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BOOKS
IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
OF
Human Knowledge,
PUBLISHED BY
D. APPLETON & CO., NEW-YORK,
AND
GEORGE S. APPLETON, PHILADELPHIA.
HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION
OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. By Gilbert Burnet,
D.D., late Bishop of Salisbury. With a Collection of Records,
and a copious Index, revised and corrected, with additional
Notes and a Preface, by the Rev. E. Nares, D.D. Illustrated
with a Frontispiece and twenty-three Portraits on steel. Forming
four elegant 8vo. vols. of near 600 pages each. $8 00.
To the student either of civil or religious history no epoch can be of more
importance than that of the Reformation in England. It signalized the
overthrow, in one of its strongest holds, of the Roman power, and gave an
impulse to the human mind, the full results of which are even now but
partly realized. Almost all freedom of inquiry—all foleration in matters of
religion, had its birth-hour then; and without a familiar acquaintance with
all its principal events, but little progress can be made in understanding
the nature and ultimate tendencies of the revolution then effected.
The History of Bishop Burnet is one of the most celebrated and by far
the most frequently quoted of any that has been written of this great event.
Upon the original publication of the first volume, it was received in
Great Britain with the loudest and most extravagant encomiums. The
author received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and was requested
by them to continue the work. In continuing it he had the assistance of
the most learned and eminent divines of his time; and he confesses his indebtedness
for important aid to Lloyd, Tillotson and Stillingfleet,
three of the greatest of England's Bishops. “I know,” says he, in his Preface
to the second volume, “that nothing can more effectually recommend
this work, than to say that it passed with their hearty approbation, after
they had examined it with that care which their great zeal for the cause concerned
in it, and their goodness to the author and freedom with him, obliged
them to use.”
The present edition of this great work has been edited with laborious
care by Dr. Nares, who professes to have corrected important errors into
which the author fell, and to have made such improvements in the order of
the work as will render it far more useful to the reader or historical student.
Preliminary explanations, full and sufficient to the clear understanding of
the author, are given, and marginal references are made throughout the
book, so as greatly to facilitate and render accurate its consultation. The
whole is published in four large octavo volumes of six hundred pages in
each—printed upon heavy paper in large and clear type. It contains portraits
of twenty-four of the most celebrated characters of the Reformation,
and is issued in a very neat style. It will of course find a place in every
theologian's library—and will, by no means, we trust, be confined to that
comparatively limited sphere.
BURNET ON THE XXXIX. ARTICLES.
An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England.
By Gilbert Burnet, D.D., late Bishop of Salisbury.
With an Appendix, containing the Augsburg Confession—Creed
of Pope Pius IV., &c. Revised and corrected, with copious
Notes and additional References, by the Rev. James R. Page,
A. M., of Queen's College, Cambridge., In one handsome 8vo.
volume. $2 00.
“No Churchman, no Theologian, can stand in need of information as to
the character or value of Bishop Burnet's Exposition, which long since took
its fitting place as one of the acknowledged and admired standards of the
Church. It is only needful that we speak of the labours of the editor of the
present edition, and these appear to blend a fitting modesty with eminent
industry and judgment. Thus, while Mr. Page has carefully verified, and
in many instances corrected and enlarged the references to the Fathers,
Councils and other authorities, and greatly multiplied the Scripture citations
—for the Bishop seems in many cases to have forgotten that his readers
would not all be as familiar with the Sacred Text as himself, and might not
as readily find a passage even when they knew it existed—he (Mr. P.) has
scrupulously left the text untouched, and added whatever illustrative matter
he has been able to gather in the form of Notes and an Appendix.
The documents collected in the latter are of great and abiding value.”
PEARSON ON THE CREED.
An Exposition of the Creed. By John Pearson, D.D., late
Bishop of Chester. With an Appendix, containing the Principal
Greek and Latin Creeds. Revised and corrected by the Rev.
W. S. Dobson, M.A., Peterhouse, Cambridge. In one handsome
8vo. volume. $2 00.
The following may be stated as the adventages of this edition over all others.
First—Great care has been taken to correct the numerous errors in the
references to the texts of Scripture which had crept in by reason of the repeated
editions through which this admirable work has passed; and many
references, as will be seen on turning to the Index of Texts, have been added.
Secondly—The Quotations in the Notes have been almost universally
identified and the references to them adjoined.
Lastly—The Principal Symbola or Creeds, of which the particular Articles
have been cited by the author, have been annexed; and wherever the original
writers have given the Symbola in a scattered and disjointed manner,
the detached parts have been brought into a successive and connected point
of view. These have been added in chronological order in the form of an
Appendix—Vide Editor.
