II.-Showing the amount of imports and exports, and the American and foreign tonnage annually entered and cleared in the United States, from the year 1821 to the year 1839, both inclusive; from the same source as above.

III.—Statement of Value of Cargoes carried by American and Foreign Vessels; being the aggregate of imports and exports of each year; and of the portion of such ag. gregate carried respectively by vessels of the United States and foreign vessels; these compared with the aggregate of American and foreign tonnage entering and clearing in each year; firstly from the year 1821 to 1830, and secondly from 1831 to 1840, both inclusive: expressed in millions and tenths.

Aggregate of American tonnage entering and clearing as per table
No. III......

Do. foreign,

17.5 millions tons 2.2 66

66

$1,409.4 millions American cargoes to 17.5 millions tons, American tonnage; $80.5 to 1.

$150.4 millions foreign cargoes to 2.2 millions tons, foreign tonnage; $86. to 1.

Aggregate of American tonnage entering and clearing as per table
No. I.........

Do. foreign.....

25.0 millions tons.

11.4 66

$2,013.1 millions American cargoes to 25 millions American tonnage; $80.5 to 1. $378.7 millions foreign cargoes to 11.4 millions foreign tonnage; $33.4 to 1.

NOTE. The amounts of this table slightly vary from the statement of tables No. I. and II., because the fractions are not fully given. The ratio of cargo to tonnage is also cal culated without reference to fractions.

IV.—Showing the ratio of tonnage, American and foreign, to value of cargoes in three different years, selected out of euch term of ten years, computed without accurate reference to fractions.

NOTE. This table exhibits a very remarkable increase of the ratio of foreign tonnage to the value of the cargo; showing how much the carriage of the bulky commodities of our export has increased in foreign vessels. In 1821 the foreign tonnage carried $90 millions worth of cargo in 1 million of tons; in 1840 it carried $29 millions in 1— showing that the foreign tonnage is rapidly getting possession of that branch of our carrying trade which requires the greatest amount of shipping, and which is, therefore, the most valuable to navigation.

V.-Statement showing the number of enrolled and licensed vessels built in the United States; also the number lost or condemned, and the balance of increase in each year.

THE BOOK TRADE.

1.-The Mineral Springs of Western Virginia: with Remarks on their Use, and the Diseases to which they are Applicable. By WILLIAM D. BURKE. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1812.

This little volume presents a clear and succinct account of the celebrated springs of Western Virginia, an analysis of their properties, and, in fact, just that kind of information that the invalid who desires to partake of their curative influences is desirous of possessing. The author appears to make no statement of fact, of the truth of which he is not personally assured, either of his own knowledge, or on information derived from sources worthy of credit. There are detached accounts of several of the Virginia springs, which have been extremely useful in directing public attention to these valuable agents; but there is no work like the present, that treats of them as a group, except, perhaps, the very valuable treatise of Bell" on Baths and Mineral Waters;" some facetious epistles indited by "Peregrine Prolix;" and a brief notice of each spring by Col. T. H. Perkins, an eminent merchant of Boston, in his introduction to the pamphlet on the Red Sulphur Springs, by Dr. Hunt, of which, with characteristic benevolence, he caused two thousand copies to be printed at his own expense, and circulated at the north. The author entertains the opinion that many years will not elapse before England and France will annually send multitudes of invalids to these unrivalled fountains, when we shall see those beautiful valleys teeming with living beings from every quarter of the globe.

2-Forest Life. By the Author of "A New Home." 2 vols. New York: C. S. Francis. 1842.

These volumes, we are informed by the lady author, constitute rather a continuation than a sequel to the sketches published more than two years ago, under the title of "A New Home-Who'll Follow?" She is credibly informed that ingenious malice has been busy in finding substance for the shadows which were called up to give variety to the pages of her former work; in short, that she has been accused of substituting personality for impersonation. This, however, she utterly denies, and expresses her regret that any one has been persuaded to regard as unkind what was intended merely as a playful sketch and not as a serious history. In the volumes before us, Mrs. Clavers, for that is her real name, delineates with graphic life-like vividness the scarcely reclaimed wilderness the forest-the pioneers the settlers-the people, who, migrating thither of their own free will, each with his own individual views of profit or advancement-have, as a mass, been the mighty instrument in the hands of Providence, of preparing the way for civilization, for intelligence, for refinement, and for religion. She disclaims all notice of the older settlements of the west-the towns and villages in which the spirit of emulation and that of imitation have nearly annihilated all that is characteristic of new country life. We admire her dashing style-her delineations of the homely manners, habits, and peculiarities of western lifeand commend the volumes to all the admirers of genuine American literature. 3-Tales from Life; designed to illustrate certain religious doctrines and practices which prevail at the present day. By GEORGE ROGERS. 19o. pp. 180. Boston: A Tompkins." The author of this little volume is a believer in the doctrine of the final salvation of the whole human family, and when he wrote these tales he was preaching in Pittsburg "night after night, and thrice on the Sabbaths." The facts or materials were, says the author, drawn from life. He adopted this course for diffusing his peculiar sentiments, because he judged that they would effect more for the end proposed, and do it better, than would a ceries of direct reasonings written in the same compass.

