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The Lay Missionary; or the Way to do Good. Boston. Peirce & Parker. 18mo. pp. 84.

The Missionary Gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the Protestant Missoinary Stations. By B. B. Edwards. Boston. Wm.

Hyde & Co. 12mo. pp. 430.

The Publications of the American Doctrinal Tract Society, Vol. 1. Boston. Perkins & Marvin. 12mo. pp. 122.

The Soul of Man. A Sermon preached by Leonard Withington. Salem. Whipple & Lawrence. 8vo. pp. 22.

The Teacher's Assistant. Boston. Mass. Sunday School Society. 18mo. pp. 213.

Universal Library, No. 4. A Treatise on Atonement. By Hosea Ballou. Boston. Marsh, Capen & Lyon. 12mo. pp. 228.

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. By Moses Stuart. Andover. Flagg & Gould. 8vo. pp. 576.

A Conversation between B. a Baptist Minister and R. a Congregational Minister on Baptism. Boston. Peirce & Parker. 12mo. pp. 32.

A Course of Lectures in defence of the Final Restoration. By Paul Dean. Boston. E. M. Stow. 8vo. pp. 190.

A Letter addressed to Rev. Samuel Lee. By Amos Clarke. Cambridge. Brown, Shattuck & Co. 8vo.

A Manual of Family Prayers prepared by the Worcester West Association. Brookfield. E. Merriam & Co.

pp.12.

A Sermon delivered in the Chapel of the Seminary at Andover. By Lyman Beecher, D. D. Boston. Perkins & Marvin. 8vo. pp. 40. Discourses. By William E. Channing. Boston. Charles Bowen. 12mo. pp. 279.

Plea for the Heathen. Boston. Mass. Sunday School Society. 18mo. pp. 39.

Prayers for Individuals. By Chs. Brooks. Boston. L. C. Bowles. 12mo. pp. 198.

The Evidence of Christianity. New York. G. & C. & H. Carvill.

By Chs. P. M'Ilvaine, D. D. 8vo. pp. 565.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS.

An Ecclesiastical History. By J. T. Mosheim. A new Edition. Improved by Hon. Charles Toole. Baltimore. J. J. Harrod. 2 vols. 8vo. An Analytical Digested Index of the Common Law Reports, from the Reign of Henry III. to George III. By S. Hughes. Philadelphia. R. H. Small. 8vo. pp. 248.

Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 12mo.

An Elementary Treatise on Algebra. By J. R. Young. With Additions and Improvements. By Samuel Ward, Jr. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo. pp. 352.

A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland. By Wm. Cobbett. New York. John Doyle. 18mo. pp. 270.

A New Greek and English Dictionary. By James Donnegan. Arranged from the last English edition. By J. M. Cairns. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 838.

A New Literal Translation of Longinus on the Sublime. By a Graduate of Dublin Trinity College. New York. C. S. Francis. 12mo. pp. 82.

A Treatise on Pathological Anatomy. By J. Andsell. Translated from the French. By R. Townsend. New York. S. Wood & Sons. 8vo. pp. 424.

A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators. By E. V. Williams. With Notes and References to Cases in this Country. By F. J. Toubart. Philadelphia. R. H. Small. 2 vols. 8vo.

A Treatise on the Millenium. By G. Bush. New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo. pp. 277.

Bible Illustrations, or a Description of the Manners and Customs peculiar to the East. By B. H. Draper. Boston. Carter, Hendee & Co. 16mo. pp. 215.

Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Revised, with large Additions. By Edward Robinson. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 8vo. pp. 1003.

Contarini Fleming. By the Author of Vivian Grey. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 12mo.

Cholera, as it recently appeared in New Castle and Gateshead. By T. M. Greenhow. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo. pp. 168.

Domestic French Cookery. Translated by Miss Leslie. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 119.

Eliza Bennet, or Pride and Prejudice. A Novel. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 2 vols. 12mo.

Encyclopædia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences. Edited, by F. Lieber, assisted by E. Wigglesworth and T. G. Bradford. Vol. XI. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo. pp.

612.

Family Library, Nos. 41 & 42. The Life of Frederick the Great. By Lord Dover. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 18mo.

Family Library, Nos. 43 & 44. Sketches of Venetian History. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 18mo.

Four Sermons preached before the University, at Cambridge. By Charles Simeon. New York. Swords, Staniford & Co. 12mo. pp. 103. Historic Doubts respecting Napoleon Buonaparte. By Richard Whateley. Cambridge. Brown, Shattuck & Co. 8vo. pp. 39.

Illustrations of Political Economy. By Harriet Martineau. No. 3. Brooke & Brooke Farm. Boston. L. C. Bowles. 18mo. pp. 202. Illustrations of Political Economy. No. 4. Demerara. Boston. L. C. Bowles. 18mo.

Illustrations of Political Economy. No. 5. Ella of Garveloch. Boston. L. C. Bowles. 18mo. pp. 206.

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Library of Old English Prose Writers. No. 5 & 6. Walton's Lives.
Boston. Hilliard, Gray & Co. 12mo. pp. 224.
Library of Practical Medicine.
Massachusetts Medical Society.
pp. 263.

Published under the direction of the
Boston. Stimpson & Clapp. 8vo.

Remarks upon the Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States. By W. G. Ouseley. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo. pp. 225.

Library of Select Novels. Nos. 29 & 30. Henry Masterton, or the Adventures of a Cavalier. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 12mo. Memoirs of Felix Neff. Boston. Wm. Hyde & Co. 12mo. pp. 324. Method of using Chloride of Soda. By A. G. Labaraque. Transla ted from the French. By J. K. Porter. New Haven. H. Howe. 8vo. pp. 8. By Maria Edgeworth. A new Edition, in nine New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo. pp. 216.

