English Language and Literature. A Practical Introduction to English Composition; by the Rev. J. Edwards, M.A., Second Master of King's College School, London. 2s. 6d. Two great obstacles beset the pupil in his first attempts at composition. The first is the difficulty of obtaining ideas; the second, that of properly expressing them. In this little volume the author has endeavoured to afford some assistance to the pupil in overcoming both these difficulties. * Readings in English Prose Literature. 4s. 6d. This volume is intended to furnish the general reader with some valuable specimens of English prose composition. They are taken from the works of those writers who have chiefly determined the style of our prose literature, and are not only * Readings in Poetry. 4s. 6d. A Manual of Poetry, comprising the gems of the standard English Poets. Care has been taken to select such pieces and passages as best illustrate the style of the respective Authors, in themselves instructive and entertaining, but are also of sufficient variety, and of ample length, to render the reader familiar with the beauties and the peculiarities of the various writers. and scrupulous attention has been paid to the moral character of the extracts. It contains also specimens of the American Poets, Biographical Notices of the Writers, and Notes. * Readings in Biography. 4s. 6d. The design of this work is to give an account of the lives of the Leaders in the most important revolutions which history records, from the age of Sesostris to that of Napoleon. Care has been taken to select those personages concerning whom information is most required by the historical student. Gems of Sacred Literature. Two handsome Volumes. 8s. A series of beautiful Pieces, from the works of eminent Writers, commencing with the "judicious" Hooker, and brought down to the present time; with gleanings from the writings of the Fathers, and an Introductory Essay by the Rev. R. Cattermole. Gems of Sacred Poetry. Uniformly with the above. Two Volumes, 8s. Choice Portions of the Works of celebrated Poets; exhibiting a connected view of the Character and Progress of English Sacred Poetry. * Lives of English Sacred Poets. Trinity College, Cambridge. Two Volumes. The writer of these Lives has endeavoured to present as ample a view as the limits would permit, of the state of Sacred Poetry. Among the poets and distinguished individuals, of whom Biographical and Critical Sketches are given, may be enumerated, Davidson, the author of some exquisite versions from the Psalms; Donne; W. Browne, the sweetest disciple of Spenser's Pastoral School; Sir John Denham, Heywood, the author of the Hierarchie of the Blessed An The Literature of the Church Among the most satisfactory proofs that the vitality and self-regenerative power of our natural character still survive, is the fact, that, for some years past, a disposition has been manifested to return to the study of those imperishable works of our early divines, which were largely instrumental in the hands of Providence towards it formation, and still present the best literary evidence of its seriousness, depth, and vigour. The object proposed in the following pages is, at once to By the Rev. R. A. Willmott, 4s. 6d. each. gels; G. Sandys; Lord Bacon; Hobbes, the philosopher, and Ben Jonson, his associate in the translation of the Advancement of Learning; the celebrated Lord Herbert, of Cherbury; the accomplished and learned Selden; Archbishops Williams and Laud; Lord Pembroke, the lover and loved of poets; Cowley; Milton; Bishop Ken; Watts; Cowper; Dr. Young, and Bishop Heber. of England, exhibited in Specimens Memoirs of their Lives, and Historical By the Rev. Richard Cattermole, B.D. stimulate and to guide this reviving interest in and just appreciation of the writings of the most eminent theologians of the Church of England. With this view, after pointing out as in a map the historical circumstances and positions of the several great men who are brought forward, the author has endeavoured to exhibit in biographical narratives, their personal claims to regard, and to give, in selections from their works, some evidence of their title, as authors, to the studious consideration of posterity. Bishop Jeremy Taylor; his Predecessors, Contemporaries, and Successors. By the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, M.A., Author of Lives of Sacred Poets. A small Volume. Bishop Heber and His Works; with some Account of Christian Missions in India. By the Rev. J. Chambers, late of All Souls' College, Oxford. A small Volume. Popular Science and the Useful Arts. * Outlines of Astronomy. By the Rev. T. G. Hall, M.A., King's College, London. With Wood-Cuts. 10d. An elementary Work, intended to instruct, in the sublime facts of Astronomy, those who are unacquainted with mathematical reasoning; and to explain to them, in familiar language, the principal phenomena of the Heavens. * The Elements of Botany. With many Wood-Cuts. 2s. The principles of this beautiful and important science are explained in a clear and simple manner, so as to render the acquisition of them comparatively easy. * Easy Lessons in Mechanics; with Familiar Illustrations of the Practical Application of Mechanical Principles. The object of this little work is to give a familiar and corrected account of the first principles of Mechanics. Since no accurate knowledge can be gained without a clear perception of the meaning of the terms employed, great care has been taken to define all technical words as they occur. 