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LIST OF LATE PUBLICATIONS.

ARTS(including Civil Architecture, and Manufactures in general.) Considerations upon the Art of Mining. By W. H. Keating, A. M. 8vo. pp. 88 Philadelphia.

CHEMISTRY-and Natural History, (including Geol. Mineral. Bot. and Zool.) Brande's Manual of Chemistry, with alterations and additions, by W. J. Macneven, Prof. &c. &c. [In the press by Geo. Long.] NewYork.

EDUCATION—(including Philology, Dictionaries and Grammars.)

An Etymological Dictionary, or Analysis of the English Language : containing the radicals or definitions of words derived from the Greek, Latin, and French Languages, and all the generally used technical and polite phrases, adopted from the French and Latin. By William Grimshaw, author of the History of England, &c. &c. 12mo. Philad.

History of the United States, &c. By William Grimshaw, author of the preceding, &c. 2d edition. 12mo. pp. 278.

The Merchant, or Practical Accountant: being a series of mercantile accounts, in which the merchant is introduced into business, and carried through its various vicissitudes, both prosperous and adverse; in single and partnership business. The principles drawn from actual experience. By Thomas H. Goddard. 4to. pp. 202. Charles Starr. New-York.

A Grammar of the English Language. By J. R. Chandler, 12mo. Philadelphia.

History of the United States, with a brief account of some of the principal Empires and States; for the Use of Schools and Families. By a citizen of Massachusetts. 2d edition. 12mo. Keene, N. H. John Prentiss.

(Foreign.) Euler's Elements of Algebra. 2d edition. Cambridge. Lacroix's Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic. 2d edition. Cambridge.

HISTORY-(including Antiquities and Biography.)

Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters. By Samuel L. Knapp. Vol. 1. 8vo. pp. 360. Boston. Richardson & Lord.

Life and Character of Commodore Stephen Decatur, late Post Captain in the United States Navy. 2d edition, corrected and enlarged. By S. Putnam Waldo, Esq. Hartford, Conn.

The Life of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, with an appendix. By John M. Niles, Esq. 2d edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. pp. 384. Hartford, Conn.

Collections of the New-York Historical Society. Vol. III. for the year 1821. 8vo. pp. 375. New-York. Bliss & White.

Extracts from the Journal kept by the Rev. Thomas Smith, late pastor of the First Church in Falmouth, Maine, from the year 1720 to 1788, with an appendix. Portland.

Memoirs of the American Revolution, from its commencement to the year 1776, inclusive; as relating to the State of South Carolina : and occasionally referring to the States of North Carolina and Georgia. By John Drayton, LL. D. author of a " View of South Carolina," and Memb. of the Roy. Soc. of Sciences of Gottingen. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 829. Charleston.

Memoir upon the Negotiations between Spain and the United States, which led to the Treaty of 1819, with a statistical notice of that country. 8vo. Washington,

A Biographical Memoir of Samuel Bard, M. D. LL. D. late Pres. Coll. Phys. & Surg. Univ. State of N. Y. with a critique upon his writings. Read before the N. Y. Hist. Soc. Aug. 1821. By Henry William Ducachet, M. D. 8vo. pp. 27. Philad.

Vindicia Hiberniæ, or Ireland vindicated: an attempt to develop and expose a few of the multifarious errors and misrepresentations respecting Ireland, in the histories of May, Temple, Whitelock, Borlase, Rushworth, Clarendon, Cox, Carte, Leland, Warner, Macauley, Hume, and others, particularly in the legendary tales of the conspiracy and pretended massacre of 1641. A new edition. [To

be published in a few months by M. Carey, revised, improved, and enlarged.]

(Foreign.) Ten Years' Exile-or Memoirs of that interesting period of the Life of the Baroness de Stael Holstein, written by herself, during the years 1810, 11, 12 and 13, and now first published from the original manuscript. By her son. Translated from the French. 12mo. pp. 280. New-York.

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt. By George Tomline, D. D. F. R. S. Lord Bishop of Winchester. Svo. 2 vols. pp. 916. Philadelphia, A. Small.

View of the state of Europe during the Middle Ages. By Henry Hallam. 8vo. 4 vols. Philadelphia.

LAW (including Forensic Speeches.)

Johnson's Reports. Vol. 18th. New-York.

Campbell's Reports at Nisi Prius-with copious notes and references to American decisions, by Samuel Howe, Counsellor at Law. Vol. 3d. Gould & Treadway. Charleston. [Vol. 4th in the press.]

