N.B.—All the Books undermentioned are published by A. COBBETT, at No. 137, Strand, London, and are to be had of all other Booksellers.
SELECTIONS
FROM
COBBETT'S POLITICAL REGISTER;
BEING
A Complete Abridgement of the 100 Volumes which comprise the writings of"Porcupine,"and the"Weekly Political Register" (from 1794 to 1835)
WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY,
BY JOHN M. COBBETT AND JAMES P. COBBETT, ESQRS.,Barristers-at-Law,
Is now published, in Six Volumes, 8vo., with aComplete Analytical Indexto the whole. The Index to this work gives it an advantage over the original one, which, being without any general Index, and the indices to the volumes being scanty, where there are any, and being omitted in a great many of the volumes, is, in fact, a work very difficult to refer to. The great object of the editors of this abridgement has been to preserve a series of the best papers of Mr.Cobbett'swritings, and to render them easily referred to by a General Analytical Index. The price of the Six Volumes 8vo. is 2l.10s.boards.
THE
COBBETT LIBRARY.
When I am asked what books a young man or young woman ought to read, I always answer, Let him or her readallthe books that I have written. This does, it will doubtless be said,smell of the shop. No matter. It is what I recommend; and experience has taught me that it is my duty to give the recommendation. I am speaking here of books other than THE REGISTER; and even these, that I call my LIBRARY, consist ofthirty-ninedistinct books; two of them being TRANSLATIONS;sevenof them being writtenBY MY SONS;one(Tull's Husbandry) revised and edited, and one published by me, and written by the Rev. Mr.O'Callaghan, a most virtuous Catholic Priest. I divide these books into classes, as follows:—1Books for Teaching Language; 2.On Domestic Management and Duties; 3.On Rural Affairs; 4.On the Management of National Affairs; 5.History; 6.Travels; 7.Laws; 8.Miscellaneous Politics. Here is a great variety of subjects, and all of them verydry; nevertheless, the manner of treating them is in general such as to induce the reader to go through the book when he has once begun it. I will now speak of each book separately, under the several heads above-mentioned. N.B.—All the books are bound in boards, which will be borne in mind when the price is looked at.—W.C.
1. BOOKS FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE.
ENGLISH SPELLING-BOOK.
I have been frequently asked by mothers of families, by some fathers, and by some schoolmasters even, to write a book that they couldbeginteaching by; one that should begin at a beginning of book learning, and smooth the way along to my own English Grammar, which is the entrance-gate. I often promised to comply with these requests, and, from time to time, in the intervals of political heats, I have thought of the thing, till, at last, I found time enough to sit down and put it upon paper. The objection to the common spelling books is, that the writers aim at teaching several important sciences in a little book in which the whole aim should be the teaching of spelling and reading. We are presented with a littleArithmetic, a littleAstronomy, a littleGeography, and a good deal ofReligion! No wonder the poor little things imbibe a hatred of books in the first that they look into! Disapproving heartily of these books, I have carefully abstained from everything beyond the object in view, namely, the teaching of a child to spell and read; and this work I have made as pleasant as I could, by introducing such stories as children most delight in, accompanied by those little woodcut illustrations which amuse them. At the end of the book there is a "Stepping-stone to the English Grammar." It is but a step; it is designed to teach a child the differentparts of speech, and the use ofpoints, with one or two small matters of the kind. The book is in the duodecimo form, contains 176 pages of print, and the price is 1s. 6d.—W. C.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
COBBETT'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR. (Price3s.)—This work is in a series of letters addressed to my son James, when he was 14 years old. I made himcopy the whole of itbefore it went to press, and that made him agrammarian at once; and how able an one it made him will be seen by his own Grammar of theItalian Language, hisRide in France, and hisTour in Italy. There are at the end of this Grammar "Six Lessons intended to prevent Statesmen from using false Grammar;" and I really wish that our statesmen would attend to the instructions of the whole book. Thousands upon thousands of young men have been made correct writers by it; and it is next to impossible that they should have read it with attention without its producing such effect. It is a book of principles, clearly laid down; and when once these are got into the mind they never quit it. More than 100,000 copies of this work have been sold.—W. C.
