THEFAMILY LIBRARY.

THEFAMILY LIBRARY.A NEW HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS.BySir Francis Palgrave.With Illustrative Woodcuts.This work (as the preface mentions) was intended in imitation of theTales of my Grandfather. “Let me hope,” the author says, “that occasionally, whilst the younger branches find amusement in the tales and adventures here brought together, some of the older folks may not be unwilling to take this little summary in hand, as a temporary substitute for the unmanageable folios produced by the unwearied industry of Saville, Twysden, and Warton, and Wilkins.”THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND.By theRev. J. J. Blunt.This is a compact but lively and entertaining sketch of the Reformation, and the personal history of the founders of our National Church.The Reformation is one of the most remarkable events in our history, whether in relation to politics or religion; for its influence was most powerful upon both. The reading, profession, and taste of the author have led him to regard it chiefly in the latter light; and, therefore, brief as the sketch is, it will not be found of the nature of an abridgment, but a continuous though succinct account of the rise, progress, and consummation of that great revolution of theChurch of England.⁂ This book is included in the list of works of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.THE TRIALS OF CHARLES THE FIRST, AND OF SOME OF THE REGICIDES.With Biographies ofBradshaw,Ireton,Harrison,&c., and Illustrative Notes, Legal and Historical. Portrait, Views, &c.A clear and detailed account of the most remarkable and important of EnglishCauses Célèbres, with a narrative of the distinguishing events of that interesting period of our history.HISTORYOF THEEXPEDITIONTORUSSIA UNDERTAKEN BY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.ByGeneral Count Philip de Segur. 2 Vols.The established interest created by Count Segur’s history renders any commendation vain—any anticipation of its contents of no value. When those recollections of the most disastrous campaign ever undertaken were first published, they were charged with exaggeration, if not falsehood; but a severe scrutiny has shown that, with the exception of a few unimportant errors, every statement in this extraordinary production is entitled to public confidence. The translation made for the Family Library exhibits evidence of the utmost care, and the misstatements into which the author inadvertently fell are corrected by the translator.THELIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBORO’.ByCharles Bucke.Editorial ingenuity, and economy in printing, have reduced the varied annals of the great Marlborough within the grasp of moderate literary industry. The editor has drawn a fair and truthful picture of the martial Duke, lauding his political and public virtues without concealing those blemishes that his warmest advocates confess to be equivocal. When the balance betwixt good and evil is struck, Marlborough stands out in bold relief in the picture of history; and had his brilliant victories been followed by firm and honest treaties, their effects, like those of Waterloo, would have been felt in the happiness of the British dominions.THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA.With Literary and Historical Illustrations byThos. Roscoe, Esq.It is not strange that the writings of Cervantes, with the exception of Don Quixote, should have so long remained unknown, since it was generally asserted that “the Spaniards had but one good book, that one which had made all the others ridiculous.” Thechef-d’œuvreis translated into every language of Europe, while the same author’s plays and novels are sealed against all but Spanish scholars; and his chivalrous life, previous to this publication, buried in oblivion to which the anarchy of Spain had consigned it. Cervantes flourished in the reign of Philip II., and was contemporary with Lope de Vega.THE LIFE OF NELSON.ByRobert Southey, Esq., LL.D., Poet Laureate, &c.With numerous Woodcuts from Designs byGeorge Cruikshank,engraved byThompsonandWilliams.In order to promote the wishes and intention of the author, and to give the work the widest circulation, it has been printed in its present form, atone-third of the original price, with embellishments by the most talented artists.“Many Lives of Nelson have been written, but one was yet wanting, clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor, which he may carry about with him till he has treasured up the example in his memory and in his heart.”—Author’s Preface.“A work which, as long as the English language is understood, will be regarded as one of the finest monuments that genius ever raised to valour.”—Monthly Review.THE LIFE OF MAHOMET,FOUNDER OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, AND OF THE EMPIRE OF THE SARACENS.ByRev. Samuel Green.With the exception of the religion of the Gospel, that of Mahomet has produced the greatest revolution recorded in history, and effected the greatest changes in the state of thecivilized world; its history and character, therefore, become an object of curiosity with every enlightened mind. Considered as part of the general annals of the world, unconnected with religion, it furnishes most interesting records of the human race; but viewed as part of the chain of predicted events, having a direct reference to the Christian Church, it urges a stronger claim to our attention. The events of Mahomet’s life are to be found in works inaccessible from their costliness, discouraging from their bulk, and sometimes written in Eastern characters. This volume is a compilation from the most authentic.JOURNALOF AN EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE COURSE AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER.ByRichardandJohn Lander.With Portraits, Engravings, and a Map, showing the course of the Niger.With slight encouragement from the Colonial Office, these young men set out on an enterprise which in all previous instances had led to death; and all who knew the nature of the climate, and the hardships they must encounter, predicted that the only news their countrymen would ever receive concerning them, would be some obscure rumour of their destruction. The narrative shows how often such predictions were on the point of being verified. There is scarcely a misery to be endured by human nature that these young men have not encountered; they have been frequently on the brink of death—they have been imprisoned—they have been sold as slaves—they have been plundered, and obliged to swim for their lives, not sure, in the end, that they were not swimming into greater danger—and, to crown the whole, they have been brutally treated and nearly sacrificed to the cupidity and revenge of savages by one of their own countrymen. In spite of all these obstacles, by means of patience and perseverance, by enthusiasm and resignation, by courage and long-suffering, they finally triumphed over every species of resistance, and, what is more, completely gained their object.The result of Captain Clapperton’s discoveries was a very shrewd guess that the Niger flowed westward, and into theBight of Benin. With the view of ascertaining this, the Landers were set down at the same point of the coast of Guinea where the former expedition had commenced.THE LIFE OF MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO.ByJ. F. Hollings.The name of Cicero himself—the universal admiration of his genius—the era in which he flourished—and the part he enacted, bring his memoirs within the circle of subjects suited to domestic education. His Life, by Middleton, is more acceptable to the learned than the learner, and this conclusion has led to this epitome, in which the text contains the uninterrupted personal memoir of the philosopher in a popular form; while such information as belongs more distinctively to the department of ancient literature is conveyed by means of notes and references.SIX MONTHS IN THE WEST INDIES.ByHenry Nelson Coleridge, M.A.This little work, which has already received public approbation, is calculated to amuse in no ordinary degree, for the descriptions of scenery are vivid, the pictures of society graphic, and the adventures and anecdotes interesting and varied.LIVESOF THE MOST EMINENT BRITISH PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS.ByAllan Cunningham.6 vols., with Portraits of Thirty-two of the most distinguished British Artists, &c.The author has collected in six small volumes the History of Art in England, and the Lives, Characters, and Works of its Professors,—the materials for which were previously scattered through many volumes. On this account, these biographies have been considered a valuable acquisition to literature; and although the critical observations will render them valuable to the student, yet, being free from the dry technicalities of virtù, and abounding with personal anecdote, they are not less alluring to the ordinary reader.The annals of Art, and the lives of its followers, though deficient in the spirit-stirring incidents of the warrior and the politician, possess an interest not less attractive. The labours and struggles of genius, the success of perseverance, and the inutility of natural talent separated from prudence, as exemplified in these biographies, will afford a useful moral lesson, at the same time that the perusal of the stories of such lives is a source of pleasure and entertainment.THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS.ByRev. H. H. Milman. Complete in 3 vols.With Original Maps and Woodcuts.With the exception of Josephus, we have no historian of the Jews, and he lived at a period too remote and too limited to enable him to do justice to his subject. It is true, many events have been narrated by Rollin, and the authors of the Universal History, and noticed by commentators,—but a narrative at once Christian and liberal in its tone, spirited and elegant in its language, and depicting with something like kindred enthusiasm and eloquence, the manners, wars, religion, and policy of the most extraordinary of nations, was still wanting.The object of the present work is strictly historical,—yet it affords elucidation of many obscure passages in the Old Testament; avails itself of the casual evidence of heathen writers; and throws new light on the manners and customs of the “Unchanging East,” by references to the ablest modern travellers.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS.With very numerous Woodcuts. 2 vols.The study of Natural History is at all times pleasing and instructive; the object on this occasion has been to render it doubly captivating by a plain and simple style, and by the numerous wood engravings. The extravagant price of books of Natural History has deterred many, and it is no exaggeration to assert that the information and embellishments contained in these volumes could hardly be purchased in any other form at a cost of less than several pounds.COMPENDIUM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:A SURVEY OF THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE CREATION.ByJohn Wesley. A New Edition, byRobert Mudie. 