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the Union upon the subjects of banking, bills of exchange, promissory 

 notes, damages of bills, usury, notaries public, &c. ; the decisions oY 

 each State will be arranged by themselves commencing with Maine, 

 to be followed in order by New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, New York,''&c. 3. History of Banking and Currency, 

 by W. J. Lawson, Esq. ; a recent English work. 4. Historical sketch- 

 es of the Early Currency among the American Colonies. 5. Gilbart's 

 k practical Treatise on Banking, concluded. The second American edi- 



tion of this work entire (470 pp.) may be had of booksellers throughout 

 the United States. 



3. A Guide to the Scieiitifc Knoicledge of Things Familiar ; by 

 Rev. Dr. Brewer. From the London edition. 426 pp. 16mo. New 

 York. 1851. C. S. Francis and Co. — This work consists of questions 

 and answers on familiar applications of science and the various physical 

 phenomena of every day life. The questions are such as naturally 

 arise in the mind of a person of ordinary observation ; and the work 

 gives simple yet sufficient explanations. The reader will gather a 

 great amount of information from this little volume, and will find it 

 ready to solve many doubts and queries that are suggested by opera- 

 tions in nature around him, 



4. Elements of Latin Proiiunciation^ for the use of Students in 

 Language^ Laio^ Medicine^ Zoology^ Botany^ and the Sciences gener- 

 (^llyi in which Latin words are used ; by S. S. Haldeman, A.M., Prof. 

 Nat, Hist. Univ. Penn. 76 pp. 12mo. Philadelphia, 1851.— Prof. Hal- 

 deman through extensive intercourse with the Indians of this continent 

 and the natives o{ many other regions, has studied wiih great success 

 the science of phonetics, and has thus prepared himself for his re- 

 searches into the true pronunciation of the Latin language. The work 

 therefore commends itself to scholars not only as a treatise on this par- 

 ticular language, but also for its classification of sounds, and for gene- 

 ral views on their force, modes of combination, and relations. 



5. The Fourth A^mual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution ; showing the operations, expenditures and condition 

 of the Institution during the year 1849. Washington, 1850. — Besides 

 the other topics of this important report, it contains a detailed descrip- 

 tive and historical catalogue of the various libraries of the comnvy^ 

 Kiade out by Mr. C. C. Jewell, the very able Librarian of the Institution. 



6. Ausfuhrliches Handhnch der Analyiischen Chemie, von Heixrich 

 liosE. In two volumes; the first of 968 pages 8vo on Qualitative 

 Analysis, and the second of 1070 pages, on Quantitative Analysis. 

 Braunschweig, 1851.~The Analytical Chemistry of Rose is so well 

 known and so highly appreciated, that we need only announce here 

 that a new edition has appeared in Germany, greatly enlarged. It is 

 the most learned work extant on the subject and the most convenient 

 for the student. 



7. The Journal of Agriculture, a monthly of 32 pages, edited by 

 Wm. S. King and J. J. Mapes. Boston. The first number of this new 

 Agricultural Journal appeared on the 2nd of July last. 



8. Iconographic Encyclopedia,~^Q, 21 of this valuable work pub- 

 hshed by Rudolph Garrigue, New York, has been issued. The plates 

 sustain the high character promised by the earlier numbers. 



