storehouse of materials, and brought to light much that before was hidden, connected with the colonial history of the island of Nantucket, in which the scene opens. If we follow him sometimes over the boundless waters, we are still accompanied by the ''Tucketers,' who have explored every sea in search of the treasures of the deep. The author appears to be perfectly at home in whatever relates to the dominions of Neptune; and it is evident that, at some period of his life,

'His march was on the mountain wave,

His home was on the deep.""

Philadelphia National Banner.

"The author of this work is an American, and the scene is principally laid upon our own ground. The exciting adventures and hair-breadth escapes of the whale-fisher are powerfully delineated, while the simple habits and primitive customs of Nantucket are portrayed by the hand of a close observer. The admirer of 'Ocean into tempest toss'd must be struck with the description of thegood ship Grampus' driving madly before the fury of a tropical storm; the keen sportsman must relish the boat-race, and the capture of the whale by our hardy countrymen; while those of gentler mood will certainly be amazed by the quaint manners of the ladies and the chivalrous devotion of the whalers. The work is highly original in character, and cannot fail to be read with interest."-New-York Daily Advertiser.

"It is but a few days since this popular work was announced, and we are happy to learn that the edition is nearly all sold, and that a second will immediately be put to press. The introduction speaks of the causes which led to the construction of the tale, and of the neglect of our own government in cherishing the right arm of our naval strength, so far as relates to a most hardy and fearless race of seamen, namely, the whale-fishermen. The work itself is a faithful and accurate delineation of the manners and habits of a people who, forming an important part of our own people, are nevertheless but little known and appreciated by us; and hence, perhaps, the slight attention given to their hazardous trade by government. Yet Burke, in the British House of Commons, a half-century ago, pronounced the highest possible eulogium upon Nantucket skill and enterprise; and declared that our whalers were the best in the world, and worthy of imitation, by other nations.

Its scenes are

"This tale may be called a nautical romance. given with a master-hand, and by one who is a close observer of human nature. The author is equally at home on land or on the sea; and he gives some sea-sketches that have not been exceeded by any American writer. The work is altogether creditable to American literature, and will give the writer an enviable stand among our best authors. The ground is new to the novelist, and has not before been attempted."-New-York Ladies' Companion. "MIRIAM COFFIN, an American novel of uncommon interest." ----Boston Republican.

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MIRIAM COFFIN,

OR

THE WHALE-FISHERMEN.

A TALE.

While we follow them amid the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the
deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits-while we are looking for them between the
Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of Polar cold-that they are at the
antipodes, and engaged under the frozen Serpent of the South. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote
and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of
their victorious industry. Nor is the Equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated
winter of both the Poles. We know, that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the
coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea
but what is vexed by their fisheries-no climate that is not witness to their unceasing toils!

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UNITED STATES.

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[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.]