Professor of History and Constitutional Law in Cincinnati College. 8vo. pp. 18.

An Address, delivered before the Peithessophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutgers' College, on the Literary Character of the Scriptures. Delivered and published by Request of the Peithessophian Society. By Alexander H. Everett. New York: Jared W. Bell. 8vo. pp. 32.

On Labor. An Address at the Annual Cattle Shows of the Worcester, and the Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin Agricultural Societies, Massachusetts, October, 1838. By Henry Colman, Commissioner for the Agricultural Survey of the State. Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co. 8vo. pp. 23.

Address on the Study of the Modern Languages, delivered before the Eighth Annual Convention of the College of Teachers. By James F. Meline. Cincinnati. 1838. 8vo. pp. 19.

The Annual Address to the Candidates for Degrees and Licenses in the Medical Institution of Yale College, February 26th, 1839. By Thomas Miner, M. D., Member of the Board of Examination, and late President of the Connecticut Medical Society. New Haven: B. C. Hamlen. 8vo. pp. 20.

An Oration, delivered before the Midway and Newport Library Society, at its Anniversary Meeting, March, 1838. Savannah: T. Purse & Co. 8vo. pp. 21.

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Chocosua, and other Sketches. By Rh. S. S. Andros. Fall River: William Canfield & Co. 8vo. pp. 88.

By

Hannah, the Mother of Samuel the Prophet and Judge of Israel. A Sacred Drama. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 12mo. pp. 94. Geraldine, Athenia of Damascus, and Miscellaneous Poems Rufus Dawes. New York: Samuel Colman. 12mo. pp. 343. Babylon A Poem. By C. W. Everest. Hartford: Canfield & Robins. 8vo. pp. 48,

Wales, and other Poems. by Alonzo Potter, D. D. Pp. 170.

By Maria James. With an Introduction,'
New York: John S. Taylor.

12mo.

Campbell. An American Tale. By C. Charles Beaumont. New York: David Baker. 12mo. pp. 84.

The Ruins of Athens; Titania's Banquet, a Mask; and other Poems. By G. Hill. Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co. 8vo. pp. 160. THEOLOGY AND SERMONS.

The Triumph of Faith; an Original Narrative. Also Thoughts for the Afflicted; and a Practical Exposition of the Song of Heaven. By the Rev. Herman Norton. New York: John S. Taylor. 18mo. pp. 71.

Primitive and Modern Piety. A Sermon delivered at Portland, at the Ordination of the Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., to Constantinople, Oct. 3d, 1838. By I. Maltby, Pastor of the Richmond-Street Church, Bangor. Bangor: E. F. Duren, 8vo. pp. 40.

Missionary Efforts. A Sermon preached at Hallowell, Me., Sept. 26th, 1838, before the Maine Convention of Unitarian Churches. By

Jason Whitman, Pastor of the Second Unitarian Society, Portland. Published by Request. Hallowell: Glazier, Masters, & Co. 12mo. pp. 30.

"Forbid them not," or, The Hindrances which prevent little Children from coming to Christ. By S. E. Dwight. New York: E. French & Co. 18mo. pp. 82.

Inquiring of the Fathers, or Seeking Wisdom from the Past. Discourses preached in the New North Church, on Lord's Day, December 9th, on the Completion of the 124th Year from the Establishment of the Church, and of the 25th Year since the Settlement of the Present Pastor. By Francis Parkman, D. D. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson. 8vo. pp. 40.

The Question, Will the Christian Religion be recognised as the Basis of the System of Public Instruction in Massachusetts? Discussed in Four Letters to the Rev. Dr. Humphrey, President of Amherst College. Boston: Whipple & Damrell. 8vo. pp. 25.

Sermons. By Henry Melville, B. D., Minister of Camden Chapel, Camberwell, &c. &c. Edited by the Rt. Rev. C. P. McIlvaine, D. D., &c. &c. New York: Swords, Stanford, & Co. 8vo. pp. 567.

The Atonement; a Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania, &c. By the Rt. Rev. H. U. Onderdonk, D. D. Philadelphia: 8vo. pp. 38.

A Sermon preached in Trinity Church, New York, on Thursday, Oct. 4th, 1838, before the Annual Convention of the Diocese. By Manton Eastburn, D. D., Rector of the Church of the Ascension. New York: G. & C. Carvill & Co. 8vo. pp. 18.

A Sermon preached at the Opening of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Sept. 5th, 1838. By the Rt. Rev. William Meade, D. D., Assistant Bishop of Virginia. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 34.

