Turkish Anecdote. A letter from Cairo, in a journal of January, 1824, contains a whimsical exemplification of Turkish manners in the provinces, and the absurdity of attempting to honor distant authorities, by the distinctions of civil society. A diploma of honorary member of the Society of Frankfort was presented to the Pacha, at the divan (or council). The Pacha, who can neither read nor write, thought it was a firman (despatch) from the Porte. He was much surprised and alarmed; but the interpreter explained to him that it was written in the Nemptchee (German) language, and contained the thanks of the ulemas (scholars) of a German city named Frankfort, for his kindness to two Nemptchee travelling in Egypt.

But the most difficult part was yet to come; it was to explain to him that he had been appointed a member of their society; and the Turkish language having no word for this purely European idea, the interpreter, after many hesitations and circumlocutions, at last succeeded in explaining "that, as a mark of respect and gratitude, the society had made him one of their partners." At these words the eyes of the Pacha flashed with anger, and with a voice of thunder he roared that he would never again be the partner of any firm; that his partnership with Messrs. Briggs and Co. in the Indian trade, cost him nearly 500,000 hard piastres; that the association for the manufactory of sugar and rum, paid him nothing at all; and, in short, that he was completely tired of his connexions with Frank merchants, who were indebted to him 23,000,000 of piastres, which he considered as completely lost. In his rage he even threatened to have the interpreter drowned in the Nile, for having presumed to make offer of a mercantile connexion, against his positive orders.

In the end the Pacha was pacified, and “All's well that end's well"; but it had been better, it seems, if, according to the customs of the East, the society of Frankfort had sent the Pacha the unquestionable civility of a present, that he could have applied to some use.

Every-day Book.

St. Augustine. A report states, that in one of the convents on Mount Lebanon, a MS. of the Universal History of Orosius of Tarragonia, with Notes in the handwriting of St. Augustine, has been found and sent to Rome.

Leipsic Fair. Three hundred and ninetyone booksellers met at the last Easter fair at Leipsic; and two thousand three hundred and seventyfour new works, written in German or in the ancient languages, sufficiently proved the prodigious activity with which the sciences are cultivated. To these must be added atlasses, romances, dramatic pieces, musical compositions, &c. making the whole number amount to two thousand seven hundred and fortynine.

Ancient Sepulture. A very ancient place of sepulture has lately been discovered on the mountain Schonberg, near Fribourg, in the Brisgau. From the brief notice of the matters found in the tombs, which is given in the German journals, we should ascribe these antiquities to the early Franks, if not to the more early Suevi, who inhabited the territory at the period of Roman conquests in Germany.

A hunded and thirtyseven graves are stated to have been ransacked, (twice as many more, formed of large flat stones, remaining, as we

understand, unopened,) and a multitude of skulls, ornaments, daggers, arrows, spears, swords, &c. found. The arrows and spears are of iron; the swords half iron and half steel; the daggers very fine steel, which resists the file. Colored glass, some of it of the brightest sky-blue ever seen, set in silver; red and purple beads, and large pieces of amber, are among the curiosities, of which an account is preparing, with lithographic plates, by M. Schneiber of Fribourg.

Schools of Mutual Instruction in Denmark. The Lancasterian schools are increasing every year in Denmark. The government has established, at Ekkernfærde, a school, expressly meant to provide instructers according to this method for the whole of Denmark.

Deaf and Dumb in the Canton of Vaud. From a paper read by Professor Gindroz, at the Cantonal Society of Public Utility, the facts of which are drawn from the official returns of 122 clergymen, it appears that, in 67 parishes, there are no deaf and dumb, while the other fiftyfive have 152. Estimating the population of the Canton at 155,000, this gives one deaf and dumb person in 1000 individuals. The district of Mondon, in a population of 6602, has 43 deaf and dumb; that of Payerne, 25 in 6095; that of Aubonne 20 in 6638; and, finally, that of La Vallee, 12 in 3988. It would be a curious examination to endeavour to discover to what physical causes this marked difference is owing. Of these 152 deaf and dumb persons, 66 are found to be very susceptible of instruction, 70 appear incapable, either on account of age or natural imbecility, while with 16 something may be done, but with very dubious New Monthly Mag.

success.

