in a consternation.' However much Dr Torrey may admire the practical wisdom of the ancients, he has never devoted his days and nights to those examples of a neat simplicity in style, which by refining the taste, tend to purify and elevate the morals. They would have taught him better than to bedizen with gaudy patches that philosophy, which ought to have been presented to the laborious and marly portion of the community, for which his work seems to have been designed, in her own sober and decent garments.

Goldsmith's Roman History, for the Use of Schools. Revised and corrected by William Grimshaw. Improved edition, stereotyped. Philadelphia. J. Grigg. 12mo. pp. 240.

Mr Grimshaw has, in this edition, corrected the typographical errors, with which the later editions of Goldsmith's Abridgments so much abound; and removed any grossness in language, which, in some few instances, rendered these valuable compends less useful in the schools to which youth of both sexes resort. He has also added a Vocabulary of Proper Names accentuated, in order to show their right pronunciation, which is a valuable appendage to the history.

An Easy Introduction to the Study of Geography, on an Improved Plan. Accompanied by an improved Atlas. By Thomas T. Smiley. Fifth Edition, improved. Philadelphia. 18mo. pp. 252.

This is a compendium, resembling, both in plan and execution, many other small works on the subject; and comprising, in connexion with the Atlas, much geographical information.

Spanish Grammar, dedicated to the Youth of North America. By A. T. Letamendi, late Consul of Spain for East Florida. Charleston, S. C. Wm. Riley. pp. 255.

Mr Letamendi's motto is from Fiorilli;- Few and clear rules, much reflection, and still more practice' The author is an exile from Spain in consequence of his active attachment to the late constitution. His grammar is divided into two parts, theory of words and practical use of them. The execution of the work is full and clear, and well suited to the purposes for which it is designed. The author merits a fair share of patronage, as his grammar takes a high rank among the excellent ones, with which the public has been lately favored.

The American Teacher's Assistant, and Self Instructer's Guide; containing all the Rules of Arithmetic properly explained, and illustrated by an adequate Number of Examples; with an Appendix, containing a Key to the most difficult, and Answers to all the Questions. By John Mackey, Teacher. Charleston. A. E. Miller. 12mo. pp. 294.

Every attempt made by men of sense and experience to improve the common manuals of education, deserves encouragement. The following are the principles which this author exhibits as having guided him in the execution of his work.

'The mathematical theorems on which Arithmetic is founded, being as all other truths, unsusceptible of change, either for better or worse, it follows, that improvement can only be looked for, or successfully attempted in the extension, application, and illustration of its rules. I have accordingly directed my attention solely to these objects.

'Conceiving a knowledge of its first principles to be an essential prerequsite in the pursuit of any branch of art or science, I have given a more ample develope. ment of the primary rules than is usually found in books upon the subject. I have likewise extended the subsequent rules to all their useful cases, and illustrated the whole, throughout by an extra number of appropriate examples. Of these the greater part are questions of business; showing the real uses of the rules in the concerns of future life; but, the better to accommodate the work to the versatility of the youthful mind, I have occasionally introduced such as tend to familiarize it with interesting incidents of history; and others that may be termed questions of curiosity, calculated to obviate the danger of that disgust, which a tiresome sameness of intense application has a direct tendency to inspire.'

From a due examination of this work, we are warranted in recommending it as having fulfilled the promise held out, both in its title, and in the foregoing summary of principles. All is clear, full, and happily managed,

HISTORY.

New England's Memorial. By Nathaniel Morton, Secretary to the Court for the Jurisdiction of New Plimouth. Fifth Edition. Containing, besides the Original Work and the Supplement annexed to the Second Edition, large Additions in Marginal Notes, and an Appendix, with a Lithographic Copy of an Ancient Map. By John Davis. Boston. 8vo. pp. 481.

LAW.

Report of Cases in the Supreme Court of the State of New York By E. Cowan. New York. Vol. V.

Commentaries on American Laws. By James Kent. Vol. I. New York. O. Halstead.

A Digest of the Laws of the United States, including an Abstract of the Judicial Decisions relating to the Constitutional and Statutory Law, with Notes Explanatory and Historical. By Thomas F. Gordon. Philadelphia. Philip H. Micklin. 1 Vol. 8vo.

Report of Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By Thomas Sergeant and Wm. Rawle, Jr. Vol. XII. 8vo.

The Laws of the State of New Hampshire. Vol. II. Concord. Isaac Hill.

MATHEMATICS.

Elements of Descriptive Geometry, with their Application to Spherical Trigonometry, Spherical Projections, and Warped Surfaces. By Charles Davis, Professor of Mathematics in the Military Academy, West Point. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea.

MEDICINE.

8vo.

A Treatise on the Diseases of Females. By William P. Dewees, M. D. Philadelphia. H. C. Carey, & I. Lea.

