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"Here lie the bodis of my 2 grandmothers; engravings of the highest merit. Luther and Calvin maiden names Fox and Chubb."

But Pat forgot to tell his own name.

Our readers will scarcely pardon us if we add no specimens from our own land. All those given by our correspondent are modern and American, but we may present a few additional.

The first is a copy of Andrew Jackson's epitaph on his wife, inscribed on her tombstone in Tennessee:

"Here lie the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jackson, wife of President Jackson, who died on the 22d of December, 1828, aged 61. Her face was fair, her person pleasing, her temper amiable, and her heart kind. She delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creatures, and cultivated that divine pleasure by the most liberal and unpretending methods. To the poor she was a benefactress; to the rich she was an example; to the wretched a comforter; to the prosperous an ornament. Her pity went hand in hand with her benevolence; and she thanked her Creator for being permitted to do good. A being so gentle and yet so virtuous, slander might wound but could not dishonor. Even death, when he tore her from the arms of her husband, could but transplant her to the bosom of her God."

We may now add, as not less interesting, one found on the tombstone of one of President

Pierce's ancestors. It is in the old buryingground in Byfield, near Newbury, Vt.

"Here lys ye body of Benjamin Pierce, Esq., who died May ye 19th, 1711, aged 42 years and three months.

"Pillar i' th' State he was;

Bid fair still

At greater things.

To all yt knew him well.

Pattern of vertue;

Kind to all was he,

Loved by friends,

Feard of his enemie.

Embalmed in tears,
Envy itselfe stood dumb;
Snatcht from ye world

In times most troublesome."

In the same yard, on another gravestone, is the following to one of the same family :

"Here lies interred what was mortal of ye Honorable DANIEL PIERCE, Esq., who, having faithfully served his generation both in church and military station, fell asleep, April ye 22d, 1704, aged 66.

"Here lies interred a soul indeed,
Whom few or none excelled;
In grace if any him exceed,

He'll be unparalleled."

But enough on this subject. What has been said will, perhaps, interest the reader, awaken thought, and in some directions may lead to reform. Then when the heart, gushing with sorrow, seeks the sepulcher, it will read, in language that is divinely comforting, "She is not dead but sleepeth;" "To depart and be with Christ is far better."

Our excellent correspondent furnished us, too late for the last number, the following letter from Boston, which will not be altogether untimely for our present number:

The Young Men's Christian Association have taken possession of their elegant suite of rooms in the new Tremont Temple, and have recommenced the prosecution of the objects of the Society with new vigor. Their rooms embrace the whole front of one story of this noble building, affording them a large hall, a library, and three smaller rooms for committees and other purposes. The library, which is receiving continual accessions, numbers now nearly two thousand volumes. All the leading religious and secular papers and periodicals in the country are to be found upon the files. The large assembly room is adorned with

look down from its walls upon the groups beneath, preaching powerfully, though in silent tones; and that most sublime and impressive of pictorial representations-the death-bed of Wesley-in mute eloquence exhibits the power of the gospel in the dying hour, and seems really to utter its benediction: "The best of all is, God is with us."

On Monday evenings a prayer-meeting is held in the rooms from nine to ten o'clock, thus accommodating those that attend other services. This occasion is sometimes a season of peculiar interest. A class in Biblical literature has been formed, which meets for mutual improvement and for a weekly recitation on Tuesday evenings. This class is quite largely attended, and is becoming popular among the young men. Once a month a literary exercise is held, which is opened by an essay, and followed by discussions and conversations upon predetermined topics. Committees are appointed to visit and obtain watchers for the sick; while one of the main offices of the society, in which every member takes a personal interest, is to secure the presence and fellowship of young men from the country, upon their first introduction to the business and temptations of the city. The experiment has been, thus far, entirely successful. It is uniting, developing, and invigorating the piety of the younger members of the evangelical churches. It affords one of the most beautiful illustrations, as it offers one of the most powerful defenses, of the religion of the Cross, and presents one of the strongest barriers against the tide of irreligion and city vice, which annually sweeps away so many promising young minds. Arrangements are nearly perfected for the second course of religious discourses from the foremost clergymen of the different denominations. These will be delivered on week evenings instead of the Sabbath, as heretofore, thus accommodating those that would otherwise be detained by services in their own churches.

