attractive in some authorities in the His dates are not errors, the results

tory; too little, perhaps, of the ornamental. He lacks the picturesqueness of style which makes history so authors. He does not give the student his margin, as it seems to us he ought to do. always to be relied upon. We notice some of haste, which we trust he will correct in a second edition. Thus, in Volume I. p. 257, he says that Locke maintained that men's souls, "mortal by generation, are made immortal by Christ's purchase." It is well known that this was the opinion of Dodwell, who makes baptism a condition sine quâ non of immortality, but we have never found the doctrine in Locke.

In Volume II. page 397, et seq., he omits some important particulars. The provincial troops, who comprised the entire land forces, were deprived of all share of the prize money, which amounted to one million pounds. The land forces were entitled to the greater part of it, but got none; the expense of these forces remained a long time a heavy burden on the colonies, and especially on Massachusetts. Commodore Warren, and the naval forces, kept the whole of the prize money, which was contrary to all law, usage, and equity.

On page 518, he calls Lord Grenville "Bute's chancellor of the exchequer." George Grenville was chancellor of the exchequer, but was never a lord. Bute was never in the ministry. George Grenville was not of the party called "king's friends," as Mr. Hildreth intimates on page 533.

Volume III. page 58, Dean Tucker is called "author of the Light of Nature," which was written by a country gentleman rejoicing in the name of Abraham Tucker, with a literary alias Edward Search.

Page 62: "The private sentiments of Lord North were not materially different from those of Chatham." They differed in almost every material point, as to the right of taxation, and the expediency of asserting it by force.

Page 66, the bridge spoken of was in Salem, not between Salem and Danvers; it was not a company of militia under Colonel Pickering, but a party of citizens.

Page 319, the praise of Arnold appears excessive. He was hardly "one of the most honored [officers] in the American army." He was distinguished for courage more than conduct, and not at all for integrity.

Page 418, he speaks of an intercepted letter, which "seemed to imply a settled policy, on the part of France, to exclude the Americans from the fisheries and the Western lands." Mr.

Sparks, in his Life of Franklin, has successfully vindicated the French court from the charge of ill faith in these negotiations.

Page 419, he relies on John Adams' letter to Cushing, as authority for an odious sentiment ascribed to Mr. Adams. This letter was a forgery, and was so pronounced by Mr. Adams himself, in a letter written at the close of his administration, dated the 4th of March, 1801, and published extensively in the newspapers of that period. It is in the Columbian Centinel.

These are slight blemishes, which may easily be corrected in a new edition.

On the whole, this history must be regarded as a work of much value and importance. It is written in the American spirit, in a style always brief but always clear, without a single idle word. We look with high expectations for the volume. which will bring the history down to our own times.

ART. VI. SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES. 1.-The Annual of Scientific Discovery: or Year Book of Facts in Science and Art. Exhibiting the most Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Material Philosophy, &c. &c. &c. Edited by DAVID A. WELLS, SR., Boston. 1850. 12mo. pp. 392.

& George BLISS, JR.

THIS volume sets the mental activity of the age in a more striking light than any work that we remember to have seen. It contains many curious facts; the book is well arranged, well printed, and provided with a good index. But it is an unscientific work, and contains much that is not valuable. Many things are stated on the authority of common newspapers, some on no authority that is referred to. We were surprised to see the story of "Men with Tails," in such a work.

2.-Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Second Meeting held at Cambridge, August, 1849. Boston. 1850. 8vo. pp. xx. and 459.

THIS is full of interesting and valuable matter relating to Botany, Geology, Chemistry, Astronomy. One of the most remarkable papers is that on Phyllotaxis, by Professors Gray and Pierce. The volume is furnished with an index, but lacks a table of contents.

3.-Memoiren von März, 1848, bis Juli, 1849. Beitrag zur Geschichte der Wiener Revolution von Dr. ANTON FÜSTER, &c., &c. Frankfurt, a M. 1850. 2 vols., 12mo., pp. 296 and 304.

