NEW PUBLICATIONS.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoir of Catharine Brown, a Christian Indian, of the Cherokee Nation. By Rufus Anderson, A. M. Assistant Secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions. Second edition. 18mo. pp. 144. BosCrocker & Brewster.

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GEOGRAPHY.

Geographical Questions for the use of Schools, adapted to the Maps and Charts in most common use. 18mo. pp. 54. Middletown, Ct. E. & H. Clark.

The author has formed his questions without reference to any particular system of geography or maps, with a view to enable pupils to use different systems, and still to recite in the same class, without confusion to themselves or to their instructer.

HISTORY.

View and Description of the City of New Orange (now New York), as it was in the year 1673; with Explanatory Notes. By Joseph W. Moulton, Esq. with an Engraved View of the City at that Period. New York.

LAW.

Trial of Moses Parker, James Buckland, Joseph Wade, William Walker, Cornelius Holley, Abraham Potts, and Noah Doremus, on an Indictment for the Murder of David R. Lambert, on the 3d of June, 1825, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in and for the City and County of New York, on the third Monday of June, 1825, before the Hon. Ogden Edwards, Judge of the First Circuit. 8vo. New York.

H. Spear.

Strictures upon the Constitutional Powers of the Congress and Courts of the United States over the Execution Laws of the several States, in their Application to the Federal Courts. By a Citizen of Ohio. Svo. pp. 17. Cincinnati. Morgan, Lodge, & Fisher.

"At their last term, the Supreme Court of the United States decided, that the Execution Laws of the several States, enacted since 1789, do not apply to proceedings upon judgments in the United States Circuit Courts. This decision, though principally founded upon acts of Congress, nevertheless assumes a construction of the Constitution of vital importance to the States and to the people. It is this: In all cases to which the judicial power is extended by the Constitution, Congress is empowered to enact laws for enforcing by execution the judgments of the courts. And this, whether such law prescribe only a rule of practice to the courts, or, in addition, a rule of property to the citizen." The author of the pamphlet, whose title we have printed above, thus states the proposition, which it his is object to controvert. His "Strictures" are written in a good temper, and with a degree of candour which has not always characterized the writings of our Western brethren, when investigating the conflicting claims of the State governments and the government of the United States. We may take occasion, at some future time, to examine these "Strictures more at length in another department of our work.

The Maryland Justice; containing Approved Forms for the use of Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland; with a Compilation of the Acts of the General Assembly relating to their Office and Jurisdiction, and to the Office and Duties of Constable. Compiled by Ebenezer H. Cummings, Esq. Baltimore. Cushing & Jewett.

MATHEMATICS.

The Mathematical Diary. No. III. New York. S. Ryan.

MEDICINE.

The Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences. No. XX.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Boston Directory; containing Names of the Inhabitants; their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses; with Lists of the Streets, Lanes, and Wharves, the City Officers, Public Offices, and Banks, and other useful information. 18mo. pp. 324. Boston. J. H.

A. Frost.

On the Aim of the Order of the Freemasons. Translated from the German, by 12mo. Albany. E. & E. Hosford.

Memoir read before the Historical Society of the State of New York, December 31, 1816. By E. Benson. Second edition, with Notes. New York. Wilder & Campbell.

An Address delivered at the Opening of the Tenth Exhibition of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. By Gulian C. Verplanck. Second edition. 8vo. pp. 52. New York. G. & C. Carvill.

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Vol. V. No. II.

An Address in Commemoration of the Battle at Fryeburg, delivered May 19, 1825. By Charles S. Daveis. 8vo. pp. 64. Portland. James Adams, jr.

An Oration, pronounced at Cambridge, before the Society of Phi Beta Kappa, August 26th, 1824. By Edward Everett. Fourth Edition. 8vo. pp. 67. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co.

The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal. No. I. Vol. I. June, 1825. pp. 32.

An Address pronounced at Worcester, Mass. on the 4th of July, 1825, being the Forty-ninth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States, before an Assembly convened for the purpose of celebrating this event religiously. By Samuel Austin, D. D. 8vo. Worcester. William Manning.

