is enhanced, when faithfully performed, as in the present case, and illustrated, through the medium of notes, by all the light which town and church records could throw upon it, and by references to other antiquarian and historical publications, that touch upon the same subjects. The old burying-ground in Cambridge is an interesting spot, even more so, to one class of visitants, than the remarkable and picturesque cemetery in its neighbourhood. It is intimately connected with the history of the College, or rather of the Grammar School in Cambridge, out of which the present well endowed and flourishing University has sprung. It contains the ashes of many of its earlier officers and presidents, and of some of its promising students cut off before their time. Time's "effacing fingers" were rapidly obliterating the lines graven upon their head-stones, and wiping out the memory of their services from the hearts of their descendants. This little publication may do something to arrest this work of the destroyer, and to induce the inhabitants of the town to make some effort to improve the neglected and desolate aspect of a place which ought to be hallowed in their eyes.

NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

A Joint Letter to Orestes A. Brownson and the Editor of the North American Review, in which the Editor of the North American Review is proved to be no Christian and little better than an Atheist. By R. Hildreth, Author of "Theory of Morals." Boston. 1845. 24mo. pp. 34.

The Library of American Biography, conducted by Jared Sparks. Second Series. Vol. V. Lives of Count Rumford, Zebulon M. Pike, and Samuel Gorton. Boston: Little & Brown. 1845. 12mo. pp. 411.

The Esthetic Letters, Essays, and the Philosophical Letters of Schiller; translated, with an Introduction, by J. Weiss. Boston: Little & Brown. 1845. 12mo. pp. 379.

Novelas Españolas, y Coplas de Manrique; con algunos Pasages de Don Quixote, etc. Por J. Griffin. Brunswick. 1845. 12mo. pp. 132.

A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament. By Thomas Erskine May, Esq., Barrister at Law, Assistant Librarian of the House of Commons. London: Charles Knight & Co. 1844. 8vo. pp. 496.

The History of Oregon and California, and the other Territories of the Northwest Coast of North America; accompanied by a Geographical View and Map of those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations of the History. By Robert Greenhow, Translator and Librarian to the Department of State of the United States. Second Edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. Boston Little & Brown. 1845. 8vo. pp. 492.

Essays on Art, by Goethe. Translated by Samuel Gray Ward. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1845. 18mo. pp. 263.

Rejoinder to the "Reply" of the Hon. Horace Mann, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, to the "Remarks" of the Association of Boston Masters upon his Seventh Annual Report. Boston: Little & Brown. 1845. 8vo. pp. 215.

American Facts. Notes and Statistics relative to the Government, Resources, Engagements, Manufactures, &c., of the United States of America. By George Palmer Putnam, Member of the New York Historical Society, Author of an Introduction to History, etc. With Portraits and a Map. London: Wiley & Putnam. 1845. 12mo. pp. 292.

The Twenty-ninth Report of the Directors of the American Asylum at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb; and Mr. Weld's Report to the Directors of his Visit to Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb in Europe, with other Documents, exhibited to the Asylum, May 10th, 1845. Hartford. 1845. 8vo. pp. 130.

Poems, by William W. Lord. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1845. 12mo. pp. 158.

Letters from New York. Second Series. By L. Maria Child, Author of " Philothea," "The Mother's Book," &c. New York: C. S. Francis & Co. 1845. 12mo. pp. 287.

Orthophony, or Vocal Culture in Elocution; a Manual of Elementary Exercises, adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist." By James E. Murdock and William Russell. Boston: W. D. Ticknor & Co. 1845. 12mo. pp. 336.

Critical Exposition of Baptism, clearly establishing the Scriptural Authority of Affusion and Sprinkling, and of Infant Baptism. By Leicester A. Sawyer, A. M., President of Central College, Ohio. Cincinnati: H. W. Derby & Co. 18mo. pp. 188.

The World in a Pocket-book, or Universal Popular Statistics. Third Edition, greatly enlarged and improved. Philadelphia: George S. Appleton. 1845. 16mo. pp. 195.

The Young Ladies' Elocutionary Reader: containing a Selection of Reading Lessons, by Anna U. Russell, with Introductory Rules and Exercises in Elocution, adapted to Female Readers, by William Russell. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1845. 12mo. pp. 480.

Elements of Algebra; by William_Smyth, A. M., Professor of Mathematics in Bowdoin College. Fourth Edition. Brunswick: Joseph Griffin. 1843. 12mo. pp. 272.

Crania Ægyptiaca ; or Observations on Egyptian Ethnography, derived from Anatomy, History, and the Monuments. By Samuel G. Morton, M. D., Author of "Crania Americana." Philadelphia: John Pennington. 1844. 4to. pp. 67. Plates xiv.

Domestic Slavery considered as a Scriptural Institution; in a Correspondence between the Rev. Richard Fuller, of Beaufort, S. C., and the Rev. Francis Wayland, of Providence, R. I. Revised and Corrected by the Authors. New York: Lewis Colby. 1845. 16ino. pp. 254.

