LARDNER'S CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA. CABINET OF AMERICAN HISTORY. "IT IS NOT EASY TO DEVISE A CURE FOR SUCH A STATE CATED CLASSES WITH A SERIES OF WORKS ON POPULAR Volumes published. I. II. HISTORY OF THE SPANISH DISCOVERICS prior to the year 1520. To be succeeded by AND EXPERIMENTS, WHICH ARE LEVEL TO THE CAPACITY III. IV. V. HISTORY OF ANAHUAC, OR MEXICO. OF ORDINARY MINDS."-Quarterly Review. from its discovery to the present time. In 3 vols VI. VII. HISTORY OF PERU. In 2 vols. VIII. IX. HISTORY OF BRAZIL. In 2 vols. &c.&t PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON THE OBJECTS, ADVANTAGES, AND PLEAS URES OF THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. By J. T. W. Herschel, A. M. late Fellow of St. John's College, publish a General History of America, divided inta UNDER this comprehensive title, it is proposed to Cambridge. parts making together a continuous whole; yet each, "Without disparaging any other of the many interest. having an integral form, adapted for separate publicaing and instructive volumes issued in the form of cabinet tion. Each portion will be brought down to the and family libraries, it is, perhaps, not too much to place at the head of the list, for extent and variety of condensed period at which it shall be written, and will contain information, Mr. Herchel's discourse of Natural Philoso- a popular description of the geology, climate and prophy in Dr. Lardner's Cyclopædia."-Christian Observer. ductions, and the civil history of the country to which "The finest work of philosophical genius which this it relates. age has seen."-Mackintosh's England. "By far the most delightful book to which the existing competition between literary rivals of great talent and enterprise has given rise."-Monthly Review. "Mr. Herschel's delightful volume. * ** We find scattered through the work instances of vivid and happy illustration, where the fancy is usefully called into action, so as sometimes to remind us of the splendid pictures which crowd upon us in the style of Bacon."-Quarterly Reviero. "It is the most exciting volume of the kind we ever met with."-Monthly Magazine. "One of the most instructive and delightful books we have ever perused."-U. S. Journal. A TREATISE ON MECHANICS. By Capt. No work of this general nature has been published in the English language. The work of Dr. Robertson is rather a philosophical essay on American history, than an historical narrative; and though originally designed to embrace the whole of the American continent, it remains unfinished. It is written also. with a bias unfavorable to America and its produetions, is incorrect in many important particulars, and is too much abstracted for popular use. This void in literature might have been properly filled by the writers of Spain, Portugal, France, or England, but has been supplied for Europe, in a measure, by an Italian, the Cavalier Campagnoni, of whose meritorious labor much use will be made in the proposed enterprise. The volumes herewith presented, may be deemed introductory to the whole work, since they narrate the history of the discovery of the three great portions of America. In the prosecution of the subject, the "A work which contains an uncommon amount of existing political divisions will be pursued and conuseful information, exhibited in a plain and very intellinected with former ones, by proper explanations; and gible form."-Olmsted's Nat. Philosophy. "This volume has been lately published in England, as a part of Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia, and has received the unsolicited approbation of the most eminent men of science, and the most discriminating journals and reviews, in the British metropolis.-It is written in a popular and intelligible style, entirely free from mathe matical symbols, and disencumbered as far as possible of technical phrases."-Boston Traveller. "Admirable in development and clear in principles, and especially felicitous in illustration from familiar subjects."-Monthly Mag. "Though replete with philosophical information of the highest order in mechanics, adapted to ordinary capacities in a way to render it at once intelligible and popu. lar."-Lit. Gazette. "A work of great merit, full of valuable information, not only to the practical mechanic, but to the man of science."