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VALUABLE WORKS,
PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS,
NEW-YORK.

THE HISTORY OF THE
DECLINE AND FALL OF
THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By
Edward Gibbon, Esq. Complete
in 4 vols. 8vo. Maps, &c.

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 DIS-QUISITION
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
“Richalieu,” 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 Professon
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 contineat,
which has been for so many ages a terra
incognita, and proved the grave of so many enterprising
travellers, except what has been re
vealed 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. Russell,
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 incidents 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 hieroglyphics,
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
ruind.

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
clement 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 Murray, 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 elimate,
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
Events 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 skilfully and strikingly blended, and facts
and principles are so made to illustrate 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 republication, this work was submitted
for examination to several gentlemen
resident in New-York, natives, or the descendants
of natives, of the country whose history it
contains, and distinguished for their attachment
to the unhappy land 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 country of his adoption to
require eulogy.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF
THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY
ON THE MORE
NORTHERN COASTS OF
NORTH AMERICA. From
the Earliest Period to the Present
Time. By P. F. Tytler,
Esq. With Descriptive Sketches
of the Natural History of
the North American Regions.
By Professor Wilson. 18mo.
With a Map and Engravings.

Among the most remarkable occurrences 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
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 Charlemagne. 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 facts 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 details, of the first
great epoch in European history. In the numerous
commendations of this work that have
appeared in the Reviews and periodicals both
of England and the United States, the highest
terms of eulogy have been employed,—and all
have noticed with strong expressions of praise,
the singular perspicuity of the style, and the
remarkable absence of prolixity and confusion
in the progress of the narrative.

SKETCHES FROM VENETIAN
HISTORY. By the
Rev. E. Smedley, M.A. In 2
vols. 18mo. With Engravings.

Few have the knowledge, the time, or the
means to explore for themselves the treasures
of the Italian chronicles. The author of this
work has laid open their stores for the benefit
of those to whom the language in which they are
written renders them a sealed book—gleaning
from them the most characteristic incidents,
amusing stories, and anecdotes, while, at the
same time, he has sustained all the dignity of
historical research; passing lightly over events
of minor importance, and reserving himself for
those momentous and interesting transactions
which require to be more fully displayed. The
beauty of the style has been very generally noticed,
and has gained the applause of the most
competent judges.

NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA.
Comprehending their
Civil History, Antiquities, Arts,
Religion, Literature, and Natural
History. By the Rev. M.
Russell, LL.D. 18mo. With
a Map and Engravings.

There is no country in the world more interesting
than that which was known to the ancients
as “Ethiopia above Egypt,” the Nubia
and Abyssinia of the present day. It was universally
regarded by the poets and philosophers
of Greece as the cradle of those arts which at a
later period covered the kingdom of the Pharaohs
with so many wonderful monuments, as
also of those religious rites which, after being
slightly modified by the priests of Thebes, were
adopted by the ancestors of Homer and Virgil
as the basis of their mythology. A description
of this remarkable nation, therefore, by the
well-known author of the “View of Ancient
and Modern Egypt,” cannot be otherwise than
instructive and highly interesting.

MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED
FEMALE SOVEREIGNS.
By Mrs. Jameson.
In 2 vols. 18mo.

The intention of this work is to illustrate the
influence which a female government has had
generally on men and nations, and that which
the possession of power has had individually on
the female character. The didactic form of
history or biography has not always been adhered
to,—incidents and characters are treated
rather in a moral than in a political or historical
point of view,—and public affairs and national
events are not dwelt upon, except as connected
with the destiny, or emanating from the
passions or prejudices of the individual or sovereign.
The Lives form an admirable illustration
of the female character, and the lessons
they furnish abound with instruction, while the
incidents recorded are interesting, not only in
themselves, but as authentic details of remarkable
personages whom circumstances or personal
qualities have invested with claims to our
attention.

LIFE OF MARY QUEEN
OF SCOTS. By Henry
Glassford Bell, Esq. In 2
vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

It is now generally admitted that great injustice
has been done to the character of Mary,
and that there is good reason to believe her, to
say the least, guiltless of the dark offences
charged against her. Mr. Bell has undertaken
her vindication, and, having investigated the
facts with uncommon industry and patience, he
has succeeded in establishing a conviction of
her entire innocence. The sympathy excited
by the story of her beauty and her misfortunes
is now heightened by the assurance of her
wrongs. Mr. Bell's is considered the most
affecting, as well as the most impartial life of
Mary that has been written.

MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS
JOSEPHINE. By
John S. Memes, LL.D. 18mo.
With Portraits.

Amid the turmoils, the vast achievements, the
ambitious aspirings, and the complicated intrigues
which mark the era of Napoleon's greatness,
it is refreshing to pursue the elegant and gentle
course of Josephine, whose affection for the
conqueror and native goodness of heart were so
often made the instruments of mercy, and whose
persuasive voice was ever ready to interpose
between his wrath and its trembling object.
Placid in situations peculiarly trying, Josephine
preserved her character unsullied, and the
story of her life abounds with occasions for the
respect and admiration of the reader. The
author has performed his task with great ability,
and the public is indebted to him for one
of the most delightful biographies.

THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE. By
J. G. Lockhart, Esq. In 2
vols. 18mo. With Portraits.

This celebrated work contains an epitome of
all that has been proved to be true concerning
the character and actions of the most extraordinary
man of the last thousand years. The English
language possesses no other authentic epitome
of his history,—and, notwithstanding the
smallness of the limits within which it is compressed,
the narrative throughout is clear, distinct,
and copious. The life of Napoleon,
doubly interesting when relieved of the tediousness
of useless detail, has never been better told.
The work is written with commendable impartiality,
and the author has been careful to interweave
with his narrative all the new illustrations
and anecdotes furnished by Bourrienne,
and other French writers, whose memoirs have
appeared since the publication of the great
work of Sir Walter Scott, from which a large
portion of his materials was derived. As an
evidence of the amazing popularity of this History,
it is stated that more than 27000 copies of
it have been disposed of in Great Britain
alone.

THE LIFE OF NELSON.
By Robert Southey, LL.D.
18mo. With a Portrait.

This Biography has been pronounced one of
the Laureate's most successful efforts,—the enthusiastic
and romantic character of Nelson
furnished a congenial subject, and he has treated
it with consummate ability. The errors of the
fortunate and gallant admiral are fairly and
fearlessly exposed,—while the nobler elements
of his mind, his heroic courage, his perseverance,
and his insatiable appetite for glory, as
well as the great actions in which they are displayed,
are described and illustrated with a
happy choice of language and most felicitous
effect.

THE LIFE OF FREDERIC
THE SECOND, King
of Prussia. By Lord Dover.
In 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

Frederic II, lived in an age among the most
remarkable in the anuals of the world. He was
one of those men who constitute an epoch,—
who, by their paramount influence upon the
events of a particular period, impress it, in a
degree, with characteristics resulting from their
own peculiar sentiments, habits, and proceedings,—who
may be considered monuments on
the road of ages to designate certain divisions
of time. But, apart from the character of Frederic,
the great incidents in the midst of which
be lived and moved, and in which he was a
prominent actor, render this period of European
history one of the most interesting and important,—and
it has been ably delineated by the
modern historian of the Prussian monarch.
Lord Dover has long been favourably known as
the Hon. Mr. Ellis, and his Life of Frederic
has much enhanced his reputation. It is honourable
to him, considering them irreligious
character of Frederic, that he has nowhere
rendered vice attractive, and that his pages are
studiously guarded from the slightest contamination
of infidelity.

THE LIFE AND ACTIONS
OF ALEXANDER
THE GREAT. By Rev. J.
Williams. 18mo. With a
Map.

This volume fills a blank in the historical
library, and furnishes an excellent manual for
the student. It is not confined to the mere exploits
and adventures of the Macedonian hero,
although they constitute the leading topic, but
contains a masterly view of the times in which
he lived, and of the manners, arts, and sciences
of the Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Arabs, and
Indians, and other nations whom he visited or
conquered. The story is well and elegantly
told, and conveys a more distinct and accurate
idea of the ancient Napoleon than is to be found
in any other history. In the perusal, the curiosity
of the reader is gratified as well as stimulated,
and his mind is moved to profitable reflection.

LIFE AND TIMES OF
GEORGE THE FOURTH.
With Anecdotes of Distinguished
Persons of the last
Fifty Years. By Rev. George
Croly. 18mo.

