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moral action, and the liberal tone which marks his religious opinions, will readily anticipate his success in an undertaking of this kind. We trust the volume will be generally and attentively read.

THE RUINS OF ATHENS, with other poems, by a Voyager. Washington: Thompson & Homans, 1831.

THIS book, having been published at a distance from our metropolis, has hitherto escaped our attention, and we much regret that our time and limits will now preclude an extended notice. We intend hereafter, if possible, to give it a more critical perusal than we have done, and to furnish some examples of the poetical talent of the author.

HISTORY OF THE LATE POLISH REVOLUTION, AND THE EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. By Joseph Hordynski, Major of the late Seventh Regiment of Lithuanian Lancers. Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1832.

AFTER a protracted delay, this work has made its appearance; but those who anticipated its publication with pleasure will doubtless feel somewhat compensated for their 'hope deferred,' by the circumstance that the work has been extended much beyond the original design.

An analysis of its contents, much more a criticism on the style and matter of the volume, is a task which, however agreeable in itself, especially as applied to the attractive subject of the History, we are unavoidably obliged to waive, and must rest satisfied with calling the attention of our friends, the Young Men, to an account, written not only by a spectator, but by a distinguished actor, of that glorious effort for the recovery of Polish liberty, which at its outset and during its continuance failed not to excite their deep interest and elicit an honorable token of their sympathy.

THE ETYMOLOGICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA of technical words and phrases used in the Arts and Sciences, and of many words in common use, with popular quotations from foreign languages, and their translations. From the best authorities. By D. J. Browne, Author of the Sylva Americana, Editor of the Naturalist, etc. Boston: William Hyde & Co., 1832.

THE general reader, not less than the scientific scholar, must have frequently, felt the need of a vocabulary similar to that above described to elucidate expressions which constantly recur in almost every literary work and treatise on natural science.

To Mr. Browne we are indebted for a very respectable attempt, at least, to supply this want. It may be a subject of

regret to some that the author, having embarked in the enterprize,did not accomplish it in toto-that is,as far as practicable. But besides the great labor, responsibility and pecuniary risk involved in such an undertaking, the work, thus prepared, would be too extensive, and consequently too costly, to constitute a popular manual, which we apprehend to be the purpose of the Etymological Encyclopedia. We think, therefore, that Mr. Browne has not erred by restricting himself, in the execution of his plan, within moderate limits.

The work is certainly indicative of much patient research and a faithful collation of respectable authorities. We are happy to give our testimony in favor of its adaptation to the wants of the community, and its instructive tendency.

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POEMS, by Bernard Barton. New Edition, including his poems to the year 1832. Boston: published by Munroe & Francis, 1832.

WE are always happy in recommending good poetry. The name of Barton has long been known among us. He has a natural simplicity of style, and a deep tone of morality, that must win to him the love of all hearts. There is none of that morbid misanthropy, which (we grieve to say it) many strive to catch from the Byronic school. His heart is a fountain of love. He looks upon the flowers of earth, and the stars of heaven, and praises God that he feels they are blessings. He wishes not that his feet tracked alone life's desolate` wilderness, but rejoices that his lot has been knit into the great brotherhood of man.

He has no cant, no pompous epithets, but he has rather the sweet plaintiveness of the shepherd minstrel, who tunes his pipe to the glad warblings of birds, and the soft music of running streams. He has no bloody legends, no freezing horrors, but speaks, rather, of woman with her lilly-like purity, and childhood with its unsuspecting gladness. His heart is a well-spring of religion. He feels no shame in acknowledging his allegiance to the Infinite God, but in the whole train of his poetry, shows that he adores Him with a silent, as well as an audible worship.

From what we have said, the striking traits of these poems will be known. We hope they will be read and studied, and that they may cause the seeds of a pure and religious imagination to germinate in many bosoms.

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AN ESSAY on the Demoniacs of the New Testament. Boston-L. C. Bowles, 1832.

It is not customary with us to notice religious publications, for reasons many and cogent. But, as there are exceptions to all rules, we rejoice whenever works of this nature have such an object and character, that we can consistently descant upon them, however briefly.

Such an opportunity is afforded us, by the publication of the present Essay. The subject of which it treats, has ever been one of difficult interpretation. The main point of controversy, however, seems to be, whether the subjects of miraculous renovation, described in the N. Testament as possessed of devils, were actually tormented with evil spirits, or whether this expression may be referred to a figurative or national phraseology significant of affliction from disease, whether bodily, mental, or both.