FRENCH GRAMMAR.
COBBETT'S FRENCH GRAMMAR (Price5s.); or,Plain Instructions for the Learning of French.—This book has had, and has, a very great effect in the producing of its object. More young men have, I dare say, learned French from it than from all the other books that have been published in English for the last fifty years. It is like the former, a book ofprinciples, clearly laid down. I had this great advantage too, that I had learnt Frenchwithout a master.I had grubbed it out, bit by bit, and knew well how to removeall the difficulties; I remembered what it was that hadpuzzledandretardedme; and I have taken care, in this, my Grammar, to prevent the reader from experiencing that which, in this respect, I experienced myself. This Grammar, as well as the former, is kept out ofschoolsowing to the fear that the masters and mistresses have of being looked upon asCobbettites. So much the worse for the children of the stupid brutes who are the cause of this fear, whichsensiblepeople laugh at, and avail themselves of the advantages tendered to them in the books. Teaching French inEnglish Schoolsis, generally, mere delusion; and as to teaching thepronunciationbyrules, it is the grossest of all human absurdities. My knowledge of French was so complete thirty-seven years ago, that the very first thing in the shape of a book that I wrote for the press, was a Grammar toteachthe Frenchmen English; and, of course, it waswritten in French.I must know all about these two languages; and must be able to give advice to young people on the subject: their time is precious; and I advise them not to waste it upon what are calledlessonsfrom masters and mistresses. To learn the pronunciation, there is no way but that ofhearingthose, andspeakingwith those, who speak the language well. My Grammar will do the rest.—W. C.
A GRAMMAR OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE;
Or, a Plain and Compendious Introduction to the Study of Italian. ByJames Paul Cobbett. This work contains explanations and examples to teach the language practically; and the principles of construction are illustrated by passages from the best Italian authors. Price 6s.
A LATIN GRAMMAR.
A LATIN GRAMMAR, for the Use of English Boys; being an Explanation of the Rudiments of the Latin Language. By JamesPaul Cobbett.Price3s.boards.
FRENCH EXERCISES.
EXERCISES TO COBBETT'S FRENCH GRAMMAR (price 2s.) is just published. It is an accompaniment to the French Grammar, and is necessary to the learner who has been diligent in his reading of the Grammar. ByJames Cobbett.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
COBBETT'S FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY.—This book is now published. Its price is 12s.in boards; and it is a thick octavo volume.
GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
This book was suggested to me by my own frequent want of the information which it contains; a suggestion which, if every compiler did but wait to feel before he puts his shears to work, would spare the world many a voluminous and useless book. I am constantly receiving letters out of the country, the writers living in obscure places, but who seldom think of giving more than thenameof the place that they write from; and thus have I been often puzzled to death to find out even thecountyin which it is before I could return an answer. I one day determined, therefore, for my own convenience, to have a list made out ofevery parishin the kingdom; but this being done, I found that I had stilltownshipsandhamletsto add in order to make my list complete; and when I had got the work only half done, I found it a book; and that, with the addition of bearing, and population, and distance from the next market town, or if a market town, from London, it will be a really usefulGeographical Dictionary.It is a work which the learned would callsui generis; it prompted itself into life, and it has grown in my hands: but I will here insert the whole of the title-page, for that contains a full description of the book. It is a thick octavo volume,Price12s.—W. C.