The regency and reign of this monarch occupied
one of the most eventful and interesting
periods of English history, not only from the
magnitude and importance of their political occurrences,
but also from the vast improvements
in science and the arts by which they were distinguished,
and the number of eminent individuals
who flourished at this epoch. The character
of George himself was not the least remarkable
among those of the principal personages of
the time, and it has been handled by Mr. Croly
with a just and fearless, but not uncharitable
spirit. His perceptions are close, keen, and accurate,
and his language singularly terse and
energetic. His work will be of the highest
value to the future historian.

LIFE OF SIR ISAAC
NEWTON. By Sir David
Brewster, K. B., LL. D.,
F.R.S. 18mo. Engravings.

This is the only extended Life of the greatest
of English philosophers ever given to the public.
In attempting to supply a vacancy in philosophic
and scientific literature, Sir David Brewster,
himself one of the most profound and eminent
savans of the age, has not only sought
out from resources hitherto unknown and inaccessible
to previous writers every fresh and
novel particular of Newton's life, but has given
the most lucid explanations of his great discoveries,
and the steps by which they were accomplished;
and has been remarkably successful in
rendering these intelligible to all classes of
readers.

THE LIVES OF THE
MOST EMINENT BRITISH
PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS.
By Allan Cunningham,
Esq. In 5 vols. 18mo.
With Portraits.

The author has collected, in these small volumes,
a history of art in England, and the
lives, characters, and works of its most eminent
professors,—the materials of which were previously
scattered through many volumes, inaccessible
and uninviting to the mass of readers.
The critical observations profusely scattered
through these biographies will render them
useful to the student, while the personal anecdotes
with which they abound make them
equally alluring to the ordinary reader. The
labours and struggles of genius, the success of
perseverance, and the inutility of talent unallied
to prudence, as exemplified in these narratives,
afford a useful moral lesson, while the incidents
which illustrate them become the source of
pleasure and entertainment.

LIFE OF LORD BYRON.
By J. Galt, Esq. 18mo.

The splendour of Lord Byron's fame, and the
interest attendant upon the story of his eventful
life and early death, have combined to render
his biography a work of more than usual attraction.
Mr. Galt enjoyed the advantages
consequent upon a long and intimate acquaintance
with the noble poet, and has given a striking
and satisfactory description of his character.
One of the greatest merits of the work is its strict
impartiality; the writer is evidently free from
prejudice either favourable or adverse to his
subject, and tells what he knows or believes to
be the truth, without any bias from envy, ill-will,
or affection.

THE LIVES OF CELEBRATED
TRAVELLERS.
By James Augustus St. John.
In 3 vols. 18mo.

Every man whose mind can sympathize with
human nature under all its various aspects, and
can detect passions, weaknesses, and virtues like
his own through the endless disguises effected
by strange religions, policies, manners, or climates,
must peruse the relations of veracious
travellers with satisfaction and advantage. The
author of these volumes has, with great industry
and judgment, compiled a series of highly interesting
narratives, containing the most striking
incidents in the lives and wanderings of all the
celebrated travellers that have flourished within
the last eight centuries, taking them up in their
regular order of succession, presenting only the
attractive portions, and omitting all useless and
unnecessary details. The reader will find in
these volumes the substance of many ponderous
tomes, most of which are rare, and only to be
found in the extensive European libraries.

LECTURES ON GENERAL
LITERATURE, POETRY,
&c. Delivered at the
Royal Institute in 1830 and
1831. By James Montgomery.
18mo.

The graceful beauty of the style, the abundance
and felicity of illustration, and the skilful
exposition of the principles and elements of the
divine art, imbodied in these interesting lectures,
have called forth the warmest expressions
of delight, and secured for them a most extensive
popularity.

THE HISTORY OF ARABIA.
Ancient and Modern.
Containing a Description of the
Country—An Account of its
Inhabitants, Antiquities, Political
Condition, and Early Commerce—The
Life and Religion
of Mohammed—The Conquests,
Arts, and Literature of
the Saracens—The Caliphs of
Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and
Spain—The Civil Government
and Religious Ceremonies of
the Modern Arabs—Origin and
Suppression of the Wahabees
—The Institutions, Character,
Manners, and Customs of the
Bedouins; and a Comprehensive
View of its Natural History.
By Andrew Crichton.
In 2 vols. 18mo. With a Map
and Engravings.