Ninth Report of the Directors of the American Asylum, at Hartford, for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, exhibited to the Asylum, May 14, 1825. 8vo. pp. 36. Hartford.

We learn from this report, that provisions have been made for the instruction of the pupils at the Asylum in several of the " Mechanic trades ;" with a view to preserve habits of industry as well as to enable them, or such of them as are indigent, to support themselves by labour when they shall leave the institution. The expenses for the present year for each pupil, placed at the Asylum, are one hundred and fifteen dollars, including the usual instruction, board, washing, and lodging; stationary for school rooms, and instruction in mechanic trades. As the funds of the institution increase, this annual expense will probably be diminished, and of course a greater number of pupils will have access to the advantages which are here offered to them. Since the opening of the institution in April, 1817, one hundred and forty three different pupils have been admitted and have received instruction in it. Of this number, seventy one are still members of the establishment. From personal observation, as well as from the specimens of composition annexed to this report, we could say much of the philosophical principles of education reduced to practice in the instruction of the deaf and dumb, and of the corresponding improvement of the pupils; but the character of the instructers and the results of their devoted labours are too well known to the community to require any farther testimony from us.

First Annual Report of the Albany Institute.

1825. 8vo. pp. 8.

Presented July 1,

The Albany Institute was organized in May, 1824. It is composed of three branches or departments; 1st. The department of Mathematics and Physical Science and the Arts ;-2d. The department of Natural History;-and 3d. The department of History and General Literature. The Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer is President of the Institute. Each department has its president, who is ex officio a vice president of the Institute; and each has also its corresponding and recording secretaries. We think the institution promises interest to its members, and usefulness to the public. The society have already a considerable Library, and many Mineralogical, Geological, and Zoological specimens; besides some specimens of organic remains. The members meet every fortnight during the four first months of the year, and read original essays or dissertations upon the various topics relating to the objects of the association.

Addresses delivered at Oxford, Ohio, on the 30th of March, 1825, at the Inauguration of the Rev. Robert H. Bishop as President of the Miami University. Published by order of the Board of Trustees. Hamilton, Ohio. James B. Camron.

Address delivered before the Citizens of North Yarmouth, on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1825. By Grenville Mellen. 8vo. pp. 20. Portland. D. & S. Paine.

Remarks on the Disorders of Literary Men, or an Inquiry into the Means of Preventing the Evils usually incident to Sedentary and Studious Habits. 12mo. pp. 92. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co. Plan of a Seminary for the Education of Instructers of Youth. By Thomas H. Gallaudet, Principal of the American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co.

THEOLOGY.

Familiar Sermons. By Asa Rand, Editor of the Christian Mirror, and lately Pastor of the Church in Gorham, Me. 12mo. pp. 393. Portland, Me.

A Century Sermon, delivered at Hopkinton, Mass. on Lord's Day, December 24th, 1815. By Nathaniel Howe, A. M. Pastor of the Church. Third edition, with Notes, revised and corrected. 8vo. pp. 82. Boston. Crocker & Brewster.

A Treatise concerning Heaven and its Wonders, also concerning Hell, being a relation of Things seen and heard. Translated from the Latin of Emanuel Swedenborg. Second American from the sixth English edition. 1 vol. 8vo. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS.

Elements of Physiology. By A. Richerand. Translated from the French, by G. I. M. De Sys, M. D. With Notes, and a Copious Appendix, by James Copland, M. D. 8vo. New York. W. E. Dean. The Last Days of Lord Byron; with his Lordship's Opinions on Various Subjects, particularly on the State and Prospects of Greece. By William Parry, Major of Lord Byron's Brigade, and Engineer in the Service of the Greeks. 12mo.

Patience; A Tale. By Mrs Hofland, author of Decision, &c. &c. 18mo. pp. 309. New York. W. B. Gilley.

LIST OF WORKS IN PRESS.

A practical Treatise on Rail Roads, showing the Principles of estimating their Proportions, Strength, and Expense; with the Theory,

Effect, and Expense of Steam Carriages, Stationary Engines, and Gas Machines. By Thomas Fredgold. From a late London copy. New York. E. Bliss & E. White.