"A GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES; containing the Names, in Alphabetical Order, of all the Counties, with their several subdivisions into Hundreds, Lathes, Rapes, Wapentakes, Wards, or Divisions; and an Account of the Distribution of the Counties into Circuits, Dioceses, and Parliamentary Divisions. Also the names (under that of each County respectively), in Alphabetical Order, of all the Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns, Villages, Hamlets, and Tithings, with the Distance of each from London, or from the nearest Market Town, and with the population, and other interesting particulars relating to each; besides which there are MAPS; first, one of the whole country, showing the local situation of the Counties relatively to each other, and then each County is also preceded by a Map, showing, in the same manner, the local situation of the Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns. FOUR TABLES are added; first a Statistical Table of all the Counties; and then three Tables showing the new Divisions and Distributions enacted by the Reform Law of 4th June, 1832."
II. BOOKS ON DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT AND DUTIES.
COTTAGE ECONOMY.
COBBETT'S COTTAGE ECONOMY (Price2s.6d.); containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family; to which are added, instructions relative to the selecting, the cutting and bleaching of the Plants of English Grass and Grain, for the purpose of making Hats and Bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using Ice-houses, after the Virginian manner. In my own estimation, the book that stands first is thePoor Man's Friend; and the one that stands next is thisCottage Economy; and beyond all description is the pleasure I derive from reflecting on the number of happy families that this little book must have made. I dined in company with a lady in Worcestershire, who desired to see me on account of this book; and she told me that until she read it she knew nothing at all about these two great matters, the making of bread and of beer; but that from the moment she read the book, she began to teach her servants, and that the benefits were very great. But, to the labouring people, there are the arguments in favour of good conduct, sobriety, frugality, industry, all the domestic virtues; here are the reasons for all these; and it must be a real devil in human shape who does not applaud the man who could sit down to write this book, a copy of which everyparsonought, upon pain of loss of ears, to present to every girl that he marries, rich or poor.—W. C.
"Differing as I do from Mr. Cobbett in his politics, I must say that he has been of great use to the poor. This 'Cottage Economy' gives them hints and advice which have, and continue to be, of the greatest service to them; it contains a little mine of wealth, of which the poor may reap the advantage; for no one understands the character of the English labourer better than Mr. Cobbett. Since writing the above, Mr. Cobbett is no more; his 'Cottage Economy' should be considered as his legacy to the poor."—Jesse's Gleanings.Vol. 2. p. 358.
"Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to Cobbett's political writings, and as to his peculiar views and prejudices, there cannot be a doubt that all his works on domestic management, on rural affairs, and on the use of language, are marked by strong sense, and by great clearness of thought and precision of language. His power of conveying instruction is, indeed, almost unequalled; he seems rather to woo the reader to learn than to affect the teacher; he travels with his pupil over the field of knowledge upon which he is engaged, never seeming to forget the steps by which he himself learned. He assumes that nothing is known, and no point is too minute for the most careful investigation. Above all, the pure mother English in which his instructions are conveyed, makes him a double teacher; for whilst the reader is ostensibly receiving instruction on some subject of rural economy, he is at the same time insensibly imbibing a taste for good sound Saxon English—the very type of the substantial matters whereof his instructor delights to discourse. Most of Cobbett's works on rural and domestic economy, though written for the industrious and middle classes of this country, are admirably adapted to the use of settlers in new countries. For an old and thickly-peopled country like England, perhaps Cobbett carried his notion of doing everything at home a little too far; but in a new country, where a man is at times compelled to turn his hand to everything, it is really well to know how everything connected with rural economy should be done, and we really know of no works whence this extended knowledge can be acquired so readily as from those of Cobbett. He understood all the operations incidental to the successful pursuit of husbandry, and his very prejudice of surrounding the farm with a wall of brass, and having every resource within, prompted him to write on rural affairs with completeness.
