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Notices of Harper's Libraries of Standard Works.

THE FAMILY LIBRARY.

"The Family Library-A title which, from the valuable and entertaining matter the collection contairs, as well as from the careful style of its execution, it well deserves. No family, indeed, in which there are children to be brought up, ought to be without this Library, as it furnishes the readiest resources for that education which ought to accompany or succeed that of the boarding-school or the academy, and is infinitely more conducive than either to the cultivation of the intcllect.”—Monthly Review.

"We have repeatedly borne testimony to the utility of this work. It is one of the best that has ever been issued from the American press, and should be in the library of every family desirous of treasuring up useful knowledge."-Boston Statesman. "The Family Library presents, in a compendious and convenient form, wellwritten histories of popular men, kingdoms, sciences, &c,, arranged and edited by able writers, and drawn entirely from the most correct and accredited authorities."Charleston Gazette.

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY.

"The Family Classical Library is another of those cheap, useful, and elegant works which we lately spoke of as forming an era in our publishing history."-Spectator. "This work, published at a low price, is beautifully got up. Though to profess to be content with translations of the Classics has been denounced as 'the thin disguise of indolence,' there are thousands who have no leisure for studying the dead languages, who would yet like to know what was thought and said by the sages and poets of antiquity. To them this work will be a treasure."-Sunday Times.

"We see no reason why this work should not find its way into the boudoir of the lady, as well as into the library of the learned. It is cheap, portable, and altogether a work which may safely be placed in the hands of persons of both sexes."-Weekly Free Press.

This work cannot fail to be acceptable to youth of both sexes, as well as to a large portion of the reading community, who have not had the benefit of a learned education."-Gentleman's Magazine, Dec. 1829.

BOY'S AND GIRL'S LIBRARY.

This course of publications will more especially embrace such works as are adapted, not to the extremes of early childhood or of advanced youth, but to that intermediate space which lies between childhood and the opening of maturity, when the trifles of the nursery and the simple lessons of the school-room have ceased to exercise their beneficial influence, but before the taste for a higher order of mental pleasure has established a fixed ascendency in their stead. In the selection of works intended for the rising generation in this plastic period of their existence, when the elements of future character are receiving their moulding impress, the publishers pledge themselves that the utmost care and scrupulosity shall be exercised. They are fixed in their determination that nothing of a questionable tendency on the score of sentiment shall find admission into pages consecrated to the holy purpose of instructing the thoughts, regulating the passions, and settling the principles of the young. Several interesting numbers of this Library are now before the public.

LIBRARY OF SELECT NOVELS.

Fictitious composition is now admitted to form an extensive and important portion of literature. Well-wrought novels take their rank by the side of real rarratives, and are appealed to as evidence in all questions concerning man. In them the customs of countries, the transitions and shades of character, and even the very peculiarities of costume and dialect are curiously preserved.

This "Library of Select Nove's" will embrace none but such as have received the impress of general approbation, or have been written by authors of established character; and the publishers hope to receive such encouragement from the public patronage as will enable them in the course of time to produce a series of works of uniform appearance, and including most of the really valuable novels and romances that have been or shall be issued from the modern English and American press.

Sixteen works, by eminent authors, have already been published in this Library, which are sold separately or in complete sets.-For the titles see the Catalogue.

Miscellaneous Works Published by J. & J. Harper.

THE FAMILY LIBRARY.-Embracing the Following Works in 18mo. With Plates, &c.

Nos. 1, 2, 3, containing Milman's History of the Jews.-4, 5. Lockhart's Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.-6. Southey's Life of Nelson.--7. Williams's Life of Alexander the Great.-8. Natural History of Insects.-9. Galt's Life of Lord Byron.-10. Bush's Life of Mohammed.-11. Scott's Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft.-12, 13. Gleig's History of the Bible.-14. Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas, &c. By Professor Leslie, Professor Jameson, and Hugh Murray, Esq.-15. Croly's Life of George the Fourth.-16. Discovery and Adventure in Africa. By Prof. Jameson, James Wilson, Esq., and Hugh Murray, Esq.-17, 18, 19. Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Painters and Sculptors.-20. James's History of Chivalry and the Crusades.-21, 22. Bell's Life of Mary Queen of Scots.-23. Russell's Ancient and Modern Egypt.-24. Fletcher's History of Poland.-25. Smith's Festivals, Games, and Amusements.-26. Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton.-27. Russell's History of Palestine, or the Holy Land.-28. Memes' Memoirs of the Empress Josephine.-29. The Court and Camp of Bonaparte.-30. Lives of Early Navigators.-31. A Description of Pitcairn's Island, &c.-32. Turner's Sacred History of the World.-33, 34. Mrs. Jameson's Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns.-35, 36. Landers' Africa.-37. Abercrombie on the Intellectual Powers, &c.-38, 39, 40. St. John's Lives of Celebrated Travellers. 41, 42. Lord Dover's Life of Frederic II. King of Prussia.-43, 44. Sketches from Venetian History-45, 46. Thatcher's Indian Biography.--47, 48, 49. History of India.-50. Brewster's Letters on Natural Magic.-51, 52. Taylor's History of Ireland-53. Discoveries on the Northern Coasts of America.--54. Humboldt's Travels.-55, 56. Euler's Letters on Natural Philosophy.-57. Mudie's Guide to the Observation of Nature.-58. Abercrombie on the Philosophy of the Moral Feelings.-59. Dick on the Improvement of Society.-60. James's History of Charlemagne.-61. Russell's History of Nubia and Abyssinia.-62, 63. Russell's Life of Oliver Cromwell.-64, 65. Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Painters, &c., vols. 4 & 5.

