, 1859-03-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE NEW AMERICAN cycLOF.ED1A. Edited by
VI T. ys! Ss@ iu1t: M T Appctoa T Co. chiss'so: s e
GHges &Co.
The fifth yolumc Of the Cyclop~dia adds much
to the reputation achieved By the former num-
bcrs. The new articles, over ! 800 in number,
embrace everything which should 60 to the
milking up of u universal work Of reference,
treated inlpartially by the first writer's and
scholars of america. Among the Biographies
of late or living celebrities in this volume, are
Salmon P. Chase, Victor E. r. Chasles, Geo i.
Chceyer, DID,, Cherubini, Mrs. Chisholm, Jo-
scph Chitty, Rufus Choatc, Frederic Chopin,
Picrrc Chotcau, Frederic E. Church, the Earl Of
Clarendon, Freeman II. Clarke, Henry Clay {by
Horace Greeley, Cassius N. Clay, John N. Clay
ton, Thos. l.. Clingman, De Witt Clinton, How
I'll Cobb. George Combc, Ausustc co1nte, Eliza
Cook, Sir Ashley Cooper, ]. Fcnimorc Cooper,
uni Thomas Corwin. The geographical and
statistical papers arc numerous and accurate.
The sciences are ably presented in this volume
under the captions-Circu1ation, Clouds, Coal,
Coins, Combustion, Comparative Auatomy,
Compass, concl,ology, Consumption, Copper,
Cotton, etc. Legal information is given at suit
able length in the articles on Civil Iaw, Code,
and Common Jaw. Among the miscellaneous
articles Of special interest and merit are those
on Chinese Language and Literature, Chivalry,
Christianity, Chronology. College, Colonization
Society, Common Schools, Congrcgutionalism,
Congress, Copts, Cookery, Costume. The aim
Of writers and editors l,as been to compress US
much intclligiblc information US possible in a
given space, with no theories or surmiscs on
their own part, and with just enough ornament
III the way Of style to make the articles agreea-
bic to the general reader. The moro lengthy
essays and disquisitions arc us pleasant in COM
pnsition as they are valuable in facts.
The American Cyclopadia has now pissed the
doubtful point in the publication Of all large and
expensive serials. It's circulation has reucl,ed
1.,ouv, and it has become established in the
the minds Of scholars and readers on bath sides
Of the Atlantic as a work Of positive and origi-
nal value.
The volume before us contains a list of the
contributors to the FIVE numbers already issued.
Among these are Hon. George Bancroft, Henry
Carey Baird, Hon. John Il. Bartlett, Dr. Thomas
II. Brewer, Edward Drown-Sequard, John F.
Cleavcland, Fred. s. cczzens, Geo. ". Curtis,
Richard II. Dana, Jr., Wm. Dorshcin,cr, RALPH,
Waldo Emerson, Edward Everett, Prof C. c.
Fe.ton, Parke Goodwin, Horace Greeley, Richard
HiIdreth, r. Shelton Mackenzie, Hon. VIM. Il.
Seward. Geo. Ticknor, F. i. Youn,ans, and
nlany others well known to the public.
HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND. BY John <;or..an,
I'a1fFcy. Vol. /. Boston: Lit,lc, brown i to.
The author Of this work Inns already won an
honorable fame both as Il thcologiau and states
man; and is, therefore, peculiarly fitted for the
task he has undertaken. II is well known and
understood that the settlement Of New England
was one Of the results Of the theological md
political discussions Of Europe during the six.
tecnth century. But the reciprocal influences
Of the two disturbing elements t,f Religious en-.
thusiasn and conscience, IN the one hand, and
the pride Of political independence and a,nbi-
tion on the other, hare never before been ana.
lived or appreciated by my Of the authors who
have preceded Dr. Paltrey in the same path OF
Historical research Here, however, admitted,
my. it is proved, that ono Of the leading motives
Of the Massachusetts, colouist. WINS. mt ,rere,,.
to indicate in the New World the supremacy o!
conscience over the authority Of the church, but
that Of the People over the right of Kings
This theory appears to be tho basis Of the work;
and while it is characterized by rigid adher-
cncc to the truth Of history, it has the peculiar
merit of originality und philosophic invcstiga.
tion, emitting it not only to popular attention
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