By J. E. Worcester. Second Edition. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 324.

The History and Present State of the Town of Newburyport. By Caleb Cushing. Newburyport. E. W. Allen. 12mo. pp. 120.

A very full history of the town of Newburyport is given in this volume, arranged under the topics of civil history, topography, benevolent associations, religious societies, masonic bodies, education, literary associations, militia, statistics, distinguished inhabitants. The industry of the author is conspicuous in the mass of materials, which he has brought together under each of these heads; and the results of his labors form a document highly valuable, not for its local information only, but for its general relation to the history of Massachusetts

Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Lancaster, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; furnished for the Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal. By Joseph Willard. Worcester. Charles Griffin. 8vo. pp. 90.

Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Vol. I. Part II. Philadelphia. H. C. Carey & I. Lea.

LAW.

Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, February Term, 1823. By Henry Wheaton. Vol. II. New York. R. Donaldson. 8vo. pp. 475.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine. By Simon Greenleaf. Vol. III. Portland. James Adams, Jr. 8vo. pp. 504.

Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed by the General Court, June Session, 1826. Boston. True & Greene. 8vo.

A Treatise on the Right of Property in Tide Waters, and in the Soil and Shores thereof. By Joseph K. Angell. To which is added, an Appendix, containing the principal adjudged Cases. Boston. Harrison Gray. 8vo. pp. 246.

The Township's, Officer's, and Young Clerk's Assistant. Columbus, Ohio. Price 75 cents. Thomas Johnson.

The Third Number of Mr Hopkins's Chancery Reports. Albany. A Report of the Trial of Jeroboam O. Beauchamp, before the Franklin Circuit Court in May, 1826, upon an Indictment for the Murder of Col. Solomon P. Sharpe. Frankfort. Albert G. Hodges. 12mo. pp. 153.

A Full Report of the Trial of Henry Eckford, Thomas Vermilyea, Joseph G. Swift, William P. Rathbone, and others, for Conspiracy to defraud, &c. Embracing the whole Evidence, and the Speeches of the Counsel on both sides. New York. pp. 48.

Forms adapted to the Laws now in Force, with many New Forms, under every Title, &c. By Conway Robinson. Richmond. Collins & Co.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. By Octavius Pickering, Counsellor at Law. No. II. Vol. III. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire, commencing with Strafford, September Term, 1825, and ending with Hillsborough, April Term, 1826. Vol. III. Part III. Concord. J. B. Moore. 8vo.

MEDICINE.

A Treatise on the Descriptive Anatomy of the Human Body. By W. E. Horner, M. D. Three Volumes. Philadelphia. H. C. Carey &

I. Lea.

A Discourse on the Western Autumnal Disease; read before the Tenth District Medical Society of Ohio, at Chilicothe, May 30, 1826. By J. W. Vethuke, M. D.

A Treatise on the Medical and Physical Treatment of Children. By W. P. Dewees, M. D. New Edition. Philadelphia. H. C. Carey & I. Lea.

A Treatise on Physiology applied to Pathology. By J. V. Broussais, M. D. Translated from the French, by John Bell, M. D. and R. La Roche, M. D. Philadelphia. 8vo. H. C. Carey & I. Lea.

The American Physician, and Family Assistant. In Four Parts. By Elias Smith. Boston.

A Dissertation on the Prophylactic Management of Infancy and Early Childhood. Read before the Massachusetts Medical Society, at their Annual Meeting, June 7, 1826. By J. H. Flint. Northampton. T. Watson. 8vo. pp. 20.

Observations on the Preservation of the Teeth, and the Accidents of Extracting. By Theodore Eswein, Surgeon Dentist, Member of the Medical Society of South Carolina. Price 50 cents.

American Modern Practice; or, a Simple Method of Prevention and Cure of Diseases. By James Thacher. A New Edition, improved. Boston. Cotton & Barnard. 8vo. pp. 796.

Hooper's Medical Dictionary. A New Edition. New York. J. & J. Harper.

The London Practice of Midwifery; to which is added, Notes, Plates, and Denman's Aphorisms. By an American Practitioner. Sixth Edition, much enlarged and improved. Concord, N. H. Isaac Hill. 8vo. pp. 335.

The English Physician Enlarged; containing Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Receipts for Medicines made from Herbs. By Nicholas Culpepper. Taunton. S. W. Mortimer. 12mo. pp. 259.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr Stewart's Report on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, made in Congress, on the 19th of May, 1826. Washington. Gales & Seaton. 8vo.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. With an Appendix. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 103.

Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln, delivered before the Legislature, June 6, 1826. Together with Documents referred to therein. Boston. True & Greene. 8vo. pp. 75.

