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NEW AND POPULAR WORKS,

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BY KEY & BIDDLE,
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GREAT NATIONAL WORK.

Key & Biddle have in course of publication,

A HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF
NORTH AMERICA, with Biographical Sketches and
Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with 120
Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War
at Washington. By Col. T. L. M`Kenney.

The public are aware that a most interesting and curious
collection of Indian Portraits has been making since 1821,
by the Executive of the United States; and that this collection
forms a gallery in the Indian department at Washington,
numbering at this time about one hundred and twenty
heads. The interest felt in this effort to preserve the likenesses
and costume of our aborigines—a work so intimately
connected with the natural history of Man, is indicated by
the immense numbers of citizens and foreigners, who
visit the gallery; and the uniform admiration they express of
its valuable and interesting character. Believing the public
will sustain the undertaking, the undersigned have made
arrangements for publishing this unique group. That nothing
might be lost, the size of most of the original drawing
have been preserved. The original drawings, it may be proper
to remark, are principally by King, of Washington, from

life; and will be vouched by responsible names, to be perfect
likenesses.

An Essay suited to such a work, and calculated to throw
a light upon the history of this interesting people, will accompany
the first number; and as materials will authorize
it, the remaining numbers will be interspersed with biographical
sketches, andanecdotes of the original, and with a vocabulaire.

This part of the undertaking will be executed by Colonel
M`Kenney, of the Indian Department, whose long and familiar
intercourse with our Indian relations, and travels over
the country inhabited by most of the tribes, and personal know.
ledge of most of the originals, fit him peculiarly for the task.

The work will be completed in twenty numbers—each
number will contain six heads handsomely coloured. Terms
of subscription, six dollars per number, payable in advance.

The publishers avail themselves of the following flattering
notice of this design, in a letter from Dr. Sparks, editor of
the North American Review, to Col. M`Kenney. From a
gentleman so distinguished as Dr. Sparks, so well, and so
deservedly appreciated for his high standing and attainments,
his taste and science, and with such enlarged opportunities of
judging of the importance of such a work, such a letter is
very encouraging.

“I am heartily rejoiced to learn by your favour of the 22d
instant, that there is so good a prospect for publishing the
portraits of the red men. I do not consider that I have any
claim, growing out of our conversation, and, indeed, as my
only motive was to be instrumental in bringing before the
public, so rare and curious a collection, it is a double satisfaction
for me to know, that the matter is in so good hands
and encourages hopes of entire success. In my mind, the
whole glory and value of the undertaking, will depend on
the accuracy and beauty, with which the heads shall be executed,
and the completeness of the costume. You must write
all that is known about the character and life of each person.
Let us have a work worthy of the subject, and honourable
to the nation, and just to the Indians.

It is in reference to the foregoing work that Peter S. Duponceau,
Esq., the enlightened scholar and profound civilian,
thus expresses himself:

“I can not express to you how delighted I was, when I
was kindly shown by Col. Childs, the fac similies of the portraits
of some of our Indian Chiefs, which he has already
prepared for your great and truly National work, and is such
an one as would do honour to the greatest sovereign of Europe.
It has often occurred to my mind, that such a work
would have added much to the glory of the late Emperor
Alexander, of Russia; and I yet wonder, that his friends did
not suggest to him the idea of beginning a cabinet, or rather
a museum of the natural history of man, by collecting either
in wax figures, or in paintings, in an immense hall, or gallery,
exact likenesses, representing the shapes, colour, and
features, as well as the various costumes of the numerous
nations and tribes that inhabit his empire. I am glad he did
not do it, and that our country will have the honour of laying
the first foundation of an edifice, which must sooner or later
be erected to the most important of all sciences, the knowledge
of our own species. The day will come, I have no
doubt, when by the exertions of patriots in republics like our
own, and the munificence of monarchs in other countries, the
philosopher will have it in his power to take a view at one
glance of the different races of mankind, their genera, species
and varieties in well executed effigies, and thus to test
the numerous theories to which differences have given rise.

We are going then to begin by exhibiting the red race.
Your knowledge of the Indian Tribes is not merely theoretical;
you have lived among them, and have had the means of
becoming familiar with their habits, manners, and customs,
as well as of their languages, therefore the historical part of
this undertaking could not be confided to better hands.

“The aborigines of the United States will soon disappear
from the face of the earth. I am unwilling to dwell upon
this topic, so disgraceful to the white race—to the Christian
race to which I belong—one consolation only remains.
By means of this great work, the effigies of those former
lords of the American soil, will at least after their destruction,
serve the purposes of philosophy and science, as the
bodies of murdered men in the hands of the surgeon, serve
those of humanity.

AN ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG, ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF RELIGION. By John Foster, author
of Essays on Decision of Character, &c.

This is a good publication, well conceived and admirably
executed, full of important truths and beautifully enforced.

Our readers know, or ought to know John Foster, the Author
of “Essays on Decision of Character,” one of the best
writers that England has produced, suited to be compared in
many things with Robert Hall, he needs no higher praise.—
U. S. Gazette.

This work comprises a series of eloquent and affectionate
exhortations, which, if carefully attended to, will make wise
and good men of all who lay them to heart, and endeavour
to accord with them in life and conversation. The author
has acquired great celebrity by his former writings.—Saturday
Courier.

We are not going to hold a rush-light up to a book of John
Foster's, but only mean to tell what is its intent. It is an
awakening appeal to youth of the refined and educated sort,
upon the subject of their personal religion. There can be no
doubt as to its currency.—The Presbyterian.

John Foster is allowed by men of all parties, political and
religious, to be one of the most original and vigorous thinkers
of the age. His well tried talents, his known freedom
from cant and fanaticism. And the importance of the subject
discussed, strongly commend this Book to the attention
of that interesting class to whom it is addressed. All his
writings are worthy of careful and repeated perusal; but his
essay on “Decision of Character” and this “Address to the
Young,” should be the companions of all young persons who
are desirous of intellectual and moral improvement.

Foster's Address to the Young.—Perhaps no religious
book has issued from the American press which
commanded more general and abundant patronage than
one from the pen of the Rev. Jared Waterbury, called
“Advice to a Young Christian.” Aside from its intrinsic
excellence, it was rendered valuable by the fact that it was
exactly adapted to a particular class of society; and all who
wish to make an impression upon that class, was apprised
by its very title that it was designed to be subservient to such
a purpose. A work of precisely such a character from the
pen of the celebrated Foster, and designed to operate upon a

different class of persons, will be found in the one of which
the caption of this article is the title-page. The name of its
author will supersede the necessity for all eulogium to those
who have not read it, and to those who have, the book will
abundantly commend itself. Permit me to direct to it the
attention of such of your readers as may have careless young
friends, into whose hands they would desire to place a solemn,
affectionate, and fervent appeal on the indispensable
necessity of religion. It is just published by Key and Biddle,
of this city, and can, I presume, be procured at any of
the book-stores. May the great Head of the Church make
it instrumental in the conversion of many souls.—Episcopal
Recorder.