"The little half-crown book, which we now introduce to our readers, contains a mine of most valuable instruction, every line of which is as useful to the colonist as to those for whom it was written. We have just read it through, from the title to the imprint, with especial regard to the wants of the colonists, and we do not believe there is a single sentence of the instructional portion that need be rejected. The treatise on brewing and making bread are particularly applicable to New Zealand. We observe by the published list of prices, that while flour was there selling at a moderate price, bread was enormously high. There is nobody to blame for this; it arises simply out of the high rate of retail profit which prevails in new countries, and we know no reason why bakers should be expected to keep shop for less remuneration than other tradesmen. The remedy then is, not to abuse the baker, but to bake at home. How this is to be accomplished Cobbett here points out. Some idea of the saving by means of home baking in our colonies, where retail profits are high, may be gleaned from the great difference between the price of flour and that of bread at Wellington, at the same date. When flour was selling at 20l. per ton, the bakers of Wellington were charging 1s. 8d. for the 4lb. loaf. Now, one cwt. of flour would make from 126lb. to 134lb of bread, that is, on an average, 32 loaves of 4lb. each. These would cost:—flour 20s, yeast 1s, salt 6d, with fuel 1s—together 22s 6d, or something under 9d per 4lb loaf. Here, then, would be an enormous saving to the settler's family by means of home bread making:—is not Cobbett right when he deprecates the idea of the farm labourer going to the baker's shop? and, if he be right in England, where the baker works for a small profit, his recommendation has ten times the force when applied to a colony like New Zealand. Let it be remembered also, that, by home-baking, the quality of the bread is guaranteed. Doubtless, honest bakers do exist; but if there be only a few who occasionally make use potatoes, and other materials less nourishing than wheat, surely the guarantee is worth something where soundness of muscle and sinew is of so much importance. Earnestly, then, do we recommend every New Zealand emigrant to purchase this little book, and make himself master of all it contains."—New Zealand Journal, 8th January, 1842.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
COBBETT'S ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN, and (incidentally)to Young Women, in the middle and higher Ranks of Life(Price5s.) It was published in fourteen numbers, and is now in one volume complete.
SERMONS.
COBBETT'S SERMONS (Price3s.6d.): There are thirteen of them on the following subjects:—1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty; 2. Drunkenness; 3. Bribery; 4. The Rights of the Poor; 5. Unjust Judges; 6. The Sluggard; 7. Murder; 8. Gaming; 9. Public Robbery; 10. The Unnatural Mother; 11. Forbidding Marriage; 12. Parsons and Tithes; 13. Good Friday; or,God's Judgment on the Jews.—More of these Sermons have been sold than of the Sermons of all the Church Parsons put together since mine were published. There are some parsons who have the good sense and virtue to preach them from the pulpit.—W. C.
III. BOOKS ON RURAL AFFAIRS.
TULL'S HUSBANDRY.
COBBETT'S EDITION OF TULL'S HUSBANDRY (Price15s.): The HORSE-HOEING HUSBANDRY; or, ATreatiseon the Principles ofTillageandVegetation, wherein is taught a Method of introducing a sort ofVineyard Cultureinto theCorn-Fields, in order to increase their Product and diminish the common Expense. ByJethro Tull, of Shalborne, in the county of Berks. To which is prefixed anIntroduction, explanatory of some Circumstances connected with the History and Division of the Work: and containing an Account of certain Experiments of recent date, byWilliam Cobbett.—From this famous book I learned all my principles relative to farming, gardening, and planting. It really, without a pun,goes to the rootof the subject. Before I read this book I had seen enough ofeffects, but really knew nothing about thecauses. It contains the foundation of all knowledge in the cultivation of the earth.—W. C.
YEAR'S RESIDENCE IN AMERICA.
COBBETT'S YEAR'S RESIDENCE IN AMERICA, WITH A MAP (Price5s.); treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil, the Products, the Mode of Cultivating the Land, the Prices of Land, of Labour, of Food, of Raiment, of the Expenses of Housekeeping, and of the usual Manner of Living; of the Manners and Customs of the People; and of the Institutions of the Country, Civil, Political, and Religious; in three Parts. The Map is a map of the United States. The book contains a Journal of the Weather for one whole year; and it has an account of my Farming in that country; and also an account of the causes of poor Birkbeck's failure in his undertaking. A book very necessary to all men of property who emigrate to the United States.—W. C.
