the papers were opened, and found to contain a minute account
of his perplexities and disappointments. Thus chiefly the
narration of Mr. Barber, who refers for authority to the
American edition of the Edinburgh Encyclopedia. It may be
worth while for some gentleman to attempt to find these
papers. N. WEBSTER.

Rev. RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

The papers to which Dr. Webster alludes in the above letter, have
been examined by Miss Leslie, and the curious details they contain
of Fitch's early life, his courtship, unfortunate marriage, captivity
among the Indians, experiments, &c. will be embraced in her work,
which will undoubtedly be one of the most interesting biographies of
this country.

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The director of the Museum of Paris has opened a very interesting
gallery of American antiquities, from Yucatan, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia,
and other countries of the New World.

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ILLUMINATED BOOKS.

Mr. Owen Jones, an English architect, and the author of a very
beautiful work on the Alhambra, has been enabled, by the curious
process of chromo-lithography, originally discovered by the Bavarian,
Alois Sennefelder, to popularize and multiply almost indefinitely