It is ominous of good to know that similar associations have been instituted in the principal cities of New-England, and in other parts of the country. The full influence of these societies upon the social and religious life of the community cannot be comprehended at once.

In the literary world we hear the sound of preparations for the coming season. The Mercantile Library is rapidly filling up its list of lecturers for the ensuing winter. In it are to be found some of the highest names in the political and literary world: Hon. W. H. Seward, of New-York, and Hon. Rufus Choate, of Boston, are among the number. The name of James Russell Lowell is announced to deliver one of the courses of lectures before the Lowell Institute the present season. Oliver Wendell Holmes, it is said, will redeliver his admirable and popular series of lectures on the poets of the nineteenth century in various places, and in New-York city among others. If this latter report be correct, a rare intellectual treat is in promise before you. Whipple, who now stands at the head of the Essayists of our country, is arranging his numerous engagements, and preparing his keen and sparkling analyses for crowded and delighted audiences. So universal has the Lyceum become, so limited is the supply of professional and successful lecturers, and such is the eagerness of committees to secure their men, that the few speakers who stand "a head and shoulders " above the crowd are fain to say with the world-known razor-man, "Gentlemen, do n't all speak at once."

Mr. Fields, the poet-bookseller, while he reaps fame and money in the reproduction, in permanent and beautiful forms, of the works of his brother bards, from time to time increases the "staple " with his own brilliant pen. No public lecturer presents a better poem, or delivers it in a happier style.

A superior work of art has just been executed in Boston, copies of which will be soon circulated throughout the country. It is a large line engraving, the conception of which was entirely original; and the execu tion of a work so delicate and complicated is really a wonder of designing and engraving skill. The idea of the author was, to represent Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in one picture; and so truly has the concep tion of the author, and of the glorious old dreamer himself, been caught by the designer and embodied in the print, that, as Dr. Bacon has happily remarked, "While in the book of Bunyan we have the story, in the engraving we have the dream itself." The whole mountain passage, from the city of Destruction to the Celestial gateway, and nearly every person met with on this eventful journey, are, with indescribable precision and grace, represented in this panoramic picture. It is, without doubt, the finest engraving ever executed

in this country, and is an honor to all who have been engaged in its preparation. It is published by Jewett & Co., the well-known booksellers of our city.

Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of his Writings," by Bishop Heber. Revised and corrected by Rev. Charles P. Eden. Ten vols. 8vo. They also

Great preparations are now making for the fall book-publish "Pope's Works," in verse and prose, edited by trade; and many new works of sterling character will issue from the press, at short intervals, during the present autumn.

Phillips, Sampson, & Co., are just issuing "A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Rev. Adoniram Judson, D. D.," by Rev. Dr. Wayland. This work will form two large duodecimos, and will be illustrated with a steel portrait. The well-known and well-beloved subject of the memoir, and the great ability of the author, will secure for these volumes a very wide circulation. Dr. Beecher's great work on "The Conflict of Ages; or, the Great Debate on the Moral Relations of God and Man," will be issued the first of September. It will form one large duodecimo of 550 pages. The same publishers will send forth from their press, the present month, The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin." This volume will contain his entire Autobiography, and much material from French and American sources, never before published; together with a Memoir, by Epes Sargeant, Esq. It will form a stout duodecimo. They have also in press a new work, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, entitled "English Notes; or, Observations in England," one vol. 12mo.; "Hearts and Faces; or, Home-Life Unvailed," by the author of "Father Brighthopes;" "Outline of the Geology of the Globe, and of the United States in particular." By Edward Hitchcock, D. D., LL.D. One vol. 12mo. This work will be illustrated with two geological maps, and will contain sketches of characteristic American fossils. The above publishers will also issue the present month the "Complete Works of Mrs. Hemans, with an original Memoir, by Mrs. Sigourney." This will form a royal octavo, of uniform size and appearance with their superior library edition of the poets.