Adhesion of Glue. From some late experiments on the adhesion of glue, by Mr. Bevan, it appears that a force of 715 lbs. was required to separate two surfaces of dry ash-wood of one inch in diameter. In two pieces of soft deal, well glued together, the wood yields in its substance before the glue. Christian Observer.

Burmese Cannon. Among the ordnance captured at Bhurtpore, is an iron six pounder, with the following inscription: "Jacobus Monteith, me fecit. Edinburgh, Anno Dom. 1642."

Ibid.

Transmutation of Metals. In the year 1588, Queen Elizabeth directed the Lord Treasurer, Burleigh, to write to the well known Sir Edward Kelly, at Prague, who was reported to have "a certain powder, by his art prepared," that would transmute inferior metal into gold and silver, inviting him to England, or to send "such a portion of his powder, in a secret box, as might serve for a reasonable sum to defray her charges that summer for her navy."

Natural History. It is generally known that cold countries have fewer species of plants than warm ones. A learned botanist shows that the difference follows pretty constantly the progression of the temperature. According to him, there are in Spitzbergen only thirty species of plants; in Lapland, 534; in Iceland, 523; in Sweden, 1,500; in Brandenburg, 2000; in Piedmont, 3,800; in Jamaica, 4,000; and in Madagascar, 5000.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering, translated from the French of M. J. Sganzin, Inspector General of Bridges, Roads, and Naval Depôts, &c. From the Third French Edition, with Notes and Applications, adapted to the United States. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 8vo. pp. 161.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of the late Mrs. Susan Huntington, of Boston, Massachusetts, consisting principally of Extracts from her Journal and Letters, with the Sermon occasioned by her Death. By B. B. Wisner, Pastor of the Old South Church in Boston. Second Edition. Boston. Crocker & Brewster.

EDUCATION.

The Young Scholar's Manual, or Companion to the Spelling-Book consisting of Easy Lessons in the several Branches of Early Education. By T. Strong. Fifth Edition. Greenfield. J. Denio.

The Analytical Reader, containing Lessons in Simultaneous Reading and Defining, with Spelling from the same. By Samuel Putnam. Second Edition. Dover. Samuel C. Stevens. 12mo. pp. 160.

Questions adapted to the Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, designed to be used in Academies and Common Schools. By the Rev. Isaac Jones, A. M. Boston. Richardson & Lord. 12mo. pp. 19.

The Practical Penman, and Scientifical Script Type Copy Book, for the Use of Schools. Albany.

The French Genders taught in Six Tables; being a plain and easy Art of Memory, by which the Genders of 15,548 French Nouns may be learned in a few Hours. By the Master of a Grammar School. Revised by the Instructer of the Boston Lyceum. Boston. Monroe & Francis. 18mo. pp. 48.

Geography for Beginners, or the Instructer's Assistant in giving First Lessons from Maps, in the style of Familiar Conversations; accompanied with an Atlas. By Emma Willard. Hartford. O. D. Cooke & Co. 18mo. pp. 110.

Thompson's Arithmetic. Second Edition. Woodstock. David Watson.

HISTORY.

New England's Memorial. By Nathaniel Morton, Secretary to the Court for the Jurisdiction of New Plimouth. Fifth Edition. Containing, besides the Original work and the Supplement annexed to the Second Edition, large Additions in Marginal Notes, and an Appendix, with a Lithographic Copy of an Ancient Map. By John Davis. Boston. 8vo. pp. 481.

LAW.

Report of Cases in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. By E. Cowan. New York. Vol. V.

MEDICINE.

The Druggists Manual; being a Price Current of Drugs, Medicines, &c. with Synonymes, a German, French, and Spanish Catalogue of Drugs, Tables of Specific Gravities, &c. Compiled by Direction of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. New York. Collins & Co.

A Practical Treatise on Poisons and Asphyxies, adapted to General Use; followed by Directions for the Treatment of Burns, and for the Distinction of Real from Apparent Death. By M. P. Orfila. Translated from the French, with Notes and Additions, by J. G. Stevens, M. D. With an Appendix, containing the Principles of Medical Jurisprudence and Chemical and Anatomical Considerations, Addressed to Physicians. From the French. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 240.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Second Trial for Conspiracy, with Sundry Documents in relation to a New Trial, and the Correspondence between Messrs. Barker and Eckford, and the Rathbone Papers, with Remarks thereon. New York. Price 25 cents.

