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with ^£^« ; tuli anil tetnJo from tulo, iolo i. c. tnllo ■ latum from llalimi 

 compared with tA^w, tA^jto;, Sec. 



In the exegetical part of the work, which is unquestionably the most 

 important, the author lays down two principles. First : Among several 

 significations of a word, that is the original one, which is derived from 

 its etymology. Second : In the order of meanings, the original one pro- 

 perly precedes the tropical. In addition to this he finds it necessary fre- 

 quently to subdivide the tropical meanings. Thus the word arena is 

 arranged (1) lit. sand. (2) The place of contest in the amphitheatre be- 

 strewed with sand. Therefore (3) every place of contest, place of ex- 

 ercise, Stc. Thus beautifully does he develope one meaning from the 

 other in the order of nature. 



Without dwelling on the specific elements involved in this lexicon, 

 we present a single word as an illustration of his whole mode of devel- 

 opement, in the various relations in which it may be placed. lagcnium., 

 during the existence of the Latin as a national language, in its first and 

 fundamental meaning, signified natural disposition, nature, &.c. From 

 this many derived significations are developed. In particular reference 

 to man in respect to character, it signifies natural temperament viewed 

 in its sensuous aspect. Again, in respect to his intellectual nature, it 

 means talent, ahilitij, spirit, &c. ; fiom this last word it derived the 

 sense of genius, penetration, &c. fn the farther developement of the 

 word it passes from the abstract to the concrete in the post-augustan 

 age, and in Suetonius, Tacitus, and Pliny, means men of genius and spirit, 

 then an invention, then a machine, then an engine of war, &c. Ss.c. 



From a cursory examination of the work under consideration, com- 

 paring the principles laid down in the preface with their application in 

 the body of the work, we are free to express our decided approbation of 

 it; and to add, that for natural and thorough developement of the mean- 

 ing of words, for logical analysis and classification, we are acquainted 

 with no work of the kind that is worthy to be compared with it. 



THE NEGRO BARD OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



"TAe Poetical leorks of George M. Horton, the colored Bard of 

 JVorth Carolina, to icliick is j)refued the life of the author xcritten hj 

 himself'' 

 The above is the title of a little work lately published, a short no- 

 tice of whicli, as few of our readers are likely to meet with it, and as it 

 is from such an unusual source, may not prove wholly uninteresting. — 

 It is not the vain eflbrt of some wit-starved Caucasian to counterfeit ne- 

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