Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-19
GAZETTE
LITERARY NOTICES.

ION, GRAY & Boacen.- This NUMBER commences
rri,b an Instructive article the history OF Ken
t,cky. which will be as new, we suspect, TO most
.g oar readers, as the history OF any distant re-
lc;on, IL is really wonderful, even tor those who
kbipk they duly appreciate the quick growth oil
zee commonwealth in this our favored country,
10 find. By such a retrospect as the article before
= furnishes, how unparalleled in rapidlty, yet
,w enduring and substantial, are the advance
nan, and civilization Of our Western World.
~ H. treats of Cousins Philosophy; and in
b,ief and very readable paper, explains gene
,Jly the aim Of this eloquent declalmer and lee
prer The study Of metaphysics, or, as 1t Is
now the fashion to say, ''inteliectual phlioso-
nv" need not be discouraged in our "bank
Ioie world" by reason of its tendencies to IN
p;re love of abstraction and revere, and Curl
~. and refined disquisitions; for we are too
Dractcal, too prone as people to limit our
nhiosophy" to this mundane sphere aud its
material cares, TO be in any danger OF running
Into visionary speculations
.9rt. ILL., on the Life and Times OF Richard
Baxter, recalls the career aud character OF a
man, who, in times of peril and on occasions Of
treat personal jeopardy, showed degree of eour
Eoe. wisdom, moderation, and fortitude, that
ave never been surpassed. He gave counsels
bf wisdom and moderation to the hrst Charles
while he was vet upon the throne, and when that
oonarch had lost his life on the scattold he dared
to do Justice to his character.
He feared not to speak the truth TO Cromwell;
- de6ed the wrath Of the infamous Jettrles, ana
Fave the final proof, after the restoration, that
What he did he did for conscience sake, or retus-
NO the ace of Hereford. which was offered to him
by ord Chancellor HYDE.
.4rt. ", IN 60 the Berber language" Ian
puage common to race OF men, which, IN
{ler some varieties of physical conformation. IS
khinly scattered over the whole north OF At'lca.
from the borders Of Egypt TO the Atlantic Ocean"
Is chiefly interesting as recording the zeal and
kability with which Mr., flodgson, formerly attach
ed 10 the American Consulate at Algiers, and
now the Interpreter Of the American Legation
Ia, Constantinople, has discussed an abstruse phi.
biological subject.
.irt. T. reviews Dr. Henderson's Journal OF a
residence in Iceland in 1914 and 1915. The re-
zion is one that to general reader is almost Ter
ia iac0gniia.
Art. YIis Of and about the Cholera, and oil
that, having something too much OF 1t, IN Other
shapes, we will only say, that 1t maintains ant
establishes the non. OF the disease
In answer TO al article in the London Quarterly
Review which maintains and establishes the op
posite doctrine We believe with the North Anne
rican, but as to argument or proof, We do not re
member the medical question, Of which both side:
are not maintained by abundance OF both.
.4rt. III .resents fair, full, and interestin!
aecoun, of the origin, operations, and presen
condition Of the American Colonization Society
a society, whose objects must command the ap
probation would they could the CO operatiOn) u
+ all good men aud rejecting Americans
m JTIL, m reviewing ''English literature
| OF the XiXth century," touches briefly but skill
| fully, aud generally with discriminating taste
the merits of the latter writers, in prose AMI poe
try, of the English language. This, OF course
includes our own authors, to whom full justice Ii
| dune.
.lrt. TX, "On the habits of insects" is finel,
written, intoxicating in philosophical and phllan
thropc spirit, the resources against Idieness. va
cancy OF mind, and discomfort, which lead Il
dissipation, which study of nature. IN her Nari
Gus and wonderful works oPeGs to every observ
ing mind.
.frt Xreviews Bigelow's travels in Malta ant
Sicily. Our readers have already had our opinion
Of this work: we have only to add here that IL
this notice OF il, full Justice is done to ITS merits
aud its defects are most len'ently treated, An
nexed to this number of the Review is the Memo
rial Of the New York Convention OF the friend
Of domestic industry.
Lander's Discovery Of the Termination eth
Niger: . rols w. Y. J. g. j. Hdrper-Thes
volumes recording the solution of a geographical
problem, which, next to that OF a northwestern
passage. has been the object of the greatest an,
most general interest. constitute number AAAV
and VI. of Harper's Family Library. 1t IS
little singular that the great discovery of the ter
mna,ion of the course of the Niger, or III
Guerra, as from this book We learn it should
called, should have been reserved for the almos
uuaided efforts Of men Of such humble character
as these brothers Richard Lander was the SCI
want OF Captain ClaPperton, who persisted as a
his predecessors had done IN the attempt to e,
pIore the course Of the Niger. The courage
and. above all, the endurance and resolate splr
displayed by Lander, in making his way, throug
obstacles and hardships innumerable, back I
England, pointed him out as person Possessin
high qualifications for dlscoverer in such a r.
giOn as Africa. Accordingly. an offer made .
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