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OCT 311941 i 3 o J* INDEX-VOLUME IX. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1843. O R IG IN A L P A P E R S , E T C . Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, with a review o f the past and present condition o f the Polynesian Groups generally, in connection with their relations to Commerce and Christianity, by James Jackson Jarvis, author o f the “ History o f the Hawaiian Islands,” .................................................................................................................................. 15 Internal Trade o f the United States, by J. W . Scott, o f Ohio,....................................... 31 Progress o f Population and Wealth in the United States, in Fifty Years, as exhibited by the Decennial Census taken in that period, by Professor George Tucker, of the University o f Virginia— Chapter XVII.— Distribution o f the Industrious Classes,.......................................... 47 Chapter XVIII.— Education,.......................................................................................... 53 Chapter XIX.— The Products o f Industry,........................................... 136 Chapter XX.— T he Products o f Industry,.................................................................... 220 Chapter XXI.— Increase o f Wealth in the United States,....................................... 509 A Protective System— Its Expediency and Necessity, by Hon. Charles Hudson, of Massachusetts,...................................................................................................................... 58 Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands— Their Commerce and Agriculture— Their Prospects— Their Chief Towns— Seizure by Lord George Paulet, by James J. Jarvis,............. I l l Our Railways, by W . R. Casey, Civil Engineer o f N ew Y ork,...................................... 144 Inland Navigation o f the State o f New Y ork, with a short account of its origin, and o f the Trade and Tonnage o f the Erie Canal, by Henry S. Dexter, Civil Engineer o f N ew Y ork,........................................................................................................................ 148 Commerce o f the Mississippi, by James H. Lanman, author o f the “ History of Michigan,” ............................................................................................................................. 154 Free Trade : Mr. W oodbury’s Views o f the Tariff, by J. B. Fisher,............................ 161 Mercantile Biography : Life and Character o f Jacob Ridgway,.................................... 167 Story on Bills o f Exchange, Guaranty o f Bills, a. id Letters o f Credit,.......................... 169 Debts and Tariffs o f the South o f Europe, by Francis Wharton, of Pennsylvania,... 207 Usury and the Usury Laws, by J. O’Connell, o f New Y ork,........................................... 243 Letter to Cotton Manufacturers, by Henry Lee, o f Massachusetts,............................... 253 Maritime Law, No. 1 : T he Doctrine o f Lien, with reference to the Law of Ship ping, by Alanson Nash, Counsellor at Law, N ew Y ork,............................................. 261 Salem East India Marine Society,........................................................................................ 266 Sketches o f Commercial Legislation : Chartering o f the late Bank o f the United States, by Francis Wharton, Esq., o f Pennsylvania,.................................................... 303 Impending Revolutions in the Commercial Intercourse o f the W orld, by Hon. H. Wheaton, United States Minister at Berlin,.................................................................... 321 Commerce o f Cuba,................................................................................................................. 337 Letter to Cotton Manufacturers, by Henry Lee, o f Massachusetts,................................. 351 Maritime Law, No. 2 : Doctrine o f Liens, with reference to the Law o f Shipping, by Alanson Nash,................................................................................................................. 358 Meteorological Observations at Sea, by James Mease, M . D., of Pennsylvania,......... 365 Debt and Tariff o f Portugal, by Francis Wharton, Esq., o f Pennsylvania,.................. 366 Book Trade o f Germany, by Henry Meidinger, Foreign Member o f the Statistical Society o f London,............................................................................................................... 399 Massachusetts and her Resources, by Hon. Charles Hudson, o f Massachusetts,......... 418 T he Post-Office Department,.............................................................................. 436 Our Shipping, by James H. Lanman,................................................................................... 