every opportunity. For this reason we rejoice in the existence of such institutions as the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance; not that we think their direct effect in reducing the number of drunkards will be great, but because they keep the public mind continually awake to the subject, and inspire a salutary horror of the vice, which prevents a vast many individuals from falling into habits of vicious indulgence. We see with pleasure any thing which has a tendency to produce this feeling, whether it comes in the shape of sermons, addresses, tales of crime and misfortune arising from drunkenness, or prints depicting the drunkard's progress to ruin.* We expect nothing from them indeed in the way of reformation, but much in that of prevention, and the excitement of a general alarm respecting the rapid spread of the vice through the land.

The style of Dr. Beecher's sermons is nervous and direct. They are eloquent displays of the sentiments of a strong and observing mind upon the crying sin of our country.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

American Natural History. By John D. Godman, M. D. Vol. II. Philadelphia. Carey, Lea, and Carey. 8vo.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of the Life of Joseph Alleine, author of "An Alarm to the Unconverted." By his Widow, Mrs. Theodosia Alleine. Philadelphia.

EDUCATION.

Original Moral Tales, intended for Children and Young Persons. Vol. I. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 18mo.

A Bible Atlas, containing 9 Plates illustrative of Scripture History; designed for Bible Classes and Sunday Schools Philadelphia.

Infant Education, or Remarks upon the Importance of Educating the Infant Poor, from the age of Eighteen Months to Seven Years, with an account of the Infant Schools in England, and the System of Education there adopted. By a Friend to the Poor. New York.

A Key to Colburn's Algebra. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. Delectus Sententiarum Græcarum ad usum Tyronum accomodatus, cum Notulis et Lexico. Editio Americana Tertia, prioribus emendatior. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co.

* We have lately seen one of these in the shops of Boston, showing, with a good deal of truth the successive steps by which a decent family are brought to the almshouse.

HISTORY.

Blair's Outlines of Ancient History on a New Plan. Goodrich. 12mo. pp. 408.

Boston. S. G.

Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society. Vol. I. Providence. John Millar. 8vo. pp. 163.

Historical Scenes in the United States, or a Selection of Important Events in the History of the United States. Illustrated with Engravings. New Haven. Monson & Co.

LAW.

The New Rules of the Court of Errors, of the State of New York, adopted the 16th day of April, 1827. New York. Gould & Banks. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of Chancery in the State of New York. By Samuel M. Hopkins. Vol. I.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the United States. January Term, 1827. By Henry Wheaton. Vol. XII.

Opinions pronounced by the Hon. Judge Story, in the Case of EbeMezer Tyler and others vs. Abraham Wilkinson and others, at the last June Term of the Circuit Court, for Rhode Island District.

MEDICINE.

The American Family Physician. By Thomas Ewell, M. D. Second edition. Georgetown. James Thomas. 8vo. Price $3,00.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Narrative of the Capture, Detention, and Ransom of Charles Johnson, who was made Prisoner by the Indians on the River Ohio in the year 1790. New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo. pp. 264.

The First Report of the American Home Missionary Society, May 9, 1827. With an Appendix containing an Address to the Christian Public, &c. New York. D. Fanshaw. 8vo. pp. 120.

Eleventh Anniversary of the American Bible Society. Four numbers. New York. pp. 65.

The Eleventh Annual Report of the New York Sunday School Union Society, May, 1827. New York. Gray & Bunce. pp. 32. A Letter to the Editor of the Charleston Observer, concerning his Treatment of Unitarian Christians. Charleston. A. E. Millar. 12mo. pp. 40.

A Report accompanied with sundry Letters on the Causes which contribute to the Production of Fine Sea Island Cotton, read before Agricultural Society of St. John's Colleton, on the 14th of March, 1827. By W. B. Seabrook. Charleston. A. E. Millar.

Two Letters addressed to the Agricultural Society of South Carolina on the Means of Improving the Health of the Lower Country. By Dr. Joseph Johnson. From the Carolina Journal of Medicine, Science, and Agriculture. Charleston.

The Carpenter's New Guide, being a complete Book of Lines for Carpentery and Joinery. By Peter Nicholson. Ninth edition.

An Appeal to the Methodists in Opposition to the Changes proposed in their Church Government. By Thomas E. Bond, M. D. Baltimore.

By Alexander McCaine. Baltimore. Printed by R. S. Matchett. 8vo. pp. 76.

NOVELS.

Emily Parker; or Impulse not Principle. Intended for young persons. By the Author of "Evenings in New England." Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 18mo. pp. 63.

James Somers, the Pilgrim's Son. Designed for Youth. By a Lady of New Haven. New Haven. A. H. Maltby. 16mo. pp. 77. Novels and Tales. By the Author of the "Spy." Philadelphia. Carey, Lea, & Carey. 10 vols. 12mo.

ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES.

An Address by the Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Mississippi to the Cadets at West Point, June 20, 1827. Delivered at the request of the Board of Visitors, and published by a resolution of the Board.

An Address on the Character and Objects of Science. Delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina, May 9, 1827. By Thomas S. Grimké. Charleston. A. E. Millar. 8vo pp. 80.

The General Character, Present and Future Prospects of the People of Ohio. An Address delivered during the term of the United States Circuit Court in Columbus, Ohio. December, 1826. By Caleb Atwater, Esq. Columbus. 8vo. pp. 21.