Magee on Atonement and Sacrifice.
Discourses and Dissertations on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement
and Sacrifice, and on the Principal Arguments advanced,
and the Mode of Reasoning employed by the Opponents of
those Doctrines, as held by the Established Church. By the
late most Rev. Wm. M'Gee, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin.
Two vols. royal 8vo. beautifully printed. $5 00.
“This is one of the ablest critical and polemical works of modern times. Archbishop Magee is
truly a maleus hereticolum. He is an excellent scholar, an acute reasoner, and is possessed of a
most extensive acquaintance with the wide field of argument to which his volumes are devoted—the
profound Biblical information on a variety of topics which the Archbishop brings forward, must endear
his name to all lovers of Christianity.”
—Orme.
PALMER'S
TREATISE ON THE CHURCH.
A Treatise on the Church of Christ. Designed chiefly for the
use of Students in Theology. By the Rev. William Palmer,
M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford. Edited, with Notes, by
the Right Rev. W. R. Whittingham, D.D., Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Maryland. Two
vols. 8vo. handsomely printed on fine paper. $5 00.
“The treatise of Mr. Palmer is the best exposition and vindication of Church Principles
that we have ever read; excelling contemporaneous treatises in depth of learning and solidity
of fudgment, as much as it excels older treatises on the like subjects, in adaptation to
the wants and habits of the age. Of its influence in England, where it has passed through
two editions, we have not the means to form an opinion; but we believe that in this country
it has already, even before its reprint, done more to restore the sound tone of Catholic principles
and feeling than any other one work of the age. The author's learning and powers of
combination and arrangement. great as they obviously are, are less remarkable than the sterling
good sense, the vigorous and solid judgment, which is everywhere manifest in the tres-tase,
and confers on it its distinctive excellence. The style of the author is distinguished for
dignity and masculine energy, while his tone is everywhere natural; on proper occasions,
reverential; and always, so far as we remember, sufficiently conciliatory.
“To our clergy and intelligent laity, who desire to see the Church justly discriminated
from Romanists on the one hand, and dissenting denominations on the other, we earnestly
command Palmer's Treatise on the Church.”
—N. Y. Churchman
PAROCHIAL SERMONS,
BY JOIN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D.,
Fellow of the Oriel Collego and Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin's,
Oxford. The six volumes of the London edition complete in
two elegant 8vo. volumes of upwards of 600 pages each. $5 00.
Mr. Newman's Sermons have probably attained a higher character
than any others ever published in this country. The following recommendatory
letter (is one of the many) received by the publishers during
their progress through the press.
From she Bishop of North Carolina.
Raleigh, Nov. 98, 1842.
Your letter aunouncing your intention to republish the Parochial Sermons of the Rev. John
Henry Newman, B.D., Oxford, has given me sincere pleasure. In complying with your
request for my opinion of them, I do not hesitate to say,—after a constant use of them in my
closet, and an observation of their effect upon some of my friends, for the last six years,—that
they are among the very best practical sermons in the English language; that while they are
free from those extravagances of opinion usually ascribed to the author of the 90th Tract,
they assert in the strongest manner the true doctrines of the Reformation in England, and enforce
with peculiar solemnity and effect that holiness of life, with the means thereto, so characteristic
of the Fathers of that trying age. With high respect and esteem, your friend and
servant,
L. S. IVES.
HARE'S PAROCHIAL SERMONS.
Sermons to a Country Congregation. By Augustus William
Hare, A.M., late Fellow of New College, and Rector of Alton
Barnes. One volume, royal 8vo. $2 25.
“Any one who can be pleased with delicacy of thought expressed in the most simple language—any
one who can feel the charm of finding practical duties elucidated and enforced
by apt and varied illustrations—will be delighted with this volume, which presents us with the
workings of a pious and highly gifted mind.”
—Quar. Review.
THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST;
Or, Hints respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances
of the Catholic Church. By Frederick Denison Maurice.
M.A. Chaplain of Guy's Hospital, Professor of English Literature
and History, King's College, London. In one elegant octavo
volume of 600 pages, uniform in style with Newman's
Sermons, Palmer on the Church, &c. $2 50.
“Mr. Maurice's work is eminently fitted to engage the attention and meet the wants of all
interested in the several movements that are now taking place in the religions community; is
takes up the pretensions generally of the several Protestant denominations and of the Romanists,
so as to commend itself in the growing interest in the controversy between the latter
and their opponents. The political portion of the work contains much that is attractive
to a thoughtful man, of any or of no religions persuasion, in reference to the existing and possible
future state of our country.”
