394 Notice of the Revue Encyclopedique, &c. 
In another Parisian Journal* there is a very minute and 
animated picture of this Review, and an analysis of the last 
number in detail: our limits will allow us to cite only some 
passages. The work is spoken of as being highly meritori- 
ous on account of the extent and importance of the plan, 
the merit of the execution, the reputation and talents of its 
editors, the noble. end which they have in view and the 
spirit of moderation and of true philanthropy by which they 
are actuated. The United States and with them our own 
humble labours: and those of our collaborators are honoured 
with a good degree of attention in this Journal. _ It is re- 
marked, in the notice before us, that the United States ap- 
pear to a, particularly the physical sciences and sta- 
tistics, and that we are a rising nation (une nation naissante) 
still peoniisen in making out the inventory of the riches of 
our vast territory and of the means of exploring them. 
Speaking of the notice of all nations in the Revue En- 
dite tasted the Journalist goes on to remark—‘“ thus, in 
heir turn, many d mab comitrios. oe been passed in re- 
, brought tog »mpared, and the nob 
le ex- 
, the ir nt facts, the pregnan 
observations c with decereuiant and presented with 
perspicuity, hive esbtttbted to manifest and still to excite 
the movement of human intellect, embraced in the peace- 
ful sphere of the sciences, of letters and the arts. With re- 
spect to that ahivigtost of the work which sane to scien? 
nee of science and of the labours of their literary 
and scient societies 5 Pap ao eoigennren of prizes | } 
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