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MARCH 1, ISsr. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NF.W AND VALUABtiE BOOKS. 



The Law of Patents for Inventions : iiicliKliii^r the 

 Remedies and lej;al proceeding's in relation to 

 Patent Rights. By Wili.ard Phillips. Bos- 

 ton : American Stationers' Company. New 

 York : Gouhi, Banks & Co., 1837. 

 This valualile work was miirh needed, and the 

 little lime we have hitiierto been ahle to devote to 

 its perusal induces lis to helieve that it is well ex- 

 ecuted. A more important, and at the same time 

 more intricate and ahsiruse liranch of law, and 

 item in the code of national policy, can scarcely 

 command the attention, or task the learniuj; and 

 ingenuity of an accomplished jurist, than that which 

 is the subject of the book before us. In a moral 

 as well as a political point of view, the author of 

 a new and useful invention has the best of all ti- 

 tles to benefit from the first fruits of bis ingenuity. 

 The invention is the offspring of his intellect, and 

 often the work of his hands ; and after he is al- 

 lowed a temporary monopoly, becomes, at the ex- 

 piration of the patent, a donation to society, which 

 is, p(!rhaps, worth as much as the gift of Colum- 

 bus, the acquisition of a new continent to the em- 

 pire of civilized man. 



The following extract from the preface, will 

 serve to develope the subject of the_work, and pre- 

 sent a sample of the manner in which the author 

 has treated the icnportant topics to which liisbook 

 is approprii ted: 



" The subject of Patent Rights has become of 

 great importance in the United Slates, on account 

 of the number of persons interested in them, their 

 in.fuence on the progress of the useful arts, and 

 the numerous judicial decisions relating to them. 

 The exclusive privilege granted to inventors, by 

 the aci of 21, James i. chap. 3, has until within a 

 few years past, been regarded with jealou.sy in 

 English jurisprudence, as being a surviving branch 

 of monopolies, all of which, excepting those for 

 new manufactures, were suppressed by that act. 

 Patents have, however, been recently regarded 

 with greater indidgence by the English courts. — 

 In the United States they have always been fairly 

 sustained, and patentees have been reg.rded with 

 favor, as pioneers in the advancement of the pro- 

 ductiveness of the national industry ; and much 

 light has been sheil upon this branch of law, by 

 the elaborate opiinons given by the most eminent 

 judges in the national courts, particularly the late 

 Cliief Justice Marshall, and other judges in the 

 Supreme Court, and Mr Justice Washington in 

 the Circuit Court for Pennsylvania, and iMr Jus- 

 tice Livingston, and Mr Justice Thompson in that 

 for New York. But it is no injustice to the other 

 eminent jurists of the country to say, that tliTs de- 

 partment ol law has been more especially indebted 

 to the learning and talents <d' Mr Justice St»ry, 

 the recorils of whose indefatigable research and 

 lundnous expositions, will be fouml in many parts 

 of this volume. 



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'• I have been indebted to the assistance of Ed- 

 ward Pickering, Esq., in collecting, analyzing and 

 digesting the cases." 



Worship; coiriprisin; a rich variety of tlif most 

 popular Tunes, Anthems, &c., with many pie- 

 ces from various Authors, never betore publish- 

 ed ; arranged with a figured base for the Or- 

 gan or Piano Forte. To which is prefixed a 

 familiar Introduction to the Art of Singing, de- 

 signed for the aid of those who are entirely un- 

 acquainted with the Science of Music ; the 

 Instructions being reduced to great plainness 

 and simplicity. By Thomas Whittkmore. — 

 Boston : Published at the Trumpet Office, 40, 

 Cornhill, up stairs. 1837- 



We have from childhood been very much at- 

 tached to sacred music, and our happiest hours 

 have been devoted to the cultivation of the pure 

 and pleasing pursuits of psalmody. " The Cam- 

 bridge ccdlection " appears to us to [)Ossess much 

 merit, and peculiar advantages over the compila- 

 tions of the kind which are considered as most 

 fashionabh, for music is as subject to the caprices 

 of fashion, as the costume, of a fine lady. We ap- 

 prove of the collection before us, because it con- 

 tains many good old tunes. But we can, in no 

 way so well express our sentiments on this sub- 

 ject, as by giving a quotation from the Preface to 

 the work which we are solicitious to recommend 

 to our. readers : 