The author of this treatise presents us with a concise and interesting account of the arguments, pro and con, in relation to the subject, and, as far as his own views are avowed, inclines to the last mentioned theory. But his chief aim is, we believe, to induce individual enquiry, clear the topic of useless and troublesome adjuncts, and lessen the difficulty as much as possible.

As an evidence of the progress of Biblical criticism among us, and on account of its intrinsic worth, we welcome the Essay. No attentive reader, we think, can rise from its perusal unimproved.

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YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.-Resolutions were passed at the last meeting, proposing important improvements in the government and plan of action, and the members are respectfully requested to attend generally and punctually, as these resolutions will be discussed and acted upon, at the next and several succeeding meetings. An immediate compliance with the requisitions of the Constitution on the part of those who have not yet attended to that duty, is respectfully urged upon their attention, as being necessary in order to arrange the concerns of the Association before the approaching annual meeting.

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WE insert this interesting document in our Magazine, in accordance with our promise to record everything of peculiar interest relating to the Poles; and also to revive that active zeal in behalf of this oppressed but noble people, which was manifested about a year since by the young men of our community.

The appeal is certainly irresistible, when viewed in connection with the universal sympathy expressed by Americans in the cause of Polish liberty, and the station which we, as a nation, occupy in regard to political freedom. At no moment of the last half century,' says an eloquent divine, has it been so important, that we should send up a clear and strong light, that may be seen across the Atlantic.' May no cloud of selfish policy or criminal apathy, obscure this effulgent beacon, as regards our national deportment towards the unfortunate but glorious remnant of martyred Poland.

PARIS, 9TH MAY, 1832.

National Polish Committee,

To His Excellency GENERAL JACKSON, President of the United States of America.

THE Poles, exiled from their unhappy country which their efforts and their sacrifices were unavailable to save from the fangs of treachery and the frightful consequences of conquest; the Poles, persecuted by all the sworn enemies of liberty, bearing nothing from their native country saving hope and misfortune, confidently address the Government of the happy people of America, whose power and dignity the old hemisphere delights in contemplating; whose wise institutions have taken deep root in the soil, and sent forth vigorous shoots of freedom, and who has realized the sublime problem of social welfare united to liberty.

Europe knows our rights and our vicissitudes. Her nations, in their progress towards general emancipation, hailed our successes with raptures and joy, and shed tears over our reverses. The country of Washington, still revering the memory of the intrepid Pulaski, and the virtuous Kosciusco, resounded with unanimous acclamations at our last efforts, and neither the immense space of the ocean, nor the charms of social comfort which they so plentifully enjoy, should deter its happy citizens from sympathising for our cause. Those circum

stances, together with the consciousness of having done our duty, induce us to make an appeal to popular feelings, which alone are capable of ministering to the sufferings of the proscribed of a once free and great nation.

Ten months of an independent existence, of which the insurrection of the 29th of November, 1830, was the signal, were passed in a bloody contest with a powerful enemy, possessed of all the advantages derived from a material force aided by allies who shared in the cruel dismemberment of the Polish Republic, and assisted by secret agents in the interior. Poland fell a victim to the league of kings. Her armies divided for the purpose of facing the enemy on all sides, having to contend with overwhelming forces, increasing every moment and suffered to want for nothing by ill disposed neighbors, were obliged to take refuge in a country which belonged to Poland before it became the booty of invaders. Meanwhile, France remained an indifferent spectator of their struggle. Lulled with the vain hope of preserving peace, and led astray by a mistaken policy founded on moderation and concession, her government disregarded the old friendship existing between both nations, the brotherly ties that once united them, and the fact of Poland having stopped the crusade of the northern despots directed against the principles proclaimed by the revolution of July. Poland has undergone the yoke, she can no longer boast of a political existence, being entirely ruled by Ukases, in violation of the very treaties and engagements which it had pleased her masters to impose on her fifteen years before. The Poles, outlawed in the empires, kingdoms and principalities of the Holy Alliance, had to choose between chains, dungeons, death, or transportation to the icy deserts of Siberia, and exile and the confiscation of their properties. The remains of the army, whom it was attempted after they had witnessed the murder of their disarmed brothers to induce to accept a perfidious amnesty; together with the members of the Diet and of the revolutionary Government, preferred going into exile, there to devise,

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