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Prayer and Sermon, by John Potts, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Trenton, New Jersey; July 10, 1825. Taken in short hand. By Marcus T. C. Gould, Stenographer. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 22.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the English Courts of Common Law. Edited By Thomas Sergeant and John C. Lowber, Esqrs. of the Philadelphia Bar. Vols. 4 & 9. 8vo. Philadelphia. P. H. Nicklin.

A Letter addressed to the King, by Thomas Thrush, on resigning his Commission as a Captain in the Royal Navy, on the Ground of the Unlawfulness of War. From the London Edition. 8vo. pp. 24. Cambridge. Hilliard & Metcalf.

This pamphlet is sensible without any pretension to being able. It con tains, too, a superabundance of apologies to the King, for the liberty assumed in addressing him. These are very proper in their place, but they are certainly less interesting to us, and we think less calculated to subserve the cause of peace, than would have been a clearer statement of the argument which induced this worthy captain to resign.

Diccionario Filosofico de Voltaire, traduccion al Español, en la que se han refundido las Cuestiones sobre la Enciclopedia, la Opinion en Alfabeto, los Articulos insertos en la Enciclopedia y otros muchos; por C. Lanuza. In 10 vols. 18mo. New York.

Stories selected from the History of England, from the Conquest to the Revolution. For Children. Hartford. J. Huntington Jr. 1825. 18mo. pp. 144.

In the preface to the American edition of this valuable little volume, it is stated that its anthor is JOHN WILSON CROCKER, Esq. secretary to the Admiralty Board in England. We state this fact merely to show, that a gentleman of distinguished attainments has thought it worth while to prepare a child's book; and we would express in this connexion the hope, that others may be induced to do the same in our own country. Speaking of the difficulty of supplying suitable stories for children, at the age when they begin to be most inquisitive, the author observes, "I have found that fictions lead to inquires, which it is not easy to satisfy. Supernatural fictions, such as fairy tales, vitiate the young taste, and disgust it from its more substantial nourishment; while the fictions of common life, such as histories of Jenny and Tommy, dolls and tops, &c. though very useful lessons, have not enough of the marvellous to arrest the attention to a degree necessary for amusement." In order to make his stories attractive and yet to avoid the evils above named, the author has selected some of the most interesting persons, facts, and events in the history of England, and described them in the most simple manner possible; indeed his language seldom rises above the "mere nursery style." While the stories, therefore, are adapted to the comprehension of children, and have all the interest of highly wrought fictions, they are nevertheless literal facts; and we have no doubt, simple as they are, that the child, who has his feelings interested by the perusal of them, will, at any future period of his life, read the history of England with some of that peculiar satisfaction, which we always feel, when we find facts and the experience of age agreeing with and confirming the impressions of childhood and youth.

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INDEX TO VOL. II.

A

Abercrombie, Mr, 109.

Academy of Natural Sciences at Phila
delphia, its usefulness, 196.

Adams, John Turvil, notice of his poems,

235.

Address to the members of the Suffolk
bar, by William Sullivan, reviewed,
252; history of the law in Massachu-
setts, ib.; first lawyer, 253; judges in
Rhode Island, ib. ; groundless prejudice
against chancery jurisdiction, 254;
commissioners for a compilation from
the Plymouth records, ib.; protest of
Governors Endicott and Dudley, 255;
refinement of our forefathers, 255.
Address pronounced at the opening of
the New York Atheneum, by Henry
Wheaton,noticed, 267; embarrassments
of our colonial condition, ib.; want of
a peculiar language, ib.; resemblance
to Professor Everett's Oration before
the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 268.
Address delivered at Bunker Hill, by
Daniel Webster, reviewed, 327; occa-
sion of it, ib.; circumstances and au-
dience, 328; preparations, 329; ac-
count of the proceedings, 330; analy-
sis of the address, 332; Mr Webster's
style, 336 reasons why no more strik-
ing effects were produced, 338.
Adsonville, or Marrying Out, notice of,
113; its indifferent character, 114.
Africa, Western, British policy in, 147.
Agency, supernatural opinions concern-
ing, 100, 407 et seqq.

:

Album, The, reviewed, 58; contents of,
59; Lines to a Lady, the only remark-
able original poetry in, ib.; reprints
the poetry of the U. S. Literary Ga-
zette, 60.

Alexander, Archibald, his Outlines of the
Evidences of the Christian Religion,
noticed, 395.