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whose history it gives, and the part they
have played in the great theatre of the world
has been so striking and important, that their
annals cannot be read without the highest interest.
Their existence as a nation is traced to the
remotest ages of which we have any knowledge;
and the narrative embraces those splendid periods
in which the Saracenic empire in the
East, and the Moorish dominion in Spain, were
the most gorgeous and imposing spectacles the
world ever exhibited, so rich in every thing that
has power to excite the imagination or captivate
the mind. One of the most curious and
remarkable parts of the narrative is the account
of the famous heresy of the Wahabees, which
at one time threatened to subvert the whole
Mohammedan empire. An account so full, so
clear and accurate, does not exist in any other
single historical work in the English language.

THE PRINCIPLES OF
PHYSIOLOGY, APPLIED
TO THE PRESERVATION
OF HEALTH, AND TO
THE IMPROVEMENT OF
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
EDUCATION. BY Andrew
Combe, M.D. 18mo.

Public opinion is unanimous in assigning to
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age, both in utility and interest. It is, literally,
a guide to the most successful development of
intellect, to the preservation of health, and the
attainment of longevity. It treats in plain, familiar,
and perfectly intelligible language, not
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forms, but of the apparently trivial circumstances
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imprudences and neglects which, trifling as they
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though remote, agents in producing illness. The
matters set forth are of the highest interest
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complete appreciation.

MEMOIR OF THE LIFE
OF PETER THE GREAT.
By John Barrow, Esq. 18mo.
With a Portrait.

This is unanimously considered one of the
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Although it gives all the prominent incidents
in the life of Peter the Great, and in their proper
order, yet it is rather a collection of anecdotes
than a methodical biography, and its object is
more to illustrate the character of the man
than the history of the monarch. Most of the
anecdotes are entirely new, having hitherto existed
only in manuscript lives, memoirs, and
memoranda, of which a great number are still
existing, unpublished, and in various languages,
mattered among the principal libraries of England,
France, Holland, and Russia. It is from a
careful examination of these documents that the
author has chiefly collected his materials; and
his work, both curious and entertaining in a
high degree, at the same time gives the best and
most graphic idea of the great Czar that is to be
found in any language.

THE NATURAL HISTORY
OF INSECTS. With
numerous Engravings. 18mo.

The study of Natural History is at all times,
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which the text is illustrated. There is no
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and wisdom of the Creator, as they are displayed
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their forms, habits, capacities, and works—and
which investigates the nature and peculiarities
of these diminutive tribes of animated existence.

A POPULAR GUIDE TO
THE OBSERVATION OF
NATURE; or, Hints of Inducement
to the Study of Natural
Productions and Appearances,
in their Connexions and
Relations. By Robert Mudie.
18mo. With Engravings.

The author is an ardent lover of nature, and
a close observer of the works of the Creator,
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a spirit kindred to his own, and to point out to
the student the true path of inquiry; that which
alone can lead to the just perception and full
enjoyment of the innumerable charms that lie
scattered so lavishly around us in every form of
animate and inanimate existence. In the accomplishment
of his undertaking, he has produced
a work not more remarkable for its oriand
for the extent and accuracy of the
it conveys, than for the novelty of
infinite variety and wisdom of its
the singular interest with which
the delighted reader. To the
incalculable value, and to

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
ACCOUNT OF
PERSIA, from the Earliest
Ages to the Present Time:
with a Detailed View of its
Resources, Government, Population,
Natural History, and the
Character of its Inhabitants,
particularly of the Wandering
Tribes: including a Description
of Afghanistan and Beloochistan.
By James B. Fraser,
Esq. 18mo. With a Map and
Engravings.

The account of Persia contained in this volume
is both historical and descriptive, and is
the best extant, with the single exception, perhaps,
of Sir John Malcolm's great work, which
is too large and too expensive for general utility.
The author resided many years in the country,
and visited every province in his search for material;
and his volume contains, not only the
results of his own investigations, but also every
important fact to be found in the works of Malcolm,
Ouseley, Porter, Jones, and others of his
predecessors. Neither of those productions have
ever been republished in America; and the present
is therefore the only complete and authentic
History of Persia that is generally accessible on
this side of the Atlantic. From the abundance
of anecdote and agreeable description of antiquities,
customs, and character, it is not less
entertaining than valuable.

