A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of America; containing a particular description of the States, Territories, Counties, Districts, Parishes, Cities, Towns and Villages, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Canals and Rail-Roads; with an abstract of the Census and Statistics for 1840, exhibiting a complete view of the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing and Literary condition and resources of the country BY DANIEL HASKELL, A. M. (late Presi dent of the University of Vermont,) and J. CALVIN SMITH, (author of a new map of the United States.) New-York: Sherman & Smith, corner of Cedar-st. and Broadway. 1846.

This is a most valuable work, prepared and issued at great expense and labor. We know of none which gives a better or more full exhibition of the present condition of the United States, or in which can be found such a mass of evidence of the

rapid increase of our population and wealth. The general information is brought down to the latest date; and all the existing post-offices, and their distance from the capital of the state in which they are located, and from Washington, given. No counting-house should be without it.

This enterprising firm have also issued a large map of the United States, to accompany the Gazetteer, comprising all the counties and towns of any note in the several states-probably the most full and authentic map to be found. Both of these will prove invaluable to men of business.

Contributions to the Edinburgh Review. By FRANCIS JEFFREY, now one of the Judges of the Court of Sessions in Scotland. 4 vols. in one. Carey & Hart.

This volume contains a choice selection, by himself, of the contributions of Francis, now Lord Jeffrey, to the Edinburgh Review, during the long period of 38 years, viz. from Oct., 1802, to Oct., 1840. From the year 1803 to 1829 Mr. Jeffrey was the sole editor of the Edinburgh. At that time he was elected to the office of Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and he withdrew in consequence, from the management of the work which he had so long and ably conducted. The collection now presented to us, under the sanction of the author, embraces the ablest reviews of the ablest reviewer of the age, and, notwithstanding the length of time that has elapsed since the publication of some of them, affords a rare and valuable series of papers. It is dedicated to the late Rev. Sydney Smith, the original proprietor of the Edinburgh Review.

Self-Formation: or, the History of an Individual Mind; intended as a guide for the Intellect through Difficulties to Success. Wm. Crosby & H. P. Nichols, Boston.

This is a valuable and useful work on

the subject of self-education. It is perand meets the case as no other, among the fectly original, both in plan and execution, multitudinous books which have appeared with a similar design has at all succeeded in doing. It is that which the unaided searcher for mental elevation and improvement wants to give him impulse, aid and encouragement in the arduous and often disheartening task of self-discipline. To him to whom self-education is the only instruc tor he can have-and who can have better

there can be no better aid in teaching him to think, to speak, and to compose, than

this book.

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H. B. M. S. Beagle round the world. BY CHARLES DARWIN, M. A., F. R. S. In two vols. Harper & Brothers.

The voyage of the Beagle, under the direction of the British Government, was a scientific exploring expedition, and, at special request of the Lords of the Admiralty, Mr. Darwin accompanied it. The results of his labors were published in several elaborate and costly volumes of great value to the scientific world, but far beyond the reach of the larger proportion of the leading world. The volumes before us were prepared in a most acceptable form, com prising, in a condensed view, the general results of the expedition, imparting the information, collected by such an expenditure of money, time and scientific skill, to the reading world, in two elegant volumes of Harper's New Miscellany, at fifty cents each. The narrative is enlivened with the most interesting incidents of persoual adventure, while it developes new and important facts in Geology, Natural History and Geography. We cannot but look upon this class of publications as the most desirable to lay before the community, and we doubt not but it will become the most popular. The appetite soon palls with the exciting verbiage which has of late deluged the market, and the perusal of which occupies the time and vitiates the taste without adding to the stock of knowledge. The journey of Parrott to Ararat, which we have before noticed as part of the same series of publications with the volumes of Darwin, are equally as interesting as the most popular romances of the day, while they convey solid information of the most desirable kind.

Typee; a Residence in the Marquesas. By SHERMAN MELVILLE. Wiley & Putnan, 161 Broadway, New-York.

These volumes are perhaps of the most interesting of Wiley & Putnam's deservedly popular "Library of American Books." The adventures are of a youth in the romantic islands of the Pacific Ocean, among a strange race of beings, whose manners and modes of life are by no means familiar to us. The scenes, described with peculiar animation and vivacity, are of a description that must task the credulity of most plain matter of fact people; yet they are without doubt faithfully sketched, and afford evidence of "how little half the world knows how the other half lives." The fairy vales of the Marquesas are represented as presenting all that nature and a most favored clime can contribute to the happiness and enjoyment of man, and inhabited by a primitive race with whom the intercourse of the author appears to have been on the best possible terms. The volumes are of a most amusing and interesting description.

The Design of the Church as an Index to her Real Nature and the true law of her Communions. By JOHN MILLER, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Frederick, Md. Saxton & Miles, 205 Broadway.

This is a small, but well got up volume, mostly occupied with doctrinal views of the author upon the topic indicated in the title. The plan of the work seems to be a division of four periods, of ten thousand years each, indicating that at each successive period God gave by Adam, by Abraham, by Christ and by Luther, to man, a pure religion, which successively grew corrupt by exalting of externals." The matter is treated well and forcibly.

The Wilderness and the War Path. By JAMES HALL, Author of London Tales. Wiley & Putnam, New-York.

This volume forms Number 15 of the "Library of American Books." The author, Mr. Hall, is well known as the able author of "Notes on Western States," 'Legends of the West," &c., and is probably more familiar with the habits and manners of the North American Indian than any living author. His well known power of description adds a charm to the series of stories before us, illustrative of that aboriginal character which Mr. Hall is so well calculated to portray. The stories are highly interesting, and constructed with great ingenuity.

Jessie's Flirtations. By the author of "Kate in Search of a Husband." Harper & Brothers,

This is a very interesting story of some 115 pages, published in the neat and incredibly cheap style in which the Messrs. Harpers have put out the most readable and popular works of the age.

The Old Continental; or The Price of Liberty. By J. K. PAULDING. NewYork, Paine & Burgess, 61 John-street. This is a welcome present to the admirers of the "Dutchman's Fireside." It will, however, be more highly appreciated, when it is known that many of the incidents of the tale and some of its actors are historical and traditious. It is a faithful picture of the deeds and sufferings of that sturdy race of patriots, who, in the times that tried men's souls," won the priceless jewel of liber y, that it is our great privilege to preserve and transmit to posterity. The work delineates the toils and sufferings so cheerfully borne by our progenitors as the price of freedom.

The Philosophy of Reform. By the Rev. C. BILLINGS SMITH. New-York, Gates & Steadman.

its author is avowed to be developed in a This is a neat volume, and the design of the exact position for which man was creanew plan of discovery, and pointing out ted and to which he will one day attain. This plan appears to be the tracing of the influence of the Church upon past epochs of reformation that have succeeded each other since the creation of the world, and Christ. The plan is pursued with vigor more particularly since the coming of and tact. How far an attentive perusal of the work will go to carry conviction to the minds of the readers, is a matter of which experience is the best test.

A First Latin Book. By T. K. ARNOLD, M. A., Rector of Lyndon, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; carefully revised and corrected by Rev. J. A. SPENCER, A. M., (from the fifth London edition.) New-York, D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia, G. S. Appleton. 1846.

Those who have had even a brief experience in the study of the ancient languages, can appreciate the value of a system which, beginning with the simplest parts of speech, proceeds, step by step, to develope their nature and relations in a se.