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SO. ATLANTIC REVIEW, 
Until this Journal assumes the Month- 
ly form, it will be impossible to give 
comprehensive Reviews, and we must 
confine this department to short ecclec- 
tic notices. We are even inclined to cur- 
tail them; since we might sometimes of- 
fend irritable authors, who do not wish 
that the defects of their works should be 
exposed. Rut a veridic, enlightened and 
independent Review is very much need- 
ed, and we hope to be enabled to furnish 
one hereafter. 
1. Cabinet of Natural History and 
American Rural Sports. Philad. 1831. lv. 
4to. with 24 colored figures of animals. 
Published by Mr. Doughty. A popular 
work issued in monthly numbers, with 
good figures and interesting accounts of 
quadrupeds, birds, &c.; but some bad 
names. The authors being chiefly ano- 
nymous, their wonderful tales and lucu- 
brations can be of no authority in science. 
2. The Alphabet of the Primitive lan- 
guage of Spain, and Philosophy of the 
Euscaran or Bask people. Extract from 
the work of Mr. De Erro, by G. W. Ew- 
ing. Boston, 1829, 1 thin 8vo. with the 
Bask alphabet. Very valuable philolo- 
gical work, proving the antiquity of the 
Euscaran language and alphabet, akin to; 
the Etruscan and Greek; and giving the 
primitive philosophy of numbers. We 
shall again notice this work. 
3. Manual of the Land Birds of the U. 
States and Canada, by Prof. Th. Nuttall, 
Boston 1832, thick 12rno. with many 
wood engravings. Very good compila- 
tion, useful like all manuals, with some 
original observations, and tolerable fi- 
gures; but those of birds should be co- 
lored. 
4. On the Causes, Cure, and Means of 
Preventing the Sick Head-ache, By Dr. 
James Mease, Philada. 1831, small 8vo. 
A useful small work, teaching what diet 
and changes of habits will cure this di- 
sease. 
5. Geography and History of the Wes- 
tern States, By T. Flint, Cincinnati, 
1828. 2 vol. 8vo. A lively popular writer, 
but neither profound nor always accu- 
rate. 
6. Sketch of Long Island, By Silas 
Wood, Brooklyn 1824, 1vol. 8vo. Much 
addition to historical knowledge, and on 
the Indians of Long Island with a voca- 
bulary. 
T. Annals of Philadelphia and New- 
York, By Walton. Philada. 1830, thick 
8vo. fig. Curious book on the first state 
of these cities and their gradual changes. 
8. Collections of the Historical Socie- 
ty of Maine. Portland 1831. 8vo. Some 
addition to historical knowledge. The 
most interesting articles are a compen- 
dious history of Portland, with a map, by 
Willis, and an Essay on the Noridgwock 
or Penobscot language, a dialect of the 
Abenaquis, by Lincoln. 
31. SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
1. Newman, a German traveller, has 
lately brought 10,000 Chinese manu- 
scripts from China to Germany. What a 
treasure of new learning for Chinese 
scholars! 
2. Mr. N. Dunn of Philadelphia, has 
brought home from China where he re- 
sided 11 years, a very evtensive collec- 
tion of implements, models of arts, dress- 
es, natural objects, Sec. He means to 
begin a Chinese Museum in Philadelphia, 
and make it a free Institution. A lauda- 
ble example worthy of imitation. 
3. In Austria, ruled by one of the most 
despotic governments, there are schools 
in every Village paid by the State, every 
child is compelled to learn reading, wri- 
ting and numeration. By a late law no 
one can be married, nor received as a 
servant if he has not learnt this. Many 
of our States appear to be behind Aus- 
tria in civilisation and education, since 
they neither pay for it nor encourage it. 
No uneducated man ought to be a voter 
in this enlightened age and country. 
4. Mr'. Tanner is preparing a new edi- 
tion of his large map of the United 
States, much improved, and above all, 
with many corrections and additions in 
physical geography and oreology. He 
has very liberally purchased the surveys 
of Hills and Mountains made by Prof. 
Rafinesque in many States, and the 
Northern or N. E. termination of the Al- 
leghany will no longer be lacking in our 
maps. All the range of hills in Ohio and 
Kentucky will be added for the first time 
to our geography. 
5. T. A. Conrad has issued 3 num- 
bers of his Marine Atlantic Concho- 
logy, containing the genera Pecten, 
Lima, Solen, Solecurtus, Nucula* 
Sanguinolaria, Petricola, and Car- 
dita, with colored figures of each 
sp. Pie is also engaged on a work 
on our fossil shells, which is speedi- 
ly to be produced or begun. 
T. Town , Printer , Back of 1 12 Walnut St* 
