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XIII.

PICTURESQUE VIEWS of AMERICAN SCENERY. Engraved by HILL, from drawings by J. SHAW, Landscape Painter; and finely coloured.

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Our country abounds with Scenery, comprehending all the varieties of the ublime, the beautiful, and the picturesque in nature, worthy to engage the kill of an Artist in their delineation; and as no well-executed work of this decription has ever been produced, it is confidently hoped that the present will meet with due encouragement.

Mr. Shaw, whose merits in this line have been honoured with the commenlation of Mr. West, is travelling through the different states, for the purpose f taking, on the spot, the best and most popular Views that can be selected. n the course of his tour he will visit nearly every State in the Union, being deirous of giving, as far as the limits of the work will admit, a specimen of the EAUTIES OF NATURE, in her most striking features, throughout this country. The whole will be accompanied by appropriate letter-press, descriptive of ach view, and will form one handsome voluine. In this the curious will find rare acquisition, whether regarded as exhibiting to the learner, practical exmples of the true principles of Painting, or as a standard of taste in the Fine rts; while the elegant and the patriotic will discover in them abundant sources f innocent gratification and amusement, calculated to refine their pleasures, nd to increase their admiration of the happy soil of their nativity!

CONDITIONS.

The work will be published in six numbers, each containing six Views, with ccasional Vignettes. The size of the Views will be 11 by 15 inches; they will e printed on an extra fine paper, and coloured by hand, so as to resemble the riginal drawings.

The price of each number will be ten dollars, payable on delivery.

The succeeding numbers will be published at intervals of three months, unthe whole is completed.

XIV.

Nos. 1 & 2 of THE JOURNAL OF JURISPRUDENCE; being new series of THE AMERICAN LAW JOURNAL. By JOHN C. HALL, Esq.

No. I. CONTAINING

An argument on the ceremony of swearing on the Holy Evangelists: by Chief Justice Trott, 8th December, 1709.

The decision ofdge Bee, in the case of Jonathan Robbins, (now first published.)

Remarks on this decision : (attributed to Chief Justice Marshall.)

Trial of William Penn, at the old Bailey, August, 1760.
Considerations on the authority of Consuls.

Commonwealth v. Young. Construction of the Constitution. Privilege of the Auctioneers in Pennsylvania.

Judicial Memoranda in the History of Pennsylvania.

Phillipe v. Rodgers. Aliens may hold land in Louisiana.
Dickey's Case. Execution. Sheriff's sale. Judgment.

Sharpnack v. Wilson. Construction of the Act of Assembly giving a lien on houses to the workmen.

Wood v. Griffith. Award. Maintenance and Champerty.

Case of the Tigre. Act of Congress. Officer, Salvage. Sinuggling.

Digest of Broderip and Bingham's Reports in C. P. April, 1819, to February, 1820.

Hernandez v. Aury. Prize. Jurisdiction.

No. II. CONTAINS, among other articles,

Pennsylvania. Commonwealth v. Carlisle, Habeas Corpus. Conspiracy. Connecticut. Andrews . Pardee. Insolvency. Promissory note. Nichols v. Palmer. Husband and Wife. Trustee. Pleading.

Dunnage v. White. Deed. Sanity.

Great Britain. Harding v. Gardner. Devise. Estate.

On a new Model of the Law.

Promulgation of the Laws.

Constitution of the Society for the Promotion of Legal Knowledge and Fo rensic Eloquence.

Mr. Duponceau's Address delivered before the trustees and members of the said society, at the opening of the Law Academy of Philadelphia.

Law of Louisiana respecting attachments.

Select translations from Valin's Commentaries on the Marine Ordinance of Louis XIV. (Mariner's Wages.)

XV.

A NEW SYSTEM of CULTIVATION without Lime, or Dung, or Summer Fallows, as practised at Knowle-Farm, in the County of Sussex. By Major-General ALEXANDER BEATSON, late Governor of the Island of St. Helena, &c.—with 3 engravings. Price 624 cents, sewed.

