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A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, from the earliest Ages to the Reformation. By the Rev. GEORGE WADDINGTON, M.A. 8vo.

ANNALS OF TRYON COUNTY; or, the Border Warfare of NewYork during the Revolution. By W. W. CAMPBELL. 8vo.

A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN VIRGINIA. To which is added an Appendix, containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the present Time. By F. L. HAWKS. 8vo. HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT in all Ages and Countries. By WIL

LIAM HOWITT. 12mo.

THE CONDITION OF GREECE. By Col. J. P. MILLER. 12mo.

FULL ANNALS OF THE REV. OLUTION IN FRANCE, 1830. To which is added, a particular Account of the Celebration, of said Rev. olution in the City of New-York, on the 25th November, 1830. By MYER MOSES. 12mo.

THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS. From the earliest Period to the present Time. By the Rev. H. H. MILMAN. 3 vols. 18mo. With Engravings, Maps, &c.

HISTORY OF THE BIBLE By the Rev. G. R. GLEIG. 2 vols. 18mo. With a Map.

HISTORY OF CHIVALRY AND THE CRUSADES. By G. P. R. JAMES. 18mo. Engravings.

A VIEW OF ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT. With an Outline of its Natural History. By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo. Engravings.

SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD, as displayed in the Creation and subsequent Events to the Deluge. Attempted to be philosophically considered in a Series of Letters to a Son. By SHARON TURNER, F.S.A. 3 vols. 18mo.

PALESTINE; OR, THE HOLY LAND. From the earliest Period to the present Time. By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo. Engra.

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

SKETCHES FROM VENETIAN HISTORY. By the Rev. E. SMEDLEY, M.A. 2 vols. 18mo. Engravings.

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF BRITISH INDIA. From the most remote Period to the present Time. Including a Narrative of the Early Portuguese and English Voyages, the Revolutions in the Mogul Empire, and the Origin, Progress, and Establishment of the British Power; with Illustrations of the Botany, Zoology, HUGH MURRAY, Esq., JAMES WILClimate, Geology, Mineralogy. By SON, Esq., R. K. GREVILLE, LL.D., WHITELAW AINSLIE, M.D., WILLIAM RHIND, Esq., Professor JAMESON, Professor WALLACE, and Captain CLARENCE DALRIMPL E. 3 vols. 18mo. Engravings.

HISTORY OF IRELAND. From the Anglo-Norman Invasion till the Union of the Country with Great Britain. By W. C. TAYLOR, Esq. With Additions, by WILLIAM SAMPsoN, Esq. 2 vols. 18mo. With Engravings.

THE HISTORY OF ARABIA, Ancient and Modern. Containing a Description of the Country-An account of its Inhabitants, Antiquities, Political Condition, and early Commerce-The Life and Religion of Mohammed-The Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens-The Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain-The Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs-Origin and Suppression of the Wahabees-The Institutions, Character, Manners, and Customs of the Bedouins; and a Comprehensive View of its Natural History. By ANDREW CRICHTON. 18mo. Engravings, &c.

HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF THE BARBARY STATES. Comprehending a View of their Civil Institutions, Arts, Re ligion, Literature, Commerce, Agri culture, and Natural Productions. By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo. With Engravings.

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SCOTLAND. story has ever yet been recorded."—
Edinburgh Review.

By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. 2 vols. 12mo.

"A beautiful illustration of the grace and effect which sober reality assumes when treated by the pencil of genius. In no work with which we are acquainted is the progress of manners painted with more historic fidelity, or with half so much vivid. ness of colouring. This, the great charm of the work, will ensure it a lasting popularity."- Gentleman's Magazine.

"We have read this book with pleasure. The author throws over the events of the past that splendid colouring which gives charms to truth without altering its features." -British Critic.

"Sir Walter tells his story with infinite spirit, and touches his details with a master's hand."--Eclectic Review.

HISTORY OF FRANCE. By E. E. CROWE, Esq. 3 vols. 12mo. "The best English manual of French History that we are acquainted with."-Eclectic Review.

"The style is concise and clear; and events are summed up with vigour and originality."-Literary Ga

zette.

"His comments and elucidations are admirable, throwing a powerful and striking light, both on the stream and on the conspicuous points of English history."-Eclectic Review.

"We would place this work in the hands of a young man entering public life, as the most valuable and enlightened of commentaries on our English constitution." *** “A model of history."***"So much of profound observation, of acute analysis, of new and excellent observation."**"Of great value, and should be in the hand of every investigating reader of history." Literary Gazette.

HISTORY OF SPAIN AND POR

TUGAL. By S. A. DUNHAM, LL.D. 5 vols. 12mo.