3 Vols.John Wesley’s name is a guarantee for the moral rectitude of the original volumes, as well as the full information which they contained at first publication; but since that time the progress of natural science has been greater than during the whole previous period of human history. Following Wesley’s arrangement, the editor has incorporated the most recent discoveries, adding many new facts to those of Baron Cuvier: he has pursued the history of invertebrated animals down to the very verge of animal existence, and annexed a full account of the vegetable kingdom. The re-edited work, therefore, is not only introductory on detached portions of nature to students, but recapitulatory to such as have already consulted the details. It may not be immaterial to remark that, while controverted points are studiously avoided, the very latest discoveries are introduced, and the language employed is free from that technicality which may gratify pedantry with out promoting knowledge.THE LIFE OF ALI PASHA OF TEPELENIVIZIER OF EPIRUS.ByR. A. Davenport.It is a common error to imagine that a greater number of individuals rise in England than in other countries; more, certainly, attain wealth and respectability under free than despotic governments; but it is under the latter only that the very humblest and most illiterate, if possessed of courage and cunning, may approach to the steps of the throne itself. Of the numerous examples which Turkish history affords, none ran a more celebrated career than Ali Pasha. Rendering himself independent by a series of rebellions, his throne was supported by the blood of thousands; yet, notwithstanding the means by which he acquired power, Napoleon treated with him,—Lord Byron was his guest,—and England accepted his friendship. Turkish history, being a record of the indulgence of the worst passions of human nature, is always a terrible romance, but the life of Ali Pasha exceedsin guilt and horror the most infamous periods of Ottoman history. The great tragedy in which he performed so principal a part, was concluded by his own assassination in the throne-room of his palace, in a manner almost too merciful for such a ferocious monster.THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA.By theRev. G. R. Gleig, F.R.S. 4 Vols.With a Map and 10 Engravings.A History of India in a portable form, and familiar style, having been considered a desideratum, the present work was undertaken. It commences with the early annals and first civilization of the Hindoos, traces the progress and decline of the Mahometan power, and brings the history of the success of the British arms down to the permanent establishment of the India Company, and the foundation of that stupendous Empire. It is among the annals of the East that the realRomance of Historymust be sought. In the variety of marvellous incidents, the unexpected turn of events, the sudden alternation of fortune, we might fancy we were reading an Oriental fable—a tale from the Arabian Nights, rather than sober history.SKETCHES FROM THE HISTORY OF VENICE.With eight Views after Prout, twenty-nine Cuts afterTitian,Maps, etc.Few can explore for themselves the treasures of the Italian Chronicles. The author of this work has laid open their stores for the benefit of English readers,—gleaning from them characteristic incidents, amusing stories and anecdotes; while he has sustained all the dignity of historical research.The writer has avoided the mistakes into which mere compilers fall;—he has not sunk into a mere annalist, transcribing a dry register of facts, but he either passes over entirely, or touches very slightly, events of minor importance, and reserves himself for those more momentous and interesting transactions which require to be more fully displayed.The beauty of style in which these volumes are written has attracted general notice, and the applause of the most competent judges,—in this respect, indeed, they yield to no work of the series.LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT.BySir Walter Scott, Bart.No subject could have been better adapted to the lamented author of “Waverley” than “the history of that dark chapter of human nature” to which this volume is devoted. Sir Walter has given sufficient evidence in his novels and romances of his acquaintance with the superstitions of our own and remoter times. In this volume he has laid open the stores of his memory and reading, has condensed and elucidated the subject; in many cases explaining by natural causes occurrences supposed to be supernatural.LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC.ADDRESSED TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.BySir David Brewster, K.G.H.A New Edition, Illustrated with upwards of 80 Woodcuts.The author of this volume passes under review “the principal phenomena of nature and the leading constructions of art which bear the impress of a supernatural character,” and more especially “those singular illusions of sense by which the most perfect organs either fail to perform their functions or perform them faithlessly, and where the efforts and the creations of the mind predominate over the direct perceptions of external nature.”These are themes full of interest and worthy of the labour bestowed upon them by the philosophic author. It is lamentable to think how many minds rest contented with the most unphilosophical apology for ignorance, by designating the acts they do not examine, wonders or mysteries,—while to the mass of men, such acts are inexplicable, except on some theory of superhuman agency, as absurd as it is erroneous. The Letters of Sir David Brewster will disabuse both classes. To the first, he furnishes philosophical data for explaining many hitherto puzzling appearances—to the last, he suppliesthe means of escape from absurdities calculated to retain them in mental slavery.The eye and the ear are of course the great organs of deception, and accordingly optical illusions occupy a considerable portion of the volume. The illusions depending on the ear succeed, and after these, we are treated with amusing descriptions of feats of strength, of mechanical automata, and of some of the more popular wonders of chemistry. 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 on the whole treated in a more amusing manner.LIFE AND TIMES OF WASHINGTON.ByCyrus R. Edmonds. 2 Vols.As the foundation of the American Republic is attributable to British error, its history is identified with our own. Those who have related the events of that memorable period, and drawn the character of the patriot-general, living too near the epoch, were dazzled, and discovered only the beauty of republican principles. Written when party-feeling had died away, and limited monarchy allowed to vindicate its superiority, Mr. Edmonds’s Life of Washington is free from that nationality which disfigures biography, and fearlessly defends British institutions against the advocates of democracy. The more voluminous memoirs of the virtuous republican chief abound with American prejudices; these volumes are English both in style and sentiment.THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.With 15 Engravings on Steel and Wood, byFindenandThompson;the Woodcuts from Designs byGeo. Cruikshank.The fact that since the publication of this work,SEVEN-AND-TWENTY THOUSANDcopies have been disposed of in this country, beside various editions in America,—will speak more in its favour than the most artful and high-flown praise. It is an epitome of all that has beenprovedto be true concerning the career of the most extraordinary man of the last thousand years. We possessed no previous epitome of his history; and notwithstanding the smallness of space into which it is compressed, the narrative is clear. The Life of Napoleon, doubly interesting when relieved of the tediousness of useless detail, has never been better told. Volumes so rich in information will be devoured by youth, and are worthy to be consulted by the maturest reader.The work is written with fairness and impartiality, free from party-spirit, and the author has interwoven with his narrative all the new illustrations and anecdotes furnished by Bourrienne and the other fast-following memoirs of the French press.THE RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES.ByCharles Bucke. 2 Vols.Illustrated.Cities, like men, flourish and decay, and each possess their annals. The poetic conception of personifying these broken records of natural grandeur originated with the editor himself; but, in carrying out his design, he acknowledges Rollin as his guide. This elegant and accurate writer confesses that he does not hesitate to rifle the cabinets of others to enrich his own; that he often transcribed without quoting, and introduced solid reflections borrowed from the sterling works of others. This compilation is also a beautiful bead-roll, the precious production of many minds: it is a fair fabric of costly materials raised by a literary architect, whose industry, experience, and candour, are already acknowledged by the public.SALMAGUNDI;OR, THE WHIM-WHAMS AND OPINIONS OF LAUNCELOT LANGSTAFF, ESQ.With numerous Cuts byGeorge Cruikshank.The earliest paintings of the greatest masters sometimes differ considerably from those of their maturer years, and not unfrequently surpass them in brilliancy and freshness. If the Salmagundi Papers be compared with the subsequent works of the same author, they will not be found inferior in originality, vivacity, or virtuous tendency. While satire is the adopted weapon of chastisement, it wounds the vicious only. “We have,” say the authors, “no fear of the censures of the wise, good, or fair, for they will ever be sacred from our attacks. We reverence the wise, love the good, and adore the fair: we declare ourselves champions in their cause—in the cause of morality—and we throw our gauntlet to all the world besides.”THE LIFE OF PETER THE GREAT.ByJohn Barrow, Esq., F.R.S.,Author of the “Eventful History of the Mutiny of the Bounty.” With Portrait.The author of this Biographical Memoir has arranged the scattered fragments of Histories, Lives, Anecdotes, and Notices, manuscript or print, of one of the most extraordinary characters that ever appeared in the world, in any age or country;—being full of contradictions, yet consistent; a promoter of literature, arts, and sciences, yet without education; “he gave a polish,” says Voltaire, “to his nation, and was himself a savage;” he taught his people the art of war, of which he was himself ignorant; from the first glance of a cock-boat, five hundred miles from the sea, he became an expert ship-builder, created a fleet, partly constructed with his own hands, made himself an expert sailor, a skilful pilot, a great captain: in short, he changed the manners, the habits, the laws of the people, and the very face of the country.SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY.Credulity is so comprehensive a term, that greater difficulties are encountered in selecting than multiplying examples. These “Sketches” take an extensive range over the Pagan superstitions—tell of pretended Messiahs, false prophets, and mock miracles—describe Hindoo and other Oriental deceptions in religious worship—relate of royal impostors, military stratagems, literary cheats, and commercial bubbles—unfold the mysteries of thefts and forgeries, and conclude with an interesting account of the delusions of alchemy and medical frauds. The work may be considered as a supplement to Scott’s “Letters on Demonology,” and Brewster’s on “Natural Magic.”THE CHRONICLES OF LONDON BRIDGE.ByAn Antiquary.Illustrated.This is an original work, and the reader will at once perceive that the “Nominis umbra” of “An Antiquary” conceals a mind of no ordinary mould—the possessor of no common store of erudition. A velvet cushion has been the nucleusof the History of the Reformed Church—a library chair that of a history of literature. In this volume London Bridge is selected as the bond that is to bind, the avenue that is to lead from, ancient to modern London. Much valuable civic history and legend is here adorned with language, precise, classical, and nervous; while the illustrations, fifty-six in number, present more perfect reminiscences of society and manners in the olden time than the most technical and laboured descriptions.THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.By theRev. John Williams, M.A.,Head Master of the Edinburgh Academy. Map and Woodcuts.This volume fills a blank in the Historical Library, and furnishes a capital school-manual. It is not confined to the mere exploits of the Macedonian hero, but contains a masterly view of the times in which he lived, and of the manners, customs, etc. of the Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Arabs, and Indians, and other nations. The whole story is told in a manner calculated to stimulate the curiosity and rouse the reflection of the youthful reader.THESKETCH BOOKOFGEOFFRY CRAYON,Esq.2 Vols.Had Mr. Irving left no other memorial of his genius than the Sketch Book, it would be alone sufficient to a pedestal in the Palatine Library of the XIXth. century. Justly may he contend with the “Enchanter of the North” in the rare quality of story-telling, for never was a tale more pleasantly told than “The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow.” Neither is there a more exquisitely beautiful or sentimental fragment in all the heart-moving scenes drawn by that able and amiable writer than Irving’s sketch of “The Broken Heart.”VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES OFTHE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS.ByWashington Irving.With Illustrations.The extraordinary actions and adventures of these men may be said to unite romance and truth. Chivalry had left the land, and launched upon the deep in the ships of theseSpanish discoverers. Contempt of danger, and fortitude of suffering, a passion for vain-glorious exploit, and a bigoted zeal for the propagation of their faith, are the characteristics of these marine heroes. The extravagant career of the daring Ojeda, particularly his adventures along the coast of Terra Firma, and the wild shores of Cuba—the sad story of Nicuessa—the singular cruise of Juan Ponce de Leon, who fell upon the coast of Florida, in his search after an imaginary fountain of youth—and above all, the chequered fortunes of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, whose discovery of the Pacific Ocean forms one of the most beautiful and striking incidents in the history of the New World,—are so many examples of knight-errantry upon the high seas. The charm of Mr. Irving’s style has never been displayed more strikingly than in this little manual of true romance.THE UNIVERSAL HISTORY FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.ByAlexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.6 Vols.Perhaps few works in general literature were ever produced more synthetically, or with more vigilant caution than “The Universal History.” Mr. Gilpin requested his most learned and judicious friends to criticize his MSS., and for many years they were submitted to this wholesome ordeal. The Universal History at first appeared in the form of Lectures, and was received with the most entire approbation of the students. The sketch thus carefully made for oral delivery was gradually filled up, and the picture completed in every part.The Author’s style is terse, lucid, and nervous, and his plan not only moral, but more instructive than any hitherto pursued in treating of general history.THE LIFE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.BySir David Brewster, LL.D., F.R.S.Portrait and Woodcuts.This is the only extended life of the greatest of English philosophers. In attempting to fill up this gap in our philosophic and scientific literature, Sir David Brewster has not only sought out, from resources hitherto unknown, everyfresh and novel particular regarding his life, but has given the most lucid explanation of Newton’s great discoveries—and has endeavoured to render these intelligible to all classes of readers.A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR.ByDaniel De Foe.A New Edition, with Historical Notes byE. W. Brayley, F.S.A.