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nal than tbs. 1t is a complete repository of
Medical Science, and abounds in very able and
interesting discussions. To the subscriber who
pays IS in advance, the publishers send, post
paid, not OILY the Journal, but their Medical
Neaos and library" monthly of 80 large &C.
tavo pages
/: The North American. For September Boston Crosby
1 Nichols, & Co.
/. This number of our American Quarterly is
+! one of the best we have read. The topics are
I well chosen, and many of them admirably
treated. We like the tone and admire the
ability of the Review. 1t is creditable to the
country, and deserves general support.
| The Christian Examiner Boston Crosby Nichols, &
| Company.
The Examiner is a bi-monthly, handsomely
printed, each number containing l56 octave
pages: price, Sc year. 1t is ably edited; its
range of topics is extensive; its spirit is liber-
al. It's table of contents for January is as as
follows: Dc. Ferdinand Christian Bauer !;
| Dante's Beatrice, as Type of Womanhood
Agassiz's Natural History; Hebrew Poetry;
Strength and Weakness of the Popular Reli-
gon and OF Liberal Christianity; the Revolt
aud the Ems fish; Review Of Literature.
Nature and Use of Money and Hard Currency. By
Amasa w ker. Boston Crosby, Nichols & Co.
Mr.. Walk ,r is radical in his opinions against
Paper Mon; y, and sustains his views with en-.
ergy and .euteness. The points he argues
are:
"That such mixed currency is, from it's
nature, aucsnating both in quantity and quality.
THAT it affords neither q correct standard
| of value, nos reliable medium Of exchange.
"That it deranges the industry of the coun.
try, producing periodical and violent revul-
sions of trade, and numerous and extensive
failures.
THAT, unlke q value money currency, it is
not self regulating.
"That it disturbs the natural price of money,
and enhances the average rate of interest.
| "That ut counteracts the influence of protec.
| tive duties, and retards the natural growth of
manufactures.
| That tie great prosperity which the people
of the United States have enjoyed, is not the
consequen %, but in spite Of mixed currency.
"That does not increase the capital of
| country, o make money more plenty.
"That il is unfaverable to persons needing
the loan capital.
| THAT does not increase the real wages of
labor.
| "That , ach currency has a constant tend.
| ency to SEED specie out of the country.
"That ! is not cheaper currency.
"That be generallyreceived opinion, that
world to fSfnish sufficient currency, is q popu.
lar fallacy3
The refs m he proposes is, gradually, and in
such way as not to give any shock to the
business world, to supersede the mixed money
by one COT sisting wholly of value money.
Mrs Follen't STwgh, Stories illustrated with Engra.
wings. boston: Whiuemore, Niles, & Hall.
Mrs. Fo len is most delightful companion
for child, N. Her stories are beautifully
adapted to the taste of young folk, and ncul-
cate the rest lessons. These Twilight Sto
ries are tinted in series of handsomely
bound, pr ttily illustrated books, and are en-.
titled-Tr Stories about Dogs and Cats !;
Made up aories the Peder of Duet Sticks /;
the Old arret; Travellers Stories What the
Animals 10 and Say; May Morning; New
1 Years E >; Conscience Picolissima; Little
Songs.
| TfE EcLRc, MAG AzINE. w. H. Bidwel Editor and
| Proprietor. January, 1858.
Circun ,tances have prevented an earlier
notice of We opening number, in a new volume
of this valuable periodical, which was intended.
Our read rs will have observed the advertise
.ment; ant tie high terms in which the Eclectic
Magazine is there mentioned by the distin-
guished Persons whose opinions are given, seem
fully justified. The persent nu mber is better
one than ueual. the articles are we'll selected
aud comtipe variety Of subjects and treatment,
and are from periodicals of acknowledged
merit. Aa an accompaniment to beautifully
executed portrait, in SArtain's best style, of
Mrs. Browning, there is finely .appreciative
notice of Der poems; and especially of Aurora
Leigh, from the Westminster Review, in which
the defects and excellences of her works are
6ly characterized. The other plate is an en-
craving from celebrated picture, by Faed, Of
Sir Walter Scott and his friends, where we find
the Greut Magician of the North" reading q
manuscrilt, while as many as twelve authors
of celebrity are grouped, sitting around a table
or standir,, and listening. Here are true por-
traits, dos5tless, of Mackenzie, Crabbe, Words
worth, WMon, jeffrey, Campbell, Wilkie, and
others. abe text also furnishes us with short
sketches II all the persons embraced in the
picture. One of the most interesting articles
is revie, from the Dublin University Maya
zine, of exander Smiths Getty Poems," as
we'll as g ,eral remarks on the characteristics
of bis pc, ry; giving candid estimate land
yet quite favorable one) of his performances,
and prom 70 of future progress. We are sorry,
however, > observe a carelessness that must
be noticed in which, on pages. al and l42 of
the paral is, the name Smith is printed for
Wordspo h-thus injuring the effect of the
authors sgument. There are three articles
relating t India, (now an object of interest,
three or Far connected with science, as many
short poe. zeal ones, some tales, and a very
readable office of Lord Dufsrin's yacht voy.
age to Istland and Spitzbergen, containing a
number e admirable specimens of descrip.
tions of scenery and adventures. The number
thus comfi ines instruction and amusement, and
the work deserves patronage.
The Richmond South is so incensed a. the
Star, Of S1is city, for its condemnation of the
flbuster i-;vaders of Nicaragua, that it calls it
"the free segro organ" Calling names is a
poor busip.ss but it is not little amusing to
see our spsightly contemporary classed with An
tislavery journals.
The Colombia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb,
| ond RI;nd u;II hold an oxhihition in the old