THE ENGLISH GARDENER.
COBBETT'S ENGLISH GARDENER (Price6s.); or a Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing and Laying-out of Kitchen Gardens; on the Making and Managing of Hot-beds and Green-Houses; and on the Propagation and Cultivation of all sorts of Kitchen-Garden Plants, and of Fruit-Trees, whether of the Garden or the Orchard. And also on the Formation of Shrubberies and Flower-Gardens; and on the Propagation and Cultivation of the several sorts of Shrubs and Flowers; concluding with a Kalendar, giving Instructions relative to the Sowings, Plantings, Prunings, and other labours to be performed in the Gardens, in each Month of the year.—A complete book of the kind. A plan of a Kitchen-Garden, and little plates to explain the works of pruning, grafting, and budding. But it is here, as in all my books, the Principles that are valuable: it is a knowledge of these that fills the reader with delight in the pursuit. I wrote a Gardener for America, and the vile wretch who pirated it there had the baseness to leave out the Dedication. No pursuit is so rational as this, as an amusement or relaxation, and none so innocent and so useful. It naturally leads to Early Rising; to sober contemplation; and is conducive to health. Every young man should be a gardener, if possible, whatever else may be his pursuits.—W. C.
THE WOODLANDS.
COBBETT'S WOODLANDS (Price14s.); or, a Treatise on the preparing of Ground for Planting; on the Planting; on the Cultivating; on the Pruning; and on the Cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods; describing the usual Growth, and Size, and Uses of each sort of Tree, the Seed of each; the Season and Manner of collecting the Seed, the Manner of Preserving and Sowing it, and also the Manner of Managing the Young Plants until fit to plant out; the Trees being arranged in Alphabetical Order, and the List of them, including those of America as well as those of England, and the English, French, and Latin name being prefixed to the Directions relative to each Tree respectively.—This work takes every tree at ITS SEED, and carries an account of it to the cutting down and converting it to its uses.—W. C.
A TREATISE ON COBBETT'S CORN.
COBBETT'S CORN-BOOK (Price5s.); or, A Treatise on Cobbett's Corn, containing Instructions for Propagating and Cultivating the Plant, and for Harvesting and Preserving the Crop, and also an Account of the several Uses to which the Produce is applied, with Minute Directions relative to each Mode of Application. This edition I sell at 5s.that it may get intonumerous hands. I have had, eventhis year, a noble crop of this corn; and I undertake to pledge myself, that this corn will be in general cultivation in England in two or three years from this time, in spite of all that fools and malignant asses can say against it. When I get time to go out into the country, amongst the labourers in Kent, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, and Berks, who are nowmore worthyof encouragement and good living than they ever were, though they were always excellent, I promise myself the pleasure of seeing this beautiful crop growing in all their gardens, and to see every man of them once more with a bit of meat on his table and in his satchel, instead of theinfamous potato.—W. C.
IV. MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
THE CURSE OF PAPER MONEY.
THE CURSE OF PAPER MONEY; showing the Evils produced in America by Paper Money. ByWilliam Gouge; and Reprinted with a Preface, byWilliam Cobbett.Price4s.
POOR MAN'S FRIEND.
COBBETT'S POOR MAN'S FRIEND (Price8d.); or, a Defence of the Rights of those who do the Work and Fight the Battles: myfavouritework. I bestowed more labour upon it than upon any large volume that I ever wrote. Here it is proved, that according to all laws, Divine as well as human, no one is to die of hunger amidst abundance of food.—W. C.
MANCHESTER LECTURES; price 2s.6d.