-N. Y. Courier and Enquirer. where due regard for unity does not forbid, the chronological order will be preserved. Thus, the next succeeding part of the work, now advanced in preparation, will contain the history of Anahuac, or Mexico: including its ancient annals, an account of its subjugation, and the policy of its conquerors, of its late revolutions, and of its present constituent states In the same manner will be treated Central America, Peru, Chili, Bolivia, the United Provinces of La Plata, Brazil and Colombia. Due attention will also be given to the independent Indian nations of South America. The history of the remainder of the country will! be embraced by the following divisions:-1. Russian: 2. British; 3. Spanish; 4. French; 5. Danish; 6. Dutch America; and 7, the United States and their dependencies. In treating the last division, a separate vol ume will be appropriated to each State and Territory, the history of which may require it, and "The History of the United States" will be confined to the events of the Revolution and the operations of the general gov ernment. A survey having been thus made of the whole Western Hemisphere, the concluding volume will contain the history of the Indian races, particularly those of the northern part of the continent, with a critical examination of the theories relating to the original peopling of America. prehensive to include a biography of distinguished The general title of the work is sufficiently comhistory; and should the public support warrant it. Americans, and others connected with American An American Biography" may also be published under it, in a cheap and popular form. CABINET LIBRARY. No. 1.-NARRATIVE OF THE LATE and more particularly of our country readers. It will WAR IN GERMANY AND FRANCE. induce them, we are sure, to examine more closely than they have been accustomed to do, into the objects of aniBy the MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY. With mated nature, and such examination will prove one of a Map. the most innocent, and the most satisfactory sources of gratification and amusement. It is a book that ought No. 2.-JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST, to find its way into every rural drawing-room in the with plates. kingdom, and one that may safely be placed in every lady's boudoir, be her rank and station in life what they WAL-may."-Quarterly Review, No. LXXVIII. No. 3.-AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR ་ "We think that there are few readers who will not be delighted (we are certain all will be instructed) by the Journal of à Naturalist."-Monthly Review. "This is a most delightful book on the most delightful of all studies. We are acquainted with no previous work which bears any resemblance to this, except No. 5.-LIFE OF BELISARIUS. By Lord White's History of Selborne, the most fascinating piece of rural writing and sound English philosophy that ever MAHON. issued from the press."-Athenæum. "The author of the volume now before us, has proto have seen for a long time."-New Monthly Magazine, June, 1829. No. 6.-MILITARY MEMOIRS OF THE IN PREPARATION. "A delightful volume-perhaps the most so-nor less. instructive and amusing-given to Natural History since White's Selborne."-Blackwood's Magazine. "The Journal of a Naturalist, being the second number of Carey and Lea's beautiful edition of the Cabinet Library, is the best treatise on subjects connected with this train of thought, that we have for a long time perused, and we are not at all surprised that it should have received so high and flattering encomiums from the English press generally."-Boston Traveller. LIFE OF PETRARCH. BY THOMAS MOORE. GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY, being a Companion to the Journal of a Nat-to afford both instruction and entertainment."-Nashuralist. "The Cabinet Library bids fair to be a series of great "Furnishing an interesting and familiar account of the various objects of animated nature, but calculated ville Banner. "One of the most agreeable works of its kind in the value, and is recommended to public and private libraries, language."-Courier de la Louisiane. to professional men, and miscellaneous readers generally. "It abounds with numerous and curious facts, pleas It is beautifully printed, and furnished at a price which ing illustrations of the secret operations and economy of will place it within the reach of all classes of society."-nature, and satisfactory displays of the power, wisdom American Traveller. and goodness, of the great Creator."-Philad. Album. "The series of instructive, and, in their original form, expensive works, which these enterprising publishers are now issuing under the title of the "Cabinet Library," is a fountain of useful, and almost universal knowledge; the advantages of which, in forming the opinions, tastes and manners of that portion of society, to which this varied information is yet new, cannot be too highly estimated."