Session, 1827. Boston. Dutton & Wentworth. 8vo.

MEDICINE.

Medical Statistics, or a Comparative View of the Mortality in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston, for a Series of Years. By Nathaniel Niles, jun. M. D. and John D. Russ, M. D. New York. Elam Bliss. 8vo.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Summary Notice concerning Bible Societies in general, and those of France in particular. Translated by Jacob Porter. Northampton. 8vo. pp. 16.

Second Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston, June 1, 1827. Boston. T. R. Marvin, printer. 8vo. pp. 164.

The Merchants' Memorandum and Price Book. By Charles P. Forbes. Boston. John Marsh. 12mo.

An Introduction to the Mechanical Principles of Carpentry. By Benjamin Hale, Principal of Gardiner Lyceum. Gardiner. P. Sheldon.

A Sketch of the Resources of the City of New York, with a View of its Municipal Government, Population, &c. New York.

The Thirteenth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the American Tract Society. Boston.

An Account of sundry Missions performed among the Senecas and Munsees, in a Series of Letters. By Timothy Alden. New York. J. Seymour. 1827.

A Review of the Rev. Dr. Bond's Appeal to the Methodists. By the Rev. Asa Shinn, of the Pittsburg Conference. Baltimore.

The Manuscript. Numbers I and 2. New York. G. C. Morgan. A Candid Examination of the Episcopal Churcn, in two Letters to a Friend. Fourth edition. Boston. R. P. & C., Williams. 18mo. pp. 72. A Directory for the Village of Rochester, to which is added a Sketch of the History of the Village, from 1812 to 1827, with a Map.

A Brief Sketch of the Occurrences on Board the Brig Crawford on her Voyage from Matanzas to New York, together with an Account of

the Trial of the three Spaniards for Murder and Piracy, committed on board said Brig. By a Member of the Bar.

Letters on the New Theatre, first published in the Recorder and Telegraph. Boston. 8vo. pp. 16.

Much Instruction from little Reading, or Extracts from some of the most approved Authors, Ancient and Modern. By a Friend to General Improvement. New York. Mahlon Day. 5 vols. 12mo.

Proceedings of a Convention of Medical Delegates, held at Northampton, Mass. June 20, 1827. Boston. Wells & Lilly.

A Collection of Facts and Documents relating to Ecclesiastical Affairs in Groton, Mass. occasioned by the publication of the "Result of an Ecclesiastical Council," &c. Boston. Stephen Foster. pp. 44. Eleventh Report of the Directors of the American Education Society, for the year ending May, 1827. Andover. pp. 76.

Eleventh Report of the American Bible Society. New York. pp. 23. A Friendly Letter to Parents and Heads of Families, particularly those residing in the Country Towns and Villages in America. Boston. pp. 19.

Address of the Jackson State Convention to the People of Maryland. on the late and approaching Election of President. Baltimore. pp. 19.

MEDICINE.

Text Book of a Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic. Part Second. By James Jackson, M. D. Boston. Wells & Lilly. 8vo. pp. 227.

NOVELS.

Self-Conquest, or the Sixteenth Birth Day; a Tale for Youth. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 18mo. pp. 82.

POETRY.

Poems. By the Author of "Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse." Boston. S. G. Goodrich. 12mo.

The Southern and Western Songster, being a chosen Collection of the most Fashionable Songs, many of which are original. Philadelphia.

ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES.

An Address delivered July 4th, 1827, before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, City Council, and Inhabitants of the City of Boston. By William P. Mason, Esq. Boston.

An Address delivered before the South Carolina Society on the occasion of opening their Male Academy, on the 2d of July, 1827. By William G. Head. Charleston.

An Address delivered in Utica, before the Sunday School Societies. By S. C. Aiken, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Society. Utica. S. Colwell.

An Oration delivered in Haverhill on the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1827. By Nathan W. Hazen. Haverhill. 8vo. pp. 28.

An Oration delivered in Person Hall, Chapel Hill, on the 27th of June, 1827, the day previous to the Commencement, under the appointment of the Dialectic Society. By the Hon. Archibald D. Murphy. Raleigh. S. Gales & Son. 8vo. pp. 18.

