Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of the Medical College of Georgia. Augusta. 8vo. pp. 16.

A Discourse, delivered at the Opening of the Providence Athenæum, July 11th, 1838. By Francis Wayland. Published at the Request of the Directors of the Athenæum. Providence: Knowles, Vose, & Co. 8vo. pp. 37.

In this excellent Discourse, President Wayland first gives some account of the institution, at the opening of which it was delivered. The objects of the institution are then clearly pointed out, together with the principles which have guided the directors, in the selection of books for the library. About seven thousand volumes, it appears, have already been collected; and, as they are designed for the equal benefit of all the citizens, the directors have confined themselves to books in the English language, embracing all the most important works in elegant literature and the natural sciences. Admittance to the Athenæum is rendered so easy as to be, for all practical purposes, free. Works of an exclusively religious character do not come within the range of the design of the institution. These statements are followed by a series of wise reflections on the dissemination of intellectual culture among the people. The advantages of such a dissemination are considered under several points of view, the economical and social advantages receiving particular attention. Under both these heads, the President has given the results of much observation, expressed in language at once elegant and forcible.

In the second part of the address, the dangers attendant upon national prosperity are forcibly stated, and the benefits of intellectual cultivation, as an antidote, enlarged upon earnestly and impressively. The composition of this address is marked by strong language and a finely cultivated taste. Wherever it is read, it will carry the conviction that the destinies of Brown University have fallen into the right hands, that a sound thinker, a cogent reasoner, and an eloquent writer is at the head of its affairs.

A Discourse on the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors, delivered in the Centre Meetinghouse, New Haven, Ct., Feb. 6th, 1838. By Leonard Bacon. With an Appendix, exhibiting the Present State and Influence of the Traffic in the City of New Haven. New Haven. pp. 54.

An Address, delivered before the Union Literary Society of Miami University, at its Thirteenth Annual Celebration, Aug. 8th, 1838. By John C. Young, President of Centre College. Oxford, Ohio. 8vo. pp. 29.

The Choice of a Profession. An Address delivered before the Society of Inquiry, in Amherst College, Aug. 21st, 1838. By Albert Barnes. Published by Request of the Society. Amberst: J. S. & C. Adams. 8vo. pp. 29.

Address of James Madison Porter, before the Diagnothian and Goethian Societies of Marshall College, delivered Sept. 25th, 1838, at Mercersburg, Penn., at the Annual Commencement. Philadelphia : Peter Hay, & Co. 8vo. pp. 22.

The Inaugural Address of the Rev. P. J. Sparrow, A. M., pronounced at his Inauguration as Professor of Languages in Davidson College, North Carolina, August 2d, 1838. Philadelphia: William S. Martin. 8vo. pp. 24.

Address to the Alumni Society of Nashville University, on the Influence of Institutions for High Letters on the Mental and Moral Character of the Nation, and the Obligations of Governments to endow VOL. XLVIII. - No. 102. 41

and sustain them. By the Rev. A. Stephens, Professor of Languages in the University. Nashville: B. R. McKennie. 8vo. pp. 39.

An Address delivered at the Consecration of the Worcester Rural Cemetery, September 8th, 1838. By Levi Lincoln. Boston: Dutton & Wentworth. 8vo. pp. 36.

A Lecture, delivered at Philadelphia on the 13th of April, 1838, before the Athenian Institute and Mercantile Library Company, on the Social and Moral Influences of the American Revolution. By Job R. Tyson. Philadelphia: A. Waldie. 8vo. pp. 38.

Report of the First Annual Fair of the Ohio Mechanics' Institute, held at Cincinnati on the 30th and 31st of May and 1st of June, with an Address delivered by E. D. Mansfield, Esq., upon the Occasion. Cincinnati. 8vo. pp. 51.

Lecture on the License Law. By John S. C. Abbot, Pastor of the Eliot Church, Roxbury, Mass. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. 12mo. pp. 35.

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Southern Passages and Pictures. By the Author of "Atalantis," "The Yemassee," ," "Guy Rivers," "Carl Werner," &c. New York: George Adlard. 12mo. pp. 228.

