DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA. By Professor JAMESON, JAMES WILSON, Esq., and HUGH MURRAY, Esq. With a Map and Engravings. 18mo.

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LIVES OF EMINENT PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS. By ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, Esq. With Portraits. In 3 vols. 18mo.

"We advise all those of our readers who have any respect for our recommendation, to read these three volumes from beginning to end; and are confident of the thanks of such as shall be induced by our advice to procure for themselves so great an enjoyment."-N. Y. Mirror.

"This is one of the best written and most instructive books of the series to which it belongs."-N. Y. American.

"The whole narrative is of a lively and alluring kind, flowing in its language, and enriched with ceaseless anecdote."-N. Y. Atlas.

HISTORY OF CHIVALRY AND THE CRUSADES. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq. With an Engraving. 18mo.

The present volume may safely be pronounced an ornament to the literature of the day, and Mr. James be esteemed a writer of great clearness and strength."-N. Y. Standard.

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"Mr. James is well known as an agreeable writer; and the subjects of this volume are such as can scarcely fail to prove both amusing and interesting."--N. Y. Daily Advertiser.

LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

By H. G. BELL, Esq. With a Portrait. In 2 vols. 18mo. "It is decidedly the most interesting account we have ever seen of that lovely and unfortunate being. We have always felt that Mary was innocent of the great crimes charged against her by her furious and deadly enemies; but our understanding was never before convinced. It was with a feeling of eager joy, that we, for the first time in our lives, admitted the full conviction of her innocence. The book is written with much candour."-Massachusetts Journal.

"The reader will be pleased to learn that the life of Mary has been written anew, by one who appears, both in temper and talent, extremely well qualified for the task."N. Y. Atlas.

ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT.

By

the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D. With a Map and Engravings. 18mo.

"All that is known of Egypt is condensed into this history; and the readers of it will find themselves well repaid for their labour and money." -New-Haven Advertiser.

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"The work is written in a very happy style, and presents a mass of knowledge of the most useful and instructive character, collected togethe by great industry and research."-Baltimore Republican.

HISTORY OF POLAND, from the earliest Period to the present Time. By JAMES FLETCHER, Esq. With a Portrait of Kosciusko. 18mo.

"This work recommends itself to public notice by its clear, concise, and impartial history of a country and a people for whom the feelings of every lover of freedom are deeply interested."-N. Y. Atlas.

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"No work has for a long period been published here so deserving of praise and so replete with interest."-American Traveller.

FESTIVALS, GAMES, AND AMUSEMENTS, Ancient and Modern. By HORATIO SMITH, Esq. With Additions. By SAMUEL WOODWORTH, Esq, of New-York. With Engravings.

18mo.

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"The book is highly amusing and interesting, as well as instructive? -Pennsylvania Inquirer.

"The present work is characterized by great research and learning employed in illustrating a subject of much general interest."-Baltimore Republican.

LIFE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.

By

DAVID BREWSTER, LL.D. F.R.S. With a Portrait and Woodcuts.

18mo.

"The present publication cannot fail to prove acceptable and useful." -N. Y. Standard.

"The biography of the greatest astronomer that ever lived cannot be fraught with else than interest."-N. Y. Mercantile Advertiser.

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"An excellent biography, beautifully written, and comprising a large amount of useful information."-New-Haven Chronicle.

PALESTINE, OR THE HOLY LAND. From the earliest Period to the present Time. By the Rev. MICHAEL RUSSELL, LL.D. With a Map and nine Engravings. 18mo.

"An interesting book."-New-Haven Advertiser.

"The whole work is imbued with a sacred engrossing interest."Connecticut Mirror.

"It is written in a very popular and attractive style."-N. Y. Evening Journal.

"The whole volume will amply repay perusal."-N. Y. American. "This work is the most desirable record of Palestine we have ever seen."-American Traveller.

MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. By JOHN S. MEMES, LL.D. With Portraits. "The language of the author is beautiful, and his powers of description exceedingly fine."-N. Y. Evening Journal.

"A very entertaining book."-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

"This is the first complete biography which has ever appeared of that much admired woman."-N. Y. Constellation.

"This work will be found to possess a beauty of language, a fascination of style, and a depth of interest which few works of this kind can claim."-Boston Traveller.

THE COURT AND CAMP OF BONAPARTE. With a Portrait of Talleyrand.

"This work is highly interesting."-U. S. Gazette.

"The volume will be read with interest and instruction."-Conn. Mirror.

"The sketches are entertaining and well written, and constitute a valuable compend for reference on all the more important subjects connected with the career of this extraordinary dynasty."-Washington (D. C.) Globe.