First Books of Natural History, for Schools, Colleges, and Families. By W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D. 1. Elements of Anatomy and Physiology. 2. Elements of Mammalogy. 3. Elements of Ornithology. 4. Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology. 5. Elements of Conchology. 6. Elements of Entomology. 7. Elements of Botany. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot. 1844. 12mo.

Popular Lectures on Astronomy, by M. Arago. With Additions and Corrections, by Dionysius Lardner, LL. D. New York: Greeley and McElrath. 1845. 8vo. pp. 96.

Address delivered before the Washington County Association for the Improvement of Public Schools, at Wickford, January 3d, 1845. By Rowland G. Hazard. Providence: 1845. 8vo. pp. 42.

Speech of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University, before the Board of Overseers of that Institution, February 25, 1845, on the Minority Report of the Committee of Visitation, presented to that Board by George Bancroft, Esq., February 6, 1845. Boston: Little & Brown. 8vo. pp. 64.

The Education we want: a Discourse, pronounced November 23, 1844, before the Board of Directors of the Public Schools of Muni

cipality No. 2. By W. A. Scott, D. D. New Orleans. 1845. 8vo. pp. 28.

Reports on the Washington Silver Mine in Davidson Co., N. C., by Richard C. Taylor. With an Appendix, containing Assays of the Ores, Returns, and Statements. Philadelphia: E. G. Dorsey, Printer. 1845. 8vo. pp. 40.

Deism or Christianity? Four Discourses, by N. L. Frothingham, D. D., Minister of the First Church. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 1845. 8vo. pp. 77.

The Oregon Question; or, a Statement of the British Claims to the Oregon Territory, in Opposition to the Pretensions of the Government of the United States of America. By Thomas Falconer, Esq. London: Samuel Clarke. 1845. 8vo. pp. 46.

A Discourse delivered before the Georgia Historical Society, on its Sixth Anniversary, February 12, 1845. By A. Church, D. D. Savannah. 1845. 8vo. pp. 40.

Proceedings of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1844. New York: Press of the Historical Society. 1845. 8vo.

Righteousness before Doctrine. Two Sermons, by Rev. William Ware. Boston: Little & Brown. 1845. 8vo. pp. 31.

Twenty-Fifth Annual Report and Documents of the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, made to the Legislature for the Year 1844. Mr. Peet's Letter of Instructions, and Report on the Schools for the Deaf and Dumb in Central and Western Europe, by Rev. George E. Day. Albany. 1845. 8vo. pp. 195.

Boston Journal of Natural History, containing Papers and Communications read before the Boston Society of Natural History, and published by their Direction. Vol. V. No. I. Boston: Little & Brown. 1845. 8vo. pp. 136.

La Supresion del Tráfico de Esclavos Africanos en la Isla de Cuba, examinada con Relacion á Agricultura y á su seguridad, por Don José A. Saco. Paris. 1845. 8vo. pp. 70.

An Inquiry into the Views, Principles, Services, and Influences of the Leading Men in the Origination of our Union, and in the Formation and Early Administration of our Present Government. By Thaddeus Allen. Boston: Printed by S. N. Dickinson & Co. 1845. 8vo. pp. 86.

A Practical Introduction to Greek Prose Composition. By Thomas Kerchever Arnold, A. M., Rector of Lyndon, and Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Revised Edition, with References to Kühner's Greek Grammar. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1845. 12mo. pp. 196.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

No. CXXIX.

OCTOBER, 1845.

ART. I.1. La Russie en 1839. Par le MARQUIS DE CUSTINE. 4 vols. Seconde Edition, revue, corrigée, et augmentée. Paris. 1843.

2. A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great. By JOHN BARROW, Esq., Secretary to the Admiralty. New York: Harper & Brothers.

1839.

ONE day, in the year 1697, the great Duke of Marlborough happened to be in the village of Saardam. He visited the dockyard of one Mynheer Calf, a rich shipbuilder, and was struck with the appearance of a journeyman at work there. He was a large, powerful man, dressed in a red woollen shirt and duck trowsers, with a sailor's hat, and seated, with an adze in his hand, upon a rough log of timber which lay on the ground. The man's features were bold and regular, his dark brown hair fell in natural curls about his neck, his complexion was strong and ruddy, with veins somewhat distended, indicating an ardent temperament and more luxurious habits than comported with his station; and his dark, keen eye glanced from one object to another with remarkable restlessness. He was engaged in earnest conversation with some strangers, whose remarks he occasionally interrupted, while he rapidly addressed them in a guttural but not unmusical voice. As he became occasionally excited in conversation, his features twitched convulsively, the blood rushed to his forehead, his arms were tossed about with extreme violence of gesticulation, and he seemed constantly upon the point of giving way to some explosion of passion, or else of falling into a fit of catalepsy. - No. 129.

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