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DR. LARDNER'S
CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA.
VOLUMES PUBLISHED.
I. II.—HISTORY of SCOTLAND. By Sir Walter Scott.
III. VI.—HISTORY of ENGLAND. By Sir James Mackintosh. In
8 Vols. Vols. I. and II.
IV.—OUTLINES of HISTORY.
V.—HISTORY of the NETHERLANDS. By T. C. Grattan, Esq.
VII. VIII. XII.—HISTORY of FRANCE. By Eyre Evans Crowe. In
3 Vols.
IX.—MECHANICS. By Capt. Kater and Dr. Lardner, (complete.)
X.—A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE on the OBJECTS, ADVANTAGES,
and PLEASURES of the STUDY of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
In 1 Vol. By F. J. W. Herschel, Esq.
N. B.—This work forms the Introduction or Preface to the Cabinet
of Natural Philosophy in the Cyclopædia.
XI.—BIOGRAPHY of EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN.
XIII.—HYDROSTATICS and PNEUMATICS. By Dr. Lardner.
XIV.—HISTORY of the PROGRESS and PRESENT SITUATION
of the SILK MANUFACTURE.
XV.—HISTORY of the ITALIAN REPUBLICS. By J. C. L. Sismondi.
XVI.—HISTORY of the PROGRESS and PRESENT SITUATION
of the MANUFACTURE of PORCELAIN and GLASS. With
numerous cuts.
VOLUMES IN IMMEDIATE PREPARATION.
HISTORY of ENGLAND. Vol. III.
HISTORY of MARITIME and INLAND DISCOVERY. In 3 Vols.
LIVES of EMINENT BRITISH LAWYERS. In 1 Vol. By H. Roscoe,
Esq.
The HISTORY of the WESTERN WORLD. In 4 Vols. Vol. I. The
UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
Two volumes of this work, nearly ready, will complete the History
of the United States to the present time. The two remaining volumes
will be devoted to South America and the West India Islands.
A HISTORY of IRELAND, to the UNION. In 2 Vols. By T. Moore,
Esq.
A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE on the USEFUL ARTS and MANUFACTURES.
By the Baron Charles Dupin, Member of the Institute
of France and of the Chamber of Deputies.
A HISTORY of the MOORS. In 3 Vols. By Robert Southey, Esq.
LIVES of the MOST EMINENT LITERARY MEN of ALL NATIONS.
In 8 Vols. By Scott, Southey, Moore, Mackintosh,
Montgomery, Cunningham, and all the principal Literary and Scientific
Contributors to the Cyclopædia.
A TREATISE on ASTRONOMY. By J. F. W. Herschel, Esq.
GEOGRAPHY. In 4 Vols. By W. Cooley, Esq. author of the “History
of Maritime Discovery.”
LIVES of the MOST DISTINGUISHED BRITISH NAVAL COMMANDERS.
By R. Southey, Esq.
LIVES of the MOST DISTINGUISHED BRITISH MILITARY COMMANDERS.
By the Rev. G. R. Gleig.
The HISTORY of GREECE. In 3 vols. By the Rev. C. Thirlwall.
LIVES of EMINENT BRITISH ARTISTS. By W. Y. Otley, Esq.
and T. Phillips, R. A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy.
A TREATISE on ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM. By M. Biot,
Member of the French Institute.
“BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY IN YOUR
HAND, ARE THE MOST USEFUL AFTER ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT
THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED
AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF A MORE ERUDITE APPEARANCE.”
Dr. Johnson.
“We advisedly call the Cabinet Cyclopædia a great undertaking, because we
consider, that in its effects on the tone and habits of thought of what is known
by the phrase, `the reading public,' it will be, if carried through in the spirit of
its projection and commencement, one of the most invaluable productions of
modern literature.
