sciences of some worthy persons require to be propped up by positive statutes, to be fortified and buttressed with legal penalties, before they will act at all.

Mr. Taylor observes in his Preface, that "the following work is founded on Dr. Greenleaf's American Treatise on the Law of Evidence," which treatise he at first intended merely to edit, but "finally determined to abandon it, and to submit to the public a treatise of my own." He further modestly observes, that he “had no idle hope of being able to produce a book which, regarded as an exposition of general principles, should surpass, or even equal, that written by the learned American Professor." To have introduced the new matter which he wished to add "in the shape of notes to Dr. Greenleaf's Treatise would have been highly inconvenient"; so he resolves to publish the whole under his own name, sagely remarking, that "whether the information were conveyed in my own or in another's language has been to me, as it doubtless will be to my readers, a matter of indifference." The cool impudence of such an avowal is certainly, in this hot weather, very refreshing.

Our Transatlantic notion of literary honesty is, that when an author publishes a book which he claims as his own by putting his own name exclusively upon its title-page, every sentence in it which is really borrowed from another work should be distinguished by quotation marks, and credited, by marginal references or other means, to its proper author. Mr. Taylor, though confessing in the Preface that he has "borrowed many pages of the terse and luminous writing" of Professor Greenleaf, uses no quotation marks, and leaves the reader to ascertain as he can the precise extent of his borrowings. We will offer any one who may be curious on the subject a little assistance in this inquiry.

One hundred and seventy-eight sections of Mr. Taylor's work are copied, either entirely or in substance, from Dr. Greenleaf's, and parts of many others are taken from the same source. All the quotations from the Roman law are borrowed from the American book, to which Mr. Taylor is also indebted for the arrangement of the subject. His additions consist of the English statutes and rules of practice, of additional cases to illustrate the principles stated by Dr. Greenleaf, and of some few modifications of these principles; but he has added no new rule of evidence. Such is the work which is modestly set forth on the title-page as "A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, by John Pitt Taylor, Esq."

NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Memoir of William Ellery Channing, with Extracts from his Correspondence and Manuscripts. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 1848. 3 vols. 12mo.

The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides; according to the Text of L. Dindorf, with Notes, for the Use of Colleges. By John J. Owen, Principal of the Cornelius Institute. New York: Leavitt, Trow, & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 683.

Part III.

Modern Painters. By a Graduate of Oxford. First American from the Third London Edition, revised by the Author. New York: John Wiley. 1848. 12mo. pp. 222.

Researches on the Chemistry of Food, and the Motion of Juices in the Animal Body. By Justus Liebig, M. D. Edited from the Manuscript of the Author, by William Gregory, M. D. Edited from the English Edition, by Eben N. Horsford, A. M. Lowell: Daniel Bixby & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 219. History of the French Revolution of 1789. By Louis Blanc. Translated from the French. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 12mo. pp. 322.

1848.

The Constitutions of France, Monarchical and Republican, together with Brief Historical Remarks relating to their Origin and the late Orleans Dynasty. By Bernard Roelker, of the Boston Bar. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1848. 12mo.

pp. 156.

Dr. J. G. Flügel's Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages, in Two Parts. Part I., English and German. Leipzig: J. C. Richter. 1847. 8vo.

pp. 877.

Romance of the History of Louisiana, a Series of Lectures. By Charles Gayarré. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 16mo.

pp. 265. Thoughts on some Important Points relating to the_History of the World. By J. P. Nichol, LL. D. First American Edition, revised and enlarged. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp.

261.

The General Features of the Moral Government of God. By A. B. Jacocks, M. A. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 1848. 16mo. pp. 90. Half-Hours with the Best Authors. Selected and arranged, with Short Biographical and Critical Notices, by Charles Knight. Vol. II. New York: John Wiley. 1848. 12mo. pp. 559.

The Wanderings and Fortunes of some German Emigrants. By Frederick Gerstaecker. Translated by David Black. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 270.

Elements of Natural Philosophy, being an Experimental Introduction to the Study of the Physical Sciences. By Golding Bird, A. M., F. R. S., etc. With 372 Illustrations. From the revised and enlarged Third London Edition. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1848. 12mo. pp. 402.

Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering. By Julius Weisbach, Professor of Mechanics and Applied-Mathematics in the Royal Mining Academy of Freiburg. First American Edition, edited by Walter R. Johnson, A. M., and illustrated with 1,000 Engravings on Wood. Vol. I. Theoretical Mechanics. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1848. 8vo. pp. 486.

Arithmetic analytically explained and synthetically applied, illustrated by Copious Examples. Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies. By Daniel Adams, M. D. Keene, N. H.: J. W. Prentiss & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 306.

A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, comprising Recollections, Sketches, and Reflections made during a Tour in the East. By Alphonse de Lamartine. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1848. 2 vols.

12mo.

