S EATON, of Warren, Me. has in preparation a complete History of
St. George's River, from its first discovery; of the early transactions,
Indian wars, and especially the events at St. George's Fort and other
military posts in the neighborhood; an account of the several
settlements commenced under the Waldo Patent, up to the time of their
incorporation as towns; and a full history of the town of Warren to the
present time. The work to consist of about 400 pages octavo.

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Among the American Books reprinted by Bentley in the last month are
Bayard Taylor's "El Dorado," and "Letters of a Traveler," by "Bryant,
_the American novelist_." His original books from this country, for the
same period, are "Life in the Forest and the Frontier," by Alfred B.
Street, and a very charming book by a daughter of Fenimore Cooper,
entitled "Rural Hours in the United States."

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The REV. DR. CROLY ON BAPTISM.--The Rev. Dr. Croly has again left poetry
and romantic fiction for religious controversy. On the 13th June he
published in London--we suppose in reply to the late work of Baptist
Noel--a volume entitled, "The Theory of Baptism, or the Regeneration of
Infants in Baptism vindicated on the testimony of Holy Scripture,
Christian Antiquity, and the Church of England."

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MAJOR HERBERT EDWARDES, the son of a vicar in one of the midland
counties, who went to the East Indies a few years ago, and rose rapidly
by military prowess, diplomatic skill, and learning, has lately returned
to England, and Bentley announces for publication in the month of June,
in two octavos from his pen, a "Narrative of Service and Adventure on
the Punjaub Frontier during 1848 and 1849."

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SIR JAMES ALEXANDER, who is well known in New York for his residence
here during a considerable portion of the period described in his work
on the United States, has just published in London, in two volumes, with
illustrations, "Acadie, or Seven Years' Explorations in British
America."

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A Second Series of Coleridge's "Friend" has been published in London, in
three volumes, 8vo., under the title of "_Essays on his own Times_," by
S. T. Coleridge; edited by his daughter. It is made up mostly of his
political contributions to the _Post_ and _Courier_.

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