m 
require active exertions and travels to col- 
lect. 
16. Voyages pf the Companions of 
Columbus, by W. Irvin; Philadelphia, 1831, 
8 vo. A needful revival of American know- 
ledge, maue popular by the style and fame 
of the writer, like his life of Columbus. 
17. History of New Plymouth, by F. 
Baylies, Bosson, 1830, 2 vols. 8vo. A prolix 
but valuable fragment of North American 
History. Much historical knowledge is here 
revived. It extents from 1620 to 1692, 
when New Plymouth was united to Massa- 
chusets. 
18. History of Louisiana by Barbe Mar- 
bois, translation, Philadelphia, 1830, 8vo. 
Well written, but deficient in the early 
history; better in later times. 
19. History of Pennsylvania to 1776 by 
Gordon, Philadelphia, 1828, 8vo. Well 
written, few omissions, a creditable work- 
20. History of New York, by Moulton. 
New York, 1st and 2d parts, 8vo. 1824 and 
1826. Excellent work, copious on early 
history, only carried as yet to 1633. 
21. Treaties of the United States with 
the Indian tribes; Washington, 1826, 8vo. 
published by order of Congress. Furnishing 
important official documents for History. 
22. Annals of America, by Holmes, 2d 
edition, Cambridge, 1829, 2 vols. 8vo. False 
title: it is a Chronological History of the 
English Colonies of North America only, and 
the United States; compendious, yet lame. 
23. Travels in Guatimala or the United 
Provinces of Central America in 1827-8, by 
Dunn, New York, 1828, 8vo. Interesting 
account of a country almost unknown, by an 
agent of the Bible Society ; rather superficial, 
but many additions to knowledge. 
24. Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes in 
1826-7, by Th. L. M 'Kinney, Baltimore, 
1827, Svo. fig. Tedious Epistles of a tourist 
or rather Indian agent; but some addition to 
knowledge may be gleaned therein* 
25 Narrative of a second Expedition to 
the shores oLthe American Polar Sea, by 
Capt. J. Franklin and Dr. J* Richardson, 
Philadelphia,! 828, 8vo. Important addition 
to geography, geology and all the cognate 
sciences. 
26. Ornithological Biograjyhy of the Birds 
of America, by J. J. Audubon, Philadelphia, 
1831, 4to, first volume, containing the Bio- 
graphy of 100 Birds, Excellent work of an 
author uniting the characters of a naturalist,a 
painter, a traveller, and a close observer. It 
is the text of his gigantic work on our birds, 
or their colored figures of natural size, a 
splendid monument of genius and fine arts. 
27. Medical Flora, or Manual of Medical 
Botany, of the United States of North 
America, by C. S. Rafinesque, Philadelphia, 
1828-80, 2 vols. 12mo. 100 fig. A very 
useful compilation, embodying all the actual 
knowledge on our Medical Botany, with a 
multitude of original additions, both medical 
and botanical . 
28. The Pulmjst, or the art to cure and prcy 
yent the Consumption or Chronic Phthisis, fey 
C. S. Rafinesque, Philad 1829, ISmo. fig. 
This little work teaches what many phjsiciauf 
wrongly despair of, how to cure effectually 
this fatal disease; nihil desperandum! 
29. Enumeration and account of some#, e,- 
markabie Objects of the Cabinet of Prof. 
Rafinesque, Philad. 1831, 8 vo. tract. In 16 
columns this tract describes HO New objects 
of Zoology, chiefly fossils of Kentucky, more 
than thick volumes often can do. 
30. Monograph of the Bivalve Shells of 
the river Ohio, by C. S. Rafinesque, translat- 
ed from the French pf 1820 by C. A. Poub 
son, Philadelphia, 1832, 32mo. 1 fig. 68 sp* 
The first original work on our fluviatile 
chonchology. The translator has omitted 
the 70 figures of the original, and the con- 
tinuation carried to 113 species published 
in 1831. He might also have added the 
posterior synonyms to aid the students. 
3]L. Manual of Botany for North America, 
by Prof, A. Baton j fifth edition , Albany, 1829, 
12mo. -A popular compilation; few reach 
here so many editions; this last is much en- 
larged and improved, including the southern 
plants of Pursh, Nuttal and Elliott, but no 
one else: therefore deficient as a compilation 
for general use. 
32. Geological Text Book on North Ame- 
rican Geology, by Prof. A. Eaton, Albany, 
1830, 8vo, fig. and a Geological map of the 
state of New York. Tolerable attempt so far 
as New York is concerned, but totally defi- 
cient in oryctology or fossil remains, and mis- 
taking the geological region from Boston to 
Lake Erie for the whole of N. America, as 
the English Geologists mistake the Geology 
of England for that of the world. 
33. Webster’s Dictionary of the English 
Language, Boston, 4830, 2 vols. 4to, and 
abridged ip a thick 8vo. Bulky, elaborate 
work, adding many thousand words to our 
Lexicons; but lacking yet as many more. 
The Etymological part is copious, yet totally 
deficient in the Sanscrit, first parent of the 
English as well as Latin and Greek, and 
where all their .words, without hardly any 
exception, can be traced. 
25. MISCELLANY. 
Periodical Press.— Nearly. 1000 periodical 
publications of all kinds are printed in -the 
United States; but some are of very limited 
.circulation, supported by Advertisements and 
the monopoly of low rates of postage. In 
France, they have doubled since the Revo- 
lution of July 1830. They were 210 bcfoie, 
of which 150 out of Paris; now they are near- 
ly 400, of which 310 out of Paris. 
4 Geological Society of Pennsylvania has 
been established in Philadelphia on the 22d 
February, 1831 . Mr. Gibson is the presi- 
dent and P. A. Browne, sccr y It has chief- 
ly in view a complete geological survey of 
this state. 
Phthisis or Consmvption.^ln 1831, the 