COBBETT'S MANCHESTER LECTURES. A small duodecimo volume, containing Six Lectures delivered at Manchester in the Winter of 1831. In these lectures I have gone fully into the state of the country, and have put forth what I deem the proper remedy for that state. I fully discussed the questions of Debt, Dead Weight, Sinecures and Pensions, Church, Crown Lands, Army and Navy; and I defy all the doctors of political economy to answer me that book. It contains a statement of the propositions which, please God, I intend to make as a ground-work of relief to our country.—W. C.
USURY LAWS.—Price 3s.6d.
USURY LAWS; or,Lending at Interest; also the Exaction and Payment of certain Church Fees, such as Pew Rents, Burial Fees, and the like, together with forestalling Traffic; all proved to be repugnant to the Divine and Ecclesiastical Law, and Destructive to Civil Society. To which is prefixed a Narrative of the Controversy between the Author and Bishop Coppinger, and of the sufferings of the former in consequence of his adherence to the Truth. By the ReverendJeremiah O'Callaghan, Roman Catholic Priest. With a Dedication to the "Society of Friends," byWilliam Cobbett. Every young man should read this book, thehistoryof which, besides the learned matter, is very curious. The "Jesuits," as they call them, in France, ought to read this book, and then tell the world how they can find theimpudenceto preach theCatholic Religion, andto uphold the funding systemat the same time.—W. C.
LEGACY TO LABOURERS; Price 1s.4d.
Or, What is the Right which the Lords, Baronets, and Squires, have to the Lands of England? In Six Letters, addressed to the Working People of England; with a Dedication to Sir Robert Peel. ByWm. Cobbett.
LEGACY TO PARSONS; Price 1s.6d.
Or, have the Clergy of the Established Church an Equitable Right to the Tithes, or to any other thing called Church Property, greater than the Dissenters have to the same? And ought there, or ought there not, to be a Separation of the Church from the State? In Six Letters addressed to the Church Parsons in general, including the Cathedral and College Clergy and the Bishops; with a Dedication to Blomfield, Bishop of London. ByWilliam Cobbett. Third Edition.
V. HISTORY.
PROTESTANT REFORMATION; Price 5s.
COBBETT'S HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION in England and Ireland, showing how that event has impoverished and degraded the main body of the People in these Countries; in a Series of Letters, addressed to all sensible and just Englishmen; with a list of the Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, and other Religious Foundations, in England and Wales, and in Ireland, confiscated, seized on, or alienated, by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments. This is the book that has done the business of theEstablished Church! This book has been translated into all living languages, and there are two Stereotype Editions of it in the United States of America. This is the source from whence are now pouring in the petitions for theAbolition of Tithes.—W. C. This new and cheap edition has been published in Monthly Parts, 6d.each, and is now complete in two vols., 2s.6d.each vol.
ROMAN HISTORY; Price 6s.
COBBETT'S ROMAN HISTORY; Vol. I. in English and French, from the foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium; selected from the best Authors, ancient and modern, with a Series of Questions at the end of each chapter; for the use of schools and young persons in general. Vol. II.An Abridged Historyof theEmperors, in French and English; being a continuation of the History of the Roman Republic, published by the same Authors, on the same plan, for the use of schools and young persons in general. This work is in French and English. It is intended as anExercise-Book, to be used with my French Grammar, and it is sold at avery low price, to place it within the reach of young men in general.—W. C.
LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON; Price 3s.
REGENCY AND REIGN OF GEORGE IV. Price 10s.6d.
COBBETT'S HISTORY OF THE REGENCY AND REIGN OF GEORGE IV.—This work is published in Nos. at 6d. each; and it doesjusticeto the late "mild and merciful" King.—W. C.
LAFAYETTE'S LIFE (Price1s.); a brief Account of the Life of that brave and honest man, translated from the French, by Mr.James Cobbett.
VI. TRAVELS.
LETTERS FROM FRANCE; Price 4s.6d.
MR. JOHN COBBETT'S LETTERS FROM FRANCE, containing observations on that country during a Journey from Calais to the South, as far as Limoges; then back to Paris, and then, after a Residence, from the Eastern parts of France, and through part of the Netherlands; commencing in April, and ending in December, 1824.
