Professor NEWMAN'S Practical System of Rhetoric, is a reprint from
thefifth American edition; and although we do not always place
implicit confidence in the critical decisions of brother Jonathan, he seems in this instance to have decided wisely. Mr. NEWMAN has thought for himself, and studied the nature of his subject as well as conned over its written canons, not disregarding the rules, but penetrating beyond them. Hence, as might be expected, the Professor considers lessons as merely a means to an end, and as means of very little use unless the student of rhetoric has been taught to observe, reflect, and methodize, and has stored his mind with various knowledge both from books and nature; a preparation,
however, that may be forwarded by art, and we know not where It may be learned more clearly than by the rules Mr. NEwistrot has given upon the subject.
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