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NEW WORKS,
IN PRESS,
BY KEY & BIDDLE,

THE HOME BOOK OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE,
being a popular treatise on the means of Avoiding
and Curing Diseases, and of Preserving the Health and
Vigour of the Body to the latest period: including a full account
of the Diseases of Women and Children.

THE YOUNG MAN'S SUNDAY BOOK.—In continuation
of the Series commenced by the Young Man's
Own Book.

THE WORLD AS IT IS, AND OTHER TALES.

THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN'S BOOK. By G. T.
Bedell, D. D.

THE JOURNAL OF A LUNATIC.

PROGRESSIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE
HEART. By Mrs. Stevens.

YOUNG LADY'S SUNDAY BOOK. By the Author
of the Young Lady's Own Book.

THE FAMILY BOOK; a series of Discourses, with
Prayers for each Sunday evening in the year; with an Introductory
Essay. By the Rev. John Breckinridge.

HARPE'S HEAD. A Legend of Kentucky. By the
Author of Legends of the West.

LETTERS FROM THE NORTH OF EUROPE.
By Charles Boileau Elliott, Esq.

This is one of those remarkably pleasant tours which an
intelligent gentleman, who has seen much of the world, is

alone calculated to write—one of those productions which
engage the attention and do not fatigue it, and which we
read from first to last with the agreeable sensation, that we
are gathering the information of very extensive travel easily,
by our own fireside.—London Literary Gazette.

One striking evidence of the rapid progress we are making
in civilization is the constant and increasing demand for travels
and voyages. We are no longer contented to live within
ourselves. The whole world is our theatre. We explore all
its regions; nor is there a spot visited by the sun that is
wholly unknown to us. Our enterprising countrymen go
forth to collect their intellectual treasures, and return home
to enrich us with their stores. Every month adds something
valuable to the general stock. We enjoy the benefit without
encountering the peril. We sympathise with danger, while
we feel that it is past, and luxuriate in pleasurable emotions,
while our hearts thrill with the interest which the daring adventurer
has thrown round himself. This species of writing
has also a charm for every reader. The man of science and
the rustic, the scholar and the mechanic, sit down with equal
zest to participate in the mental feast; and thus knowledge
is widely diffused—knowledge which invigorates the inward
man, enlarging his capacity, and extending the sphere of his
enjoyments, and which prepares a whole nation for liberal
institutions, which invests them with political and commercial
importance, and thus raises them in the scale of nations. The
success of works of this description stimulates enterprise,
and opens the largest field for the useful employment of energies
which might otherwise be wasted.

Mr. Elliott justly ranks among the most enlightened and
intelligent of his class. His unpretending volume discovers
an enthusiastic love of nature, and the most liberal views of
man in all his diversified conditions. We scarcely ever read
a work in which there is so little to censure and so much to
approve. Unlike many of his brethren, he is a good writer;
his style is pure and classical. He is likewise a philosopher
and a Christian. We first become his willing associates,
and our intercourse soon ripens into friendship. We close
the book with reluctance, and take leave of him with a sigh
of regret.—London New Monthly Magazine.

Key & Biddle have now in press THE RELIGIOUS
SOUVENIR—A Christmas, New Year and Birth Day
Present for 1834. Edited by Gregory T. Bedell, D. D.

Most of the engravings are already finished, and we feel no
hesitation in saying the volume will be much superior in every
respect to that of the present year, the success of which may
be learned from the perusal of the following literary notices.

A gift book which unites the embellishments of fancy and
imagination, with a strictly religious and moral tendency in
the whole texture of the work—a Souvenir which no person
of strictly religious principles, would hesitate to place in the
hands of a valued friend. Such a work has been pronounced
a desideratum by many, whose opinions are regarded with
deference by the religious community.—The Revivalist.

The literary character of this Souvenir is of a high order,
many of the pieces breathe a pure, devotional spirit and Christian
fervour, and the whole are entirely devoid of sectarianism,
and clothed in attractive unexceptionable language. Taken
altogether, the Religious Souvenir is a work that may be
warmly and generally commended. Mechanically it is a
beautiful volume, and intellectually, such as does credit to all
who have contributed to its pages.—Boston Traveller.

This is an elegant Annual. The pieces are generally of
a moral and religious tendency, but not the less interesting on
that acount.—Journal of Commerce.

The Religious Souvenir is a very beautiful holiday present,
is Edited by the Rev. G. T. Bedell, and is devoted to
moral and religious subjects, all original but one by the artist
illustrating his own picture. In the initials subscribed to the
articles, we recognize several writers who have heretofore
distinguished themselves by contributions to our periodical
literature.—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

This is really a superb volume; and one which we hope
will be widely circulated throughout the community. Dr.
Bedell has shown considerable judgment in the selection and
disposal of his matter, and we thank him for presenting to
the public in so inviting a form, a work which is well calculated
to form pious feelings, and establish religious principles.—
Family Journal.

We doubt not, but many people of piety and taste, who
wish to ornament their parlour and instruct those who may
read; or who desire to bestow a religious remembrancer on
some beloved friend, will call at some book store for Dr.
Bedell's “Souvenir.”—The Philadelphian.