“But these advantages, eminent as they undoubtedly are, are not the sole nor
the chief recommendations of the Cabinet Cyclopædia. Neither is it on the extreme
cheapness of the publication, nor the federal independence—if we may so
speak—of its several volumes, that we rest our prediction of its influence on the
tone of thinking of the present, and on the literature of the next generation—
but on the promise, amounting almost to a moral certainty, of the great excellence
of its execution. A multitude of persons eminent in literature and science
in the United kingdom are employed in this undertaking; and, indeed, no others
should be employed in it; for it is a truth that the profound and practised writer
alone is capable of furnishing a `popular compendium.'
“What parent or guardian that throws his eye over the list of its contributors
but must be rejoiced by meeting the names of those who are in themselves a
guarantee of intellectual and moral excellence?”
—Literary Gazette.
“The plan of the work appears well adapted to the purpose it is proposed to
fulfil—that of supplying a series of publications, embracing the whole range of
literature and science, in a popular and portable form; while the excellence of
the execution is guarantied by the judgment displayed in the selection of writers.
The list of authors employed in this ambitious undertaking comprises some of
the most eminent men of the present age.”
—Atlas.
“The Cyclopædia, when complete, will form a valuable work of reference, as
well as a most entertaining and instructive library. It is an essential principle
in every part of it, that it should be clear and easily understood, and that an
attempt should everywhere be made to unite accurate information with an
agreeable manner of conveying it. It is an experiment to try how much science
may be taught with little crabbed or technical language, and how far the philosophical
and poetical qualities of history may be preserved in its more condensed
state. It possesses also the most indispensable of all the qualities of a work
intended for general instruction—that of cheapness. Whatever the plan might
be, it was evident that the grand difficulty of Dr. Lardner was to unite a body
of writers in its execution, whose character or works afforded the most probable
hope that they were fitted for a task of which the peculiarity, the novelty, and
even the prevalent relish for such writings greatly enhance the difficulty. We
do not believe, that in the list of contributors, there is one name of which the
enlightened part of the public would desire the exclusion.
“In science, the list is not less promising. The names of the President, Vice-Presidents,
and most distinguished Fellows of the Royal Society, are contained
in it. A treatise on astronomy, by Herschel; on optics, by Brewster; and on
mechanics, by Lardner; need be only recommended by the subjects and the writers.
An eminent Prelate, of the first rank in science, has undertaken a noble
subject which happily combines philosophy with religion. Twelve of the most
distinguished naturalists of the age, Fellows of the Linnæan and Zoological
Societies, are preparing a course of natural history. Others not less eminent in
literature and science, whose names it is not needful yet to mention, have shown
symptoms of an ambition to take a place among such fellow-laborers.”
—Times.
“The topics, as may be supposed, are both judiciously selected and treated
with ability. To general readers, and as part of a family library, the volumes
already published possess great recommendations. For the external beauties of
good printing and paper they merit equal commendation.”
—Balt. American.
“The uniform neatness of these volumes, their very moderate price, and the
quantity of information which they contain, drawn from the best and most
attractive sources, have given them deserved celebrity, and no one who desires
to possess such information, should hesitate a moment to add them to his
library.”
—Fed. Gazette.
“This excellent work continues to increase in public favor, and to receive
fresh accessions of force to its corps of contributors.”
—Lit. Gazette.
“Its plan and arrangement are entitled to our best commendations.”
—Gent. Mag.
“It is not easy to devise a cure for such a state of things (the declining
taste for science;) but the most obvious remedy is to provide
the educated classes with a series of works on popular and practical
science, freed from mathematical symbols and technical terms,
written in simple and perspicuous language, and illustrated by facts
and experiments, which are level to the capacity of ordinary minds.”
Quarterly Review.
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON THE OBJECTS, ADVANTAGES,
AND PLEASURES OF THE STUDY OF NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY. By J. T. W. Herschel, A. M. late Fellow
of St. John's College, Cambridge.
“Without disparaging any other of the many interesting and instructive volumes
issued in the form of cabinet and family libraries, it is, perhaps, not too
much to place at the head of the list, for extent and variety of condensed information,
Mr. Herchel's discourse of Natural Philosophy in Dr. Lardner's Cyclopædia.”