COURT AND CAMP OF
BONAPARTE. With a Portrait
of Talleyrand. 18mo.

This volume has been carefully prepared as a
suitable and indispensable companion to the
Life of Napoleon. It contains the substance of
the many hundred volumes of Memoirs. Lives,
Narratives, anecdotes, &c. connected with the
career of Napoleon, with which the press of
France has been so prolific during the last fifteen
years. It presents rapid but vigorously
drawn sketches of the emperors brothers,
wives, sisters, ministers, marshals, and generals;
and those who wish to gain a competent knowledge
of “Napoleon and his times” will find
no work in any language which conveys so
much information in so little space, or in a
more lively and agreeable manner.

FULL ANNALS OF THE
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE,
1830. To which is added, a
Particular Account of the Celebration
of said Revolution in
the City of New-York, on the
25th November, 1830. By

LIFE OF MOHAMMED;
Founder of the Religion of Islam,
and of the Empire of the
Saracens. By Rev. G. Bush,
A.M. 18mo. With an Engraving.

The objects of the writer in the preparation
of this volume have been condensation, clearness,
and accuracy. It was written expressly
for the publishers by an American author, and,
in addition to the numerous and highly flattering
commendations bestowed upon it by the
press, it has received the testimonial of republication
in England. In one respect, the plan
adopted by the author presents an improvement
upon preceding memoirs of the great impostor,
in the careful collocation of the chapters of the
Koran with the events of the narrative,—a
method by which the history is illustrated in a
remarkable degree. The appendix, containing
a series of prophetic investigations, is peculiarly
curious, learned, and valuable.

LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL.
By Rev. M. Russell,
LL.D. In 2 vols. 18mo.
With a Portrait.

These volumes contain a popular History of
one who, it is allowed, was, in many respects,
the most extraordinary man that England has
ever produced. It has been the study of the
author, while he availed himself of the labours
of all of his predecessors, to give an unbiased
view of Cromwell's conduct: in his early life;
at his first entrance upon public business; in
his achievements as a soldier; in his rise to political
power; and, finally, in his government
of those kingdoms which he was the first to conquer.
The reverend gentleman is certainly entitled
to the most unqualified praise for his exertions,
and for the new, curious, and important
information which he has collected and arranged;
and those who peruse his work will
be rewarded by much valuable information.

INDIAN BIOGRAPHY;
or, an Historical Account of
those Individuals who have
been distinguished among the
North American Natives as
Orators, Warriors, Statesmen,
and Other Remarkable Characters.
By B. B. Thatcher, Esq.
In 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

The extensive popularity of these Biographies
is one of the strongest evidences of their
merit: within a very few months after the publication
a large edition was disposed of, and the
work was at once established as a standard.—
Until its appearance there was no authentic
or satisfactory account of the Indians; notices
of a few of the most distinguished among them
in earlier times were to be found scattered
through the pages of various historical works,
but the number was very limited, and it might
be said that all knowledge of their true character
and of the traits for which they were re
markable, was locked up in manuscripts or in
obsolete publications. The writer of those volumes
has, with great industry and perseverance,
explored those almost unknown stores of information,
and produced a work of the highest
character for candour, extent, and accuracy. It
has been truly said, that until Mr. Thatcher
took upon himself the office of their historian,
full justice had never been done to the characters
and actions of the aborigines.

THE TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES
OF ALEXANDER
VON HUMBOLDT;
being a condensed Narrative
of his Journeys in the Equinoctial
Regions of America, and
in Asiatic Russia: together
with Analyses of his more important
Investigations. By W.
Macgillivray, A.M. 18mo.
With Engravings.

The celebrity enjoyed by Baron Humboldt,
earned by a life of laborious investigation and
perilous enterprise, and by the most extensive
contributions to science, renders his name familiar
to every person whose attention has been
drawn to statistics or natural philosophy; and
his works are ranked among the very first for
the splendid pictures of scenery which they
contain, the diversified information which they
afford respecting objects of universal interest,
and the graceful attractions with which he has
invested the majesty of science. The present
volume contains an abridged account of all the
travels and researches of this eminent observer
of nature, in which nothing is omitted that can
be either interesting or useful to the general
reader, while the several narratives are sufficiently
condensed to bring them within the
compass of a convenient volume.