A MANUAL FOR COMMUNICANTS;
Or the Order for Administering the Holy Communion; conveniently arranged
with Meditations and Prayers from Old English Divines, being
the Eucharistica of Samuel Wilberforce, M.A., Archdeacon of Surry,
(adapted to the American service.) Convenient size for the pocket
37½ conts—gil edges 50 cents.
“These meditations, prayers, and expositions, are given in the very words of the illustrious
divines, martyrs, confessors, and doctors of the Church; and they form altogether
such a body of instructive matter as is nowhere else to be found in the same compass.
Though collected from various authors, the whole is pervaded by a unity of spirit and
purpose, and we most earnestly commend the work as better fitted than any other which
we know, to subserve the ends of sound edification and fervent and substanial devotion-The
American reprint has been edited by a deacon of great promise in the Church, and is appropriately
dedicated to the Bishop of this diocese.”
—Churchman.
OGILBY ON LAY - BAPTISM:
An Outline on the Argument against the Validity of Lay-Baptism. By the
Rev. John D., Ogilby, A.M., Professor of Ecclesiastical History. One
volume 12mo., 75 cents.
“We have been favoured with a copy of the above work, and lose no time in announcing
its publication. From a cursory inspection of it, we take it to be a thorough, fearless, and
very able discussion of the subject which it proposes. aming less to excite inquiry, than to
satisfy, by learned and ingenious argument, inquiries already excited.”
—Churchman.
THE PRIMITIVE DOCTRINE OF
ELECTION:
Or, an Historical Inquiry into the Ideality and Causation of Scriptural
Election, as received and maintained in the Primitive Church of Christ.
By George Stanley Faber, B.D., author of “Difficulties of Romanism,”
“Difficulties of Infidelity,” &c. Complete in one volume octavo. $1 75.
“Mr. Faber verifies his opinion by demonstration. We cannot pay a higher respect to his
work than by recommeading it to all.”
—Church of England Quarterly Review.
CHURCHMAN'S LIBRARY.
The volumes of this series are of a standard character and highly recommended
by the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN;
Or, Devout Penitent. By R. Sherlocke, D.D., with a Life of the Author, by
the Right Rev. Bishop Wilson. One elegant volume. 16mo. 75 cents.
THE CHURCHMAN'S COMPANION IN THE CLOSET;
Or, a Complete Manual of Private Devotions. Collected from the writings of
Archbishop Laud, Bishop Andrewes, Bishop Ken, Dr. Hickes, Mr. Kettlewell,
Mr. Spinckes, and other eminent old English Divines. With a Preface
by Rev. Mr. Spinckes. Edited by Francis E. Paget, M. A. One elegant
volume, 16mo. $1 00.
OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST.
Four books, by Thomas à Kempis, a new and complete edition, elegantly
printed. 1 vol. 16mo. $1 00.
THE EARLY ENGLISH CHURCH;
Or, Christian History of England in early British, Saxon, and Norman Times.
By the Rev. Edward Churton, M.A. With a Preface by the Right Rev.
Bishop Ives. 1 vol. 16mo., elegantly ornamented. $1 00
LEARN TO DIE.
Disce Mori, Learn to Die: a Religious Discourse, moving every Christian
man to enter into a serious Remembrance of his End. By Christopher Sutton,
D.D., late Prebend of Westminster. 1 vol. 16mo., elegantly ornamented.
$1 00.
SACRA PRIVATA:
The Private Meditations, Devotions, and Prayers of the Right Rev. T. Wilson,
D.D., Lord Bishop of Soder and Man. First complete edition. 1 vol.
royal 16mo., elegantly ornamented. $1 00.
MEDITATIONS ON THE SACRAMENT.
Godly Meditations upon the most Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. By
Christopher Sutton, D.D., late Prebend of Westminster. 1 vol. royal 16mo.,
elegantly ornamented. $1 00.
A DISCOURSE CONCERNING PRAYER
And the frequenting Daily Public Prayer. By Symon Patrick, D.D., sometime
Lord Bishop of Ely. Edited by Francis E. Paget, M.A., Chaplain to the
Lord Bishop of Oxford. 1 vol. royal 16mo., elegantly ornamented. 75 cents.
THOUGHTS IN PAST YEARS.