-National Journal. "Messrs. Carey and Lea have commenced a series of publications under the above title, which are to appear imonthly, and which seem likely, from the specimen before us, to acquire a high degree of popularity, and to afford a mass of various information and rich entertainment, at once eminently useful and strongly attractive. The mechanical execution is fine, the paper and typography excellent."-Nashville Banner. "The events detailed in this volume cannot fail to excite an intense interest."-Dublin Literary Gazette. "The only connected and well authenticated account we have of the spirit-stirring scenes which preceded the fall of Napoleon. It introduces us into the cabinets and presence of the allied monarchs. We observe the secret policy of each individual: we see the course pursued by the wily Bernadotte, the temporizing Metternich, and the ambitious Alexander. The work deserves a place in every historical library."-Globe. "We hail with pleasure the volume of the Cabinet Library. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEGH, with some Account of the Period in which he lived. By MRS. A. T. appearance of the first THOMSON. With a Portrait. The author had sin"Such is the outline of a life, which, in Mrs. Thomgular facilities for obtaining the materials of his work, son's hands, is a mine of interest; from the first page to and he has introduced us to the movements and measures the last the attention is roused and sustained, and while of cabinets which have hitherto been hidden from the we approve the manner, we still more applaud the spirit world."—American Traveller. in which it is executed."-Literary Gazette. JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST. With Plates. -Plants, trees, and stones we note; Birds, insects, beasts, and rural things. "We again most strongly recommend this little unpretending volume to the attention of every lover of nature, "It may be regarded as the most authentic of all the publications which profess to detail the events of the important campaigns, terminating with that which se cured the capture of the French metropolis."-Nat. Jour nal. "It is in fact the only authentic account of the memorable events to which it refers."-Nashville Banner. "The work deserves a place in every library."-Phila delphia Album. MISCELLANEOUS. A MEMOIR OF SEBASTIAN CABOT, with PRIVATE MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BO a Review of the History of Maritime Dis➡ covery. Illustrated by Documents from the Rolls, now first published. "Put forth in the most unpretending manner. and without a name, this work is of paramount importance to the subjects of which it treats."-Literary Gazette. The author has corrected many grave errors, and in general given us a clearer insight into transactions of considerable national interest."-Ib. "Will it not," says the author, with just astonishment, "be deemed almost incredible, that the very instrument in the Records of England, which recites the Great Discovery, and plainly contemplates a scheme of Colonization, should, up to this moment, have been treated by her own writers as that which first gave permission to go forth and explore?" -Ib. "We must return to investigate several collateral matters which we think deserving of more space than we can this week bestow. Meanwhile we recommend the work as one of great value and interest."—Ib. “The general reader, as well as the navigator and the curious, will derive pleasure and information from this well-written production."-Courier. "A specimen of honest inquiry. It is quite frightful to think of the number of the inaccuracies it exposes: we shall cease to have confidence in books." "The investigation of truth is not the fashion of these times. But every sincere inquirer after historical accuracy ought to purchase the book as a curiosity: more false assertions and inaccurate statements were never exposed in the same compass. It has given us a lesson we shall never forget, and hope to profit by."-Spectator. HISTORY OF THE NORTHMEN, OR NORMANS AND DANES; from the earliest times to the Conquest of England by William of Normandy. By Henry Whea ton, Member of the Scandinavian and Icelandic Literary Societies of Copenha gen. This work embraces the great leading features of Scandinavian history, commencing with the heroic age, and advancing from the earliest dawn of civilization to the introduction of Christianity into the North-its long and bloody strife with Paganism-the discovery and colonization of Iceland, Greenland, and North America, by the Norwegian navigators, before the time of Columbus-the military and maritime expeditions of the Northmentheir early intercourse of commerce and war with Constantinople and the Eastern