be neither far nor long, and that the time is but short till we shall happily meet again. Now, these, my friends, are the means, (since it was these you wanted to know) by which I make my old-age sit easy and light on me; and thus I not only disarm it of every uncasiness, but render it even sweet and delightful. But if I should be mistaken in this belief, that our souls are immortal, I am however pleased and happy in my mistake; nor while I live, shall it ever be in the power of man, to beat me out of an opinion, that yields me so solid a comfort, and so durable a satisfaction. And if, when dead, I should (as some minute philosophers imagine) be deprived of all further sense, I am safe at least in this, that those blades themselves will have no opportunity beyond the grave to laugh at me for my opinion. But whether immortal or not, or whatever is to be our future state; as nature has set limits to all its other productions, 'tis certainly fit our frail bodies also should at their proper season be gathered, or drop into their grave. And as the whole course of life but too much resembles a farce, of which old-age is the last act; when we have enough of it, 'tis most prudent to retire, and not to make a fatigue of what we should endeavour to make only an entertainment. This is what I had to say of old-age; which I wish you also may live to attain, that you may from your own experience, witness the truth of the several things I have now delivered you in this conversation. De Senec. ad fin. CATALOGUE OF NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, FOR JULY, 1808. Sunt bonai sunt quædam mediocria, sunt mala plura.—MART. NEW WORKS. 0000000 A System of Notation; representing the sounds of alphabetical characters, by a new application of the accentual marks in present use, with such additions as were necessary to supply deficiencies. By William Pelham. An Historical Sketch of the county of Berkshire, and town of Pittsfield, writtep in May, 1808. By Thomas Allen, A. M. Pastor of the Congregational Church in Pittsfield. Belcher and Armstrong, printers, Boston. 8vo pp. 16. price 12 1-2 cents. A Sermon delivered May 18th 1808, at the ordination of the Rev. Joshua Huntington, colleague pastor with the Rev. Joseph Eckley, D. D. pastor of the church of Christ in Marlborough Street, Boston. By Jedidiah Morse, D. D. pastor of the congregational church in Charlestown. Published by request of the committee of the society. Belcher & Armstrong, Boston. Remarks and Criticisms on the Hon. John Quincy Adams' Letter to the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis. Boston, printed by Joshua Cushing. pp. 56. An Oration delivered July 4, 1808, at the request of the selectmen of the town of Boston, in commemmoration of the anniversary of American Independence. Boston. Russell & Cutler. 8vo. price 20 cents. A Sermon, preached at Concord, before his excellency the governour, the honourable council, senate and house of representatives of the state of N. Hamp shire, June 2, 1808. By the Rev. Asa McFarland, A. M. Pastor of the church in Concord. Concord, printed by Geo. Hough, for the general court. 8vo. pp. 30. price 12 cents. The American Magazine of Wit, being a collection of humourous, marvellous, witty, queer, remarkable and interesting Anecdotes, Stories and Narratives, many of them original. By a Judge of the Convivial Court of Dover, and a Jury of Odd Fellows! the work is decorated with a ludicrous Frontispiece, respecting the ancient Court of Monthly Catalogue. Dover in full Session, and in the full An Oration, pronounced on the 32d Thoughts upon the Conduct of our Administration, in relation both to Great Britain and France, more especially in reference to the late negotiation concerning the attack on the Chesapeake. By a Friend to Peace. Boston. Printed at the Repertory office. 8vo. pp. 28. An Oration, pronounced at Newbury- An Oration, pronounced in the New, A Sermon delivered before the An- Medical Papers, communicated to the Report on Vaccination, presented and No. 3, of the American Artillerist's .397 An Oration, pronounced July 4, 1808, at West Cambridge, in commemmoration Nichols, jun. of Westford. Boston. Oliof American Independence. By William ver and Munroe, printers. 8vo. pp. 22. fore the Middlesex Musical Society, Sept. An Essay on Musick, pronounced be1807, at Dunstable, Mass. Hubbard, professor of mathematicks and By John natural philosophy Dartmouth College. 4to. pp. 19. price 25 cents. A sermon, delivered before the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society, May, 1808. By Jeremiah Chaplin, a. M. 8vo. pp. 43. price 25 cents. NEW EDITIONS. Family Expositor, is just published by Ancient History. 8vo. pp. 686. esq. before the House of Commons, Fri- perly represented. Solitude, considered with respect to its influence upon the mind and the heart. Written originally in German, by M. Physician to his Britannick Majesty at Zimmermann, Aulic Councillor and Hanover. Translated from the French of J. E. Mercier. New London. Printed by Cady & Eells, for Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport. Vol. VIII. Part II. of the New Cyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. By Abraham Rees, D. D. F. R. S. editor of the last edition of Chambers'e Dictionary, with the assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. First American edition, revised, corrected, enlarged, and adapted to this country, by several literary and scientifick characL. Blake, agent, Boston. ters. 4to. Philadelphia, S. F. Bradford. The Grave, a poem, by Robert Blair, with the life of the author, prefatory memory of the late Mr. William Law. notes on the poem, and a poem to the To which is added, Gray's Elegy written 398 Monthly Catalogue. in a country church yard. Boston. Published by W. Blagrove. WORKS IN THE PRESS. Cole and I. Bonsal, Baltimore, have in the press, Poetick