9.-Poetical Remains of the late Lucy Hooper; collected and arranged, with a memoir, by JOHN KEESE. 12mo. pp. 291. New York: Samuel Colman.

Mr. Keese has in this instance laid the lovers of poetry in general, and the admirers of this gifted child of song in particular, under the greatest obligations, by collecting the remains of one who, after a brief but brilliant career, has sunk to an untimely grave. If we may judge from the specimens before us, we have a right to assert that, had life been spared her, the authoress would have reached the highest pinnacle of poetic fame. The bud gave every promise; but, alas! it was plucked before its petals had fairly opened to the air. The leaves have scattered, and the color has faded, but we can still judge of the expected beauty of the flower by the fragrance which it leaves after its decay. The task of editing these remains could not have been intrusted to more appropriate hands. The author of the memoir enjoyed the acquaintance and friendship of the poetess, and had the fullest opportunity of becoming acquainted with those intellectual and moral qualities which, like a gleam of sunshine playing upon the foliage of the trees or falling upon the greensward at their roots, endures for a moment, yet leaves a permament impression of beauty and grace.

10.-Bible Biography; or the Lives and Characters of the Principal Personages mentioned in the Sacred Writings; particularly adapted to the instruction of Youth and Private Families, etc. 8vo. pp. 441. New York: Robert Sears. 1542.,

In addition to the biographical notices of Scriptural characters embraced in this volume, Mr. Sears, the compiler, has appended thirty dissertatio is on the evidences of Divine revelation, derived mainly from Timpson's Key to the Bible. The volume is rich in engraved illustrations of Scriptural scenes, manners, and customs, and forms altogether one of the most interesting and attractive volumes connected with biblical literature ever published in this country. In the preparation of the work, Mr. Sears seems to have availed himselt of almost every work in existence that was calculated to impart information or shed light on the matter in hand; and the results of his labor in this field of literature evince the most untiring industry and patient research; and we have no doubt that his efforts will be duly appreciated, and meet with the encouragement they so richly deserve.

11-Homeopathy, and its Kindred Delusions. By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, M.D. Boston: W. D. Ticknor. 1842.

This volume embraces the substance of two lectures delivered before the Boston Society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Dr. Holmes does not profess to have submitted the doctrines he examines with so much wit and ridicule to the test of long repeated and careful experiment, and he considers it of no manner of use for him to allege the results of any experiments he might have instituted. He enters upon the subject with little hope of reclaiming converts, with no desire of making enemies, but with a firm belief" that its pretensions and assertions cannot stand before a single hour of calm inquiry." Men of science who have investigated the theory and had some experience in the practice, think differently.

12-Man, A Soul; or the Inward, and the Experimental, Evidences of Christianity. By A. B. MURREY. Boston: William Crosby & Co. 1842.

We have ever considered the internal evidences of the truth of our holy religion as the most satisfactory. They speak directly to the "spirit in man" to which the "inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding." In the little treatise before us, these evidences are presented in a clear, forcible, and convincing light; and we commend it to the careful perusal of all, and more especially to those who from education or other circumstance are inclined to skepticism touching the inborn truths of Christianity.

13-The Fountain, and other Poems. By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 12mo. pp. 100. New York: Wiley & Putnam.

It is stated in a note addressed to the reader, that "the poems which compose this little volume have been written within the last five or six years-some of them merely as parts of a larger one planned by the author, which may possibly be finished hereafter." Bryant is emphatically the poet of America, and the productions of his pen will endure as long as the language in which they are written, or truth, poetry, and nature have an abiding place on this terrestial globe.

14.-Life and Writings of Ebenezer Porter Mason: interspersed with Hints to Parents and Instructors on the Training and Education of a Child of Genius. By DENISON OLMSTED. New York: Dayton & Newman. 1842.

The subject of this appropriate memoir was a remarkable example of the early develop ment of genius; and in conformity to the practice of British writers, to give extended biographies of their youth, who, in the morning of life, exhibited extraordinary talents, and gave promise of the highest excellence, but sunk prematurely into the grave, Professor Olmsted has prepared a similar tribute to the extraordinary youth whom it commemorates, as due alike to his own memory, to the place of his education, and to his country. It appears to be the biographer's design that each passage shall serve some valuable end, in exhibiting the development of intellect, the lofty aim, the kind affections, the filial piety, or the struggles with sickness and penury, which marked the progress of young Mason from the cradle to the grave.

15.-Elements of Logic; comprising the substance of the article in the Encyclopedia Metropoli tana; with additions, etc. By RICHARD WHATELY, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin. 12mo. pp. 359. Boston: James Munroe & Co.

