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.
X.—A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON THE OBJECTS,
ADVANTAGES, AND PLEASURES OF
THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. In
1 Vol. By J. F. W. Herschel, Esq.
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
STATE OF THE MANUFACTURE OF
PORCELAIN AND GLASS.
XVII. XVIII. XX. XXI. XXII.—HISTORY OF SPAIN
AND PORTUGAL. 5 vols.
XIX.—HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND.
XXIII.—HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Sir James
Mackintosh. Vol. III.
Volumes in immediate preparation.
The BRITISH ADMIRALS, with an introductory
View of the NAVAL HISTORY of ENGLAND.
By Robert Southey, LL.D., Poet Laureate.
Nearly ready.
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 Deputics.
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.
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 compasses 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 place, 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."—Lat. Gazette.