—Christian Observer.
“The finest work of philosophical genius which this age has seen.”
—Mackintosh's
England.
“By far the most delightful book to which the existing competition between
literary rivals of great talent and enterprise has given rise.”
—Monthly Review.
“Mr. Herschel's delightful volume. * * * We find scattered through the
work instances of vivid and happy illustration, where the fancy is usefully called
into action, so as sometimes to remind us of the splendid pictures which crowd
upon us in the style of Bacon.”
—Quarterly Review.
“It is the most exciting volume of the kind we ever met with.”
—Monthly
Magazine.
“One of the most instructive and delightful books we have ever perused.”
—
U. S. Journal.
A TREATISE ON MECHANICS. By Capt. Kater, and the
Rev. Dionysius Lardner. With numerous engravings.
“A work which contains an uncommon amount of useful information, exhibited
in a plain and very intelligible form.”
—Olmsted's Nat. Philosophy.
“This volume has been lately published in England, as a part of Dr. Lardner's
Cabinet Cyclopædia, and has received the unsolicited approbation of the most
eminent men of science, and the most discriminating journals and reviews, in
the British metropolis.—It is written in a popular and intelligible style, entirely
free from mathematical symbols, and disencumbered as far as possible of technical
phrases.”
—Boston Traveller.
“Admirable in development and clear in principles, and especially felicitous in
illustration from familiar subjects.”
—Monthly Mag.
“Though replete with philosophical information of the highest order in mechanics,
adapted to ordinary capacities in a way to render it at once intelligible
and popular.”
—Lit. Gazette.
“A work of great merit, full of valuable information, not only to the practical
mechanic, but to the man of science.”
—N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
A TREATISE ON HYDROSTATICS AND PNEUMATICS.
By the Rev. D. Lardner. With numerous engravings.
“It fully sustains the favorable opinion we have already expressed as to this
valuable compendium of modern science.”
—Lit. Gazette.
“Dr. Lardner has made a good use of his acquaintance with the familiar facts
which illustrate the principles of science.”
—Monthly Magazine.
“It is written with a full knowledge of the subject, and in a popular style,
abounding in practical illustrations of the abstruse operations of these important
sciences.”
—U. S. Journal.
HISTORY of the RISE, PROGRESS, and PRESENT
STATE of the SILK MANUFACTURE; with numerous
engravings.
“The volume treats of everything relating to the fabric, embracing many
historical observations and interesting facts in natural history, with practical
directions of the minutest kind, for the guidance of those engaged in the production
or the manufacture of silk. These details, with the accompanying engravings
of machinery, must prove particularly valuable to those who wish to
attain an accurate knowledge of a very important art, on the history of which
alone the general reader will find much to interest him in the first part of the
volume.”
—N. Y. American.
“It contains abundant information in every department of this interesting
branch of human industry—in the history, culture, and manufacture of silk.”
—Monthly Magazine.
“There is a great deal of curious information in this little volume.”
—Lit. Gaz.
HISTORY of the ITALIAN REPUBLICS; being a View of
the Rise, Progress, and Fall of Italian Freedom. By J. C. L.
De Sismondi.
“The excellencies, defects, and fortunes of the governments of the Italian
commonwealths form a body of the most valuable materials for political philosophy.
It is time that they should be accessible to the American people, as
they are about to be rendered in Sismondi's masterly abridgment. He has done
for his large work, what Irving accomplished so well for his Life of Columbus.”
—Nat. Gazette.
HISTORY of the RISE, PROGRESS, and PRESENT
STATE of the MANUFACTURES of PORCELAIN
and GLASS. With numerous wood cuts.
HISTORY of the RISE, PROGRESS, and PRESENT
STATE of the IRON and STEEL MANUFACTURE.
(In press.)
“This volume appears to contain all useful information on the subject of
which it treats.”
—Lit. Gazette.