“From De Foe’s History of the Plague we may derive more information than from all the other publications on the subject put together. He has collected all the facts attending the rise, progress, and termination of the malady; an accurate report of the number of deaths, as published by authority; a faithful account of the regulations adopted to arrest and mitigate its fury. But that which imparts life to the whole, and forms its distinguishing feature, is its descriptive imagery. The effects upon the affrighted minds of the inhabitants are depicted with all the genuine pathos of nature, without any aim at effect, but with the ease and simplicity of real life.”A CLASSICAL TOUR THROUGH ITALY.By theRev. T. Chetwode Eustace.Seventh Edition. With great Additions and Translations of the various Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors. 3 Vols.It was the fate of Eustace, like that of Bruce, to see his labours rejected, and his veracity impeached; nor did these painful insinuations originate in the chance of ignorance. His honesty was also called in question. But truth in both instances eventually prevailed, and the writings of both these amiable but injured travellers are now appealed to as standard works. Eustace’s Journey is not only the most accurate in topography, architecture, and politics, but is,par excellence, the classicaltour through this land of poetry and painting. Those tourists who would soar above Eustace, have vainly sought to depreciate his learning. Those whose lot was cast below him, have gathered from his rich plumage; but neither had the courage to pass him by in silence. In this edition, which is sold at one-third the cost of the earlier ones, the discoveries made by excavation since the author’s, death have been introduced.THE EVENTFUL HISTORY OFTHE MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF THE BOUNTY.ByJohn Barrow, Esq.,Secretary to the Admiralty. With Five Plates from Original Sketches.“The Author of this little volume has brought into one connected view what has hitherto appeared only in detached fragments—and some of these not generally accessible—the historical narrative of an event which deeply interested the public at the time of its occurrence, and from which the naval service in particular, in all its ranks, may still draw instructive and useful lessons.“The story in itself is replete with interest. We are taught by the Book of Sacred History, that the disobedience of our first parents entailed on our globe of earth a sinful and a suffering race; in our time there has sprung up from the most abandoned of this sinful 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 all that regards their condition and history, partake so much of the romantic, as to render the story not ill-adapted for an epic poem.”—Author’s Preface.FAIRY LEGENDSAND TRADITIONS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND.ByT. Crofton Croker.With numerous Cuts.Fairy Tales epitomize the customs, and manners, and superstitions of a people in by-gone times, and are therefore valuable as auxiliary to the interpretation of history. Mr. Croker’s Irish Legends are rich in that racy humour that characterizes his countrymen, and appear to have exhausted the traditionary treasures of the Emerald Isle. The Illustrations are also redolent of Hibernian wit and genius,—they are spirited designs, and in the happiest manner of Messrs. Brooke and Maclise, with whose merits the public are familiar.THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RICHARD I.SURNAMED CŒUR-DE-LION, KING OF ENGLAND.ByWilliam E. Aytoun,Author of “Bothwell,” a Poem.None of our monarchs has achieved a wider fame than Cœur-de-Lion, yet his personal history is of all others least studied or understood. All men know that he rebelled against his father, but comparatively few are aware of the cause. All know that he conducted a crusade, and encountered Saladin; but few are acquainted with the extent of his conquests, or the causes which drove him back a fugitive to Europe. No period of the romantic ages is more interesting, or better entitled to a close examination.NARRATIVES OF PERIL AND SUFFERING.ByR. A. Davenport.2 Vols.This wide field for the display of taste, talent, and general acquaintance with the history of man in his social character, has been occupied by Mr. Davenport, a veteran in elegant literature; and the popularity which his selections from the children of sorrow has acquired, is equal to that of his most successful labours. In collecting so many tales of woe and of enterprise, the author disclaims the mere vanity of having produced a work of amusement; he seeks to inculcate the salutary lesson, “that there are few things that may not be accomplished by perseverance and courage, accompanied by self-command and presence of mind.”THE LIFE OF BRUCE,THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER.By Major SirFrancis B. Head,Author of “Rough Notes,” &c.Bruce’s Travels, as originally published, occupy five quarto volumes, mixed up with Abyssinian history, and speculations on Egyptian mythology. The author has contrived to compress into this little volume the best parts of Bruce’s Life and voluminous and expensive Travels, without omitting one incident of importance and interest. He has vindicated the character of Bruce, by confronting the statements of his accusers with the testimony of later travellers. The narrative had been allowed universally to possess theinterest of a romance, from the graphic style in which he has described his adventures and sufferings, and the strange people and countries which he visited: but Major Head has secured for Bruce the credit of a trustworthy authority, in addition to the reputation of an entertaining narrator.THE COURT AND CAMP OF BUONAPARTE.With a full-length portrait of Prince Talleyrand, and other Portraits.This volume is a suitable and indispensable companion to the Life of Napoleon. It contains the cream “of many hundred volumes,” in the shape of Memoirs, Lives, Narratives, Anecdotes, &c., connected with Buonaparte, with which the press of France has for fifteen years been teeming. It presents rapid, but vigorous sketches of the Emperor’s Brothers, Wives, Sisters, Ministers, Marshals, and Generals; and those who wish for competent knowledge of “Napoleon and his Times,” will find no work in the English language which conveys such information in a more concise shape or a more lively manner.THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.ByWashington Irving.Abridged by him from his larger Work. With Portraits, Maps, &c.This little work has become a universal school-book in America. It contains all that is most important in the original, in a form more condensed, and more within the reach of the general reader; while the story is told with the same spirit and grace as in the great work. As a book of entertainment, it will bear comparison with any biographical sketch of the age.LIVES OF EMINENT BRITISH PHYSICIANS.With fine Portraits and Woodcuts.The Lives of Physicians furnish a theme by no means deficient in interest and value. From them have proceeded some of the greatest benefactors of the human race; theirhistory abounds in instances of individuals, who, obscure and small, have, by the vigour of their understanding and their perseverance, raised themselves among the great of the land. The memoirs of Cullen, Hunter, and Baillie, afford striking examples of talent and perseverance triumphing in the midst of difficulties.Of the topics discussed in the course of this volume, the most prominent are—The Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood, by Harvey.The Sweating Sickness in the time of Edward III.A Sketch of the Great Plague of London, in 1664-5.Jenner’s invaluable Discovery of Vaccination.To this edition the names of Clutterbuck, Paris, Merriman, Chambers, and Halford, have been added.HISTORY OF NEW YORK,FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY.ByDiedrich Knickerbocker.Plates afterCruikshank.This is a satirical production, in which the follies of the day are humorously depicted in the persons and costume of the ancient Dutch colonists who founded New York. The scene is local, the application directed to that city, to recent occurrences in the history of the United States, and of measures of the government of the Model Republic. The satire, however, is not personal, but aimed at human character and conduct, and may, therefore, be generally felt.LIVES OF INDIVIDUALSWHO RAISED THEMSELVES FROM POVERTY TO EMINENCE OR FORTUNE.ByR. A. Davenport.The object of this work is not merely to inculcate a moral lesson to youth, but to encourage virtue generally by creating submission to the law of opinion. When mankind perceive meritorious exertions in every rank rewarded, and in numerous instances crowned with success, they are more strongly supported in their resistance to difficulties, and more boldly encounter and conquer them. This single volume includes the most varied memoirs; whence it will appear that industry and perseverance, accompanied by rectitude of intention, obtain their merited reward in every civilized nation of our globe.HISTORY OF THE MUTINY AT SPITHEAD AND THE NORE.ByJ. Neale, Esq., Author of “Cavendish.”With an Inquiry into its Origin and Treatment. With a Portrait ofRichard Parker.Resistance to authorities necessarily enlists so few abettors, that, even when it originates in cruelty, injustice, and injury, its correction is demanded by the voice of the nation. To this feeling must be traced the flagrant partiality of our historians in describing the Mutiny of the Nore, and their misrepresentation of the causes of that calamity. Viewed at this distance of time, it is remembered as the foundation of that splendid and perfect discipline which has ever since pervaded and adorned the fleet, and as the cause for abolishing the despotic practice of impressment. But from these memorable movements legislators may receive a lesson, and learn how much more faithful freemen are than slaves to a state in danger, and more binding the ties of gratitude and affection than the terror of tyranny. This is the moral reduced from the Mutiny of the Nore in the present history.TOUR THROUGH SOUTH HOLLAND AND UP THE RHINE.With 10 Views, from Designs ofLieut.-Col. Batty.It is strange that the history and condition of Holland should be so little known, and that it till now should never have been made the subject of a popular work. The object of this little book is not merely to afford entertainment, but to furnish that valuable and practical information, which will render it a desirableguide-bookto all who are tempted to take a summer’s trip across Holland, up the Rhine, and through Belgium; visiting Rotterdam, the Hague, Amsterdam, Cologne, Coblentz, Frankfort, Brussels, and Antwerp.THE LIVES OF SCOTTISH WORTHIES.ByPatrick Fraser Tytler, Esq.3 Vols.“Truth is strange, stranger than fiction.”—The romantic annals of Scotland, and the characters of her ancient heroes—Wallace, Bruce, and the like,—will go far to convert this expression into an axiom.HADDON, BROTHERS, AND CO., PRINTERS, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.