A practical Treatise on Bills of Exchange, &c. By Joseph Chitty, Barrister, &c. A new edition, from the 5th Lond. edit. re-composed, enlarged, and improved, with notes of the leading cases, an index of their names, and an appendix of precedents, to which are added the most important cases decided in the Courts of the U. S. and of the several States. pp. 844. Carey & Sons.

A Treatise on the Civil Jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace in the State of New-York. By Esek Cowen, Esq. 8vo. pp. 772. Albany.

Report of the Trial of James Prescott, Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex, by Impeachment, before the Senate of Massachusetts. By Octavius Pickering and William H. Gardiner. 8vo. Boston.

Reports of Gases argued and determined in the General Court and Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland, from the year 1800 to 1805, inclusive. By Harris and Johnson. 8vo. Annapolis.

(Foreign.) Phillips on Evidence-royal 8vo. [In the Press] Boston. Vesey's Reports-vol. 8th. Carey & Sons.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench. By Barnwell and Alderson. Vol. III. Boston.

MATHEMATICS-(including Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying, Military and Naval Works.)

Chapman's Tables of Interest, calculated according to equitable and legal principles, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. NewYork.

MEDICINE (Including Anatomy, Surgery, and Pharmacy.)

An Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery. By Thomas Denman, M. D. From the last London edition, revised by the author. With notes and emendations, by John W. Francis, M D. Prof. of Obst. Univ. N. Y. &c. &c. 8vo. pp. 683. Bliss & White. NewYork.

Dissertations on Hemoptysis, and on Suppuration, which obtained the Boylston Premiums for the years 1818 and 1820. By John Ware, M. D. Boston.

(Foreign) A System of Surgical Anatomy, part 1st being on the Structure of the Groin, Pelvis, and Perinæum, as connected with inguinal and femoral Hernia; the operation of Lithotomy; and for tying the iliac arteries. By William Anderson, (with nine engravings by A. B. Durand,) 4to [In the press, by J. V. Seaman.] New-York.

Memoir au roi ou son conseil des Ministres, et aux Chambres, &c. par M. Jean Devèze, M. D. Médecin de Roi, &c. &c. et Membre de la Commission. (Protestation contre le travail de la Commission sanitaire, &c.) [The Commission determined that Yellow Fever is contagious.] 4to. pp. 33. Paris.

NOVELS (Including Romances and Tales.)

American Tales, 2 vols. 18mo. Wiley & Halsted. New-York. The Wanderer-new and original. 18mo. pp. 180. Megare y. New-York.

(Foreign.) The Retreat, or Sketches from Nature-a descriptive Tale, by the author of Affection's Gift, Treasures of Thought, Letters on History, &c. 12mo. pp. 250. Lockwoods. New-York.

Geraldine, or Modes of Faith and Practice, a novel. By a Lady. 12mo. 2 vols. Boston. Wells & Lilly.

Calthorpe, or Fallen Fortunes, a novel. 12mo. 2 vols. New-York.

POETRY (including the Drama, and all Fine Arts.)

The Maniac's Confession, a fragment of a tale. By J. W. Simmons, author of the Exile's Return. 12mo. pp. 219. Philadelphia.

M. Thomas.

Poems. By J. G. Percival. New-Haven.

Rejected Addresses, together with the Prize Address, presented for the prize medal, offered on the part of the New York Theatre. 18mo. pp. 182. N. Smith, New-York.

Ontwa, or the Son of the Forest, a poem, in five parts. [In the press.] New-York.

The Prophecy-a Drama, (by M. B. Fowler.) New-York.

The Hudson River Port-Folio-containing 24 views on that river, taken by W. G. Wall-to be engraved by J. Hill, in aquatint-Description by J. Agg, Esq. [To be published by Megarey, and Gilley, New-York, and J. Mill, Charleston.]

The Pastor, a poem. 18mo. pp. 50. Lockwoods. New-York. Noah, a poem. By Paul Allen. Baltimore.

The Land of Powhattan, a poem. By a Virginian. Richmond. Poems, By William Cullen Bryant. 12mo. Cambridge.

Logan, an Indian Tale. By Samuel Webber, A. M. Cambridge. Fights of Faith, in two parts. Boston.

Nature and Philosophy, a drama, adapted from the French. By a citizen of Richmond.

(Foreign.) Don Juan-Cantos III. IV. and V. Gilley. New-York.

Oxberry's Edition of the English Drama. [To be published by Wells & Lilly, Boston, and Goodrich, N. Y.]

