TRANSLATION. Thee sleep, thou image just of death, I greet! DE VARIOLA VACCINA. HUC ades, O! sævum corporis arcere venenum TRANSLATIONS. Mor. B. I. Od. 38. Persicos odi, &c, MY Boy, the Persian pomp I hate, B. I. Od. 5. Quis multâ gracilis, &c, WHAT slender youth around thy charms, Deep in some grotto's grateful shade? Deceitful fair one, he shall prove A votive tablet have bestowed, N. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. THERE is in the Press, and will soon be published by CUSHING and APPLETON, Salem, Mass. C. CRISPI SALLUSTII Belli Catilinarii et Jugurthini Historie, &c. The publishers have given the following notice of their publication. "The TEXT has been carefully revised, and collated with three of the best editions of this author; and unwearied pains are taken in correcting the press. They believe therefore, that this edition will be found as free from errors, as any classical work, ever published in this country. "The Nores are chiefly selected from those of the edition In usum Delphini.' The redundancies of that Commentary are expunged, and many additional Annotations inserted from Commentators and Philologists of the first authority. "To give a greater value to this edition with the inore advan ced scholar, the VARIOUS READINGS of the most importance are occasionally pointed out in the notes. "With students of a younger class, and particularly those, who are to finish their education at the University in Cambridge, this edition will, it is presumed, obtain a decided preference. By a late Regulation, a knowledge of Sallust has been made a prerequisite to admission into that seminary, and the present edition was originally undertaken at the request and with the approbation of the Governors of that Institution, and has been superintended by a gentleman, lately a member of that Body, "With respect to the typographical execution, the Elzevir editions of the Classics have been made the model, as to the arrangement of the page, and size of the character. The impression is from a new and handsome type, on paper of a superior quality. "The publishers therefore feel great confidence in announcing the present edition of this first of historians,' as the most useful for scholars of all ranks, that has appeared in this country." REV. ABIEL ABBOT of Beverly proposes the publieation of " an Essay on the Pentateuch, in questions, notes, and reflections of a practical nature; designed particularly for the young The following extract from the Prospectus will convey an idea of the work. "The design of the Questions is to call particular attention "to important facts of the sacred history, to undoubted prom❝ises and types of Christ, and to prophecies, already verified "by events, or now accomplishing before our eyes. The de"sign of the Notes is to cast light on the subjects of such ques"tions, as it might be difficult for the young and persons not "versed in sacred criticism to answer; and also to urge the "application and improvement of instructive facts, and affect"ing examples. The Reflections, placed at the close of each "of the five books, are intended to present a concise retrospect "of them, particularly comprising evidences of their divinity." PROPOSALS are issued by the Rev. T. M. Harris, for publishing" the Journal of a tour into the Territory North. West of the Alleghany mountains, made in the spring of the year 1803; with a geographical and historical account of the "State of Ohio;" to be illustrated with three original maps, a ground plat of Marietta, and a view of the ancient fortifications and mounds in the Muskingum. The author exhibits the following Prospectus of his work. "The JOURNAL is divided into two parts. The first com 66 mences at Strasburg, in Pennsylvania, at the foot of the Al"leghany Mountains. A particular account is given of the "route across the mountains; of the sublime views, they exhib"it; of the little towns, embosomed in their valleys; and of "the head waters of several rivers, which hence take their rise. "Next the Alleghany, Monongahela, and Yohiogany rivers "are described, and some account given of the towns upon their "borders; also of Pittsburg, Wheeling, and the settlements "upon the Ohio; with reflections upon the picturesque scenery, "presented in passing down the river to Marietta. "The second part of the Journal describes the towns, through "which I passed on my return, and the mountains on the "Chambersburg road. "After this follows what makes a principal part of the vol"ume, a Geographical and Historical Account of the State of "Ohio, under the following heads; Boundaries, quantity of "land, &c. Face of the Country, Soil and Productions; Cli"mate; Minerals; Rivers; Fish; Counties and Towns ; "Population; Navigation, Ship building, &c.; Exports; An"tiquities; Curiosities; Government; History; Indian 66 wars, &c. &c. "The accounts of the Western Territory, which have as "yet been published, are very brief, imperfect, and wrought up with many exaggerations. The author of this work has "been careful to make fair observations, and collect correct in"formation; and he has endeavored to give such a statement, as "will convey a just and interesting description of the region, "he visited. And he hopes that, besides the entertainment to "be expected from a book of Travels, the volume will prove "no inconsiderable accession to the Topographical knowledge. "of our Country.” Note to the Review of Volney, page 178. WHERE Mr. Volney gets his information, that the rain, which falls in Salem annually, is 35 inches, does not appear. Most certainly there is no spot on our seacoast, where so little rain as 35 inches falls in the year, communibus annis. If he had stated the quantity at 45 inches, he would probably have been much nearer the truth. Dr. Holyoke no where asserts any thing, that can lead to such a conclusion. It is probable too, that he is still farther from the truth, when he states the quantity, which falls at Philadelphia, at' 30 inches, as there is a Register, which gives 45 inches in a year. The average depth of rain, which falls in Europe, by the table, which he has exhibited, is short of 26 inches; and by the same table there falls in N. America upwards of 43 inches. His inference is, "Hence it appears, that in Europe there falls, in the same time, less rain by one third, than in America; and yet, Doctor Holyoke has cited twenty towns in Europe, which, at a mean of 20 years, have had 122 day of rain, while Cambridge has had but 88, and Salem 95." This quotation is incorrect. Where he mentions 20 years, Dr. Holyoke's words are "for 7 years." There is an ambiguity in the word yet, which may imply a censure, as it may be designed to show an inconsistence in Dr. H's account of the matter; but no more may be intended, than that," although so much more rain falls in America than in Europe, yet Dr. H. has shown, that in America they have much fewer rainy days, than they have in Europe." If this be the writer's sense, it is exactly conformable to Dr. H's ideas. J LITERARY MISCELLANY. PRIMITIVE HISTORY. CHAP. II. [Continued from page 112.] Events from the Creation to the Flood. IF F we are right in assigning this time to those great works, we may be able to explain some of the principal devices. In the island Elephanta near Bombay is a stupendous excavation in the living rock. The great hall of this temple or palace is about one hundred and thirty five feet square. Pillars of the original stone are left in suitable ranges to support the roof. The ceiling is cut in imitation of a wooden building, and represents beams and pannels. The columns are elegantly sculptured; and the sides of the hall as well, as those of the smaller apartments, are covered with figures in high relief, but few of which have been copied. Those at the end opposite the entrance have been copied and several times printed. The figure is a colossal bust about eighteen feet high, and bearing three heads. The middle one, seen in front, is said to represent Brahma, or the creative power; the profile at the right is assigned to the destroyer, as that at the left is to the restorer. The probability is, that they were designed under these characters to represent Adam and his two sons Cain and Seth. Abel died before Cain was any arts of this kind were in sufficient progress. probably dead before this work was executed. But small models in clay were easily formed, like the plaister busts of modern times. It was for his interest, that he should be extensively known to his own people, that they might avoid the divine vengeance, denounced against the person, who might kill him. It is easy to conceive, that his fear of B b |