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has fatly availed himself of many other original sources of information 

 in private journals, correspondence, (he records of the Ohio Company, 

 &c. He has rescued from oblivion many biographical notices, con- 

 nected with events of deep a-nd thrilling interest, and through his pages 

 many individuals may trace out their own family history. To them 

 and to all persons interested in the history of the West, this work of 

 Dr. Hildreth is invaluable, nor can it be read by any American with- 

 out a feeling of deep sympathy for the sufferings of the early settlers, 

 and admiration of their herois-m — as well as social and personal vir- 

 tues. Even the writer of this notice can remember the disastrous 

 battles of Harmar and St. Clair, and the decisive victory of Wayne 

 nor has the bruit of savage massacre which floated on every western 

 ale yet died away* We do not know of any American history, ex- 

 cept that of the valley of Wyoming by Mr. Charles Miner, which 

 equals in painful interest this recent work of Dr. Hildreth. Both are 

 replete with stories of tragical conflicts and almost unparalleled suf- 

 ferings — strongly set forth by men of high intelligence and worth 

 and our only consolation in perusing such painful narratives is, that both 

 the valleys of the Ohio and of the Susquehannah are now smiling in 

 peace, comfort and plenty, while the grass grows and the plough traces 

 its furrows over the graves of the slaughtered pioneers and through soil 

 once wet with their blood. 



13. The Earth and Man ; Lectures on Comparative Physical Geog- 

 raphy in its relation to the History of Mankind ; by Arnold Guyot, 

 Prof. Phys. (Jeog. and Hist., Neufchatel, Switzerland. Translated 

 from the French by C. C. Felton, Prof. Harvard Univ. 310 pp. 12mo. 

 Boston, 1849. — A copy of this volume reached us at too late an hour 

 for an extended notice. The work is one of high merit, exhibiting a 

 wide range of knowledge, great research, and a philosophical spirit 

 of investigation. Its perusal will well repay the most learned in such 

 subjects, and give new views to all, of man's relation to the globe he 

 inhabits. 



14. Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme ; by Joachim Bar- 

 rande. In 3 volumes, 4to. The first two for Paleontology, the third 

 Geology. Pr. 100 fl. C. M. — This work has been recently announced 

 as in course of publication, and subscriptions are solicited, which may 

 be addressed to W. Haidinger, VVien (Vienna). It will contain 130 

 to 140 plates, illustrating one thousand species. The work is men- 

 tioned to us as an exceedingly important contribution to science, and 

 of peculiar value to American geologists on account of the wide extent 

 of the Silurian strata in the United States. 



15. Third Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 tonian Institution to the Senate and House of Representatives^ showing 

 the Operations, Expenditures and conditions of the Institution during 

 the year 1848. 64 pp. 8vo. Washington, 1849. — This Report states 

 among its many facts of interest, that the Institution has been the means 

 of starting an important literary enterprise. Mr. Henry Stevens, who 

 has been engaged for a number of years as agent in this country of 

 the British Museum and other European libraries, has commenced the 

 preparation of a bibliographical work comprising a description of all 



books relative to, or published in, America prior to the year 1700, and 



