affection from your caresses; taste from your conversation; urbanity from the commerce of your society; and mutual love from your example. Do not regret that you are not rich enough to provide tutors and governors, to watch his steps with sedulous and servile anxiety, and furnish him with maxims it is morally impossible he should act upon when grown up. Do not you see how seldom this over culture produces its effect, and how many shining and excellent characters start up every day, from the bosom of obscurity, with scarcely any care at all?

But Mrs Barbauld excels in the practical part of education not less than in the theory, if, indeed, she can be said to have any theory. No writer has more successfully blended amusement with instruction for young readers than she; and no one within our knowledge has known how to adapt both thoughts and words to the capacities of young children so well. For her juvenile Lessons, if for nothing else, she will always be held in grateful remembrance by all parents and instructers who are interested in developing the infant mind.

A Book for New Hampshire Children; in Familiar Letters from a Father. Second edition, revised and corrected. Exeter. 1826. 18mo.

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CHILDREN should first be instructed concerning those things which are near them. These principally excite the interest of their parents and associates; and most of the conversation which they daily hear, relates to them. The facilities for understanding what relates to the geography, the manners and customs, the arts and occupations of one's own town or state, are vastly greater than for acquiring similar information concerning remote countries. Children need all these facilities, to render their progress in knowledge so apparent to themselves, that the satisfaction of having learned, will compensate for the exertions which learning requires.

These remarks, however trite they may appear, contain a principle which is too little regarded in our schools, and in our books for children. We are, therefore, pleased whenever we see a teacher labouring to impart to young children a knowledge of common things, instead of attempting to show the extent of his own researches, by analyzing subjects remote from their experience, and their sphere of observation.

The author of this little book, has succeeded well in making his letters interesting and intelligible. They treat of geography, statistics, history, and, in short, of whatever is most useful for the children of New Hampshire to know concerning their own state. Moral and religious instruction is interspersed in a very simple and parental manner. The book contains a small map of the

State, neatly executed; but the typography of the work is not equal to its merits.

We think it highly desirable that a work on a similar plan should be furnished for each of the United States; and we take the liberty of suggesting to the author of this little volume, the propriety of composing one for the children of Massachusetts.

INTELLIGENCE.

The "Forest Sanctuary," by Mrs Hemans. Mrs Hemans has a new work on the eve of publication, to be entitled the "Forest Sanctuary." It is the history of a Spanish exile, who flies from the religious persecutions of his own country, and takes refuge in the forests of America. Fellenberg School. A school, resembling, in some respects, that of Fellenberg in Switzerland, was established two years since at Windsor, Connecticut, by Messrs Stebbins and Sill. We have read an exposition of the plan and purposes of this institution, lately published by its conductors, and think that it cannot fail to become eminently useful. The course of study pursued in the seminary is designed to occupy "two or three years, according to the age and acquirements of the pupil."

"Our school," say the conductors, "was principally designed to educate young men for the active employments of life. The course of study pursued, embraces the fundamental branches of an English education, the Latin Language, Linear Drawing, Geography, History, Natural Philosophy, Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry in its various applications, Book-keeping, and the Natural Sciences so far as the tastes and time of our pupils shall render it advisable.

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"Our mode of instruction varies with the different classes and subjects attended to. We depend much in all, and in some branches entirely, upon oral instruction. We put but few books into the hands of our pupils, choosing rather to give them a thorough knowledge of a few studies, than to divert their attention by a great variety. We think it, indeed, of importance, that the studies pursued be such as are of direct utility in the pursuits of life; but of much greater importance, that habits of close application, and unyielding perseverance in study be acquired."

Mouth of the Niger. From the information which Lieutenant Clapperton obtained in his late travels in Africa, he considers it certain, that the Niger terminates in the Atlantic ocean, in the Bights of Benin and Biafsa.

Gaming in Paris. It is estimated, that the sums hazarded at the gaming-tables of Paris, amount to three hundred and fifty millions of francs per annum; and the state derives an income of eight millions from these scandalous institutions.

