important and valuable to their possessor, and as civilization is also of much older date, in China than in Europe, it appears singular that the Chinese should not have carried the sciences to a higher degree of perfection, and should be in this respect decidedly inferior, as there is reason to suppose they are, especially in the mathematical and physical departments, to the western world. With our present scanty information respecting their institutions, situation, and manners, it would be idle to attempt to assign any precise reason for this inferiority. We may venture perhaps to conjecture, that the vast political importance attached to learning, may have turned the current of zeal and industry almost wholly into the channel of moral and political studies, which are those immediately required as preparatory for the public service, and have led to the comparative neglect of all other branches of learning. Civil polity, we know, is habitually spoken of by the Chinese as the great science, or, in their own phrase, the highway; and as it seems, at any rate, to be the one which leads to the possession of wealth, rank, and beauty, it is not very surprising that the majority should regularly follow it. But on this, as on all other points connected with the subject, we must wait for the fruits of further researches before we can speculate with much satisfaction, or draw conclusions with any great degree of probability.

QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of the State of New York. Vol. 3. Nos. 1 & 2. April, 1828. New York. G. & C. Carvill. 8vo. pp. 86.

Elements of the Geometry of Planes and Solids. By F. R. Hassler. New York. G. & C. Carvill. 8vo.

pp. 160.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of the Rev. Herbert Marshall, a Presbyter of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Boston. R. P. & C. Williams. 18mo. pp. 126.

The Spy Unmasked, or the History of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch. By H. L. Barnum. New York. J. & J. Harper. 8vo. pp. 206.

The Life of the Rev. Jeremiah Halloch. By Cyrus Hale. New York. J. P. Haven. 12mo. pp. 316.

EDUCATION.

The Child's Botany, with Colored Engravings. Boston. S. G. Goodrich. Small Quarto.

Conversations on Political Economy. Improved and adapted to the Use of Schools. By J. L. Blake, A. M. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 12mo.

Primary Dictionary, or Rational Vocabulary. By the Author of 'American Popular Lessons.' New York. White, Gallagher, & White. 18mo. pp. 258.

An Introduction to the National Reader, containing a Selection of Easy Lessons. By John Pierpont. Boston. Richardson & Lord. 12mo.

A Greek and English Dictionary, designed for the Use of Schools. By John Groves. With Corrections and Additional Matter, by the American Editor. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

Practical Orthography, or the Art of Teaching by Writing. By William Bearcroft. Revised and enlarged by D. H. Barnes. New York.

Modern Atlas on a New Plan, to accompany the Universal Geography. By William C. Woodbridge. Second Edition. Hartford. Ŏ. D. Cooke & Co.

Ancient Atlas to accompany the Universal Geography, arranged upon new Principles. Now first published. By E. Willard. Hartford. O. D. Cooke & Co.

Enlarged and improved.

Elements of Greek Grammar, originally published as the Grammar of C. F. Hackenberg. Fourth Edition. Hartford. O. D. Cooke & Co. 12mo. Johnson's Dictionary, improved by Todd; Schools; with an Appendix of Americanisms. Boston. B. Perkins & Co. Small Quarto.

abridged for the Use of

A View of the Livingston County High School, under the Care of S. Sweetser, C. C. Felton, H. R. Cleveland. Geneseo.

A Practical Grammar of the German Language. By Dr Charles Follen. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo.

pp. 281. An Account of the High School at Rock Spring, Illinois. By the Rev. J. M. Peck, one of the Board of Overseers.

The Tales of Peter Parley about Europe, with Engravings. Boston. S. G. Goodrich. 16mo. pp. 96.

Select Dialogues, or Spanish and English Conversations, for the Use of those who study the Spanish Language. By J. A. Pizarro. New York.

An Abridgment of Geographical Exercises, written for the New York High School. By Joseph C. Hart. New York.

D. Junii Juvenalis Satire, Expurgate. Accedunt Note Anglica. Curâ F. P. Leverett. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo.

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Accedunt Clavis_Metrica et Notule Anglica. Curâ B. A Gould. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. Observations on a Practical System of Translation; with a few Remarks on the Modes generally pursued in Learning Languages. Boston. 8vo. pp. 55. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

Le Traducteur François; or a Practical System for Translating the French Language; to which are added Observations on the Modes generally pursued in Learning Languages. By Mariano Cubi i Soler. Second Edition, corrected, enlarged, and greatly improved. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

Biographical Sketches of Great and Good Men. Designed for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons. Boston. Putnam & Hunt.

Letter to a Class of Young Ladies upon the Study of the History of the United States. By Joseph Emerson. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 12mo. pp. 36.

Les Adventures de Télémaque, Fils d' Ulysse. Par Fénélon. Accompanied with a Key to facilitate the Translation. By A. Bolmar. Philadelphia.

Twelfth Report of the Directors of the American Asylum at Hartford, for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, made May 10th, 1828. Hartford. 8vo. pp. 39.

Outlines of Political Economy, on the Plan of the Rev. David Blair. Boston. S. G. Goodrich.

12mo.

HISTORY.

A Political and Civil History of the United States of America, from 1763 to 1797. By Timothy Pitkin. New Haven. H. Howe.