Ordinances of the Mayor and Common Council of Baltimore; to which is prefixed, a Collection of Acts and Parts of Acts of Assembly, relating to the Corporation. Published by Authority. Baltimore. 8vo. pp. 350.

The True Masonic Chart, or Hieroglyphic Monitor. Designed and duly arranged agreeably to the Lectures, by R. W. Jeremy L. Cross, G. L. Fourth Edition. New Haven. 12mo. pp. 240.

The New American Practical Navigator, being an Epitome of Navigation. By Nathaniel Bowditch. A New Edition. New York. Edmund M. Blunt. 8vo. pp. 617. Two Letters, addressed to the Rev. Horatio Bardwell, of Holden, Mass. By Charles C. P. Crosby. Worcester. W. Manning. 8vo. pp. 24.

Proceedings of a Meeting of the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, residing in the District of Columbia, assembled at the City Hall in Washington City, June 20th, 1826. Arranged and published by John Boyle. 8vo. pp. 27.

A Narrative of the Material Facts in relation to the Building of the two Greek Frigates. By Alexander Contostavlos. New York.

pp. 88.

Report of the Evidence and Reasons of the Award between Johannes Orlandos and Andreas Luriottis, Greek Deputies, on the one part; and Le Roy, Bayard, & Co. and G. S. Howland on the other part. By the Arbitrators. New York. W. E. Dean. pp. 72.

Refutations of the Reasons assigned by the Arbitrators, for their Award in the Case of the two Greek Frigates. By H. D. Sedgwick. New York. J. Seymour.

The Atlantic Souvenir; a Christmas and New Year's Offering for 1827. With Ten Engravings. Philadelphia. H. C. Carey & I. Lea 18mo. pp. 360.

Address delivered before the Benevolent Society of Bowdoin College, Tuesday Evening, September 5, 1826. By Samuel P. Newman. Portland. Printed at the Mirror Office. 8vo. pp. 29.

Observations on the Sermons of Elias Hicks, in several Letters to him; with some Introductory Remarks, addressed to the Junior Members of the Society of Friends. By a Demi-Quaker.

A Summary Description of the New York Alms-House at Bellevue, together with a concise Account of the new Hospital, &c.; also a brief Mention of the Penitentiary, and the Manner in which the Prisoners are employed. New York.

The Question of Retrocession, stated and discussed. By a Citizen of the District of Columbia. Georgetown, D. C. 8vo. pp. 48.

We have not room to notice this pamphlet in a way to do justice to the subject, but whoever wishes to see a discussion of the topic, so much agitated of late, respecting the jurisdiction of the general government over the District of Columbia, and the various points connected with this discussion, will find it here done with directness and considerable ability.

The Keys; a Vision of Samaritanus. Chilicothe, Ohio. 12mo.

pp. 54.

The Memorial; a Christmas and New Year's Offering. Edited by F. S. H. Boston. True & Greene. 18mo. pp. 288.

The Friend to Health; being a Selection of valuable Truths, relating to the Preservation of Health, from the works of Thacher, Franklin, Thomson, Salzmann, &c. Boston. Marsh & Capen. 12mo. pp. 107.

Elnathan; a Narrative illustrative of the Manners of the Ancient Israelites. Philadelphia. 18mo. pp. 136.

The Essayist, or Literary Cabinet, containing Essays, Dissertations, &c. on various Subjects. To which is added, an Oration on the Completion of the Grand Canal, pronounced November 4, 1825. By a Student. New York.

Review of Bishop Hobart's Sermon, entitled 'The United States of America compared with some European Countries, particularly England,' contained in the London Quarterly Theological Review for June, 1826; with two Answers to the same, one in the New York Christian Journal for October, 1826, and the other in the London Christian Remembrancer for September, 1826. New York. T. & J. Swords.

A Short Inquiry into the Antiquity and Pretensions of Freemasonry, being an Examination of the Freemason's Monitor. Price 25 cents. An Etymological Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language. By William Grimshaw. Second Edition. Philadelphia. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Third American Edition. New York. C. S. Van Winkle. 12mo. pp. 280 and 308. An Appeal to the Public in General, and the People of Virginia in Particular, by Matthew H. Rice, late Selling and General Agent for the Penitentiary, showing when and how the Defalcation occurred in the Fiscal and Stock Account of that Institution.

The Fashionable American Letter Writer, or the Art of Polite Correspondence. With Forms of Complimentary Cards. To the whole is prefixed, Directions for Letter Writing, and Rules for Composition. Boston. James Loring. 18mo. pp. 179.