In an age marked for the fertility of its novel theories and doctrines, in science as well as religion, the subject treated of in this volume would seem to recommend itself to every person who desires to reason forcibly or correctly. This elementary treatise holds a very high rank among the educational works of the day, having been introduced into many of the best managed and popular seminaries of learning, both in England and the United States. It is got up in the usually correct and beautiful style of most Boston books. 16-A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. By ANDREW URE, M.D., F.R.S. Illustrated with 1241 engravings. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

Eleven numbers of this reprint of a most valuable work have already appeared, embracing more than seven hundred large octavo pages, printed on a small but clear type. The price of the work in numbers to subscribers is but five dollars, and the publishers state as a satis faction to those who have so liberally patronized the work, that when the publication shall terminate it cannot be sold for less than seven dollars.

GILLOTT'S PENS.-We are gratified to hear of the increased demand for these pens. Joseph Gillott has been for twenty-five years engaged in the manufacture, and he has dur ing that time been enabled to make such improvements in their fabrication as at length to produce decidedly the best and most perfect article of the kind now in use. The increased demand for the article is, perhaps, the best evidence in their favor; and we therefore state from a source entitled to credit, the books of the manufacturer, that from October, 1838, to October, 1839, the number was 14,654,702; and from December, 1840, to the year ending December, 1841, 62,126,928; showing an increase, in two years, of about forty-seven millions of pens. The great number of counterfeits, both in this country and England, speaks strongly in favor of the genuine article.

ERRATA.-In our last number, chapter I., "on the Progress of Population and Wealth," etc., page 34, sixth line from the top, for "the whole slave population 17.76," read, “the whole colored population, free and slave, 19.27 per cent." Same page, twenty-second line from the top, for " and where it constitutes a larger part of the population," read, “and to such states as those in which the slaves constitute at least one tenth of the population." On page 36, nineteenth line from the top, read after, "The increase from the first source was estimated by Dr. Seybert." On page 38, second line from the bottom, for “77,000” read, "probably about 70,000."

"We have looked over the proof-sheets of a work with the above title, which is shortly to issue from the es of D. Appleton & Co. It is rich in incidents of travel, and embraces a vast fund of information touching countries through which the author passed, the manners, customs, and present condition of the people. Mr. Cooley is an acute observer and graphic limner, and possesses a most remarkable knowledge of human ature, its springs and motives; and judging from long personal acquaintance, and the portions of the work we ave read, we are willing to risk our reputation on the opinion, that it will command a popularity and sale qual at least to Stephens Travels in Central America. It is written in a clear, chaste, natural, and unaffect style, and illustrated with a great uumber of fine engravings. The typography of the work surpasses any ng we have yet seen from the American press."-Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, June, 1842.

The following is a very brief abstract of the contents.

Voyage from Athens to Alexandria-Our Arrival-The Inhabitants-Ladies in Masks and sants in rags-First Impressions-Invitation to Dine with Mr. and Mrs. Firkins-Introducon to the Wrinklebottoms, Messrs. O'Stratten, Sneezebitter, O'Screensbury, and other distinuished personages-Genealogy of the Humbug Family-An Evening Circle-A Snake tory-An Agreeable Surprise-Some of the Plagues of Egypt, and a Touch of the Nightare-Captain Underdone and his taste for Snake-charmers and Snake-eaters of the EastNew Acquaintance-A Ride to the Baths of Cleopatra and the Catacombs-An Egyptian overnor and his Footmen-Almost a Disaster-Arabs at Dinner-Manner of Eating in the ast-Marks of Civility shown to Guests-Women Cleaning the Streets with their Handsog Population, and their Manners and Customs-Every Dog has his Day-How to make an pression in Egypt-Incidental Story of Nebby Daood, an Eccentric Backwoodsman of the ited States travelling in Egypt-Nebby Daood among the Ruins of Athens-He visits ulapius' Grove-Argos, Mycene, Tyrius, Corinth, the Nemean Plains-Mount Parnassus Delphi, the Castalian Spring, the Waters of Lethe-Thebes, Plate, Ancient Crete, Egypt Syria-His Disappearance and probable Death-Affront to the Pacha-Dinner on the mait of Pompey's Pillar-Mr. Firkins in a Rage-Revolting Expedient of Mothers to mpt their Sons from Service in the Army-Unpleasant News-Brilliant Party of Pleasure Treks upon Strangers-Preparations to Depart-"Hot Mixture," and Hunt for the Doorh-Hints to Ladies Travelling in the East-Despotism and Degradation-Poverty preable to Wealth-Voyage on the Nile-Exciting Incident-Match-making Brokers-Law pecting Matrimony-Cheap Mode of Raising Children-Politeness of Dr. O'Squeebeyection of a Mummy-Painful Situation of the Wrinklebottoms-Expedition of Discovery ng the Harems Bathing and Dancing-Seraglio of the Sultan and his Hundred Wivese of Female Society-Excursion to the Pyramids-View from the Summit of the Pyramid Cheops-Brilliant Cavalcade-Embarkation, Pyramids of Dashour, and a Wild Goose Chase Pemale Devotion to the Holy Persons-The American Consul-Peter J. Scantletrash and servant Paul-A Cook in danger of being cooked-Tombs of Beni Hassan, and our last view with the Rintapers