A MOTHER'S FIRST THOUGHTS. By the author
of “Faith's Telescope.”

This is a brief miniature, from an Edinburgh edition.
Its aim is to furnish religious Meditations, Prayers, and
Devotional Poetry for pious mothers. It is most highly
commended in the Edinburgh Presbyterian Review, and in
the Christian Advocate. The author, who is a Lady of
Scotland, unites a deep knowledge of sound theology, with
no ordinary talent for sacred poetry.—The Presbyterian.

“A Mother's First Thoughts,” is a little work of great
merit. It breathes a spirit of pure and fervent piety, and
abounds in sound and salutary instruction. It contains also
some excellent poetry.—Saturday Courier.

A Mother's First Thoughts. By the author of “Faith's
Telescope,” 12 mo. p. 223. Key & Biddle, Philadelphia,
1833. A neat pocket edition which will commend itself to
all parents who have the right direction of the minds of their
children at heart. It is dedicated to religious mothers, “and
may He,” says the author, “who alone can, render it, in
some degree, conducive to their edification.”—Journal of
Belles Lettres.

BRIDGE'S ALGEBRA, 12 mo. In this work the
hitherto abstract and difficult science of Algebra is simplified
and illustrated so as to be attainable by the younger class of
learners, and by those who have not the aid of a teacher. It
is already introduced into the University of Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia; and the Western University at Pittsburgh

It is also the text book of Gummere's School at Burlington,
and of a great number of the best schools throughout the
United States. It is equally adapted to common schools and
colleges.

Messrs. Key & Biddle have published in a very neat form,
the 1st American, from the 6th London Edition of Bridge's
Algebra; a treatise, which from a cursory examination, we
think superior to any of the text books now in use, for perspicuity,
simplicity of method, and adaptation to the comprehension
of learners. It contains several chapters on Logarithms
and the subjects connected thereto, which, though interesting
and important, are not usually appended to works on the
subject.—Fredericksburg Political Arena.

The publishers take great pleasure in presenting the accompanying
opinion of Profesor Adrain, of the University
of Pennsylvania, who has introduced the work into that
Institution.

In compliance with your request, that I would give
you my opinion respecting your edition of Bridge's Algebra,
I beg leave to say, that the work appears to me to be well
adapted to the instruction of students. The arrangement of
the several parts of the science is judicious, and the examples
are numerous and well selected.

Bridge's Algebra is the text book in the school under my
care; and I am better pleased with it than with any which
I have heretofore used.

The author is very clear in his explanations, and systematic
in his arrangement, and has succeeded in rendering a
comparatively abstruse branch of science, an agreeable and
interesting exercise both to pupil and teacher.

THE CHRISTIAN LIBRARY, is published semi-monthly.
The first number was issued on the first day of
May.

The design of the work is to publish,

1. The most valuable Religious and Literary works which
appear from the English press. In selecting from the former
class, sectarianism will be studiously avoided; from the latter,
such only will be chosen as Christians may with propriety
circulate.

2. Translations of valuable works from the Continental
press: and occasionally original productions of American
writers.

3. Standard works which may be out of print; and selections
from such as are accessible to but few.

4. Brief reviews of such books as do not fall within the
plan of this work; so that the reader may be enabled to become
speedily acquainted with most of the publications of the
day, and to form, in some measure, an estimate of their value.

The editors are pledged to favor no religious, much less
any political party; but to act on those great principles in
which all Evangelical Christians agree. The degree of
confidence which may be reposed in their faithfulness and
ability will be learned from the attestations of the distinguished
individuals given below.

The publishers have made arrangements to receive from
Europe copies of all popular works suitable for this publication,
as soon as they are issued from the press, and will be
enabled on the above plan, to furnish, by course of mail, the
most distant subscribers with their copies before the same
book could be procured even in our cities, through the usual
method of publication.

The Christian Library is published semi-monthly, on
fine paper, with a fair type, for five dollars a year. Each
number will contain forty-eight extra-imperial or double medium
octavo pages, in double column. The work will thus
form two volumes of 576 pages each; an amount of matter
equal to thirty volumes 12mo, of 264 pages each. The

usual price of such volumes is from 50 to 75 cents; on the
plan of this publication, subscribers will receive them at
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Terms.—Five dollars per annum, in advance, or six dollars
at the end of the year.

THE CHRISTIAN OBSERVER.—K. & B. also publish
the London Christian Observer; same size and style as
Christian Library; subscription, $1 25 per annum, in advance,
or $1 50 if paid at the end of the year. The Observer
and Library will be securely wrapped and mailed, so as
to go to any part of the country. (The Observer has cost
heretofore $6 per annum.)

The Library & Observer are recommended in the highest
terms by the following distinguished gentlemen:—

G. T. Bedell, D. D., Thomas M`Auley, D. D. L. L. D.,
Thomas Skinner, D. D., A. Nettleton, Author of Village
Hymns, William T. Brantley, D. D., W. D. Snodgrass, D.
D., G. R. Livingston, D. D., Stephen H. Tyug, D. D., A.
Alexander, D. D., Rev. Charles Hodge, A. M., Rev. J. L.
Dagg, Rev. Wm. E. Ashton, Samuel Miller, D. D., James
Carnahan, D. D., Rev. J. Maclean, A. M., Rev. Albert B.
Dod, A. M., Chas. P. M`Ilvaine, D. D. John Breckenridge,
A. M., W. C. Brownlee, D. D., Rev. G. W. Ridgeley, A. M.,
Rev. Charles H. Alder, A. M., Cornelius D. Westbrooke,
D. D., James Milnor, D. D., M. Eastburn, A. M., G.
Spring, D. D., W. W. Phillips, D. D., Samuel H. Cox, D.
D., R. M`Cartee, D. D., J. M. Matthews, D. D.

PHILOSOPHY OF A FUTURE STATE.

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION.

CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER.

By Thomas Dick.

Philadelphia, Key & Biddle.

In the first of the works whose titles head this article,
Mr. Dick has endeavoured to prove, that man is an immortal
being. His arguments are drawn from various sources, and

he has judiciously availed himself of the recent discoveries
in science, in illustrating the connexion of intellectual improvement,
with the state of future existence.

Mr. Dick has displayed in this work, considerable extent
of knowledge, and the industry manifested in collecting and
arranging his numerous and diversified materials, will meet
with the decided approbation of every intelligent Christian.

