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1. De Bow’s Commercial Review of the South and West ; a Monthly 
Journal of Trade, Commerce, Commercial Polity, Agriculture, Manu- 
factures, Internal Tmprovements and General Literature, conducted by 
J. D. B. pe ond avi Polit. Econ. and Statist. in the Univ. of Louis- 
iana, New Orlea 
This monthly jobnal is in its fifth volume. It embraces practical 
science and literature to some extent, and is especially full in informa- 
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ability, and each number BR in articles, both readable, practical, 
and economically important. The number for April contains the fol- 
lowing articles :—I, Northern Arkansas and its Natural Advantages ;— 
II, Essay Writing and the Press 3—IlI, Texas Sugar Lands ;—IV, Sil 
and the Silk Culture ;—V, The Science of History ;—VI, Description 
of Soleil’s Saccharometer ;—followin ng these, are various shorter arti- 
cles on the Products of Florida—the Cotton Region of the United States 
-—the Commerce and Prosperity of several Western Cities—the Lakes 
and Western Rivers—Natchez Manufactures—Southern Railroads— 
American Copper and Iron Ore—Sugar Culture in Singapore—U. 
Imports, Exports, tad, &c.—Agriculture of France, &c.—with Bib- 
Hogmpnice| Notice 
Annual j sree of the Regents of the University of the State of 
Now York, made to the Legislature, March 22, 1848. 310 pp. 8vo. 
Albany, 1848.—This valuable report—the sixty- -first annual—contains 
the usual eta respecting the schools and colleges of the state of 
New York, together with various.tables and observations in Meteorology 
in its different departments. This latter ee receives so much at- 
tention, that the report has hecome a Journal of Meteorology. for the 
State, of nig ni peer ae as well asa mee be of educational mi ptiatioee 
‘he number of students in general literature and science in the co 
leges for ths year ending, from July to October, 1847, was 957, ach 
is 156 more than those of the preceding year. The number ‘of stu- 
dents in the academies stands as follows for the last four years. 
Whole heme? atenting Neat, attending at the 
during th e Reports. 
guage cenit “og 23.782 71.802 
1846, : 25,173 12,608 
oe, BO 22077 12°76 
1948, -  ) 95888 13,058 
The whole siaknber of academies, subj 
» subject to the visitation of the Re- 
gents, is 184. Of these, 153 academies reported the possession of 
63, “one volumes in their libraries, making an average of 414 volumes 
3. Letters on Geology; by Davin Curisty. 84 8vo. Oxford, 
Ohio, 1848.—The letters here collected into a pres gh and enlarged, 
were ‘originally published in the Cincinnati eee The author in his 
preface modestly claims for them “no ve ; great merit either as eet 
ary or atieniic productions ;” adding that * The reader will bea 
