394 Notice of the Revue Encyclopedique, ^c. 



In another Parisian Journal* there is a very minute and 

 animated picture of this Review, and an analysis of the last 

 number in detail: our limits will allow us to cite only some 

 passages. The work is spoken of as being highly meritori- 

 ous on account of the extent and importance of the plan, 

 the merit of the execution, the reputation and talents of its 

 editors, the noble end which they have in view and the 

 spirit of moderation and of true philanthropy by which they 

 are actuated. The United States and with them our own 

 humble labours and those of our collaborators are honoured 

 with a good degree of attention in this Journal. It is re- 

 marked, in the notice before us, that the United States ap- 

 pear to cultivate particularly the physical sciences and sta- 

 tistics, and that we are a rising nation (une nation naissante) 

 still occupied in making out the inventory of the riches of 

 our vast territory and of the means of exploring them. 

 Speaking of the notice of all nations in the Revue En- 

 cyclopedique the Journahst goes on to remark — " thus, in 

 their turn, many diiFerent countries have been passed in re- 

 view, brought together and compared, and the noble ex- 

 amples, the public works, the important facts, the pregnant 

 observations collected with discernment and presented with 

 perspicuity, have contributed to manifest and still to excite 

 the movement of human intellect, embraced in the peace- 

 ful sphere of the sciences, of letters and the arts. With re- 

 spect to that division of the work which relates to scientific 

 and literary intelligence, it is remarked that the review pre- 

 sents a true panorama of the civilized world, and that we 

 there see appear, in succession, in the course of more than 

 sixty articles, all* the nations known; the summaries of 

 their journals of science and of the labours of their literary 

 and scientific societies ; the designations of prizes propos- 

 ed and of prizes distributed ; the particular objects of the 

 researches of skilful men in every country ; the actual con- 

 dition of national schools and their progress, especially 

 among communities recently organized; extracts of letters 

 respecting scientific travels or which have reference to 

 some useful public object, with respect to antiquities, arts, 

 sciences or the progress of civilization ; inventions and dis- 

 coveries, the immediate publication of vvorks, the organiza- 



* Le Momteur Universal, for August 10, 1820. 



