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This Stereotyped Edition of Gibbon's Rome is
well printed on a good sized type, and contains
the necessary Engravings, and is, in all respects,
perfect. These facts are stated, because
most of the London editions now offered for
sale in this country are without the necessary
Maps, &c., and are printed on a type so small
that it is injurious to the eyes to read them.
Yet, with all these disadvantages, they are sold
at a higher price than this American edition.

THE HISTORY OF MODERN
EUROPE; with a View
of the Progress of Society, from
the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms
to the Peace of Paris, in
1763. By William Russell,
LL.D.: and a Continuation of
the History to the Present Time,
by William Jones, Esq. With
Annotations by an American.
In 3 vols. 8vo. Engravings.

THE HISTORY OF THE
DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
OF AMERICA.
By William Robertson, D.D.
With an Account of his Life
and Writings. To which are
added, Questions for the Examination
of Students. By John
Frost, A.M. In 1 vol. 8vo.
With a Portrait and Engravings.

THE HISTORY OF THE
REIGN OF THE EMPEROR
CHARLES V. With a View
of the Progress of Society in
Europe, from the Subversion of
the Roman Empire to the Beginning
of the Sixteenth Century.
By William Robertson,
D.D. To which are added,
Questions for the Examination
of Students. By John Frost,
A.M. Complete in 1 vol. 8vo.
With Engravings.

THE HISTORY OF
SCOTLAND, during the
Reigns of Queen Mary and of
King James VI., till his Accession
to the Crown of England.
With a Review of the Scottish
History previous to that period.
To which is affixed

AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION
CONCERNING
THE KNOWLEDGE THE
ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA;
and the Progress of Trade
with that Country prior to the
Discovery of the Passage to
it by the Cape of Good
Hope. With an Appendix,
containing Observations on the
Civil Policy, the Laws and Judicial
Proceedings, the Arts,
the Sciences, and Religious Institutions
of the Indians. By
William Robertson, D.D.
Complete in 1 vol. 8vo. With
Engravings.

No library, public or private, should be destitute
of the historical works of Gibbon, Robertson.
and Russell. The above editions are
printed and bound uniformly, and contain the
necessary Indexes, Maps, &c.

THE HISTORY OF THE
JEWS. From the Earliest
Period to the Present Time.
By the Rev. H. H. Milman. In
3 vols. 18mo. With Maps and
Engravings.

Until the appearance of Professor Milman's
admirable work, there was no History of the
Jews, deserving of the name, except that of Josephus;
and he lived at a period too remote,
and too limited in its knowledge, to enable him
to do justice to the subject. The notices to be
found in various Universal Histories are meager
and unsatisfactory; and a narrative at once
Christian and liberal in its tone, spirited and
elegant in its language, and adequately depicting
the manners, wars, religion, and policy of
the most remarkable of nations, was still wanting.
The nature of the present work is strictly
historical—not theological—yet it elucidates
many obscure passages in the Old Testament,
employs with great skill the casual evidence of
heathen writers, and throws new light on the
manners and customs of the Hebrews by frequent
references to the pages of the oldest
travellers.

LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY
AND WITCHCRAFT.
By Sir Walter
Scott, Bart. 18mo. With an
Engraving.

This is a very curious and interesting work,
containing as it does the results of much thought
and great research upon one of the most exciting
topics of human inquiry. Most of Sir Walter
Scott's unrivalled novels betray the predilection
for the supernatural with which his mind was
tinged, and the extent of his reading in works
which treat of “the history of that dark chapter
of human nature” to which this volume is
devoted. In it he has laid open the stores of his
memory, and strikingly condensed and elucidated
the subject; in many cases explaining, by
most ingenious theories, occurrences which
seem to lie beyond the boundaries of natural
action.

HISTORY OF CHIVALRY
AND THE CRUSADES.
By G. P. R. James, Esq. 18mo.
With Engravings.

No modern writer is, perhaps, so well qualified
to write upon this subject as the author of
“Richelieu,” and of the “Life and Times of
Charlemagne;” unquestionably, since the death
of Sir Walter Scott, the best-informed historical
antiquary of the age. The present work contains,
in a small compass, a clear and concise
account of that celebrated institution which,
in process of time, became the foundation
of the modern European systems of government
and jurisprudence, with a vivid description
of those amazing ebullitions of national enthusiasm
which poured such immense multitudes
of warlike pilgrims upon the plains of
Asia, and produced such extraordinary changes
in the condition of mankind. The work is
eminently curious, interesting, learned, and
philosophical.

NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY
AND ADVENTURE
IN AFRICA. From
the Earliest Ages to the Present
Time. With Illustrations
of its Geology, Mineralogy,
and Zoology. By Professor
Jameson, and James Wilson and Hugh Murray, Esqrs.
18mo. Map and Engravings.

In this volume is recorded every thing that is
known of the interior of that dangerous continent,
which has been for so many ages a terra
incognita, and proved the grave of so many enterprising
travellers, except what has been revealed
to us by the recent investigations of John
and Richard Lander. The plan of the work
consists of condensed abstracts of the narratives
of all the modern African travellers, in which
every thing important or interesting is preserved,
while the unessential details have been
so abbreviated as to bring the substance of each
account within convenient limits.

NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY
AND ADVENTURE
IN THE POLAR
SEAS AND REGIONS. With
Illustrations of their Climate,
Geology, and Natural History,
and an Account of the Whale-Fishery.
By Professors Leslie
and Jameson, and Hugh
Murray, Esq. 18mo. Maps,&c.

No person's education can be considered complete
without a certain degree of attention to
the most recent improvements and discoveries
in every branch of science. In none have
greater advances been made, in the present
century, than in geography and the knowledge
of the earth which we inhabit; the Polar Seas
and Regions have been most fertile in results
through the enterprise and perseverance of a
Ross, a Franklin, and a Parry, and this work,
in which their investigations are described, is
one of most interesting and instructive character.

PALESTINE, OR THE
HOLY LAND. From the
Earliest Period to the Present
Time. By the Rev. M. Rus-sell,
LL.D. 18mo. With a
Map and Engravings.

The early History of that most interesting
portion of the globe—the theatre of those wonderful
events from which our religion is derived
—as well as its present state, is described in this
volume with the greatest accuracy. The places
of many of the inciden's recorded in the Bible
are pointed out, and the changes that have occurred
in the lapse of ages are carefully delineated.
The work may be read with advantage
in connexion with the Sacred History, which it
confirms and illustrates.

A VIEW OF ANCIENT
AND MODERN EGYPT.
With an Outline of its Natural
History. By the Rev. M. Russell,
LL.D. 18mo. With a
Map and Engravings.

In this volume is contained a distinct and
well arranged account of all that is known with
certainty respecting the ancient history, as well
as the present condition, of that extraordinary
country, whose antiquity baffles the research of
the most persevering explorers, and to which
both Rome and Greece were indebted for at
least the rudiments of those arts and sciences
which were brought in them to such perfection.
The stupendous remains of Egyptian architecture,
and the treasures of knowledge that still
remain locked up in the far-famed hieroglyphies,
have long engaged the attention of the most accomplished
scholars, and every thing relating
to them and the land in which they exist is in
the highest degree interesting to the inquiring
mind.

HISTORY OF POLAND.
From the Earliest Period to
the Present Time. By James
Fletcher, Esq. With a Narrative
of the Recent Events,
obtained from a Polish Patriot
Nobleman. 18mo. With a
Portrait of Kosciusko.

The recent unsuccessful effort of the gallant
and unfortunate Poles to break their yoke of
bondage has fixed the attention and awakened
the sympathies of every lover of freedom and
every friend to humanity. The writer of this
history has brought to his undertaking much
learning, great industry and patience in research,
and the most unbiassed candour. The
volume is full of interest and useful information,
drawn from an immense variety of sources,
many of which are not accessible to the mass
of readers, particularly in America.

FESTIVALS, GAMES,
AND AMUSEMENTS. Ancient
and Modern. By Horatio
Smith, Esq. 18mo. With
Additions, by Samuel Woodworth,
Esq., of New-York.

“Laws, institutions, empires pass away and
are forgotten, but the diversions of a people,
being commonly interwoven with some immutable
element of the general feeling, or perpetuated
by circumstances of climate and locality,
will frequently survive when every other national
peculiarity has worn itself out and fallen
into oblivion.” This extract shows the spirit
in which this captivating volume was designed,
and its pretensions to utility. The information
imbodied in its pages is curious and
extensive, and not the least attractive portion is
the account of the amusements, &c. peculiar to
different sections of the United States, added by
Mr. Woodworth.

HISTORY OF THE BIBLE.
By the Rev. G. R.
Gleig. In 2 vols. 18mo With
a Map of Palestine.

These volumes do not, as from the title one
might imagine, contain merely an account of
the origin and contents of the Sacred Volume;
the object of the writer has extended far beyond
this. He has produced, perhaps, the
most elaborate and able examination of the various
objections urged against the Scriptures
that has ever been written; and, at the same
time, one of the clearest and most satisfactory
expositions of the whole Bible, not only as the
foundation of our faith, but also as a history.
In the performance of his task, Mr. Gleig has
exhibited equal piety and learning, and his work
is calculated to facilitate to a remarkable degree
both the comprehension and enjoyment of the
inspired writings.

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
ACCOUNT OF
BRITISH INDIA; from the
most Remote Period to the
Present Time. Including a
Narrative of the early Portuguese
and English Voyages, the
Revolutions in the Mogul Empire,
and the Origin, Progress,
and Establishment of the British
Power; with Illustrations
of the Zoology, Botany, Climate,
Geology, and Mineralogy.
By Hugh Murrav, Esq.,
James Wilson, Esq., R. K.
Greville, LL.D., Whitelaw
Ainslie, M.D., Wm. Rhind,
Esq., Prof.Jameson, Prof. Wallace,
and Captain Clarence
Dalrymple. In 3 vols. 18mo.
With a Map and Engravings.

