alike our present and future existence. How much more important is it, that our notions on these subjects should be full and clear, than that our cotton cloth should be ten, instead of twenty cents a yard, or our sugar cheaper by a half-penny a pound! We say not this for the purpose of disparaging the physical sciences, or their application to the mechanic arts. There is room in the world for all sorts of occupations; and it is important, that all the branches of art and science should be carried to the highest possible degree of perfection. We merely intend to remark as a feature in some of these essays, the disposition to leave almost entirely out of view the more important of the two great divisions of science, and to attend exclusively to the less important one. This disposition is, we think, in some degree characteristic of the general pursuits and occupations of the age. As one of the minor symptoms of this tendency, we may remark, that in the London University, an institution founded substantially under the same auspices with the British Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, the chairs of moral science were for a long time, and as far as we are informed, still are vacant; partly, we suppose, from the want of interest in the directors in this branch of learning, and partly from the difficulty of finding suitable persons: both causes being only different indications of the same general fact. At Harvard College, in like manner, there are ten or fifteen persons employed in different ways in giving instruction in physical science; while the whole vast field of moral philosophy is intrusted to one. In short, the great glory of the modern world lies in the cultivation of physical science, and its application to the useful arts. The improvement of moral science has not by any means been proportional; and it might not perhaps be difficult to trace to the comparative neglect of this study and its consequently less improved state, some of the practical defects in the social and political condition of the nations of Christendom. But this inquiry is too extensive, to be entered on at present. We have little doubt, that the publishers of the work before us will make up for their apparent inattention to the moral sciences in the introductory volume, by allowing them a larger space, and a fuller developement in those that are to follow.

QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ANNUALS.

The Token; a Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1832, with Twenty Engravings. Boston. Gray & Bowen. 16mo. pp. 396. The Atlantic Souvenir for 1832, with numerous Plates, by the first Artists. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea.

BIOGRAPHY.

The Life of Emanuel Swedenborg. With some Account of his Writings; together with a brief Notice of the Rise and Progress of the New Church. Boston. Allen & Goddard. 12mo. pp. 188.

Memoirs of the Rev. John Townsend, Founder of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb and of the Congregational School. First Edition. Boston. Crocker & Brewster.

Memoirs of Mrs. Susan Huntington, of Boston, Massachusetts; designed for the Young. By an Early Friend. New Haven. A. H. Maltby. 18mo. pp. 129.

Memoirs of Sebastian Cabot. By an American. Carey & Lea. 8vo.

BOTANY.

Philadelphia.

Familiar Lectures on Botany, including Practical and Elementary; with Generic and Specific Descriptions of the most common Native and Foreign Plants, and a Vocabulary of Botanical Terms, for the higher Schools and Academies. By Mrs. Almira H. Lincoln, Vice-Principal of Troy Female Seminary. Hartford. H. & F. J. Huntingdon. 12mo. pp. 428.

The American Botanical Register, containing the Description, Specific Character, Culture, History, and Application in the Arts, of the Plants exclusively indigenous to America; together with the systematic_and common Synonyms, the scientific Names accentuated, and their Etymology explained. Washington. Thompson & Homans. Nos. 1, 2, 3.

EDUCATION.

The First Book of History, for Children and Youth. By the Author of Parley's Tales. With Sixty Engravings and Sixteen Maps. Boston. Richardson, Lord, & Holbrook. 16mo. pp. 180.

The Young Astronomer; designed for Common Schools. Illustrated by Cuts. By Samuel Worcester, Author of several popular Books. Boston. Richardson, Lord, & Holbrook. 24mo. pp. 80.

The Infant School Reader, with One Hundred and Fifty Spelling Lessons of Words of One Syllable. By W. Ballantine. With Cuts. Philadelphia. Key & Mielke. 18mo. pp. 146.

The Child's History of the United States; designed as a First Book of History for Schools. Illustrated by numerous Anecdotes. Boston. Carter, Hendee, & Babcock. 24mo. pp. 144.

Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology, for Classical Schools. By Charles K. Dillaway, A. M. Instructer in the Boston Latin School. Boston. Lincoln & Edmands. 12mo. pp. 161.

The Young Ladies' Class-Book; a Selection of Lessons for Reading in Prose and Verse. By Ebenezer Bailey, Principal in the Young Ladies' High School. Boston. Lincoln & Edmands. 12mo. pp. 408.

Essays on School-Keeping; comprising Observations on the Qualifications of Teachers, on School Government, and on the most approved · methods of Instruction in the various branches of useful Education. By an experienced Teacher. Philadelphia. John Grigg. 18mo. pp. 200. The Moral Class-Book, or the Law of Morals derived from the created Universe, and from revealed Religion, Intended for Schools. By William Sullivan, Counsellor at Law. Boston. Richardson, Lord, & Holbrook. 12mo. pp. 282.

The Teacher's Gift to his Pupils. With numerous Engravings. Boston. Gray & Bowen. 18mo. pp. 144.

Lessons or Things; intended to improve Children in the practice of Observation, Reflection, and Description. Edited by John Frost. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 18mo. pp. 180.

A Complete Treatise on the Genders of French Nouns. By A. Bolmar. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 12mo. pp. 14.

Elements of French Grammar. By M. Lhomond, Professor Emeritus in the University of Paris. Translated from the French, with additional Notes, for the Use of Schools. By H. W. Longfellow, Professor of Modern Languages in Bowdoin College. Boston. Gray & Bowen. An Abridged History of the United States of America, for Schools; intended as a sequel to 'Hildreth's View of the United States.' Boston. Carter, Hendee, & Babcock. 12mo. pp. 248.

A Treatise on Perspective. By B. F. Nutting. Boston. Munroe & Francis. 4to.

A Book of French Verbs, wherein the Model Verbs and several of the most difficult are conjugated Affirmatively, Negatively, and Interrogatively, with numerous Notes and Directions; to which is added, a Complete List of all the Irregular Verbs. By A. Bolmar. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea.

Introduction to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets, for the use of Young Persons at School or College. Philadelphia. Carey and Lea. Geographia Classica: a Sketch of Ancient Geography for the use of Schools. By the Rev. S. Butler. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo.

LAW.

Law Summary; a Collection of Legal Tracts on subjects of general application in business. By B. L. Oliver, Counsellor at Law. Boston. Marsh & Capen. 8vo. pp. 348.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Directions for Making Anatomical Preparations, formed on the basis of Pole, Marjolin, and Breschet. By Usher Parsons, M. D. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. 8vo. pp. 316.

The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. By the Authority of the National Medical Convention at Washington, 1830. Philadelphia. John Grigg. 8vo. pp. 268.

An Essay upon the Nature and Sources of the Malaria, or Noxious Miasma. By Charles Caldwell, M. D. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. Broussais on Chronic Inflammations. Translated from the French. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. Two Volumes. 8vo.

American Dispensatory, Eighth Edition, improved and greatly enlarged. By John Redman Coxe, M. D. Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy in the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea. One Volume. 8vo.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Letters on Junius, addressed to John Pickering, Esq. showing that the Author of that celebrated Work was Earl Temple. By Isaac Newhall. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 276. The American Library of Useful Knowledge. Published by Authority of the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Boston. Stimpson & Clapp. Volumes I. and II. 12mo.

The Adventures of a Yankee; or the singular Life of John Ledyard. With an Account of his Voyage round the World with the celebrated Captain Cook. Boston. Carter, Hendee, & Babcock. 24mo. pp. 90.

Lectures on Witchcraft; comprising a History of the Delusion in Salem in 1692. By C. W. Upham, Junior Pastor of the First Church in Salem. Boston. Carter, Hendee, and Babcock. 18mo. pp. 280. Whig against Tory, or the Military Adventures of a Shoemaker; a Tale of the Revolution, for Children. New Haven. A. H. Maltby. 24mo. pp. 104.