empire-the establishment of a Norman state in France, under Rollo, and the sub. jugation of England, first by the Danes, under Canute the Great, and subsequently by the Normans, under Duke William, the founder of the English monarchy. It also contains an account of the mythology and litera ture of the ancient North-the Icelandic language prevailing all over the Scandinavian countries until the formation of the present living tongues of Sweden and Denmark-an analysis of the Eddas, Sagas, and various chronicles and songs relating to the Northern deities and heroes, constituting the original materials from which the work has been principally composed. It is intended to illustrate the history of France and England during the middle ages, and at the same time to serve as an introduction to the modern history of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. LETTERS TO A YOUNG NATURALIST, "We cannot but eulogize, in the warmest manner, the endeavor, and we must say the successful endeavor, of a man of science, like Dr. Drummond, to bring down so exalted a pursuit to the level of youthful faculties, and to cultivate a taste at once so useful, virtuous, and refined." -New Monthly Mag. NAPARTE, from the French of M. FAUVE LET DE BOURRIENNE, Private Secretary the Emperor. In 2 vols. 8vo. The peculiar advantages of position in regard his present subject, solely enjoyed by M. de BouITH enne, his literary accomplishments and moral qua fications, have already obtained for these memoirs the first rank in contemporary and authentic history. I France, where they had been for years expected with anxiety, and where, since the revolution, no work connected with that period or its consequent eveus has created so great a sensation, the volumes of Bour rienne have, from the first, been accepted as the only trustworthy exhibition of the private life and political principles of Napoleon. "We know from the best political authority now liv ing in England, that the writer's accounts are perfectly corroborated by facts."-Lit. Gaz. ANNALS OF THE PENINSULAR CAM- THE HISTORY OF LOUISIANA, particu THE PERSIAN ADVENTURER. By the MORALS OF PLEASURE, Illustrated by vol. 12mo. "The style of the stories is no less remarkable for its ease and gracefulness, than for the delicacy of its humor, and its beautiful and at times affecting simplicity. A lady must have written it-for it is from the bosom of Woman alone, that such tenderness of feeling and such delicacy of sentiment-such sweet lessons of moralityforth to cleanse the juvenile mind from the grosser impo. such deep and pure streams of virtue and piety, gush rities of our nature, and prepare the young for lives of usefulness here, and happiness hereafter."-N. Y. Ces Advertiser. CLARENCE; a Tale of our own Times. By the Author of REDWOOD, HOPE LESLIE, &C. In 2 vols. AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, published on the first of March, June, September, and December. Price $5 per ann. SCOTT, COOPER, AND WASHINGTON IRVING. BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS, a Tale of the Lower Empire. By the Author of Waverley. In 2 vols. Nearly ready. "The reader will at once perceive that the subject, THE PRAIRIE, 2 vols. 12mo. the characters and the scenes of action, could not have been better selected for the display of the various and unequalled powers of the author. All that is glorious in arts and splendid in arms-the glitter of armor, the pomp of war, and the splendor of chivalry-the gorgeous scenery of the Bosphorus-the ruins of Byzantium-the magnificence of the Grecian capital, and the richness and volup tuousness of the imperial court, will rise before the reader in a succession of beautiful and dazzling images."-Commercial Advertiser. BY WASHINGTON IRVING. VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR WALTER the value of important history and the magnetism of ro"Of the main work we may repeat that it possesses SCOTT. With a Portrait. mantic adventure. It sustains in every respect the repu This is a delightful volume, which cannot fail to sat-tation of Irving." "We may hope that the gifted author isfy every reader, and of which the contents ought to be known to all those who would be deemed conversant with the literature of our era."