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* CONVERSATIONS of a FATHER with his CHILDREN. Two volumes. 5s. 6d.

THE principles here inculcated are those of the Religion of the Gospel. The little work is intended to promote cheerful and fervent piety, a contented, obedient, and grateful frame of mind, feelings of affection and kindness towards our friends, and of active benevolence towards all.

CONVERSATIONS on GARDENING and NATURAL HISTORY. By the Author of the Elements of Botany. 2s. 6d. To render that most rational and innocent of occupations attractive to young persons, by divesting it of its technical details, and its practical difficulties, is the object of this publication. Incidental observations on Natural History are interspersed, to vary the subject, and to lead the young reader to habits of obser vation and reflection on the WONDERS of CREATION.

* SCENES and SKETCHES from ENGLISH HISTORY. With ENGRAVINGS. 3s. 6d.

Ir is our purpose to narrate the principal and most interesting events in the annals of England; not to reject any topic connected with them which is likely to entertain and instruct; Religion, Literature, Customs, and Manners; to avail ourselves of authentic private memoirs and anecdotes of celebrated personages; sometimes to comprise the history of many years in a brief passing notice; at others, to dwell for a considerable period on that of a few weeks, or even of a single day.

*SISTER MARY'S TALES in NATURAL HISTORY. 2s. 6d.

IN drawing up these Tales for children at an early age, the writer has endeavoured to interest her young readers, and yet has been very careful not to mislead them by exaggerated statements; satisfied if she has in any degree succeeded in awakening the spirit of inquiry, and, still more, if she has directed the infant mind to seek for those proofs of Divine wisdom, power, and goodness, in the formation and habits of these various beings, which at a mature age will assuredly reward the study of the naturalist.

THE EAR; a Tale of the Deaf and Dumb. By the Rev W. FLETCHER, M.A. In the Press.

THE HISTORY of SANDFORD and MERTON; originally written by THOMAS DAY, for the Use of Young Persons, REVISED, MODERNIZED, and ABRIDGED, by ROSINA MARIA ZORNLIN. With many Cuts. 3s. 6d.

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FIVE HUNDRED CHARADES, from History, Geography, and Biography. Third Edition. 1s. 6d.

IT is trusted that this humble attempt to blend some degree, however small, of useful information with the harmless, but generally unprofitable, practice of amusement by means of Charades, will be favourably received by parents and teachers.

THE CHILD'S VERSE BOOK OF DEVOTION. the Press.

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PRETTY LESSONS for GOOD CHILDREN; to which are added, EASY LESSONS IN LATIN. 2s.

SIMPLE STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. By a LADY. With Cuts. 1s. 6d.

ABBOTT'S READER; a Series of Familiar Pieces, in Prose and Verse, calculated to produce a Moral Influence on the Hearts and Lives of Young Persons. By the Authors of The Young Christian; The Corner Stone; The Teacher; &c. 3s.

THE design of this READER is to exert a direct and powerful moral influence upon the hearts of children; such an influence as shall make them faithful and industrious in the improvement of their time, obedient and affectionate to their parents, and kind and upright in their intercourse with others. The compilers have honestly endeavoured to exclude everything which they supposed would be unacceptable to any of the friends of piety and morality, of whatever

name.

THE YOUNG LADY'S FRIEND;

a MANUAL of PRACTICAL ADVICE and INSTRUCTION to YOUNG FEMALES on their entering upon the DUTIES of LIFE after quitting School. By a LADY. 3s. 6d.

THE Subjects treated of in this Popular and Useful Volume comprise, among others, the following:-Advice on Leaving School-Ou the Improvement of Time-Domestic Economy-Nursing the Sick-Behaviour of the Sick-DressMeans of Preserving Health-Behaviour to Parents and their Friends-Conduct to Teachers The Relation of Brothers and Sisters-Treatment of Servants and Workwomen-Female Companionship-Behaviour to Gentlemen-Conduct at Public Places-Dinner Parties-Evening Parties-Conversation-Visits-Travelling-Mental Culture.

* MANUAL of INSTRUCTION in VOCAL MUSIC, chiefly with a view to Psalmody. By JOHN TURNER, Esq. 4s. THE author offers this work not as an experiment now for the first time to be tried, but as the result of long experience. Though chiefly designed for the use of children collected in large numbers, it may, with equal advantage, be adopted in smaller assemblages, and in the domestic circle; and may also be rendered serviceable to adults.

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* READINGS in ENGLISH PROSE LITERATURE; containing choice Specimens from the best English Writers, and ESSAYS ON ENGLISH LITERATURE. 4s. 6d.

THIS volume contains some valuable specimens of English prose composition, taken from the works of those writers who have chiefly determined the style of our prose literature. It will be found a useful introduction to the systematic study of our national literature.

*READINGS in BIOGRAPHY. A Selection of the Lives of the most Eminent Men of all Nations. 4s. 6d.

THE design of this work is to give an account of the lives of the leaders in the most important revolutions which history records, from the age of Sesostris to those of our own times.

* READINGS in POETRY; Selections from the Works of the best English Poets; with Specimens of the American Poets; Literary Notices of the Writers, and Notes. 4s. 6d.

CARE has been taken to select such pieces and passages as best illustrate the style of the respective Authors, and are, at the same time, not beyond the average capacity of youthful students. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the most scrupulous attention has been paid to the moral character of the extracts.

* LIVES of SACRED POETS. Containing INTRODUCTORY SKETCH of SACRED POETRY. Lives of GEORGE WITHER, FRANCIS QUARLES, GILES FLETCHER, GEORGE HERBERT, RICHARD CRASHAW. By R. A. WILLMÖTT, Esq., Trin. Coll., Camb. 4s. 6d. THE writer of these Lives has endeavoured to present as ample a view as the limits of a volume would permit, of the state of Sacred Poetry in the reigns of Elizabeth, James the First, and Charles the First.