' It has not been regarded by the author of this 

 work, as a sufticient reason for the rejection of a 

 tune, that it was composed by an American au- 

 thor. It cannot be denied that some of the most 

 eminent of the North American divines have felt 

 their devotion raised to a heavenly flame, in per- 

 forming tunes of .American origin. The late Dr 

 Dwight is an instance. '■ Coron.-ition," by O. Hol- 

 den of Charlestown, Mass. was often sung by the 

 choir of the College of which the Dr was then 

 President; and his biographer relates, that he 

 " catching as it were the inspiration of the heav- 

 enly world, would join them, and lead them" in 

 the most rapturous and grateful emotions. It 

 would be vain to deny, that such tunes as " Arn- 

 heim," "Africa," " Brookfield," "Addison," "Con- 

 fidence," " Windham," and " Lisbon," have done 

 as much to raise and sustain a pure and lieavenly 

 flame of devotion as any other music that has been 

 published since they went out of use. Tunes of 

 this ch.aracter have been preserved in the present 

 work,' iScC. 



TO A LITTLE GIRL 



Oi? HEU TWELFTH 



I R T H P A Y . 



Songs of Zion ; or the Cambridge Collection of 

 Saered Music ; designed for the Church, for tlie 

 Social Meetings of Christians, and for Family 



I NEED not wish that life's young joy 



May rest upon that brow, 

 For in thy glad and sunny smile 



I see its spirit now ; 

 And in thy clear and silvery tone 



That floats so sweetly round, 

 I feel youth's warm and gushing love, 



Its joyous, cheering sound. 



I need not wish thee wealth or friends, 



That wish were useless now — 

 A higher Power ulone can keep 



Life's roses on thy brow I 

 And wealth ? — what cares that joyous heart 



For all the miser's gold — 

 What heed'st thou of the rich man's store, 



Earth's treasures, bought or sold ? 



Oh, then I'll wish that roui^d thy path 



May fall life's pleasant hours. 

 As falls the gentle summer shower 

 ' On this fair earth of ours. — 

 And blithesome as the summer bird, 



That upward pours her song, — ' 

 And sweetly as the streamlet steals 



Its verdant course along ; — 



Thus, as that streamlet, round thy path 



May still new beauties rise — 

 Thy heart be like the joyous bird, 



Which onward, upward flies. 

 And yet 'twere feeble utterance 



To what my heart would fain 

 Invoke around thy destined course — 



But e'en th<2t wish were vainl 



Ay, dear one, vain — unless that God, 



Whose ever-watchful eye 

 Beholds the tiny sparrow fail, 



Shall guard when danger 's nigh ; — 

 Shall from thy path each cloud remove 



Which gathers round thy head, 

 And o'er thy heart, in life's fresh hour, 



His holy spirit shed ! 



Vain! if this world's false-hearted joy 



Shall fill the living soul, 

 And o'er each action, word and thought, 



Its chilliag influence roll — 

 And if the soaring spirit's power. 



Life's hope, life's joy, its pain, 

 Shall be content with earth's low scenes, — 



Oh, then my wish were vain ! 



But may a heavenly Father's love 



Still on thy course attend, 

 And to thy heart, in life's young hour. 



Its holy influence lend ! — 

 Oh, yes, by that sweet spirit's power. 



By erring ones forjiiven — 

 By all that purifies the soul 



Is woman won to Heaven. W. A. W. 



A Ready Rei'i.y. — Few better replies are 

 upon record than that of young de Chaleunoef, 

 to whom a bishop once said, " If you will tell me 

 where God is, 1 will give you an orange." " If 

 you will tell me where he is not, I will give you 

 two," was the child's answer. 



Treating old age with i.eglect or contempt is 

 like putting a hornet's nest into a bed in the morn- 

 ing which you expect to tenant at night. 



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