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NEW AND IMPORTANT WORKS,

RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY

D. APPLETON & Co.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOCIETY,

IN

THE BARBAROUS AND CIVILIZED STATE. An Essay towards Discovering the Origin and Course of Human Improvement. By W. Cooke Taylor, LL.D., &c., of Trinity College, Dublin. Handsomely printed on fine paper. 2 vols. 12mo.

"The work is evidently the result of much careful thought and extended study. It is written in a pure, pleasing style. We cordially recommend it to the attention of our readers."-New-Yorker.

CARLYLE ON HISTORY AND HEROES,

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Six Lectures, reported with Emendations and Additions by Thomas Carlyle, Author of the French Revolution, Sartor Resartus, &c. Elegantly printed in 1 vol.

12mo.

SPIRITUAL CHRISTIANITY.

Lectures on Spiritual Christianity, by Isaac Taylor, author of Spiritual Despotism, &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo.

These Lectures were projected with a hope of directing the attention of welleducated persons to the great principles of the Gospel, and especially as at this moment put in jeopardy by the wide diffusion of opinions, which would substitute the vain inventions of antiquity, for the purity and simplicity of Apostolic Christianity."-Vide Introduction.

PALMER'S TREATISE ON THE CHURCH.

A TREATISE ON THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

Designed chiefly for the Use of Students in Theology. By the Rev. William Palmer, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford. Edited with Notes, by the Right Rev. W. R. Whittingham, D.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Maryland. 2 vols. 8vo., handsomely printed on fine paper.

THE EARLY ENGLISH CHURCH;

Or Christian History of England in early British, Saxon and Norman Times. By the Rev. Edward Churton, M.A., with a preface by the Right Rev. Bishop Ives. 1 vol. 16mo., elegantly printed.

GUIZOT'S HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION. General History of Civilization in Europe, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution. Translated from the French of M. Guizot, Professor of History to la Faculté des Lettres of Paris, and Minister of Public Instruction. 2d American, from the last London edition. 1 vol. 12mo.

SCHLEGEL'S PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. The Philosophy of History, in a Course of Lectures delivered at Vienna, by Frederick von Schlegel. Translated from the German, with a Memoir of the Author, by J. B. Robertson. Beautifully printed on fine paper. 2 vols. 12mo.

SOUTHEY'S POETICAL WORKS. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. LL.D. The ten volume London edition in one elegant royal 8vo. volume, with a fine portrait and vignette.

*** This edition, which the author has arranged and revised with the same care as if it were intended for posthumous publication, includes many pieces which either have never before been collected, or have hitherto remained unpublished.

Preliminary notices are affixed to the long poems, the whole of the notes retained, and such additional ones incorporated as the author, since the first publication, has seen occasion to insert.

D. Appleton & Co.'s. Valuable Publications.

SCRIPTURE AND GEOLOGY.

On the Relation between the Holy Scriptures and some parts of Geological Science. By John Pye Smith, D.D., author of the Scripture Testimony of the Messiah, &c. &c. I vol. 12mo.

HARE'S PAROCHIAL SERMONS.

Sermons to a Country Congregation. By Augustus William Hare, A.M., late Fellow of New College and Rector of Alton Barnes. 1 vol. royal 8vo. "Any one who can be pleased with delicacy of thought expressed in the most simple language-any one who can feel the charm of finding practical duties elucidated and enforced by apt and varied illustrations-will be delighted with this volume, which presents us with the workings of a pious and highly-gifted mind."-Quarterly Review.

MAGEE ON ATONEMENT AND SACRIFICE. Discourses and Dissertations on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice, and on the Principal Arguments advanced, and the Mode of Reasoning employed, by the Opponents of those Doctrines, as held by the Established Church. By the late Most Rev. William Magee, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. 2 vols. royal 8vo., beautifully printed.

"This is one of the ablest critical and polemical works of modern times. Archbishop Magee is truly a malleus hereticolum. He is an excellent scholar, an

acute reasoner, and is possessed of a most extensive acquaintance, with the wide field of argument to which his volumes are devoted-the profound Biblical information on a variety of topics which the Archbishop brings forward, must endear his name to all lovers of Christianity."—Orme.

TOUR THROUGH TURKEY AND PERSIA.· Narrative of a Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, and Mesopotamia, with an Introduction and Occasional Observations upon the Condition of Mohammedanism and Christianity in those countries. By the Rev. Horatio Southgate, Missionary of the American Episcopal Church. 2 vols. 12mo. plates.

"An exceedingly interesting book of travels, which no reader will be very likely to lay by for good till he has seen the end of it. It contains a vast amount of information, religious and general, and is written in a style of perfect ease and simplicity. It deserves, and we doubt not will gain, an extensive circulation."--Albany Advertiser.

THE FLAG SHIP;

OR A VOYAGE

ROUND THE WORLD, In the United States Frigate Columbia, attended by her consort, the Sloop of War John Adams, and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore George C. Read. By Fitch W. Taylor, Chaplain to the Squadron. 2 vols. 12mo., plates.

THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

Edited by his son, John C. Hamilton. 2 vols. royal 8vo.

"We cordially recommend the perusal and diligent study of these volumes, exhibiting, as they do, much valuable matter relative to the Revolution, the establishment of the Federal Constitution, and other important events in the annals of our country."-New-York Review.

THE METROPOLITAN PULPIT;

Or Sketches of the most Popular Preachers in London. By the author of Random Recollections. The Great Metropolis, &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo. SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTCH;

OR THE WESTERN CIRCUIT.

By Catherine Sinclair, author of Modern Accomplishments, Modern Society, &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo.

SHETLAND AND THE SHETLANDERS;

OR THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

By Catherine Sinclair, author of Scotland and the Scotch, Holiday House, &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo.

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