*LIVES of EMINENT CHRISTIANS.

By the Rev.

R. B. HONE, M.A. Two volumes. 9s. THE paths of good men are commonly so full of peace, and the sorrows which befall them so mercifully softened and blessed by a sacred influence, that few more pleasing or successful ways of recommending the fear and love of God have been found, than the publication of religious biography.

LIFE of SIR WILLIAM JONES by the late LORD

TEIGNMOUTH; with Selections from h: 3 Works, and a LIFE of the Author. By the Rev. S. C. WILKS, M.A. Two vols. 10s. 6d. SIR WILLIAM JONES was not only the most eminent linguist, but in many respects one of the most remarkable men of the last ceatury; and LORD TEIGNMOUTH'S Memoir of him has been justly accounted one of the most interesting, instructive, and entertaining pieces of modern biography.

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*READINGS in SCIENCE; being familiar EXPLANATIONS of various interesting APPEARANCES and PRINCIPLES in NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. With many Cuts. 5s. Turs volume differs from previous publications having the same object, namely, that of rendering the path of science easy and inviting to beginners.

* EASY LESSONS IN MECHANICS; with Familiar Illustrations, showing the practical Application of the various Mechanical Principles. 3s.

THE object of this little work is to give a familiar and connected account of the first principles of Mechanics. Since no accurate knowledge can be gained without a clear perception of the meaning of the terms employed, great care has been taken to define all technical words as they occur. Very plain illustrations and experiments have been referred to, throughout the work; and it is hoped that, although the expressious and processes of Mathematics have been necessarily excluded, the reasoning by which the several parts are connected will be found to be sound and convincing.

* MINERALS and METALS; their Natural History and Uses in the Arts; with Incidental Accounts of MINES and MINING. With many Engravings. 2s. 6d.

FAMILIAR as we are, from our earliest years, with the various articles manufactured from the metals, for purposes of use and comfort, the nature and properties of the metals themselves, and the means by which they are obtained, are comparatively little known. With a view of supplying that knowledge in a popular and attractive form, this little volume has been prepared; and as the object has been to make it entertaining as well as instructive, it is neither of a chemical, mineralogical, commercial, nor historical character, but comprises as much of all these features, in addition to being descriptive, as was deemed consistent with the proposed plan.

* POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY; being a familiar Explanation of the most Interesting Facts connected with the Structure and Functions of Animals, and particularly of Man. By PERCEVAL B. LORD, M.B., M.R.C.S. 7s. 6d.

To trace the finger of God in the works of creation, to consider "the wonders that He doeth amongst the children of men," has ever been a source of the purest and noblest gratification. This volume, taking for its subject the animal body, and more peculiarly that of man, explains the various contrivances by which he is enabled to "live, move, and have his being" shows him first as consisting of numerous sets of organs, all performing different offices, yet all conspiring with beautiful haimony for the benefit and preservation of the whole; then views him as an individual, his organism animated by one vital principle, and directed by one mind, situated in the midst of numberless other ngs, with whom he is destined to maintain relations, principally by means his external organs of sense.

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* MECHANICS APPLIED TO THE ARTS; including STATICS and HYDROSTATICS. By the Rev. Professor MOSELEY, King's College, London. 6s. 6d.

THROUGHOUT this work, an attempt has been made to bring the principles of exact science to bear upon questions of practical application in the arts, and to place the discussion of them within the reach of the more intelligent of that useful class of men who are connected with the manufactures of the country.

LE BOUQUET LITTERAIRE. Recueil de Beautés Religieuses et Morales, de divers Auteurs. Par feu L. T. VENTOUILLAC, Professeur de Littérature Française au Collège Royal à Londres. 3s. 6d.

* THREE WEEKS in PALESTINE and LEBANON. With many ENGRAVINGS. 38.

A LITTLE volume from the travelling notes of a party who made the tour. Descriptions of Bialbec, Beirot, Damietta, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Ramlah, and other places, are blended with remarks upon the natives, the incidents of the journey and the observations and reflections which naturally occur to a Clergyman in travelling through the Holy Land.

TWO YEARS at SEA; being the Narrative of a Voyage to the Swan River and Van Diemen's Land; thence, through the Torres' Straits, to various parts of India. With Notes of a Visit to, and Residence in, the Burman Empire; including an interesting Account of the Services and Sufferings of the Missionaries in that Country, from the date of the first Protestant Mission there. By JANE ROBERTS.

*THE CRUSADERS; or SCENES, EVENTS, and CHAracters, from the TIMES of the CRUSADERS. By THOMAS KEIGHTLEY, Esq. Two volumes. 11s.

In this work, the Crusaders, the Greeks, Turks, and Saracens, of the times of the Crusaders, are set before the view of the reader as they lived,"thought, and acted. Their valour, their superstition, their ferocity, their honour, are displayed in as strong a light as the existing historical documents permit, and accurate descriptions and graphic illustrations exhibit the towns and scenery of Syria, and the other countries which were the theatre of the exploits of the Crusaders.

* THE HISTORY of MOHAMMEDANISM, and the principal MOHAMMEDAN SECTS, derived chiefly from Oriental Authorities. By W. C. TAYLOR, LL.D., T.C.D. 5s. 6d. THIS work contains full account of the Mohammedan traditions respecting the origin of their faith; an account of the political, religious, and social state of the East, when first the doctrines of Islamism were promulgated; a history of Mohammed's life, mainly derived from his own autobiographical notices in the Koran; the original Mohammedan Creed; and the fullest particulars that have yet appeared in English of the leading sects that divide the Mussulmans..

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