A NEW HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS.

BySir Francis Palgrave.With Illustrative Woodcuts.

This work (as the preface mentions) was intended in imitation of theTales of my Grandfather. “Let me hope,” the author says, “that occasionally, whilst the younger branches find amusement in the tales and adventures here brought together, some of the older folks may not be unwilling to take this little summary in hand, as a temporary substitute for the unmanageable folios produced by the unwearied industry of Saville, Twysden, and Warton, and Wilkins.”

THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND.

By theRev. J. J. Blunt.

This is a compact but lively and entertaining sketch of the Reformation, and the personal history of the founders of our National Church.

The Reformation is one of the most remarkable events in our history, whether in relation to politics or religion; for its influence was most powerful upon both. The reading, profession, and taste of the author have led him to regard it chiefly in the latter light; and, therefore, brief as the sketch is, it will not be found of the nature of an abridgment, but a continuous though succinct account of the rise, progress, and consummation of that great revolution of theChurch of England.

⁂ This book is included in the list of works of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

THE TRIALS OF CHARLES THE FIRST, AND OF SOME OF THE REGICIDES.

With Biographies ofBradshaw,Ireton,Harrison,&c., and Illustrative Notes, Legal and Historical. Portrait, Views, &c.

A clear and detailed account of the most remarkable and important of EnglishCauses Célèbres, with a narrative of the distinguishing events of that interesting period of our history.

HISTORYOF THEEXPEDITIONTORUSSIA UNDERTAKEN BY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

ByGeneral Count Philip de Segur. 2 Vols.

The established interest created by Count Segur’s history renders any commendation vain—any anticipation of its contents of no value. When those recollections of the most disastrous campaign ever undertaken were first published, they were charged with exaggeration, if not falsehood; but a severe scrutiny has shown that, with the exception of a few unimportant errors, every statement in this extraordinary production is entitled to public confidence. The translation made for the Family Library exhibits evidence of the utmost care, and the misstatements into which the author inadvertently fell are corrected by the translator.

THELIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBORO’.

ByCharles Bucke.

Editorial ingenuity, and economy in printing, have reduced the varied annals of the great Marlborough within the grasp of moderate literary industry. The editor has drawn a fair and truthful picture of the martial Duke, lauding his political and public virtues without concealing those blemishes that his warmest advocates confess to be equivocal. When the balance betwixt good and evil is struck, Marlborough stands out in bold relief in the picture of history; and had his brilliant victories been followed by firm and honest treaties, their effects, like those of Waterloo, would have been felt in the happiness of the British dominions.

THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA.

With Literary and Historical Illustrations byThos. Roscoe, Esq.

It is not strange that the writings of Cervantes, with the exception of Don Quixote, should have so long remained unknown, since it was generally asserted that “the Spaniards had but one good book, that one which had made all the others ridiculous.” Thechef-d’œuvreis translated into every language of Europe, while the same author’s plays and novels are sealed against all but Spanish scholars; and his chivalrous life, previous to this publication, buried in oblivion to which the anarchy of Spain had consigned it. Cervantes flourished in the reign of Philip II., and was contemporary with Lope de Vega.

THE LIFE OF NELSON.

ByRobert Southey, Esq., LL.D., Poet Laureate, &c.

With numerous Woodcuts from Designs byGeorge Cruikshank,engraved byThompsonandWilliams.

In order to promote the wishes and intention of the author, and to give the work the widest circulation, it has been printed in its present form, atone-third of the original price, with embellishments by the most talented artists.

“Many Lives of Nelson have been written, but one was yet wanting, clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor, which he may carry about with him till he has treasured up the example in his memory and in his heart.”—Author’s Preface.

“A work which, as long as the English language is understood, will be regarded as one of the finest monuments that genius ever raised to valour.”—Monthly Review.

THE LIFE OF MAHOMET,

FOUNDER OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, AND OF THE EMPIRE OF THE SARACENS.

ByRev. Samuel Green.

With the exception of the religion of the Gospel, that of Mahomet has produced the greatest revolution recorded in history, and effected the greatest changes in the state of thecivilized world; its history and character, therefore, become an object of curiosity with every enlightened mind. Considered as part of the general annals of the world, unconnected with religion, it furnishes most interesting records of the human race; but viewed as part of the chain of predicted events, having a direct reference to the Christian Church, it urges a stronger claim to our attention. The events of Mahomet’s life are to be found in works inaccessible from their costliness, discouraging from their bulk, and sometimes written in Eastern characters. This volume is a compilation from the most authentic.

JOURNALOF AN EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE COURSE AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER.

ByRichardandJohn Lander.

With Portraits, Engravings, and a Map, showing the course of the Niger.

With slight encouragement from the Colonial Office, these young men set out on an enterprise which in all previous instances had led to death; and all who knew the nature of the climate, and the hardships they must encounter, predicted that the only news their countrymen would ever receive concerning them, would be some obscure rumour of their destruction. The narrative shows how often such predictions were on the point of being verified. There is scarcely a misery to be endured by human nature that these young men have not encountered; they have been frequently on the brink of death—they have been imprisoned—they have been sold as slaves—they have been plundered, and obliged to swim for their lives, not sure, in the end, that they were not swimming into greater danger—and, to crown the whole, they have been brutally treated and nearly sacrificed to the cupidity and revenge of savages by one of their own countrymen. In spite of all these obstacles, by means of patience and perseverance, by enthusiasm and resignation, by courage and long-suffering, they finally triumphed over every species of resistance, and, what is more, completely gained their object.

The result of Captain Clapperton’s discoveries was a very shrewd guess that the Niger flowed westward, and into theBight of Benin. With the view of ascertaining this, the Landers were set down at the same point of the coast of Guinea where the former expedition had commenced.

THE LIFE OF MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO.

ByJ. F. Hollings.

The name of Cicero himself—the universal admiration of his genius—the era in which he flourished—and the part he enacted, bring his memoirs within the circle of subjects suited to domestic education. His Life, by Middleton, is more acceptable to the learned than the learner, and this conclusion has led to this epitome, in which the text contains the uninterrupted personal memoir of the philosopher in a popular form; while such information as belongs more distinctively to the department of ancient literature is conveyed by means of notes and references.

