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counteractive of the spirit of poetry. They have no childhood of society to go back to for legends of the dimly distant past, where romance blends with history. They have no relics of feudal tyranny and papal superstition, scattered over their landscapes, to please the eye of taste, and to form an index to past times, while, as being ruins, they yield a feeling of complacency. They have none of the master-peices of Art, to rekindle, by the power of sympathy, the high creative imaginings which live in the sculptured or pictured originals. They have fewer of the delusions of half-defined sentiment spread over the scenes of real life. Perhaps the deficiency of sentiment, or rather, of that which is the source of sentiment. that which excites and feeds the finer sensibilities of our nature, the imagination, is the most striking deficiency in the American character. Women, and Home, are not the same words-do not comprehend the same associations on the other side of the Atlantic as they do with us: the notions there prevailing, are more nearly allied to those of the Parisians. Country does not mean the same: it cannot, so long as half the population consists of slaves; nor can Man mean the same in their pronunciation of the word, who do not recognise the rights of man. When to these considerations we add the habit of relying upon an imported literature, arising from the consciousness of native poverty and inferiority, and a calculating indolence which seeks to supply its wants at the cheapest rate of exertion, it is not to be wondered at that America has hitherto produced no genuine poet, scarcely any one, indeed, who has been able to make his name heard across the ocean. Mr. Paulding, however, deserves to be heard and honoured as a brilliant exception, &c.

ART. XI.-Literary Information from England.

Dr. Burrows's work on Insanity is in considerable forwardness, and may be expected in the ensuing season.

Mrs. Graham, author of a Journal of a Residence in India, who is now in Italy, is preparing for the press, Two Months' Residence in the Mountains near Rome, with some account of the Peasantry, and also of the Banditti that infest that neighbourhood.

The same lady has also been employing her time upon a life of Nicholas Poussin.

The Rev. Mr. Bulmer, of Haverford west, is preparing for publication, in one volume 8vo, The Vicar of Landovery; or light from the Welchman's Candle. In this work the" Divine Poems" of the Rev. Rees Prichard, the celebrated Vicar of Landovery, will be divested of numerous repetitions and defects, pecu

liar to the age in which they were written; and the most interesting parts of that popular book called "The Welchman's Candle," will be given in a modern dress. The preface will contain a new and enlarged account of the Vicar, and the whole will be illustrated with copious notes, partly relating to the progress and present state of religion in the principality.

In the press, an Introduction to the Writing of Latin; containing easy exercises on all the declineables, with arranged lists of the indeclineable parts of speech. Adapted to the Eton Latin Grammar. By James Mitchell.

The Rev. George Crolay, author of "Paris," a poem, is preparing for the press Specimens of the Living British Poets, with biographical notices and critical remarks.

The Rev. Mark Wilks will soon publish, some Account of the Present State of France, and of the recent persecu. tions in the South.

G. A. Robinson, Esq. is preparing for publication, Gleanings in Africa, collected during a long residence and many trading voyages in that country, particularly between Cape Verd and the river Congo.

M. Lavaysse's Political and Com. mercial Account of Venezuela, Trinidad, and other adjacent Islands, translated from the French, with notes and illustrations, is in the press.

Mr. James Hogg, author of the "Queen's Wake," is printing in two duodecimo volumes, Winter Evening Tales, collected in the south of Scotland.

Mr. John Wilson, author of the "Isle of Palms," will soon publish, Lays from Fairy Land.

A History of the House of Austria, from the foundation of the Monarchy, by Rodolph, to the death of Leopold II. 1218 to 1792, is printing in five octavo volumes.

The author of "Letters from Paraguay," will soon publish, in an octavo volume, Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, with a history of the latter country, illustrated by engravings.

Twenty-two Sermons, by the late Rev. James Stilling fleet, Prebendary of Worcester: with a memoir and portrait, will soon appear in an octavo volume.

Dr. Watkins has in great forwardness, a new edition of the General Biographical and Historical Dictionary, revised and continued to the present time.

Mr. L. J. Mac Henry has in the press, nearly ready, a third edition of his improved Spanish Grammar, designed especially for Self-instruction.

In a few days will be published, Christian Missions vindicated and encouraged; a Sermon preached at Queen-street Chapel, Lincolns-Inn. Fields, on Wednesday morning, June 23d. By Thomas Edmonds, A.M.