DR. FÜSTER was formerly a Professor of Theology at Görz, for eight years Preacher at Triest, Dom-Prediger at Laibach, and at length, in 1847, Professor of Theology and Pædagogy at the University of Vienna. He was apparently a Catholic, but distinguished for liberal opinions. He was one of the leaders in the beginning of the Revolution at Vienna, the Commander of the Academic Legion, and for some time the actual Ruler of Vienna. At the failure of the Revolution, he was obliged to flee for his life. These two volumes, containing his account of the Austrian Revolution, are authentic and interesting. They are written with a good deal of minute detail, in a style singularly fresh and vigorous. Some of the speeches of Dr. Füster indicate great powers of popular oratory. He is now in Boston, no longer a Catholic. He preaches on his own account to a German congregation every Sunday evening, advocating the liberal principles of Protestantism. He is a learned and accomplished man. The Austrian persecu

tion still follows him to America.

4.- The Scarlet Letter: a Romance.

By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Boston. 1850. 12mo. pp. IV. and 322. EVERYBODY will rejoice that Mr. Hawthorne has broken his long silence and given us another tale. For power of conception and beauty of execution, we think this a great deal superior to any of his former productions. The romance would be an ornament to any literature in the world. We are glad to learn that its sale has been rapid beyond precedent for a work of this character.

5.-Poems. By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. In two volumes, a new edition.

and 475; vi. and 452.

Boston. 1850. 12mo. pp. XVI.

MR. LONGFELLOW is the most popular poet of America, and his many friends for we think so loving a spirit has no enemies - will welcome these two beautiful volumes, full of their old favorites. The author has collected here all the pieces from his pen which he wishes to preserve; all but one we think have been published before, the Prelude, a pleasing introduction to the series which follows.

6.-The Life and Religion of Mohammed, as contained in the Sheeah Traditions of the Hyat-ul-Kuloob. Translated from the Persian. By REV. JAMES L. MERRICK, eleven years Missionary to the Persians. Member of the American Oriental Society. Boston. 1850. 8vo. pp. XVI. and 489.

THIS is one of the most valuable contributions to the Mohammedan literature of the Christian world which has been made for many years. Mr. Merrick translates from the second volume of the Hyâtul-Kuloob, or Life of Hearts, a work written by Mohammed Bâker, a celebrated and voluminous Persian author, who was born about A. D. 1627, and died about 1697. All the lives of Mohammed, known to the Christians hitherto, have been derived from a single sect of Mohammedans,- the Sunnees; this comes from the rival sect, the Sheeahs. The book is curious and entertaining as well as instructive. The translation has been executed with great care and fidelity by Mr. Merrick. We would say more of it here, but have prepared an elaborate article on the subject, which will appear in another place.

7.-The Optimist. By HENRY T. TUCKERMAN, &c. New York. 1850. 12mo. pp. XII. and 273.

THIS volume contains twenty-two essays on "all sorts of subjects," such as New England Philosophy, and New York Colonists, Hands, Hair, Manner, Flowers, Humor, Love and the Weather. These several papers are of quite unequal merit, but some of them are original in thought and written in a fresh and pleasing style. The author does not aim at a very "high praise," but has written an agreeable book.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Aristotelis Metaphysica recognovit et ennarravit Hermannus Bonitz, &c. Bonnæ. 1848-9. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xx. and 278; VI. and 626.

Cassii Dionis Cocceiani Rerum romanorum Libri Octoginta ab Immanuele Bekkero recogniti. Lipsia. 1849. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. VI. 536 and 593.

Chronologie der Apostolischen Zeitalters bis zum Tode des Apostel Paulus und Petrus. Ein Versuch über die Chronologie und Abassungszeit des Apostelgeschichte and der paulinischen Briefe. Von Dr. Karl Wieseler, &c. &c. Göttingen. 1848. 8vo. pp. XVI. and 606.

Ed:

Friedrich Schleiermacher's Literarischer Nachlass. Zur Philosophie, Siebenter Band, Erziehungslehre. Berlin. 1849. 8vo. pp. xxvI. and 816. Sancti Irenæi Episcopi lugdunensis quæ supersunt Omnia, &c. &c. Adolphus S. Stierren. Tomi 1. Pars I. Lips. 1848. pp. VIII. and 320. Tomi 11. Pars I. [Apparatus.] pp. VIII. and 528.

Das Evangelium und die Briefe Johannis nach ihrem Lehrbegriff dargestellt von Dr. Adolf Hilgenfeld, &c. Halle. 1849. pp. VIII. and 356.

