Rhode Island American And Gazette

A friend recently gave us a book that he procured in Europe, which presents as fine specimen of the art of printing as can be found in the world. The little volume is from the well known press of Didot, at Paris; is about three inches in length, and an inch and a half in width. The types with which it is printed, are called microscopic characters, and the whole work, which is not half an inch in thickness, contains as many of Rochefoucauld's maxims, as would fill in conspicuous characters, a volume of the size of one of those composing Harper's Family Library. The name of the publisher, which occurs frequently at the bottom of a page, cannot be read save through a magnifying glass; and yet the words and letters are perfect in their formation and arrangement—The tome is truly unique, and though a Lilliputian affair, is certainly a very great curiosity. Didot is said to have expressed his determination the works of Horace, in a volume so small that it might be enclosed in a square locket, or in a breast pin, without being perceived.—Phil. Gaz.