An Oration delivered before the Young Men of the Town of Providence, on the Fifty-first Anniversary of American Independence. By Albert G. Greene. Providence. Smith & Parmenter.

An Oration delivered July 4th, 1827, before the Republican Citizens of Milford. By the Rev. Adin Ballou.

POETRY.

Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, set forth in General Convention of said Church, in the Years of our Lord 1789, 1808, and 1826.

The Trial of Cain, the First Murderer. In Poetry. By Erastus Brown. Boston. 1827.

Tamerlane, and other Poems. By a Bostonian. Boston.

THEOLOGY.

Ecclesiastical Peace Recommended. A Discourse delivered before the Annual Convention of the Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts in Boston, May 31, 1827. By Abiel Abbot, D. D. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 12mo. pp. 20.

The Nature of Sin. A Sermon delivered in Newark, N. J. By Rev. John Ford, A. M.

A Sermon on Revivals of Religion. By Seth Williston. New York. Printed by D. Fanshaw. 8vo. pp. 40.

On Human Depravity. By Edmund Q. Sewall. Fourth edition. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 12mo. pp. 42.

The Liberal Preacher; or a Monthly Publication of Sermons by Living Ministers. Vol. I. No. 1. Edited by Rev. T. R. Sullivan. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 8vo. pp. 18.

The History and Mystery of Methodist Episcopacy, or a Glance at "the Institutions of the Church as we received them from our Fathers."

Sermons on Various Subjects. Chiefly Practical. By Samuel P. Williams. With a Sketch of his Life and Character. Price, $1,50. One Hundred Scriptural Arguments for the Unitarian Faith. Fourth edition. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 12mo. pp. 16.

The Bible a Code of Laws; a Sermon delivered in Park Street Church, Boston, September 3, 1817, at the Ordination of Mr. Sereno E. Dwight, as Pastor of that Church. By Lyman Beecher, A. M. Andover. Mark Newman. 8vo. pp. 43.

A Sermon on the Divinity of Christ. By the Rev. Aaron B. Church of Dennysville, Me. Andover. M. Newman.

A Discourse on the Way to Promote a Revival of Religion. By Thomas H. Skinner. Philadelphia.

A Summary of the Principal Evidences of the Truth and Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation, designed chiefly for Young Per

sons.

A Sermon at the Installation of the Rev. Abiel Abbot as Pastor of the Congregational Church in Peterborough, N. H. By Abiel Abbot, D. D. Boston. Bowles & Dearborn. 12mo. pp. 16.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS.

Brother and Sister, or Memoirs of the Life and Death of James B. Jones, and a Brief Notice of Elizabeth E. Jones. By their_Father. First American from the tenth London edition. Boston. E. Jones. By Jean Baptiste

A Treatise on Political Economy, with Notes. Say. A new edition.

Profession is not Principle. By the Author of the " Decision." New

York. J. P. Haven.

A Tale of Paraguay. By Robert Southey, Esq. LL. D. Boston. S. G. Goodrich. 18mo. pp. 209.

Malte-Brun's Universal Geography. Vol. III. Philadelphia. A. Finley. 8vo.

The Lady of the Manor. By Mrs. Sherwood. Vol. IVth. Philadelphia.

The Military Sketch Book; Reminiscences of Seventeen Years in the Service Abroad and at Home. New York. J. & J. Harper. 2 vols. 12mo.

The Orphans of Normandy, or Florentine and Lucy. By Mrs. Sherwood. Boston. Crocker & Brewster.

Exposicion de los Sentimientos de los Funcionarios Publicos, asi Nacionales como Departamentales y Municipales y demas Habitantes de las Ciudad Bogotá. Hecha para ser presentada a Libertador, Presidente de la Republica. Reimpresa en New York. 8vo. pp. 26.

The Economy of Human Life, translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an Ancient Bramin. Cambridge. Hilliard & Brown. 18mo. pp. 113.

Published every month, for the Proprietors, by BOWLES & DEARBORN, at the Office of the United States Review and Literary Gazette, No. 72, Washington Street, Boston, and by G. & C. CARVILL, No. 108, Broadway, New York. Terms, five dollars per annum.

Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard, Metcalf, & Co.

Classical Education. Books and Methods of Instruction. ["American Journal of Education," Vol. II. No. 5. for May, 1827.]

In the "Journal of Education" for May, 1827, we observed a piece entitled "Classical Education," and more particularly devoted to the subject of "books and methods of instruction." This piece consists of a prefatory introduction, apparently from the Editor of the Journal, and of an extract from a letter from Professor Long. To many of the remarks contained in either portion of the article, we yield a cordial assent, deeming them both sound and seasonable. Of the justness of some suggestions made and strongly urged both by Professor Long and by the Editor of the Journal, we are not satisfied. By the latter, the use of Dalzel's Analecta Minora and Majora is said to be in "miserable taste," those books having been (it is added) "rejected with contempt, from the only other considerable University, in the country where they originated." "If our youth," the Editor pursues, 66 are ever to acquire a true classical taste, they must be permitted to read authors singly, to read them throughout, and to read them again and again, till the spirit of the writer has transfused itself into the mind of the pupil, and till every characteristic turn of thought and expression is as familiar, as those of a living acquaintance."

Professor Long seems to inculcate nearly the same doctrine in the following words;

"One single author carefully read and explained, as it ought to be, would give more real knowledge, and confer more satisfaction, than unconnected, ill selected pieces from a dozen different writers."