Jewett & Co. have in press an admirable Life of that noble-hearted and benevolent Quaker gentleman, Isaac T. Hopper, by Lydia Maria Child: an admirable subject in the hands of one fully competent to do it justice. From the same press will be issued, at an early date, the popular series of Lectures to Young Men, delivered during the past winter by Rev. Rufus W. Clark, of East Boston. They have also in press a new temperance tale, entitled "The Mysterious Parchment; or, the Satanic License," said to be written by a clergyman of New-York, and exhibiting much ability; The Origin, Character, and Influence of the American Colonization Society:" "The Memoir, Speeches, and Essays of the late Hon. Robert Rantoul, jun.," edited by Luther Hamilton, Esq. The early memoir is written by Rev. Dr. Peabody, of Portsmouth, his classmate. This will be a valuable, and undoubtedly a popular work. They will also issue "Hints for the Household; er, Family Counsellor," by Rev. William M. Thayer. The little work entitled "Shady Side," published by this house, is enjoying a very large sale. Twenty thousand copies have already been published, and the demand still continues.

Crosby & Nichols have lately published "The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles the Fifth," by William Stirling; a volume that has reached a second edition in England, and merits, by its interest and valuable historical records, a wide popularity in its American form. The same publishers have issued a remarkable work on "Regeneration," by E. II. Sears. It is indorsed by the American Unitarian Association, and will be read with grateful surprise and pleasure by Christians who consider themselves far from sympathy with Unitarian views. They have in press, "Sculp ture and Sculptors," by Mrs. H. F. Lee, author of the "Old Painters." &c.; "God with Men; or, Footprints of Providential Leaders," by Rev. Samuel Osgood; a volume of Sermons, by Rev. A. A. Livermore; two volumes of Lectures to Young Men and Young Women, by Rev. W. G. Eliot, jun., of St. Louis; "Visiting my Relations," by the author of the "Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling."

Little, Brown, & Co. have just issued the first volume of the eighth edition of the "Encyclopædia Bri tannica." This edition is greatly improved, and brought up to the present time. It will be completed in twentyone volumes, and is edited by Thomas Stewart Traill. They have also published the fourth enlarged and corrected edition of Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines;" and the "History of New-England, from 1630 to 1649," by John Winthrop, edited by James Savage. They have in press a new edition of "Lyell's Manual of Geology," illustrated with maps. plates, and wood-cuts; and also of his "Principles of Geology;" "Jeremy Taylor's Complete Works, with a

Right Hon. John Wilson Croker; four vols. 8vo; "Dryden's Works," based upon the edition of Sir Walter Scott; revised, with additions; eight vols. 8vo.: "Swift's Works," new edition, eight vols. 8vo.; "Moore's Memoirs," edited by Right Hon. Lord John Russell; eight vols. 8vo.. four volumes now ready; "Mahon's England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1718-1788," by Lord Mahon; third edition, three vols. 8vo.

It

Ticknor, Reed, & Fields have in press a volume of travels of unusual interest, by George S. Hilliard. is entitled," Six Months in Italy;" and from the reading of a few extracts from the proof-sheets, we can promise our friends a rare pleasure in its perusal. They will also issue soon, "Light on the Dark River; or, Memorials of Henrietta A. L. Hamlin, Missionary in Turkey," biography of the late Dr. Olin will call to mind his by Mrs. M. W. Lawrence. Those who have read the visit with this excellent lady in Constantinople, and the high tribute he pays to her intelligence, piety, and Christian kindness. They have also in press "Prior's Life of Burke;" "Memoir of Robert Wheaton;" "Autobiography of Mrs. Mowatt;" "De Quincey's Antobiographic Sketches;" "Grace Greenwood's Letters from Europe;" "My Two Sisters," by Mrs. Judson.