Trifles. By John Henry Mills, Comedian. James P. Parke has just received a new work, from the pen of Henry Tuke, published in York, (Eng.) entitled "The Duties of Religion and Morality, as inculcated in the Holy Scriptures: with observa preliminary and occasional tions." He has put to press this interesting little manual, which has gained general approbation in England, and will publish it as speedily as accuracy and neatness will admit. James Humphreys, of Philadelphia, has in the press, Herdman on the Management of Infants, and the treatment of their diseases. Also, Poems, by Hugh Downman, from the sixth edition. E. M. Blunt of Newburyport has in the press, Ashe's Travels in America, performed in 1806, for the purpose of exploring the rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio and Missisippi-3 volumes. David Attinson of Burlington, (N. J.) has in press, an Historical Compend, containing the great line of history from the earliest times to the present day, together with a general view of the present state of the world, and a brief dissertation on the importance of historical knowledge. By Samuel Whelpley, A.M. Principal of the Morris Academy. : Somervell & Conrad, of Petersburg, (Va.) have commenced a work, entitled, Terpsichore or a collection of minuets, marches, waltzes, and other miscellaneous pieces of musick, for the piano forte. Composed and arranged by John C. Pike, Petersburg. Oliver and Munroe, of this town have in the press, the History of Don Francisco de Miranda's late attempt to effect a revolution in S. America. In a series of letters, by a gentleman who was an officer under that general, to his friend in the United States. The work to be printed in 1 vol. 12mo. containing about 300 pages, price one dollar in boards. In the press at Washington, an address to the People of the United States, on the importance of encouraging agriculture and domestick manufactures; tending to shew that by a due encouragement of these essential interests, the nation will be rendered more respectable abroad, and more prosperous at home. Together with an account of the improvements in sheep at Arlington, the native sheep of Smith's island, and the plans proposed of extending this valuable race of animals, for the benefit of the country at large. By George W. P. Custis, Esq of Arlington House, in the District of Columbia. Hastings, Etheridge & Bliss, of this town, and S. Etheridge, Charlestown, are publishing by subscription, in 60 vols. duodecimo, to be ornamented with plates, engraved by the first American art.sts, a work entititled, "Select Miscellaneous classicks," comprising the entire works of Pope, Swift, Smollet, Addison, Goldsmith, Johnson, Sterne, and Fielding. The work to be printed on fine vellum paper. One or more volumes to be issued every month, and delivered to subscribers, in extra boards, at one dollar each, payable on delivery; and if hotpressed, one dollar and twenty-five cents. Any person having other editions of any of these authors, may have the privilege of taking such only as they have not, or their's will be taken at a fair price, in The two first volumes part payment. are published and ready for delivery. WORKS ANNOUNCED. Proposals are issued at Philadelphia, for publishing Pike's expeditions to the sources of the Missisippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Ousage, Arkensaw, Kans, La Plate, and other rivers. Performed by orders of the government of the United States, during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807. Also, A Tour through the internal parts of New Spain, when conducted through those provinces by order of the Captain General, in the year, 1807. This work will be prepared for the press by Major Z. M. Pike. It will be divided into three parts, but comprised in one volume, large octavo. F. Nichols, Philadelphia, proposes to publish Selections from the Spectator, Tatler and Guardian, by Mrs. Barbauld, 3 vols. 12mo. price to subscribers 2 dols. 75 cents. Hopkins & Earle, Philadelphia, propose publishing a Systematick and Prac tical Treatise on the Doctrines of Divinity, intended to explain some of the most essential articles of the christian faith, to encourage sinners to come to Christ, and to direct believers how to obtain the comforts of the gospel. By the Rev. William C. Davis, Pastor of the church of Bullock's Creek, South Carolina, This work consists of four books, which are divided into chapters. The first book contains a view of our lost state; the second treats of the doctrine of Election; the third of the laws of God and the Covenant of Works; and the fourth of the Covenant of Grace, &c. The work will be comprised in one volume, 8vo. containing nearly 600 pages. Proposals are issued at Norfolk, for publishing The whole Trial of Commodore James Barron, Capt. Charles Gordon, James Hale, Esq. and William Hook, making one volume, price one dollar seventy five cents, in boards. Robert Eastburn and William Elliot, of New Brunswick, (New Jersey) propose publishing by subscription, a hot pressed family Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments, Apocrypha, An. notations, and Brown's Concordance. In 2 volumes, royal quarto, printed on a new type, and delivered to subscribers at five dollars per volume. Thomas B. Wait & Co. of this town, propose publishing the Works of Fisher Ames,Esq. consisting of unpublishedmanuscripts, together with printed speeches and writings, selected by a number of his friends. To which will be prefixed, notices of the life and character of the author, prepared at the request of the compilers. The work to be printed on a fine medium paper, with a new and elegant type, in one large octavo volume, to contain not less than 500 pages. The whole execution to be equal if not superiour, to the edition of Blackstone, now printing by the same publishers. The price to subscribers will