The Juvenile Miscellany, containing Geography, Astronomy, Chronology, Trade and Commerce, &c. &c. Adapted for the use of schools, and private tuition. By R. Humber. Second edition,

with considerable additions and corrections, is nearly ready.

Also, the Instructive Pocket Companion, containing a great variety of Anecdotes, Observations, Maxims, Calculations and Experiments, Philosophical, Historical, Literary, and Scientific, from the most eminent authors. By Joseph Taylor.

The new edition of Mr. M'Lean's valuable Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, in two octavo volumes, is in a state of considerable forwardness, and will be ready for publication on the 1st of November. The work is issued in parts, of which the fourth is now ready; it will be completed in six.

The Art of Instructing the Infant Deaf and Dumb, by Mr. Arrowsmith, illustrated with copper-plates, drawn and engraved by the author's brother, an artist born deaf and dumb, will be published in a few weeks.

In the press, America and the British Colonies; or an abstract of all the most useful information relative to the United States of America, and the British Colonies of Canada, the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, and Van Die-. man's Island; exhibiting at one view, the comparative advantages and disadvantages each country offers for emigration: collected from the most valuable and recent publications; with notes and observations by William Kingdom, junior.

In a few days will be published, a New Dictionary of Classical Quotations on an improved plan, accompanied by corresponding paraphrases, or translations from the works of celebrated British poets. By F. W. Blagdon, author of the "French Interpreter," &c.

We have the pleasure to learn that the impatience of the subscribers to Dr. Rees's Cyclopædia, is daily expected to be gratified by the publication of the conclusion of that valuable work.

In a few days will be published, the third edition of King Coal's Levee, or Geological Etiquette. With explanatory notes, and the council of the metals; to which is added, Baron Basalt's tour.

Mr. Taylor has published the first part of his Historical Account of the University of Dublin, (to consist of 12 parts) on an uniform plan with Mt.

Ackerman's Histories of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities. It is illustrated with three richly coloured engravings and twenty-four pages of descriptive letter-press. A part will be published every two months, till the whole is completed. The work is intended to contain about thirty coloured views, &c. and three hundred pages of letter-press. The subscription continues open to December 31st, after which the parts will be advanced. In the course of the work, several essays will be contributed, each by an eminent professor, on a science immediately connected with his own department. Elec. Rev.

List of the principal new British Publications.

A Memoir of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, translated from the Latin of the Reverend Dr. George Wishart, afterward Bishop of Edinburgh. To which are added, sundry Original Letters and Papers, never before published. With a portrait of Montrose. 8vo. 12s.

A Memoir of Charles Louis Sand; including a Narrative of the Circumstances attending the Death of Augustus Von Kotzebue: also, a defence of the German Universities. With an introduction and explanatory notes by the Editor. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Volume I. Part II, of Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a General Index to the Literature of Great Britain and Ireland ancient and Modern, with such foreign works as have been translated into English, or printed in the British Dominions; including also a copious selection from the writings of the most celebrated Authors of all ages and nations. By Robert Watt, M.D. 4to. 17. 1s. boards.

The Theory of Elocution; exhibited in connexion with a new and philosophical account of the nature of instituted language. By B. H. Smart, Professor of Elocution, and Public Reader of Shakspeare, 8vo. 7s. boards.

The Sufferings and Fate of the Expedition which sailed from England in Nov. 1817, to the rivers Oronoco and Apure, and joined the Patriotic Forces in Venezuela and Caraccas. By G. Hippisley, Esq. late colonel of the 1st Venezuelan Hussars. 8vo. 15s.

The Young Musician, or the Science of Music, familiarly explained; with a glossary of musical terms and phrases. 18mo. 3s. half-bound.

Remarks on the Conduct of Man to inferior Animals; on the Primeval State of Man; arguments from Scripture, Reason, Fact, and Experience, in Favour of a Vegetable Diet; on the Effects of Food; on the Practice of Nations and Individuals: Objections answered, &c. By G. Nicholson. 18mo. 5s. boards.

The Authoress, a Tale. By the Author of Rachel. f cap. 8vo. 5s.

A Manual of Directions, for forming a school according to the National or Madras System. By the Rev. G. I. Bevan, A. M. Vicar of Crickhowel. 12mo. 2s.