P. S.-It is expected that the Crystal Palace in your city will find a powerful competitor, in the province of the practical arts, in the Mechanics' Fair, to be held during the month of September in Faneuil Hall. Unusual preparations are making, and the promise now is that a full and an interesting exposition of American art and industry will be made on the occasion. George Russell, Esq., of Roxbury, will deliver an appropriate oration some time during the progress of the exhibition. B. K. P.

OLD FOGIES. This term is either of Irish or Scottish derivation. It is claimed to be of "pure Irish origin," and to have been applied to "mature old warriors." But it was certainly in use also in Scotland and the permanent garrisons of Edinburgh; and probably those of Stirling Castle, consisting of veteran companies, were called "Castle Fogies."

Dr. Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, defines the word "foggie, or fogie," to be, first, "an invalid, or garrison soldier;" secondly, “a person advanced in life;" and derives it from "Su. G. fogde, formerly one who had the charge of a garrison."

The word may have been derived from the German roght, which signifies a governor, judge, steward, &c. It is, in fact, nothing more than a good-humored corruption or diminution of "old folks." This also shows us the derivation of "pettifogger," which means a "little fogie," or a "petty folker," one whose practice is among the lower classes. All this may be a word of comfort to somebody. Blessed be the man that invented dictionaries!

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HOUR-GLASSES were formerly much used in pulpits, to denote the proper length of a sermon. George Herbert says: "The parson exceeds not an hour in preaching, because all ages have thought that a competency." All ages but ours, and we think it a little more than a competency. It is said that this custom was borrowed from the ancient Greek and Roman orators, who declaimed by an hour-glass. In many of the old records are charges for this needful instrument--for instance, in Christ Church, St. Catherine's, Aldgate, under the year 1564, this entry occurs:

"Paid for an hour-glass that hangeth by the pulpitt when the preacher doth make a sermon that he insy know how the hour passeth away."

In Fosbrooke (Br. Mon., p. 286) is the following passage:

"A stand for an hour-glass still remains in many pulpits. A rector of Bibury (in Gloucestershire) used to preach two hours, regularly turning the glass. After the text the esquire of the parish withdrew, smoaked his pipe, and returned to the blessing.”

In 1681 a sect arose, calling themselves "The Sweet Singers of Israel," who, among other things, renounced the limitation of the Lord's mind by hour-glasses. O that such reformers would arise now! Most of our Churches, we fear, in this degenerate age, would supply themselves with half hour-glasses. The less of the gospel the better is the language of this busy age. The ancient and precise usage to which we have referred had one decided advantage over our uncertain and indefinite mode of preaching. The squire of the parish knew exactly when it was time to put out his pipe, reenter the church, and resume his pew to receive the blessing.

THE MAIDS AND THE WIDOWS.-The following petition, signed by sixteen maids of Charleston, South Carolina, was presented to the governor of that province on March 1, 1733, "the day of the feast:"

"To His Excellency Governor Johnson. "The humble Petition of all the Maids whose names are underwritten:-

"Whereas we, the humble petitioners, are at present in a very inelancholy disposition of mind, considering how all the bachelors are blindly captivated by widows, and our more youthful charms thereby neglected: the consequence of this our request is, that your Excellency will for the future order that no widow shall presume to marry any young man till the maids are provided for; or else to pay each of them a fine for satisfaction, for invading our liberties; and likewise & fine to be laid on all such bachelors as shall be married to widows. The great disadvantage it is to us maids is, that the widows, by their forward carriages, do snap up the young men; and have the vanity to think their merits beyond ours, which is a great imposition upon us who ought to have the preference.

This is humbly recommended to your Excellency's consideration, and hope you will prevent any further insults.

"And we poor Maids, as in duty bound, will ever pray.

P. S.-I, being the oldest Maid, and therefore most concerned, do think it proper to be the messenger to your Excellency in behalf of my fellow subscribers."

PROFESSOR FARADAY seems to have been anticipated by Bacon, in his philosophy of TableTurning. In the Sylva Sylvarum, art. Motion, is the following:

"Whenever a solid is pressed, there is an inward tumult of the parts thereof, tending to deliver themselves from the compression: and this is the cause of all violent motion. It is very strange that this motion has never been observed and inquired into; as being the most common and chief origin of all mechanical operations.