RIDE IN FRANCE; Price 2s.6d.
MR. JAMES COBBETT'S RIDE OF EIGHT HUNDRED MILES IN FRANCE, in 1823 (the Third Edition); containing a sketch of the Face of the Country, of its Rural Economy, of the Towns and Villages, of Manufactures and Trade, and of such of the Manners and Customs as materially differ from those of England; also, an Account of the Prices of Land, Houses, Fuel, Food, Raiment, Labour, and other things in different parts of the Country; the design being to exhibit a true picture of the Present State of the people of France; to which is added, a General View of the Finances of the Kingdom.
TOUR IN ITALY.
MR. JAMES COBBETT'S TOUR IN ITALY, and also in Part of FRANCE and SWITZERLAND (Price4s.6d.); the Route being from Paris through Lyons to Marseilles, and thence to Nice, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Naples, and Mount Vesuvius; and by Rome, Terni, Perugia, Arezzo, Florence, Bologna, Ferrara, Padua, Venice, Verona, Milan, over the Alps, by Mount St. Bernard, Geneva, and the Jura, back into France. The space of time being from October 1828 to September 1829: containing a description of the Country; of the principal Cities and their most striking Curiosities; of the Climate, Soil, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Products; of the Price of Provisions, and of Labour, and of the Dresses and Conditions of the People. And also some account of the Laws and Customs, Civil and Religious, and of the Morals and Demeanor of the Inhabitants in the several States.
TOUR IN SCOTLAND.
TOUR IN SCOTLAND, byMr. Cobbett; the tour taken in the Autumn of 1832, and the book written during the Tour. It is a small duodecimo volume, 2s.6d.
VII. LAW.
MARTENS'S LAW OF NATIONS. Price 17s.
COBBETT'S TRANSLATION OF MARTENS'S LAW OF NATIONS; being the Science of National Law, Covenants, Power, &c. Founded upon the Treaties and Customs of Modern Nations in Europe. ByG. F. Von Martens, Professor of Public Law in the University of Gottingen. Translated from the French, byWm. Cobbett. One of my first literary labours. An excellent Commonplace Book to the Law of Nations.—W. C.
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS POLITICS.
COLLECTIVE COMMENTARIES; Price 3s.
COBBETT'S COLLECTIVE COMMENTARIES; or Remarks on the Proceedings in the Collective Wisdom of the Nation, during the Session which began on the 5th of February, and ended on the 6th of August, in the Third Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, and in the Year of our Lord, 1822; being the Third Session of the First Parliament of that King. To which are subjoined, a complete List of the Acts passed during the Session, with Elucidations, and other Notices and Matters; forming, altogether, a short but clear History of the Collective Wisdom for the Year.
TWOPENNY TRASH; Price 3s.
TWOPENNY TRASH, complete in two vols., 12mo.
Just Published, Price 6s., Boards,
SIXTH EDITION, WITH MANY NEW RECEIPTS,
OF
THE ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER;
OR,
MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT;
Containing advice on the Conduct of Household Affairs; in a separate Treatise on each particular Department, and Practical Instruction concerning
Containing advice on the Conduct of Household Affairs; in a separate Treatise on each particular Department, and Practical Instruction concerning
Together with
Hints for Laying Out Small Ornamental Gardens; Directions for Cultivating and Preserving Herbs; and some Remarks on the best Means of Rendering Assistance to poor Neighbours.
FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES
WHO UNDERTAKE THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THEIR OWN HOUSEKEEPING.
BY MISS COBBETT.
BOOKS FOR EMIGRANTS.