The Harp of Accushnet, and other Poems. By Mrs. Elizabeth Hawes. Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co. 18mo. pp. 172.

Zephaniah Doolittle. A Poem. From the MSS. of Montgomery Sneerlip Snaggs, Esq. Edited by Thomas Dunn English. Philadelphia. 12mo.

The Triumph of Liberty, a Poem. Delivered on the Sixty-Second Anniversary of American Independence. By John N. McJilton. Baltimore: N. Hickman. 12mo. pp. 29.

Miriam, a Dramatic Poem. By the Author of "Joanna of Naples." Second Edition, revised. Boston: Henry P. Nichols & Co. 12mo. Pp. 122.

The Vision of Rubeta, an Epic Story of the Island of Manhattan. With Illustrations done on Stone. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, & Co. 8vo. pp. 424.

Some of the Poetical Fragments of a Washingtonian.

Published

for private Circulation. Washington: Etter & Boyne. 8vo. pp. 16. Select Poems. By Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. Third Edition, with Illustrations. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough. 12mo. pp. 305. Poems. By John G. Whittier. Philadelphia: Joseph Henly. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, & Co. 12mo. pp. 180.

Sachem's Wood, a short Poem. With Notes. New Haven: B. & W. Noyes. 8vo. pp. 30.

THEOLOGY AND SERMONS.

Efficiency of Primitive Missions. A Discourse delivered before the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States, at its Ninth Triennial Session, New York, April 25th, 1838. By Baron Stow, Pastor of the Church in Baldwin Place, Boston. Boston: Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln. 8vo. pp. 34.

The Church the Pillar and Ground of the Truth. By Flavel S.

Mines, of the Laight Street Church, New York. New York: John S. Taylor. pp. 54.

Two Sermons, preached at Mansfield, Mass., Feb. 1838, by the Rev. J. B. Kendall, a Congregational Minister. pp. 28.

Characteristics of the Times. A Sermon preached in Bangor on the Day of the Annual Fast, April 12th, 1838. By I. Maltby. Bangor: E. F. Duren. pp. 30.

The Bible-Class Text-Book, or Biblical Catechism; designed to promote an intimate Acquaintance with the Inspired Volume. By Hervy Wilbur, A. M. Eighteenth edition, revised, &c. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. pp. 132.

The Importance of Self-Control. A Sermon delivered before the Auxiliary Education Society of Norfolk County, at their Annual Meeting in Foxborough, June 13th, 1838. By Lyman Matthews, Pastor of the South Church, Braintree. Boston: Perkins & Marvin. pp. 32.

Glad Tidings. By Henry Dana Ward. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, & Co. 12mo. pp. 190.

The Personality of the Deity. A Sermon, preached in the Chapel of Harvard University, Sept. 23d, 1838. By Henry Ware, Jun., Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care. Published at the Request of the Members of the Divinity School Boston: James Munroe & Co. 8vo. pp. 24.

The Authenticity of the New Testament. Translated from the French of J. E. Cellerier, Professor of Criticism and Sacred Antiquities in the Academy of Geneva. With Notes and References, by a Sunday-School Teacher. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, & Co. 12mo. pp. 254.

The Missionary Cause at Jerusalem; or an Exhibition of the Claims of the World to the Gospel. By the Rev. David Abeel, Missionary to China. New York: John S. Taylor. 12mo. pp. 243.

A Treatise on the Millennium, showing its Near Approximation, especially by the Accomplishment of those Events which were to precede it, &c. &c. &c. Boston: Printed for the Author. 12mo. pp. 276.

The Closet; being an Aid to Private Devotion, containing Directions and Helps for Reading the Scriptures, Meditation, Self-Examination, and Prayer. By Harvey Newcomb. Boston: James B. Dow. 32mo. pp. 160.

Centennial Sermon, delivered before the Church and Congregation in Franklin, Mass., Feb. 25th, 1838. By E. Smalley, Pastor of the Church. Boston: Manning & Fisher. pp. 56.

A Sermon, delivered before His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor, his Honor George Hull, Lieutenant-Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Jan. 3d, 1838. By Richard S. Storrs, D. D., Pastor of the First Church in Braintree. Boston. pp. 46.