SIX MONTHS IN THE WEST INDIES.

ByHenry Nelson Coleridge, M.A.

This little work, which has already received public approbation, is calculated to amuse in no ordinary degree, for the descriptions of scenery are vivid, the pictures of society graphic, and the adventures and anecdotes interesting and varied.

LIVESOF THE MOST EMINENT BRITISH PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS.

ByAllan Cunningham.

6 vols., with Portraits of Thirty-two of the most distinguished British Artists, &c.

The author has collected in six small volumes the History of Art in England, and the Lives, Characters, and Works of its Professors,—the materials for which were previously scattered through many volumes. On this account, these biographies have been considered a valuable acquisition to literature; and although the critical observations will render them valuable to the student, yet, being free from the dry technicalities of virtù, and abounding with personal anecdote, they are not less alluring to the ordinary reader.

The annals of Art, and the lives of its followers, though deficient in the spirit-stirring incidents of the warrior and the politician, possess an interest not less attractive. The labours and struggles of genius, the success of perseverance, and the inutility of natural talent separated from prudence, as exemplified in these biographies, will afford a useful moral lesson, at the same time that the perusal of the stories of such lives is a source of pleasure and entertainment.

THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS.

ByRev. H. H. Milman. Complete in 3 vols.

With Original Maps and Woodcuts.

With the exception of Josephus, we have no historian of the Jews, and he lived at a period too remote and too limited to enable him to do justice to his subject. It is true, many events have been narrated by Rollin, and the authors of the Universal History, and noticed by commentators,—but a narrative at once Christian and liberal in its tone, spirited and elegant in its language, and depicting with something like kindred enthusiasm and eloquence, the manners, wars, religion, and policy of the most extraordinary of nations, was still wanting.

The object of the present work is strictly historical,—yet it affords elucidation of many obscure passages in the Old Testament; avails itself of the casual evidence of heathen writers; and throws new light on the manners and customs of the “Unchanging East,” by references to the ablest modern travellers.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS.

With very numerous Woodcuts. 2 vols.

The study of Natural History is at all times pleasing and instructive; the object on this occasion has been to render it doubly captivating by a plain and simple style, and by the numerous wood engravings. The extravagant price of books of Natural History has deterred many, and it is no exaggeration to assert that the information and embellishments contained in these volumes could hardly be purchased in any other form at a cost of less than several pounds.

COMPENDIUM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:A SURVEY OF THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE CREATION.

ByJohn Wesley. A New Edition, byRobert Mudie. 3 Vols.

John Wesley’s name is a guarantee for the moral rectitude of the original volumes, as well as the full information which they contained at first publication; but since that time the progress of natural science has been greater than during the whole previous period of human history. Following Wesley’s arrangement, the editor has incorporated the most recent discoveries, adding many new facts to those of Baron Cuvier: he has pursued the history of invertebrated animals down to the very verge of animal existence, and annexed a full account of the vegetable kingdom. The re-edited work, therefore, is not only introductory on detached portions of nature to students, but recapitulatory to such as have already consulted the details. It may not be immaterial to remark that, while controverted points are studiously avoided, the very latest discoveries are introduced, and the language employed is free from that technicality which may gratify pedantry with out promoting knowledge.

THE LIFE OF ALI PASHA OF TEPELENIVIZIER OF EPIRUS.

ByR. A. Davenport.

It is a common error to imagine that a greater number of individuals rise in England than in other countries; more, certainly, attain wealth and respectability under free than despotic governments; but it is under the latter only that the very humblest and most illiterate, if possessed of courage and cunning, may approach to the steps of the throne itself. Of the numerous examples which Turkish history affords, none ran a more celebrated career than Ali Pasha. Rendering himself independent by a series of rebellions, his throne was supported by the blood of thousands; yet, notwithstanding the means by which he acquired power, Napoleon treated with him,—Lord Byron was his guest,—and England accepted his friendship. Turkish history, being a record of the indulgence of the worst passions of human nature, is always a terrible romance, but the life of Ali Pasha exceedsin guilt and horror the most infamous periods of Ottoman history. The great tragedy in which he performed so principal a part, was concluded by his own assassination in the throne-room of his palace, in a manner almost too merciful for such a ferocious monster.

THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA.

By theRev. G. R. Gleig, F.R.S. 4 Vols.

With a Map and 10 Engravings.

A History of India in a portable form, and familiar style, having been considered a desideratum, the present work was undertaken. It commences with the early annals and first civilization of the Hindoos, traces the progress and decline of the Mahometan power, and brings the history of the success of the British arms down to the permanent establishment of the India Company, and the foundation of that stupendous Empire. It is among the annals of the East that the realRomance of Historymust be sought. In the variety of marvellous incidents, the unexpected turn of events, the sudden alternation of fortune, we might fancy we were reading an Oriental fable—a tale from the Arabian Nights, rather than sober history.

SKETCHES FROM THE HISTORY OF VENICE.

With eight Views after Prout, twenty-nine Cuts afterTitian,Maps, etc.

Few can explore for themselves the treasures of the Italian Chronicles. The author of this work has laid open their stores for the benefit of English readers,—gleaning from them characteristic incidents, amusing stories and anecdotes; while he has sustained all the dignity of historical research.

The writer has avoided the mistakes into which mere compilers fall;—he has not sunk into a mere annalist, transcribing a dry register of facts, but he either passes over entirely, or touches very slightly, events of minor importance, and reserves himself for those more momentous and interesting transactions which require to be more fully displayed.The beauty of style in which these volumes are written has attracted general notice, and the applause of the most competent judges,—in this respect, indeed, they yield to no work of the series.

LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT.

BySir Walter Scott, Bart.

No subject could have been better adapted to the lamented author of “Waverley” than “the history of that dark chapter of human nature” to which this volume is devoted. Sir Walter has given sufficient evidence in his novels and romances of his acquaintance with the superstitions of our own and remoter times. In this volume he has laid open the stores of his memory and reading, has condensed and elucidated the subject; in many cases explaining by natural causes occurrences supposed to be supernatural.

LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC.ADDRESSED TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.

BySir David Brewster, K.G.H.

A New Edition, Illustrated with upwards of 80 Woodcuts.

The author of this volume passes under review “the principal phenomena of nature and the leading constructions of art which bear the impress of a supernatural character,” and more especially “those singular illusions of sense by which the most perfect organs either fail to perform their functions or perform them faithlessly, and where the efforts and the creations of the mind predominate over the direct perceptions of external nature.”

These are themes full of interest and worthy of the labour bestowed upon them by the philosophic author. It is lamentable to think how many minds rest contented with the most unphilosophical apology for ignorance, by designating the acts they do not examine, wonders or mysteries,—while to the mass of men, such acts are inexplicable, except on some theory of superhuman agency, as absurd as it is erroneous. The Letters of Sir David Brewster will disabuse both classes. To the first, he furnishes philosophical data for explaining many hitherto puzzling appearances—to the last, he suppliesthe means of escape from absurdities calculated to retain them in mental slavery.

The eye and the ear are of course the great organs of deception, and accordingly optical illusions occupy a considerable portion of the volume. The illusions depending on the ear succeed, and after these, we are treated with amusing descriptions of feats of strength, of mechanical automata, and of some of the more popular wonders of chemistry. 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 on the whole treated in a more amusing manner.

LIFE AND TIMES OF WASHINGTON.

ByCyrus R. Edmonds. 2 Vols.

As the foundation of the American Republic is attributable to British error, its history is identified with our own. Those who have related the events of that memorable period, and drawn the character of the patriot-general, living too near the epoch, were dazzled, and discovered only the beauty of republican principles. Written when party-feeling had died away, and limited monarchy allowed to vindicate its superiority, Mr. Edmonds’s Life of Washington is free from that nationality which disfigures biography, and fearlessly defends British institutions against the advocates of democracy. The more voluminous memoirs of the virtuous republican chief abound with American prejudices; these volumes are English both in style and sentiment.

THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.

With 15 Engravings on Steel and Wood, byFindenandThompson;the Woodcuts from Designs byGeo. Cruikshank.

The fact that since the publication of this work,SEVEN-AND-TWENTY THOUSANDcopies have been disposed of in this country, beside various editions in America,—will speak more in its favour than the most artful and high-flown praise. It is an epitome of all that has beenprovedto be true concerning the career of the most extraordinary man of the last thousand years. We possessed no previous epitome of his history; and notwithstanding the smallness of space into which it is compressed, the narrative is clear. The Life of Napoleon, doubly interesting when relieved of the tediousness of useless detail, has never been better told. Volumes so rich in information will be devoured by youth, and are worthy to be consulted by the maturest reader.

The work is written with fairness and impartiality, free from party-spirit, and the author has interwoven with his narrative all the new illustrations and anecdotes furnished by Bourrienne and the other fast-following memoirs of the French press.

THE RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES.

ByCharles Bucke. 2 Vols.Illustrated.