4.The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and his man, Mark Antony O'Toole. By WILLIAM MAXWELL, author of "Stories of Waterloo." Illustrated by DicK KITCAT. 8vo. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

This humorous tale now in course of republication in numbers, which appear shortly after their arrival in this country, we can commend to those who read merely for amusement. The numbers thus far have the merit of being graphic and racy in the extreme.

5.-An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. By the Rt. Rev. GILBERT BURNET, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Salisbury. With an Appendix, containing the Augsburg Confession, Creed of Pope Pius IV., etc. Revised and Corrected, with Copious Notes and Additional References, by the Rev. JAMES R. PAGE, A. M., of Queen's College, Cambridge. 8vo. pp. 587. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

1842.

This is, we believe, the first American edition of a standard work in sectarian religious literature. The advantages of this edition over all others are thus stated in the editor's preface :

"1. The learned author's text has been preserved with strict fidelity.

"2. The references to the fathers, councils, and other authorities have been almost universally verified; and, in many instances, corrected and so enlarged as to render them easy of access to the student.

"3. A large number of scripture references have been added. In different parts of this work, Bishop Burnet lays down propositions without giving the scripture by which they may be proved. The editor has, however, added references in these and all other instances where they might be considered not merely additions, but also improvements.

"4. The canons and decrees of councils and other documents of importance referred to have been given in the original, and from the most authentic sources-the places where they are to be found being specified.

5. Copious notes have been added, containing, besides other information, notices of the principal heretics and persons of note, with an accurate account of their opinions. Also extracts, chiefly from the works of the most distinguished divines of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, opening and illustrating the chief points in controversy between us and the church of Rome. In an appendix has also been given the Confession of Augsburg, and Creed of Pope Pius IV., in the English and original tongues, and in the original only, the canons and rubric of the Mass."

6.-Handy Andy. By SAMUEL LOVER. 8vo. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1842.

About two years since, "a few short papers, under the title of this little venture, appeared at intervals in Bentley's Miscellany." Frequent inquiries were made "Why Handy Andy was not continued?" The first number therefore, of the series which Mr. Lover has at length resumed, is a reprint in part of what was embraced in the "Miscellany." In justice, however, to the author, it may be stated that much revision and the introduction of fresh matter has since taken place, with a view to the development of story and character necessary to a sustained work, as the first paper of Handy Andy was written without any intention of continuation, and of course required the additions and amendments alluded to. The numbers are beautifully printed, as indeed is every thing emanating from the press of these publishers.

7.-The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1842, and other Valuable Information. 18o. pp. 250. Boston: James Loring.

This little annual contains a vast amount of information, commercial, political, and religious, interesting to the citizens of Massachusetts, as well as to those of the other states of the Union who have any intercourse with that important commonwealth. It has been published for a series of years by the same respectable publisher, who spares no pains or expense to secure its accuracy in every particular. It is to the people of Massachusetts what Williams' Register is to New York-a vade mecum of general reference on all the various subjects falling within the scope of a state register.

8.-Little Coin, Much Care; or, How Poor Men Live. A Tale for Young Persons. By MARY HOWITT. 18mo. pp. 171. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

The American publishers have done well in adding this admirable tale to their valuable series" for the people and their children." Miss Howitt belongs technically to that denomination of Christians commonly called Quakers or Friends, but she writes for all; and while the spirit of Christian piety and virtue pervades every line that emanates from her pen, there is not a thought or sentiment calculated to create discord or regret in the mind of any intelligent disciple of the "meek and lowly" Founder of the Christian faith, to whatever denomination he may be attached.