Notice of Mr. Schoolcraft’s View, &e. © 59 
pode VIL. —Notice of “A view of the Lead Misi ee Missou- 
ri arse some observations on the Mineralogy, Geology, 
Geography, Ant ities, — Climate, Population, and 
Prodvctigns of eo Sa d Arkansaw, and other sec- 
tee of the Wi — snr accompanied by three engra- 
ngs; by Hen . SCHOOLCRAFT, corresponding mem- 
eens of the yeti of Natural History of New- York.” 
As this work has been more thana year before the Amare 
ican public and is already well known, it may seem super- 
fluous to make any remarks upon it at so late a period. It 
was our purpose to have given it an meoriy. notice but circum- 
could not revented.. Still, as 
it is devoted to subjects, witch tetas »minent object in 
this Journal, and is, as far as we are informed, the only elab- 
orate and detailed account of a mining district in the United 
States, we are not disposed to remain silent, especially as the. 
discharge of the — is not likely to be painfal, either to our- 
selves or to the author. Reviews in form, although within 
the plan of this Sistah do not constitute one of its most lead- 
ing objects, and we do not hold ourselves responsible for 
analysee/ot even for notices of a American books, unless 
rey ear particularly interestin or important, or hold a 
‘intimate connexion with the ee design of our work. 
We have e already intimated that we r. School- 
eraft’s work in this Jight. We take it for prities that the 
statements of facts made by this author, are both faithful 
and accurate; the information which we have incidentally 
derived —_ other sources, certainly countenances this im- 
e whole amount of it is small, TS with 
oe cattle in the one Ne volume. ges 
tion 
ple 
letettiin | nesisseeeee oe ‘éhieadne aie nate, pro- 
ductions, towns, streams, nscale lc else ap- 
peared to me to be necessary to describe, explain and illus- 
trate the subject before me.’ 
