The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-09-30
THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON d. Co., SEPTEMBER 80 1852


TnE INSTITUTES OF ALGEBRA. BY Gerardus Beck
man Docharty, l.. L. d. New York Harper a
Brothers. For sale by Franck Taylor, Pa, avenue
Washington, D. C..
The author says that the experience Of
twenty five years in teaching the Mathematics
has convinced him that the science of Algebra
is the most difficult branch that the student
encounters We agree with him-he is SEN
sible man. His object in this work is to tighten
the labor of the instructor and facilitate the
progress Of the pupil, and he has embraced in
it all that is necessary for collegiate course.
CIcERo's TUsCULAN DESIGNATIONS With English
Notes BY Charles Anthem L. l.. d. Published
and for sale above.
This edition of the Disputations is based
upon that of fischer, which forms part of a
work now in course of publication at Leipsic,
under the supervision of Drs. Haupt Sauppe.
Tischers Notes have been translated by Mr..
Paul late Of Exeter College, Oxford, and this
translation is the basis of Professor Anthon's
work The Professor states that he has revised
the whole very carefully, and interspersed &C.
casional comments of bis own.
The Typography does credit to the publishers.
Buffers ANALOGY. With an Analysis. Published
and for sale above
An analysis of this profound work, as far as
the end of Chapter 2, Part II, with a skeleton
embracing the whole, was found among the
unfinished papers of the late President Emory,
of Dickinson College This analysis was COM
pleted by r. Crooks according to the original
plan, and, with biographical sketch eff Bishop
Butler, is prefxed in this work to the Analogy
The editor has performed his task we'll. The
analysis, so far as we have examined it, il
clear, logical, and exact, and must be of great
advantage to a full comprehension of the pro,
found but sometimes involved reasoning of the
Analogy.
MEMOIRS OF DR.. CHALMERS. Vol. ". Published
| and for sale as above.
DR.. Hanna closes with this volume his Me.
mors of Chalmers 1t derives peculiar inter
est from the account given of the Disruption OF
| the Church of Scotland and the establishment
of the Free Church, movement in which Dr.
Chalmers played conspicuous part.
WASHINGTON Cry YOUNG MEMS CHRIS
TIAN AssocIATIoN-We are indebted to Mr..
Langdon, Corresponding Secretary of this As
ISOLATION for IA copy of its constitution and by
laws. 1t was organized on the 29th of June
last, on the model of several similar assOcia-
tons in our Eastern cities. The object is
specially to furnish the young men of the city,
and young men, strangers here society and en-
tertainment and privileges of healthful reli-
gious character, so as to save them from temp
tations to vice An essential part of the plan
is to give them the advantages of Reading
Rooms and Library The rooms of this So
ciety are on Seventh near + street. Its officers,
beside the Board of Managers are the follow
ing A, H. Lawrence, President T. ]. John
500, L. Richards A. N. Zevely, and James N
Davis, Vice Presidents; W. c. Langdon, Cor,
responding Secretary; w. ]. Rhees, Record
ing Secretary NJ N. Miller, Treasurer; A. l.
Edwards, Librarian.
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