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POLITICS.

A Sketch of the Politics, Relations, and Statistics of the Western World, intended to demonstrate the necessity of the Grand American Confederation and Alliance. Philadelphia. 1 vol. 8vo.

THEOLOGY.

Mental Discipline, or Hints on the Cultivation of Intellectual and Moral Habits, addressed particularly to Students in Theology and Young Preachers. By Henry F. Bwoder, M. A.

The Causes, Evils, and Remedy of Intemperance, a Sermon delivered in Fitchburg, Mass. at the Annual Fast, April 5, 1827. By Rutus A. Putnam. Boston. T. K. Marvin, Printer. 8vo. pp. 33.

The Essentials of Religion briefly considered in Ten Discourses. By the Rev. John Dickson, A. M., Professor of Moral Philosophy in Charleston College. Charleston.

TOPOGRAPHY.

An Exact Chart of the Florida Reef, showing all the Shoals, Straits, Bearings, and Soundings, as taken by personal observation. By Charles Johnson. New York. J. Sawyer.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of the Incidents connected withthe Treaty of Fond du Lac. By Thomas L. McKenney.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORES.

The Spirit of Contemporary Poetry. No. I. and II. Boston. True & Greene. 8vo. pp. 43.

Richmond, or Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Officer, drawn up from his Private Memoranda. 2 vols. 12mo.

Poems. By Mrs. Felicia Hemans. Reprinted from the American octavo edition. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 2 vols. 18mo.

The Domestic Physician, and Traveller's Medical Companion, compiled from the Practice of the most eminent Physicians and Surgeons. First American from the Second London Edition. New York. E. Bliss. Recollections of Egypt. By the Baroness Von Minutoli. Philadelphia. Carey, Lea, & Carey. 12mo.

A History of Modern Greece, with a View of the Geography, Antiquities, and Present Condition of that Country. Boston. Republished by Nathan Hale. pp. 503.

The Private Memoirs of Madame de Hausset, Lady's Maid to Madame de Pompadour.

My Early Days. By Walter Ferguson, Esq. Boston. Nathan Hale. 12mo. pp. 148.

High-Ways and By-Ways, or Tales of the Roadside, picked up in the French Provinces. By a Walking Gentleman. Third Series. 2 vols. 12mo.

Fimiliar Letters between a Mother and her Daughter. By Mrs. Taylor and Jane Taylor. Boston. James Loring.

Matins and Vespers, with Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces. By John Bowring. First American from the Second London Edition. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

High Life; a Novel. New York. J. J. Harper. 2 vols. 12mo.

INDEX TO VOL II.

A.

Academy, National, of Design, Exhi-
bition of, reviewed, 241. See De-
sign.

Academy of Sciences, French, 152.
Acadia, Rivals of, reviewed, 94-
change in the public taste occa
sioned by the Waverley novels, 94
-union of history with fiction, 94
-writers of our own country, 95.
Address delivered at the opening of
the medical college, Charleston,
S C. by Stephen Elliott, reviewed,
368. See Elliott

Agave, the, or American Aloe, de-
scribed, 445.

Almack's, a novel, noticed, 64.
Alnwick Castle, with other Poems,
reviewed, 8. See Halleck.
Alphabet, Cherokee, 154.
America, by the author of "Europe,"
reviewed, 348.

Angell, Joseph K. his Inquiry into the

Rule of Law which creates a right
to an incorporeal hereditament, by
an adverse enjoyment of twenty
years, noticed, 226-adverse pos-
session, what it implies, 227.
Antiquities of Rome, doubtful charac-
ter of, 291.

Ape, trick of an, 146.

Arabic periodical, at Paris, 315.
Athenæum Gallery, Poetical Illustra-

trations of, noticed, 311-the fine
arts gaining attention among us, 311
-peculiarly deserving of attention
in a state of society like ours, 311-
the exhibition, what it consists of,
313.

B.

Bahama Islands, letters from, noticed,
62.

Banks, savings, their influence in
checking intemperance, 199.
Bat, the, 234.