A beautiful collection of Poetry, chiefly Devotional. By the author of “The
Cathedral.” 1 vol. royal 16mo., elegantly printed. $1 25.
THE CHRISTMAS BELLS:
A Tale of Holy Tide, and other Poems. By the author of “Constance,”
“Virginia,” &c. 1 vol. royal 16mo., elegantly ornamented. 75 cents.
* * * These volumes will be followed by others of equal importance.
SCRIPTURE AND GEOLOGY.
On the Relation between the Holy Scriptures and some parts of Geological
Science. By John Pye Smith, D.D., author of the “Scripture Testimony
of the Messiah,” &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo. $1 25.
“The volume consists of eight lectures, to which are appended seventy
pages of supplementary notes. The first lecture is introductory; the second
is scientifically descriptive of the principal topics of geological science; the
third includes a research into the creation of our globe; the fourth and fifth
lectures comprise an examination of the deluge; the sixth discusses the apparent
dissonance between the decisions of geologists, and the hitherto received
interpretation of Scripture, with an additional exposition of the diluvial
theory; the seventh is devoted to illustration of the method to interpret the
Scriptures, so that they may harmonize with the discoveries of geology; the
eighth is the peroration of the whole disquisition.
WORKS BY THE REV. DR. SPRAGUE.
TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION.
Lectures illustrating the Contrast between True Christianity and various
other systems. By William B. Sprague, D.D. 1 vol. 12mo. $1 00.
LECTURES ON REVIVALS IN RELIGION.
By W. B. Sprague, D.D. With an Introductory Essay by Leonard
Woods, D.D. 1 vol. 12mo. 87½ cents.
LETTERS TO A DAUGHTER
On Practical Subjects. By W. B. Sprague, D.D. Fourth edition, revised
and enlarged. 1 vol. 12mo. 75 cents.
LECTURES TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
By W. B. Sprague, D.D. With an Introductory Address. By Samuel
Miller, D.D. Fourth edition. 1 vol. 12mo. 87½ cents.
The writings of Dr. Sprague are too well known, and too highly estimated
by the Christian community generally, to require any other encomium than
is furnished by their own merits; for this reason it is thought unnecessary to
subjoin the favourable testimonies borne to their utility and excellence by the
whole circle of the periodical press of this country, and the fact, that they
have each passed through several editions in England, sufficiently attests the
estimation in which they are held abroad.
SPIRITUAL CHRISTIANITY.
Lectures on Spiritual Christianity. By Isaac Taylor, author of “Spiritual
Despotism,” &c. &c. 1 vol 12mo. 75 cents.
“This work is the production of one of the most gifted and accomplished
minds of the present age. If some of his former productions may have been
thought characterized by too much metaphysical abstraction, and in some instances,
by speculations of doubtful importance the present volume is, we
think, in no degree liable to this objection. It is indeed distinguished for deep
thought and accurate discrimination: and whoever would read it to advantage,
must task his faculties in a much higher degree, than in reading ordinary
books: and yet it contains nothing which an ordinary degree of intelligence
and application may not readily comprehend. The view which it gives of
Christianity, both as a system of truth and a system of duty, is in the highest
degree instructive; and its tendencies are not less to quicken the intellectual
faculties, than to direct and elevate the moral sensibilities. We have no doubt
that it will be read with great interest by those who read to find materials
for thought, and that it is destined to exert a most important influence, especially
on the more intellectual classes in the advancement of the interests of
truth and piety.”
—Albany Evening Journal.
Works by Rev. Robert Philip.
YOUNG MAN'S CLOSET LIBRARY.
By Robert Philip. With an Introductory Essay by Rev. Albert Barnes. 1 vol.
12mo. $1 00.
LOVE OF THE SPIRIT, Traced in his Work: a Companion to the Experimental
Guides. By Robert Philip. 1 vol. 18mo. 50 cts.
DEVOTIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GUIDES. By Robert Philip.
With an Introductory Essay by Rev. Albert Barnes. 2 vols. 12mo. $1 75.
Containing:
Guide to the Perplexed.
Do. do. Devotional.
Do. do. Thoughtful.
Guide to the Doubting.
Do. do. Conscientious.
Do. do. Redemption.
LADY'S CLOSET LIBRARY.
AS FOLLOWS:
THE MARYS; or Beauty of Female Holiness. By Robert Philip. 1 vol
18mo. 50 cents.
THE MARTHAS; or Varieties of Female Piety. By Robert Philip. 1 vol.
18mo. 50 cts.
THE LYDIAS; or Development of Female Character. By Robert Philip
1 vol. 18mo. 50cts.
