The Claims of Citizens of the United States of America on the Government of Naples, Holland, and France. By Edward Everett. Cambridge. Hilliard & Metcalf. 8vo. pp. 152.

A Geographical View of the World, embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits of Every Nation. By the Rev. J. Goldsmith. Revised, corrected, and improved, by James G. Percival, M. D.

MUSIC.

A New and Complete Preceptor for the German Flute; together with a Collection of Airs, Marches, Waltzes, &c. Price 75 cents. Albany. D. Steele & Sons.

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NOVELS.

Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorist; a Medley. By Geoffrey Crayon, Third American Edition. New York. C. S. Van Winkle. 12mo. pp. 309 and 316.

A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. By Diedrich Knickerbocker. Fifth American Edition. New York. C. S. Van Winkle. 12mo. pp. 300 and 268.

Ambrose and Eleanor, or the Adventures of Two Children, deserted on an uninhabited Island. Translated from the French. Philadelphia. R. Desilver. 12mo. pp. 132.

Charlotte Temple. A Tale of Truth. By Mrs. Rowson. Philadelphia. J. Grigg. 18mo. pp. 144.

ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES.

A Sketch of the Character of John Adams, delivered in the Church, Barton Square, Salem, on the 9th of July, 1826, the Lord's Day after his interment; with notices of the Character of the late Mrs. Adams. By Henry Colman. Salem. J. & R. Buffum. 8vo. pp. 28.

A Sermon delivered July 9th, 1826, the Sunday following the Death of the Hon. John Adams, a former President of the United States. By Aaron Bancroft, D. D. Worcester. 8vo. pp. 15.

In this discourse are briefly and forcibly stated some of the essential moral qualities of a good ruler in a republic. It contains also a short biographical notice of the life of Mr. Adams, a chronological statement of some of his most important public services, and an account of his first introduction to the court of St. James.

A Discourse pronounced before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at the Anniversary Celebration, on the 31st of August, 1826. By Joseph Story. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 8vo. pp. 58.

An Oration delivered at Germantown, Pennsylvania, on the 20th of July, 1826, in Commemoration of the virtues and services of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. By Walter R. Johnson. Philadelphia. R. H. Small. 8vo. pp. 25.

An Address delivered at Plymouth, Massachusetts, at the Consecration of "Plymouth Lodge," September 6, A. L. 5826. By James Gordon Carter. Plymouth. Allen Danforth. 8vo. pp. 37.

An Oration, delivered on Monday, 4th of July, 1825, in Commemoration of American Independence, before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth and the City Council and the Inhabitants of Boston. By Charles Sprague. Printed by order of the City Council. New Edition. Boston. True & Greene. 8vo. pp. 30.

Address delivered before the Philological Society of Middlebury College, on the 15th of August. By Jonathan E. Southwayd. Montpelier. E. P. Walton. 8vo. pp. 15.

An Oration pronounced at Middlebury, before the Associated Alumni of the College, on the evening of Commencement, August 16th, 1826. By Beriah Green. Castleton. Ovid Miner. 8vo. pp. 34.

POETRY.

Lyric Poems. By William B. Tappan. With a very beautiful Frontispiece. Philadelphia. Ash & Mason. 12mo.

The Beauties of Sir Walter Scott and Thomas Moore, Esq., selected from their Works; with Historical and Explanatory Notes. By a Gentleman of Philadelphia. Philadelphia.

The Songster's Museum; a New and Choice Collection of Popular Songs, selected from the best Authors. Hartford. Henry Benton. 18mo. pp. 72.

Horace in New York. A Satire. New York.

POLITICS.

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the several Instructions to the Ministers of the United States to the Government of France, and of the Correspondence with said Government having reference to the Spoliations committed by that power on the Commerce of the United States anterior to September 30, 1800, &c. in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. Washington. Gales & Seaton. 8vo. pp. 840.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

New Ideas on Population; with Remarks on the theories of Malthus and Godwin. Second Edition. To which is prefixed, a new Preface, containing a brief Examination of the opinions of MM. Say and Sismondi on the same subject. By Alexander H. Everett. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co. 8vo. pp. 125.

THEOLOGY.

Short Practical Essays on the Sabbath. By a Clergyman of New England. Norwich. Thomas Robinson. 18mo. pp. 107.

A Sermon preached in the Chapel of Nassau Hall, August 13, 1826. By Archibald Alexander. Published at the Request of the Students of the College. Philadelphia.

The Canon of the Old and New Testaments ascertained, or the Bible complete without the Apocrypha and Unwritten Traditions. By Archibald Alexander."

An Essay on Terms of Communion, by the Rev. Charles Brooks, of Goshen, New Hampshire, being an Examination into the propriety of the Doctrine held by Baptists, of preventing all such of participating in the Sacrament as have not been immersed.

A Sermon on the Adaptation of Christianity. By Alvan Lamson, Minister of the First Church in Dedham. Dedham. 8vo. pp. 18. Unitarianism the Way of the Lord. A Sermon delivered to the First Congregational Society in Burlington, Vermont, April, 1826. By George G. Ingersoll. Burlington. pp. 50.

AMERICAN EDITIONS OF FOREIGN WORKS.

Practical Observations on Popular Education. By H. Brougham, Esq. M. P. F. R. S. From the Twentieth London Edition. Boston. Published at the Office of the "Massachusetts Journal." 8vo. pp. 36.