Novels & Tales. volumes. Vol. 1. Novels & Tales. volumes. Vol. 2.

By Maria Edgeworth. A new Edition, in nine New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo. pp. 216. On Political Economy, in connexion with the Moral State and Prospects. By Thomas Chalmers, D. D. New York. Daniel Appleton. 12mo. pp. 205.

Roman Nights; or the Tomb of the Scipios. Translated from the Italian. New York. Peabody & Co. 2 vols. 12mo.

Persuasion. A Novel, by Miss Austen. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 2 vols. 12mo.

No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. New

Reports of Cases Argued & Determined in the Court of King's Bench. By G. Maule & W. Selwyn. Edited by Theron Metcalf. Vols. 1, 2, 3. Boston. Lilly, Wait & Co. 3 vols. 8vo. School Library. By Caleb Hopkins. York. M'Elrath & Bangs. 18mo. pp. 180. The Excitement, or a book to induce Young Persons to read. Boston. Lilly, Wait & Co. 18mo. pp. 360.

The Child's Own Book of Tales and Anecdotes concerning Dogs. The Child's Own Book. Illustrated with many Engravings. Munroe & Francis. 16mo. pp. 620.

Boys and Girls' Library, No. 1. Lives of the Apostles and Early Martyrs of the Church. New York. J. & J. Harper. 18mo. 204. Boys and Girls' Library, Nos. 2 & 3. The Swiss Family. Robinson. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 18mo.

Serious Examination. Translated from the Spanish. By J. C. Porter. Northampton. J. W. Shepherd. 8vo. pp. 12.

Sermons, upon the Ministry, Worship, and Doctrines of the Protestant Episcopal Church. By G. J. Chapman. 2d. Edition. Burlington. Chauncey Goodrich. 12mo. pp. 324.

Tales from Shakspeare, for Young Persons. By Charles Lamb. Boston. Munroe & Francis. 18mo. pp. 414.

The Anatomist's Manual. By J. P. Maygner. Translated By G. S. Bradford. New York. Collins & Hannay. 12 vols. 12mo.

The British Drama, or a collection of Tragedies, Comedies, Operas and Farces, in the English Language. Philadelphia. J. Woodward. 2 vols. 8vo.

The Cabinet of Biography. No. 11. Eminent British Statesmen. Vol. 1. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 280.

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The Cabinet History. No. 19. The History of Switzerland. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 288.

The Cabinet History. No. 18. History of Spain and Portugal. Vol. 2. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 286.

The Consistency of Revelation with Human Reason. By Philip

N. Butterworth. New York. J. & J. Harper. 18mo. pp. 267.

The Complete Works of Joanna Baillie. First American Edition, Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo. pp. 594.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

No. LXXIX.

APRIL, 1833.

ART. I.-Sir Walter Scott.

Some Account of the Life and Works of Sir Walter
Scott. By ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. Boston. 1832.

During the last year, very many of the great in intellect have gone down to those mansions where the mighty rest;— but who of that illustrious number was more fortunate in the variety of his honors, or the meekness with which he bore them, -more eminent for the silver purity of his delightful fame, than Sir Walter Scott? It is in this light that he most deserves the homage, which the world has liberally paid; well may it kindle a vivid satisfaction in the heart of every friend of his race, to see God's highest gifts combined with virtue; to see the starry crown of earthly honor burning on his brow, who is clothed in the beautiful garments of a kind and gentle spirit. Such examples deserve to be remembered, and held up to the admiration of mankind; they redeem and vindicate our nature.

Whatever the cause may be, it is too late to deny the fact, that men have hastened to bow down to the literary as well as warlike idols, who insult and spurn them. We have followed with insane admiration the march of conquerors, even when their path of blood and fire has gone over our own dwellings; we have hung with rapture on the lips of the poetical philosophers, who laugh at virtue as a dream, and VOL. XXXVI.-NO. 79.

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blot out the realities of a better life; all that makes up the value of our being here, and the infinitely higher hope of a hereafter, have been flung, as a worthy offering, upon their unholy altars. It is true, the fault is ours; we have no right to complain of the inflictions which we invite and welcome; but in these cases, as in many others, something is needed to save us from ourselves; and there is no greater benefactor than he, who corrects and ennobles human sentiment, by casting a healing bough into the poisoned waters. Such was Sir Walter Scott. He did not retreat behind a frozen misanthropy, to cast a midnight shade of mystery around his name; he did not court the favor of man, by defiance of his God; he did not withdraw himself from the public view, that familiarity might not destroy the impression of his presence; his conversation in the world was that of one alive to every human sympathy, of a heart full of kindness and good will to men. There is no fit emblem of such a spirit in the unhealthy fight, which rises from the gloomy marshes, only to guide the traveller into the fens from which it sprung; his course was rather the ascension of a star, shining out from its still watchtowers, and regarded by the voyager with religious veneration, as it directs him in his pathway through the sea. He has taught us, that the way of fame is not less bright to human eyes, because it is illuminated with a holy light; we may now see, that the powers which Providence has given are not elevated, when they are applied to the purposes of injury and ruin; that he ill accomplishes the end of being, who leaves no trace behind him, but such as the lightning leaves in its fiery track and we may not unreasonably hope, that men will hereafter be more true to themselves, more faithful to the destinies and glory of their race, than to look with cold esteem on the noble coalition of intellect and virtue. It is for this, that we reverence the memory of Scott; it is this which brings him to our recollections, like a welcome and familiar friend. We remember him as we call to mind the venerable features of the honored guardians of our early years, who have gone down to death, and left no bitter thought behind them but the single one, that we shall see their face no more.

All this is characteristic of a noble nature; but there are other elements of his character as a literary man, which bind him even closer to our sympathies. These are the lesser virtues, commonly so little thought of, that there is no credit in

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