LIVES AND VOYAGES
OF DRAKE, CAVENDISH,
AND DAMPIER; including
an Introductory View of the
earlier Discoveries in the South
Sea, and the History of the Bucaniers.
18mo. With Portraits.

The relation of the voyages, discoveries, and
adventures of early and celebrated English navigators
is, in so far, a history of the rise of her
naval power. In this volume are contained the
lives of three of the most eminent; and, from
the very nature of the subject, it presents much
curious and valuable information, gleaned
from many sources, and in every instance verified
by scrupulous examination and reference
to original documents. Early Spanish Discovery
in the South Seas, and the first circumnavigation
of the globe by Magellan, form a
subordinate but appropriate branch of the work;
and the subject is completed by the History
of the Bucaniers,—those daring rovers whose
wild adventures afford so much to charm the
youthful mind, and form one of the most interesting
chapters in the annals of maritime enterprise
and adventure.

A DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S
ISLAND AND ITS
INHABITANTS. With an
Authentic Account of the Mutiny
of the Ship Bounty, and
of the subsequent Fortunes
of the Mutineers. By J. Barrow,
Esq. 18mo. With Engravings.

The author of this volume has brought into
one connected view what had heretofore appeared
only in detached fragments, and some
of these even not generally accessible. The
story is replete with interest. We are taught
by the Book of Sacred History that the disobedience
of our first parents entailed upon our
globe a sinful and suffering race; in our own
time there has sprung up from the most abandoned
of this depraved family—from pirates,
mutineers, and murderers—a little society,
which, under the precepts of that Sacred Volume,
is characterized by religion, morality, and
innocence. The discovery of this happy people,
as unexpected as it was accidental, and every
thing relating to their condition and history,
partake so much of the romantic as to render
the story not ill-adapted for an epic poem.

JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION
TO EXPLORE
THE COURSE AND TERMINATION
OF THE NIGER.
With a Narrative of a
Voyage down that River to its
Termination. By Richard
and John Lander. In 2 vols.
18mo. With Portraits, Maps,
&c.

With encouragement and assistance of a very
limited description, these adventurous young
men embarked in an enterprise which in every
previous instance had terminated fatally: and
all who knew the nature of the climate, and
the grievous hardships they must encounter,
predicted that the only intelligence ever received
of them would be some obscure rumour
of their destruction. The Narrative shows
how often these predictions were on the point
of being verified. They were assailed by
sickness, imprisoned in filthy huts, sold as
slaves, plundered, abused, and nearly sacrificed
to the cupidity and revenge of the ferocious
savages. In spite of all these obstacles, by
means of patience, perseverance, enthusiasm,
and courage, they finally triumphed over every
difficulty, and completely gained the object
of their mission, thus effecting the most important
and apparently the most hopeless geographical
discovery of the age.

LETTERS OF EULER ON
DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Addressed to a Ger
man Princess. Translated by
Hunter. With Notes and a
Life of Euler, by Sir David
Brewster, LL.D.; and additional
Notes, by John Griscom,
LL.D. With a Glossary
of Scientific Terms. In 2 vols.
18mo. With Engravings.

Of all the treatises on Natural Philosophy that
have been published in the various languages
of Europe, there is none that has enjoyed a
more extensive and permanent celebrity than
that of the famous mathematician and philosopher
Leonard Euler, contained in his letters to
the Princess of Anhalt. They have been translated
into several tongues, and edition after edition
has been published in Europe with still increasing
reputation. The most eminent savans
of England and France have repeatedly borne
testimony to their excellence, not only by the
strongest expressions of approbation, but by assuming
the task of editing the work: the latest
who has bestowed this mark of commendation
was Sir David Brewster, from whose edition
this now published was printed. The notes
added by him are copious and valuable; and
the publishers of the American edition, still
more to enhance the merit of the work, have
secured the assistance of Professor Griscom,
whose notes will be found numerous and of great
utility.

On the IMPROVEMENT
OF SOCIETY BY THE
DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE.
By Thomas Dick,
LL.D. 18mo. With Engravings.