A View of the Metaphysical and Physiological Arguments in favor of Materialism. By a Physician. Philadelphia.

A Toxicological Table, showing the Symptoms, Treatment, and Methods of Detecting the Various Mineral and Animal Poisons. New York. H. Stevenson.

The Philosophy of the Human Voice, embracing its Physiological History. By James Rush, M D. Philadelphia. R. H. Small. 8vo.

The Druggist's Manual; being a Price Current of Drugs, Medicines, &c. with Synonymes, a German, French, and Spanish Catalogue of Drugs, Tables of Specific Gravities, &c. Compiled by Direction of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. New York. Collins & Co.

A Practical Treatise on Poisons and Asphyxes, adapted to General Use; followed by Directions for the Treatment of Burns, and for the Distinction of Real from Apparent Death. By M. P. Orfila. Translated from the French, with Notes and Additions, by J. G. Stevenson. M. D. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 240.

METAPHYSICS.

A Treatise on the Philosophy of the Human Mind; being the Lectures of the late Thomas Brown, M. D. Abridged and Distributed

according to the Natural Divisions of the Subject, by Levi Hedge, LL. D. Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in Harvard University. In two volumes. Cambridge. Hilliard & Brown. 8vo.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Second Trial for Conspiracy, with Sundry Documents in relation to a New Trial, and the Correspondence between Messrs Barker and Eckford, and the Rathbone Papers, with Remarks thereon. New York. Price 25 cents.

The Trials of John Duncan White alias Charles Marchant, and Winslow Curtis alias Sylvester Colson, for the Murder, on the High Seas, of Edward Selfridge and Thomas P. Jenkins, Captain and Mate of the Schooner Fairy, of Boston, before the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, holden at Boston, October Term, 1826. Boston. Dutton & Wentworth. 8vo. pp. 174.

Boston Lyceum. Vol. I. The Christian Spectator. tlemen. New Series. No. I. Experiments on Fuel, &c. & Lea and others. 8vo.

Nos. I. and II. Boston. C. G. Greene.
Conducted by an Association of Gentle-
Vol. I. New Haven. H. Howe.
By Marcus Bull. Philadelphia. Carey
Price 50 cents.

Evening Hours. Boston. Munroe & Francis. 12mo. pp. 32. Controversy in reference to the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. First published in the "Richmond Enquirer." 8vo. pp. 118.

Masonry Unveiled. By Captain Morgan. Second Edition.

A Selection of Hymns, for the Use of Social Religious Meetings and for Private Devotion. Fourth Edition. New York.

The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts adopted in 1780, with the Amendments annexed. Boston. Richardson & Lord. 12mo. pp. 64.

The Order of Ceremonies and Discourse at the Constitution of the Rising Star Lodge, No. 393, in Yonkers, Westchester County, October 25, A. L. 5826. By the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. New York. Childs & Wells. 12mo. pp. 36.

The Literary Gem, or Legends and Lyrics. Boston. Benjamin Davenport. 18mo. pp. 238.

The Substance of Two Reports of the Faculty of Amherst College to the Board of Trustees, with the Doings of the Board thereon. Amherst. Carter & Adams. 8vo.

Tenth Annual Report of the Boston Society for the Religious and Moral Instruction of the Poor, October 25, 1826. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 8vo. pp. 27.

The Galaxy of Wit, or Laughing Philosopher; being a Collection of choice Anecdotes. Boston. 12mo. pp. 264.

An Examination of the Controversy between the Greek Deputies and the two Mercantile Houses of New York, together with a Review of the Publications on the Subject by the Arbitrators, Messrs Emmet and Ogden and Mr William Bayard. By John Duer and Robert Sedgwick. New York. 8vo. Price 75 cents.

The Literary Box, or Christmas Present; containing the Contributions of the Evelyn Family. Philadelphia. Ash & Mason.

A Sketch of the Claims of Sundry American Citizens on the Gov

ernment of the United States, for Indemnity for Depredations committed on their Property by the French (prior to September 30th, 1800.) By a Citizen of Baltimore.

Illustrations of Masonry. By one of the Fraternity, who has devoted Thirty Years to the Subject. Third Edition. Rochester. 12mo. pp. 93.

View of Holliston in its First Century; a Century Sermon, delivered in Holliston, December 4, 1826. By Charles Fitch, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Holliston. Dedham. H. & W. H. Mann. 8vo. pp. 36.

A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship, designed to be used with Watts. Keene, N. H. John Prentiss. 18mo. pp. 72.

The Debates, Resolutions, and other Proceedings in Convention on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th of September, 1787, with the Yeas and Nays on the Decision of the Main Questions. Collected and revised from Contemporary Publications. By Jonathan Elliot. Vol. I. Washington. 8vo. Price $3.

