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House, in Charleston, (S. C.) Oct. 18th, 1837. By the Rev. Thomas Smyth. Charleston. J. S. Burges. 8vo. pp. 28.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

New System of Paper Money. By a Citizen of Boston. Boston. Isaac R. Butts. 8vo. pp. 20.

The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia. Reprinted from the New York Evening Post, with Additions by the Author. New York. 8vo. pp. 57.

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Reviewers Reviewed; a Satire. By the Author of Pelayo. New York. Printed for the Author.

Advent; a Mystery. By Arthur Cleveland Cox. New York. John S. Taylor. 12mo. pp. 132.

Musings of a Recluse. By John B. Derby. Boston. Printed and published for the Author. 18mo. pp. 180.

THEOLOGY AND SERMONS.

"The Things that make for Peace." A Sermon preached in Hollis Street Church, Sunday, 30th Dec. 1837. By John Pierpont. Published by Request. Boston. Isaac Knapp. 12mo. pp. 15.

Principles of Interpreting the Prophecies; briefly illustrated and applied, with Notes. By Henry Jones. Andover. Gould & New

man.

Religious Dissensions; their Causes and Cure. A Prize Essay. By Pharcellus Church. New York. Gould & Newman. Amherst. J. S. & C. Adams. 12mo. pp. 400.

The Union Bible Dictionary. Philadelphia. American Sunday School Union. 18mo. pp. 648.

The Right of the Eastern Diocese to Elect an Assistant Bishop. Cambridge. Folsom, Wells, & Thurston.

A Discourse delivered at Walpole, (N. H.) Oct. 31, 1837, before the "Sunday School Association in connexion with the Cheshire Pastoral Association." By Abiel A. Livermore. Published by Request. Keene. John Prentiss. 12mo. pp. 24.

The Oriental Key to the Sacred Scriptures, as they are illustrated by the existing Rites, Usages, and Domestic Manners of Eastern Countries, with a short Account of the different Books and Writers of the Sacred Volume. By M. Corbett. The Introduction, by the Author of the Oriental Annual. Philadelphia. Joseph Whetham. 18mo. pp. 336.

A Sermon preached at the Ordination of the Rev. John T. Sargent, as Minister at large in Boston, on the Evening of October 29th, 1837. By F. W. P. Greenwood, Minister of King's Chapel. Boston. Weeks, Jordan, & Co. 8vo. pp. 32.

The Primacy of the Apostolic See, and the Authority of General Councils vindicated. In a Series of Letters addressed to the Rt. Rev. J. H. Hopkins, D. D., Bishop of the P. E. Church, of Vermont.

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By the Rt. Rev. Francis Patrick Kenrick, D. D., Bishop of Arath, and
Coadjutor of the Bishop of Philadelphia. Philadelphia. James Kay,
Jr. & Brother. Pittsburgh. John I. Kay & Co. 12mo. pp. 359.

"Rejoice with Trembling." A Discourse, delivered in Bowdoin St. Church, Boston, on the Day of Annual Thanksgiving, Nov. 30th, 1837. By Hubbard Winslow. Boston. Perkins & Marvin.

Death and Heaven; A Sermon, preached at Newark, at the Interment of the Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D. D., Nov. 10th, 1837. By Gardiner Spring. New York. John S. Taylor. pp. 40.

The Bible and its Companion. A Sermon, preached in Christ Church, Manlius, at the Anniversary Meeting of the Bible and Common Prayer Book Society of the Central Part of the State of New York, on the 12th July, 1837. By John C. Rudd, D. D. Utica.

Academical Lectures on the Jewish Scriptures and Antiquities. By John Gorham Palfrey, D. D., Professor of Biblical Literature in the University of Cambridge. Vol. I. The last four Books of the Pentateuch. Boston. James Munroe & Co. New York. C. S. Francis. 8vo. pp. 511.

Considerations on the Case of the Poor in large Cities. A Discourse, delivered before the Boston Children's Friend Society, at their 4th Annual Meeting, in the Old South Church, Dec. 10th, 1837. By the Rev. John S. Stone, D. D. Published by Request of the Society. Boston. W. D. Ticknor. 8vo. pp. 28.

The Four Gospels, with Notes, chiefly Explanatory; designed for Teachers in Sunday Schools, and Bible Classes, and as an Aid to Family Instruction. By H. J. Ripley. Vol. II. Containing Luke and John. Boston. Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 270.