A volume, too, which does not degrade or disgrace the subject—a
volume destined, not to pass away with the winter
greens that adorn our Christmas parlours, but to maintain a
lasting hold on the attention of the christian community, at
least so long as good taste and good sense shall have any vote
in the selection of books. We have read the volume carefully,
and do not hesitate to pronounce it one of unusual interest
as well as solid merit.—United States Gazette.

Messrs. Key & Biddle have made a valuable present to
religious parents, guardians and friends, in this elegant little
volume. Why should all our gifts on these occasions be
worldly or worse? And why should religious truth always
shun the aids of beautiful ornament? The embellishments
are attractive, well selected, and well executed. The various
papers which compose the volume are serious, tasteful, alluring,
imbued with the spirit of the Gospel, in a word, such as we
should have expected from one so zealous for the cause of
Christ, and so inventive of happy thoughts as the Rev. Editor.
This annual may be safely recommended to the Christian
public.—The Presbyterian.

To all, therefore, who desire intellectual improvement, and,
at the same time, the gratification of a true taste—and to all
who would make a really valuable present to their friends, we
would say, in conclusion, go and procure the Religious Souvenir.
It is not merely a brilliant little ornament for the
parlour centre table, but a book worthy of a place in every
sensible man's library.—Cincinnatti Enquirer.

The typography, embellishments, and general appearance
of the work, render it fully equal in these respects to any
of the kind published in our country, while its subjects are far
more suitable for the contemplation of christians than the
light reading with which most of them are filled.—Episcopal
Recorder.

The articles are not only interesting, but calculated to produce
a beneficial effect upon the minds of those who read it,
therefore, a very proper work for the purpose for which it
is designed, and hope it may meet with an extensive sale.—
Baltimore Republican.

We hail with much pleasure this attempt to convey religious
truth in a garb at once pleasing and instructive. The popular
form of the annual is well adapted to the purpose, and
may often invite the attention and make a salutary impression,

where works of a graver character would fail of effect
when perused, or more probably be never perused at all. We
commend, therefore, this new effort of Christian philanthropy,
and think it likely to be followed by useful results.—
Charleston Courier.

In the general character of those fashionable, and as to appearance,
attractive volumes, the annuals, there is so much
that is trashy and unprofitable, that it was with no little misgiving
we looked into the pages of one which is now before
us, entitled “The Religious Souvenir.” The matter is
altogether of religious and moral tendency, not chargeable
with sectarian bias, and such as the most scrupulous need
not hesitate to admit into family reading.—The Friend.

This little work is intended to furnish what was heretofore
wanted—a Christmas and New Year's offering, which may
be bestowed and accepted by the most scrupulous.—Pittsburg
Gazette.

We are happy to announce the tasteful appearance and
valuable matter of the Religious Souvenir for 1833. Dr.
Bedell is as much distinguished for his belles-letters attainment,
as for the profoundness of his scholarship and the purity
of his motives. He has found himself at home in this
tasteful enterprize and in good company with the associated
talent of the contributors to his beautiful pages.—N. Y.
Weekly Messenger.

The engravings for the work are chiefly from English de
signs, by the best American artists, and may challenge comparison
with any contemporary works of this country. The
literary contributions to the volume are in strict accordance
with the name.—United States Gazette.

This work is got up in an unusual style of neatness and
beauty, and ornamented with engravings of great elegance.
The contents of the work are, as might have been expected
from the high character of the Editor, of a moral and religious
description, intended to produce the best effects upon the
minds of its readers.—Daily Advertiser.

Messrs. Key & Biddle have published a handsome little
volume, entitled Religious Souvenir, and edited by the Rev.
Dr. Bedell. It is embellished with beautiful engravings, and
printed with elegance. The literary contents are very good—
soundly pious, and free of all invidious remark or allusion.
True christianity is that which purifies the heart, liberalizer
the feelings, and amends the conduct.—National Gazette.

MEMOIRS OF DR. BURNEY, arranged from his
own Manuscript, from family papers, and from personal recollections,
by his daughter, Madame D`Arblay.

The Monthly Review in noticing the Memoirs of Dr.
Burney, expresses the opinion “that a more amusing and
profitable production has not appeared for many years.”

Several literary gentlemen on this side of the Atlantic who
have examined the work, declare that next to Boswell's Life
of Johnson, it is the most attractive and interesting memoir
ever published.

TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES, comprising visits
to the most interesting scenes in North and South America,
and the West Indies, with notes on negro slavery and Canadian
emigration, by Capt. J. E. Alexander, 42d Royal Highlanders,
F. R. G. S. M. R. A. S. etc. author of Travels in
Asia, Persia, etc.

THE ARISTOCRAT, by the author of Zoe, &c.

ANATOMICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF PULMONARY
CONSUMPTION, and some of its attendant
diseases: with remarks on the Pathology, Symptoms,
and Treatment of Phthisis. By Samuel George Morton,
M. D., Physician to the Philadelphia Alms-house Hospital,
Lecturer on Anatomy, &c. &c.

TODD'S JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY of the English
Language: To which is added a copious vocabulary
of Greek, Latin, and Scriptural proper names; divided into
syllables, and accentuated for pronunciation. By Thomas
Rees, LL. D. F. R. S. A.

The above Pocket Dictionary will be got up in the same
size and style as the Young Man's Own Book, &c. &c.

MIRIAM, OR THE FORCE OF TRUTH; a Jewish
Tale, by the author of `Influence.'