Cities, like men, flourish and decay, and each possess their annals. The poetic conception of personifying these broken records of natural grandeur originated with the editor himself; but, in carrying out his design, he acknowledges Rollin as his guide. This elegant and accurate writer confesses that he does not hesitate to rifle the cabinets of others to enrich his own; that he often transcribed without quoting, and introduced solid reflections borrowed from the sterling works of others. This compilation is also a beautiful bead-roll, the precious production of many minds: it is a fair fabric of costly materials raised by a literary architect, whose industry, experience, and candour, are already acknowledged by the public.

SALMAGUNDI;OR, THE WHIM-WHAMS AND OPINIONS OF LAUNCELOT LANGSTAFF, ESQ.

With numerous Cuts byGeorge Cruikshank.

The earliest paintings of the greatest masters sometimes differ considerably from those of their maturer years, and not unfrequently surpass them in brilliancy and freshness. If the Salmagundi Papers be compared with the subsequent works of the same author, they will not be found inferior in originality, vivacity, or virtuous tendency. While satire is the adopted weapon of chastisement, it wounds the vicious only. “We have,” say the authors, “no fear of the censures of the wise, good, or fair, for they will ever be sacred from our attacks. We reverence the wise, love the good, and adore the fair: we declare ourselves champions in their cause—in the cause of morality—and we throw our gauntlet to all the world besides.”

THE LIFE OF PETER THE GREAT.

ByJohn Barrow, Esq., F.R.S.,Author of the “Eventful History of the Mutiny of the Bounty.” With Portrait.

The author of this Biographical Memoir has arranged the scattered fragments of Histories, Lives, Anecdotes, and Notices, manuscript or print, of one of the most extraordinary characters that ever appeared in the world, in any age or country;—being full of contradictions, yet consistent; a promoter of literature, arts, and sciences, yet without education; “he gave a polish,” says Voltaire, “to his nation, and was himself a savage;” he taught his people the art of war, of which he was himself ignorant; from the first glance of a cock-boat, five hundred miles from the sea, he became an expert ship-builder, created a fleet, partly constructed with his own hands, made himself an expert sailor, a skilful pilot, a great captain: in short, he changed the manners, the habits, the laws of the people, and the very face of the country.

SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY.

Credulity is so comprehensive a term, that greater difficulties are encountered in selecting than multiplying examples. These “Sketches” take an extensive range over the Pagan superstitions—tell of pretended Messiahs, false prophets, and mock miracles—describe Hindoo and other Oriental deceptions in religious worship—relate of royal impostors, military stratagems, literary cheats, and commercial bubbles—unfold the mysteries of thefts and forgeries, and conclude with an interesting account of the delusions of alchemy and medical frauds. The work may be considered as a supplement to Scott’s “Letters on Demonology,” and Brewster’s on “Natural Magic.”

THE CHRONICLES OF LONDON BRIDGE.

ByAn Antiquary.Illustrated.

This is an original work, and the reader will at once perceive that the “Nominis umbra” of “An Antiquary” conceals a mind of no ordinary mould—the possessor of no common store of erudition. A velvet cushion has been the nucleusof the History of the Reformed Church—a library chair that of a history of literature. In this volume London Bridge is selected as the bond that is to bind, the avenue that is to lead from, ancient to modern London. Much valuable civic history and legend is here adorned with language, precise, classical, and nervous; while the illustrations, fifty-six in number, present more perfect reminiscences of society and manners in the olden time than the most technical and laboured descriptions.

THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

By theRev. John Williams, M.A.,

Head Master of the Edinburgh Academy. Map and Woodcuts.

This volume fills a blank in the Historical Library, and furnishes a capital school-manual. It is not confined to the mere exploits of the Macedonian hero, but contains a masterly view of the times in which he lived, and of the manners, customs, etc. of the Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Arabs, and Indians, and other nations. The whole story is told in a manner calculated to stimulate the curiosity and rouse the reflection of the youthful reader.

THESKETCH BOOKOFGEOFFRY CRAYON,Esq.

2 Vols.

Had Mr. Irving left no other memorial of his genius than the Sketch Book, it would be alone sufficient to a pedestal in the Palatine Library of the XIXth. century. Justly may he contend with the “Enchanter of the North” in the rare quality of story-telling, for never was a tale more pleasantly told than “The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow.” Neither is there a more exquisitely beautiful or sentimental fragment in all the heart-moving scenes drawn by that able and amiable writer than Irving’s sketch of “The Broken Heart.”

VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES OFTHE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS.

ByWashington Irving.With Illustrations.

The extraordinary actions and adventures of these men may be said to unite romance and truth. Chivalry had left the land, and launched upon the deep in the ships of theseSpanish discoverers. Contempt of danger, and fortitude of suffering, a passion for vain-glorious exploit, and a bigoted zeal for the propagation of their faith, are the characteristics of these marine heroes. The extravagant career of the daring Ojeda, particularly his adventures along the coast of Terra Firma, and the wild shores of Cuba—the sad story of Nicuessa—the singular cruise of Juan Ponce de Leon, who fell upon the coast of Florida, in his search after an imaginary fountain of youth—and above all, the chequered fortunes of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, whose discovery of the Pacific Ocean forms one of the most beautiful and striking incidents in the history of the New World,—are so many examples of knight-errantry upon the high seas. The charm of Mr. Irving’s style has never been displayed more strikingly than in this little manual of true romance.

THE UNIVERSAL HISTORY FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.

ByAlexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.

6 Vols.

Perhaps few works in general literature were ever produced more synthetically, or with more vigilant caution than “The Universal History.” Mr. Gilpin requested his most learned and judicious friends to criticize his MSS., and for many years they were submitted to this wholesome ordeal. The Universal History at first appeared in the form of Lectures, and was received with the most entire approbation of the students. The sketch thus carefully made for oral delivery was gradually filled up, and the picture completed in every part.

The Author’s style is terse, lucid, and nervous, and his plan not only moral, but more instructive than any hitherto pursued in treating of general history.

THE LIFE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.

BySir David Brewster, LL.D., F.R.S.

Portrait and Woodcuts.

This is the only extended life of the greatest of English philosophers. In attempting to fill up this gap in our philosophic and scientific literature, Sir David Brewster has not only sought out, from resources hitherto unknown, everyfresh and novel particular regarding his life, but has given the most lucid explanation of Newton’s great discoveries—and has endeavoured to render these intelligible to all classes of readers.

A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR.

ByDaniel De Foe.

A New Edition, with Historical Notes byE. W. Brayley, F.S.A.

“From De Foe’s History of the Plague we may derive more information than from all the other publications on the subject put together. He has collected all the facts attending the rise, progress, and termination of the malady; an accurate report of the number of deaths, as published by authority; a faithful account of the regulations adopted to arrest and mitigate its fury. But that which imparts life to the whole, and forms its distinguishing feature, is its descriptive imagery. The effects upon the affrighted minds of the inhabitants are depicted with all the genuine pathos of nature, without any aim at effect, but with the ease and simplicity of real life.”

A CLASSICAL TOUR THROUGH ITALY.

By theRev. T. Chetwode Eustace.

Seventh Edition. With great Additions and Translations of the various Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors. 3 Vols.

It was the fate of Eustace, like that of Bruce, to see his labours rejected, and his veracity impeached; nor did these painful insinuations originate in the chance of ignorance. His honesty was also called in question. But truth in both instances eventually prevailed, and the writings of both these amiable but injured travellers are now appealed to as standard works. Eustace’s Journey is not only the most accurate in topography, architecture, and politics, but is,par excellence, the classicaltour through this land of poetry and painting. Those tourists who would soar above Eustace, have vainly sought to depreciate his learning. Those whose lot was cast below him, have gathered from his rich plumage; but neither had the courage to pass him by in silence. In this edition, which is sold at one-third the cost of the earlier ones, the discoveries made by excavation since the author’s, death have been introduced.

THE EVENTFUL HISTORY OFTHE MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF THE BOUNTY.

ByJohn Barrow, Esq.,Secretary to the Admiralty. With Five Plates from Original Sketches.

“The Author of this little volume has brought into one connected view what has hitherto appeared only in detached fragments—and some of these not generally accessible—the historical narrative of an event which deeply interested the public at the time of its occurrence, and from which the naval service in particular, in all its ranks, may still draw instructive and useful lessons.

“The story in itself is replete with interest. We are taught by the Book of Sacred History, that the disobedience of our first parents entailed on our globe of earth a sinful and a suffering race; in our time there has sprung up from the most abandoned of this sinful 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 all that regards their condition and history, partake so much of the romantic, as to render the story not ill-adapted for an epic poem.”—Author’s Preface.

FAIRY LEGENDSAND TRADITIONS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND.

ByT. Crofton Croker.With numerous Cuts.

Fairy Tales epitomize the customs, and manners, and superstitions of a people in by-gone times, and are therefore valuable as auxiliary to the interpretation of history. Mr. Croker’s Irish Legends are rich in that racy humour that characterizes his countrymen, and appear to have exhausted the traditionary treasures of the Emerald Isle. The Illustrations are also redolent of Hibernian wit and genius,—they are spirited designs, and in the happiest manner of Messrs. Brooke and Maclise, with whose merits the public are familiar.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RICHARD I.SURNAMED CŒUR-DE-LION, KING OF ENGLAND.

