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The account of Persia contained in this vol ume 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 ma terial; 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 pres-ent is therefore the only complete and authentic History of Persia that is genera' 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. 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The appendix, containing a series of prophetic investigations, is peculiarly adopted by the author presents an improvement Koran with the events of the narrative,-a 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. 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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 these vol umes 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. 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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 enter prise 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 Que 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. 18ma. With Portraits, Maps, &c. man Princess. Translated by of Scientific Terms. In 2 vols. 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 added by him are copious and valuable; and this now published was printed. The notes 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 18mo. With Engra 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 dissem ination of useful knowledge, and correct ideas upon subjects of the highest importance. 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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 bene With encouragement and assistance of a very limited description, these adventurous young men embarked in an enterprise which in every previous ins ance 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 import-fits of mental cultivation; and exalts the strongant and apparently the most hopeless geograph ical discovery of the age. LETTERS OF EULER ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Addressed to a Ger est desire for the improvement of the faculties, by the singularly familiar and beautiful course of his reasoning, which in itself furnishes to th reader an ample source of enjoyment. The book is one which cannot he laid aside unfin ished; 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 revela tions. INQUIRIES CONCERN- OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN, ING THE INTELLECTUAL AND ANTARCTIC OCEAN. 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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 col. leges and higher establishments for education. "We are bold in saying that everybody will want to read this book, and our community will not be slow in ranking the author as the American Cook or Parry."-N. Y. Weekly Mes senger. "It does not often fall to our lot to be able to commend a book of this kind with as much confidence as we can Morrell's 'Four Voyages.' ... It may go in company with Stuart's Voyages, and Tyerman and Bennett's Journal."Christian Advocate and Journal. "This work is among the first, if not the first, of the respectable contributions of Amer LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. Addressed to Sirican navigators to the general stock of know 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 ledge relative to the condition of man. Its author has traversed almost every sea, and visited every important place, in the southern hemisphere; and, with an eye ever watchful for interesting facts, and a happy talent in recording them, he has succeeded in producing a most instructive volume.... We have no doubt that it will find its way into every library in our country, and secure a perusal from many a fireside traveller' who desires an acquaintance with the world without venturing the perils of the deep."-The Presbyterian. "We cannot too highly commend this work to the notice of the public, whether we regard the pure and elevated principles it contains, or the intellectual vigour with which they are ex pressed. Robert Hall was no ordinary man. drawing from this fountain, he was able to rivet the attention of his hearers; and he yet speaks, by his writings, in a language which cannot fail to interest and delight both the scholar and the Christian."-New-York Journal of Com merce. His mind communed with eternal truth, and, A HISTORY OF THE wood (or Broule) Rivers, in CHURCH, from the Earliest This elaborate and extremely valuable work contains the history of the Christian Religion from the establishment of the first Christian church, soon after the resurrection and ascension of its Divine Founder, to the Lutheran Reformation; a period of fifteen centuries. It is com piled from the most authentic materials,-and in all disputed questions, the study of the writer has been to give that account which at once appears the most probable and unites the suffrages of the greatest number of authorities. It is recognised generally by theologians as the most clear, accurate, and comprehensive; and the arrangement is esteemed particularly judicious. The advantages to be derived from the study of Ecclesiastical History are too great and numerous to be even alluded to in this brief notice; it is enough to mention that not the least among them is the inculcation of a chari. table spirit, necessarily resulting from the conviction forced upon the mind of the reader, that from the weakness of our nature, diversity of opinion seems to be inseparable from relí gious belief, and has never proved dangerous to the happiness of society, except when bigotry and power have endeavoured to restrain it, and enforce conformity by violence and persecu tion. This volume contains a narrative of the third attempt made by the Government of the United States to discover the sources of the Mississippi River,-prepared by Mr. Schoolcraft, under whose command the expedition was placed. The journey was commenced early in 1832, and the main object was effected, by the dis covery of the real source, in July of the same year. But in connexion with this object, i.. Schoolcraft was directed to visit the numerous tribes of Indians inhabiting the remote Northwestern Territory,-and the remainder of that and part of the next year were devoted to the accomplishment of this secondary object. The details given of these hitherto almost unknown tribes are minute, very interesting, and unquestionably authentic. The whole Narrative is extremely entertaining, and full of curious and useful information. ESSAYS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY, AND ON THE PRIVATE AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MANKIND. By JONATHAN DYMOND. With a Preface, by the Rev. GEORGE BUSH, M.A. In 1 vol. 8vo. The highest encomiums have been lavished upon this work, both here and in England, and is reputation has advanced with great rapidity, although two or three years elapsed after its first publication before it began to attract much notice. The writer was a member of the So MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF WM. LIVINGSTON; Member of Congress in 1774, 1775, and 1776; Delegate to the Federal Convention in 1787, and Governor of the State of New-Jersey from 1776 to 1790. With Extracts from his Correspondence, and Notices of Va-ents and learning of their author were perfectly rious Members of his Family. By THEODORE SEDGWICK, Jun. 8vo. With a Portrait. This work embraces a clear and interesting account of the life and character of an eminent and excellent man, distinguished for learning and talents, and the most exemplary and patriic devotion to the liberties and independence of his country. It is written in an unpretending manner, and with a commendable freedom from the sin of exaggeration, which is so apt to beset biographers, and is highly valuable as an acquisition to our revolutionary annals. ciety of Friends, and engaged during his short life in mercantile pursuits. The Essays were not published until after his death, and the tal friends and intimates. His views in the diff unknown beyond the circle of his inmediate cult and important science of Ethics are much admired for their depth, consistency, and uniform subjection to the principles of religious of a Christian philosopher, in the strictest truth; they are the doctrines of a philosopher, meaning of the term. His strictures upon the opinions of other metaphysicians, though expressed with great force and boldness, are remarkable for the calmness and charity of the language in which they are conveyed. LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF LORD BYRON; with Notices of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE, Esq. In 2 vols. 8vo. With a Portrait. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI TO ITASCA LAKE, the actual Source of this River; embracing an Explanatory Trip through the St. Croix and Burnt-type and good paper, and in a convenient form By unbiased critics Byron's Letters have been pronounced equal, if not superior, in point of vigour, interest, variety, and liveliness, to any that have yet adorned this branch of our litera ture. The present edition is printed on large |