Allbright, Mr, his character, 141.
American Entomology, 236; Medical
Botany, Dr Bigelow's, 317; Minerals,
a catalogue of, noticed and recommend-
ed, 193; works, published during April,
May, and June, 1825, 275.
Ancient chronicles of the north, intend-

ed publication of, 197; well at Athens,
discovery of, 198.

Apocalypse, Smyth's explanation of, notic-
ed, 76; the solution of an enigma, ib.
Arabian Nights' Entertainments, new
volumes of, 396.

Athens, ancient well at, 198; A Few
Days in, noticed, 34; its indifferent
character, ib.

Autobiography, objections against, 83;
exception in the case of kings and
queens, 84.

B.

Bachelor, his birth and education, 139;
habits, ib.; associates, 141; character
of Mr Allbright, ib.

Bacon, John, his Town Officer's Guide,

272.

Baltic, gradual subsidence of 235.
Barlow, Mr, see Fluid and Magnetism.
Barry, see Burke.

Barton, Bernard, his poems, 315.
Bat, discovery of a Fossil, 77; very per-
fect, ib.; an era in the history of or-
ganic remains, ib.

Bentham, Mr, his offer of codifying the
Greek law, 44.
Bembo, Pietro, 258.

Bible, Harris' Natural History of, re-
printed and favourably reviewed in
London, 116.

Bigelow, Dr, his American Medical Bot
any, 317.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 113.
Boaden, James, his memoirs of Kemble,
195, 265.

Bonaparte, Lucien, his speech to the
chamber of representatives after the
defeat at Waterloo. 13.

Botany, the study of, 103; its rank among
sciences, 104; advantages and pleas-
ures of, 105 et seqq.
Bouilly, J. N. see Mothers.
Bradford, see Massachusetts.
Brainard, John G. C., his occasional
pieces of poetry, 167.

Brougham, Mr, 109; his pamphlet on
the education of the people, 150.
Bronsted, Dr P. O., his travels in Greece,
237.

Buchner, M. see Light.
Bunker Hill, account of the battle of,
noticed, 274; Mr Webster's address
at, 327.

Burke, his life and character, by Prior,
47; remarkable features of his age, ib.;
Goldsmith and Johnson his contempo-
raries, 48; obstacles to distinction
encountered by, 50; his origin and
character, ib.; his views of the Ameri-
can and French revolutions, 52, 53;
his rupture with Fox, 53; private his-
tory of, 55; his friendship with Barry,
56: his affection for his son, 57; lite-
rary execution of the work, ib.
Byron, lord, anecdotes of, 45; his gene-
rosity and influence in Greece, and
importance in that country, ib; new
work relating to, 274; his correspon-
dence noticed, 192; an example of
book-making, ib.; character of the let-
ters, ib. et seqq.

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Economy, Political, Outlines of, repub-
lished from the Supplement to the En-
cyclopedia Britannica, 449: its impor-
tance, ib.: value of Professsor M'Vick.
ar's Notes, 450: low state of the sci
ence in the United States, ib.: doc-
trines of rent and wages not so import-
ant in this country as those relating to
free trade 451: objectionable style of
printing, 452.

Elephant, discovery of a fossil, 436.
Exglish Life, or Manners at Home, notic-
ed, 314; contents, and dullness, ib.
Engraving, Mr Williamson's minute,

468.

Entomology, American, by Say, 236.
Everett, Edward, his cration at Concord,

293.

F

Fauna Americana, by Dr Richard Har-
lan, noticed and commended, 464.
Faux, William, his Memorable Days, 16.
Fellenberg school, 276; described by
Griscom, 132.

Filicaja, Vincenzo da, 381.
Flood, N. American tradition of the, 435.
Fluid, electric, diminution of its intensi-
ty by distance, 77.

Fox, his address to Burke, 54; his char-
acter, 53.

Frederick de Algeroy, an American nov-
el, noticed, 395.

Frescoes, discovery of in Pompeii, 316.
Funeral, the Soldier's, 466.

G.

Garnett, James M., his Lectures on Fe-
male Education, 269.

Geology, Lectures on, by Jer. Van Rens-
selaer, reviewed, 287; advantages of
popular lectures, ib; objects of geolo-
gy, 238; analysis of the lectures, 289.
Genlis, Madame de, her memoirs review-
ed, 367; their character, ib.; extracts

from, ib. et seqq.; her New Moral
Tales, noticed, 374.
Glasgow, a residence in, 222; arrival in
Scotland, ib.; appearance of Glasgow,
223; account of Dr Chalmers' preach-
ing, 224; character of his eloquence,
225; Mr Irvine's discourse, 256; cha-
racter of Dr Chalmers, 257; of Mr Ir-
vine ib.