The Instructive Pocket Companion; containing a great variety of anecdotes, observations, maxims, calculations and experiments, philosophical, historical literary, and scientific, from the most eminent Authors. By Joseph Taylor. With an engraved frontispeice, representing a portable sun-dial. f. cap. 8vo. 4s. boards.

Parga, a poem, with illustrative Notes. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Musæ Biblicæ, or, The Poetry of the Bible. A selection of the most elegant poetical translations, paraphrases, and imitations of the Sacred Scriptures. With beautiful vignette title page by Charles Heath. 18mo. 6s.

A system of Theology, in a Series of Sermons. By the late Timothy Dwight, D.D. President of Yale College, Connecticut. With a life and portrait of the Author. 5 vols. 8vo.

Tales of the Hall. By the Rev. George Crabbe, 2 vols. 8 vo. 24s.

The Court of England in the Reign of Charles the First. Being a translation of Marschal Bassompiere's account of his Embassy to London, with Notes and commentaries. 8vo. 9s. 6d.

View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages. By Henry Hallam, Esq. A Second Edition, in 3 vols. 8vo.

36s.

Emmeline, an unfinished Tale, with some other Pieces. By the late Mrs. Brunton, Author of "Self-Control," and "Discipline:" To which is prefixed,a Memoir of her Life, including some

Extracts from her Correspondence. With a Portrait. Post 8vo. 10s, 6d.

The Court and Parliament of Beasts; translated from the Animali Parlanti of Giambattista Casti. By William Stewart Rose, f. cap. 8vo. 68. 6d.

Poems. By Robert Charles Dallas, youngest Son of Sir George Dallas, Bart. With a Portrait. Small 8vo. 8s. 6d.

A Chronological History of Voyages into the Polar Regions; undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a Noth East North-West, or Polar Passage. By John Barrow, F.R.S.8vo. 128.

A History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery, comprehending the early Eastern Navigations of the Russians, and the attempts which have been made by Ships of other Nations for the Discovery of a Passage by the NorthEast from the Atlantic Ocean to China. The whole in Chronological order. By Captain Jame Burney, F. R. S. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland. By J. T. James, A. M. Third Edition. 2 vols. 8vo., with Plates, 30s.

Journey from Moscow to Constantinople. With a Continuation of the Route to Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Petra Damascus, Balbec, Palmyra, &c.; in the Years 1817, 1818. By William Macmichael, M. D. F. R. Š., one of Dr. Radcliffe's Travelling Fellows, from the University of Oxford. With Six Plates, 4to. ll. 118. 6d.

The Antiquities of Sicily, consisting of the most interesting Views, Plans, &c.; with Descriptions, etched by Pinelli of Rome, from Drawings. By John Goldicutt, Architect, Member of the Academy of St. Luke, at Rome, folio, complete in three parts, 17. 58. each.

Journey Over Land from India, through Egypt, to England in the Year 1818. By Lieut.-Col. Fitz-Clarence, with Maps; Plans, and Views, 4to. 21.

18s.

Letters from the North of Italy, addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq. By William Stewart Rose. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s.

Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers, in the Year 1816, under the command of the Right Honourable Admiral Viscount Exmouth. By Mr. A. Salame', a Native of Alexandria in Egypt, Interpreter in His Britanic Ma-.

Jesty's Service for the Oriental Languages, who accompanied his Lordship for the subsequent Negotiations with the Dey. Published by Permission. With Plates. 8vo. 158.

Account of the Mission from Cape Coast Castle to the Kingdom of Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geograhical Notes of other Parts of the Interior of Africa. By Thomas Edward Bowdich, Conductor and Chief of the Embassy. With Sixteen coloured Plates, Maps, WoodCuts, &c. 4to. 31. 3s.

Second Memoir on Babylon. By Claudius James Rich, Esq. 8vo. 8s. 6d. Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, with Plates, 4to. 21. 12s. 6d.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Illustrated with Engravings. Vol. VIII. Part II. 4to. 11. 58.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Dublin. 4to. Vol. XIII. Part I. 158.

First Impressions; on a Tour upon the Continent, in the Summer of 1818, through part of France, Italy, Switzerland, the Borders of Germany, and a part of French Flanders. By Marianne Baillie, 8vo. With Plates. 158.