The Trials of John Duncan White alias Charles Marchant and Winslow Curtis alias Sylvester Colson, for the Murder, on the High Seas, of Edward Selfridge and Thomas P Jenkins, Captain and Mate of the Schooner Fairy, of Boston, before the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, holden at Boston, October Term, 1826. Boston. Dutton & Wentworth. 8vo. pp. 174.

Boston Lyceum. No. I. Vol. I. Boston. C. G. Greene.

The Christian Spectator. Conducted by an Association of Gentlemen. New Series. No. I. Vol. I. New Haven. H. Howe.

Experiments on Fuel, &c. By Marcus Bull. Philadelphia. Carey & Lea and others. Svo. Price 50 cents.

Evening Hours. Boston. Munroe & Francis. 12mo. pp. 32. Controversy in reference to the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. First published in the "Richmond Enquirer." 8vo. pp. 118.

Masonry Unveiled. By Captain Morgan. Second Edition.

A Selection of Hymns, for the Use of Social Religious Meetings and for Private Devotion. Fourth Edition. New York.

The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts adopted in 1780, with the Amendments annexed. Boston. Richardson & Lord. 12mo. pp. 64. The Order of Ceremonies and Discourse at the Constitution of the Rising Star Lodge, No 393, in Yonkers, Westchester County, October 25, A. L. 5826. By the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. New York. Childs & Wells. 12mo. pp. 36.

The Literary Gem, or Legends and Lyrics. Boston. Benjamin Davenport. 18mo. pp. 238.

The Substance of Two Reports of the Faculty of Amherst College to the Board of Trustees, with the Doings of the Board thereon. Amherst. Carter & Adams.

8vo.

Tenth Annual Report of the Boston Society for the Religious and Moral Instruction of the Poor, October 25, 1826. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 8vo. pp. 27.

The Galaxy of Wit, or Laughing Philosopher; being a Collection of choice Anecdotes. Boston. 12mo. pp. 264.

An Examination of the Controversy between the Greek Deputies and the two Mercantile Houses of New York, together with a Review of the Publications on the Subject by the Arbitrators, Messrs. Emmet and Ogden and Mr. William Bayard. By John Duer and Robert Sedgwick. New York. 8vo. Price 75 cents.

The Literary Box, or Christmas Present; containing the Contributions of the Evelyn Family. Philadelphia. Ash & Mason.

A Sketch of the Claims of Sundry American Citizens on the Government of the United States, for Indemnity for Depredations committed on their Property by the French (prior to September 30th, 1800.) By a Citizen of Baltimore.

METAPHYSICS.

A Treatise on the Philosophy of the Human Mind; being the Lectures of the late Thomas Brown, M. D. Abridged and Distributed according to the Natural Divisions of the Subject, by Levi Hedge, LL. D. Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in Harvard University. Vol. I. Cambridge. Hilliard & Brown. 8vo. pp. 454.

MUSIC.

Woodworth's Melodies. Embellished with an Engraved Frontispiece and Vignette. New York. James M. Campbell. 12mo. pp. 252.

ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES.

An Address, delivered in Burlington, upon the Inauguration of the Author to the Office of the President of the University of Vermont, November 28, 1826. By James Marsh. Burlington. 8vo. pp. 31.

A Discourse on Popular Education, delivered before the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies of Princeton College. By the Hon.

Charles Fenton Mercer.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Tariff of Duties; a correct Edition, embracing the latest Corrections from the Treasury Department. Revised and prepared by Thomas K. Dubois, of the New York Custom House. New York. Malone Day.

STATISTICS.

A General Statistical Table, showing the Areas, Population, &c. of the several States, Kingdoms, Empires, in the World. Philadelphia. A. Finley.

THEOLOGY.

A Discourse, preached at the Dedication of the Second Congregational Unitarian Church, New York, December 7, 1826. By William Ellery Channing. New York. 8vo. pp. 57.

A Sermon on the Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Oliver Morris, preached in Christ's Church, Alexandria, on Sunday, 18th of September, 1826. By the Rev. William Meade. Alexandria. 8vo. A Sermon, preached, November 16, 1826, at the Dedication of the House of Public Worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem. By Charles W. Upham, Associate Pastor. Salem. W. Palfrey. 8vo. pp. 82.

The Unitarian's Answer. By the Rev. Orville Dewey. Fourth Edition. Boston. 12mo. pp. 47.