of Colleges; and measures are now in a train of operation to establish a respectable institution there. In Virginia, from which students, in considerable numbers, once sought instruction here, the buildings of the Central University are at length completed, at an expense of nearly three hundred thousand dollars. Fitteen thousand dollars a year are placed at the disposal of the Board of Trustees. An agent is already despatched to Europe, for the purpose of selecting distinguished men as Professors, and the University is expected to commence its operations early in the year 1825. The College of Hampden and Sidney, likewise, has recently been revived under favorable auspices; while another institution, named Washington College, has attained a respectable rank. From the address of the late Gov. Barbour to the inhabitants of Virginia, it appears that the education of their youth at home, is awakening the liveliest exertions in that State; and is connected with strong feelings of local interest, and relative importance in the community of States. In the District of Columbia, a new College has recently gone into operation, with considerable prospect of success. Its students already amount to one hundred and twenty.

'In Pennsylvania, Dickinson College, once a distinguished seminary, after being extinct for a period, has been completely reorganised within two years past; and is now a prosperous institution. In the western States, Transylvania University numbers, in its various departments, thirteen Professors, and three hundred and sixty nine students. In Tennessee, besides the flourishing institution at Greenville, and another at Knoxville, a College is to be immediately organised at Nashville, under the direction of a gentleman already well known to the public, as an active and successful officer of Princeton College.' pp. 6-8. Remarks on Washington College, and on the 'Considerations' suggested by its Establishment. Hartford. 8vo. pp. 52.

MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

Elements of Moral Philosophy, comprising the Theory of Morals and Practical Ethics. By John L. Parkhurst. 12mo. pp. 257. Concord, N. H. J. B Moore, and J. W. Shepard.

The author says, that in writing this volume he has availed himself of the labors of others, as far as they have been to his purpose,' and adds, that' in the theory of Morals he is chiefly indebted to Brown; in Practical Ethics, to Paley.' The first part of the book treats of the foundation of moral distinctions, and the nature and degree of virtue; and the second is devoted to the practical rules of duty, sources of happiness, and the chief principles of social action.

The author adopts and defends Paley's theory of utility, and will not allow that it has in itself any tendency to be abused to bad purposes. Evil disposed men may abuse any rule, and this among others, but the fault is with themselves, and not with the rule. Madame de Stäel's assertion, that 'this utility is seldom anything more than a specious pretext, under which men disguise their selfish designs,' has no weight, the author thinks, as a general maxim. No one believes that to be on the whole useful, which he does not at the same time believe to be good, and if he talk of utility when he is committing any other than a virtuous act, he braves conscience in his deed. To plead for the utility of wicked acts is a contradiction in terms; and if a man seriously offers such a plea, all you can say is, that his moral vision is darkened, and his conscience hardened. But it may admit of a question, after all, whether this doctrine of utility, as a perfect rule of virtue, does not suppose more disinterestedness, if not more wisdom, than falls to the common lot of mankind. Mr Parkhurst's compend seems to be compiled with judgment, and to embrace as many particulars of the science, which it treats, as are requisite in an elementary treatise. We do not approve this mode of abridging, and should have valued the author's labors more highly, if he had wrought the subject anew, and expressed his thoughts in his own language. It is too

common with abridgments, that they break up and mangle the sense of the original author, while they present little to compensate this defect in the half developed conceptions of the compiler.

NATURAL HISTORY.

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. I. Part 2, No. VII.

NOVELS.

The Valley of Shenandoah, or Memoirs of the Graysons. 2 Vols. New York.

The Coquette; or, the History of Eliza Wharton. A Novel, Founded on Fact. By a Lady of Massachusetts. Fourth Edition. Newburyport. Charles Whipple.

Lionel Lincoln, or the Leaguer of Boston. By the Author of the 'Pilot,' &c. &c. 2 Vols. 12mo. New York.

C. Wiley. The Refugee, a Romance. By Capt. Matthew Murgatroyd, of the Ninth Continentals in the Revolutionary War. 12mo. 2 Vols.

The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale. By the Author of the 'Spy.' A new Edition.

John Bull in America, or the New Munchausen, 12mo. pp. 226. New York. C. Wiley.

POETRY.