444 4 Index to Volume IX* Policy and Impolicy o f Countervailing Duties, by C. C. Whittlesey, o f Ohio,............. Sketches o f Commercial Legislation: T he Tariff o f 1816, by Francis Wharton, of Pennsylvania,...................................................................................................................... The Cotton Trade, by Professor M ’Cay, o f the University o f Georgia,......................... Union o f Protection and Free Trade, being the Annual Address o f the Central Com mittee o f the Home League, at its Second Anniversary, by C. C. Haven,............. W hat shall Congress Do ?— Reduction o f Postage— Commercial Treaties— the Navy, Maritime Law, No. 3 : Collision o f Ships, by A . Nash, E sq.,....................................... 448 495 516 523 533 543 M E R C A N T IL E L A W D E P A R T M E N T . Mercantile Law Cases— Liability o f Ships in case o f Forced Loans for Repairs,...... Insurance— Maritime Usage,.................................................................................................. Fire Insurance— Charter Party— Common Carriers,........................................................ Landlord and Tenant— Action o f Trespass— Exemption Law o f New York, o f 1842,. Action o f Replevin to recover Goods,.................................................................................. Partners— Action to recover balance on Goods,................................................................. Landlord and Tenant— Action to recover Rent,................................................................. Action o f Trespass— T o recover for levying on property for^Rent,............................... W riting on Newspapers sent by Mail— Seaman’s W ages,.............................................. Action o f Ejectment, to recover possession o f Premises,................................................. Charter Party— Notice to Endorsers,..................................................................................... Life Insurance— Proviso in reference to the Insured’s dying by his own hand,............ Liability o f the Mortgagee o f a Ship for Repairs,............................................................. The Effect o f making Payments to parties who are restrained by Injunction o f Chan cery from collecting Debts,............................................................................ Loans o f Credit with reference to Usury,........................................................................... United States Tariff—Importing Indecent Paintings,........................................................ Representations in reference to Property Insured,.............................................................. Usury,......................................................................................................................................... Insurance— Damages for Injury to Merchandise,................................................................ 173 173 174 175 269 271 271 368 369 369 370 460 460 461 461 462 559 559 559 M O N T H L Y C O M M E R C IA L C H R O N IC L E , FO R J U L Y , AUGU ST, SEPTEM BER, OCTOBER, NOVEM BER, AND DECEMBER, 1843. Embracing a Review o f the Trade, Commerce, Currency o f the United States, etc., with Tables, as fo llo w s :— Import o f Cotton W o o l, and Export o f Cotton Goods, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842,.............................................................................................................................. 81 Price o f Cotton W ool on the 1st o f May, in 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843,___ 81 Tonnage entered France, United States, and Great Britain, in each year, from 1815 to 1842,................................ . ............................................................................................... 82 Duties on the Materials in building a Ship o f 500 tons,................................................... 83 Comparative Duties in Great Britain and the United States, in 1819 and 1843,......... 84 Receipts o f Flour at tide.water, New Y ork, in 1842 and 1843,.................................... 176 Value o f some o f the Dividend-paying Stocks,................................................................... 178 Value o f Articles imported into France, England, and the United States, in 1842,... 179 Export o f T obacco from the United States, from 1841 to 1842,..................................... 179 Exports o f Manufactured T obacco from the United States to different countries,........ 181 Exports o f Cottons, Linens, Woollens, Worsteds, etc., from Liverpool to the United States, from 1836 to 1842,.................................................................................................. JL81 Stock Export and Consumption o f Cotton W ool in Great Britain, in 1842 and 1843,. 272 Total Exports o f Cotton Goods from Great Britain, from 1831 to 1843,...................... 273 Quantity o f Cotton Goods exported from Great Britain to the United States, from 1831 to 1843,........................................................................................................................ 273 Cotton W ool exported from the United States in each year, from 1831 to 1843,........ 273 Condition o f Banks in different parts o f the country, in January and August, 1843,. 274 Condition o f the Banks o f N ew York City, at different periods, from 1841 to 1843,. 