cordially commended for their moral tendency as well as for their literary excellence. We mention these first because they are female writers. In proceeding to enumerate some of the works which a careful perusal enables us to recommend without any reserve, we would by no means be understood to attempt a complete catalogue of books suitable for a young lady's reading. A small and select library is what we propose, and we shall deem ourselves fortunate if we shall succeed in directing our young friends to the fountains of truly healthful lite rature. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. Bertha's Visit to her Sister in England. Evenings at Home. Unrivalled among works intended for young ladies. The Lady of the Manor. By Mrs Sherwood. Rasselas. Exiles of Siberia. By Madame Cottin. Contributions of Q. Q. By Jane Taylor. Oriental Anecdotes. Anecdotes of Animals. The Sketch Book. By Washington Irving. HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Robertson's History of America. Robertson's History of Scotland. Robertson's History of Charles V. Frost's History of Ancient and Modern Greece. Botta's American Revolution. Marshall's Life of Washington. Goldsmith's History of England. [The complete work.] Rollin's Ancient History. Scott's History of Scotland. Irving's Conquest of Grenada. Life of John Ledyard. Life of Patrick Henry. Kames's Elements of Criticism. Frost's con densed edition. Valerius. A Roman Story. [A fiction, but full of historical and moral truth.] Redwood. By Miss Sedgwick. Alison on Taste. The Spectator. The Rambler. Paul and Virginia. Our Village. By Miss Mitford. Wirt's British Spy. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS WORKS. Chalmers's Works. Extracts from Fenelon's Works. Massillon's Sermons. Bourdaloue's Sermons. Taylor's Holy Living. H William Penn's Works. Paley's Works. Dick's Christian Philosopher. Dick's Philosophy of a Future State. Alexander, Watson, Jenyns, Leslie, and Paley's volume. These writers are of various Christian denominations, but they all agree in eloquently urging upon us the great duties of religion and morality. POETRY. Milton's Poems. Walter Scott's Poems. Campbell's Poems. Dana's Poems. Bryant's Poems. Wilson's Poems. Southey's Poems. Wordsworth's Poems. Bowles's Poems. Coleridge's Poems. Kirke White's Poems. Bernard Barton's Poems. Milman's Poems. Hillhouse's Poems, viz. Hadad and Percy's Masque. TRAVELS. Irving's Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. The Modern Traveller. Heber's Travels in India. A Year in Spain. By a Young American. A most delightful book. Adventures and Discoveries in Africa. ON LETTER WRITING. VARIOUS are the occasions on which ladies are called upon to exercise their skill in the art of epistolary composition: this, generally speaking, is the only style of writing of which they will find it inconvenient to be ignorant. Few persons are ever obliged to produce a treatise, or a poem; but there is scarcely any one who is not occasionally compelled, by the circumstances of life, to write a letter. It is the remark of a very celebrated author, that the epistolary style deserves to be cultivated almost more than any other, since none is of more various or frequent use through the whole subordination of human life. Another writer on this subject, very justly observes, that among the various parts of learning, in which young persons are initiated, there are some, which, though they amuse the imagination, and furnish the mind with employment in solitude and leisure, yet are found to be of little actual utility in the common intercourse of life; but the ability of writing letters clearly, and to the purpose, |