-National Gazette. HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. In 2 vols. "The History of Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott, we do not hesitate to declare, will be, if possible, more extensively read, than the most popular work of fiction, by the same prolific author, and for this obvious reason: it combines much of the brilliant coloring of the Ivanhoe pictures of by gone manners, and all the graceful facility of style and picturesqueness of description of his other charming romances, with a minute fidelity to the facts of history, and a searching scrutiny into their authenti city and relative value, which might put to the blush Mr. Hume and other professed historians. Such is the imagic charm of Sir Walter Scott's pen, it has only to touch the simplest incident of every-day life, and it starts up invested with all the interest of a scene of romance; and yet such is his fidelity to the text of nature, that the knights, and serfs, and collared fools with whom his in ventive genius has peopled so many volumes, are regarded by us as not mere creations of fancy, but as real flesh and blood existences, with all the virtues, feelings and errors of common-place humanity."-Lit. Gazette. will treat in like manner the enterprises and exploits of Pizarro and Cortes; and thus complete a series of elegant recitals, which will contribute to the especial gratification of Americans, and form an imperishable fund of delightful instruction for all ages and countries."-Nat. Gazette. he paints successive scenes of heroism, perseverance and "As he leads us from one savage tribe to another, as self-denial, as he wanders among the magnificent scenes of nature, as he relates with scrupulous fidelity the errors, and the crimes, even of those whose lives are for the most part marked with traits to command admiration, and perhaps esteem-everywhere we find him the same undeviating, but beautiful moralist, gathering from every incident some lesson to present in striking lan guage to the reason and the heart."-Am. Quarterly Re view. "This is a delightful volume; for the preface truly says that the expeditions narrated and springing out of the voyages of Columbus may be compared with attempts of adventurous knights-errant to achieve the enterprise left unfinished by some illustrious predecessors. Washington Irving's name is a pledge how well their stories will be told: and we only regret that we must of necessity defer our extracts for a week."-London Lit. Gazette. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, being aA CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF series from French History. By the Author of WAVERLEY. BY MR. COOPER. GRENADA. By WASHINGTON IRVING, "On the whole, this work will sustain the high fame of Washington Irving. It fills a blank in the historical library which ought not to have remained so long a blank. The language throughout is at once chaste and Fairy Queen, to present one long gallery of splendid pictures."-Lond. Lit. Gazette. THE BRAVO. By the Author of the SPY, animated; and the narrative may be said, like Spenser's "We have no hesitation in classing this among the most powerful of the romances of our countryman."U. States Gazette. "We could ont break from the volumes, and may pre dict that they will excite the same interest in the minds of almost every reader. The concluding chapters produce intense emotion."-National Gazette. New Editions of the following Works by the NOTIONS OF THE AMERICANS, by a THE RED ROVER, 2 vols. 12mo. THE SPY, 2 vols. 12mo. THE PIONEERS, 2 vols. 12mo. "Collecting his materials from various historians, and adopting in some degree the tone and manner of a monk. ish chronicler, he has embodied them in a narrative which in manner reminds us of the rich and storied pages of Froissart. He dwells on the feats of chivalry performed by the Christian Knights, with all the ardor which might be expected from a priest, who mixed, according to the usage of the times, not only in the palaces of courtly nobles, and their gay festivals, as an honored and wel come guest, but who was their companion in the camp, and their spiritual and indeed bodily comforter and assistant in the field of battle.-Am. Quarterly Review. New Editions of the following Works by the THE SKETCH BOOK, 2 vols. 12mo. THE PILOT, a Tale of the Sea, 2 vols. 12mo. TALES OF A TRAVELLER, 2 vols. 12mo. TRAVELS, ANNUALS, &c. NOTES ON ITALY, during the years 1829-30. to render it worthy of the purpose for which it By REMBRANDT PEALE. In I vol. 8vo. This artist will gratify all reasonable expectation; he is neither ostentatious, nor dogmatical, nor too mi nute; he is not a partisan nor a carper; he admires without servility, he criticises without malevolence; his frankness and good humor give an agreeable color and leaves a useful general idea of the names, works, and deserts, of the great masters; it is an instructive and enter effect to all his decisions, and the object of them; his book is intended. EMBELLISHMENTS.-1. The Hungarian Pro cess, engraved by Illman and Pillbrow, from picture by Holmes.