The Maternal Series of the above popular Library is now ready, entitled,
THE HANNAHS; or Maternal Influence of Sons. By Robert Philip.
1 vol. 18mo. 50 cts.
“The author of this work is known to the public as one of the most prolific writers of the
day, and scarcely any writer in the department which he occupies, has acquired so extensive
and well-merited a popularity. The present volume, as its title denotes, is devoted to
an illustration of the influence of mothers on their sons; and the subject is treated with the
same originality and beauty which characterize the author's other works. It will be found
to be a most delightful and useful companion in the nursery, and its influence can hardly
fail to be felt; first, in quickening the sense of responsibility on the part of mothers; and
next, in forming the character of the rising generation to a higher standard of intelligence
and virtue.”
Evangelist.
GEMS FROM TRAVELLERS.
Illustrative of various passages in the Holy Scripture, with nearly one hundred
Engravings. Among the authorities quoted will be found the following distinguished
names: Harmer, Laborde, Lane, Madden, Clarke, Pococke,
Chandler, Malcom, Hartley, Russel, Jowitt, Carne, Shaw, Morier, Neibuhr,
Bruce, Calmet, H. Blunt, Belzoni, Lord Lindsay, &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo.
$1 00.
“The Holy Scriptures contain many passages full of importance and beauty, but not generally
understood, because they contain allusion to manners and customs, familiar indeed
to those to whom they were originally addressed, but imperfectly known to us. In order to
obviate this difficulty, this volume is now presented to the public, consisting of extracts from
the narratives of travellers who have recorded the customs of the oriental nations, from
whom we learn that some usages were retained among them to this day, such as existed at
the times when the Scriptures were written, and that these names are in many instances
little changed since the patriarchal times. The complier of this volume trusts that it may be
the means, under God's providence, of leading unlearned readers to a more general acquintance
with Eastern customs, and assist them to a clearer perception of the propriety
and beauty of the illustrations so often drawn from them in the Bible.
Works by the Rev. John Angell James.
THE TRUE CHRISTIAN.
By the Rev. John Angell James. With an Introduction by the Rev. Wm.
Adams. 1 vol. 18mo $0 50.
“We opine that the publishers of this volume made an accurate calculation when they
labelled these ` `Addresses'—stereotyped; for they are among the choice effusions which
already have so highly benefited Christian society from the noble heart and richly-endowed
mind of Mr. James. They are ministerial counsels to the members of his congregation,
and are offered as monthly epistles for a year, being twelve in number, and are thus
entitled: `Increased Holiness of the Church; Spirituality of Mind: Heavenly Mindedness;
Assurance of Hope; Practical Religion seen in every thing: A Profitable Sabbath;
Christian Obligations; Life of Faith; Influence of elder Christians; Spirit of Prayer; Private
Prayer, and Self-Examination.' ”
—Christian Intelligencer.
THE YOUNG MAN FROM HOME.
In a series of Letters, especially directed for the Moral Advancement of Youth.
By the Rev. John Angell James. Tenth edition. 1 vol. 18mo. 37½ cts.
“This work, from the able and prolific pen of Mr. James, is not inferior, we think, to any
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influence of vice.”
—Albany Advertiser.
THE CHRISTIAN PROFESSOR,
Addressed in a series of Counsels and Cautions to the Members of Christian
Churches. By the Rev. John Angell James. 1 vol. 18mo. 62½ cents.
“The author remarks in this excellent volume: `When I look into the New Testament
and read what a Christian should be, and then look into the Church of God, and see what
Christians are, I am painfully affected by observing the dissimilarity, and in my jealousy for
the honour of the Christian profession, have made this effrot, perhaps a feeble one, and certainly
an anxious one, to remove its blemishes, to restore its impaired beauty, and thus raise
its reputation.' ”
THE ANXIOUS ENQUIRER AFTER SALVATION
Directed and Encouraged. By the Rev. John Angell James. 1 vol.
18mo. 37½ cents.
Twenty thousand copies of this excellent little volume have already been
sold, which fully attests the high estimation the work has attained with the
religious community.
HAPPINESS, ITS NATURE AND SOURCES.
By the Rev. J. A. James. 1 vol. 32mo. 25 cents.
“This is written in the excellent author's best vein. He has, with a searching fidelity,
exposed the various unsatisfying expedients by which the natural heart seeks to attain the
great end and aim of all—happiness, and with powerful and touching exhortations directed it
to the never-failing source of all good.”—Evangelist.
