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showed Monmouth to be like Macedon; and Adair and Boudinot, that the Cherokees were the lost tribes of Israel.

He, again, p. 199, informs us of the existence, among the mountains, of a colony of white aborigines :

"By information derived from various sources, I am enabled to present the following statement relative to this interesting people:

"The Munchies are a nation of white aborigines, actually existing in a valley among the Sierra de los Mimbros chain, upon one of the affluents of the Gila, in the extreme northwestern part of the Province of Sonora.

"They number about eight hundred in all. Their country is surrounded by lofty mountains at nearly every point, and is well watered and very fertile, though of limited extent. Their dwellings are spacious apart ments, nicely excavated in the hill-sides, and are frequently cut in the solid rock.

"They subsist by agriculture, and raise cattle, horses and sheep. Their features correspond with those of Europeans, though with a complexion, perhaps, somewhat fairer, and a form equally if not more graceful.

"Among them are many of the arts and comforts of civilized life. They spin and weave, and manufacture butter and cheese, with many of the luxuries known to more enlightened nations.

"Their political economy, though much after the patriarchal order, is purely republican in its character. The old men exercise the supreme control in the enactment and execution of the laws. These laws are usually of the most simple form, and tend to promote the general welfare of the community. They are made by a concurrent majority of the seniors in council-each male individual, over a specified age, being allowed a voice and a

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Light in the Dwelling; or A Harmony of the Four Gospels. New York: D. Ap pleton & Co.

This is a large and finely printed volume of nearly six hundred pages, intended to supply a short homily, to be read at the family altar, for every day in the year. For those who live not in the present, it is a most valuable work.

Chambers's Information for the People. A popular Encyclopædia. First American edition, with numerous additions, and more than five hundred engravings. Philadelphia: G. B. Zeiber & Co. The name of "Chambers"-so long con. nected with one of the most unaffectedly useful and intelligent journals published in the language-is sufficient to insure for this into the work itself, we find it in every compilation a general regard. Looking way admirable, full of interesting informa tion on a thousand topics, and, what is more, information to be relied on. The articles are, of course, by different hands, as is evident enough by differences in style; but the language employed is generally lucid and flowing, and marked with a simplicity suited to the subject.

Pictorial History of England, Nos. 5, 6, 7. New York: Harper & Brothers.

We have before commended this work, as undoubtedly affording more accurate information respecting the early ages of Eng. land, especially of the customs and mandents, individual characteristics and gleams ners of the people, with local annals, inciof biography, than any other history in the language. It has not the originality and polish of Hume, or perhaps the fullness of political changes to be found in Turner; but it is in general respects superior to them both, and is full of interest on every page. It is issued by the publishers with much elegance-quite equal in the main to the English copy, of which it is designed to be a close transcript.

A Text Book of Chemistry; for the use of Schools and Colleges. By JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, M.Ď. New York: Harper & Brothers.

This volume contains the substance of the lectures which Mr. Draper has been accustomed for some years to deliver in the University of New York. It is much fuller than any school book on Chemistry yet published, containing, in a popular form, and lucidly arranged, all the modern discoveries in this interesting and important field of knowledge. The illustrations are ample.

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