PREFACE. 
an equal and a very respectable and an increasing patronage. 
It is well sustained by Connecticut and most of the eastern 
states ; it is not without patronage beyond the Alleghanies, 
but the state of the currency has made it necessary to relin- 
quish an extensive subscription in those regions. 
Washington, Baltimore, Charleston, and the Southern 
States generally, but especially South Carolina, demand a 
very considerable number of copies, and all the smaller 
cities receive a proportionate supply. 
These facts, with the obvious one,—that its pages are sup- 
plied with contributions from all parts of the Union, and oc- 
casionally from Europe, evince that the work is received as 
a national and not as a local undertaking, and that the com- 
munity consider it as having no sectional character. En- 
couraged by this view of the subject, and by the favour of ma- 
ny distinguished men, both at home and abroad, and sup- 
ported by able contributors, to whom the Editor again ten- 
ders his grateful acknowledgments, he will still persevere, in 
the hope of contributing something to the advancement of 
our science and arts, and towards the elevation of our na- 
tional character. 
Yale College, Feb. 15, 1822. 