Poems, By Edward C. Pinkney. Price 62 1-2 cts. Lays of Melpomene. By Sumner L. Fairfield. Portland, Me.

A Portuguese Tale.
Portland.

Baltimore.

12mo. pp. 72.

By Sumner L.

The Sisters of St Clara. Fairfield. 12mo. pp. 54. Triumphs of Liberty; the Prize Ode, recited by Mr. Finn, at the Boston Theatre, on the Anniversary of Washington's Birth Day, Feb. 22, 1825. By Ebenezer Bailey. 8vo. pp. 8. Boston. The Legend of Genevieve, with other Tales and Poems. By Delta.

POLITICS.

Speech of Mr McDuffie, on Internal Improvements; with a few Introductory Remarks, in Answer to a Pamphlet entitled 'Consolidation.' Columbia, S. C. 8vo. pp. 32.

Remarks on the Law of Imprisonment for Debt; showing its Unconstitutionality, and its Demoralising Influence on the Community. By Thomas Herttell, of the City of New York. 8vo. pp. 47. Boston.

A View of the Constitution of the United States of America. By William Rawle. Philadelphia.

THEOLOGY.

Bickersteth's Treatise on the Lord's Supper; adapted to the Service of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States; with an Introduction, Notes, and an Essay. By Gregory T. Bedell, A. M. Rector of St Andrew's Church, Philadelphia. Price $1. E. Littell.

Two Sermons, delivered to the First Parish in Hingham, by Joseph Richardson. 8vo. pp. 35.

Life a Journey, and Man a Traveller; a New Year's Sermon, preached at Trinity Church, on Jan. 4, 1824, and by Particular Desire, delivered again on Jan. 2, 1825; by John S. J. Gardiner, D. D. Boston. S. H. Parker.

A Discourse on the Proper Character of Religious Institutions; delivered at the Opening of the Independent Congregational Church in Barton Square, Salem, December 7, 1824. By Henry Colman. Published at the Request of Proprietors. Salem.

A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology. By Jared Sparks. No. IX. Containing Selections from the Works of the Ever Memorable John Hales, and a Biographical Notice. Boston. David Reed.

Christian Examiner and Theological Review. Nos. 6 and 7. Orthodoxy; being Objections to the Pamphlet, entitled 'Proofs that the common Theories and modes of Reasoning, respecting the Depravity of Mankind, exhibit it as a Physical Attribute.' Price

25 cts.

Biblical Repertory; a Collection of Dissertations on Biblical Literature. By Rev. Charles Hodge, Professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature, in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J. No. 1. 8vo. pp. 151. To be continued Quarterly.

Dialogues on Atonement. Price 25 cts. Philadelphia.

A Greek Grammar of the New Testament, translated from the German of George Benedict Winer, Professor of Theology at Erlangen. By Moses Stuart, Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary, Andover, and Edward Robinson, Assistant Instructer in the same Department. 8vo. pp. 176. Andover. Flagg and Gould.

The Prospects and Claims of pure Christianity; A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the Twelfth Congregational Church, in Boston, October 13th, 1824. By John G. Palfrey, A. M. Pastor of the Church in Brattle Street. Published by Request. 8vo. pp. 34. Boston. W. W. Clapp.

The Cabinet; or Works of Darkness brought to Light, &c. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected, 12mo. pp. 80. Philadelphia. John Mortimer.

A Review of the Rev. Mr Colman's Sermon, Delivered at the opening of the Independent Congregational Church, in Barton Square, Salem. Boston. 8vo. pp. 36.

Bible News; or, Sacred Truths relating to the Living God, his Only Son, and Holy Spirit, Illustrated and Defended, in a continued Series of Letters and Inquiries. To which is added a Respectful Address to the Trinitarian Clergy, relating to their Manner of treating Opponents. By Noah Worcester, D. D. Third Edition. Boston. 12mo. pp. 302.

The Power of Faith exemplified, in the Life and Writings of Mrs Isabella Graham, of New York. By Dr Bethune. To which is added Extracts from a number of Devotional Letters, written a short Time previous to her Death. Price $1. New York. Wilder and Campbell.

Book of Revelation Unsealed; An Explanation of the Apocalypse, or Revelation of St John. By Alexander Smythe, Member of Congress. 16mo. pp. 59. Washington D. C.