The History of Persia, from the most early Period to the present time. With an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of that Kingdom. By Col. Sir John Malcolm, K. C. B. and K. L. S., late Minister to the Court of Persia from the Supreme Government of India. 2 vols. royal 4to., with a Map, and Twenty-two Engravings. 81. 88.

The Unedited Antiquities of Attica; comprising the Architectural Remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium,and Thoricus. By the Dilettanti Society. Printed uniformly with Stuart's Athens, with 84 Plates, in folio. 107. 10s.

The Antiquities, Arts, and Literature of Italy. By Joseph Forsyth, Esq. Second Edition. With numerous and important corrections and additions, made by the Author previous to his recent decease, and a Life of the Author. 8vo. 15s.

Paganism and Christianity Compared, in a Course of Lectures to the King's Scholars at Westminster, in the years 1806-7-8. By John Ireland, DD. 8 vo. 10s. 6d.

Late Russian Publication. Broemsen's Russland &c.-A geographical manuel of the Empire of Russia, by Charles Maurice de Broemsen, 2 vols. The author employed for twenty years in the Russian army, traversed a great part of the countries which his book describes. Besides the geographical portion of the work, it contains information respecting the productions of the soil, the industry, commerce, manners, and customs of the inhabitants, &c. Revue Encyclopedique.

New German Works.

Vierthelers Geschichte der Menscher und Valker.-Philosopical History of men and nations, by F. W. Viertheler, 6th vol. containing the history of the Greeks from Phoroneus to Aristo

menes.

Passon's Turnziel.-Considerations on the purposes of gymnastic exercises, &c. by Dr. Passon, professor in the University of Breslaw.

Drais Geschichte Von Baden unter Carl Friedrick.-History of Baden, &c. 12th volume, by C. W. F. C. Baron Drais, president of the supreme tribunal at Baden.

New Italian and Sicilian Publications.

Memoria storica-fisico, &c.-Historical and physical memoir upon the Earthquake, which occurred Februrary 20th 1818, by Augostino Longo, published at Catana, near Mount Etna.

Nuovo Meccanismo &c.-New method of obtaining the most advantageous combustion of hydrogen and oxygen. Discourse read by Professor Anthony Crivelli to the Italian Institute. Milan, 8vo. &c.

Nuovi commentari di Medicina e di Chirurgia-By M. V. L. Bnera.

Principi di Legislazione criminale. -Principles of Criminal Law, by P. Fodera, Palermo.

Proposta di alcune correzioni, &c.Proposed corrections and additions to the de la Cruscan vocabulary. By the celebrated poet V. Monti. Milan.

Two of the most remarkable productions of the American press, during the last month are Dr. Ramsay's, (posthumous) "Universal History Americanized." and Mr. Breckenridge's work on south America. Report speaks not very favourably of the first. Of the latter we shall present our opinion in detail next month. Meantime we recommend it to the perusal of all American readers.

Some wags in Baltimore have com menced a periodical Jeu d'esprit called the "Red Book." It evinces humour, talent, and in the poetical department, good taste, but is it not a misapplication of all those qualities? The gentlemen who write for the Red Book and the author of Salmagundi (second series)—are wasting upon productions in their very nature ephemeral and useless powers of intellect; that otherwise applied might prove a lasting benefit and honour to themselves and their country.

In Hartford Connecticut, two of these little periodicals, have appeared. The Round Table and the Square Table. The first conducted, as pretended, by an association of bachelors, and the other by a similar company of ladiesThe first No. of each is rather dull and unpromising.

The splendid edition of the British Poets publishing by Messrs. Mitchell Ames and White, is in great forwardness. Mr. Walsh has succeeded Mr. Sanford (whose ill health has obliged him to seek a southern climate) in the composition of the lives of the poets, and the engravings do credit to the numerous artists engaged in furnishing the embellishments.

Mr. Sanderson's proposed Biography of the Signers of the declaration of Independence has a large subscription list, and bids fair to be a very popular work.

A Biography of Commodore Perry is also advertised.

The London Literary Gazette and Edinburgh Magazine contain very complimentary notices of Mr. Irving's "Sketch Book."

There is said to be a Fourth Series of Tales of My Landlord in preparation.

END OF VOL. XIV.

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