A Sermon, delivered by the Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., on the last Sabbath in June, 1838, which completed the Fortieth Year of his Ministry; containing a brief History of the Town, and especially of the Church and Parish of North Brookfield, from 1798 to the present Time. Brookfield. pp. 55.

Lecture on Ultra Universalisın. By A. Wilson McClure. Fourth Edition, with Improvements. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. 18mo. Pp. 126.

The Happy Christian, or Piety the only Foundation of True and Substantial Joy. By J. B. Waterbury, Author of " Advice to a Young Christian." New York: William Robinson. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. 18mo. pp. 197.

A Guide to the Principles and Practice of the Congregational Churches of New England, with a brief History of the Denomination. By John Mitchell, Pastor of the Edwards Church, Northampton. Northampton: J. H. Butler. 18o. pp. 300.

Meditations in Sickness and Old Age. By Baptist W. Noel, M. A. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins. 18mo. pp. 148.

Prayer for the Children of Missionaries. A Sermon preached to the Members of the Nestorian Mission at Oozoomiah, Persia, Jan. 21st, 1838. By the Rev. Justin Perkins, Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. Boston Crocker & Brewster. 8vo. p. 16.

The Christian Hearer, Abridged. By Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Wotton, Herts. Edited, with additional Matter, by Chauncey Colton, D. D., Professor of Pastoral Divinity and Sacred Rhetoric in the Theological Seminary of the Diocese of Ohio. Columbus: Isaac N. Whiting. 12mo. pp. 115.

The Scriptural Guide; A Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Bible. Written for the American Sunday School Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. 18mo. pp. 263.

The Character of Christ Considered; or a brief Exhibition of the Scripture Testimony respecting the Person and the Two Natures of Christ. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath-School Society. 18mo. Pp. 184.

The Recognition of Friends in another World. By the Rev. Benjamin Dorr, D. D., Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: G. W. Donahue. 32mo. pp. 96.

Religion of the Bible, in Select Discourses. By Thomas H. SkinNew York: John S. Taylor. 12mo. pp. 323.

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VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

China; its State and Prospects, with especial Reference to the Spread of the Gospel; containing Allusions to the Antiquity, Extent, Population, Civilization, Literature, and Religion, of the Chinese. By W. H. Medhurst. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. 12mo. pp. 472. Desultory Reminiscences of a Tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France. By an American. Boston: Wm. D. Ticknor. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart. 8vo. pp. 364.

Illinois and the West, with a Township Map, containing the latest Surveys and Improvements. By A. D. Jones. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, & Co. Philadelphia: William Marshall & Co. 18mo. pp. 255. Sketches of the Upper Wabash Valley. By Henry William Ellsworth. New York: Robinson, Pratt, & Co. 12mo. pp. 175.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

No. CIII.

APRIL, 1839.

ART. I.1. Storia di Napoli del 1734 al 1825, del Gen. COLLETTA. Firenze, 1837. (2da ediz.) 4 vol.

2. Storia di Genova, di GIROLAMO SERRA. Torino. 1834.

3. Storia della Repubblica di Genova, di CARLO Varese. Genova.

1834.

4. Storia d'Italia, di G. SFORZOSI. Italia. 1830.

OUR age is the age of history. Numerous associations of able scholars are actively employed in the compilation of Cyclopædias, universal biographies, and contemporaneous memoirs. History appears in dictionaries and manuals, in general views, sketches, and essays. While the ephemeral literature of periodicals and magazines opens the treasures of memory to the newly-awakened curiosity of the people, works of a more solid stamp, noble monuments destined to immortality, are rising in all countries. Such in France are the works of Thiers and Sismondi, those of Schiller and Niebuhr in Germany, of Hallam and Mackintosh in England, of Sparks and Prescott in America. Every insignificant town, every obscure province in the old world, every state forty years old in the new, is publishing its annals for the instruction of posterity. Sepulchral vaults and family portraits, city archives and parochial registers, are rescued from the venerable dust that covers them, to become in their turn monuments VOL. XLVIII. No. 103.

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