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Our porcelain and our pottery have likewise risen into high 

 esteem. In this respect, as in many others, we have ceased to 

 be tributary to England. 



Lithography, which owes so much to the ingenious perseverance 

 of M. deLastevrie, is daily improving; and must increase prodi- 

 giously the commerce in engravings, besides rendering nume- 

 rous branches of instruction more ceconomical. 



In the manufacture of crystal we equal the English in quality, 

 and surpass them in the elegance of our forms. 



M. Chaptal presents afterwards a statistical view of our ma- 

 nufacturing industry in its present state : but it would take up 

 too much room to analyse this chapter, which necessarily abounds 

 in tables, and is therefore little susceptible of a concise yet suffi- 

 ciently detailed abstract. 



Statistique de la Suisse, &c. — Statistical Description of Switzer- 

 land, and the Twenty-two Cantons of which it is composed* 

 By Professor Picot, of Geneva. 1 vol. 12mo. pp. 574. 

 Professor Picol has rendered an important service to statistics 

 and geography l)y the present publication. 



It would give us much pleasure to see similar works on each 

 of the other states of Europe, drawn up with equal care and with 

 equal choice in the details. The collection which would be thus 

 produced would be invaluable to statesmen, to travellers, and to 

 readers of all classes. The cheap form in which this work ap- 

 pears is deserving of especial notice and praise. — Works of to- 

 pography, which ought to be placed within the reach of every 

 body, are generally with us brought out on so expensive a scale, 

 as to be the least accessible of all modern publications. The 

 work of M. Picot is deficient in one important particular. It 

 wants a good map of Switzerland with the present divisions and 

 subdivisions of the twentv-two cantons. 



Revue Enajcloptdique, on Analyse Raisonnce des Productions 

 les plus remarquables dans la Literature, les Sciences, et les 

 Arts. Paris, ISlf). 



This is a new monthly publication begun at Paris at the com- 

 mencement of the present year. It has already attained a great 

 reputation. The list of regular contributors to it comprehends 

 some of the most eminent names in France: MM. Chaptal, Al. 

 de la Borde, Dupin, David, De Lacepede, Langles, Lemercier, 

 Magcndie, Orfila, Sismondi, &c. It is scarcely necessary to add 

 that it is distinguished for the value of its intelligence and the 

 ability of its criticisms. 



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