ByWilliam E. Aytoun,Author of “Bothwell,” a Poem.

None of our monarchs has achieved a wider fame than Cœur-de-Lion, yet his personal history is of all others least studied or understood. All men know that he rebelled against his father, but comparatively few are aware of the cause. All know that he conducted a crusade, and encountered Saladin; but few are acquainted with the extent of his conquests, or the causes which drove him back a fugitive to Europe. No period of the romantic ages is more interesting, or better entitled to a close examination.

NARRATIVES OF PERIL AND SUFFERING.

ByR. A. Davenport.2 Vols.

This wide field for the display of taste, talent, and general acquaintance with the history of man in his social character, has been occupied by Mr. Davenport, a veteran in elegant literature; and the popularity which his selections from the children of sorrow has acquired, is equal to that of his most successful labours. In collecting so many tales of woe and of enterprise, the author disclaims the mere vanity of having produced a work of amusement; he seeks to inculcate the salutary lesson, “that there are few things that may not be accomplished by perseverance and courage, accompanied by self-command and presence of mind.”

THE LIFE OF BRUCE,THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER.

By Major SirFrancis B. Head,Author of “Rough Notes,” &c.

Bruce’s Travels, as originally published, occupy five quarto volumes, mixed up with Abyssinian history, and speculations on Egyptian mythology. The author has contrived to compress into this little volume the best parts of Bruce’s Life and voluminous and expensive Travels, without omitting one incident of importance and interest. He has vindicated the character of Bruce, by confronting the statements of his accusers with the testimony of later travellers. The narrative had been allowed universally to possess theinterest of a romance, from the graphic style in which he has described his adventures and sufferings, and the strange people and countries which he visited: but Major Head has secured for Bruce the credit of a trustworthy authority, in addition to the reputation of an entertaining narrator.

THE COURT AND CAMP OF BUONAPARTE.

With a full-length portrait of Prince Talleyrand, and other Portraits.

This volume is a suitable and indispensable companion to the Life of Napoleon. It contains the cream “of many hundred volumes,” in the shape of Memoirs, Lives, Narratives, Anecdotes, &c., connected with Buonaparte, with which the press of France has for fifteen years been teeming. It presents rapid, but vigorous sketches of the Emperor’s Brothers, Wives, Sisters, Ministers, Marshals, and Generals; and those who wish for competent knowledge of “Napoleon and his Times,” will find no work in the English language which conveys such information in a more concise shape or a more lively manner.

THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

ByWashington Irving.Abridged by him from his larger Work. With Portraits, Maps, &c.

This little work has become a universal school-book in America. It contains all that is most important in the original, in a form more condensed, and more within the reach of the general reader; while the story is told with the same spirit and grace as in the great work. As a book of entertainment, it will bear comparison with any biographical sketch of the age.

LIVES OF EMINENT BRITISH PHYSICIANS.

With fine Portraits and Woodcuts.

The Lives of Physicians furnish a theme by no means deficient in interest and value. From them have proceeded some of the greatest benefactors of the human race; theirhistory abounds in instances of individuals, who, obscure and small, have, by the vigour of their understanding and their perseverance, raised themselves among the great of the land. The memoirs of Cullen, Hunter, and Baillie, afford striking examples of talent and perseverance triumphing in the midst of difficulties.

Of the topics discussed in the course of this volume, the most prominent are—The Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood, by Harvey.The Sweating Sickness in the time of Edward III.A Sketch of the Great Plague of London, in 1664-5.Jenner’s invaluable Discovery of Vaccination.

To this edition the names of Clutterbuck, Paris, Merriman, Chambers, and Halford, have been added.

HISTORY OF NEW YORK,FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY.

ByDiedrich Knickerbocker.Plates afterCruikshank.

This is a satirical production, in which the follies of the day are humorously depicted in the persons and costume of the ancient Dutch colonists who founded New York. The scene is local, the application directed to that city, to recent occurrences in the history of the United States, and of measures of the government of the Model Republic. The satire, however, is not personal, but aimed at human character and conduct, and may, therefore, be generally felt.

LIVES OF INDIVIDUALSWHO RAISED THEMSELVES FROM POVERTY TO EMINENCE OR FORTUNE.

ByR. A. Davenport.

The object of this work is not merely to inculcate a moral lesson to youth, but to encourage virtue generally by creating submission to the law of opinion. When mankind perceive meritorious exertions in every rank rewarded, and in numerous instances crowned with success, they are more strongly supported in their resistance to difficulties, and more boldly encounter and conquer them. This single volume includes the most varied memoirs; whence it will appear that industry and perseverance, accompanied by rectitude of intention, obtain their merited reward in every civilized nation of our globe.

HISTORY OF THE MUTINY AT SPITHEAD AND THE NORE.

ByJ. Neale, Esq., Author of “Cavendish.”

With an Inquiry into its Origin and Treatment. With a Portrait ofRichard Parker.

Resistance to authorities necessarily enlists so few abettors, that, even when it originates in cruelty, injustice, and injury, its correction is demanded by the voice of the nation. To this feeling must be traced the flagrant partiality of our historians in describing the Mutiny of the Nore, and their misrepresentation of the causes of that calamity. Viewed at this distance of time, it is remembered as the foundation of that splendid and perfect discipline which has ever since pervaded and adorned the fleet, and as the cause for abolishing the despotic practice of impressment. But from these memorable movements legislators may receive a lesson, and learn how much more faithful freemen are than slaves to a state in danger, and more binding the ties of gratitude and affection than the terror of tyranny. This is the moral reduced from the Mutiny of the Nore in the present history.

TOUR THROUGH SOUTH HOLLAND AND UP THE RHINE.

With 10 Views, from Designs ofLieut.-Col. Batty.

It is strange that the history and condition of Holland should be so little known, and that it till now should never have been made the subject of a popular work. The object of this little book is not merely to afford entertainment, but to furnish that valuable and practical information, which will render it a desirableguide-bookto all who are tempted to take a summer’s trip across Holland, up the Rhine, and through Belgium; visiting Rotterdam, the Hague, Amsterdam, Cologne, Coblentz, Frankfort, Brussels, and Antwerp.

THE LIVES OF SCOTTISH WORTHIES.

ByPatrick Fraser Tytler, Esq.3 Vols.

“Truth is strange, stranger than fiction.”—The romantic annals of Scotland, and the characters of her ancient heroes—Wallace, Bruce, and the like,—will go far to convert this expression into an axiom.

HADDON, BROTHERS, AND CO., PRINTERS, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.

FOOTNOTES:1We must caution the young reader against some of the views given in M. Salverte’s work. In his anxiety to account for everything miraculous by natural causes, he has ascribed to the same origin some of these events in sacred history which Christians cannot but regard as the result of divine agency.2When both eyes are open, the object whose image falls upon the insensible spot of the one eye is seen by the other, so that, though it is not invisible, yet it will only be half as luminous and, therefore two dark spots ought to be seen.3A very curious example of the influence of the imagination in creating distinct forms out of an irregularly shaded surface, is mentioned in the life of Peter Heaman, a Swede, who was executed for piracy and murder at Leith in 1822. We give it in his own words:—“One remarkable thing was, one day as we mended a sail, it being a very thin one, after laying it upon deck in folds, I took the tar brush and tarred it over in the places which I thought needed to be strengthened. But when we hoisted it up, I was astonished to see that the tar I had put upon it represented a gallows and a man under it without a head. The head was lying beside him. He was complete, body, thighs, legs, arms, and in every shape like a man. Now, I oftentimes made remarks upon it, and repeated them to the others. I always said to them all, You may depend upon it that something will happen. I afterwards took down the sail on a calm day, and sewed a piece of canvas over the figure to cover it, for I could not bear to have it always before my eyes.”4See theEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Accidental Colours.5Edinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. iv. pp. 218, 219, No. vi., p. 244, and No. viii., p. 261.6Inquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth. Edinburgh, 1830.7Ut speculum in loco certo positum nihil imaginet; aliorsum translatum faciat imagines.Aul. Gel. Noct. Attic., lib. xvi., cap. 18.8SeeEdin. Encyclopædia, Art.Optics, Vol. xv., p. 611.9Page 86.10Page 96.11A single convex lens will answer the purpose, provided we hold the eye six or eight inches behind the image of the seal formed in its conjugate focus.12SeeEdinburgh Transactions, vol. ix., p. 435.13SeeEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Steel, vol. xviii., p. 387.14In the Sanscrit, says Baron Humboldt, the phenomenon of the Mirage is calledMriga Trichna, “thirst or desire of the antelope,” no doubt because this animalMriga, compelled by thirst,Trichna, approaches those barren plains where, from the effect of unequal refraction, he thinks he perceives the undulating surface of the waters.—Personal Narrative, vol. iii., p. 554.15See J. F. Gmelin’sGottingischen Journal der Wissenchaften, vol. i., part iii., 1798.16Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xviii., p. 254.17Private Journal ofCaptain G. F. Lyon. London, 1824, pp. 358, 361.18Id. p. 366.19SeeEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Science, Curiosities in, Vol. xvii., p. 563.20A similar piece of mechanism had been previously made by M. le Droz.21See Letter XI.22Had M. Kempelen known the modern discovery of giving glue any degree of softness, by mixing it with molasses or sugar, which is always absorbing moisture from the atmosphere, he might have obtained a still more perfect imitation of the human organs.23SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. viii., p. 200.24Description of Volcanoes, p. 170.25Edinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. i., p. 124.26Considerations on Volcanoes, andEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. xx., p. 261, and No. xiv., p. 265.27Art.Sound,Encycl. Metrop., § 110.28Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xvii., p. 158.29Revue Encyclopédique, 1821, tome ix., p. 592.30SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. xi., p. 153, and No. xiii., p. 51.31Iliad, lib. xviii., 373-378.32Annales Loisiliani, anno 807.33A popular account of this engine will be found in Mr. Babbage’s interesting volumeOn the Economy of Manufactures, lately published.34SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. viii. p. 274.35Acta Medica et Philosophica Hafniensia, 1673.36See Forster’s Travels, and Kinneir’s Geog. Memoir.37Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xv., p. 183.38Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xv., p. 183.39Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. 1, New Series, p. 71-75.40Humboldt’s Personal Narrative, vol. iv. p. 254, note.

