people; and a collection of their moral maxims and ancient proverbs. A translation of Pascal's Letters on the Reasoning and Morals of the Jesuits. [On the merits of this writer we formerly gave a very able paper, by the honourable JOHN Q. ADAMS.]—' Donovan's Prize Essay on the Origin, Progress and Present State of Galvanism.-A complete edition of Cowper's writings, in 10 vols. 8vo. A Plea for Catholic Communion in the Church of God. By J. M. Mason, D. D. The second edition, with corrections, 8vo. 10s. 6d. bds.—A History of the Administratie, of Neckar, by Madame de Stael, was expected to appear, in Paris, in January last. Dr. Price's Sermons, now first published from the author's MSS.--A splendid edition of Buffon's Natural History, in 34 vols. 8vo, with upwards of 1000 plates, has lately appeared in Paris.→ The Modern Greek Journal, published during three years by the Archmandrite Anthimos Gaza, at Vienna, under the title of Hermes Logios, has suffered an interruption of two years, and is about to be resumed. It will be published monthly, under the direction of M. Theoklitos, chaplain to the Greek chapel of St. George, at Vienna, and Constantin Kakkinaki, of the island of Chio, who translated the Tartuffe of Moliere into Modern Greek, At Milan, sig. Monti, Breislak, Giordani, and Acerbi, have united to institute a literary journal, under the title of Bibliotheca Itatiani. Price, in Milan, a guinea a-year.-The reverend Mr. Morrison, from whose new Chinese Dictionary we gave several extracts last year, has published a Grammar for the use of students in that tongue.-A translation of the New Testament into Arabic, has been published by the British Bible Society. It is stated that Madame d'Arblay received 1500/. for her last novel. Mr. Coleridge's Caprice of Christabel produced 100% for the author. The copyright of the Rejected Addresses, and the Parodies of Horace, worth whole cart-loads of the two last works, was sold for 10007. Lord Byron's and Scott's Poems have made fortunes for the publishers. Southey, we are very glad to learn, has amassed a large and most valuable library, and lives in comfort and great respectability, solely for his literary exertions. The sale of the Edinburgh Review is nearly 12,000 copies, four times a year: it is represented to be a splendid property to its editor and its publishers, while from 40%. to 1007. are given for some of the

essays of which it is composed. The mere courtesy-right which was vested in the persons who projected and commenced the republication of this work in the United States, was sold last summer for several thousand dollars.

II. DOMESTIC.--There are few studies more useful, and at the same time more pleasing, than that of geography. It is intimately connected with the details of history, from which we derive the most important lessons of experience, and with the study of the heavens, the most exalting and sublime of all the specula. tive sciences—and it must give pleasure to every well informed mind to observe that a sense of its importance is daily increasing with the American public. History would become little more interesting than the tales of Arabia, if we were unacquainted with the localities of its great events; with the land of Egypt, the scite of Jerusalem, the march of Alexander, or of Hannibal,with Greece, Rome and Constantinople. In modern times the voyages of Columbus and of Cooke, and the maps and disquisitions of Rennell and of D'Anville, have served to amuse and instruct mankind, in every quarter of the world. The present advanced state of general knowledge has made us acquainted with almost every navigable ocean and sea, and we know that no more extensive continents remain to excite the ambition of future navigators: the discovery of a few solitary islands is all our curiosity can expect from this source of geographical information. The pursuits, therefore, of future geographers must be principally confined to exploring the interior of three of the four great quarters into which the habitable parts of the earth are divided, and in settling the exact position of places with respect to each other, by astronomical observations, and trigonometrical surveys, in order to the construction of accurate maps and charts-a department in which there is ample employment for the American geographer.

Among the various persons who have devoted themselves to these important pursuits, none are entitled to more praise for correctness, for industry, and for information, than Mr. John H. Eddy, of New York.

This gentleman has already published maps of the route of the great canal from lake Erie to Hudson's river, of the straits of Niagara, and of the country thirty miles round the city of New York.

He is now engaged in preparing a map of North America, and maps of each of the United States, which will form a complete American atlas. The materials are, in many cases, drawn from original sources of information; and in no instance has he servilely copied European publications. The engravings will be executed by two eminent artists of Philadelphia.

Although Mr. Eddy's engagements, in preparing for publi cation a map of the state of New York, will prevent him from completing immediately this great national work, yet we are gratified, from a personal inspection of his delineation of that great state, to learn that it will be superior, in accuracy and style, to any map heretofore published, that it embraces a considerable part of the neighbouring states, and of Canada, and that it is in so advanced a state that it will be published early in the summer.

We are much pleased to learn that a poem, from the press at Baltimore, may soon be expected. It will be entitled NOAH, a poem in four cantos; together with a number of miscellaneous effusions, by Paul Allen, esq. The readers of the Port Folio have had so many proofs, in the last series of this journal, of the rich fancy, the correct taste, and the sound principles of this gentleman that we hazard nothing in predicting that he will not soar on waxen wings. David Hoffman, esq. of the same city, has published " A Course of Legal Studies, respectfully addressed to the students of law in the United States. This work has received the most unqualified approbation of those whose official stations entitle their opinions to great respect-George M. Dallas, esq. proposes to publish the life and writings of his deceased parent, in 3 vols. 8vo. 89. The office of this gentleman is a high and honourable one; his materials, we should presume, are uncommonly rich, and we augur well from a specimen of his abilities, which we witnessed not long since in a July oration;-si quid loquar audiendum, vocis accedet bona pars.

MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS.

We notice the recent establishment of a manufactory of gold leaf in this city, by Mr. Bull, who is the first American that has attempted, successfully, this very difficult and delicate process. The fine arts in this country have a valuable addition in this and similar establishments, as it adds an article to the list of those for which we shall no longer be dependent upon other nations for a supply. Mr. Bull has also succeeded in the manufacture of his moulds, which are prohibited exportation under severe penalties, both by Great Britain and France.

Curious Fact-During the reign of Charles II. for the encouragement of the colony of Virginia, an act passed the British legislature, prohibiting the cultivation of tobacco in the mother country. The act imposed a duty of forty shillings a rod on all grounds cultivated with tobacco. This being insufficient, the penalty was increased to twenty pounds a rod. This also was ineffectual, and another act passed, directing constables to enter the grounds, and root up the tobacco plants; for, notwithstanding the former acts, the culture of tobacco was increasing. This statute put an end to the cultivation of tobacco in England. Towards the close of the American war, the act not being deemed to affect Scotland, a considerable cultivation of tobacco took place there. To prevent this the 22d George III. c. 73. was passed, extending the penalty to Scotland, and with decisive effect. It seems somewhat singular that, at the close of the American war, when the colonies had become virtually a foreign state, the British parliament should be so very tender of their interests. But it is still more singular that this penalty for the cultivation of tobacco is in force in Great Britain to this day, and that one of the measures proposed for the relief of the distresses of the country is to repeal the law, and encourage the cultivation.

Kingdom of Hayti, Court, &c.-The Royal Almanac of Hayti, for 1816, contains one hundred and twenty-seven pages. Its court lists may vie with those of any empire, of whatever standing or complexion. The king, who has attained the sixth year of his reign, will be forty-nine years of age on the 6th of October. The queen is in her thirty-ninth year. The prince royal, James Victor Henry, entered his teens on the 3d of March. He has two sisters, princesses. There are five princes of the blood. The ministers and grand officers of the crown amount to twenty. In the peerage are eight dukes, nineteen counts, thirtyfour barons, and nine knights. The king's household consists of about one hundred and forty chamberlains, pages, professors, almoners, secretaries, &c. The queen has fourteen ladies of the bedchamber, besides her male attendants. There are six regiments of guards. The order of Henry boasts upwards of a hundred and thirty members. In the army we find six marshals, nine

lieutenant-generals, and twenty-one generals; of artillery two regiments; of engineers one corps of infantry twenty-four regiments filled up, and eight others named; of cavalry two regiments: of naval officers, including the grand admiral, twenty-nine, besides cadets. Long lists are also given of the fiscal and judicial departments. The queen holds her court on Thursday, at five o'clock. The king receives petitions at ten o'clock on the court-days, and returns an answer on the Thursday following. Such is the progress of this interesting settlement. The Code Henri, which has been published, is a thick volume. The laws are of course on the French model.

West Point. From the mean of sixty-nine observations, made on ten different stars, by professor Ellicott, the latitude of the Military Academy comes out 41° 23' 32.7", which, it is believed may be relied on within one hundred feet.

It is somewhat curious that the latitude deduced from the observations on the star Capella, exceeds the mean latitude, from the other observations, by 6,8", which professor Ellicott attributes to the motion of that star. From observations made by the same gentleman, in the years 1786, 1787, and 1795, that motion appears to be about three-quarters of a second per annum. The same motion has been recognised in that star, by European astronomers, who calculate it at about half a second per annum.

Private Munificence.-Dr. Johnson, in answer to reproaches which are not unfrequently cast upon the rich, somewhere observes, that it is indeed astonishing how much is done by the rich in acts of charity. Never, we believe, could the remark be more apposite than at the present day, and munificent subscriptions, now going on among individuals of fortune, for the hospitals, for the sick and insane, most amply justify it. The Boston subscriptions, for this noble object, in a few days, amounted to no less than one hundred and eleven thousand dollars. The subscriptions in Salem are also begun, in a manner highly auspicious to the cause of humanity; and it may be rationally anticipated that that illustrious monument of philanthropy, which has long been the glory of Philadelphia, will soon be rivalled in the capital of Massachu

setts.

Indian Names.Various treaties have lately been concluded at Washington with different tribes of Indians. Among other Indian signatures are the following:-Buffalo, Little Eyes, Negro Legs, Long Body, Big Man, Little Duck, Drunkard's Son, White Sky, Green Feather, Main Chance, Sturgeon Man, Jumping Sturgeon, Bad Axe, Young Eagle, Lion coming out of the water, Black Sparrow, the Cloud that don't stop, Bad Weather, Sharpfaced Bear, the Thunder that frightens, the Swan that flies in the rain, the Swan whose wings crack when he flies, He who shoots in the pine-tops, the Man who marches quick, the Man with a strong voice, the Man who is sick when he walks, He that walks with a cane, the Fluttering Eagle, the Bad Hail, the Shifting Shadow,