“These volumes are full of interest. * * * The present volume embraces the
manufactures of Iron and Steel only, and describes the present state of the
more important branches of both. Bridges, cannon, anchors, chains, screws,
figure in the first department—files, edge-tools, and saws, the latter; and the
history of all forms not the least interesting portion.”
—Mechanic's Magazine.
BIOGRAPHY of BRITISH STATESMEN; containing the
Lives of Sir Thomas More, by Sir James Mackintosh; Cardinal
Wolsey, Archbishop Cranmer, and Lord Burleigh.
“A very delightful volume, and on a subject likely to increase in interest as
it proceeds. * * * We cordially commend the work both for its design and execution.”
—London Lit. Gazette.
“The Life of More, being from the pen of Sir James Mackintosh, engaged
and fully rewarded our attention. It is a rich theme, and has been treated
with the lofty philosophical spirit and literary skill which distinguish the
writings of Sir James.”
—Nat. Gazette.
“We are certain, that no one can rise from the perusal of the work, without
having his understanding enlarged, and the best affections of his heart improved.”
—Album.
“A most interesting and valuable volume.”
—Gent. Magazine.
ELEMENTS of OPTICS. By David Brewster. 18mo. (In press.)
“The author has given proof of his well-known industry, and extensive acquaintance
with the results of science in every part of Europe.”
—Month. Mag.
“The subject is, as might be expected, ably treated, and clearly illustrated.”
—U. S. Jour.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Sir James Mackintosh. In 8
Vols. Vols. 1 and 2 published.
“In the first volume of Sir James Mackintosh's History of England, we find
enough to warrant the anticipations of the public, that a calm and luminous
philosophy will diffuse itself over the long narrative of our British History.”
—
Edinburgh Review.
“In this volume Sir James Mackintosh fully developes those great powers, for
the possession of which the public have long given him credit. The result is the
ablest commentary that has yet appeared in our language upon some of the most
important circumstances of English History.”
—Atlas.
“Worthy in the method, style, and reflections, of the author's high reputation.
We were particularly pleased with his high vein of philosophical sentiment, and
his occasional survey of contemporary annals.”
—National Gazette.
“If talents of the highest order, long experience in politics, and years of application
to the study of history and the collection of information, can command
superiority in a historian, Sir James Mackintosh may, without reading this work,
be said to have produced the best history of this country. A perusal of the
work will prove that those who anticipated a superior production, have not reckoned
in vain on the high qualifications of the author.”
—Courier.
“Our anticipations of this volume were certainly very highly raised, and unlike
such anticipations in general, they have not been disappointed. A philosophical
spirit, a nervous style, and a full knowledge of the subject, acquired by
considerable research into the works of preceding chroniclers and historians,
eminently distinguish this popular abridgment, and cannot fail to recommend it
to universal approbation. In continuing his work as he has begun, Sir James
Mackintosh will confer a great benefit on his country.”
—Lond. Lit. Gazette.
“Of its general merits, and its permanent value, it is impossible to speak,
without the highest commendation, and after a careful and attentive perusal of
the two volumes which have been published, we are enabled to declare that, so
far, Sir James Mackintosh has performed the duty to which he was assigned,
with all the ability that was to be expected from his great previous attainments,
his laborious industry in investigation, his excellent judgment, his superior talents,
and his honorable principles.”
—Inquirer.
“We shall probably extract the whole of his view of the reformation, merely
to show how that important topic has been handled by so able and philosophical
a writer, professing Protestantism.
—National Gazette.
“The talents of Sir James Mackintosh are so justly and deeply respected, that
a strong interest is necessarily excited with regard to any work which such a
distinguished writer may think fit to undertake. In the present instance, as in
all others, our expectations are fully gratified.”
—Gentleman's Magazine.
“The second volume of the History of England, forming the sixth of Carey &
Lea's Cabinet Cyclopædia, has been sent abroad, and entirely sustains the reputation
of its predecessors. The various factions and dissensions, the important
trials and battles, which render this period so conspicuous in the page of history,
are all related with great clearness and masterly power.”