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Bowring's Matins and Vespers, re-
viewed, 407-bis literary character
high, 407-his various translations
excellent, 408-his devotional poe-
try very good, 408-amount of
good religious poetry compared
with other good poetry, 408.
Brown, Charles Brockden, Novels of,
with a Memoir of the Author, re-
viewed, 321—Mr. Dunlap's life of
him, 321-first appreciated in Eng-
land, 321-this edition imperfect,
322-wrote before literature gained
much ground among us, 322-
character of Brown's genius, 323-
resembles Godwin, 324-gloom
predominant in his works, 324-
wants variety, 326-his female
characters uninteresting, 326-his
circumstantiality, 328-his style
bad, 330.

Brown's Philosophy of the Human
Mind abridged by Dr. Hedge, re-
viewed, 161-circumstances under
which his Lectures first appeared,
161-study of mental philosophy
difficult, 161-his classification of
mental phenomena, 163-his inves-
tigations thorough, 163-the first
satisfactory exposition of the true
principles of classification, 164-
points in dispute between the Real-
ists and Nominalists, 164-nature
of resemblance, 166-his idea of a

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Cervantes Saavedra, Vida de Miguel,
por Don Martin Fernandez de Na-
varrete, reviewed, 415.
Charities, Parisian, 76.

Christendom, political system of, 350.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, Life and Re-
mains of, by the Rev. William Ot-
ter, reviewed, 109.
Class Book of American Literature,
by John Frost, noticed, 71.
Classics, Latin, 76.

Clay, Henry, Speeches of, reviewed,
278-his birth and early education,
279-his political career, when
commenced, 279-his character as
secretary of state, 281-as a mem-
ber of congress, 281-as a parlia
mentary speaker, 282.
Clergymen, ignorance of the world
among, 378

Coins, old English, 75.
Comet, revolution of a, 314.
Commentaries on American Law, by
James Kent, reviewed, 81. See
Kent.

Craniology, essay on, 124-zeal of
men for looking into each other's
characters, 124-Lavater's physiog-
nomy, 124-author of craniology,
Dr. Gall, 125-his observations at
school, 125-his lectures, 126-his
doctrines best known from Dr.
Spurzheim's book, 126-nature of
these doctrines, 126-lead to fatal-
ism, 128--character of the witnesses
who support these doctrines, 132—
the illusive nature of the testimony,
132-frequent change of nomencla-

ture, 134-difficulty of convicting
the phrenologist of an error, 134.

D.

Dalzel's Majora and Minora, their
value, 403.

Delivery, Rhetorical, Analysis of the
Principles of, by Ebenezer Porter,
reviewed, 333. See Porter.
Design, Exhibition of the National
Academy of, reviewed,241-second
exhibition, how made up, 241-ob-
ject of the society, 241-influence
of art in Europe, 242—our form of
government åtted to encourage the
arts, 242-object of criticism, 243
-classification of the departments
of art, 244-nature of the epic,
dramatic, and historic, in painting,
245-number of productions in the
present exhibition, 245-character
of the different artists whose works
are shown here, 246 et seq.-more
than one third of the pictures por-
traits, 252-exactness of imitation
not the chief aim of painting, 258
-the department of copies, 259-
dearth of sculptural talent in this
country, 260-rank of the bust in
sculpture, 260-remarks on archi-
tecture, 261

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Discourse, by Samuel F. B. Morse,
noticed, 308.
Discourse on Popular Education, by
Charles Fenton Mercer, reviewed,
264. See Education.

Discourses on Intemperance, by John
G. Palfrey, reviewed, 184.
See
Intemperance.

Duke of Alva's breakfast, 300.

E.

Education, Popular, Discourse on, by
Charles Fenton Mercer, reviewed,
264-design of this discourse, 264
-miseries of popular ignorance
shewn in Great Britain, 265-mo-
tives which operate on children in
schools, 266-female education in
this country, 267-what persons
are proper instructers for girls, 268
-motives commonly offered in
education, 269-girls in New York
and at the South taught in too
large numbers, 270-Early, Hints
for the Improvement of, noticed,
391-Classical, considered, 401-

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