Extract from the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Society, for Promoting Agriculture. The President having heretofore laid before the Society, and requested seve ral of its members to read, and carefully to consider the contents of the work, hereinafter mentioned; the following order was adopted, and a copy thereof directed to be furnished to Mathew Carey and Son-viz.

THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE having seen, and several members having perused, and some of them having tried with approbation some of the implements described in "A New System of Cultivation without lime, or dung, or summer fallows, as practised at Knowle-Farm, in the County of Sussex. By Major-General Alexander Beatson, late Governor of the Island of St. Helena, &c." And this publication containing, in the opinion of the Society, important changes in the system of husbandry, many whereof are consi dered as improvements in agriculture, and well worthy of the attention of all practical farmers, who would be greatly benefited by experiments on the principles and practice therein promulgated, and if they did not find it profit

able or practicable to adopt the whole, such parts might be selected as would be highly advantageous, even in the old system of cultivation; and Mathew Carey and Son having agreed to reprint the same, for sale at a moderate price, the Society agree, for their encouragement, to take sixty copies of such repub. lication, being satisfied of the great public benefit which will be derived therefrom. Extracted from the Minutes,

XVI.

ROBERTS VAUX, Secretary.

Vols. 1 to 5 of REPORTS of CASES argued and determined in the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, in the time of LORD CHANCELLORS_THURLOW, ERSKINË, and ELDON, from 1789 to 1812-13. By FRANCIS VESEY, Jr. Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. To be completed in 19 vols. royal 8vo. From the third London edition, with References to American Decisions, by EDWARD D. INGRAHAM, Esq.

XVII.

VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA of the UNITED STATES: or, Medical Botany. Containing a Botanical, General, and Medical History of Medicinal Plants, indigenous to the United States, illus trated by fifty coloured engravings, made after drawings from nature, done by the author. By W. P. C. BARTON, M. D. Hospital Surgeon in the Navy of the United States, and Professor of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania. In 2 vols. 4to. Price $27.

The object of this work is to present the public with faithful representa tions of the many important medicinal plants of our country, most of which are as yet known only by name, to our physicians. The engravings are executed in the best style after the author's drawings, in which the greatest accuracy is studied. The plates are coloured by his own hand; and are true imita tions of nature. The letter-press contains a systematic or botanical description of the plant, a general description, and a history of such medical properties as are worth describing. The economical uses of the plants are also particularly mentioned.

XVIII.

ANASTASIUS; or Memoirs of a Greek. Written at the close of the nineteenth century. In 2 vols. 12mo. Price $2 50, boards.

XIX.

EUROPE AFTER THE CONGRESS of AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. Forming the sequel to the Congress of Vienna. By M. DE PRADT. Translated, with notes, by GEORGE ALEXANDER OTIS. In 8vo. Price $2, boards.

M. C. & S. have also published the Congress of Vienna, by the same author. In 8vo. Price $150, hoards.

XX.

REPORTS OF CASES, argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench, with Tables of the Names of the Cases, and principal Matters. By EDWARD HYDE EAST, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. A new edition, with corrections, and the addition of notes and references. By THOMAS DAY. In 16 vols. royal Svo. Price, bound in sheep, 72 dollars, or in calf, 80 dollars.

XXI.

THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE; being a complete book of lines for Carpentry and Joinery. Treating fully on practical geometry, soflits, brick and plaster groins, niches of every description, sky

lights, &c. With a great variety of designs for roofs, trussed girders, &c. &c. &c. The theory and practice well explained and fully exemplified on eighty-four copper-plates; including some observations and calculations on the strength of timber. By PETER NICHOLSON, author of the Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant. Second American, from the sixth London Edition. In 4to. Price handsomely bound, seven dollars and a half.

XXII.

LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS. Delivered at the Surrey Institution. By WIlliam Hazlitt. In 8vo. Price 82, boards.

XXIII.

KOTZEBUE'S NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY INTO PERSIA, in the suite of the Imperial Russian Embassy, in the year 1817. Translated from the German. 8vo. boards, & 1 50.