3s. Very plain illustrations and experiments have been referred to throughout; and it is hoped that, although the expressions and processes of Mathematics have been necessarily excluded, the reasoning by which the several parts are connected will be found to be sound and convincing. Natural Philosophy for Beginners. With upwards of One Hundred Wood-Cuts. 3s. 6d. Familiar illustrations of the Laws of Motion and Mechanics. Intended as a Text-book for Schools and selfinstruction, as a companion to the Lecture-Room, and for Model-Schools. The Useful Arts employed in the Production of Food. numerous Wood-Cuts. 2s. 6d. 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During my professional labours I have had much experi- | ence in conveying scientific information, and have invariably found philosophy pleasant to the young in proportion as I have succeeded in dropping unnecessary technicalities, and demonstrating every fact by a direct appeal to the simplest experiments. This little work, written on this plan, may possibly be taken as a text-book by those whose duty it is to teach the rudiments of science, or may afford information to the unassisted student. * Minerals and Metals; their Natural History and Uses in the Arts; with Incidental Accounts of Mines and Mining. Many Cuts. 2s. 6d. Roads and Railroads, Tunnels, Bridges, and Canals. with upwards of a Hundred Wood-Cuts. 5s. See p. 12. One Volume, An account of the various Vehicles and Modes of Travelling in all parts of the world, from the earliest to the present Time. * Mechanics applied to the Arts. F.R.S., One of Her Majesty's Inspectors Cuts. 68. 6d. 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This volume differs materially from previous publications having the same object, namely, that of rendering the path of science easy and inviting to beginners. The chief differences will be found in the order of the subjects, in the man 58. ner in which they are treated, in the examples by which principles are illustrated, and in certain reflections and remarks, not generally introduced into scientific writings. Recreations in Physical Geography, or the Earth as it is. By Miss R. M. Zornlin. With numerous Wood-Cuts. 6s. See p. 8. Recreations in Geology; with a Discourse on the Nature and Advantages of the Science. By the same. Many Wood-Cuts. 4s. 6d. The author's object has been to present the leading features of Geology in a simple and concise form; embracing a systematic arrangement (as far as at present determined) of the rocks and strata of the earth's crust, and a general view of its fossil organic contents. The World of Waters; or Recreations in Hydrology. By the Author of Recreations in Geology, Physical Geography, &c. In this undertaking, our attention has not heen limited to the consideration of the laws of Hydrostatics and Hydraulics, nor yet to a description of the more remarkable hydrographical features displayed in the Natural World; but it has 68. been our endeavour so to combine the two subjects, that their connexion may be clearly exhibited, and that they may thus tend to illustrate each other. Recreations in Astronomy. By Rev. Lewis Tomlinson, M.A. Many Wood-Cuts. 4s. 6d. Amongst the numberless objects of creation, which invite our contemplation, and afford overpowering evidence of their Divine Creator, there are none more worthily adapted to occupy our time than the Starry Heavens, including a general survey of the arrangement and mechanism of the wondrous system of worlds, of which our earth forms but a part; and it is hoped that readers of this book may become the more fully impressed with the feeling which promoted the exclamation of the inspired writer: "The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handy-work.' Recreations in Chemistry. By Thomas Griffiths, Chemical Lecturer to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 4s. 6d. Contains directions for the performance of experiments in Chemistry, with facility, safety, and success. What is a Voltaic Battery? By Miss R. M. Zornlin. 2s. 6d. 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The staple of these Amusements is an entertaining series of papers, descriptive of the History, Antiquities and Curiosities of Chess, and a second illustrative of the Game itself, which appeared in the Saturday Magazine. In their collected form, with the advantage of re-arrange ment and some additional materials, the selection of which evinces remarkable taste and judgment, they present certainly one of the most pleasing and attractive Volumes of Chess Varieties we have ever met with.-Illustrated London News, Books for general Reading, and suitable for Rewards Chronicles of the Seasons; or, The Progress of the Year: being a Course of Daily Instruction and Amusement selected from the Popular Details of the Natural History, Science, Art, Antiquities, and Biography of our Father-land. In Four Books. 