Remarks on the Practicability and Expediency of establishing a Rail Road on one or more Routes from Boston to Connecticut River. By the Editor of the "Boston Daily Advertiser." Boston 8vo. pp. 71. Christian Visitant. No. I. Vol. I. Boston. N. S. Simpkins & Co. Contributions of the Maclaurin Lyceum to the Arts and Sciences. No. I. Vol. I. Philadelphia. Judah Dobson.

Letter on the Use and Abuse of Incorporations, addressed to the Delegation from the City of New York in the State Legislature. By one of their Constituents. New York. G. & C. Carvill.

Letters from the Bahama Islands, written in the Years 1823-4. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 205.

Remarks upon Mr Carter's Outline of an Institution for the Education of Teachers. From the United States Review.' Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 8vo.

The Harvard Register. No. I. Cambridge. Hilliard & Brown. A Glance at the Times, containing an Epistle for Greece, an Eulogium on Jefferson, &c. in a Poetical Address to De Witt Clinton. By a Yankee. Philadelphia. R. H. Small.

Annual Report of the Acting Superintendent of Common Schools, made to the Legislature of the State of New York, January 23, 1827. Albany. 4to. pp. 62.

Le Souvenir, or Picturesque Pocket Diary for 1827, embellished with highly finished Engravings of American Scenery, &c. Philadelphia. A. R. Poole.

Memoir on the Organization of the Army of the United States. Georgetown. James C. Dunn. 1826.

History of the American Colony in Liberia, from December 1821 to 1823. By J. Ashmun. Washington. Way & Gideon. 8vo. pp. 42. It will be seen by the dates in the titlepage, that this pamphlet professes to give only a history of the Colony in its infant days. The hardships, difficulties, and even wars, with which the Colony had then to contend, are here portrayed by a person who was a prominent actor. The details have much intrinsic interest, and the narrative exhibits in strong colors the obstacles incident to the first establisament of a new colony. It is drawn up with considerable force of description, and shows the writer to have been a vigilant observer, as well as an energetic actor

in the scenes he describes. From the best accounts, the Colony has entirely recovered from its early embarrassments, and is now in as flourishing a condition as its friends could expect. The territory belonging to the emigrants has been extended, and new settlements formed. A chart is prefixed to this pamphlet, giving a view of the country, much more accurate and full, than has hitherto been published.

We are sorry to see that the Managers of the Colonization Society persist in sending out emigrants at the most unhealthy season. The Doris was advertised to sail from Baltimore in January, and in the advertisement it was expressly declared, that it would arrive in Liberia at the most healthy season, whereas the truth was directly the contrary. It would arrive at the very beginning of the rains, and at the worst time of the whole year. This is not merely a commercial delinquency, on which nothing depends, but the good or ill success of an adventure in trade. It involves the lives of human beings, and deserves the severest censure. Several most fatal experiments have rendered it nearly certain that many deaths will occur among those composing any accession of emigrants arriving at or near the commencement of the rains. It is a cruel trifling with human life to send out persons in January and February. None should go except in the three autumnal months. The course pursued in this respect has produced, and repeatedly produced such lamentable consequences, that we feel no delicacy in speaking of it in terms of the strongest reprobation.

Russian Tales. Translated from the French of Count Xavier de Maistre, Author of the 'Leper of Aost.' Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12 mo. pp. 200.

Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures. Boston. 8vo. pp. 22. The History and Analysis of the supposed Automaton Chess-Player of M. de Kempelen, now exhibiting in this country, by Mr Maelzel; with Lithographic Figures. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 8vo. pp. 24.

A correct View of the whole Internal Navigation of the United States, natural and artificial, present and prospective. Philadelphia. With Maps. Carey & Lea. 8vo.

The Washington Guide. With a Map of the City. Price $1. Washington.

A Letter to an English Gentleman on the Libels and Calumnies on America, by British Writers and Reviewers. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. Price 37 cents.

The Scottish Farmer. Philadelphia. 18mo. pp. 140.

Tables of Discount, or Interest. By John Rowlett. Second Edition. 4to. Philadelphia.

The Two Birth Days; a Moral Tale. By the Author of the 'Factory Girl.' Boston.

New York Bank Note List and Counterfeit Detector, showing the Value of Bank Notes in New York, and a complete List of Counterfeit Bills in Circulation throughout the United States. New York. Malone Day.

The Quaker. No. I. Vol. I. Philadelphia. M. T. C. Gould. Rosabella, or the Queen of May. Philadelphia. 18mo.

Letters of Ann Cook, late Mrs Beauchamp, to her Friend in Maryland, containing a short History of her Life. Washington. Price 50 cents.

An Exposition of the Conduct of the Houses of G. G. & S. Howland and Le Roy, Bayard & Co. in relation to the Greek Frigates, Liberator and Hope, in Answer to a Narrative on that Subject, by Mr Alexander Contostavlos. By William Bayard. New York.