POLITICS (including Political Economy, and Legislative Speeches.)

A Treatise on Political Economy; by Jean Baptiste Say. Translated from the 4th edition of the French, by C. R. Princep, M. A. With notes by an American editor. 2 vols. Wells & Lilly.

Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the first meeting thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation by the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, published under the direction of the President U. S. conformably to a resolution of Congress. 8vo. 4 vols. Boston. T. B. Wait.

Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention, assembled at Philadelphia in the year 1787, for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States. From the notes taken by the late Robert Yates, Chief Justice N. Y. and copied by John Lansing, jun. late Chancellor of the State of New-York, member of that Convention including "the genuine information" laid before the legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin, Esq. then Attorney-General of Maryland, and Member of the Convention. Also other historical documents relative to the federal compact. 8vo. pp. 308. Albany. Websters & Skinners.

Strictures on the Court of Chançery. Albany.

Report of the Committee of the General Court of Massachusetts on the Pauper Laws of the Commonwealth. 8vo. pp. 36. Boston. Review of Address delivered by Hon. John Quincy Adams, on 4th July, 1821. Boston. Wells & Lilly. pp. 28.

Vindication of Mr. Adams' Address. Concord, N. H.

Address, delivered before the Massachusetts Peace Society. By Hon. Josiah Quincy. 2d edition. Cambridge.

THEOLOGY-(including Moral Philosophy.)

Address of the Committee of St. Mary's Church of Philadelphia to their brethren of the Roman Catholic faith throughout the United States of America, on the subject of a Reform of sundry abuses in the administration of our Church discipline. New-York, pp. 14.

A Review of Doctor Emmons's theory of God's agency on mankind; also a refutation of the Views entertained by Advocates of that

theory respecting the necessity of the Moral Evil existing in the Universe to a display of the Divine Glory. 12mo. pp. 388. John Sayre, New-York.

Magic Harmonies. By Edward Postlethwayt Page, pp. 42. Farewell Letters to a few friends in Britain and America. By William Ward, of Serampore, on returning to Bengal in 1821. 12mo. pp. 250. Bliss & White, New-York.

Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character. By Gardiner Spring, A. M.

Conversations on the Bible. By a lady of Philadelphia. 2d edition. 12mo. 2 vols.

The Beauty and Stability of the Gospel Institutions, a sermon, delivered at Augusta, Georgia. By Rev. William T. Brantly.

A Plea for the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J. A discourse delivered before the Presbytery of New-Brunswick, at their meeting in Trenton, Oct. 1818. By Philip Lindsly. 2d edition. Pp. 32. Trenton.

The Duty of observing the Sabbath, explained and enforced. By P. Lindsly. Trenton.

A Discourse on the Evidences of Revealed Religion, delivered before the University in Cambridge, at the Dudleian Lecture, March 14, 1821. By William E. Channing, D. D. 8vo. pp. 36. Cambridge.

Letters addressed to Trinitarians and Calvinists, occasioned by Dr. Wood's Letters to Unitarians. By Henry Ware, D. D. 2d and 3d editions. Cambridge.

The Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, a new edition, ratified and amended by the General Assembly at their session, May, 1821.

Sermons selected from the manuscripts of the late Moses Hoge, D. D. 8vo. Richmond.

A Reply to Dr. Ware's Letters to Trinitarians and Calvinists. By Leonard Woods, D. D. Professor of Christian Theology, Andover. 8vo. pp. 228. Andover.

Sermons, by the late Joseph Lathrop, D. D. New series, with a memoir of the author's life. 8vo. Springfield.

Sermons, chiefly of a practical nature. By the late Anthony Foster, pastor of the Second Independent Church in Charleston, S. C. With a memoir of the author's life. 8vo. pp. 335. Raleigh, N. C. A Reply to the Review of Dr. Wyatt's Sermon and a Mr. Sparks' Letters on the Protestant Episcopal Church. By a Protestant Episcopalian. 8vo. pp. 168. Boston.

A Review of Rev. Thomas Andros's Essay on Divine Agency. By Rev. Otis Thompson of Rehoboth. Boston.

A Review of Dr. Freeman's Sermons. Cambridge.

TRAVELS—(including Voyages, and descriptive Sketches by travelling.) Travels through Upper and Lower Canada, with an accurate description of Niagara Falls. 8vo. 2 vols. New-York.

Letters from Paris and other cities of France, Holland, &c. Writ ten during a tour and residence in those countries, in the years 1816,

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