C. Julius Cæsar's Commentaries on the Gallic War, with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Lexicon, Indexes, etc. By Rev. J. A. Spencer, A. M. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1848. 12mo. Pp. 408.

Chess for Winter Evenings, containing the Rudiments of the Game, and Elementary Analyses of the most Popular Openings, exemplified in Games actually played by the Best Masters; also, a Series of Chess Tales, with Illustrations engraved from Original Designs. By H. R. Agnel. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 509.

The Elements of a Vigorous and Useful Character: a Discourse delivered to the Young Men of Portsmouth, February 20, 1848. By Rufus W. Clark. Portsmouth: S. A. Badger. 8vo.

pp. 20. Orta-Undis, and other Poems. By J. M. Legaré. Boston: W. D. Ticknor & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 102.

Remarks and Statistics on the Subject of Cheap Postage and Postal Reform in Great Britain and the United States. By Joshua Leavitt. Boston Otis Clapp. 1848. 8vo. pp. 72.

Some Further Portions of Lady Willoughby's Diary, which do relate to her Domestic History, and to the Stirring Events of the Latter Years of Charles I., the Protectorate, and the Restoration. New York: John Wiley. 1848. 12mo.

pp. 93.

A Defence of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's Claims to the Discovery of Etherization. By Joseph L. Lord and Henry C. Lord. Boston: Office of Littell's Living Age. 1848. 8vo. pp. 37.

A Discourse occasioned by the Death of John Quincy Adams, delivered at the Melodeon in Boston, March 5, 1848. By Theodore Parker. Boston: Bela Marsh. 1848. 8vo.

PP 66.

A Funeral Oration occasioned by the Death of Thomas Cole, delivered before the National Academy of Design, New York, May 4, 1848. By William C. Bryant. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 8vo. pp. 42.

Twenty-first and Twenty-second Annual Reports of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston, May, 1846 - 7. Boston. 1848. 8vo. pp. 146.

The Pioneers of New York: an Anniversary Discourse delivered before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, December 6, 1847. By C. F. Hoffman. New York: Stanford & Swords. 1848. 8vo. pp. 55.

Harry Guy, the Widow's Son, a Story of the Sea. By Sarah Josepha Hale. Boston: B. B. Mussey & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 72. The Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register. Vol. I. No. 1. April, 1848. New Haven: Bassett & Bradley. 8vo. pp. 164.

A Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams, delivered at the Request of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in Faneuil Hall. By Edward Everett. Boston: Dutton & Wentworth. 1848. 8vo. pp. 71.

Agency of Steam Power in Promoting Civilization and Christianity. By Rufus W. Clark. Portsmouth, N. H.: S. A. Badger. 1848. 8vo. Pp. 12.

A Discourse on the Life, Character, and Public Services of James Kent, late Chancellor of the State of New York. By John Duer. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1848. 8vo. pp. 36.

The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, being an Essay towards a Calculus of Deductive Reasoning. By George Boole. London: George Bell. 1847. 8vo. pp. 82.

The Value of a Man: a Discourse occasioned by the Death of Hon. Henry Wheaton, delivered March 19th, 1848. By Edward B. Hall. Providence Charles Burnett, Jr. 1848. 8vo.

pp. 23.

Endymion, a Tale of Greece. By Henry B. Hirst.

W. D. Ticknor & Co. 1848. 12mo.

pp. 122.

Boston:

Arguments of Messrs. Whipple and Webster in the Rhode Island Case, before the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term, 1848. Providence: Charles Burnett, Jr. 1848. 8vo. pp. 56.

The Green Mountain Boys: an Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont. By the Author of May Martin, Locke Amsden, &c. Boston: B. B. Mussey & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 364.

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

No. CXLI.

OCTOBER, 1848.

ART. I. The Middle Kingdom; a Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants. With a new Map of the Empire, and Illustrations, principally engraved by J. W. ORR. By S. WELLS WILLIAMS, Author of "Easy Lessons in Chinese," "English and Chinese Vocabulary," &c. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1848. 2 vols.

12mo.

TERENCE, when he put into the mouth of his Chremes that verse, so incessantly quoted,

"Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto,"

was unaware that he was enunciating a noble moral sentiment. He meant it to be laughed at. It is the lame apology of a pragmatical and obtrusive old man for meddling with his neighbour's business. It must be isolated, in order to be christened. But in its Christian acceptation, it has constantly recurred to us in the perusal of the book named above. It is only a catholic and kindly interest in man, that can make one a thorough observer and faithful narrator of all the aspects of nature, society, art, and civilization, in regions where the research is attended with difficulty or involved in obscurity. The chief obstacle in such cases to the acquisition of correct and ample information is the lack, not of materials for answering questions, but of comprehensiveness in asking them. The traveller or resident in a strange land will generally ascertain what he seeks; but his occupation, tastes,

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