"This motion operates first in a round, by way of proof and trial, which way to deliver itself, and then in progression, where it finds the deliverance casiest."

EARWIGS. The press, both in Europe and America, has groaned of late under descriptions of this insect and its habits; always assuring the reader that it is improperly so called; that its real name is earwing; and that Providence has kindly furnished the ear with a secretion which would make entrance to that organ impossible. Ah! gentlemen, this is all theorywe have a chapter of experience. Visiting a friend in Poughkeepsie, a few years since, we

had retired for the night, and had just fallen into a refreshing slumber, when a pain in the ear awakened us. It was evidently something moving. To be certain of this fact, we arose and let fall a drop of water into the ear, when the pain became most intense, which we were satisfied was produced by a moving insect. We aroused the family, who kindly furnished us with sweet oil and laudanum, and we made many ineffectual attempts to float the insect out, giving all the while, we are informed, most unequivocal testimony of the strength of our lungs. Our friends, fearing the result, had dispatched a wagon to the village for a physician. He came; but, according to this popular theory, pronounced our assertions impossible. There could be no bug in the ear. He could perceive none, either with his eyes or instruments. A friend who stood by begged the tweezers, thrust them into our ear, and, to the amazement of the doctor, drew forth an earwig. From that hour we have dreaded the sight of the insect. Its buzzing in our chamber will start us from the soundest slumbers. No man, with such an experience as ours, can for a moment believe the theory.

UNLUCKY DAYS.-For ourselves, we would as soon commence business, set out on a journey, or even get married on Friday as on any other day of the week; but not so with others. An old manuscript, dating two centuries back, will enlarge a little the catalogue of unlucky days. It reads as follows:

"The first Monday in April, the day on which Cain was born and Abel was slain.

"The second Monday in August, on which day Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.

"The 31st of December, on which day Judas was born who betrayed Christ.

"These are dangerous days to begin any business, fall sick, or undertake any journey."

TEMPERANCE AND THE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. We were present at the recent commencement at Middletown, Connecticut, and sat down with a large company at a fine table, spread at the M'Donough House. We were surprised to find one column of our bill of fare filled with the best of wines and liquors, for which we were invited to call for tickets. The bills were, however, removed, and in a few moments again returned with the offensive column torn off. Temperance triumphed, and all rejoiced.

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Book Notices.

A Pen and Ink Panorama of New-York City, by Cornelius Matthews, is a little work of 209 pages, 24mo., just published by John S. Taylor, 17 Ann-street, and well worth the reading. It is not history; it is not naked description; but a lively view of the great metropolis as it is. Broadway and the Bowery, Barnum and the seamstresses, the firemen and newsboys, all pass before the reader. The only objection we feel is that the show is too short; and politely as the manager bows and says his "much obliged to you for your attendance," we feel half inclined to demand its repetition at the same price.

Salad for the Solitary. Lamport, Blakeman, & Lane, 8 Park Place, New-York. What a title for a book! Selected, we suppose, because a salad is simply a little of everything put in to make it good-it is "a delectable conglomerate of good things;" and this book is a "consarcination of many good things for the literary palate." A few of the titles will best explain its character: "The Talkative and the Taciturn," "A Monologue on Matrimony," "Curious and Costly Books,"" Dying Words of Distinguished Men," " Infelicities of the Intellectual," "The Shrines of Genius,' Sleep and its Mysteries," &c. It is a work of fine literary taste, presented to us in good style with appropriate illustrations. We hope the author and publisher may so far verify the words of Peter Pindar"The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths, or I mistake mankind"as to have their "salad" in great demand. We are always too lazy to mix our own salad; but this dish was very much to our taste.