Handbuch der Kirchlichen Geographie und Statistik von den Zeiten der Apostel, bis zu dem Anfange des XVI. ten Jahrhunderts, &c. &c. Von J. E. T. Willisch. Berlin. 1846. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. vi. and 534, x. and 426.

Die Zitten und Gebräuche der Deutschen und ihrer Nachbarvölker mit Bezugsnahme auf die Mythen und Volkssagen, von F. Nork. (Vol. X11. of the Kloster.") Stuttgart. 1849. 16mo. pp. VIII. and 1188.

Dr. Philipp Mahrheinicke Theologische Vorlesungen, herausgegeben von Stephan Matthies und Vatke. Berlin. 1847-1849. 4 vols. 8vo. pp. XXX. and 641, x. and 593, vi. and 626, vi. and 693.

Eie Erdkunde von Asien von Carl Ritter. Band VIII., IIte Abt. Die SinaiHalbinsel. Berlin. 1848. 8vo. (Vol. XIV. of the book.) pp. XVIII. and 1141. Die Wahre und falsche Orthodoxie. Eine Geschichtliche Darstellung von Dr. C. F. von Ammon. Lips. 1848. 8vo. pp. XIV. and 322.

Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, delivered at the Royal Institutions in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. By the Rev. Sydney Smith M. A., London. 1850. 8vo. pp. XII. and 424.

Essays on his own Times, forming a second series of the Friend. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Edited by his daughter. London. 1850. 3 vols. 12mo. pp. XCIII. and 1034.

Lamartine on Atheism. Atheism among the People. By Alphonse de Lamartine. Boston. 1850. 12vo. pp. 71.

Anthropology; or the Science of Man, in its Bearing on War and Slavery, &c. &c. &c. By Henry C. Wright. Cincinnati. 1850. 12mo. pp. 96.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq., with notes by the Publisher, H. H. Milman, &c. A new edition, to which is added a complete index of the whole work. In six volumes. Boston. 1850. Vol. II. III and IV. 12mo. pp. xiv. and 593., xv. and 643, XVI. and 637. [This is reprinted from Milman's latest edition.]

The Heavenly Union, or New Jerusalem, on Earth. Its Principles, Practices, and Persuasions, as applicable to our Age. By William H. Porter, &c. Boston. 1850. 12mo. pp. XIV. and 280.

The Harmony of Interests, Agricultural, Manufacturing, and Commercial. By H. C. Cary. Philadelphia. 1850. 8vo. Three parts.

Pride and Prejudice, a novel. By Miss Austin, with a biographical notice of the author. 1849. 12mo. pp. 26.

Duties of Young Men. By E. H. Chapin. Revised edition. Boston. 1850. 18mo. pp. VI. and 203.

Duties of Young Women. By E. H. Chapin. Boston. 1850. 16mo. pp. VI. and 216.

A History of Jesus. By W. H. Furness. Boston. 1850. 12mo. pp. 292. The Angel World, and other Poems. By J. H. Bailey. Boston. 1850. 12mo. pp. 114.

Frontenac, or the Atotarho of the Iroquois, a metrical Romance. By Alfred B. Street. 12mo. [Notice in next number.]

Tea and the Tea Trade, &c. &c., by Gideon Nye, Jr., of Canton. Third edition. New York. 8vo. pp. 56.

Latter-Day Pamphlets, edited by Thomas Carlyle, &c. Boston. 1850. 12mo. No. I. The Present Time. pp. 60.

No. II. Model Prisons. pp. 47.

No. III. Downing Street. pp. 49.

No. IV. The New Downing Street. pp. 57.

No. V. The Stump Orator. pp. 54. [We hope to speak of these at length when the series is finished.]

Letters to the Hon. William W. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, on his recent Treasury Report. The Injurious Effects of Protective and Prohibitory Duties, and the Advantages of Free Trade, &c., &c. By S. D. Bradford, Esq., &c. Boston. 1850. 8vo. pp. 36.

Free Schools; an Address delivered before the Onondaga Teachers' Institute, April 20, 1850. By William Crandall, &c. Syracuse. 1850. 8vo. pp. 15.