Goldsmith, see Burke.

Goslington Shadow, a romance of the
nineteenth century, reviewed and com-
mended, 161; probably written by a
Scotchman, ib.; analysis of the story,
162; its desultory character, ib. et seqq.
G the, memoirs of, 81; translated from
the German, ib.; effect of the severity
of the Edinburgh Review, 82; his
birth and early life. 84; account of his
own productions, 85; his Sorrows of
Werter taken from real life, 86; Char-
lotte living at Hanover a few years
since, 88; his fine appearance, 89;
visited by Charles Augustus, ib.; vis-
its Italy, ib. ; receives the cross of the
legion of honour, and of St Alexander
Newsky, ib.; extent and variety of his
talents. 90.

Gow, Niel, his Treatise on the Law of
Partnership, 194.

Grammar, Spanish, by Mariano Cubi y
So.er, noticed, 35.

Graminar of the New Testament, Wi-
ner's, translated by Professor Stuart,
noticed, 72.

Grattan, Mr, supposed author of High-
ways and By-ways, 121.

Grecian Wreath of Victory, noticed,

270; occasion and contents of the
work, 271.

Greece, temporary popularity of her
cause in America, 2; its importance,
ib.; circumstances favourable to the
establishment of a republican govern-
ment, 3. 4; probable commercial ad-
vantages to America, 6, 7; other rea-
sons why we should take an interest in
her cause, 8; its connexion with the
interests of christianity, 41; needs re-
ligious aid, 43; Stanbope's Letters on,
43; loan to, 44.

Greenleaf, Simon, his reports of cases in
Maine, 463.

Griscom, John, his Year in Europe, 130.
Guidiccioni, Giovanni, 260.

H.

Hadad, by James A. Hillhouse, 96; beau-
ty of the poem, ib.; analysis of the
story, 97 et seqq.; opinions concerning
supernatural agency, 100.
Hamlet, various readings of, 153 et seqq,
Hampton churchyard and court, 307.

Hancock, governor, 17.

Hands, advantages of being without
them, 67; uses of, 68, 109

Harlan, Dr Richard, notice of his Fauna
Americana, 464.

Harris, his Natural History of the Bible,
116.

Harris, Dr William, his account of a
new quadruped, 277.

Harvard University, reform in, 209; ori-
giu of the proceedings, 210; organiza-
tion of the government, 211; applica-
tion to the board of overseers, 212; ap-
pointment of a committee, 213; singu-
lar report, 215; objections to it, 216
et seqq.; consideration of it by the
overseers, 217; appointment of a sec-
ond committee, ib.; their satisfactory
report, 247; expense of board in the
college compared with that at other
colleges, 249; of instruction, compared
with the same in others, 250; income
and expenditure, ib. et seqq.; insuffi-
ciency of foundations, 281; high rate
of salaries, 282; objections against re-
duction, 284; proposed retrenchments,
286; non-residents, 339; Smith pro-
fessor, ib.; medical professors, 340;
tutors, 341; other necessary expenses,
342; speech of Mr Pickering 343;
the speech considered, 275; his opin-
ion respecting the tutors commended,
ih.; objections to it, ib.; inconveni-
ence of government meetings, 377;
dubious character of the proposed
amendment, ib. ; amount of labour per-
formed by officers at present not suffi-
cient, 379; system of departments ob-
jectionable, ib.; expedience of short-
ening the vacations, 379; inspection
of rooms objectionable, ib.: general re-
marks on discipline, 380; objections
against the military company, 381: ob-
jections to music, 412: examinations,
413: practice at the English colleges,
ib. punishments by fines and tasks,
414: seclusion of the college, 415:
practice of living out objectionable, ib.:
Mr Pickering's opinion of the advanta-
ges of classical learning, 441: Profes-
sor Frisbie's opinion, 442: the study of
Latin synonymous with the study of
universal grammar, 443: a taste for
the classics a luxury, not a necessary,
445: Mr Pickering's reasons for sup-
posing that the classics are not suffi-
ciently studied at Cambridge not con-
vincing, 446 et seqq. Savilian profes-
sorship at Oxford, 448: anecdote of
Mr Pinkney, ib.: result of the proceed-
ings, ib.

Hayti, present state of, 149; statistics
of, 198.

Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a tale,
reviewed, 416: object and conduct of
the work, ib.: valuable as presenting
a view of Judaism, 417: account of the
story, and extracts, ib. et seqq. de-
fects, 422.

High-Ways and By-Ways, or Tales of
the Road-side, reviewed, 121; Mr
Grattan, the supposed author, ib.; imi-
tates Mr Irving, 122; contents, 123;
Caribert the Bear-Hunter, 124; The
Priest and the Gard-du-Corps, 125;
The Vouée au Blanc, 128.
Hillhouse, see Hadad.
Hofland, Mrs, 271.

House of Commons, English, account of,

109; Mr Peel, Mr Abercrombie, Mr
Brougham, Mr Canning, descriptions
of, 109; importance of the art of re-
porting, 110.

Hunt, William Gibbs, his oration at Nash-
ville, noticed, 352.

L.

Lafayette, memoirs of by Mr Ticknor, 9;
its interesting nature, ib.; sensation
produced by his arrival in America,
10; his motives and conduct in the
French revolution, ib.; anecdote of
his behaviour at Versailles, 11; attempt
to rescue him from the castle of Ol-
mutz, 12: offers resolutions on the oc-
casion of Bonaparte's defeat at Water-
loo, ib; his reception on his late visit
to America, 13, 14.

Landon, Miss, notice of her poems, 465.
Lectures on Female Education, by James

M. Garnett, noticed, 269; importance
of the subject, ib.; indifferent execu-
tion of the work, ib.; instances of its
coarseness, 270;-Van Rensselaer's,
on Geology, 287.

Lehigh river and coal mine, 36; curious
construction of locks, 36, 37.

Lessing, new edition of his works, 355.

Hydrostatics, application of a principle Light, M. Buchner's experiment con-

in, to canal locks, 157.

Hyrst, Molsey, 303.

J.

Improvisatrice, and other poems by L.
E. L. noticed, 465.

Inginac, General, his letter, 149.
Institution, the Royal, 316.
Ireland, her state and prospects, 147.
Irvine, Mr, 256.

Irving, Washington, complimentary no-
tice of, in the Quarterly Review, 191.

J.

John Bull in America, reviewed, 15:
the author's arrival at Washington, ib.;
supposed to be one of the writers in the
Quarterly Review, 16; opinions con-
cerning America, 17; his account of
slavery in Boston, ib.; his travels
in New England, 19; attempt to rob
him, 21; his account of the Indian
summer, 22; advice to the author, 23,
24; reprinted in London, 276.
Johnson, see Burke.
Journal of a traveller in England, leaves
from, 66, 179; Hyde-Park, ib.; statue
in honour of Wellington, 179; Ken-
sington Gardens, 180; Chelsea Hospi-
tal, 181; account of Molsey Hyrst, of
a female cricket match, of a boxing
match, ib.; cause of the English fond-
ness for these exhibitions, 305; Hamp-
ton church-yard and court, 307; car-
toons of Raffaelle, ib.

K.

Kemble, Philip, his memoirs by Boaden,
noticed and condemned, 195.

cerning its production by crystalliza-
tion, 76.

Lincoln, Lionel, opinion of it in Black-
wood's Edinburgh Magazine, 467.
Lines, to a Lady, see Album, Washing-
ton Allston's, 60; Brainard's, to the
Dead, 169.

Lives of the Novelists, reviewed, 406;
proofs that Scott is the author of Wa-
verley, 407 doctrines concerning su-
pernatural agency, ib. et seqq.: effects
of novels, 411: mechanical execution
of the work, 412.

Livingston, Edward, his penal code of
Louisiana, 196.

Loans, English, their importance and in-
fluence in the world, 45.
Locks, canal, explanation of the pressure
upon in certain circumstances, 157.
Louisiana, penal code of, commended in
the Westminster Review, 196.
Love-quarrels, the pleasure of, 317.
Lyceum, see Utica, sec Gardiner; ac-
count of the Gardiner, 361; its origin, a
ib.; progress, 362; advantages, 363;
and usefulness, 367.

M.

M'Adam, Mr, his improved system of
road-making, 300.

MVickar, John, his republication of Mr

M'Culloch's article on political econo-
my, reviewed and commended, 449.
Madrid, description of, 424; palace roy-
al, palace of the Retiro, equestrian
statue of Philip IV, museum of the Pra-
do, 425; public hospitals, 426; chapel
of the convent of Las Salesas, 427:
royal academies, 452: public libraries,
school for the deaf and dumb, theatres,

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