The Philosophy of Religion is a production of no less
value than the preceding, it is an attempt by the pious and
indefatigable author, to illustrate the moral being of the universe,
and to delineate the obligations of man to God—to
show how reasonable and excellent the precepts of revealed religion
are, and how well they are adapted to the condition of man,
how certainly their practical adoption is productive of peace
and joy, and how bright under all circumstances are the
hopes, and soothing the consolations of the Christian. It is
an excellent book, and may be read with advantage, by all
sects of Christians.

The Christian Philosopher, which next claims our attention,
is to the philosophic inquirer more interesting than
either of the preceding two. It is a scientific investigation
into the existence and attributes of a great first cause, and
the author has evidently come to his subject well prepared,
securely assured, and ready to give a reasonable answer to
the sceptical questioner for the hope that is within him. The
author has successfully combated the ridiculous ideas of those
zealous but ignorant christians who reject all human knowledge
as vain and useless. He has shown that the study
and contemplation of the laws of the natural world, elevate
the mind in its conceptions of the power, wisdom and goodness
of God, and that every advance in knowledge, every
discovery in science, tends to confirm our faith, exalt our
views and refine our dispositions, and thus improve us in
moral and religious feelings and principles.

Mr. Dick very justly observes that “the man who would
discard the efforts of the human intellect, and the science of
Nature from Religion, forgets—that He who is the author
of human redemption is also the Creator and governor of
the whole system of the material universe—that it is one end
of that moral renovation which the Gospel effects, to qualify
us for contemplating aright the displays of Divine Perfection
which the works of creation exhibit, that the visible works
of God are the principal medium by which he displays the
attributes of this nature to intelligent beings—that the study

and contemplation of these works employ the faculties of intelligences
of a superior order—that man, had he remained
in primeval innocence, would have been chiefly employed in
such contemplations—that it is one main design of divine revelation
to illustrate the operations of Providence, and the
agency of God in the formation and preservation of all things—
and that the scriptures are full of sublime descriptions of the
visible creation, and of interesting references to the various objects
which adorn the scenery of nature. In these opinions we
entirely concur, and we are certain that every believer in the
Gospel of Christ, will have his soul expanded, his energies
awakened, and all his faculties and powers enlarged by investigating
the laws of the Universe. God is every where;
we perceive his wisdom in the organization of a man, and
a tree; every animal on earth, all objects in nature, organized
or unorganized, exhibit the power, the skill, and the benevolence
of the Creator.

Mr. Dick's book contains many important facts in relation
to the laws of matter and motion, illustrated by familiar expositions,
and well adapted to the comprehension of the general
reader. We have rarely perused a work with more
pleasure and profit, and we are confident that it will prove
a valuable and useful addition to every family library. To
the young divine just commencing his ministerial labours, it
will be of much benefit, it will supply him with topics for exemplification,
upon which he can expatiate with the fervour
and eloquence of genius, and all the enthusiasm of a finer,
but rational and ardent Christian.

In dismissing these productions of Mr. Dick, we cordially
commend them to the attention of our readers.

EXAMPLE; OR FAMILY SCENES.—This is one
of those useful and truly moral publications which can not
fail to be read with delight by the youth of both sexes, who,
as their hearts expand, and they advance in years, have need
of some instructor to point out the path they should follow
for their future happiness. The author has been triumphantly
successful in attaining these laudable objects in this interesting
publication. Weekly Times.

Some of the `Scenes' are sweetly touching, and, in our
view, the author has succeeded remarkably well in presenting
the sublime and yet simple truths of Evangelical Religion
to the mind in a way of deep and abiding impressions.

N. Y. Com. Advertiser.

How many `Family Scenes' are there which would present
dangerous examples to the younger members? How

carefully should these be avoided, and those of a contrary
tendency and character be increased? Salutary lessons
in this manner, conveyed in impressive incidents and skilful
language, may be found in the volume before us. It is
evidently, so far as we can judge from a cursory perusal,
the product of no ordinary mind. A spirit of candour and
philanthropy, and a keen observation of the world, are displayed
through its pages; and we feel that we render more
justice to the author, when we thus record our estimate of
his merits.—Sat. Evening Post.

Key & Biddle are doing much to promote the cause of
genuine, rational piety. The works which have been lately
given to the public through their agency, are calculated to
effect great good. Unembittered by the spirit of controversial
divinity, and free from those eccentricities which too
frequently destroy the good which might otherwise be accomplished,
they embody plain, practical and wholesome
truths, presented in a form calculated to win and fix attention.

`Family Scenes,' one of their late publications, is eminently
of this character. The Christianity it inculcates is
pure and simple, and the style of the writer is chaste, and
his narratives easy and graphic. We recommend it to general
attention.—Saturday Courier.

True religion is diffusive in its character, and when it is
fairly exemplified in the life of an individual, it will excite
attention, command respect, and perhaps lead to still happier
results. `Let your light so shine before men that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is
in heaven,' is a command of high authority, and one which
presupposes the force of example. These `Family Scenes,'
which belong to the same class with Mrs. Sherwood's writings,
are intended to illustrate the influence of example.
The book is pleasingly written, and is characterized by a
vein of pious and evangelical sentiment.—Presbyterian.

The form of a domestic story is here judiciously selected
for imparting a purity of religious feeling to juvenile readers;
and the purpose as fully answered. Adults may also read this
interesting volume with much benefit. United Kingdom.

FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS. A Universal History
of Christian Martyrdom, from the Birth of our Blessed
Saviour to the latest Periods of Persecution. Originally composed

by the Rev. John Fox, A. M., and now corrected
throughout; with copious and important additions relative to
the Recent Persecutions in the south of France. In 2 vols.
8vo., beautifully printed on fine and remarkably strong paper.
Being the only complete and unmutilated edition of
this work ever presented to the American Public. Embellished
with a Portrait of the venerable Fox, and Sixty Engravings
illustrative of the suffering Martyrs in all ages of
the world.

“We commend the enterprise of the publishers, which has
induced them to incur the heavy expense requisite for the production
of this costly and elegant book. They have thereby
rendered a service to the cause of true Christianity; and we
can not doubt that they will meet with ample remuneration
in the approbation of the public. An additional recommendation
is furnished in the extreme lowness of the price,
thereby rendering the book accessible to the pocket of every
class of Christians. It is a work of intense interest; and
whether as a volume of Ecclesiastical History, or for occasional
perusal, richly merits a place on the shelves of every
family library.” Christian Advocate.

GUY ON ASTRONOMY, AND AN ABRIDGEMENT
OF KEITH ON THE GLOBES, 2 volumes
in 1, 18mo.

A school book of this sort has long been a desideratum in
our seminaries. It comprises a popular Treatise on Astronomy;
together with the admirably clear definitions, and nearly
all the problems of Keith. The whole is contained in a neat
volume, and afforded at a very low price. The publishers
would particularly call the attention of parents and teachers
to the above work.

