Bradford and Read, Boston; Lyman, Hall and Co., Portland; Swift and Chipman, Fry and Kammerer, Printers. 1812. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: SEAL. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirty-first day of January, in the thirty-sixth year of the independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1812, Farrand and Nicholas of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "The American Review of History and Politics, and General "Repository of Literature and State Papers. neque enim levia aut ludicra petuntur In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, intitu-. led, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."—And also to the act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." THE fifth number of "the American Review," is now offered to the public. The undertaking has as yet experienced much indulgence, and will be assiduously prosecuted, in the expectation, that it will not only continue to attract attention, but finally engage in its support the literary talents of the country. Were the list of literary contributors such as it might be, or any way proportionate to that of the subscribers, nothing would be wanting, to insure the accomplishment of the important purposes, for which the work was instituted. Some original matter of considerable interest and value, has been purposely excluded from the present Number, in order to allow place, to the documents accompanying the President's message, which, as state papers, are too important to be overlooked, and which it was thought preferable to publish in one body. It is intended to make hereafter, such a distribution of this journal, as to adapt it to the taste and pursuits, not only of professed scholars and politicians, but of the more numerous class of general readers. The correspondence on "France and England," will be resumed, and a suitable degree of attention given to American literature. CONTENTS of No. V. Report of the French National Institute on the Progress of Elective Affinities;-a Novel by Goëthe, Observations on Dr. Clarke's Travels in Russia, &c. by a Rus- Message of the President of the United States, to both Houses Correspondence between Mr. Foster and Mr. Monroe relative to the British orders in council, &c. Correspondence between Mr. Pinkney and lord Wellesley, Message of the President accompanying a letter from general Page Turreau, and a letter from Mr. Serurier, Correspondence of Jonathan Russell, Esq. Correspondence of George W. Erving, Esq. Letter VIII. Of the French Stage.-The Grand Opera, Thoughts on a Financial System adapted to the present cir- cumstances, and future Prosperity of the Union, Treasury Report, in relation to the Revenue necessary for |