275 Condition o f the Banks o f N ew Orleans, in 1842 and 1843,.......................................... 277 Receipts o f Specie at New Orleans, from September 1st, 1842,................................... 277 Value o f Exports o f British Produce to the United States, from 1838 to 1842,............ 278 Condition o f the Banks o f New Y ork in January and August of 1843,...................... 278 Condition o f the Banks o f N ew York State in each year, from 1831 to 1843,.......... 279 Growth o f Cotton in the United States, for 15 years,....................................................... 372 Exports o f Cotton W ool to different countries, for 5 years,.............................................. 372 Rates o f Exchange in N ew York, in 1841, 1842, and 1843,.......................................... 373 Index to Volume I X . Prices o f Stocks in the N ew Y ork market, in 1842 and 1843,..................................... Exports from the Port o f New Orleans, from 1838 to 1843,........................................... Excise and Custom Duties o f Great Britain, for 3 years, etc.,....................................... Value o f the Domestic Exports o f the United States, from 1833 to 1842,.................... Exports o f leading Articles o f the United States, in 1836 and 1841,............................ Value o f Exports from the United States, distinguishing the Flag, from 1834 to 1842,. Tonnage Entered and Cleared in the United States, from 1834 to 1842,..................... Exports o f certain Articles from Liverpool, from 1836 to 1843,.................................... Receipts and Expenditures o f the United States, from 1837 to 1843,........................... Arrivals o f Specie at Boston, New York, and New Orleans, in 1843,........................... Bank Capital, Loans, and Circulation in nine o f the United States, in 1839 and 1843, Prices o f Stocks, and Value o f the State Issues, in Jan., 1843, and Oct, 1843,. 562, Banks o f N ew Orleans, N ew York, South Carolina, and Ohio, in 1842 and 1843,... Aggregate Loans at four points in the United States, in September, 1842 and 1843,. Movements o f the Bank o f England, in 1842 and 1843,................................................ Foreign Loans contracted in England, Rate o f Interest, etc.,.......................................... 5 374 375 376 464 465 465 465 466 466 561 562 563 564 565 565 566 C O M M E R C IA L S T A T I S T I C S . Value o f Foreign and Domestic Exports o f U. States in each year, from 1790 to 1841,.. Value o f Domestic Exports o f the United States in each year, from 1803 to 1841,... Rice Trade o f the United States— Exports o f Rice for 51 years, from 1791 to 1841,. Products o f the Sea— Quantity and Value of Fish exported from U. States, for 51 years,. Value of Domestic Manufactures o f Cotton exported from U. States, from 1826 to 1842, Exports and Imports o f Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, from 1836 to 1842, inclusive, Exports from Monte Video during the year 1842,.............................................................. Export o f Flour and W heat to different countries, in 1842,............................................ Statistics o f the Trade o f N. York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, with Liverpool, Rio Janeiro Imports o f Flour, and Exports o f Coffee, in 1841 and 1842,.................... Exports of Indian Corn and Corn Meal from the United States, from 1791 to 1841,. Consumption o f Tobacco in England at different periods, from 1801 to 1841,............ Exports o f T obacco (quantity and value) from the United States, from 1791 to 1841, Quantity o f Flour inspected at Baltimore, in 1841, 1842, and 1843,............................ Trade o f Buffalo— Imports to the 1st July, 1841,1842, and 1843,............................... Exports o f Produce from Detroit, in 1842,.......................................................................... Exports o f Domestic Manufactures o f Cotton from the United States to different coun tries, from 1826 to 1842,................................................................................................... Statistics o f Trade between England and the United States, at different periods,__ Commerce o f England— Imports and Exports in 1842 and 1843,................................. Export Trade o f the British West Indies, from 1831 to 1841,........................................ Commerce o f the Lakes— Exports and Imports in 1775 and 1841,............................... W ine Trade o f England— Annual Revenue, Gallons, Population, and Proportional Consumption, during the last 58 years,............................................................................ Progress o f the Oil Trade and Whale Fishery in the United States, from 1834 to 1843, Import o f Liquors (quantity and value) into Port Sydney, N. S. W ales, in 1841 and 1842, Imports from, and Exports to, each Foreign country, by the United States, in 1842,. Navigation o f the U. States— American and Foreign Arrivals and Clearances in 1842,. Tonnage o f the United States, Sept. 30th, 1842— Shipping built in the United States in 1842,........................................ Statistics o f the W eekly Transactions in Cotton W o o l at Liverpool, for first six months o f 18 43..................... Cotton W ool imported into Liverpool, London, and Glasgow, first six months o f 1842 and 1843,.............................................................................................................................. Cotton W ool imported into Liverpool, London, and Glasgow, first six months o f 1841, 1842, and 1843,................................................................................................................... Bags and bales o f Cotton W ool imported into England and Scotland, from 1835 to 1843, Quantity o f Cotton W ool taken for Consumption in England and Scotland, etc., from 1835 to 1843,............................................................................................................... Prices o f Uplands Cotton on 1st July in each year, from 1835 to 1842,..................... Cotton Crop o f the UnitedStates in 1843,........................................................................... Exports o f Cotton W ool from the United States to Foreign Ports, from 1st September, 1842, to 31st August, 1843,............................................................................................... Railroad Iron— Amount o f Duty refunded on same, from 1831 to 1841,.................... English Coal Trade in each year, from 5th January, 1828, to 5th January, 1842,.... Cottons, Linens, Woollens, Worsteds, and Blankets, exported from Liverpool to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore, from 1836 to 1843,.................................. 85 85 86 87 89 90 90 91 92 92 187 187 189 189 190 190 191 286 287 288 288 371 380 382 469 470 472 472 473 473 474 474 474 474 476 476 476 567 Index to Volume I X . 6 Exports o f Cotton from New Orleans, for the year 1843,................................................ Exports o f Tobacco, for the year 1843,............................................................................. Arrivals, Exports, and Stocks o f Cotton and T obacco, at N ew Orleans, for 10 years,. Imports o f Domestic Produce into New Orleans, in 1843,............................................. Exports o f Sugar and Molasses from New Orleans, for 1843,..................................... Exports o f Flour, Pork, Bacon, Lard, Beef, Lead, Whiskey, and Com, from N ew Orleans, for 1843,................................................................................................................ Arrivals at New Orleans o f Vessels, for 1843,.................................................................... Imports o f Coffee, Sugar, and Salt, into New Orleans, for3 years,................................ Statement o f Cotton and Tobacco at N ew Orleans,............................................... 570, Exports o f various Articles from Franklin, Louisiana, for 1843,..................................... Navigation o f Franklin, Louisiana, in 1843,..................................................................... Commerce o f Apalachicola, Florida, for 5 years,........ .................... ................................ Value o f the Imports o f Manufactures o f Silk into the United States, for the last 21 years,................................................................................................................................... Imports and Exports o f Foreign Raw Silk, for 5 years,................................................... Exports o f Petersburg and Richmond, for last 3 years,.................................................... Exports o f Tobacco and Flour from James’ River, Virginia, in 1843,........................... Commercial Panic in 1782,................................................................................................... 568 568 568 569 569 570 570 570 571 572 572 572 573 573 574 574 574 C O M M E R C IA L R E G U L A T IO N S . Import Duties at St. Johns, on and after 5th July, 1843,................................................... Valuation o f Real and Personal Property o f New Y ork State and City, each year, from 1828 to 1842,.............................................................................................................. Rates o f Commission adopted by the New York Chamber o f Comm erce,.................. Commercial Regulations o f the Mexican Government, adopted 1843,.......................... Custom-house Regulations in Spanish Ports,..................................................................... Drawback on Merchandise prior to the Tariff o f 1842,................................................... Anchorage Dues in Brazil Ports, as altered June, 1843,................................................... Regulation o f Trade with Canada, relative to Goods imported from the United States, Reduction o f Duty on Flour at Carthagena,....................................................................... N ew Orleans Levee Dues, as ordained by City Council, May, 1843,............................. Laws o f Louisiana, respecting the Packing o f Beef and Pork,...................................... Tonnage o f Duties for Entering or Clearing from the Porto f London,.......................... Mexican Prohibitory Tariff o f 1843,.................................................................................... N ew Grenada Regulations respecting Vessels in the W hale Fishery,............................ The N ew Chinese Tariff—Exports— Imports,.................................................................... Regulation o f British Trade in China,................................................................................ Pilots— Custom-house Guards— Masters o f Ships reporting themselves on arrival, Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants— Tonnage Dues— Import and Export Duties— Examination o f Goods at the Custom house— Manner o f Paying the Duties— Weights and Measures,...................... Lighters, or Cargo-Boats— Transhipment o f Goods— Subordinate Consulate Of ficers— Disputes between British and Chinese subjects— British Government Cruizers anchoring within the Ports— On the Security to be given for British Merchant Vessels,........................................................................................................ 182 183 280 281 281 282 283 283 283 383 384 385 477 478 575 577 577 578 579 N A U T IC A L IN T E L L I G E N C E . Latitudes and Longitudes o f Light-houses on the Coast o f the United States,............ New York Hospital Money— R eef off the Western Islands discovered,...................... Buoys before the Inlets of Vriesland— Roman Rock, Algoa Bay,................................. Shoal between the Islands o f Trinidad and Tobago,......................................................... N ew Channel into Bermuda Harbor— Advantages o f Timlin’s Narrows,.................... Maury’s Improvement in Navigation— Beacons in Finland and Riga Gulf,.................. R A IL R O A D , C A N A L , AND STEAM BOAT S T A T IS T IC S . Progress o f Railroads in the United States,........................................................................ Illinois and Michigan Canal— Cost and Expenses o f the same,...................................... Statistical Description o f the T roy and Empire Steamboats,.......................................... Statistics o f the Concord Massachusetts Railroad,........................................................... Statistical Description o f the Rochester, North and South America, Utica, etc.,...... Boston and Worcester Railroad— Cost and Expenditures o f the same,........................ Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad,......................................................... Statistics o f the N ew Jersey Steam Navigation Company,............................................. Norwich and Worcester Steamboat and Railroad Line,................................................ 93 94 284 285 285 285 95 96 97 97 184 185 185 289 290 7 Index to Volume I X . Knickerbocker Steamboat— Description o f first trip,*..................................................... Merchandise Transportation on the Boston and W orcester Railroad,......................... Description o f the Great Britain Iron Steam Ship,........................................................... Canal Commerce o f N ew Y ork from 1839 to 1843,........................................................ Canal Commerce o f Pennsylvania, first four months o f 1842 and 1843,.................... Statistics o f Western (Boston and Albany) Railroad Fares,,.......................................... Rates o f Freight from Albany to Boston over W estern Railroad,................................ Progress o f the Doctrine o f L ow Fares— Schenectady and Troy Railroad,................. Statistics o f the Utica and Schenectady Railroad, from 1836 to 1841,......................... Syracuse and Utica Railroad— Statistics o f same from 1839 to July 1843.,................ Tonawanda Railroad— Statistics o f same from January 1839 to August 1843,......... Attica and Buffalo Railroad— Statistics o f same from Sept. 1st 1841 to Aug. 1843, Canals and Roads in Ohio, miles and cost o f each,.......................................................... Tariffs o f Freights on the South Carolina Railroads— Domestic Produce,.................. Southern Route from the Atlantic to the Mississippi,...................................................... Liverpool and Manchester R ailw ay,.................................................................................. Transportation o f Merchandise on the W abash and Erie Canal,.................................. M E R C A N T IL E 291 291 292 386 387 387 388 389 479 481 482 483 483 580 581 582 582 M I S C E L L A N IE S . W estern H em p,......................................................................... ........................................... Navigation o f the Mississippi and its Tributaries,........................................................... Yucatan Currency— Mineral Resources— Mousseline de L aines,................................ Trade between Brazil and the Hanse T ow ns in 1 8 4 2 ,................................................... American Commercial Enterprise— Bangor Hat Trade— French W hale Fisheries,. Test o f Adulterated Sugar— German Customs Union,................................................... Cornstalk Sugars— Profits o f Railroads,............................................................................. Louisville Mercantile Library Association— Third Annual Report o f same,............. Shops at St. Thomas— Manufacture o f Bagging in Kentucky,..................................... W atermelon Trade in Virginia— Bank Circulation o f Maine........................................ Boston Mercantile Library Association— N otice o f Twenty.third Anniversary,...... Mercantile H o n o r,.................................................................................................................. Connecticut Clock Comm erce,.............................................................................................. Effects o f Ostentation upon Credit in England and France,.......................................... Connecticut T obacco— Steel Pen T ra d e ,.......................................................................... Manufacture o f Tomato Catsup— Increase o f Life Insurance at Baltimore,............. American Seamen’s Friend S ociety ,................................................................................... United States H om e League,................................................................................................ Shoes Manufactured by M achinery,................................................................................... S T A T IS T IC S OF 98 99 100 293 293 294 294 390 392 392 484 484 485 485 486 486 583 584 584 P O P U L A T IO N . Irish Census for 1841 compared with 1821 and 1831,..................................................... 186 Census o f Upper Canada in 1842,....................................................................................... 186 Statistics o f the Industrious Classes o f the United States,...................................... 47 to 5t) Statistics o f the Educated Classes,.............................................................................. 54 to 56 TH E BOOK TRADE. Newman’s Parochial Sermons— Carleton’s Purchase, e tc.,............................................ M cCulloch’s Universal Gazetteer— W ebster’s Papers,.......................................... M oore’s Ireland— N. Y . State Register for 1843—-Epitome o f Homoeopathic Practice, Advent’s o f Hernan Cortes— Milton’s W orks— Howitt’s W orks— Hector O’Halloran, Bankrupt Stories : T he Haunted Merchant,..................................................................... Loudon’s Gardening for Ladies, and Companion to the Flower Garden,...................... Whittier’s Poems— Street’s Burning o f Schenectady, etc.,.............................................. Classical Studies— Stephens’ Critical and Miscellaneous Essays,................................... Murray’s Encyclopaedia o f Geography— M onod’s Lucilla,............................................... Norman’s Rambles in Yucatan— Putnam’s American Book Circular,......................... James’s False Heir— Bremer’s “ Neighbors” and “ H om e” — Alison’s Hist. ofEurope, Brande’s Encyclopaedia— Dickens’s Chuzzlewit— Cotton’s Keys o f the Kingdom o f Heaven,....................................................................................................... Days o f Queen Mary— N eale’s Lost Ship— Froissart’s Chronicles o f France, etc.,... Family o f Bethany— Bickersteth’s Treatise on the Lord’s Supper— W orks o f Lord Byron— Retrospect,............................................................................................................. T ow er’s Illustrations o f the Croton Aqueduct— Leech’s V oice from the Main-Deck, Calhoun’s Speeches— James’s Marriage Ring— Price’s Tables o f the worth o f Gov ernment and State Stocks,................................................................................................. 101 102 103 104 104 105 105 106 106 106 107 107 108 108 199 200 8 Index to Volume I X . Sweetser’ s Mental Hygiene— Davis’s Manual o f Magnetism— Munsel’s Every Day Book, etc.,.............................................................................................. ............................ 201 Maurice’s Kingdom o f Christ— Livingston’s Catholic Imputation— Old Humphrey’s W alks in London, etc.,...................................................................................................... 202 Chalmers on the Romans— Marmaduke W yvil— Introduction to Geometry— D evo tional Exercises, etc.,............................................................................... v........................ 203 Church’s Antioch— Lessons on Book o f Proverbs— Hall’s Russia and the Russians, 203 Life in M exico— Johnson’s Farmers’ Encyclopedia— Lee’s Letters to Cotton Manf’s., 204 Despatches o f Fernando Cortes— Clement’s Customs’ Guide— W ardlaw ’s Magdalenism,.................................................................................................................................. 295 Johnson’s Agricultural Lectures— Smith’s Productive Farming,................................... 