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, in 1 vol.
12mo. By Thomas Hughs. Embellished with a great
number of beautiful wood cuts.

The publishers announce this work with the hightest feelings
of satisfaction. The three objects they have had in view
are cheapness, beauty of embellishment, and novelty of matter,
combined with accuracy of research. The name of the

author (who is already favourably known by several previous
works for schools) is a sufficient guarantee of the manner in
which this book will be executed. It will not be uninteresting
to state that the sources from which some of the materials of
this school book are derived, are inaccessible to any except
the present writer; whose business it has also been to attempt
the attainment of that which has hitherto been overlooked,
as of no importance, viz: elegance of style, which may interest
at the same time that it will aid in forming the taste of
the youthful reader.

A HARMONY OF THE FOUR GOSPELS.
Founded on the Arrangement of the Harmonia Evangelica,
by the Rev. Edward Greswell. With the Practical Reflections
of Dr. Doddridge. Designed for the use of Families
and Schools, and for Private Edification. By the Rev.
E. Bickersteth, Rector of Wolton, Herts.”

A beautiful duodecimo of about four hundred pages; and
one of the best books which has appeared for many years,
with respect to personal and domestic edification. It is next
to impossible to read the ordinary Harmonies. The current
of the narrative is broken by constant interruptions. In this,
we have in convenient sections, the four Gospel histories,
made up into one, in proper order, in the words of the common
English translation. The devotional notes of Doddridge
are better than any we have seen for reading in the
closet or at family worship. The name of Bickersteth, prefixed
to a book, is enough to show that it is written simply to
serve the cause of Christ. The Presbyterian.

Messrs. Key & Biddle of this city, have published a beautiful
edtion of a popular Harmony of the Four Gospels. A book giving
a connected and chronological view of the History of our
Saviour, without an array of critical apparatus which is useless
and repulsive to the common reader, has long been a desideratum
in our religious literature. It is now supplied by the
labours of Mr. Bickersteth, who is well known as an able,
judicious and pious writer. Each section of the text is followed
by brief practical reflections, from the pen of Dr.
Doddridge. The volume is well adapted to the purposes for
which it was designed by the author.—“The use of families
and schools, and for private edification.” Phila. Gaz.

The religious community will take delight in reading a
work just published, entitled “A Harmony of the Four
Gospels.” Scarcely any thing has so much puzzled a certain

order of minds, as the apparent disagreement of parts of the
New Testament. Nothing so much weakens Christian
faith as an impression of this sort—whilst nothing tends
more directly to confirm and strengthen it, than evidence of
the entire oneness, and harmony of the Gospels.—Com.
Herald.

THE HUMOURIST'S OWN BOOK. A cabinet of
original and selected anecdotes, bon mots, sports of fancy, and
traits of character; intended to furnish occasion for reflection
as well as mirth. By the author of the Young Man's
Own Book, &c.

It is good to be pleased; and the book which can chase a
care, or enliven a brow, provided it be pure, is worthy of
honest recommendation. Such is the character of the volume
entitled The Humourist's Own Book, recently published
by Messrs. Key and Biddle. The work is made of good
things, carefully culled; and the man who can run over them
all, without a laugh or a smile, is fit for treason.—Phila.
Gazette.

Ha! ye merry dogs, if you want to shake your sides with
laughter buy this book, for here you have the most delightful
and varied collection of bon mots, anecdotes, &c., that we
have ever seen.—And ye! ye! melancholic, hypochondriacal
beings, whose countenances are always demure—imaginations
always gloomy, and whose risible muscles are never
excited to a smile, to say nothing of a laugh, get the book,
and your souls will be gladdened with joy—your hearts will
swell with rapture, and if you don't hold your sides tight,
you'll run the risk of bursting them with laughter.

It is a charming little work, and the collections have been
made with much care and judgment.—Saturday Courier.

Messrs. Key & Biddle have published a neat little volume
entitled, The Humourist's Own Book. It is a feast of fat
things.—United States Gazette.

This is a neat volume of original and selected anecdotes,
bon mots, &c. They are well chosen, and in every respect
unexceptionable, fit for the perusal of the most delicate and
fastidious.—Balt. American and Com. Advertiser.

THE HAPPINESS OF THE BLESSED, considered
as to the particulars of their state; their recognition of

each other in that state; and its difference of degrees. To
which are added, Musings on the Church and her services.
By Richard Mant, D.D.M.R.I.A. Lord Bishop of Down
and Connor.

The design of the Rev. author in this production, is to
adduce from scriptural authority, the most satisfactory evidence,
of the happiness and joy of those who by faith follow
Christ, and who in the exercise of those virtues required by
the Gospel, are emphatically denominated the children of
God. The author has touched upon several topics connected
with the subject, which must afford much consolation to the
Christian, who from the very nature of his organization, is
liable to doubts and fearful forebodings as to the state of his
heart and the grounds of his faith.

Christian hope, confidence, and charity, are stamped upon
every page, and the writer deserves well of the Christian
inquirer, for the industry which he has displayed in collecting
and arranging so many important and valuable arguments in
favour of the glorious and resplendent state of the faithful and
humble disciple of Jesus.

In this world, mankind have need of consolation—of the
cup of sorrow all must drink—happiness is a phantom, a
meteor, beautiful and bright, always alluring us by its glow—
forever within our reach, but eternally eluding our grasp—
but this state of things was designed by our Creator for our
benefit—it was intended to withdraw our affections from the
shadowy and unsubstantial pleasures of the world, to the
Father of all in Heaven, and to prepare by discipline and zeal,
for a state, beyond the grave, of felicity, which eye hath not
seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the
heart of man to conceive of. To our readers we cheerfully
commend this delightful volume, confident that by its perusal
the faith of the doubtful will be confirmed, and the anticipative
hope of the confident increased. Christian's Magazine.

We take the earliest opportunity of introducing to our
readers this excellent little book, to which the deeply interesting
nature of the subject and the well earned reputation of
the Right Rev. author will secure no inconsiderable portion
of attention. The vast importance of the topics herein treated,
and the valuable practical effects they may assist in producing,
induce us to call thus early the public attention to a work,
small indeed in size, but which is calculated not a little to inform
all candid and serious inquirers into a subject hitherto

involved in much obscurity, but not a little elucidated by the
present author.—Gentleman's Magazine.

All which are entitled to much commendation, as tending
to familiarize the young student with the exact phraseology
of the New Testament, and calculated to recall it, in an
agreeable way, to the memory of the more advanced Scholar.
—Lit. Gazette.

It possesses much substantive merit, and is the best Key
to Chronology of the Gospel History we have met with.—
Athenæum.