The author of the Christian Philosopher, the
Philosophy of Religion, and the Philosophy of a
Future State, has earned for himself a title to
the name of a benefactor of mankind. For
years he has been successfully engaged in the
improvement of his fellow-beings, by the dissemination
of useful knowledge, and correct ideas
upon subjects of the highest importance. In
the present masterly treatise he has gathered together
an almost inconceivable mass of established
and striking facts having relation to every
department of science, connected and improved
by sound and judicious observations, at once
tending to illustrate the advantages of knowledge,
to enlarge and direct the mind, and to facilitate
the acquisition as well as the employment
of useful truths. In the progress of his
work he explains and removes the causes
of numberless errors, concerning the phenomena
of the mental and physical world; points
out the true path and the most effectual means
of inquiry; exemplifies the pleasures and benefits
of mental cultivation; and exalts the strongest
desire for the improvement of the faculties,
by the singularly familiar and beautiful course
of his reasoning, which in itself furnishes to the
reader an ample source of enjoyment. The
book is one which cannot he laid aside unfinished;
it enchains the attention with all the
force of the most highly wrought incidents of
fiction, while it impresses the mind with an
exalted sense, not only of the truth, but of the
intrinsic and measureless value of its revelations

INQUIRIES CONCERNING
THE INTELLECTUAL
POWERS, AND THE INVESTIGATION
OF TRUTH.
By John Abercrombie, M.D.,
F.R.S. 18mo. [Questions.]

THE PHILOSOPHY OF
THE MORAL FEELINGS.
By John Abercrombie, M.D.,
F.R.S. 18mo. [Questions.]

In the performance of his undertaking the
accomplished author exhibits the possession
of a mind thoroughly versed in the details
of the science to which his attention is directed,
and familiar with abstract inquiry. His
descriptions of the mental phenomena are singularly
lucid, precise, and interesting, and his
reasonings sound, original, and perspicuous.
Above all, he has exhibited philosophy as the
handmaid of religion, and made it manifest
that all the rays of knowledge naturally converge
towards that one point in which is situated
the throne of heavenly and eternal truth.

The most able and influential reviews, both
of England and the United States, have given
the strongest encomiums to this admirable work,
and it has been extensively adopted in our colleges
and higher establishments for education.

LETTERS ON NATURAL
MAGIC. Addressed to Sir
Walter Scott, Bart. By Sir
D. Brewster, K.H., LL.D.
18mo. With Engravings.

The author of this volume passes under review
the principal phenomena of nature, and
the leading contrivances of art which bear the
impress of a supernatural character, and more
especially those singular illusions of sense in
which the most perfect organs fail to perform
their functions, or perform them unfaithfully.
These are themes full of interest, and worthy
of the labour bestowed upon them by the philosophic
writer.

The eye and ear are, of course, the chief
organs of deception, and, accordingly, optical
illusions occupy a considerable portion of the
volume. Those depending on the ear succeed,
and, after these have been described and explained,
we are entertained with amusing accounts
of feats of strength, of mechanical automata,
and of some of the more popular wonders
of chymistry. Under each of these divisions
anecdotes of the most interesting kind illustrate
the author's explanations, and no subject,
in itself grave and important, was ever
treated in a more captivating manner.

A NARRATIVE OF FOUR
VOYAGES, TO THE SOUTH
SEA, NORTH AND SOUTH
PACIFIC OCEAN, CHINESE
SEA, ETHIOPIC AND
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC
OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN,
AND ANTARCTIC OCEAN.
From the year 1822 to 1831.
Comprising Critical Surveys
of Coasts and Islands, with
Sailing Directions. And an
account of some new and valuable
discoveries, including the
Massacre Islands, where thirteen
of the Author's Crew were
massacred and eaten by Cannibals.
To which is prefixed,
a Brief Sketch of the Author's
early Life. By Capt. Benjamin
Morrell, Jun. 8vo. With
a Portrait.

—N. Y. Weekly Messenger.

—
Christian Advocate and Journal.

—The Presbyterian.

THE WORKS OF THE
REV. ROBT. HALL, A.M.
With a brief Memoir of his
Life, by Dr. Gregory, and Observations
on his Character as
a Preacher, by Rev. John Foster.
Edited by Olinthus
Gregory, LL.D. In 3 vols.
8vo. With a Portrait.

—New-York Journal of Commerce.