Saw Up and Saw Down; or, the Fruits of Industry and Self-Reliance, by Mrs. H. C. Knight; and What Small Hands may Do; or, Filial Love Rewarded, by Mrs. S. S. A., are two touching little narratives which appeared some years since in the Mother's Assistant and Young Ladies' Friend, and are now presented in a pretty little volume. The avails of the publication are for the benefit of the "Home for the Friendless." To buy it and present it to a child will bless it with some good practical lessons in most interesting tales, and aid a most worthy institution. The book has the title of the first story, and bears the imprint of the American Female Guardian Society, 24 Beekman-street, and that of C. Stone, 21 Cornhill,

Boston.

English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive. London. 406 pp. octavo. Bangs & Brother have sent us this beautiful book-beautiful both in matter and illustration. The fine old forests of England are rapidly passing away; and it is well that an attempt is made to hand down to posterity some idea of their beauty, grandeur, uses, and history. They will soon be no more; but the people of England should see that some of them are preserved, Epping at least, for the benefit of the metropolis. The work is one of great labor and research, and we were surprised to find the subject made so deeply interesting.

It is full of history, incident, legend, description, &c. Our attention was arrested by interesting tables at the close of the volume, containing a list of those who had a claim to Her Majesty's venison in the buck season, 1847; and returns of the revenue and expenditure of the chief forests for nearly half a century, &c. It is a splendid volume.

The same firm have laid upon our table Norway and its Scenery, comprising the Journal of a Tour, by Edward Price, Esq., with consider able additions, and a Road-Book for Tourists. Edited and Compiled by Thomas Forester, Esq., A. M., author of Norway in 1848-49, de. This is another volume of Bohn's Illustrated Library, containing, in four hundred and fifty pages, an ample fulfillment of the promise of its titlepage. No country in the world perhaps furnishes richer material, either for pen or pencil, than Norway. The tourist is a most enthusiastic admirer of nature, and a good observer of men and things. His sketches were taken on the spot, and we are presented with twenty-one plates of the most exquisite artistic merit. No previous volume of this library that we have seen surpasses this in richness of matter or illustration. The first chapter of the work contains interesting notices of such works of modern travelers in Norway as may be consulted with advantage; and the volume generally opens to American readers, as it were, a new world. The falls of Gotha and Trolhaettan, the latter said by Mr. Inglis to be "the highest fall in Europe of the same body of water," and the mysteries of the Western Fjords, will be new to most cisatlantic readers. We rejoice to see the work introduced to this country by the enterprising agents for the Illustrated Library, Messrs. Bangs & Brother.

The Difficulties of Infidelity is the title of a reprint of Faber's valuable work on that subject; to which is added Robert Hall's well-known sermon, Modern Infidelity considered with respect to its Effects on Society. Faber, although a voluminous writer, is comparatively little known to general readers in the United States. His work on the Holy Spirit, however, has been read by thousands, and has given him a good introduction. In "The Difficulties of Infidelity," he has not paused to answer the objections of infidels, but carries the war into the very camp of the enemy, showing that their scheme is encumbered by more and greater difficulties than ours, and that there is more credulity in the disbelief of Christianity than in the belief of it. The book is beautifully printed on fine paper, and neatly bound. A valuable catalogue of books on the Evidence of Revealed Religion is appended. William Gorans, New-York,

William Carey: a Biography, by Joseph Belcher, D. D. American Baptist Publication Society, 118 Arch-street, Philadelphia. The Baptist Church has been greatly honored of God in her missionaries. Twenty years have passed since Dr. Carey's death, and the world has hitherto been favored with his biography from another pen.

Yet thousands will hail this new publication with joy. Dr. Carey will never be forgotten for his labors in Oriental literature. He was the first to reduce many of the languages of Eastern India to a system, and his Sanscrit Grammar was a work of immense labor. His Bengali Grammar superseded all others, and, we believe, remains the standard; and his dictionary of that work has proved invaluable to his successors. He moreover translated, and caused to be printed, many portions of the Scriptures into the Indian dialect. His literary labors were truly surprising; but not more extraordinary than his personal trials and sacrifices as a minister in Bengal, which, for the most part, was the scene of his missionary labors. The book before us is one of great interest, handsomely illustrated with a likeness of the Doctor and his Pundit, his birth-place, and other

engravings. It is a worthy contribution to our missionary literature.