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. With Portraits. "This is certainly one of the most interesting compilations which the press has sent forth for some years."-N. Y. Evening Journal. "While in the present work the young will find delight, the aged and mature will discover matter of deep interest and useful reflection."Baltimore Minerva.

"These volumes will beget a love for appropriate and useful reading, and cannot but be widely beneficial to individuals and communities."— Connecticut Mirror.

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. With Engravings.

The reader may here find in faithful history events of thrilling interest in the varied fortunes of seamen."-Southern Religious Telegraph. "There is hardly any reading more interesting than voyages, and the accounts in this book are among the most interesting we have ever perused."--Boston Statesman.

"A subject having more points of interest can scarcely be imagined, and the abilities and opportunities of the author give an assurance that they have not been overlooked."-Atlas.

"The story is exceedingly well told-it is true-and is embellished with particulars of which the public have not before been put in possession."-Connecticut Mirror.

SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD,

as displayed in the Creation and subsequent events to the Deluge. By SHARON TURNER.

"The volume contains a vast mass of interesting facts to illustrate the different departments of the natural world. It bears marks of great research, and is worthy of a careful perusal."-Connecticut Observer.

"We can most heartily recommend this work as eminently worthy of a place in every library." "-Churchman.

"It is a book calculated to be of great general utility; and will be found particularly convenient for bible-classes, who are studying the Mosaic History of the Creation."-Commercial Advertiser.

MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED FEMALE SOVEREIGNS. By MRS. JAMESON. In 2 vols.

"A readable book, in which good use is made of a subject not the most promising....The authoress tells a plain story with facility, and makes neat and appropriate comments with a happy freedom."-Churchman. "Many a more ambitious history has been executed with less talent and happy candour than these moral and picturesque sketches."-Boston Daily Advocate.

AN EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE COURSE AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER. By RICHARD and JOHN LANDER. In 2 vols. Maps, &c. "They (the Landers) tell a story of no small interest, and no few vicissitudes, with manly honesty and simplicity, and considerable life and vigour. In description of local scenery they are often eminently happy; in narrative never tiresome: in sketches of character and manners, interesting and successful, because artless and faithful."-Churchman.

"The incidents were many and interesting: while their discoveries have brought to our knowledge scores of savage tribes and nations. We know of few works of this description which have added as much to our geographical knowledge, or depicted in such painfully interesting colours the ignorance and wild barbarism of aabaptized Africa."—N. Y. Öbserver

INQUIRIES

CONCERNING

THE IN TELLECTUAL POWERS AND THE INVESTIGATION OF TRUTH. By JOHN ABERCROMBIE, M.D.

"It will not only feed, but form the public intellect. It cannot be disseminated too widely in a nation eager for knowledge, keen in inquiry to a proverb, and accustomed to think no matters too high for scrutiny, no authority too venerable for question."-Churchman.

"It will be read, or rather studied with delight and pro those who wish to cultivate an acquaintance with the phenomena of the intellectual world. The author's illustrations are clear, and his reasoning sound.”— Southern Religious Telegraph.

THE LIVES OF CELEBRATED TRAVELLERS. By JAMES A. ST. JOHN. In 3 vols.

"The work is well edited, and will unquestionably be perused with satisfaction and profit, especially by the younger class of the community."-Baptist Repository.

"But few works have ever been published which comprise more general information in a brief form....It is a publication which will commend itself to all."-Albany Daily Advertiser.

"The whole is an interesting publication, and may be properly consulted both by the adult and youthful student."-Albion.

LIFE OF FREDERICK THE SECOND, KING OF PRUSSIA. By LORD DOVER. In 2 vols. With a Portrait.

"Lord Dover has in these volumes, by rejecting all that is exceptionable or of slight interest, while he retained every thing essential, made up a comprehensive and very attractive book."-N. Y. American.

"An agreeably written and highly interesting piece of biography.... The biographer's own morality is of the soundest kind; and his reflections, in handling the infidel principles and correspondence of the royal skeptic, are such as they should be. The poison is not allowed to work by being passed over without comment."-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

SKETCHES FROM VENETIAN

HIS

TORY. In 2 vols. With Maps and Engravings on Steel and Wood.

"A history of the Venetian republic, accessible to all classes and ages, propared for popular use, has been much wanted for a long time, and this production is admirably calculated to supply it."-Baltimore American. "The work is written in a style of brilliant narrative from authentie materials, and deserves a place in every library."-Mobile Gazette.

"The able manner in which the author has accomplished his task is above all praise."-Boston Statesman.

"These Sketches' are gleaned from several very rare works, and brought within the reach of every person who is desirous of acquainting himself with the history of this ancient people; and no one, after reading these little volumes, will regret his expenditure of time and money."— N. E. Review.