Retrospective Theology; or the Opinions of the World of Spirits, commonly called Dr Ely's Dream. Philadelphia.

Extract from the Minutes of the Synod and Ministerium of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the State of New York, and Adjacent Parts, Convened at Brunswick, New Jersey, October, 1824. 8vo. pp. 40.

A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. William Henry Furness, as Pastor of the first Congregational Unitarian Church, in Philadelphia, January 12, 1825. By Henry Ware, Jun. Minister of the Second Church in Boston. 8vo. pp. 46. Philadelphia. A. Small.

A Sermon preached before the Bible Society of N. Carolina, on Sunday, December 12th, 1824. By the Right Rev. John S. Ravenscroft, Bishop of the Diocess of North Carolina; with an Appendix. 8vo. pp. 22. Raleigh, N. C..

Unitarian Miscellany, No. 48.

The Second Volume of Sermons and Plans of Sermons on many of the most important Texts of Holy Scripture. By the late Rev. Joseph Benson. Baltimore. Armstrong and Plaskett. Christian Spectator, Vol. VII. Nos. 1, 2, and 3.

pp. 312.

The Literary and Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VIII. Nos. 1 and 2. A Vindication of the Divine Inspiration of the Bible, by human Reason and Argument. By M. M. B. Price 75 cents.

A Sermon preached at the Funeral of his Excellency William Eustis, Esq. late Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Presence of the Constituted Authorities of the State, February 11, 1825. By Daniel Sharp, Chaplain of the Senate.

A Family Prayer Book; Containing Forms of Morning and Evening Prayers, for a Fortnight, with those for Schools, Religious Societies, and Individuals. Third Edition, newly arranged, revised, and enlarged. 12mo. pp. 252. Boston.

A Reply to An Inquiry into the Scriptural Import of the Words Sheol, Hades, Tartarus and Gehenna; all translated Hell in the Common English Version. By Walter Balfour,' in a Series of Lectures delivered in the Universalist Church, Charlestown. By James Sabine, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in the City of Boston. 8vo. pp. 132. Boston.

A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the New Meeting

House in the First Parish in Deerfield, December 22d, 1824. By Samuel Willard, A. A. S. Minister of that Parish. 8vo. pp. 15.

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; in which the Text of the Common Version is divided into Paragraphs, the Punctuation in many Cases altered, and some Words, not in the Original, expunged. 12mo. pp. 297. Boston.

TOPOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS.

A General Outline of the United States of North America, her Resources and Prospects, with a Statistical Comparison, shewing, at one View, the Advance she has made in National Opulence, in the Period of Thirty Years, &c. 8vo. pp. 238. Philadelphia. H. S. Tanner.

A Topographical and Statistical Manuel of the State of NewYork. Second Edition, Containing an Account of the Grand Canals, Schools, Finances, &c.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. Narrative of an Expedition to the Sources of St Peter's River, Lake Winnepeck, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. Performed in the Year 1823, by Order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major U. S. T. E. Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Messrs Say, Keating, and Colhoun. By William H. Keating, A. M. &c. Professor of Mineralogy and Chemistry, as applied to the Arts, in the University of Pennsylvania; Geologist and Historiographer to the Expedition, in 2 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia. Carey and Lea.

A Year in England, comprising a Journal of Observations in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the North of Italy, and Holland. By John Griscom. Second Edition. New York. Collins and Hanney.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS.

Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron; noted during a Residence with his Lordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and 1822. By Thomas Medwin, of the 24th Light Dragoons. Author of 'Ahasuerus the Wanderer.' 12mo. pp. 304. New York.

Lord Byron's Works, a new and complete Edition, containing many Pieces not to be found in former Editions, among which are several Articles which appeared in the 'Liberal.'

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Esq. in 4 vols. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard and Co.

12mo.

Tales for Mothers, from the French of T. N. Bouilly, 12mo. pp. 184. New York.

'Alasco,' a Tragedy, written by M. A. Shee, Esq. R. A. with those Passages marked, that were Objected to by the Licenser of the British Stage. Price 31 cents.

The Tragedy of Caius Gracchus. thor of Virginius. Price 25 cents.

By James S. Knowles, Au