"Captain Kotzebue was attached as an employé to the suit of General Jermo. loff, on his recent embassy to Persia, and appears to have successfully availed himself of the opportunities which his situation afforded him. He has brought together a number of curious anecdotes relative to the leading individuals of the Persian Court, and others illustrative of the general character of the peo ple, with whom he and his companions appear to have been on terms of perfect friendship and even intimacy.

"To those of our readers, who wish to study the character of the Persians, to inquire into their domestic establishments, the condition of their females, the state of education among them, and the extent of their intellectual resources, we would recommend this volume, as presenting in a small compass, a varied fund of information.” European Magazine.

XXIV.

THE MILLWRIGHT and MILLER'S GUIDE. BY OLIVER EVANS.-Fourth edition. In 8vo. Price $4 50, bound.

XXV.

THE WORKS OF HORACE. Translated into English by C. SMART. In 2 vols 18mo.-New edition.

XXVI.

EDGEWORTH'S EARLY LESSONS. Complete in four vols. 18mo. Price $2 50.

XXVII.

LIFE of GEN. FRANCIS MARION. By the Rev. M. L. WEEMS, with 6 engravings.-New edition. Price $1, bound.

XXVIII.

LIFE of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. By the Rev. M. L. WEEMS. New edition. Price $1, bound.

XXIX.

CAREY'S SCHOOL ATLAS;

CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING MAPS :-

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XXX.

THE PRINCIPLES of MIDWIFERY; including the diseases of Women and Children. By JOHN BURNS, M. D. Fourth American from the third London edition. Greatly enlarged with improvements and notes by T. C. JAMES, M. D. In 2 vols. 8vo. Price $6, bd. XXXI.

DAVY'S ELEMENTS of AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY; to which is added, a Treatise on Soils and Manures, by an experienced Agriculturist. In 8vo. Price $250, bound.

XXXII.

AN EASY INTRODUCTION to the KNOWLEDGE of NATURE, adapted to the capacities of Children. By Mrs. TRIMMER. Revised, corrected, and greatly augmented, and adapted to the United States of America. In 18mo. with 6 cuts. Price 62 cents, half-bd. XXXIII.

VIRGIL DELPHINI with CLAVIS VIRGILIANA and INDEX -stereotype edition. In 8vo. Price $4, bound.

XXXIV.

VINDICIÆ HIBERNICE: or IRELAND VINDICATED: Au attempt to develope and expose a few of the multifarious errors and falsehoods respecting Ireland, in the Histories of May, Temple, Whitlock, Borlase, Rushworth, Clarendon, Cox, Carte, Leland, Warner, Macauley, Hume, and others, particularly in the Legendary Tales of the Conspiracy and the Pretended Massacre of 1641. By M. CAREY. Price $3, bound.

Extract from the Analectic Magazine, for May 1819, page 417.

"To every student of the annals of Ireland, we may safely recommend the work of Mr. Carey, as essential to a right understanding of her story: unless, indeed, he be willing to undergo the fatigue of perusing that huge mass of books and records, from which Mr. C. has selected the substance of his Vindicix-And even to such, if such there be, this book would be a most useful guide and assistant.

XXXV.

A JOURNEY THROUGH ALBANIA, and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople; in the years 1809 and 1819. By J. C. HOBHOUSE. In 2 vols. with a 4to vol. of plates. Price $8, in boards.

"The work will fully merit a stand and place in all collections of voyages and travels, by the industry and order of research conspicuous throughout, as well as by the spirit, vivacity, and good sense of the general narrative." Quarterly Review.

XXXVI.

THE HISTORY of the WARS of the FRENCH REVOLU TION, from the commencement of hostilities in 1792, to the conclusion of the definitive treaty of peace, signed at Paris in 1815; comprehending the civil history of the Principal States in Europe during the above eventful period; and a correct and impartial exhi bition of the causes, progress, and issue, of the late contest between Great Britain and the United States of America. By EDWARD BAINES. With Notes, and a new history of the Late War with Great Britain. By an American Gentleman. Embellished and illustrated by 39 portraits, and 15 maps, plans, and other engravings. 4 vols. Svo. Price $18, bound.

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