We have looked over, with great pleasure, a neat little
volume of 188 pages, just published by Key & Biddle, of this
City, bearing the title of “The Happiness of the Blessed.”
It is divided into four chapters, and these chapters into sections—each
section being confined to the particular subject
designated in it. We are much pleased with the entire
work—but more particularly with the discussion on the
probability of the blessed recognizing each other, in the heavenly
world. Cowper, the poet, we remember, reasons in a
couple of his letters most delightfully on the subject.

We cordially recommend this little work. Bishop Mant,
the author, has opened a spring in it, whence pure and
wholesome waters will long flow, to refresh and benefit the
world.—Commercial Herald.

The Happiness of the Blessed, by Dr. Mant, Bishop of
Down and Connor.—Published by Key & Biddle. This
work is got up with the usual elegance of those enterprising
publishers. It is a work of considerable metaphysical research;
is written in a style of animated piety; and whether
to the professing Christian or the general reader, will readily
repay a perusal.—Daily Chronicle.

JOURNAL OF A NOBLEMAN:—Being a narrative
of his residence at Vienna, during Congress.

The author is quite spirited in his remarks on occurrences,
and his sketches of character are picturesque and
amusing. We commend this volume to our readers as a very
entertaining production.—Daily Intelligencer.

We presume no one could take up this little volume and
dip into it, without feeling regret at being obliged by any
cause to put it down before it was read. The style is fine,
as are the descriptions, the persons introduced, together with
the anecdotes, and in general, the entire sketching is by the

hand of a master. Every thing appears natural—there is no
affectation of learning—no overstraining—no departure from
what one would expect to see and hear—all is easy—all
graceful.”—Commercial Herald.

The volume is a beautiful one; and the matter of it, judging
from more than a cursory perusal, is well worthy a recommendation,
as offering a fair insight into the doings and
follies of the great, in one of the celebrated capitals of Europe.
—Sat. Eve. Post.

LIVES OF BANDITTI AND ROBBERS—By C.
Macfarland, Esq., together with a sketch of the Lives of
BLACKBEARD, and CAPTAIN KID, by the American
editor.

This work is deeply interesting throughout; it is full of
anecdote, bold adventure, daring enterprise, and the narrative
is clear and vigorous—and such are the characters of
these reckless outcasts of society and the interest in which
their lives are invested, that we commend it to our readers, confident
that they will be highly entertained.—Sat. Cour.

These lives, and indeed the whole volume, are of the
deepest interest—there is nothing in this edition which would
exclude it from the eyes of the ladies, some improper remarks
and a very few uninteresting details, having been excluded,
which are more than compensated for, even as regards quantity
of reading, by the addition made by the American Editor.
The volume itself is one of the neatest we have lately
seen, having in fact the appearance of an English Edition—
it is on very fine white paper, and the impression of the type
clear and distinct.—Saturday Evening Post.

Many of the stories in this volume are exceedingly interesting.
—Nat. Gaz.

We have before us Lives of Banditti and Robbers, in
one volume, including the lives of Blackbeard and Captain
Kidd, prepared for the American Edition. These lives, and
indeed the whole volume are of the deepest interest.—U. S.
Gazette.

The dangers, hardships, and reckless daring of these
lawless depredators, often impart an intense interest to the
relation of their deeds, and this interest is not unfrequently
increased, by their adding generosity to heroism.—N. Y.
Com. Advertiser.

LEGENDS OF THE WEST—By James Hall, second
edition, containing the following beautiful told tales:

The Backwoodsman

The Divining Rod

The Seventh Son

The Missionaries

A Legend of Carondelet

The Intestate

Michael De Lancey

The Emigrants

The Indian Hater

The Isle of the Yellow Sands

The Barrackmaster's Daughter.

The Indian Wife's Lament.

We are glad to see a new edition of these well told tales
of Judge Hall, has recently been published.—Boston Eve.
Gazette.

The deserved popularity of these tales of Judge Hall,
have secured to it the publication of a second edition. His
sketches are admirably drawn, and his personal familiarity
with scenery and life in the West have furnished him with
incidents of peculiar interest, greatly increased by felicitous
description.—N. Y. Com. Advertiser.

A second edition of Legends of the West has just been
published; a work to which we have before alluded in deserved
praise. The favour which the work has found with
the public, may be seen in the demand for its repetition. It
deserves, in every respect, the reception it has met with.—
Sat. Eve. Post.

Legends of the West. By James Hall.

Philadelphia. Key & Biddle.

The rapid sale of the first, has created a demand for a second
edition of the work, whose title heads this article.

The “Legends” comprise twelve articles, one of which
is poetic. The scenes of these tales are all located in the
,,far, far West,” and the characters are taken from the aborigines
and early emigrants. The difficulties and dangers
which the first settlers had to undergo, ere they were established
in security, are depicted in glowing colours, and with
a master hand.

The rude and savage warfare of the Indians, the secret
ambuscade, the midnight slaughter, the conflagration of the
log but in the prairie and forest, the shrieks of consuming
women and children, are presented to our minds by the author
in vivid and impressive language. These tales possess
much interest, as they are founded in fact, and are illustrative
of the habits of the Indian, and the life of the hunter.

As a writer, Judge Hall is more American than any other
we possess; his scenes are American; his characters are American,
and his language is American. His personages are
invested with an individuality which can not be mistaken,
and his conceptions and illustrations are drawn from the
great store house of nature.—Daily Intelligencer.

LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER, Esq.—Compiled
from his correspondence and other authenticated sources of
information, containing remarks on his writings, and on the
peculiarities of his interesting character, never before published.
By Thomas Taylor.

Extract from the Preface.

Many Lives of Cowper have already been published.
Why then, it may be asked, add to their number? Simply
because in the opinion of competent judges, no memoir of him
has yet appeared that gives a full, fair, and unbiassed view
of his character.

It is remarked by Dr. Johnson, the poet's kinsman, in his
preface to the two volumes of Cowper's Private Correspondence,
“that Mr. Haley omitted the insertion of several
interesting letters in his excellent Life of the poet out of
kindness to his readers.” In doing this, however amiable
and considerate as his caution must appear, the gloominess
which he has taken from the mind of Cowper, has the effect
of involving his character in obscurity.

In alluding to these suppressed letters, the late highly esteemed
Leigh Richmond once emphatically remarked—
“Cowper's character will never be clearly and satisfactorily
understood without them, and should be permitted to exist
for the demonstration of the case. I know the importance
of it from numerous conversations I have had, both in England
and Scotland, on this subject. Persons of truly religious
principles, as well as those of little or no religion at
all, have greatly erred in their estimate of this great and
good man.”

In this work all that is necessary and much that is painful
to know, is told of Cowper, and well told too.—His life was
much wanted, and we have no doubt that it will be universally
read and become, like the poems of the man it commemorates,
a standard work. Mr. Taylor has our hearty
thanks for having produced this work, and our commendations
no less hearty for having produced it so well.—Metropolitan.

