Leipsick Fair.-The Late Leipsick Fair was attended by several Greeks from the Seven Islands and the Morea, who purchased a considerable part of an elegant impression of the priucipal Greek and Roman Classicks, edited by Schaifer, Herman, Beck, &c.

To Correspondents.

We have received an article written in defence of Capt. Porter's Journal, against the attack made upon it in the twenty-sixth number of the Quarterly Review. The writer animadverts on the illiberality and national animosity displayed in the review of Porter's Journal, and indeed in the Quarterly Review generally. This he illustrates by a quotation from the 354th page, and by pointing out a variance between the statements of the Reviewer, and the letters of Capt. Hillyar, in regard to the conduct of Capt. Porter during the engagement between the Essex and Phoebe and Cherub. He introduces a quotation from Commodore Byron, in confirmation of what Capt. Porter says of the danger of doubling Cape Horn, in the month of February. Byron entered the Straits on the 17th of February, and thinks that his people suffered greatly, because "he passed the straits just as the sun was approaching the vernal equinox, when in that high latitude, the worst weather was to be expected.”

We respect the strong American feeling, which the writer exhibits, and are obliged to him for his disposition to relieve us of part of our labours. We regret that we are prevented from inserting the article, hoth because we have already devoted twenty seven pages of the second number to Captain Porter's Journal, and because the character of the Quarterly Review is now well understood in this country.

A friend has made an urgent remonstrance against the article in this Journal, entitled "Books relating to America," and we notice it, because we well know that many, perhaps a large majority, may join with him in opinion. There are a few persons, however, who have expressed their satisfaction with this particular article, and read it with more pleasure than any other, which to those who cannot read it at all. may seem strange and almost incredible. We propose, however, to continue it, because it was part of our object, indeed our chief design to notice American Literature, not only that which is contemporary, but to take a retrospective glance, at its earliest specimens, most of which have now become extremely rare. In doing this, ease is not consulted, for much of this reading is extremely irksome, tedious and unprofitable. We have bona fide, read through every one of the books we have noticed, and sometimes after reading through a

volume, hardly find a sentence to be extracted, or a reflection excited. But even in this case, the labour is not wholly lost, since by commencing this Catalogue raisonnè, we spare to others who are making researches into the history of their country, the disappointment of perusing a volume that is not worth the pains. The task is a humble one, but it may not be wholly without use and entertainment to those, who have a taste for such investigations.

In the brief notice in the last number, of the recent visits by some scientifick men, that have been made to the mountains of New-Hampshire, etc. an errour was made in supposing that the barometer used in ascertaining the height of the Monadnock was defective. Mr. J. F. Dana, who ascended that mountain, informs us, that the instrument he employed, was the improved mountain barometer of Sir H. Englefield, corrected by the standard barometer of the University; it was compared with that barometer before we went, and after our return, and was found not to vary 500th of an inch." A particular account of this mountain will be found in the last number of the N. E. Medical Journal.

The publication of an anecdote from Grimm's Memoirs, in the Boston Daily Advertiser, occasioned an application from a friend of ours to President Adams for a statement of facts respecting it, which that venerable statesman kindly communicated. We received the papers too late for insertion in the present number, but they will make an article in our next, which will be read with interest.

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

We regret that some of our distant subscribers have not received the numbers of the Review, so early as they wished.There has probably seemed to them to be more delay, than there really has been, since they may have supposed, that the numbers were published at the beginning of the months, by which they are dated, whereas, they often have not come out till the middle of the month, and sometimes later. Our friends will recollect also, that the only safe and convenient, and in some instances, the only practicable conveyance is by water, which is necessarily liable to some delay and irregularity. The numbers shall be put in the way of being transported, as soon as they are published, and our correspondents and agents are requested to give us information, if we do not choose the best mode of convey

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