We are glad to perceive, that this rich and instructive pamphlet has been reprinted in Boston, in a form calculated for wide circulation. And we think it will augur ill for the character and discrimination of our reading public, if one edition is not eagerly sought for in this country, where almost all education may in the strictest sense be called popular, when twenty have been quickly disposed of in England. The spirit of the author is truly philanthrophic; and the work, as we should anticipate, is full of the most judicious and practical remarks upon the means of diffusing knowledge; most of which are as applicable to the condition of our community as to that of the country where they were suggested and first published.

The Acting American Theatre. No. VII. Containing the Tragedy of "Isabella, or the Fatal Marriage." Embellished with a Portrait of Mrs. Barnes, in the character of Isabella. Philadelphia.

Fabulas Literarias de D. Tomas de Yriarte. New York. Behr & Kahl. 18mo. pp. 176.

Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney; extending across the Great Desert to the tenth degree of Northern Latitude, and from Kouka, in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Felatah Empire. With an Appendix. By Major Dixon Denham and Captain Hugh Clapperton, the Survivors of the Expedition. Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co. 8vo. pp. 431.

Tales Round a Winter Hearth. By Jane and Ann Maria Porter. 2 Vols. in 1. New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo. pp. 296.

The Boyne Waters. A Tale. By the O'Hara Family. New York. J. & J. Harper. 12mo. pp. 285 and 288.

The Spectator; with Notes and a General Index. Complete in Two Volumes. New York. S. Marks. pp. 414 and 434.

Damon and Pythias. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. By R. Shiell, Esq. Poems; by Bernard Barton. Boston. Munroe & Francis. 18mo.

pp. 324.

The Character of Julius Cæsar; a Debate. By James Sheridan Knowles, Glasgow. Boston. Wait, Greene, & Co. 12mo. pp. 52.

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare. In 10 Vols. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and others. Revised by Isaac Reed, Esq. New York. Collins & Hannay. 12mo. Aladdin. A Fairy Opera. In Two Acts. By George B. Soane, B. A. New York. E. M. Murden. 18mo. pp. 75.

Adventures of a Young Rifleman, during the late Wars of Spain and Portugal. Written by Himself. Edited by Göthe. Philadelphia. H. C. Carey & I. Lea. 12mo.

Continental Adventures. A Novel. 3 Vols. Boston. Wells & Lilly.

12mo.

Published every month, for the Proprietors, by BowLES & DEARBORN, at the office of the United States Review and Literary Gazette, No. 74, Washington Street, Boston, and by G. & C. CARVILL, No. 108, Broadway, New York. Terms, five dollars per annum.

Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard, Metcalf, & Co.

Physiologie du Gout, ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante; Ouvrage Théorique, Historique et à l'Ordre de Jour, dédié aux Gastronomes Parisiens, par un Professeur, Membre de plusieurs Sociétés Litéraires et Savantes. 2 tomes. Paris. A. Sautelet et Cie. 1826.

8vo.

THE author of this work resembles in many particulars the celebrated Dr. Kitchiner. Like him, he has produced a discursive book, which, purporting to relate to the science of eating, does, nevertheless, relate to almost any thing; like the Doctor, too, he mingles so much sound philosophy with his Epicurism, and so much good sense with his simplicity, that we cannot always tell, whether we should laugh with him or at him. So long, however, as we are made to laugh, we should not be too critical about the rationale of so agreeable a result; and we must admit, that the author's object, if this was his object, is completely effected. To speak without further periphrasis, we have found the "Physiologie du Gout" an entertaining work, and have read through the two sizeable octavos, which bear this strange title, with a good deal of amusement.

These volumes, beside the amusing nature of their contents, derive a claim to our notice from the circumstance, that the writer of them spent some years in the United States, and that he takes more than one occasion to touch upon this country and its inhabitants. The work is attributed to M. Brillat de Savarin, an avocat of Paris, who resided in this country during the French Revolution, to the leaders of which, he seems not to have been very acceptable, being probably a man of too good taste, if we may

be pardoned a very indifferent pun, not to prefer court dinners to republican simplicity. He died, as we are informed, a few months ago.

The volumes are made up of a number of "Meditations," as the author is pleased to call them, of which connectedness is not the most shining quality; and of several chapters, which have no pretensions to connexion, as is indicated by their title, "Varieties." As it is improbable that they will fall into the hands of many of our readers, we shall make longer quotations from them than we should otherwise do, selecting those passages, which, for one reason or another, have interested or amused us, as most likely to affect them in the same manner. We must premise, however, that we shall render the extracts into English with great freedom, and that even with this latitude, it is scarcely to be expected, that they will always, or indeed often, be true in all points to the original, of which much of the characteristic quaintness and point must evaporate in the translation.

The book is prefaced by a dialogue between the author and a friend, who endeavours to induce him to publish. This friend, he intimates to have been Professor Richerand, who, after some discussion, endeavours to conduct him to a bookseller. The dialogue proceeds as follows.

"Author. Take care what you do, for I shall certainly introduce you; and who knows what I may say.

"Friend. What can you say? I am not to be frightened.

"Author. I will not say, that our common country is proud of having given you birth; that, at the age of twenty-four years, you had already published an elementary work, which has ever since been a classic; that a well-earned reputation commands the confidence of the public; that your very appearance gives hope to the sick; that your skill amazes, and your sensibility consoles them. All the world knows this. But I will reveal to all Paris (drawing up), to all France (assuming an air of importance), to the whole universe, the only defect, that I have discovered in you.

"Friend (in a serious tone). And what, if you please, may that be?

"Author. An habitual defect, which all my exertions have been insufficient to correct.

"Friend (alarmed). Speak out, then; you keep me in torture. "Author. You eat too fast."

We quote from the "Meditations," the following specimens of minute philosophy. The first reminds us of a brother gourmand, Dr. Redgill, whose most emphatic mode of expressing his con