A history of India in a convenient form, and
in an easy and familiar style, has long been considered
a desideratum. This work commences
with the early annals of the Hindoos, traces the
progress and decline of the Mohammedan
power, and brings the history of the British dominion
in India down to the time of the permanent
establishment of the India Company and
the foundation of that stupendous empire. It is
divided into departments comprising the history,
literature, arts, and manners of the Hindoos,
and a description of the country, its climate,
soil, diseases, productions, and natural
features; these departments have been committed
to distinct writers of eminence, and fully
qualified to treat of them with distinguished
ability, and the result has been the production
of a body of accurate and complete information,
such as is not to be found collected in any other
work in the English language.

SACRED HISTORY OF
THE WORLD, as displayed
in the Creation and subsequent
Evens to the Deluge. Attempted
to be philosophically
considered, in a Series of Letters
to a Son. By Sharon
Turner, F.S.A. 18mo.

To exhibit the Divine Mind in connexion
with the production and preservation, and with
the laws and agencies of visible nature, and to
lead the inquirer to perceive the clear and universal
distinction which prevails between the
material and immaterial substances in our
world, both in their phenomena, and their principles,
is the main object of this admirable volume.
In it religious and scientific instruction
are skillfully and strikingly blended, and facts
and principles are so made to illustrat each
other that the mind and heart are equally improved
by its perusal, and the cause of science
is, as it were, identified with that of religion.
The information contained in it chiefly relates
to Natural History, and it is extremely copious,
accurate, and interesting, while the reflections
are eminent for their depth, wisdom, and
piety.

HISTORY OF IRELAND.
From the Anglo-Norman Invasion
till the Union of the Country
with Great Britain. By W.
C. Taylor, Esq. With Additions.
By William Sampson,
Esq. In 2 vols. 18mo.
With Engravings.

Before its publication, this work was submitted
for examination to several gentlemen
residents in New York, natives, or the descendants
of natives, of the country whose history it
contains, and distinguished for their attachment
to the unhappyland to which they trace their
origin, and for their talents and acquirements.
Their opinion was unanimous, and highly
favourable, and each of them expressed in
strong terms the pleasure it would afford him to
see republished in the United States a work so
fair, so copious, and so accurate. The public at
large has confirmed their sentence, and stamped
this history with the seal of approbation. The
value of the history as originally published has
been greatly enhanced by the additions of William
Sampson, Esq., whose reputation is too
well known in the the country of his adoption to
require eulogy.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF
THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY
ON THE MORE
NORTHERN COASTS OF
NORTH AMERICA. From
Earliest Period to the Present
Time By P. F. Tytler,

Esq. With Descriptive Sketch
es of the Natural Hrtory of
the North American Regions
By Professor Wilson. 18mo
With a Map and Engravings.

Among the most remarkable occurences of
the nineteenth century are the various expeditions
of discovery to the northern coasts of the
western continent, so important, although not
perfectly satisfactory in their results. In no
other portion of the earth's surface has the navigator
had to contend with such formidable difficulties,
and in none does he behold so peculiar an
aspect of nature,—it follows, therefore, of
course, that expeditions to no other part of the
world furnish to the historian such ample and
interesting materials. The present volume exhibits
a full and accurate view of all that is important
in modern knowledge of the most remote
territories of North America, and may be
considered as forming a sequel to the “Polar
Seas and Regions,” and as furnishing all that
was wanting to a complete account of the whole
series of northern discoveries by land and
water.

HISTORY OF CHARLEMAGNE.
To which is prefixed
an Introduction, comprising,
the History of France from
the Earliest Period to the Birth
of Charlenragne. By G. P. R.
James, Esq. 18mo. With a
Portrait.

The age of Charlemagne may be considered
as the period to which the origin of most of the
nations of Europe, as they at present exist, can
alone be traced with sufficient certainty,—beyond
this epoch, the researches of the historian
are often fated to end in disappointment and
obscurity. In tracing the fortunes of the several
powers into which that continent is divided,
from the earliest attainable faacts to the present
time, it is indispensable that the inquirer should
possess a clear and accurate understanding of
the actual state as well of France as of the surrounding
countries, at the period when, by the
successes and achievements of that remarkable
monarch, his kingdom became the dominant
power of the European continent. Until the
appearance of Mr. James's History, this clear
and accurate understanding was of exceedingly
difficult attainment,—the materials from which
it was to be drawn were scattered through various
historical works, and all the labour of
arrangement, condensation, and comparison was
to be performed by the student himself. Such
is no longer the case,—light has been shed upon
the darkness of that remote age,—and the world
of Science is indebted to Mr. James for the
means of readily acquiring a complete and satisfactory
knowledge in all its detail, of the first
great epoch in European history. In the numerous
commendations of this work that have
appeared in the Reviw\ews and periodicals both
of England and the United States, the highest
terms of eulogy have been employed,—and all
have noticed with strong expressioons of praise,
the singular perspicuity of style, and the
remarkable absence of prolixity and confusion
in the progress of the narrative.

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