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son corrected by himself. | Hallowell: | Glazier, Masters & Smith. | 1837."

It forms a fine octavo volume of five hundred pages, which are thus arranged: Title, as above; verso, blank,—both unpaged; 3 to 6, "Prefatory Remarks"; 7 to 413, "The Federalist"; 414 to 442, "Appendix. The letters of Pacificus. By Alexander Hamilton"; 443 to 472, "The letters of Helvidius. By James Madison"; 473 to 480, "The original articles of confederation"; 481 to 494, "Constitution of the United States"; 495 to 500, "Index."

It is printed in signatures of twelve pages each, with small-pica type, solid,—the "Prefatory Remarks" being in long primer, leaded, the "Appendix" in long primer, solid, and the "Index" in brevier, leaded; and it is entirely without illustrations.

Like all the Hallowell editions, it is a careful reprint of the edition published by Mr. Gideon in 1818.

This description is the result of an examination of the copy which is in the Astor Library, in the city of New York.

In 1842, another edition, probably the sixteenth, was issued by the same press, at Hallowell, which has been already so often mentioned in this work. The following is the title of the edition referred to:—

"The | Federalist, | on | the new constitution, | written in 1788, | by | Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay: | with | an appendix, | containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius | on the | proclamation of neutrality of 1793; | also, | the original articles of confederation, | and the | constitution of the United States. | A new edition. | The numbers written by Mr. Madison corrected by himself. | Hallowell: | Glazier, Masters, & Smith. | 1842."

It forms an octavo volume of four hundred and eighty-four pages, which are thus arranged: Title-page, as