296 Celebrated Trials— Henry’s Communicant— Howitt’s Birds and Flowers,.................. 296 Watson’s Annals o f N ew Y ork— Naturalist’s Library— Irish Sketch B ook,................ 297 Gunn’s Domestic M edicine— Pereira on Food and Diet,................................................ 298 Social Hymn Book— Cyclopedia o f Biblical Literature,................................................... 298 Sherloch’s Practical Christian— Scott’s Poetical W o rk s,................................................ 299 M ayo’s Lessons on Shells— Faulkner’s Farmer’s Manual,.............................................. 299 Smith’ s History o f Fishes— American Agriculturist,....................................................... 300 Change for American Notes— N ew Y ork Journal o f M edicin e,................................. 300 W rongs o f W om en— Second Causes, or Up and be Doing,.......................................... 300 Child’s (Mrs.) Letters from N. York— Churchman’s Companion in the Closet— Nina, 393 Death, or Medorus’ Dream— Sutton’ s Learn to Live— Russell’s Polynesia,................ 394 Bacon’s Wanderings on the Seas and Shores o f Africa— Percival’s Dream o f Day, etc 395 Jarvis’s T w o Discourses on Prophecy,................................................................................ 395 Kip’s Double Witness o f the Church— Prout’s Life o f the R ev. John W illiam s,__ 396 T w in Brothers— Alhalla, or the Lord o f Talladega,....................................................... 396 Tucker’s Progress o f the United States— Butler’s United States Almanac, ............. 487 Longfellow’s Poetical W orks— W ife o f Leon, and other Poems,................................. 488 Matthew’s Poems on Man— Elizabeth’s W rongs o f W om an ,...................................... 488 Gresley’s Treatise on Preaching— Paget’s Tales o f the Village,................................... 489 Kempis’s Imitation o f Christ— D ’Aubigne’s History o f the Reformation,.................. 489 Amringe’s Nature and Revelation— Strickland’s Queens o f England,........................ 490 Colman’s Boys and Girl’s Magazine— Barnes’ Notes on the H eb rew s,.......................490 Colman’s Child’s Gem, and Gift for Boys and G irls,....................................................... 490 Sketches o f Y ale College— Schiller’s Maid o f Orleans,................................................ 491 C ock’s Poultry Book— W orks o f Lord Byron,................................................................. 491 Colman’s Little Keepsake for 1844— Little Gift for 18 44,............................................. 491 Froissart’s Chronicles— Life and Writings o f Isabella Graham,................................... 491 Lambert’s (Miss) Hand-Book o f Needlework— Baxter’s Saint’s Rest,....................... 492 Geological Cosmogony— History o f the Westminster Assembly o f D ivines,............ 492 Bickersteth’ s Treatise on Prayer— Thorp’s (Mrs.) Poetry for the Y o u n g ,................ 492 Alison’s History o f Europe, from 1789 to 1815,................................................................ 585 The Opal, a Pure Gift for the Holy Days— The Rose o f Sharon, for 1844,................. 586 The Rose, or Affection’s Gift— Elijah the Tishbite,........................................................... 586 Sears’s New and Complete History o f the Bible— Governmental Hist, of the U. States, 587 Amos Kendall’s Life o f General Andrew Jackson,........................................................... 587 An Address delivered before the Boston Mercantile Library Association,...................... 587 Huguenots in France and America— Marco Paul’s Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge, 588 The Farmer’s Daughters— Ladies’ Hand-Books,................................................................ 588 The Farmers’ Encyclopaedia, and Dictionary o f Rural Affairs,....................................... 589 Clements’ Custom Pocket Manual— Practical Instruction in Animal Magnetism,......... 589 The Complete Cook’s Book— Cyclopaedia o f Biblical Literature,................................... 589 Portrait of an English Churchman— The Unity o f the Church,..................................... 590 N ew York Sacred Music Society’s Collection of Sacred M usic,................................... 590 Gould’s Abridgment o f Alison’s Hist, o f Europe— Constitutional Law relative to Credit, 590 Perilous Adventures, or Remarkable Instances o f Courage, etc.,................................... 591 Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence o f the United States,............................... 591 American Biography— Natural History— Token o f Love,............................................... 591 Make the Best of It, or Cheerful Cherry— The Siberian Sable-Hunter,......................... 591 Frederick the Great, his Court and Times— D’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation— Songs o f Beranger,.............................................................................................................. 592 English Songs, and other Small Poems— Travels and Adventures o f Monsieur V iolet,. 592