Strictures on the Rev. Mr. Winslow's Thanksgiving Sermon. Boston. Whipple & Damrell. 8vo. pp. 28.

Baptism, considered in relation to its Mode and Subjects, in a Series of Discourses. By Archibald Burgess, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Hancock, (N. H.) Boston. Perkins & Marvin. 16mo. pp. 258.

The Voice of God in Calamity, or Reflections on the Loss of the Steamboat Home, Oct. 9th, 1837. A Sermon delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, on Sabbath Morning, Oct. 22, 1837. By the Rev. Thomas Smyth. Fourth Edition. Charleston. Jenkins & Hussey. 8vo. pp. 32.

Discourse in Commemoration of the Reformation. By S. S. Schmucker, D. D. New York. Gould & Newman. 18mo. pp. 131. A Discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 7th, 1837, in the Unitarian Church, Keene, (N. H.) By A. A. Livermore. Published by Request of the Society. Keene. John Prentiss. 8vo. pp. 19. Lessons of the Past. A Sermon, on the Anniversary of Ordination, preached to the North Society, in Salem, (Mass.) Sunday, Nov. 19th, 1837. By John Brazer. Salem. Gazette Office. 8vo. pp. 22.

Letters to a Sister. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females; being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a younger Sister. Designed principally for Sabbath School Teachers and their elder Pupils. By Harvey Newcomb. Boston. Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. pp. 284.

Speculum Gregis, or Parochial Minister's Assistant, altered from an English Publication. By a Country Clergyman. New York. Protestant Episcopal Press.

A Manual of Prayer, designed to assist young Christians in learning the Subjects and Modes of Devotion. Philadelphia. H. Perkins. 8vo. pp. 256.

Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of the Jewish Religion. Delivered at the Synagogue Mikveh Israel, in Philadelphia, in the Years 5590-5597. By Isaac Leeser, Minister of the above Congregation. Vol. I. Philadelphia. Haswell & Flue.

A Sermon preached before the First Church and the Edwards Church, Northampton, on the late Fast, Sept. 1st, 1837. By John Mitchell, Pastor of the Edwards Church. Northampton. W. A. Hawley. 8vo. pp. 30.

Thoughts on the Importance of raising up a New Order of Missionaries. New York. Gould & Newman. 12mo. pp. 180.

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. By Albert Barnes. New York. Wm. Robinson. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 12mo. pp. 357.

Subordination to the Civil Authority, the Duty of Christians. A Sermon preached in Christ Church, Lockport, (N. Y.) Sunday, Jan. 7th, 1838. By the Rev. E. H. Cressy, A. M., Minister of Christ Church. Lockport. R. M. Lyon.

The Scape Goat; being a simple Exhibition of some of the leading Doctrines of the Bible; illustrated by Jewish Ceremonies. By the Author of "The Brazen Serpent." Boston. Mass. Sabbath School Union. 18mo. pp. 46.

A View of American Unitarian Missions, with Thoughts on the Missionary Cause, and the Interest of Unitarians in it. By A. C. Patterson. Boston. James Munroe & Co. 12mo. pp. 64.

The Law of Honor; a Discourse occasioned by the recent Duel in Washington, delivered March 4, 1838, in the Chapel of Harvard University, and in the West Church, Boston. By Henry Ware, Jr., Professor in the University. Cambridge. Folsom, Wells, & Thurston. 8vo. pp. 24.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Embassy to the Eastern Coast of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat, in the U. S. Sloop of War Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, during the Years 1832-3-4. By Edmund Roberts. New York. Harper & Brothers. 8vo. pp. 432.

Passages in Foreign Travel. By Isaac Appleton Jewett. Boston. Charles C. Little & James Brown. 2 vols. 12mo. pp. 318 and 369.

INDEX

TO THE

FORTY-SIXTH VOLUME

OF THE

North American Review.

A.

Abstraction, Sir Walter Scott's power
of, 465.
Adams, Charles F., his Reflections
on the Currency of the United
States, noticed, 550.
Adams, John, authority for a pout-
ing room, in France, 107.
Addison, his religious papers, 350
Steele cited respecting his style,
356 their friendship, 363- their
political differences, 364.

Advice, Steele's remarks on giving,
361.

Affectation, in the age of Queen
Anne, 360.

Aguilar, Alonso de, his death, 238.
Alderton, Point, thought to be Kross-
aness, 174.