be three dollars, in boards. The work shall be put to press in sixty days, and the greatest dilligence used to finish it immediately. Proposals are issued at Baltimore for the publication by subscription of a new Law Work, under the title of “ The American Law Journal and Miscellany, to be conducted by John E. Halt, esq. The size of the work will depend on the assistance which the editor may receive. It is at present proposed to print about four numbers in each year, which will form an octavo of 400 pages. Each number must be for on delivery, at a rate not exceeding one cent per page. Subscriptions in Boston received at the office of Russell & Cutler. Proposals are issued at Augusta, Geo, for publishing the Journal of a Voyage of discovery, from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, across the North American continent, by way of the Missouri river, to the western or Pacifick Ocean, under the directions of captains Lewis & Clark, during the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, and patronized by the government of the United States, including a particular account of the countrics through which they passed, taken from actual survey, with the latitude and longitude of the most noted places on the Missouri and Columbia rivers; together with a particular account of the Indian Nations and Tribes residing on the waters of Missouri river. By Joseph Whitehouse. The work will be published at the Herald Office, in one octavo or two duodecimo volumes, as may hereafter be found most advisable; and in cither case one large or two small volumes will be furnished to subscribers, at three dollars, bound in boards, payable when the work is ready for delivery. A correct and elegantly drawn Map of the rivers Mississippi, Missouri, Columbia and the rocky mountains, to the north Pacifick Ocean, will accompany the work. William Duane, of Philadelphia, proposes publishing by subscription, Illustrations of Prophecy. In which are illustrated many predictions which occur in Isaiah and Daniel; in the writings of the Evangelists, and the book of Revelations; and which are thought to foretell, among other great events, a Revolution in France, favourable to the interests of mankind; the overthrow of the papal power, and of Ecclesiastical tyranny; the downfall of civil despotism, and the subsequent meliorations of the state of the world; together with a large collection of extracts, interspersed through the work, and taken from various commentators, and particularly from Joseph Mede, Vitringa, Dr. Thomas Goodwin, Dr. Henry Moore, Dr. John Owen, Dr. Cressener, Peter Jourien, Brenius, Bishop Chandler, Sir Isaac Newton, Mr. William Lowth, Flening, Bengelins, Daubuz, Whitby, Lowman, Bishop Newton and Bishop Hurd. By the Rev. Jo. seph Towers, LL. D. In two vols. large octavo. Subscribers to pay two dollars and fifty cents, on the delivery of each volume in boards. Miss Jane Aitken, of Philadelphia, proposes publishing by subscription, a new translation of the Sacred Scriptures, the Old Testament, from the Greek of the Septuagint, and the New Testament, from the most correct Greek Text, with occasional notes. By Charles Thompson, late secretary to the congress of the United States. It is proposed to print the work elegantly with a good type, and to have it executed with great care and accuracy. It will be comprised in four volumes, octavo. Proposals have been issued at Baltimore for publishing by subscription a History of the Kine Pock, and for supplying physicians and others regularly with active matter, until the first day of May, 1811, by James Smith, Physician, Chatham-street. The work will be published as soon as circumstances will admit. It shall be as concise as possible; not omitting, however, any information that may be considered either useful to the innoculator, or interesting to the community. The subscription for each copy will be five dollars, payable on delivery of the work. Every subscriber shall be entitled to a free supply of active vaccine matter, at any time until May 1st, 1811 INTELLIGENCE. LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. BOSTON ATHENAEUM. The following order passed the House of Representatives of this State. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the House of Representatives, June 2, 1808. WHEREAS the Boston Athenæ um is an institution of great publick benefit in promoting a taste for the arts and sciences, and for polite literature, and as such is worthy of legislative patronage: Ordered, That the Clerk of this House be, and hereby is required to deposite with the Secretary of said Athenæum a copy of all the papers, which, during the present year are printed for the use of the House, and also a copy of the Journals of this House which now are, or which during the year ensuing may be printed by order of this House. Attest, N. TILLINGHAST, Clerk. Mr. Hugh Murray will publish, in a few days, a work, entitled, Enquiries Historical and Moral, respecting the character of nations and the progress of society. In this work it will be Mr. Murray's object to exhibit a view of the moral history of man; of the manners and character of nations, and the circumstances on which these are dependent. After endeavouring to aswhich they are regulated, he procertain the general principles by ceeds to give a view of society, as it exists in the earlier stages of its progress. Mr. Murray has some similar survey to subsequent periods intention of hereafter extending a in the history of man. EDITOR'S NOTE. We are much disappointed in not being able to present our Readers with a continuation of the valuable Papers uplearned Correspondent will not forget on Atmospherick Stones. We hope our us-The series of Letters too, from Europe, is now for the first time interrupted. We hope that a writer to whom we are so much indebted, will not again fail to enrich our pages. |