The Four Ages of Life, a Gift for Every Age. Translated from the French of the Count de Segur. New York. G. & C. Carvill, Remarks on Greek Grammars, from the American Journal of Education. Boston. 8vo. pp. 27.

A View of South America and Mexico, comprising their History, the Political Condition, Geography, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. of the Republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, the United Provinces of South America and Chili. With a Complete History of the Revolution in each of the Independent States. By a Citizen of the United States. Two Volumes in One. New York. H. Huntington. 12mo. pp. 204 and 230.

Vindication of the Conduct and Character of Henry D. Sedgwick against certain Charges made by the Hon. Jonas Platt; together with some Statements and Inquiries, intended to elicit the Reasons of the Award in the Case of the Greek Frigates. New York. J. Seymour. 8vo. pp. 24.

The Claims of Citizens of the United States of America on the Government of Naples, Holland, and France. By Edward Everett. Cambridge. Hilliard & Metcalf. 8vo. pp. 152.

A Geographical View of the World, embracing the Manners, Cusoms, and Pursuits of Every Nation. By the Rev. J. Goldsmith. Revised, corrected, and improved, by James G. Percival.

A Sketch of My Friend's Family, &c. By Mrs Marshall. New Edition. Philadelphia. 18mo. pp. 108.

Brief Account of the Construction, Management, and Discipline of the New York State Prison at Auburn, &c. By G. Powers, Agent and Keeper. 8vo. pp. 82.

Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Charleston Library Society. Charleston, S. C. 8vo. pp. 375.

The city library of Charleston, South Carolina, is among the best collections of books in the country. A new Catalogue recently published, and now before us, is a convincing proof of its value, as well as of the interest and zeal with which many of the citizens have engaged in establishing and enlarging it. In the fol-、 lowing extract from the preface, some curious particulars are stated, respecting the progress of the library before the revolution.

The Charleston Library Society owes its origin to seventeen young gentlemen who, in the year 1748, associated for the purpose of raising a small fund to "collect such new pamphlets" and magazines as should occasionally be published in Great Britain. They advanced and remitted to London ten pounds sterling as a fund to purchase such pamphlets as had appeared during the current year, acting at first under a mere verbal agreement and without a name. Before the close of the year their views became more extensive, and on the 28th of December, rules for the organization of the Society were ratified and signed, when they assumed the name of a Library Society, and made arrangements for the acquisition of books as well as of pamphlets.

'Officers were first elected on the first of April, 1749, and a few members were added during the spring and summer of that year. But as soon as the benefits of such an association were distinctly understood, the Society became popular, and before the close of the year 1750 numbered more than 160 members.

Efforts were made at an early period to obtain an act of incorporation. In the spring of 1651, through the influence of some of its members, a bill for incorporating the Society was passed through both Houses of Assembly, but was defeated by the Governor, who refused his assent and signature. In the spring of 1752, another bill was passed through the Legislature, which shared the same fate; and in 1753, the agent of the Colony in London was requested to make every exertion in his power to obtain from the Privy Council in Great Britain a charter for the Society, or instructions to the Governor to ratify the act, which both Houses of the Colonial Assembly had passed. Upon an application to the Board of Trade by the Agent, and some gentlemen who interested themselves on behalf of the Society, they were informed, that the measure was not considered as contrary to his Majesty's instructions, but that it was unprecedented to ratify in England a Bill to which the Governor of a Province had refused his assent.

'It is difficult now to ascertain the causes, which created these obstructions to the incorporation of a Literary Society. But the effect was injurious, and had nearly produced a dissolution of the association. The members finally resolved to place their funds at interest, and make no further purchases until a charter could be obtained. A third Bill, however, was passed in 1754, to which Governor Glen finally gave his assent, and on the 24th of June, 1755, it was confirmed by the

Crown.'

The library met with various success after the Revolution. It is now supposed to exceed 12,000 volumes.

The present Catalogue is formed on a scientific, and somewhat novel arrangement, with the divisions and subdivisions so carried out, as to present every subject very distinctly to the inquirer. The whole is arranged under six grand divisions as follows.

1st. Of Man in his intellectual capacity. On the Philosophy and Discipline of the Human Mind.

2d. Of Man in relation to the Deity. Theology:

3d. Of Man in relation to his fellows. Ethics.

4th. Of Man in relation to Society. Government, Jurisprudence, and Politics: 5th. Of the pursuits, the improvements, and discoveries of Man in Society. 6th: Of the History of Man in Society?'

The department of American history in this library is more imperfect, than most of the others, and may be enlarged to much advantage.