3s. 6d. each. Book the First, containing the Months of January, February, and March. Book the Third, containing July, August, and September. Book the Fourth, containing October, November, and December. The work before us possesses more variety in subjects, and freshness of treatment, than any other book of the same kind, that we have met with. To give sufficient information as to the calendar, which it agreeably relieves with natural history, rural sketches, biography, antiquities and other cognate subjects.-Spectator. The Handmaid; or, the Pursuits of Literature and Philosphy, considered as subservient to the Interests of Morality and Religion. By the Rev. John Davies, B.D., Author of An Estimate of the Human Mind. 48. The Merchant and the Friar; or, Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages. By Sir Francis Palgrave. New Edition. 38. I have been really quite surprised and astonished at the strictly verbal agreements between many parts of Roger Bacon's published text and the hitherto inedited Manuscripts which I use. And this very singular and unaccountable coincidence is such a proof of the accuracy of the actual Chronicles from whose fragments this tale is rendered, that, if the reader chooses, he is at full liberty to conjecture that * Family History of England. By the With an Extensive Series of Pictorial Illustrations. The main purpose of the Family History of England has been to unite objects, which in such undertakings are not always found to coincide; namely, to render the Study of English History not merely instructive, but interesting and amusing. For this purpose the greatest care has been taken Rev. G. R. Gleig, M.A. Three Volumes. 6s. 6d. each. to seize upon all those striking features in the detail of events, which not only convey to the mind of the reader a vivid picture of scenes past, but induce him to argue from effects to their causes. A History of London; the Progress of its Institutions; the Manners and Customs of its People. By Charles Mackay. 78. The object of this work is not confined to a history of events, but contains graphic pictures of the manners and customs of the people, their sports and pastimes, and the characteristic incidents of their domestic history. * Lives of Eminent Christians. By R. B. Hone, M.A., Vicar of Hales Owen. Four Volumes. 4s. 6d. each. The paths of good men are commonly so full of peace, and the sorrows which befall them so mercifully softened and blessed by a sacred influence, that few more pleasing or successful ways of recommending the fear and love of God have been found, than the publication of religious biography. With the design of promoting so good a cause, by the blessing of God, these little volumes have been written; and it is hoped that, in carrying it into execution, a fresh interest may have been given to the lives of these eminent persons. The First Volume contains the Lives of Archbishop Usher, Dr. Hammond, John Evelyn, and Bishop Wilson. The Second Volume, Bernard Gilpin, Philip de Mornay, Bishop Bedell, and Anthony Horneck. The Third Volume, Bishop Ridley, Bishop Hall, and Robert Boyle. The Fourth Volume, John Bradford, Archbishop Grindal, and Judge Hale. What is Christianity? By T. Vowler Short, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. 2s. 6d. Contents:- Religion-Peculiarities of Christianity - The Atonement Sanctification-The Freeness of the Atonement -The Freeness of Sanctification-Sanctification the fruit of Justification-Mere Knowledge not Religion-The Christian looking back-The Christian looking forward-The Christian exerting himself. *History of the Christian Church, from the Ascension of Jesus Christ to the Conversion of Constantine. Every history is more or less employed in detailing the different forms which Religion has assumed, and the conduct of persons acting under religious impressions; and every reader may derive instruction from the facts of this nature which are contained in the records of past ages; but the History of the Church is the History of Truth: - it By the late Dr. Burton. 6s. 6d. descants upon the progress of a Religion which, undoubtedly, came from Heaven, and which is, undoubtedly, the only religion by which we can hope to go to Heaven. This at once gives to the History of the Church an importance above every other study. The History of Christianity; from its Promulgation to its Legal Establishment in the Roman Empire. By W. C. Taylor, LL.D. 6s. 6d. This work was undertaken at the suggestion of the late Lord Bishop of Meath, to whose memory it is dedicated, and it had the benefit of his revision in all but the last few pages. The Early Christians; their Manners and Customs, Trials and Sufferings. By the Rev. W. Pridden, M.A. 48. To give to any Christian, who has been taught to read his Bible, some correct ideas of the state of the Church of Christ, in the times that immediately followed the death of the Apostles; to show by various accounts and passages, taken from writers of credit, some of the particular customs, ways of life, and habits of thinking, common among the first believers in our holy Religion; to point out also in what respects the Church of England has followed them; in a word, to impart a general knowledge of the character of the Early Christians during their gradual, but yet rapid, increase, from a mere handful of despised and persecuted men