Immense Success of

Post-Office Money-Orders

Money-Orders in Great Britain-Uniformity of Post-

age-Great Advantage in abridging Labor, and thereby

reducing Expenses-Postal Statistics of different Coun-

tries Letter-Carriers and Receiving-Houses - Im-

mense Advantage, both as a Convenience to the Public

and a Source of Profit to the Department.

IV. WASHINGTON IRVING; HIS HOME AND HIS WORKS,

V. MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF ATHENS-(Completed)

VI. LUNAR INFLUENCES,

1. Humboldt's Kosmos.

2. La Place's Mechanique Celeste.

3. Report of the British Association for 1850.

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VII. THE MODERN ARCHITECTURE OF NEW-YORK,

VIII. THE HAWAIIAN OR SANDWICH ISLANDS,

1. History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands.

By JAMES JACKSON JERVES. 1 vol., 8vo, 1843.

2. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedi-

tion during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.

By CHARLES WILKES, Commander of the Expedition,

etc. 5 vols., 8vo. Philadelphia. 1845.

3. The Island World of the Pacific, being the Per-

sonal Narrative and Results of Travel through the

Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands and other parts of

Polynesia. By Rev. HENRY T. CHEEVER. 1 vol., 12mo.

New-York. 1851.

4. Speech of Mr. Washburn in the House of Repre-

sentatives, Jan. 4, 1854, in Committee of the Whole

on the State of the Union, on the Motion to refer the

President's Annual Message to the appropriate Com-

mittees.

ARTIOLE

IX. CONTEMPORANEOUS LITERATURE :

PAGE

1. Institutions for the Insane in Prussia, Austria, and

Germany. By PLINY EARLE, M.D. 1 vol., 8vo, pp.

248. Printed at the N. Y. State Lunatic Asylum. 1854, 144

2. An Examination of the Practice of Blood Letting

in Mental Diseases. By PLINY EARLE, M. D. 1 vol.,

8vo, pp. 96. New-York: Samuel S. and William

Wood. 161 Pearl street. 1854,

3. Europe: its Past and Present Condition. Being

a Comprehensive Manual of European Geography and

History. By FRANCIS H. UNGEWITTER, LL.D. I vol.,

12mo, pp. 680. New-York: A. S. Barnes & Co. Cin-

cinnati: H. W. Derby,

146

€ 146

4. Outlines of History. Part I. Ancient History.

-II. Modern History.-III. Outlines of Philosophy of

History. Ivison & Phinney, 178 Fulton street, New-

York. 1854,

5. Views of the Microscopic World. Designed for

General Reading, and as a Hand-book for Classes in

Natural Science. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 146,

Elements of Meteorology, Designed for Schools and

Academies. Seventh revised and stereotyped edition.

By JOHN BROCKLESBY, A.M., Professor of Mathematics

and Natural Philosophy in Trinity. College, Hartford.

1. vol., 12mo, pp. 240. New-York: Pratt, Woodford,

Farmer & Brace. 1855,

By

6. The Problem Solved, or Sin not of God.

MILES P. SQUIER, Professor of Intellectual and Moral

Philosophy, Beloit College. Published by M. W.

Dodd, New-York, 1855. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 255,

148

149

149

. 150

153

7. Wolfert's Roost. By WASHINGTON IRVING. New-

York: G. P. Putnam. 1855. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 380, 153

Israel Potter. By HERMAN MELVILLE. New-York:

G. P. Putnam. 1855. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 276,

A Third Gallery of Portraits. By GEORGE GILFIL-

New-York: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman.

1855. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 468,

LAN.

8. The Knickerbocker Gallery, a Testimonial to the

Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine, from its Contri-

butors. With forty-eight portraits on steel, from origi-

nal Pictures, engraved expressly for this work. 1 vol.,

8vo, pp. 508. New-York: Samuel Hueston,

9. Cosas de España; or, Going to Madrid via Barce-

lona. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 352. Redfield. 1855.

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No. II.

ARTICLE

I. THE LAST DAYS OF COLONIALl Independence,

History of the United States from the Discovery

of the American Continent. By GEORGE BANCROFT,

Vol. VI. Boston. 1854.

II. THE GERMAN LANGUAGE,

III. JOURNALISM IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA,

IV. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA,

V. INSTINCT versus REASON,

VI. MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS,

VII. GREECE-PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE,

By WM.

A History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to

the Roman Conquest, with Supplementary Chapters

on the History of Literature and Art.

SMITH, LL.D., Editor of the Dictionaries of "Greek

and Roman Antiquities"-"Biography and Mytho-

logy," and "Geography." With Notes and a Con-

tinuation to the Present Time. By C. C. FELTON,

LL.D., Eliot Professsor of Greek Literature in Har-

vard University. 670 pp. Boston, and New-York.

1855.

VIII. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND ITS POLITY,

IX. CONTEMPORANEOUS LITERATURE:

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1. Documents of the Constitutions of England and

America, from Magna Charta to the Federal Con-

stitution of 1789. Compiled and edited with notes.

By FRANCIS BOWEN ALFORD, Professor of Moral

Philosophy and Civil Polity in Harvard College.

Cambridge: John Bartlett. 1 vol. 12mo, pp. 192, . 307

2. History of Providence, as Unfolded in the Book

of Esther. By ALEXANDER CARSON, LL.D. New-
York: Edward H. Fletcher. 1 vol. 12mo, pp. 271, 307
3. The Philosophy of Sectarianism; or, a Classi-

fied View of the Christian Sects in the United States;

with Notices of their Progress and Tendencies, Illus-

trated by Historical Facts and Anecdotes. By the

Rev. ALEXANDER BLAKIE, Pastor of the Associate Re-

formed Church, Boston. Second edition. Boston:

Phillips, Sampson & Co.,

4. Botany of the Southern States; in two parts.

308