A beautiful American edition from the press of Key &
Biddle has just been published, and can not fail to meet with
a welcome reception from all who admire that best of men
and most agreeable of poets. It is the most complete and
valuable edition of the Life of Cowper extant, and contains
a well executed portrait.'—Poulson's Daily Advertiser.

Taylor's Life of Cowper has several private letters of the
poet not found in other works, which serve to correct many
false impressions relative to his mental aberration. It is due
the cause of humanity and of justice generally, that the
truth should be received; especially when, by affecting the
character of so great a man as Cowper, it in a great measure
touches the whole of the human kind.—U. S. Gazette.

The biography of this amiable, but eccentric individual,
abounds with circumstances of the deepest interest. The
morbid sensibility of his nature—the strong depression of
spirits to which he was continually subject—the cheerless
anticipation of gloom and misery, which embittered almost
a whole existence—contrasted with the hearty and (in some
instances) exquisitely pleasant tenor of his writings—afford
fruitful topics for speculation. Cowper was eminently unhappy.
Even while surrounded by every thing that could
make life desirable—an ample competency; troops of devoted
friends, vieing with each other in acts of kindness; having,
moreover, a grasping, and comprehensive, and well cultivated
intellect—he was miserable and wretched, but he
never suffered his infirmities to destroy the natural good
feelings of his bosom. This biography is interesting, not
merely on account of the clear view of Cowper's character,
which it exhibits, but also because it contains voluminous
extracts from his correspondence, many of which are now
published for the first time. Cowper's letters, besides the
spirit of fervent Christianity which every where pervades
them, are models of epistolary correspondence. Interspersed
throughout the volume, are several fragments of poetry, not
printed in any collection of his works, some of which are
well worthy the author of `The Task,' and the `Translation
of Homer.' The work now offered is neatly bound,
and sold at a low rate.—Saturday Courier.

A comprehensive and perspicuous memoir of Cowper has
been much wanted, and will be read with gratification by
the admirers of this amiable and pious man, whose accomplishments,
excellencies and peculiarity of character, have

rendered him an object of interest to the world. We are
indebted to Mr. Taylor for his excellent work, and for the
happy manner in which it has been accomplished.

Boston Traveller.

Thirty years nearly have passed since we first read with
great delight Hayley's Life of Cowper, and we have never
cast our eyes on the volumes since, without wishing to unravel
a few things in the poet's history which were then left
in mystery. Taylor professes to deal openly and remove all
concealment. In one beautiful volume, he has given us the
substance of all which is known concerning the most sensible
and pious of all the English poets; whose writings will
be regarded as the best of their kind wherever the English
language shall be read. In all his numerous works, he has
no line of measured gingle without sense. Can this be said
of scarcely any other child of the muses? Those who have
Hayley's two volumes will be thankful for the labours of Taylor;
and those who have neither should purchase this new
compilation without delay. It is a work which will be found
`interesting to all classes, especially to the lovers of literature
and genuine piety, and to place within the reach of
general readers, many of whom have neither the means nor
the leisure to consult larger works, all that is really interesting
respecting that singularly afflicted individual, whose productions,
both poetic and prose, can never be read but with
delight.—The Philadelphian.

Messrs. Key & Biddle deserve credit for placing within
the reach of all, in so cheap and convenient a form, what
must be salutary in every instance in its general effect. The
character, pursuits, performances, and sufferings of Cowper,
combine more interest than belongs to the life of any of the
great English authors who spent any considerable part of
their days in retirement.—National Gazette.

LETTERS TO AN ANXIOUS INQUIRER, DESIGNED
TO RELIEVE THE DIFFICULTIES OF
A FRIEND, UNDER SERIOUS IMPRESSIONS.
Bv T. Carlton Henry, D. D. late Pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S. C. With an Introductory
Essay, (in which is presented Dr. Henry's Preface to
his Letters, and his Life, by a friend.) By G. T. Bedell,
D. D. Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia.

It is an important volume, and is an indispensable auxiliary
to a proper contemplation of the most important of all
subjects. The work contains a very judicious introductory
essay, from the pen of the Rev. G. T. Bedell, rector of St.
Andrew's Church, in this city.—Sat. Evening Post.

In a revival of religion among his own people, Dr. Bedell
found this work useful, and was led to seek its republication
in a cheap and neat form, for the advantages of those who
can not afford to purchase costly volumes. We hope the
work may prove a blessing to all who shall read it.

The Philadelphian.

These letters have been for many years highly valued for
the practical and appropriate instruction for which they are
principally designed.—The Presbyterian.

MEMOIRS OF HORTENSE BEAUHARNAIS,
DUCHESS OF ST. LEU AND EX-QUEEN OF
HOLLAND.

This is an interesting account of a conspicuous character.
She was the daughter of Josephine Beauharnais, alias, or afterwards,
Josephine Buonaparte, former wife of Napoleon of
France; and she became the wife of Louis Buonaparte, the
ex-king of Holland. Of those who have figured as large on
the great theatre of life, at one of the most memorable eras
in history, many interesting anecdotes are given. We can
safely recommend this work to the reading public.—American
Sentinel.

No one of all those distinguished personages who occupied
so large a space in the world's eye, from their connexion with
Napoleon, presents a story of deeper interest than the amiable
and accomplished subject of these memoirs. Possessing
all the grace and fascination of manner, which so eminently
characterized her mother the Empress Josephine, she has a
strength and cultivation of intellect; an extent and variety of
knowledge; and a philosophic fortitude which the empress
never could boast. Unhappy in her marriage, she was yet
a devoted wife and fond mother; and though gifted with
every quality to adorn royalty, she willingly withdrew to the
shades of private life, resigning the crown she had embellished
without a murmur.

Many of the details of this work will be found deeply interesting,
and the notes are copious and instructing. The
translator has faithfully preserved the spirit of his original.—
Saturday Courier.

Sometime ago we read this little volume in French, and
found it strongly attractive. We regard it as an autobiography
in great part. The historical as well as the personal
details reward attention.—National Gazette.

NEW AMERICAN SPEAKER, being an entirely
new selection of Speeches, Dialogues, and Poetry, for the
use of Schools. By Thomas Hughs, Compiler of the Universal
Class Book and the American Popular Reader.

A rich collection of pieces from some of the first writers
in the English language, furnishing a most abundant supply
of exercises in elocution and declamation. It should find admission
into every academy, college, and high school, where
it is an object to form the taste, as well as teach the art of
speaking.