to a vast multitude scattered over nearly all the earth;-such are the chief objects of this little work. *Lives of English Sacred Poets. By the Rev. R. A. Willmott, Trin. Coll. Camb. Two Volumes, at 4s. 6d. each. See p. 13. Gems of Sacred Literature. Two handsome Volumes. See p. 13. National Proverbs, in the principal Languages of Europe. Printed line for line in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German. By Caroline Ward. Bound and gilt, 3s. 6d. This is a useful and interesting little volume. Useful, as furnishing the student of French, Italian, Spanish, and German, with a humber of short exercises, embodying the genuine idiom of those tongues: interesting, as affording, besides the inherent point of the proverbs, a curious indication of national peculiarities. This is shown sometimes in sentences where the leading idea is the same, but the images which enforce it are different; sometimes where one image is retained throughout by the five nations, but an additional one, drawn from their habitual occupation, is added by the English or the Germans.-Spectator. The Civil History of the Jews, from Joshua to Hadrian. By the Rev. O. Cockayne, M.A., of King's College, London. With Maps. 4s. 6d. The principal object of this work is to give a connected view of the events recorded, such as may serve to show the unity and integrity of the relation, and bring the facts before the mind with comprehensiveness and facility. As the original authorities are constantly in the hands of every Christian, and their elucidation has given rise to many discussions, it has been necessary to correct much that is familiar, and leave points that cannot be ascertained without argument. *The Crusaders; Scenes, Events, and Characters, from the Times of the Crusades. By T. Keightley, M.A. In this work, the Crusaders, the Greeks, Turks, and Saracens of the times of the Crusades, are set before the view of the reader as they lived, thought, and acted. Their valour, their superstition, their ferocity, their honour, are displayed Two Volumes. 11s. in as strong a light as the existing historical documents permit, and accurate descriptions and graphic illustrations exhibit the towns and scenery of Syria, and the other countries which were the theatre of the exploits of the Crusaders. Universal Mythology; an Account of the most important Mythological Systems, their Origin and Connection. By Rev. H. Christmas, M.A., F.R.S. 78. The Mythology of Greece and Rome has hitherto been studied almost exclusively, though neither the most important, nor the most interesting. The systems of the East and of the North, of Egypt and of China, would have illustrated the Greek and Roman Fables, have cleared up their difficulties, and explained their allegories. * * * * This object has been attempted in the present work. * History of Mohammedanism. By Dr. Taylor. 5s. 6d. A full account of the Mohammedan traditions respecting the origin of their faith; an account of the political, religious, and social state of the East, when first the doctrines of Islamism were promulgated; a history of Mohammed's life, mainly derived from his own autobiographical notices in the Koran an original Mohammedan Creed; and the fullest particulars that have yet appeared in English, of the leading sects that divide the Mussulmans. A Sketch of the Military History of Great Britain. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig, M.A., Chaplain-General to the Forces. 3s. 6d. A rapid but interesting and correct account of the rise and progress of the British Army from the earliest to the latest times, and of the manner in which it has conducted itself in the presence of an enemy in every age,-those of Julius Cæsar and the Duke of Wellington inclusive.-Quarterly Review. The Lord and the Vassal; a Familiar Exposition of the Feudal System in the Middle Ages. 28. In studying the history of nations, the knowledge acquired by the general reader depends, in great measure, for its value, upon the method adopted by the historian of grouping the details. The usual method of distributing historical events under the reigns of the sovereigns in which they occurred, has its advantages; but is, nevertheless, likely to encourage the idea, that the events of any one particular reign form a complete series, having little or no connexion with those which precede or with those which follow. But history is most profitably studied when it is used as the exponent of the general condition of mankind,-tracing the origin and progress of its most important institutions,-of education, of science and the useful arts, and of the political and domestic relations of the people;-when, in short, it follows and clearly defines the progress of civilization. *** In offering to the notice of the general reader a sketch, however brief, of the FEUDAL SYSTEM, such an enlarged method of treating the subject becomes absolutely necessary.-Introduction. "The most recent publication on the Feudal System is an anonymous one, of an elementary and popular character, entitled The Lord and the Vassal...It is based upon Robertson, Hallam and Guizot, with Illustrations from other writers, -and takes a comprehensive and generally correct view of the subject." WARREN'S Introduction to Law Studies. |