THE WIDOW DIRECTED
To the Widow's God. By the Rev. John A. James. 1 vol. 18mo. 37½ cents.
“The book is worthy to be read by others besides the class for which it is especially designed;
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mourning, and as a healing balm to many a wounded heart.”
—N. Y. Observer.
CRUDEN'S CONCORDANCE.
Containing all the Words to be found in the large Work relating to the New
Testament. 1 vol. 18mo. 50 cents.
THE POLYMICRIAN NEW TESTAMENT.
Numerous References, Maps, &c. 1 vol. 18mo. 50 cents
THE SACRED CHOIR:
A COLLECTION OF CHURCH MUSIC:
Consisting of Selections from the most distinguished authors, among whom
are the names of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Pergolessi, &c. &c.;
with several pieces of Music by the author; also a Progressive Elementary
System of Instruction for Pupils. By George Kingsley, author of the Social
Choir, &c. &c. Fourth edition $0 75
Cabinet Edition of the Poets.
COWPER'S COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS.
The complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq., including
the Hymns and Translations from Mad. Guion, Milton, &c., and
Adam, a Sacred Drama, from the Italian of Battista Andreini,
with a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Henry Stebbing, A.M.
Two elegantly printed volumes, 400 pages each, 16mo., with
beautiful frontispieces. $1 75.
This is the only complete American edition.
Morality never found in genius a more devoted advocate than Cowper, nor
has moral wisdom, in its plain and severe precepts, been ever more successfully
combined with the delicate spirit of poetry, than in his works. He
was endowed with all the powers which a poet could want who was to be the
moralist of the world—the reprover, but not the satirist, of men—the teacher
of simple truths, which were to be rendered gracious without endangering
their simplicity.
BURNS' COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS.
The complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, with Explanatory
and Glossarial Notes, and a Life of the Author, by James Currie,
M.D. 1 vol. 16mo. $1 25.
This is the most complete edition which has been published, and contains
the whole of the poetry comprised in the edition lately edited by Cunningham,
as well as some additional pieces; and such notes have been added as are calculated
to illustrate the manners and customs of Scotland, so as to render the
whole more intelligible to the English reader.
“No poet, with the exception of Shakspeare, ever possessed the power of
exciting the most varied and discordant emotions with such rapid transitions.”
—Sir W. Scott.
MILTON'S COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS.
The complete Poetical Works of John Milton, with Explanatory
Notes and a Life of the Author, by the Rev. Henry Stebbing,
A. M. Beautifully illustrated. 1 vol. 16mo. $1 25.
The Latin and Italian Poems are included in this edition.
Mr. Stebbing's notes will be found very useful in elucidating the learned
allusions with which the text abounds, and they are also valuable for the
correct appreciation with which the writer directs attention to the beauties
of the author.
SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS.
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.—Containing Lay
of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick,
Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs, with a Life of the
Author. Uniform with Cowper, Burns, &c. 1 vol. 16mo $1 25.
“Walter Scott is the most popular of all the poets of the present day, and deservedly
so. He describes that which is most easily and generally understood
with more vivacity and effect than any other writer. His style is clear, flowing
and transparent; his sentiments, of which his style is an easy and natural me
dium, are common to him with his readers.”
—Hazlitt.
GENERAL HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION
In Europe, from the fall of the Roman Empire, to the French Revolution.
By M. Guizot, Professor of History to the Faculty des Lettres of Paris.
Printed from the second English edition, with Occasional Notes, by C. S.
Henry, D.D., of New York. One handsome volume, 12mo. $1 00.
The third edition of this valuable work has just appeared, with numerous
and useful notes, by Professor Henry, of the University of New-York.
M. Guizot, in his instructive lectures has given an epitome of Modern History,
distinguished by all the merits which in another department, renders
Blackstone a subject of such peculiar and unbounded praise; a work closely
condensed, including nothing useless and omitting nothing essential:
written with grace, and conceived and arranged with consummate ability.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOCIETY
IN THE BARBAROUS AND CIVILIZED STATE.
An Essay towards Discovering the Origin and Course of Human Improvement.
By W. Cooke Taylor, LL.D., &c., of Trinity College, Dublin-Handsomely
printed on fine paper. 2 vols. 12mo $2 25.
“The design of this work is to determine, from an examination of the
various forms in which society has been found, what was the origin of
civilization; and under what circumstances those attributes of humanity
which in one country become the foundation of social happiness, are in another
perverted to the production of general misery.'
CARLYLE ON HISTORY & HEROES.
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