American Speaker.—A volume with this title, comprising
upwards of two hundred pages, has just been issued
by Messrs. Key & Biddle, of this city. It has been compiled
by Thomas Hughs, Esq., the compiler of the `Universal
Class Book' and the `American Popular Reader,' and is
designed for the use of schools. It embraces a selection or
speeches, dialogues and poetry, made up with great discernment,
we think, from the best authors, foreign and domestic,
ancient and modern. Mr. Hughs is well calculated to render
such a book valuable, and from the perusal we have given
many of the articles, we should suppose this `Speaker' would
soon find a place in most of our public seminaries.

Among the American writers, whose productions have
been introduced into this volume, we observe with pleasure
the names of Hopkinson, Brown, Canning, Payne, Welster,
Everett, Ames, Clay, Randolph, Halleck, Bryant,
Adams, and others. We shall enrich our first page with extracts
from it in a day or two, and take pleasure in commending
it to those having charge of our public and private
schools.—Pennsylvania Inquirer.

IRISH ELOQUENCE.—The Speeches of the celebrated
Irish Orators, Phillips, Curran, and Grattan; to
which is added, the Powerful Appeal of Robert Emmett,
at the close of his trial for high treason. In 1 vol. 8vo.

The above work forms a complete and unique school of
Irish oratory. To every member of the bar, to every clergyman,
to every aspirant to political influence and admission
into the legislative halls of his country, this practical text
book of eloquence will be an honoured manual; and scarcely
less does it recommend itself to every lover of literature, and
each promoter of his country's good, who will both be rewarded
for the purchase, the one by its high literary merits,
and the other in the glowing pictures it presents to him of personal
sacrifice on the altar of public weal.—United States
Gazette.

The Speeches of Phillips, Curran, Grattan, and Emmett,
have been published in a neat octavo volume, by Key & Biddle,
of this city.

It is unnecessary for us to say any thing as to the merit of
these splendid displays of eloquence, which have stamped an
immortality on the above named orators. Their merits are
well known, and wherever these speeches have been read,
they have been admired.

The volume is neatly “got up,” the paper is good, the type
is clear, bold and legible, and the binding is substantial and
durable.—Daily Intelligencer.

THE SOLDIER'S BRIDE, AND OTHER TALES,
by James Hall, Esq., author of “Legends of the West,”
&c.

CONTENTS.

• 1. The Soldier's Bride.

• 2. Cousin Lucy and the Village Teacher.

• 3. Empty Pockets.

• 4. The Captain's Lady.

• 5. The Philadelphia Dun.

• 6. The Bearer of Despatches.

• 7. The Village Musician.

• 8. Fashionable Watering-Places.

• 9. The Useful Man.

• 10. The Dentist.

• 11. The Bachelor's Elysium.

• 12. Pete Featherton.

• 13. The Billiard Table.

We have just risen from the perusal of the Soldier's Bride.
The impression it leaves upon the mind is like that which
we receive from the sight of a landscape of rural beauty and
repose—or from the sound of rich and sweet melody. Every
part of this delightful tale is redolent of moral and natural
loveliness. The writer belongs to the same class with Irving
and Paulding; and as in his descriptions, characters and
incidents, he never loses sight of the true and legitimate
purpose of fiction, the elevation of the taste and moral character
of his readers, he will contribute his full share to the
creation of sound and healthful literature.—United States
Gazette.

Key & Biddle have recently published another series of
Tales—the Soldier's Bride, &c. by James Hall. The approbation
every where elicited by Judge Hall's Legends of the
West, has secured a favourable reception for the present volume;
and its varied and highly spirited contents, consisting of
thirteen tales, will be found no less meritorious than his previous
labours.—National Gazette.

We have found much to admire in the perusal of this interesting
work. It abounds in correct delineation of character,
and although in some of his tales, the author's style is
familiar, yet he has not sacrificed to levity the dignity of his
pen, nor tarnished his character as a chaste and classical
writer. At the present day, when the literary world is flooded
with fustian and insipidity, and the public taste attempted to
be vitiated by the weak and effeminate productions of those
whose minds are as incapable of imagining the lofty and
generous feelings they would pourtray, as their hearts are of
exercising them, it is peculiarly gratifying to receive a work,
from the pages of which the eye may cater with satisfaction,
and the mind feast with avidity and benefit.—Pittsburg
Mercury.

THE TESTIMONY OF NATURE AND REVELATION
TO THE BEING, PERFECTIONS AND
GOVERNMENT OF GOD. By the Rev. Henry Fergus,
Dunfermline, Author of the history of the United
States of America, till the termination of the War of Independence,
in Lardners' Cyclopedia.

The Rev. Mr. Fergus's Testimony of Nature and Revelation
to the Being, Perfection and Government of God, is
an attempt to do in one volume what the Bridgwater Treatises
are to do in eight. We wish one-eighth of the reward
only may make its way to Dunfermline. Mr. Fergus's
Treatise goes over the whole ground with fervour and ability;
it is an excellent volume, and may be had for somewhere
about half the price of one Bridgwater octavo. London
Spectator.

A work of great research and great talent.

Evangelical Magazine.

A very seasonable and valuable work. Its philosophy is
unimpeachable and its theology pure and elevated.

New Monthly Mag.

This is an elegant and enlightened work, of a pious and
highly gifted man.—Metropolitan Magazine.

This excellent work contains, in a brief space, all that is
likely to be useful in the Bridgwater Treatises, and displays
infinitely more of original thought and patient research, than
the two volumes which have been recently published by the
managers of his lordship's legacy. We have never seen any
work in which the necessity of a revelation was more clearly
demonstrated, while at the same time its due importance
was assigned to natural religion.

We hope that the work will be extensively used in the
education of youth; it is admirably calculated to stimulate
students to scientific research, and the observations of nature;
it suggests subjects of contemplation, by which the
mind must be both delighted and instructed; and, finally, it
teaches the most sublime of all lessons, admiration of the
power, delight in the wisdom, and gratitude for the love of
our Creator.—Athenœum.

LIFE OF A SAILOR—By a Captain in the Navy.
Two very interesting volumes.—U. S. Gaz.

It is from the pen of Captain Chamier, and contains many
powerful sketches.—Penn'a. Inquirer.

The Sailor, who has thus given his life to the world,
spins as clever a yarn as any landsman or marine would like
to see recorded. He seems to have been almost every where
and to have seen nearly every body; and he describes with
such earnestness and perspicuity, that you are sure he must

have depicted things just as he found them—penning his record
when his recollections were fresh, and preserving throughout,
an aim to be graphic and impressive. He has succeeded
fully, in his effort; and all who procure his “log,” will
find it as exciting a piece of work, as they ever had the felicity
to meet with.—Phil. Gaz.

Key & Biddle, Philadelphia, have published The Life
of a Sailor, by Captain Frederick Chamier, R. N. in 2
vols. 12 mo. neatly bound in embossed cloth.