PAMPHLETS.-We have received parts nine, ten, and eleven of the works of Shakspeare, with the restored text, from Redfield, 110 Nassau-street. We have before commended the work.

We have also received the following pamphlets: The New-York Medical Gazette and Journal of Health, edited by Dr. Reese; the Star of Literature, published by the Belles-Lettres Union Society of Dickinson Seminary; the North Carolina University Magazine; Professor Harris's excellent Address before the Union Missionary Society of Inquiry, in the University of Michigan; the District School Journal of Education of the State of Iowa, edited by R. R. Gilbert, &c., &c.

Literary Record.

COLLEGIATE.-The Triennial Catalogue of the Newbury Female Collegiate Institute, issued by the Esthetic Society, Newbury, Vermont, is at hand. Under the presidency of Rev. Joseph E. King, A. M., this institution seems to be prospering. Its graduates and under-graduates are one hundred and five in number.

We have received from Rev. Alphonso Rollins, A. M., the Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Delaware College, Newark, Delaware, Rev. W. S. F. Graham, President. During the past year one hundred and fifty-three students have been connected with the institution in its different departments.

The Catalogue of the Greensboro' Female College, Greensboro', North Carolina, Rev. Charles F. Deems, President, is before us. This institution appears to be in a prosperous conditiou, with one hundred under-graduates, twelve graduates, and four resident graduates.

The Eleventh Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Wesleyan Female College of Cincinnati, Ohio, for 1852-53. most excellent institution, Rev. P. B. Wilber, A. M., President, with a strong board of instruction. We rejoice greatly in the growing success of this institution.

The Fifth Annual Catalogue and Circular of the Newark Wesleyan Institute for 1853-4, Benedict Stone, A. M., Acting Principal, and Teacher of Ancient Languages. A fine institution, with three hundred and eighty-two students in all.

Catalogue of Baldwin Institute, Berea, Ohio, 1852-3, Gersham Morse Barber, A. M., Principal, with seven assistants and teachers. This school has had an average of one hundred and ninety-five students per term during the year. It appears to be doing well.

The Catalogue of the Indiana Asbury University, Lucien W. Berry, D. D., President, and Professor of Mental and Moral Science and Biblical Literature. One of the best of the colleges under the patronage of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have had a total of

three hundred and sixty-nine students during the year.

The Annual Catalogue of the Teachers and Students of Mount Union Seminary and Normal School for the year ending June 17, 1853, 0. N. Hartshorn, A. M., Principal.

The Annual Catalogue of Brookville College, Brookville, Indiana, Rev. T. A. Goodwin, A. M., President. We judge this seminary to be in a prosperous condition, and wish our friend Goodwin great success.

Danville Seminary, Danville, Illinois, Rev. Oliver S. Munsell, A. M., Principal, has two hundred and six students, a good course of study, and we should think from their catalogue a fine prospect of usefulness.

The Annual Catalogue of Oakland Female Seminary, Hillsborough, Ohio. This institution is in the fifteenth year of its existence, has one hundred and thirty-six students, and appears to be in fine condition.

The Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, have sent us their Catalogue. Rev. Solomon Howard, D. D., with a faculty of three professors, one teacher, and one hundred and two students in all, present us with an institution bidding fair for usefulness.

The Catalogue of Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn., is at hand. This institution is under the patronage of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Conferences, Rev. Thomas Bowman, M. A., Principal. It has two hundred and seventy-two students and resident graduates.

The Albion Female Collegiate Institute is located at Albion, Michigan. Rev. Dr. Human is president, and is assisted by an able faculty, both male and female. They report an aggregate of five hundred and sixty students for the year, a greater number than was ever before in the institution.

The Wesleyan Female Collegiate Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, will rank among the best of our institutions. Rev. George Loomis, A. M., President, with a fine faculty, and a total of one hundred and twenty-eight students.

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