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STANDARD WORKS, PUBLISHED BY J. &. J. HARPER, 82 CLIFF-STREET NEW-YORK. And for Sale by the principal Booksellers throughout the United States.

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HISTORY OF THE JEWS. By the Rev. H. H
Milman. In 3 vols. 18mo. Illustrated with original 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 theolocgial—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.

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LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPART. By J. G.
LOCKHART, Esq. In 2 vols. 18mo. With Engravings.

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 have
been disposed of in Great Britain alone.

LIFE OF NELSON. By Robert Southey, Esq., 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.

LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. By the Rev.
John Williams, A.M. 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.

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NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. 18mo. Illustrated
by numerous Engravings.

The study of Natural History is at all times, and to almost every
person, eminently pleasing and instructive: the object in this admirable
volume has been to render it doubly captivating by the plain
and simple style in which it is treated, and by the numerous engravings
with which the text is illustrated. There is no branch of this
delightful science more pleasing than that which exhibits the wonderful
goodness and wisdom of the Creator, as they are displayed in
the endless varieties of insect life—their forms, habits, capacities
and works—and which investigates the nature and peculiarities
these diminutive tribes of animated existence

LIFE OF LORD BYRON. By John 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 satis
factory description of his mind and 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

LIFE OF MOHAMMED; Founder of the Religion of
Islam and of the Empire of the Saracens. By the Rev
George Bush, A.M. 18mo. With a Plate.

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 republicatior
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.

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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 THE BIBLE. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig.
In 2 vols. 18mo. With a Map of Palestine.

These volumes do not, as from their 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.

POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS. By Professors Leslie
and Jameson, and Hugh Murray, Esq. 18mo. With Maps
and Engravings.

The plan of these works would not be complete without a
requisite 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, and care has accordingly
been taken to include the best of such works as treat of these discoveries.
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 the work in which their investigations are described
is one of the most interesting and instructive of the series.

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LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE IV. By the Rev
George Croly. 18mo. With a Portrait.

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.

DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA. By
Professor Jameson, and James Wilson and Hugh Murray,
Esqrs. 18mo. With a Map and Engravings.

In this volume is recorded every thing that is known of the interior
of that dangerous continent which has been for so many ages a terra
incognita, and proved the grave of so many enterprising travellers,
except what has been revealed to us by the recent investigations
of John and Richard Lander, whose adventures form the subject
of two of the succeeding numbers of the Library. 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.

LIVES of EMINENT PAINTERS and SCULPTORS
By Allan Cunningham. In 3 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.

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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 “Richelieu,” 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.

LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. By H. G. Bell.
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.

ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT. By the Rev. M.
Russell, LL.D. 18mo. With a Map and Engravings.

In this volume is contained a distinct and well arranged account
fall 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 farfamed
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
mind.

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HISTORY OF POLAND. By James Fletcher, Esq.
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 unbiased 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. With
Engravings.

“Laws, institutions, empires pass away and are forgotten, but the
diversions of a people, being commonly interwoven with some immutable
element of the general feeling, or perpetuated by circum
stances 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.

JFE of SIR ISAAC NEWTON. By David Brewster,
LL.D. F.R.S. 18mo. With a Portrait and Woodcuts.

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.

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PALESTINE, OR THE HOLY LAND. 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 pleasure and advantage in connexion with the Sacred History
which it confirms and illustrates.

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.

COURT and CAMP of BONAPARTE. 18mo. Wit
a Portrait of Prince Talleyrand.

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 emperor's
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.

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LIVES AND VOYAGES OF DRAKE, CAVENDISH,
AND DAMPIER; including 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.

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 John 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.

SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD; as displayed
in the Creation and subsequent Events to the Deluge. 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.

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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.

AN EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE COURSE
AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER. By Richard
and John Lander. In 2 vols. 18mo. With Maps and Engravings.

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.

LIVES OF CELEBRATED TRAVELLERS. By
James A. 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.

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INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE INTELLECTUAL
POWERS AND THE INVESTIGATION OF TRUTH.
By John Abercrombie, M.D. 18mo.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MORAL FEELINGS.
By the Same. 18mo.

The study of the phenomena of mind presents a subject of intense
interest, not only to the moral philosopher, but to every one who has
in view the cultivation of his own mental powers. In the pursuit
of this study one of the greatest obstacles arises from the difficulty
of procuring facts, and this obstacle it is one of the objects of the
present volumes to assist in removing. 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. He
never seeks to surprise by the ingenuity, or to startle by the novelty
of his doctrines, but directs all his force against the most prominent
difficulties of his subject, and never quits his position until they are
subdued. 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.

LIFE OF FREDERICK II., KING OF PRUSSIA. By
Lord Dover. In 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

Frederick II. lived in an age among the most remarkable in the
annals 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 he 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 Frederick has much enhanced his reputation. It is honourable
to him, considering the irreligious character of Frederick,
that he has nowhere rendered vice attractive, and that his pages are
studiously guarded from the slightest contamination of infidelity.

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SKETCHES FROM VENETIAN HISTORY. By the
Rev. E. Smedley. 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.

INDIAN BIOGRAPHY; OR AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
OF THE NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE
ORATORS, WARRIORS, STATESMEN, &c. By B. B.
Thatcher, Esq. In 2 vols. 18mo. With Engravings.

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 remarkable, was
locked up in manuscripts or in obsolete publications. The writer
of these 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.

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF
BRITISH INDIA; from the most remote Period to the
present Time. By several eminent Authors. 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 climate, 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, or, indeed, in any language.

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LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. By Sir David
Brewster, LLD., F.R.S. 18mo. With numerous 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.

HISTORY OF IRELAND. By W. C. Taylor, Esq.
With Additions. By William Sampson, Esq. In 2 vols.
18mo. With Plates.

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
OF NORTH AMERICA. By P.F. Tytler, Esq., and Prof.
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
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