In this work all that is necessary and much that is painful
to know, is told of Cowper, and well told too. His Life
was much wanted, and we have no doubt that it will be universally
read, and become, like the poems of the man it
commemorates, a standard work. Mr. Taylor has our
hearty thanks for having produced this work, and our commendations,
no less hearty, for having produced it so well.

Metropolitan.

Captain Chamier has had a full share of adventure and
undoubtedly possesses a facility of style, and a playful manner.
If there ever was a story to excite sympathy, to interest
the feelings, and awaken the imagination of the reading
world, it is the story of Sharks in this Autobiography.—
Spectator.

TALES OF ROMANCE, FIRST SERIES. This
is not only an uncommonly neat edition, but a very entertaining
book; how could it be otherwise when such an array
of authors as the following is presented.

The work contains Ali's Bride, a tale from the Persian, by
Thomas Moore, interspersed with poetry. The Last of the
Line, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, an author who sustains a reputation
which every succeeding production greatly enhances.
The Wire Merchant's Story, by the author of the King's
Own. The Procrastinator, by T. Croften Croker. The
Spanish Beadsman. The Legend of Rose Rocke, by the
author of Stories of Waterloo. Barbara S—, by
Charles Lamb. A Story of the Heart. The Vacant Chair,
by J. M. Wilson; and the Queen of the Meadows, by Miss
Mitford.

This volume has no pretentions to the inculcation of
mawkish sensibility. We have read every word of it, and
can confidently recommend it to our friends.—Journal of
Belles Letters.

YOUNG MAN'S OWN BOOK.—A Manual of Politeness,
Intellectual Improvement, and Moral Deportment,
calculated to form the character on a solid basis, and to insure
respectability and success in life.

Its contents are made up of brief and well written essays
upon subjects very judiciously selected, and will prove a useful
and valuable work to those who give it a careful reading,
and make proper use of those hints which the author throws
out.—Boston Traveller.

We cheerfully recommend a perusal of the Young Man's
Own Book to all our young friends, for we are convinced that
if they read it faithfully, they will find themselves both wiser
and better.—The Young Man's Advocate.

In the Young Man's Own Book, much sound advice,
upon a variety of important subjects is administered, and a
large number of rules are laid down for the regulation of conduct,
the practice of which can not fail to ensure respectability.
—Saturday Courier.

YOUNG LADY'S OWN BOOK, a Manual of Intellectual
Improvement and Moral Deportment. By the author
of the Young Man's Own Book.

Messrs. Key and Biddle, of this city, have published a
very neat little volume, entitled, The Young Lady's Own
Book. Its contents are well adapted to its useful purpose.—
National Gazette.

The Young Lady's Own Book seems to us to have
been carefully prepared, to comprehend much and various
instruction of a practical character, and to correspond in its
contents with its title.—Young Man's Advocate.

The Young Lady's Own Book, embellished with beautiful
engravings, should be in the hands of every young female.
—Inquirer.

All the articles in the Young Lady's Own Book are of
a useful and interesting character.—N. Y. Com. Adv.

WACOUSTA, OR THE PROPHECY; A Tale
of the Canadas. 2 vols.

This work is of a deeply interesting character, and justly
lays claim to be of the highest cast. We think it decidedly

superior to any production of the kind which has recently
emanated from the press. It abounds with thrilling scenes,
and the author has displayed a power of delineation rarely
surpassed.—Daily Intelligencer.

We have read it, and unhesitatingly pronounce it one of
the most deeply interesting works of fiction which has met
our eye for many a month. It is a historical novel—the
scenes of which are laid principally at Detroit and Mackina—and
some of the tragic events which those places witnessed
in the early settlement of the country, are given with
historic accuracy—particularly the massacre of Mackina.—
The author is evidently conversant with Indian strategem
and with Indian eloquence; and has presented us with specimens
of both, truly characteristic of the untutored savage.
We would gladly present our readers with an extract from
this interesting work, did our limits permit. In lieu of an extract,
however, we commend the work itself to them.—Commercial
Herald.

The principal personage of this novel is a savage chief,
and the story of his retreat, bearing off captive the daughter
of the Governor, is told with thrilling effect. It is well
written throughout, and abounds with interesting scenes.—
Commercial Advertiser.

ZOE, OR THE SICILIAN SAYDA.—As an historical
romance, embellished with the creations of a lively
imagination, and adorned with the beauties of a classic mind,
this production will take a high rank, and although not so
much lauded as a Cooper or an Irving, he may be assured
that by a continuance of his efforts, he will secure the approbation
of his countrymen, and the reward of a wide spread
fame.—Daily Intelligencer.

We do not call attention to this on account of any previous
reputation of its author; it possesses intrinsic merit, and
will obtain favour because it merits it. It is historical, and
the name and circumstances are to be found in the records of
those times. The plot is ably conceived, the characters are
vividly, and some are fearfully drawn.—Boston American
Traveller.

We lately spoke in terms of approbation of a new novel
from the pen of a young American, entitled “Zoe; or the
Sicilian Sayda.” A friend, who has read it with great
pleasure, and who speaks of its merits in strong terms of
praise, has furnished us with the following notice:—

“The book wherever read is admired, and among a considerable
variety of persons, learned and ignorant, grave and
gay, sad and serious, all have but one manifestation of feeling—and
that feeling delight.

Cooper has been called the Scott, and Irving the Addison
of America; and the author of Zoe, without any imputation
of vanity or arrogance, can justly lay claim to some of the
attributes of both. With all the description, energy, and
grandeur of the former, he possesses the classic graces, and
elegant refinements of the latter. Comparisons, it is said,
are always odious, but, as in this instance, we have brought
forward the names of two of our most distinguished countrymen
in the field of American letters, not for the purpose of
detracting from their high and justly appreciated merits, but
for adding another one to the number of this small but brilliant
galaxy, we shall be acquitted of any sinister attempt to
elevate another at the expense of those whose fame is
widely spread and firmly established.

Zoe is a production, which will rank among the highest and
most successful creations of the imagination. It is replete
with interest, from the first chapter to the last; the story
never flags, the dialogues never tire; and the varied characters
who figure in the plot, are invested with an individuality
which at once impresses upon the mind the graphic skill, and
vivid conceptions of the author. Interesting and all absorbing
as the personages are, there is one, however, of whom to
read is to love; the dark-eyed, feeling, beautiful and self-sacrificing
Zoe. It is she that appears embodied before our eyes,
in all the fascination of beauty; and it is she that we part
with in all the combined feelings of affection, admiration and
regret.

But it is not our purpose to pourtray the charming heroine
of the story.

For the nameless attraction of her mind, the glowing ardour
of her feelings, and the thousand fascinating charms with
which she was invested,—we must refer our readers to the
book itself.

In conclusion, we commend Zoe to all who are fond of an
interesting romance—to all who desire to become acquainted
with and encourage the merits of our native literature.”—
Pennsylvania Inquirer.