Thompson's Conspectus of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias, together with Magendie's Formulary. New York. E. Bliss & E. White.

Good's Study of Medicine. 5 vols. 8vo. A New Edition from the second London edition, with numerous Additions and Corrections. Boston. Wells & Lilly.

Life of R. S. Sheridan. By Thomas Moore, Esq. Philadelphia.
Zophiel; a Poem. By an American Lady. Boston.

Mason on Self-Knowledge, with Questions adapted for Schools and Academies. Fourth edition. Boston. James Loring.

Blair's Catechism of Common Things in Use. Fifth edition. Boston. James Loring.

Murray's Exercises. Twelfth edition. Boston. James Loring.

A View of South America and Mexico, comprising the History, Political Condition, Commerce, &c. of the two Countries; with two Maps and a Portrait of Bolivar. Hartford. H. Huntington, jr.

Miss Hamilton's Letters on Education. 2 vols. 12mo. Boston. S. H. Parker.

Gramática Completa de la Lengua Inglesa, para Uso de los Españoles; con un Suplemento, que contiene las Frases mas precisas para romper in una Conversacion, Formas de Documentos Comerciales, y Descripciones de las Cuidades de Filadelfia y de Washington. Por Stephen M. L. Staples, A. M. Filadelfia. H. C. Carey y I. Lea: y E. Bliss y E. White, Nueva York.

The Last of the Mohians. A Novel. By the Author of the Spy, Pioneers, &c. New York. Charles Wiley.

The Universal Historical Dictionary, or an Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places, in the departments of Biblical, Political, and Ecclesiastical History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Geography, Numismatics. Illustrated with nearly 800 portraits, and a vast number of wood cuts from medals, coins, &c. By George Crabb, A. M. New York, W. B. Gilley.

Reciprocal Duties of Parents and Children. By Mrs. Taylor. Second edition. 18mo. Boston. James Loring.

Lectures. By Sir Ashley Cooper. From the first London edition. 8vo. Boston. Wells & Lilly.

The Biblical Reader, consisting of copious Selections from the Sacred Scriptures, with Questions, Practical Observations, &c. &c. for the Use of Schools. By the Rev. J. L. Blake. Ornamented with numerous Engravings. 1 vol. 12mo. Boston. Lincoln & Edmands.

Pronouncing Bible. Second stereotype edition. Boston. Lincoln & Edmands.

Journal of a Tour around Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Islands. By a Deputation of the Mission on those Islands. 12mo. Boston. Crocker & Brewster.

Published on the first and fifteenth day of every month, by CUMMINGS, HILLIARD, & Co., No. 134 Washington-Street, Boston, for the Proprietors. Terms, $5 per annum. Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard & Metcalf

THE great object [said Mr Pickering] of a liberal education is to qualify young persons for the three liberal professions; the few exceptions of those who are not designed for them need not be taken into the account in a general view. Now of the three professions, two, it was obvious, required a deep and solid foundation of literature as distinguished from the sciences, particularly the exact sciences; which last are useful, rather as a discipline for the intellectual powers, than as the positive acquisition of so much knowledge which is to be brought into actual use in those professions; the remaining profession, it was true, required a portion of science, yet this, again, was not of the exact sciences (except as they are subsidiary to the rest), but only of the subdivision usually denominated physical science. It seemed an obvious conclusion, then, that the most useful course of instruction should be that which should with the greatest certainty effect the most extensive and thorough acquisitions in literature (to use the term in its full extent) within the period of time usually allotted to a university education. Now, by the common consent of the nations of Europe, the basis of these solid acquisitions is what is called classical learning. ***

We had, like some others, been carried away by the very vague and deceptive name of useful knowledge; as if no knowledge was to be considered as useful, except such as was used in obtaining national or private wealth and in providing for the physical wants of man; but the eminent statesmen of the most enlightened nations had assigned the first rank to that kind of knowledge, which most directly promoted the development of the intellectual powers, and furnished the greatest stock of intellectual wealth, to enable men to comprehend their moral and political relations, and, practically, to discharge their duties