New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-28
.Elake.a Library for Schools

Rev. ]. L. BLAKE, formerly known to the pub
lie by his Biographical Dictionary and other COM
pilations, has published series of seven volumes
for District Schools and the Libraries of such as
nave Libraries. The volumes are
BRE,xFAsr-TARlr SCIENCE, the Philosophy Of Com
mon Things; Written Expressly for the Amusement
aud Instruction Of Young People;
Ht,vroYs BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN; Revised and In.
proved by Rev. J. l.. Blake;
HsToRY OF THE AMERICAN REvolUTloS uesigheu i0f
Young Persons;
AvrcoorEs CT THE AMERICAN REyoIurIos from the best
Authorities
OsE HUNDRED FABLES, selected from NoT'hcote be"lck
and others;
PsRyyrAL lSsTRUcToSs designed for Young Persons OF
either Sex: Selected mainy from the Writings OF an
Eminent Physician;
ANECDOTES AMERICAN INDIANS, Illustrating teiF
Eccentiicities of Characters;
RoMAs AND GRKclAs ANTIQUITIES, by Josaph salkeld,
A. NJ;
BEAUTIES OF AMERICAN HsroRY Prepared Expressly for
ioung People;
JUVENILE CourAS1oS; consisting Of Historical and Bio
graphical Anecdotes, and Selections IN Poetry
Each Of these volumes consists Of 252 l8mo
pages, neatly printed, and put up in cloth with
morocco backs. The contents are well adapted
to interest and instruct youthful minds, and exert
over them salutary moral tendency We might
have chosen differently had we TO select ten vol
umes to form Of themselves a Library, but as por.
tons of larger collection these works arc all ap-
proprate and excellent. They are sold at a
moderate price by A. V. Blake, II Fulton-st.
"THE CHINESE AS THEY ARE; Then Moral
and Social Character, Manners, Customs and
Language, with Remarks on their Arts and Sci
ences, their Medical Skill, the Extent Of Mission
ary Enterprise &c. by G. T. LAY, Esq. Natural
list in Bcechey's Expedition, late Resident at
Canton, &c. containing also Illustrative and Cor
roborative Notes, Additional Chapters on the An
cicnt and Modern History, Ancient and Modern
Intercourse, Population, Government, Political
State, Civilization, Education, Literature ETC. Of
the Chinese compiled from authentic sources, by
E. G. SoulER,' has just been published in a very
neat cheap volume by G. Jones, Albany, and is
for sale by Burgess & Strlnger ofthis City. Itis
a work Of substantial ard at the same time curl
Gus information with regard to that ancient, curl
Gus, numerous people who have so long secluded
themselves from the scrutiny of the world and
rigdy adhered to the customs Of their fathers. A
fund Of knowledge is here concentrated which can
hardly be obtained for ten times the price else
where. Although treating of the Chinese, this
work is full of practical instruction for any people,
and evinccs reverent and chastened spirit.
Arrival EXTRAORDINARY We noticed yes
terday Upper Landing the two-masted schooner Dol
pin, DOYLE from Buffalo N York loaded with
White Fish aud bound for New Orleans. She entered the
Ohio Cleveland TIA oueh the Ohio Canal and IS prooa
bly, schooner that has been oa,ed from the
ters Of Lake Erie the Ohio. CINCINNATI Atlas
qT Mr.. Edward THioody Of Springfield, Mass.
brakeman on the Western Railroad, suddenly kill
ed at the bridges l,tle of Worcester on Wed
nesday afternoon.