Cannon Founding. Messrs Gay-Lussac and D'Arcet, members of the French Academy, have been lately making some experiments upon cannon founding. It is said to require only a few parts of iron in the alloy, to double the force of resistance.

Curious Fact. In January last, as the Clyde, an English ship, was sailing along the coast of Africa, the sails were observed to be covered with a brownish sand, the particles of which being examined by a microscope, were found to be extremely minute. Some of the sails being unbent, clouds of dust escaped from them, on their flapping against the masts. The wind had blown fresh during the night previous, and the nearest land to windward was the African coast, six hundred miles distant. May not the seeds of many plants, found in remote and newly-formed islands, have been thus conveyed?

Northern Antiquities. A Society of Ancient Northern Literature has just been formed at Copenhagen. They intend to publish, in the original language, but with a Latin translation, a number of very old Icelandic manuscripts, which, it is expected, will throw great light on the history of the North.

Counterfeit Ancient Coins. A German journal, the Morgenblatt, has published a list of ancient Eastern coins, regularly counterfeited in Smyrna, and of those of the Western Empire, also, counterfeited systematically in Germany.

Funds for Religious Purposes. British and Foreign Bible Society, over ninety-three thousand pounds; the Church Mission Society, over forty-five thousand; the London Missionary, over forty thousand; the Wesleyan, over thirty-eight thousand; the Baptist Mission, nearly sixteen thousand; the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, over sixty-two thousand; for Propagating the Gospel, over thirty-two thousand; the Jews' Society, over thirteen thousand.

English Silk Manufactures. In Taunton [England] there are about a thousand silk looms, and two hundred in the vicinity. Each loom is computed to give employment to two persons. The annual returns of the silk trade in this town, may be estimated at not less than one hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The wages alone are about a thousand pounds a week. The trade is at present in so prosperous a state, that nothing but the want of suitable houses for the tradesmen employed, prevents its being doubled.

Mammoth Moth. A Madras journal describes a moth, found near Aracan, of such extraordinary dimensions, as to measure ten inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, and also beautiful in colours.

Arabian Armour. Fragments of Arabian armour have been dug up in a field near Tours, in France. These remains are described as being of very beautiful workmanship in steel and silver, and are conjectured to be of the time of the Sultan Abderame, defeated by Charles Martel.

German Libraries. The German libraries surpass in number and richness those of any other country in Europe. The library of Vienna contains three hundred thousand volumes; that of Dresden, two hundred and twenty thousand; Munich, four hundred thousand; Breslau, one hundred and sixty thousand; Göttingen, three hundred thousand. It is calculated, that one hundred and fifty public libraries in that country, contain three million one hundred and thirty three thousand printed volumes, besides manuscripts and pamphlets.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

AGRICULTURE.

A Geological Survey of the Environs of Philadelphia, performed by the order of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. By G. Froost, M. D. With a Geological Map. Philadelphia.

A Candid and Impartial Exposition of various Opinions on the subject of the Comparative Quality of the Wheat and Flour in the Northern and Southern States; in a Letter from John C. Brush to Dr S. L. Mitchill.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

A Practical Marine Gunnery; containing a View of the Magnitude, Weight, Description, and Use of every article used in the Sea-Gunners' Department in the Navy of the United States. By George Marshall. 8vo. pp. 100.

ASTRONOMY.

The Nautical Almanac and 1828. By Edmund M. Blunt.

Astronomical Ephemeris, for the Year
New York.

BIOGRAPHY.

Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney. By Henry Wheaton. New York. 8vo.

EDUCATION.

Murray's English Reader; or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, selected from the best Writers. Improved by Jeremiah Goodrich. Albany. 18mo. pp. 303.

Elements of English Grammar, deduced from Science and Practice, adapted to the capacity of Learners. By William S. Cardell.