An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Illustrated by Maps and Engravings. By John Marsh, A. M. Hartford. O. D. Cooke & Co. 12mo. pp. 438.

LAW.

Dissertations on the Questions which arise from the Contrariety of the Laws of different States and Nations. By Samuel Livermore. No. 1. New Orleans. B. Levy. 8vo. pp. 172.

A Treatise on the Pleadings and Practice in Real Actions. By Charles Jackson. Boston. Wells & Lilly. 1 vol. Royal 8vo.

Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. January Term, 1828. By Richard Peters, Jr. Philadelphia. 8vo.

Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. By Octavius Pickering. Vol V. Nos. 1 & 2. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 8vo.

Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. By Peyton Randolph. Vol. V.

A Practical Treatise upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of the Peace in Criminal Prosecutions. To which are now added Precedents of Declarations and Pleadings in Civil Actions. By Daniel Davis. Second Edition. 8vo. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

Forms of Practice, or American Precedents, in Actions Personal and Real, interspersed with Annotations. By Benjamin L. Oliver, Jr. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Υπο

Συνοπτική της Απλοελληνικῆς Διαλέκτου Γραμματική. Αλεξάνδρου Νέγρη. A Grammar of the Modern Greek Language, with an Appendix, containing original Specimens of Prose and different Kinds of Verse. By Alexander Negris.) Boston, Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo.

The Northern Traveller, combined with the Northern Tour. New York. G. & C. Carvill. 18mo. pp. 403.

The Traveller and Monthly Gazetteer, in two Departments. Philadelphia. 8vo. 36.

Records of the Spanish Inquisition, translated from the Original Manuscripts. Boston. S. G. Goodrich. 8vo.

Tables for accurately ascertaining the Duties on all Goods under the new Tariff. Arranged and corrected by James Warren. Philadelphia.

A Picture of New York and the Stranger's Guide to the Commercial Metropolis of the United States. New York. A. T. Goodrich. 18mo. pp. 492.

The New Mirroir for Travellers, and Guide to the Springs. By an Amateur. New York. G. & C. Carvill. 12mo. pp. 492.

The American Common-Place Book of Prose, a Selection of Extracts from American Authors. Boston. S. G. Goodrich.

Report of the Engineers on the Reconnoisance and Surveys made in Reference to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. Baltimore. A Short Treatise on Horticulture. By William Prince. New York. T. & J. Swords. 12mo. pp. 196.

A Defence of Free Masonry, in a Series of Letters addressed to Solomon Southwick. By Luther Pratt. Troy, N. York. 12mo. Remains of the late Rev. Carlos Wilcox, formerly Pastor of a Church in Hartford, Conn.

VOL. XXVII.-NO. 61.

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Camp Meetings Described and Exposed, and Strange Things Stated. 8vo.

The Condition of Greece in 1827 & 1828. By Col. J. P. Miller. New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo.

pp. 300.

A Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia, respecting the Proceedings of those who have separated themselves from the Society. New York. J. Wood & Sons. 8vo. pp. 32. Junius Unmasked, or Lord George Sackville proved to be Junius. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 187. An Epistle and Testimony from the held in New York by adjournment. pp. 24.

Yearly Meeting of Friends,
New York. Mahlon Day.

Second Annual Report of the American Unitarian Association, with an Appendix. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 12mo. pp. 24.

Second Report of the American Home Missionary Society, presented by the Executive Committee, May 7, 1828. New York. 8vo. pp. 90.

The New American Gardener. By Thomas G. Fessenden. Boston. J. B. Russell. 12mo. pp. 300.

Notions of the Americans, picked up by a Travelling Bachelor. Philadelphia. Carey, Lea, & Carey. 2 vols. 12mo.

Historical Religious Events, illustrated with Engravings. By J. W. Barber. Hartford. D. F. Robinson & Co. 12mo. pp. 148. Proceedings in Relation to the Formation of an Auxiliary Union for Promoting the Observance of the Sabbath. Boston. T. R. Marvin. 8vo. pp. 16.

An Essay on the Temperature of the Interior of the Earth. By L. Cordier. Translated from the French by the Junior Class of Amherst College. Amherst. 18mo. pp. 94.

Intemperance destructive of National Welfare; an Essay. By Joel Mann, Minister of the Gospel in Suffield, Conn.

The Philosophy of Human Knowledge, or a Treatise on Language; a Course of Lectures delivered at the Utica Lyceum. By Alexander

B. Johnson.

Lardner's Popular Lectures on the Steam-Engine. ditions, by Professor Renwick of Columbia College. E. Bliss. 8vo.

With AdNew York.

The Force of Truth at Halifax N. S., or the Motives for a recent Separation from the Church of England, and the Constituting of a Baptist Church.

NOVELS.

Lucretia and her Father, a Narrative founded on Fact. By a Clergyman of New England. Hartford. D. F. Robinson & Co. 18mo. pp. 29.

Sketches of the Wallington Family, intended for the Instruction of Young Persons. Boston. Waite, Green, & Co. 18mo. pp. 72.

Sad Tales and Glad Tales. By Reginald Reverie. Boston. S. G. Goodrich. 12mo.

Tales of the West. By the Author of Letters from the East. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 12mo.

The Life and Adventures of Arthur Clenning.

Tower & Hogan. 2 vols. 12mo.

Philadelphia.