CLASSICAL SERIES.-Nos. 1, 2, containing Xenophon. (Anabasis and Cyropædia.)-3, 4. Leland's Demosthenes.-5. Rose's Sallust.-6, 7. Cæsar's Commentaries.-8, 9, 10. Cicero's Orations, Offices, &c.

DRAMATIC SERIES.-1, 2, 3, containing Massinger's Plays.-4, 5. Ford's Plays.

THE BOY'S AND GIRL'S LIBRARY.-Embracing the Following Works in 18mo. With Engravings.

No. 1, being Lives of the Apostles, &c.-2, 3. Swiss Family Robinson.-4. Sunday Evenings, 1st vol.-5. Son of a Genius.-6. Uncle Philip on Natural History.-7, 8. Indian Traits.-9, 10, 11. Tales from American History.-12. The Young Crusoe.13. Sunday Evenings, 2d vol.-14. Perils of the Sea -15. Female Biography.-16. Caroline Westerley.-17. Clergyman's Orphan.-18. Ornaments Discovered.-19. Sunday Evenings, 3d vol.-20. Uncle Philip on Christianity.-21. Uncle Philip on the Trees of America.

LIBRARY OF SELECT NOVELS.-Embracing the Following Popular Worke. 12mo.

Nos. 1, 2. Cyril Thornton.-3, 4. The Dutchman's Fireside.-5, 6. The Young Duke.-7, 8. Caleb Williams.-9, 10. The Club-Book.-11, 12. De Vere.-13, 14. The Smuggler.--15, 16. Eugene Aram.-17, 18. Evelina.-19, 20. The Spy.-21, 22. Westward Ho!-23, 24. Tales of Glauber-Spa.-25, 26. Henry Masterton-27, 28. Mary of Burgundy.-29, 30. Richelieu.-31, 32. Darnley.

THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY.-Embracing the Following Works. With Plates.

No. 1. Life of Wiclif.-2. Consistency of Revelation.-3, 4. Life of Luther.—5, 6. Life of Cranmer.

Any one of the above Works may be obtained separately.

CLASSICAL WORKS.

XENOPHON. THE ANABASIS: Translated by EDWARD SPELMAN, Esq. THE CYROPÆDIA: Translated by the Hon. MAURICE ASHLY COOPER. In 2 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

SALLUST. Translated by WILLIAM ROSE, M.D. With Notes.

18mo. Portrait.

CESAR. With Hirtius's Continuation. Translated by WILLIAM DUNCAN. 2 vols. 18mo. Portrait,

CICERO. The Orations Translated by Duncan, the Offices by Cockman, and the Cato and Lælius by Melmoth. In 3 vols. 18mo. With a Portrait.

THE WORKS OF HORACE, translated literally into English Prose. By C. SMART, A.M. In 2 vols. 18mo.

THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES. Translated by THOMAS LELAND, D.D. In 2 vols. 18mo. Portrait.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

LEXICON MEDICUM; OR, MEDICAL DICTIONARY; Containing an Explanation of the Terms in Anatomy, Botany, Chemistry, Materia Medica, Midwifery, Mineralogy, Pharmacy Physiology, Practice of Physic, Surgery, and the Various Branches of Natural Philosophy connected with Medicine. By ROBERT HOOPER, M.D. With Additions from American Authors, by SAMUEL AKERLY, M.D. Two volumes in one, 8vo.

A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL SURGERY: comprehending all the most Interesting Improvements, from the earliest Times down to the Present Period; an Account of the Instruments and Remedies employed in Surgery; the Etymology and Signification of the Principal Terms; and Numerous References to Ancient and Modern Works. By SAMUEL COOPER, M.D. With numerous Notes and Additions, embracing all the Principal Improvements and Greater Operations introduced and performed by American Surgeons. By DAVID MEREDITH REESE, M.D. In 2 vols. 8vo.

THE STUDY OF MEDICINE. BY JOHN MASON GOOD, M.J). New and Improved Edition. In press.

DIRECTIONS FOR INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING LIFE; OR, THE INVALID'S ORACLE. Containing Peptic Precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual Methods to prevent and relieve Indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels. By WILLIAM KITCHENER, M.D. Revised and Improved, by THOMAS S. BARRETT, M.D. 18mo.

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