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Alabama University, Woods's Vale-
dictory Address there, 557.
Algonquin Indians, remarks on them
and their territory, 419.
Almanac, The American, for 1838,
311.
America, Antiquitates Americana,
reviewed, 161-importance of the
discovery of, 162 Humboldt's
work on, 164, 167-traditions
respecting the early discovery of,
165 character of the people
making it, 168-the time, 169-
Biarne's voyage to, 172
- voyage
to, by Leif, ib. 178, 183 by
Thorwald, 174-important expe-
dition to, in 1007, 175. Snorre,
the first child of European descent,

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born in, 176-
voyage to, in 1011,
177-probability of its early dis-
covery, 190, 196-authenticity of
the manuscripts respecting it, 193

poem by Pulci, cited respecting
the existence of, 245-contempo-
raneous discoveries and settle-
ments in, by the French and Eng-
lish, 417-the two great Indian
confederacies in, 418.

American Almanac for 1838, 311.
American Institute of Instruction,
remarks on the, 557.

American Revolution, Documentary
History of, (Fourth Series,) by
Clarke and Force, reviewed, 475
- contents of, 485.
Americans, character and institutions
of, a great staple of English litera-
ture, 107 their respect for law,
120-Grund cited respecting their
literature, 123.

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Amherst, Farmer's Historical Sketch
of, noticed, 536.
Angelo, Michel, the cartoons of, 91
-remarks on his works, 93 - De
Quincy's remarks respecting, 97
compared with Raphael, ib.-his
treatment of him, 100.
Anne, Periodical Essays of the Age
of, and their design, 341, 343, 345
-state of society in her day, 342
-its profligacy, 343-points of
controversy, ib. - females, 344 -
affectation, 360.
Antiquitates Americana, reviewed,
161 publication of the, 162-
analysis of, 168 remarks on the

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Index.

two documents commencing the
volume, 178- history of the man-
uscript, 182
remarks on the sec-
ond part of the work, 187-gene-
ral conclusions, 190-authenticity
of the manuscripts, 193 value of
the, 203.
Aragon, Prescott on the constitution
of, 246, 251 cortes of, 252-
justiza of, 253.
Argenson, the Marquis d', governor-
general of Canada, 414.
Ari the Wise, 171.
Austria, Napoleon's successes
gainst, 388-jealous of him, 398
-her abuse of Maria Louisa, ib. ·
her oppression of Italy, 400, 406.
Avalanches in Madeira and the
Azores, 383.

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Avangour, the Baron d', governor-
general of Canada, 415.
Azores, account of the, 368- the
want of good harbours there, 371–
effects produced there by changes
in the mother country, ib. —
inat-
tention to religious observances,
372 state of the peasantry there,
373 Dr. Webster's discoveries
there, 375-clays there, 378 -
volcanic origin of, considered, 379
- floods and avalanches, 383.

B.

Balance of power, origin of the, 212.
Ballantynes, school-fellows of Sir
Walter Scott, 436, 457-publish-
ers of his works, 439-their part-

nership, 443.

Bancroft, George, his History no-
ticed, 483.

Bank, the first, at Barcelona, 255.
Bank of North America, 150.
Banks, remarks on, 146-pamphlets
pertaining to, noticed, 450.
Barcelona, treaty of, 230-early
commercial and financial regula-
tions at, 255.

Barnard, Daniel D., his Address at
Rutgers' College, noticed, 557.
Barton, Bernard, Lamb's letter to, 67.
Beatrice de Bobadilla, the compan-
ion of Isabella, 260-Prescott cited
respecting, 261.

Beaver skins, a circulating medium,
425 note.

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Bobadilla. See Beatrice.
Bologna, conduct of students there,
Boccaccio, his school, 327.
in regard to the Pope, 404.
Border Minstrelsy, published by
Scott, 439 its success, 440.
Boston, Reports on supplying with
pure water, 541.

Botta, Charles, his History of the
American Revolution, 337 - his
Bouterwek, his History of Spanish
inadequate reward, ib.
Bowdich, Mr., his account of Ma-
and Portuguese Literature, 256.

deira, alluded to, 379.

Brown, J., his History and Present
Condition of St. Domingo, noticed,
292-his graphic account of the
manners and mode of life of the
outlaws, 294.

Brutes, Sir Walter Scott's kindness
to, 459.

Buccaneers, their mode of life in
Tortugas and St. Domingo, 294.
Bushnell, Horace, his Phi Beta Kap-
Byron, Lord, his description of the
pa Oration, noticed, 301.
Dying Gladiator, 85 effects of
the publication of his Childe Har-
old, 444.

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