Life of Alexander Hamilton, by his Son.

These volumes exhibit much valuable matter relative to the Revolution, the establishment of the Federal Constitution, and other important events in the annals of our country.N. Y. Rev.

2 vols. 8vo, $5 00, D. Appleton & Co., New-York.

Life of Gouverneur Morris.

The author, Mr. Sparks, has brought to his task so much of intelligent research, so much historical anecdote, and rich and various illustration, that his work is of real, as it will be of lasting value.-N. Am. Rev.

3 vols. 8vo, $3 50, New-York.

Life of De Witt Clinton.

This memoir, by Dr. Hosack, is written in a very candid, liberal spirit. The work does great credit to his industry and good judgment; he has shown an indefatigable activity in collecting materials, by a wide range of inquiry and correspondence.-N. A. Rev.

Life of Peter Van Schaack.

As the biography of an eminent American of elevated character, of high integrity, and of honourable association, who, in sentiment, was opposed to taking up arms in the American Revolution, this work, composed, as it mainly is, of original contemporaneous materials, which may help to guide the future historian, will not be without value.Preface.

Life of Jefferson, by Thomas Tucker.

This is the memoir of an eminent man by a warm admirer. It cannot but be interesting.

2 vols. 8vo, $4 00, Philadelphia, 1837.

Autobiography, Reminiscences, and Letters of

John Trumbull.

Though, both in subject and handling, somewhat unimaginative, the memoir is not without interest as a memorial of talents unremunerated, and of hopes withered; while it affords subject for many reflections on the antecedents and prospects of American independence.-London Athenæum.

Life of William Livingston, by Theodore Sedgwick, Jun.

Governor Livingston was among the most revered of our Revolutionary fathers. His life, by his grandson, is written with ability and discrimination.

8vo, $2 00.

Life of Rev. John H. Livingston, D.D.

This volume contains, it is believed, a faithful picture of the revered individual whose eventful life it portrays, and at the same time exhibits all the most prominent features of the history of the Reformed Dutch Church in this country.Committee of General Synod.

1 vol. 8vo, New-York.

Letters of Mrs. John Adams.

It will naturally be presumed that this correspondence of an uncommonly sensible woman like Mrs. Adams, who lived in an eventful period of our history, and was personally, and for the most part intimately acquainted with the great men of her times, must be full of interest and instruction; and so, in fact, it will be found by every reader.-N. Y. Rev. 2 vols. 16mo, $1 75, Boston.

Letters of John Adams to his Wife.

It is unnecessary to give the character of letters written by such a man under such circumstances.

2 vols. 16mo, $1 75, Boston.

Mrs. Grant's Memoirs of an American Lady. A delightful picture of life in America, and especially in Northern New-York, one hundred years ago.

Life of Brant, by William L. Stone.

2 vols. 8vo, $3 00, New-York, 1841.

Life of Red Jacket, by William L. Stone. 1 vol. 8vo, $2 00, New-York, 1841.

Mr. Stone is a zealous and successful student of our early, and especially of our aboriginal history. His Life of Brant might be called with propriety a History of the Border War.

Life of Lemuel Haynes.

All biographies of men who have forced their way to use

fulness and respectability, in spite of appalling obstacles, are deeply interesting. This of Mr. Haynes is particularly so. 12mo, 90 cents.

B. B. Thatcher's Indian Biography.

Nothing of the same character is before the public. In these pages the author has intended to bestow on the more eminent individuals the notice they deserve, and to pass over the vast multitude distinguished only by detached anecdotes, or described only in general terms.

2 vols. 18mo, 90 cents.

Mackenzie's Life of Commodore Perry.

A worthy sketch of the brief, but, brilliant career of one of our naval heroes.

2 vols. 18mo, 90 cents.

Life of Franklin.

The Life of Franklin affords a striking proof of the influence in society of sound understanding, united with steady industry, and supported by candid integrity. It should be read and pondered by all young men.

2 vols. 18mo, 90 cents.

A larger and more complete Life of Franklin has been written by Mr. Sparks, and forms the first vol. of his excellent edition of Franklin's Works.

Life of Fulton, by C. D. Colden.

In this sketch Mr. Colden has done justice to a noble theme.

Memoirs of American Missionaries, viz :

Munson and Lyman, Indian Archipelago, 12mo, NewYork, 1839, $1 00.

Mrs. S. L. Smith, Mission in Syria, 12mo, Philadelphia, 1839, $1 00.

Mrs. E. B. Dwight and Mrs. Grant, Turkish and Persian Mission, 12mo, 1841, $1 00.

Mrs. H. L. Winslow, Missionary at Ceylon, 12mo, 1841, $1 00.

Rev. Gordon Hall, Missionary at Bombay, 12mo, Andover, $1 00.

G. D. Boardman, Missionary to Burmah, 12mo, Boston, 1835, $1 00.

Mrs. Judson, Missionary to Burmah, 18mo, 75 cents.

Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry.

This distinguished biographer gives an accurate account of a most eminent man.

Philadelphia, 1836, $1 25.

III. GEOGRAPHY, VOYAGES, TRAVELS,

&c.

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's documents; so shall you come easily by what others have laboured hard for; prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual."-Isocrates to his friend Democritus.

M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer.

"If extensive and accurate information with respect to the present condition of the world is desired, it is believed that this great work, with its improvements, will afford the opportunity of obtaining it, with least pessible expense of time, trouble, and means."-Editor's Preface.

2 vols. 8vo, $5 00, Harper & Brothers, New-York. Encyclopædia of Geography, by Hugh Murray.

It is now publishing from the English original, an able and valuable work. The author has studiously collected the most recent, authentic, and accurate accounts of the extent, nature, features, population, productions, industry, political constitution, literature, religion, and social state of the various regions of the globe, with the leading details as to their districts and cities.

Malte Brun's Universal Geography.

This system of universal geography is the most complete of all the geographical systems. An English translation has been made from the original Danish, and it has passed through several editions in the United States, one of which contains many corrections by J. G. Percival.-Enc. Am. 10 vols., $36 00, Boston.

Butler's Classical Geography.

A very complete work, indispensable to the classical student.

Cook's Voyages.

As a navigator Cook was of the highest order, whether we

contemplate the discoveries he made or the means by which they were accomplished.-Edinb. Enc.

2 vols. 4to, $22 00, London.

Dampier's Voyages.

They are written by himself in a strongly-descriptive style, bearing all the marks of fidelity, and the nautical remarks display much professional, and even philosophical, knowledge.-Enc. Am.

3 vols. 8vo, $4 00, London.

Hawkins's Voyages.

They took place about 1562. He is branded, on the page of history, as the first Englishman, after the discovery of America, who made a merchandise of the human species. -Enc. Am.

Parry's Voyages.

In the arduous situations in which Mr. Parry was placed, he displayed not merely the skill of an officer, but the qualities of a man of talent.-Enc. Am.

2 vols. 18mo, 90 cents.

Ross's Voyages.

The whole enterprise is a monument of perseverance, hardiness, and courage, as well as of intelligence and skill, highly honourable to the English nation.-Enc. Am. 2 vols. 8vo, $4 50, London, 1819.

Wrangel's Expedition to the Russian Polar Sea. A delightful book.

Lord Macartney's Embassy to China, 1792, 1793, 1794.

2 vols.

Barrow's Travels in China, as attached to the same Embassy.

2 vols. 4to, $8 00, London.

Lord Amherst's Embassy to China, by Ellis, 1816.

These three productions give us the best account, by intelligent and sagacious observers, of the manners and