1We must caution the young reader against some of the views given in M. Salverte’s work. In his anxiety to account for everything miraculous by natural causes, he has ascribed to the same origin some of these events in sacred history which Christians cannot but regard as the result of divine agency.

1We must caution the young reader against some of the views given in M. Salverte’s work. In his anxiety to account for everything miraculous by natural causes, he has ascribed to the same origin some of these events in sacred history which Christians cannot but regard as the result of divine agency.

2When both eyes are open, the object whose image falls upon the insensible spot of the one eye is seen by the other, so that, though it is not invisible, yet it will only be half as luminous and, therefore two dark spots ought to be seen.

2When both eyes are open, the object whose image falls upon the insensible spot of the one eye is seen by the other, so that, though it is not invisible, yet it will only be half as luminous and, therefore two dark spots ought to be seen.

3A very curious example of the influence of the imagination in creating distinct forms out of an irregularly shaded surface, is mentioned in the life of Peter Heaman, a Swede, who was executed for piracy and murder at Leith in 1822. We give it in his own words:—“One remarkable thing was, one day as we mended a sail, it being a very thin one, after laying it upon deck in folds, I took the tar brush and tarred it over in the places which I thought needed to be strengthened. But when we hoisted it up, I was astonished to see that the tar I had put upon it represented a gallows and a man under it without a head. The head was lying beside him. He was complete, body, thighs, legs, arms, and in every shape like a man. Now, I oftentimes made remarks upon it, and repeated them to the others. I always said to them all, You may depend upon it that something will happen. I afterwards took down the sail on a calm day, and sewed a piece of canvas over the figure to cover it, for I could not bear to have it always before my eyes.”

3A very curious example of the influence of the imagination in creating distinct forms out of an irregularly shaded surface, is mentioned in the life of Peter Heaman, a Swede, who was executed for piracy and murder at Leith in 1822. We give it in his own words:—

“One remarkable thing was, one day as we mended a sail, it being a very thin one, after laying it upon deck in folds, I took the tar brush and tarred it over in the places which I thought needed to be strengthened. But when we hoisted it up, I was astonished to see that the tar I had put upon it represented a gallows and a man under it without a head. The head was lying beside him. He was complete, body, thighs, legs, arms, and in every shape like a man. Now, I oftentimes made remarks upon it, and repeated them to the others. I always said to them all, You may depend upon it that something will happen. I afterwards took down the sail on a calm day, and sewed a piece of canvas over the figure to cover it, for I could not bear to have it always before my eyes.”

4See theEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Accidental Colours.

4See theEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Accidental Colours.

5Edinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. iv. pp. 218, 219, No. vi., p. 244, and No. viii., p. 261.

5Edinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. iv. pp. 218, 219, No. vi., p. 244, and No. viii., p. 261.

6Inquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth. Edinburgh, 1830.

6Inquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth. Edinburgh, 1830.

7Ut speculum in loco certo positum nihil imaginet; aliorsum translatum faciat imagines.Aul. Gel. Noct. Attic., lib. xvi., cap. 18.

7Ut speculum in loco certo positum nihil imaginet; aliorsum translatum faciat imagines.Aul. Gel. Noct. Attic., lib. xvi., cap. 18.

8SeeEdin. Encyclopædia, Art.Optics, Vol. xv., p. 611.

8SeeEdin. Encyclopædia, Art.Optics, Vol. xv., p. 611.

9Page 86.

9Page 86.

10Page 96.

10Page 96.

11A single convex lens will answer the purpose, provided we hold the eye six or eight inches behind the image of the seal formed in its conjugate focus.

11A single convex lens will answer the purpose, provided we hold the eye six or eight inches behind the image of the seal formed in its conjugate focus.

12SeeEdinburgh Transactions, vol. ix., p. 435.

12SeeEdinburgh Transactions, vol. ix., p. 435.

13SeeEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Steel, vol. xviii., p. 387.

13SeeEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Steel, vol. xviii., p. 387.

14In the Sanscrit, says Baron Humboldt, the phenomenon of the Mirage is calledMriga Trichna, “thirst or desire of the antelope,” no doubt because this animalMriga, compelled by thirst,Trichna, approaches those barren plains where, from the effect of unequal refraction, he thinks he perceives the undulating surface of the waters.—Personal Narrative, vol. iii., p. 554.

14In the Sanscrit, says Baron Humboldt, the phenomenon of the Mirage is calledMriga Trichna, “thirst or desire of the antelope,” no doubt because this animalMriga, compelled by thirst,Trichna, approaches those barren plains where, from the effect of unequal refraction, he thinks he perceives the undulating surface of the waters.—Personal Narrative, vol. iii., p. 554.

15See J. F. Gmelin’sGottingischen Journal der Wissenchaften, vol. i., part iii., 1798.

15See J. F. Gmelin’sGottingischen Journal der Wissenchaften, vol. i., part iii., 1798.

16Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xviii., p. 254.

16Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xviii., p. 254.

17Private Journal ofCaptain G. F. Lyon. London, 1824, pp. 358, 361.

17Private Journal ofCaptain G. F. Lyon. London, 1824, pp. 358, 361.

18Id. p. 366.

18Id. p. 366.

19SeeEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Science, Curiosities in, Vol. xvii., p. 563.

19SeeEdinburgh Encyclopædia, Art.Science, Curiosities in, Vol. xvii., p. 563.

20A similar piece of mechanism had been previously made by M. le Droz.

20A similar piece of mechanism had been previously made by M. le Droz.

21See Letter XI.

21See Letter XI.

22Had M. Kempelen known the modern discovery of giving glue any degree of softness, by mixing it with molasses or sugar, which is always absorbing moisture from the atmosphere, he might have obtained a still more perfect imitation of the human organs.

22Had M. Kempelen known the modern discovery of giving glue any degree of softness, by mixing it with molasses or sugar, which is always absorbing moisture from the atmosphere, he might have obtained a still more perfect imitation of the human organs.

23SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. viii., p. 200.

23SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. viii., p. 200.

24Description of Volcanoes, p. 170.

24Description of Volcanoes, p. 170.

25Edinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. i., p. 124.

25Edinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. i., p. 124.

26Considerations on Volcanoes, andEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. xx., p. 261, and No. xiv., p. 265.

26Considerations on Volcanoes, andEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. xx., p. 261, and No. xiv., p. 265.

27Art.Sound,Encycl. Metrop., § 110.

27Art.Sound,Encycl. Metrop., § 110.

28Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xvii., p. 158.

28Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xvii., p. 158.

29Revue Encyclopédique, 1821, tome ix., p. 592.

29Revue Encyclopédique, 1821, tome ix., p. 592.

30SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. xi., p. 153, and No. xiii., p. 51.

30SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, No. xi., p. 153, and No. xiii., p. 51.

31Iliad, lib. xviii., 373-378.

31Iliad, lib. xviii., 373-378.

32Annales Loisiliani, anno 807.

32Annales Loisiliani, anno 807.

33A popular account of this engine will be found in Mr. Babbage’s interesting volumeOn the Economy of Manufactures, lately published.

33A popular account of this engine will be found in Mr. Babbage’s interesting volumeOn the Economy of Manufactures, lately published.

34SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. viii. p. 274.

34SeeEdinburgh Journal of Science, New Series, No. viii. p. 274.

35Acta Medica et Philosophica Hafniensia, 1673.

35Acta Medica et Philosophica Hafniensia, 1673.

36See Forster’s Travels, and Kinneir’s Geog. Memoir.

36See Forster’s Travels, and Kinneir’s Geog. Memoir.

37Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xv., p. 183.

37Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xv., p. 183.

38Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xv., p. 183.

38Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. xv., p. 183.

39Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. 1, New Series, p. 71-75.

39Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. 1, New Series, p. 71-75.

40Humboldt’s Personal Narrative, vol. iv. p. 254, note.

40Humboldt’s Personal Narrative, vol. iv. p. 254, note.

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