"The very best work on the subject with which we are acquainted, either foreign or English."-Athe

næum.

"A work of singular acuteness and information."-Prescott's History of Ferdinand and Isabella.

HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND. Edited by the Rev. DioNYSIUS LARDNER, LL.D. 12mo.

a remarkable country and people." "A very good and clear history of

"A valuable epitome of French History: the author's impartiality and temper are highly commenda--Leeds Mercury. ble."-Asiatic Journal.

HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS to the Revolution of 1830. By T. C. GRATTAN, Esq. 12mo.

"We have seldom perused a volume of history more pregnant with interesting matter, or more enlivened by a style combining vigour, ease, and sobriety."-Gentleman's Maga zine.

"A compressed, but clear and impartial narrative."-Literary Gazette. HISTORY OF ENGLAND to the Seventeenth Century. By Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH. 3 vols. 12mo. "Contains more thought and more lessons of wisdom than any other history with which we are acquainted. The most candid, the most judicious, and the most pregnant with thought, and moral and political wis dorn, of any in which our domestic

"Historical facts are candidly and fairly stated; and the author displays throughout a calm and philosophical spirit."-Monthly Magazine.

"We cannot quit the volume without commending it for the spirit of truth and fairness which is every

where visible."—Athenæum.

HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLICS. By J. C. L. DE SISMONDI. 12mo.

"We warmly recommend this book to all who read history with an eye to instruction. We have met with no recent historical work which is written in so excellent a spirit.”— Scotsman.

"The struggles of Italy for freedom, the glories she acquired, and her subsequent misfortunes, are pow. erfully sketched in this work."Gentleman's Magazine.

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HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- ! TIVE ACCOUNT OF PERSIA. From the earliest Period to the present Time. With a detailed View of its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of its Inhabitants, particularly of the Wandering Tribes; including a Description of Afghanistan. By JAMES B. FRASER, Esq. 18mo. With a Map, &c.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. From the earliest Period to the present Time. By P. F. TYTLER, Esq. With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions. By Professor WILSON. 18mo. With a Map, &c.

NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA. Comprehending the Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History. By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo. With a Map and Engravings.

A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF ITALY. Translated from the original Italian. By NATHANIEL GREENE. 18mo.

THE CHINESE. A general Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants. By JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, F.R.S. 2 vols. 18mo. With Engravings.

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE, and of the Progress of Discovery in the Pacific Ocean, from the Voyage of Magellan to the Death of Cook. 18mo. With numerous Engravings.

UNIVERSAL HISTORY, from the Creation of the World to the Decease of George III., 1820. By the Hon. ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER and Rev. E. NARES, D.D. Edited by an American. 6 vols. 18mo.

SALLUST. Translated by WILLIAM ROSE, M.A. With Improvements. 18mo.

CÆSAR. Translated by WIL LIAM DUNCAN. 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

THUCYDIDES. Translated by WILLIAM SMITH, A.M. 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

XENOPHON. (ANABASIS, translated by EDWARD SPELMAN, Esq., CYROPÆDIA, by the Hon. M. A. COOPER.) 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

LIVY. Translated by GEORGE BAKER, A.M. 5 vols 18mo. With a Portrait.

HERODOTUS. Translated by the Rev. WILLIAM BELOE. 3 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

ATHENS: ITS RISE AND FALL: with Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People. By Sir LYTTON BULWER, M.P., M.A. 2 vols. 12mo.

A HISTORY OF NEW-YORK. By WILLIAM DUNLAP. 2 vols. 18mo. Engravings.

THE HISTORY OF GREECE. By Dr. GOLDSMITH. Edited by the Author of "American Popular Lessons." 18mo.

THE HISTORY OF ROME. By Dr. GOLDSMITH. Edited by H. W. HERBERT, Esq. 18mo.

A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By the Hon. S. HALE. 2 vols. 18mo.

AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF BRITISH AMERICA; comprehending Canada, Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New-Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the Fur Countries: their History from the earliest Settlement; their Statistics, Topography, Commerce, Fisheries, &c.; and their Social and Political Condition; as also an Account of the Manners and present State of the Aboriginal Tribes. By HUGH MURBAY, F.R.S.E. 2 vols. 18mo.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By THOMAS KEIGHTLEY. 4 vols.

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HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION TO RUSSIA undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon. By General Count PHILIP DE SEGUR. 2 vols. 18mo.

HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS, viz.: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Engraving, &c. By B. J. LosSING, Esq. 18ino.

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PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN BOWDOIN
COLLEGE.

NEW.YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF-STREET.

1842.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
047*172:

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by THOMAS C. UPHAM,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Maine.

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