—Boston Traveller.
HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. By Sir Walter Scott. In 2 Vols.
“The History of Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott, we do not hesitate to declare,
will be, if possible, more extensively read, than the most popular work of fiction,
by the same prolific author, and for this obvious reason: it combines much of the
brilliant coloring of the Ivanhoe pictures of by gone manners, and all the graceful
facility of style and picturesqueness of description of his other charming romances,
with a minute fidelity to the facts of history, and a searching scrutiny
into their authenticity and relative value, which might put to the blush Mr.
Hume and other professed historians. Such is the magic charm of Sir Walter
Scott's pen, it has only to touch the simplest incident of every-day life, and it starts
up invested with all the interest of a scene of romance; and yet such is his fidelity
to the text of nature, that the knights, and serfs, and collared fools with whom
his inventive genius has peopled so many volumes, are regarded by us as not
mere creations of fancy, but as real flesh and blood existences, with all the virtues,
feelings and errors of common-place humanity.”
—Lit. Gazette.
“OF THE MANY WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN LATELY PUBLISHED IN IMITATION, OR
ON THE PLAN ADOPTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE,
DR. LARDNER'S CYCLOPÆDIA IS BY MUCH THE MOST VALUABLE, AND
THE MOST RECOMMENDED BY DISTINGUISHED ASSISTANCE, SCIENTIFIC AND LITETARY.”
—Edinburgh Review.
HISTORY OF FRANCE. By Eyre Evans Crowe. In 3 vols.
HISTORY OF FRANCE, from the Restoration of the Bourbons,
to the Revolution of 1830. By T. B. Macaulay, Esq.
M. P. Nearly ready.
“The style is concise and clear; and events are summed up with much vigor
and originality.”
—Lit. Gazette.
“His history of France is worthy to figure with the works of his associates,
the best of their day, Scott and Mackintosh.”
—Monthly Mag.
“For such a task Mr. Crowe is eminently qualified. At a glance, as it were,
his eye takes in the theatre of centuries. His style is neat, clear, and pithy; and
his power of condensation enables him to say much, and effectively, in a few
words, to present a distinct and perfect picture in a narrowly circumscribed
space.”
—La Belle Assemblee.
“The style is neat and condensed; the thoughts and conclusions sound and
just. The necessary conciseness of the narrative is unaccompanied by any
baldness; on the contrary, it is spirited and engaging.”
—Balt. American.
“To compress the history of a great nation, during a period of thirteen hundred
years, into two volumes, and to preserve sufficient distinctness as well as
interest in the narrative, to enable and induce the reader to possess himself
clearly of all the leading incidents, is a task by no means easily executed. It
has, nevertheless, been well accomplished in this instance.”
—N. Y. American.
“Written with spirit and taste.”
—U. S. Gazette.
“Could we but persuade our young friends to give these volumes a careful
perusal, we should feel assured of their grateful acknowledgments of profit and
pleasure.”
—N. Y. Mirror.
“At once concise and entertaining.”
—Saturday Bulletin.
THE HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS, to the Battle of
Waterloo. By T. C. Grattan.
“It is but justice to Mr. Grattan to say that he has executed his laborious
task with much industry and proportionate effect. Undisfigured by pompous
nothingness, and without any of the affectation of philosophical profundity, his
style is simple, light, and fresh—perspicuous, smooth, and harmonious.”
—La
Belle Assemblee.
“Never did work appear at a more fortunate period. The volume before us
is a compressed but clear and impartial narrative.”
—Lit. Gaz.
“A long residence in the country, and a ready access to libraries and archives,
have furnished Mr. Grattan with materials which he has arranged with skill,
and out of which he has produced a most interesting volume.”
—Gent. Mag.
BIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH STATESMEN; containing the
Lives of Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
Cranmer, and Lord Burleigh.
“A very delightful volume, and on a subject likely to increase in interest as it
proceeds. * * * We cordially commend the work both for its design and
execution.”
—Lond. Lit. Gazette.
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