-2. The Bower of Paphos engraved by Ellis, from a picture by Martin3. The Duchess and Sancho, engraved by De rand, from a picture by Leslie.-4. Richard and Saladin, engraved by Ellis, from a picture by from this interesting work of our countryman, Rembrandt Cooper.-5. The Rocky Mountains, engraved Peale, recently published. It has received high commen- by Hatch and Smilie, from a picture by dation from respectable sources, which is justified by the Doughty.-6. Lord Byron in Early Youth portions we have seen extracted.”—Commercial Advertiser. taining index."--Nat. Gaz "We have made a copious extract in preceding columns Mr. Peale must be allowed the credit of candor and engraved by Ellis, from a picture by Saunders entire freedom from affectation in the judgments he has-7. Tiger Island, engraved by Neagle, from passed. At the same time, we should not omit to notice a picture by Stanfield.-8. The Blacksmith, No church, gallery, or collection, was passed by, and most engraved by Kelly, from a picture by Neagle of the individual pictures are separately and carefully-9. The Tight Shoe, engraved by Kelly, from noticed"-Am. Quarterly Review. a picture by Richter.-10. Isadore, engraved FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAV- by Illman and Pillbrow, from a picture by ELS, INCLUDING ANECDOTES OF NAVAL Jackson.-11. The Dutch Maiden, engraved LIFE; intended chiefly for the Use of Young by Neagle, from a picture by Newton-12 Persons. By BASIL HALL, Capt. R. N. In The Mother's Grave, engraved by Neagle, from 2 vols. royal 18mo. a picture by Schaffer. the variety, extent, and minuteness of his examinations. "His volumes consist of a melange of autobiography, A TOUR IN AMERICA. By BASIL HALL, In 1 vol. 12mo. "The residence of the author in China, during the ATLANTIC SOUVENIR FOR 1831. EMBELLISHMENTS.-1. Frontispiece. The Shipwrecked Family, engraved by Ellis, from a picture by Burnet.-2. Shipwreck off For Rouge, Calais, engraved by Ellis, from a picture by Stanfield.-3. Infancy, engraved by Kelly, from a picture by Sir Thomas Law from a picture by Leslie.-5. Three Score and rence.-4. Lady Jane Grey, engraved by Kelly, Ten, engraved by Kearny, from a picture by Burnet.-6. The Hour of Rest, engraved by years 1826-7-8 and 9, has enabled him to collect much Kelly, from a picture by Burnet.-7. The Minvery curious information relative to this singular people, strel, engraved by Ellis, from a picture by Les which he has embodied in his work; and will serve to lie.-8. Arcadia, engraved by Kearny, from a gratify the curiosity of many whose time or dispositions do not allow them to seek, in the voluminous writings of picture by Cockerell.-9. The Fisherman's the Jesuits and early travellers, the information contained Return, engraved by Neagle, from a picture the renewal of the East India Company's Charter, has by Collins.-10. The Marchioness of Carmarexcited much interest; and among ourselves, the desire then, granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carto be further acquainted with the subjects of the Celes-rollton, engraved by Illman and Pillbrow, from tial Empire,' has been considerably augmented." EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE the Hills, engraved by Hatch, from a picture a picture by Mrs. Mee.-11. Morning among MISSISSIPPI, Executed by order of the by Doughty.-12. Los Musicos, engraved by! Government of the United States. By MA- Ellis, from a picture by Watteau. JOR S. H. LONG. In 2 vols. 8vo. With Plates. A few copies of the ATLANTIC SOUVE in the present work. The recent discussion relative to THE SEASONS. By HISTORICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, GEO- NIR for 1830, are still for sale. "Since the publication of the Journal of a Naturalist, no work at once so interesting and instructive as the Book of the Seasons has been submitted to the public. Whether in reference to the utility of its design, or the grace and beauty of its execution, it will amply merit the popularity it is certain to obtain. It is, indeed, cheering and refreshing to meet with such a delightful volume, so full of nature and truth-in which reflection and experi ence derive aid from imagination-in which we are taught much; but in such a manner as to make it doubtful whether we have not been amusing ourselves all the time we have been reading."--New Monthly Magazine. ATLANTIC SOUVENIR, FOR 1832. This volume is superbly bound in embossed leather, and ornamented with numerous plates, executed in the best style, by the first artists. No expense has been spared in the endeavor azine. "The Book of the Seasons is a delightful book, and recommended to all lovers of nature."-Blackwood's Mag |