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The Story of Lafayette, as told by a Father to his Children. By the Author of Children's Robinson Crusoe.' Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 18mo. pp. 284.

The Child's Book of the Soul. By Rev. T. H. Gallaudet. Illustrated in Familiar Dialogue. Hartford. Cooke & Co. 24mo. pp. 127. The New England Magazine, Nos. 1, 2, for July and August. By J. T. & E. Buckingham. Boston. Munroe & Francis. 8vo.

The Story of the American Revolution; illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes. With numerous Engravings. By Lambert Lilly, Schoolmaster. Philadelphia. Key & Mielke. 18mo. pp. 204.

Selections from the Writings of Fenelon. With a Memoir of his Life. By a Lady. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 294.

The Northern Traveller and Northern Tour; with the Routes to the Springs, Niagara, and Quebec. Also, the Tour of New England. New Edition, embellished with Copperplate Engravings. New York. J. & J. Harper. 18mo. pp. 444.

Stories about Dr. Franklin, for the Instruction and Amusement of Children. A new Edition. New York. Pendleton & Hill. 24mo, pp. 64.

Reminiscences of the French War; containing Rogers' Expedition, with the New England Rangers under his Command. To which is added, an Account of the Life and Military Services of Major-General John Stark. Concord. Luther Roby. 12mo. pp. 265.

Letters on Practical Subjects, to a Daughter. By William B. Sprague, Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Albany. Second Edition. New York. J. P. Haven. 12mo. pp. 224.

Vacations at Home. In Two Parts. New Haven. Jeremy L. Cross. 2 vols. 18mo.

Easy Rhymes for Children from Five to Ten Years of Age. By a Lady, the Author of 'Cato,' &c. New York. M. Day. 16mo. pp. 90.

Annals of Yale College in New Haven, Conn., from its Foundation to the Year 1831. With an Appendix, containing Statistical Tables, and exhibiting the Present Condition of the Institution. By Ebenezer Baldwin. New Haven. Hezekiah Howe. 8vo. pp. 324.

Adventures of a French Soldier, exemplifying the Evil, Crime, and Sufferings of War. With Reflections by Philanthropos, Author of 'The Sword,' &c. Boston. James Loring. 18mo. pp. 108.

The Aurora Borealis, or Flashes of Wit, calculated to drown Dull Care, and eradicate the Blue Devils. With original Etchings, designed and executed by D. C. Johnston. Boston. 18mo. pp. 216.

Letters to a Mother. By the Author of 'Helen and Maria,' 'Ellen,' &c. Boston. L. C. Bowles. 18mo. pp. 67.

The Federalist, on the New Constitution, written in the Year 1788, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. With an Appendix, containing the original Articles of Confederation; the Letter of General Washington, as President of the Convention, to the President of Congress; the Constitution of the United States, and the Amendments to the Constitution. A new Edition, with a Table of Contents, and a copious Alphabetical Index. The Numbers written by Mr. Madison corrected by himself. Washington. Thompson & Homans. 12mo. pp. 420.

The American Gardener. By John Gardiner and David Hepburn. To which is added, a Treatise on Gardening, by a Citizen of Virginia. Also, a few Hints on the Cultivation of Native Vines, and Directions for Making Domestic Wines. Washington City. Thompson & Homans. One Volume. 12mo. pp. 304.

Encyclopædia Americana, Vol. VII.; a Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, and Politics; brought down to the Present Time, and including a copious Collection of Articles in American Biography. On the basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations Lexicon. By Dr. Francis Leiber, assisted by Edward Wigglesworth, Esq. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea.

NATURAL HISTORY.

A Natural History of the Globe, of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants. From the writings of Buffon, Cuvier, Lacepede, and other eminent Naturalists. Edited by John Wright, Member of the Zoological Society of London. A new Edition, with improvements from Geoffrey, Griffith, Richardson, Lewis and Clark, Long, Wilson, and others. With Five Hundred Engravings. Five Volumes. Boston. Gray & Bowen. 18mo.