"If the emigrant require elementary works on any subject of domestic management—extending the term domestic matters outside as well as inside of the house—it is not too much to say that the name of Cobbett may be considered a guarantee that he will find the subject treated with completeness, and in a style at once simple and attractive. Whilst we say this, the reader must not be alarmed lest we design to thrust all Cobbett's political views down his throat. Like all strong-passioned men he was not unfrequently inconsistent; on subjects of social and politico-economical science especially, he was as often unsound as sound; he frequently threw himself into the stream of popular prejudice, not only closing his mind to the reasonings of others, but scarcely daring to use his own strong powers lest he should be convinced against his previous determination. But on the subjects embraced by the Cottage Economy, and others of a like character, Cobbett was and is a trustworthy instructor, and we hesitate not to say that the emigrant who will follow his instructions will, in a few years, find himself a wiser, a wealthier, a better, and, above all, a happier man, in consequence of having done so. The English Housekeeper is by Miss Cobbett, and bears evident marks of the Cobbett school of domestic management. The same wholesome healthy tone—the same simplicity of taste pervades all its recommendations; and even in the good sound mother-English in which it is written we recognise the pure source whence it sprung. It cannot be expected that we should examine all the receipts and pronounce our opinion on their merits. To confess the truth, we are not competent to the task. The reader, therefore, must be content with the information that this part of the work appears to be very amply stored with the good things of this world, and, what is more to the purpose, a very cursory glance has convinced us that the colonist family might avail themselves of the greater part of this division of the book with advantage and profit. The truly valuable portions of the work are those which relate to domestic management. We have not space to go into particulars, and extracts would scarcely serve any good purpose. As one might expect from a Cobbett, the chapter devoted to the Cellar contains some excellent directions for the making of British wines, many of which will be found applicable to New Zealand and the Australian Colonies, and afford a cheap luxury to colonist's family. Here also we have some useful directions brewing, in addition to the instructions given in the Cottage Economy. Cookery for the Sick, and Cookery for the Poor, are two valuable chapters; and it is an additional recommendation that many of the articles under these heads may easily be made at sea. In conclusion, we earnestly recommend the books to the emigrant's notice. The general instructions may be studied with profit during the voyage, and when fairly settled we have no doubt the colonist's wife would insensibly find the book constantly in her hand."—New Zealand Journal, Jan. 22, 1842.
THE ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER; OR, MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT.
"This excellent household book has now reached a third edition. We can recommend it heartily to every young lady who undertakes the management of her domestic affairs, not only for the valuable instructions it contains concerning all that relates to the kitchen and cookery, but for the sensible advice it offers to females in the most important duties of domestic life. This to us most interesting portion of the work is written in the plain, forcible, and convincing style of the author's late father. There is the same wholesome and practical advice put forward in that easy, familiar way which impresses itself indelibly upon the reader's mind. There are some observations upon the mode of educating daughters which should be attentively perused by every mother. There is a truth and beauty, and a spirit of kind womanly feeling in the chapter on servants. It is a noble vindication of the poor, which ought to be written in letters of gold upon the walls of the rich man's chamber. Of the culinary receipts, the directions for managing the pantry, larder, store-room, &c., we can speak in terms of unqualified commendation. The medical and miscellaneous receipts are numerous and valuable."—Sunday Times, January 30, 1842.
"If we had seen thetwentiethedition on the title of the 'English Housekeeper,' instead of thethird, we should not have been surprised. We passed our humble opinion on the merits of this work upon its first appearance. Now we behold a new and improved edition, enlarged, and with numerous indispensible recipes, rendering it one of the most complete works of the kind that has come under our criticism; everything as regards housekeeping being laid down in a clear, concise style, not only of essential utility to the young housekeeper, but to the already experienced practitioner. Miss Cobbett must have devoted years to the production of the volume, for turn to what page you will, it abounds with striking and useful, as well as practical facts, so admirably arranged, that a very young lady might become, after a few hours' perusal, well qualified to discharge the domestic duties of a wife."—Blackwood's Ladies' Magazine, 1842.
G. PEIRCE, PRINTER, 310, STRAND.