The Juvenile Gleaner; or, Anecdotes and Miscellaneous Pieces, designed for Amusement and Instruction. By William Alexander.

The Columbian Orator; containing a variety of Original and Selected Pieces. By Caleb Bingham, A. M. Boston. 12mo. pp. 300.

Pike's System of Arithmetic, abridged; designed to facilitate the Study of the Science of Numbers, &c. And a short System of Bookkeeping. By Dudley Leavitt, Teacher of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Concord, N. H.

The Biblical Class Text Book, or Biblical Catechism; containing Questions Historical, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental. Designed to promote an intimate Acquaintance with the Inspired Volume. By Hervey Wilbur, A. M. Seventeenth edition. Boston. 18mo. pp. 132. Little Rhymes for Little Folks; or, a Present for Fanny's Library. By a Lady. Philadelphia.

A Spelling-Book, containing the Rudiments of the English Language; with appropriate Reading Lessons. By Thomas I. Lee, Esq. Boston. 1826. 18mo. pp. 181.

GEOGRAPHY.

The Traveller's Guide, or Pocket Gazetteer of the United States; extracted from the latest edition of Morse's Universal Gazetteer. With an Appendix, &c. Illustrated by a Map. By Jedidiah Morse, D. D. and Richard Morse, A. M. Second edition. New Haven. 18mo. pp. 336.

A Modern Atlas of Fourteen Maps. By Joseph C. Hart. Drawn and engraved to Illustrate Hart's Geographical Exercises. New York.

HISTORY.

Illustrations of Worcester's Historical Atlas; with Questions adapted to their Use. Boston. 12mo. pp. 24.

LAW.

A Lecture, being the third of a Series of Lectures, Introductory to a Course of Lectures now delivering in the University of Maryland. By David Hoffman. Baltimore. 8vo. pp. 62.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of New Hampshire, from January Term, 1825, to September Term, 1826. Vol. II. Part. 3.

Reports of Cases argued in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By Thomas Sergeant and William Rawle Jr. Vol. XI.

MECHANICS.

The American Builder's Companion; or, a System of Architecture, particularly adapted to the Present Style of Building. Treating on Practical Geometry, the Origin of Buildings, &c. Illustrated with Sixty-three Copperplate Engravings. Fifth edition, corrected and enlarged. With a Plan and Elevations of a Church, &c. By Asher Benjamin. Boston. 4to. pp. 102.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Discourse, delivered in Boston, March 1, 1826, for the Relief of the Boston Bard. By Hull Barton. Boston. 8vo. pp. 20.

The Annual Pocket Register, for the State of Georgia.

A Further Defence of Colonel William Lovetruth Bluster, in a Letter to Major Joseph Antick, Lord of the Isles, Prince of Snipe-Shooters, &c. Done into Verse by Aminidab Sledgehammer, Poet Laureate of Catahoola, and Godson of Apollo. New Orleans. 12mo. pp. 17.

The Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham. Edited by the Author of "John Bull in America." New York.

Abridged Tactics for the School of the Soldier, and of the Company; with some Batallion Manœuvres, taken from the System adopted in the United States Armies.

The "Boston Bard" to the Citizens of Boston. Boston. 8vo. pp. 16. An Oration and Ode, delivered on the Third Anniversary Celebration of the Shakspearean Club, at Pantheon Hall, April 17, 1826. Boston. 8vo. pp. 32.

The Sexton's Monitor, and Dorchester Cemetery Memorial. Roxbury, Mass. 12mo. pp. 38.

The Infantry Drill, being an Abridgment of the System of Tactics for the Infantry of the United States; lately Revised, by Order of the War Department, and sanctioned by the President of the United States. With Explanatory Plates.

The Rifle Drill; extracted from the System of Tactics for the Infantry, Light Infantry, and Riflemen of the United States; lately Revised, by Order of the War Department, and sanctioned by the President of the United States. With Explanatory Plates.

Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, September, 1796. Richmond. 8vo. pp. 20.