Speaking the Truth in Love; the Spirit of the Church, and the Duty of her Ministers. A Sermon before the Clergy of the Northern Convocation of the Diocese of New Jersey, &c. &c. By the Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane, D. D. Burlington: I. L. Powell. 8vo. pp. 20.

Familiar Dialogues on Shakerism; in which the Principles of the United Society are illustrated and defended. By Fayette Mace. Portland: C. Day & Co. 12mo. pp. 120.

The Claims of Japan and Malaysia upon Christendom; exhibited in Notes of Voyages made in 1837, from Canton, in the Ship Morrisson and Brig Himmaleh, under Direction of the Owners. In Two Volumes. New York: E. French & Co. 12mo. pp. 216 and 295.

Sermons by the late Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D. D.; to which is prefixed a Memoir of his Life, by William B. Sprague, D. D., Minister of the Second Presbyterian Church in Albany. Albany: Packard, Van Benthuysen, & Co. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 597 and 596.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

The Far West; or a Tour beyond the Mountains. Embracing outlines of Western Life and Scenery; Sketches of the Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements of the Far West, &c. &c. New York: Harper & Brothers. 2 vols. 12mo. pp. 263 and 241.

INDEX

TO THE

FORTY-EIGHTH VOLUME

OF THE

North-American Review.

574

B.

Baalbec, effect of its ruins, 188.

rock at, 208.

Index.

Bancroft, George, his translation of
"The Godlike," 512.
Barre, M. de la, governor of Cana-
da, opposes La Salle, 86
Barrell, Joseph, Voyage to the North-
west Coast projected by, in 1787,
138.

Barrow, on the Chinese language,
275, 282.

Bartlett, William H. C., an Elemen-

tary Treatise on Optics by, 540.
Beet Sugar, works on, reviewed, 415
history of, in France, 432. in
Prussia, 434-decree by Napoleon
respecting, 435-effect of his over-
throw on, 436-subsequent en-
couragement of, 437-method of
making, ib. protection of, in
France, 439
prospects of the
manufacture there, 441-profits
of, 445.

Berton, Count de, on the depression
of the Dead Sea, 223-
embouchure of the Jordan, ib. —
on the
the discoverer of Zoar, 224.
Bible, the use of the, in schools, 393.
Biot, on Newton's "Principia," 146.
Blue, a term of ridicule and re-
proach, 503.

Blue Laws, of New Haven Colony,
&c., by an Antiquarian, reviewed,
501-origin of the name, ib.
Books, on the use of, in schools, 386.
Boston, vessel from, to the North-

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west Coast in 1640, 560.
Botta, his History of Italy, sold for
waste paper, 336-author of a
continuation of Guicciardini's His-
tory, 344, 347-his aim in his
66 America," 344-project by, 345
-facts respecting, ib. — his patri-
otism, 346 - defects of, 347 -
his Histoire des Peuples d'Italie,
350.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, his Translation
of La Place's Mécanique Céleste,
reviewed, 143-Eulogies on, re-
viewed, 144 on Ivory's theory
as to the equilibrium of fluids, 151
- on the figure of the earth, 153 —
cited as to the attraction of the
earth, 157 investigations of, as
to capillary attraction, 163-as to
the stability of the solar system,

Cane, cultivation of, in Europe, 419
- introduction of, into America,
423. See Sugar.

Capillary attraction, discoveries in,
161-Pickering on, 162.

Caspian Sea, depression of the, 222.
Catacombs, Egyptian, 207.
Cataracouy. See Frontenac.
Catharine, the Empress, professor-
ship of the Japanese language es-
tablished by, 297.

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Cauchy, on molecular action, 160 -
Charonea, identification of the bat-
on light, 161.
tle-field near, 205 note.

Chaptal, Count, on beet sugar, 437.
Chemistry, Newton founder of the
mechanics of, 149.

China, missionaries in, 276 -
Halde's work on, 280.
Chinese language, Indian dialects
contrasted with the, 272-study
of the, in Great Britain, 274 — in
France, 278 not ideographic,
279 principles of the, 289
recapitulation of Du Ponceau's
results as to the, 306- the diffi-
culty of learning it, 307. See Du
Ponceau.
Chinese writing, work on, by Du
Ponceau and others, reviewed, 271

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not ideographic, 279, 280, 291
accounts of, by missionaries, 280
the principles of, 290.
Chippeway language, used among all
the Indian tribes, 287-inversions
in the, 305.