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THE NEW PURCHASE;

Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West. By Robert Carlton, Esq. Alter et Idem.

Two handsome volumes 12mo. $1 50.

This work is characterized by much original humour and information.

A GALLOP AMONG AMERICAN SCENERY.

By Augustus E. Silliman. Oue elegantly printed volume. 16mo. 75 cents. THE AMERICAN IN EGYPT.

With Rambles through Arabia-Petrea and the Holy Land, during the years 1839-40

By James Ewing Cooley. Illustrated with numerous Steel Engravings, also Etchings and Designs by Johnston. One handsome volume, octavo, of 610 pages. $200. Cheap edition, paper covers, $1 00

"No other volume extant can give the reader so true a picture of what he would be likely to see and inee! in Egypt. No other book is more practical and plain in its picture of precisely what the traveller hunself will meet. Other writers have one account to give of their jour ney on paper, and another to relate in conversation. Mr. Cooley has but one story for the Areside circle and the printed page." e."-Brother Jonathan.

THE FLAG SHIP;

OR A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD,

In the United States Frigate Columbia, attended by her consort, the Stoop of War John Adams, and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore George C. Read. By Fitch W. Taylor, Chaplain to the Squadron. 2 vois. 12mo. plates. $2 50.

TOUR THROUGH TURKEY AND PERSIA. Narrative of a Tour through Arnenia, 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. $200.

SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTCH;

OR THE WESTERN CIRCUIT.

By Catharine Sinclair, Author of Modern Accomplishments, Modern Society, &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo. $0 75.

SHETLAND AND THE SHETLANDERS ;

OR THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

Catharine Sinclair, Author of Scotland and the Scotch, Holiday House &c. &c. 1 vol. 12mo. $0 871.

HANDY ANDY.-A TALE OF IRISH LIFE.

By Samuel Lover, author of " Rory O'More," The Gridiron," &c. Illustrated with twenty-two characteristic illustrations from designs by the Author. One handsome volume, cloth gilt. $1 25. The same in boards, $1 00. The same with only two plates, in paper covers, 50 cents.

WITH TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS BY DICK KITCAT,

THE FORTUNES OF HECTOR O'HALLORAN, AND HIS MAN MARK ANTONY O'TOOLE.

By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq.

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Cabinet Edition of the Poets.

COWPER'S COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS.

The complete Poctical Works of William Cowper, Esq., including the Hymns and Translations from Mad. Guion, Milton, &c., and Adam, a Sacred Drama, from the Italian of Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Henry Stebbing, A.M. Two elegantly printed volumes, 400 pages each, 16mo., with beautiful frontispieces. $1 75.

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This is the only complete American edition. Morality never found in genius a more devoted advocate than Cowper, nor has moral wisdom, in its plain and severe precepts, been ever more success fully combined with the delicate spirit of poetry, than in his works. was endowed with all the powers which a poet could want who was to be the moralist of the world-the reprover, but not the satirist, of men-the teacher of simple truths, which were to be rendered gracious without endangering their simplicity.

BURNS' COMPLETE POETICAL

WORKS.

The complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, with Explanatory and Glossarial Notes, and a Life of the Author, by James Currie, M.D. 1 vol. 16mo. $1 25.

This is the most complete edition which has been published, and contains the whole of the poetry comprised in the edition lately edited by Cunningham, as well as some additional pieces; and such notes have been added as are cal culated to illustrate the manners and customs of Scotland, so as to render the whole more intelligible to the English reader.

"No poet, with the exception of Shakspeare, ever possessed the power of exciting the most varied and discordant emotions with such rapid transitions." -Sir W. Scott.

MILTON'S COMPLETE POETICAL

WORKS.

The complete Poetical Works of John Milton, with Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by the Rev. Henry Stebbing, A. M. Beautifully illustrated. 1 vol. 16mo. $125.

The Latin and Italian Poems are included in this edition.

Mr. Stebbing's notes will be found very useful in elucidating the learned allusions with which the text abounds, and they are also valuable for the correct appreciation with which the writer directs attention to the beau ties of the author.

SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.-Containing Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs, with a Life of the Author. Uniform with Cowper, Burns, &c. 1 vol. 16mo $1 25. "Walter Scott is the most popular of all the poets of the present day, and deservedly so. He describes that which is most easily and generally understood with more vivacity and effect than any other writer. His style is clear, flowing and transparent; his sentiments, of which his style is an easy and natural mə m, are common to him with his readers."-Haslits.

THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST;

Or, Hints respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances of the Catholic Church. By FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE M.A. Chaplain of Guy's Hospital, Professor of English Litera ture and History, King's College, London. In one elegant oc tavo volume of 600 pages, uniform in style with Newman's Sermons, Palmer on the Church, &c. $2 50.

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A MANUAL FOR COMMUNICANTS; Or the Order for Administering the Holy Communion; conveniently arranged with Meditations and Prayers from Old English Divines, being the Eucharistica of Samuel Wilberforce, M.A., Archdeacon of Surry, (adapted to the American service.) Convenient size for the pocket 37 cents-gilt edges 50 cents.

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OGILBY ON LAY-BAPTISM:

An Outline on the Argument against the Validity of Lay-Baptism. By the Rev. John D. Ogilby, A.M., Professor of Ecclesiastical History. One volume 12mo., 75 cents.

"We have been favoured with a copy of the above work, and lose no time in announcing its publication. From a cursory inspection of it, we take it to be a thorough, fearless, and very able discussion of the subject which it proposes, aiming less to excite inquiry, than to satisfy, by learned and ingenious argument, inquiries already excited."-Churchman.

THE PRIMITIVE DOCTRINE OF

ELECTION:

Or, an Historical Inquiry into the Ideality and Causation of Scriptural Election, as received and maintained in the Primitive Church of Chris By George Stanley Faber, B.D., author of "Difficulties of Romanism,' "Difficulties of Infidelity," &c. Complete in one volume octavo. $1 75. Mr. Faber verifies his opinion by demonstration. We cannot pay a higher respect to his oak than by recommending it to all ”—Church of England Quarterly Review

Works by Rev. Robert Philip.

YOUNG MAN'S CLOSET LIBRARY. By Robert Philip. With an Introductory Essay by Rev. Albert Barnes. 1 vol. 12mo. $100.

LOVE OF THE SPIRIT, Traced in his Work: a Companion to the Experimental Guides. By Robert Philip. 1 vol. 18mo. 50 cts.

DEVOTIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GUIDES. By Robert Philip With an Introductory Essay by Rev. Albert Barnes. 2 vols. 12mo. $1 75. Containing :

Guide to the Perplexed

Do. do. Devotional

Do. do. Thoughtful.

Guide to the Doubting.

Do. do. Conscientious.
Do. do. Redemption.

LADY'S CLOSET LIBRARY.

AS FOLLOWS:.

THE MARYS; or Beauty of Female Holiness. By Robert Philip. 1 vol 18mo. 50 cents.

THE MARTHAS; or Varieties of Female Piety. By Robert Philip. 1 vol 18mo. 50 cts.

THE LYDIAS; or Development of Female Character. By Robert Philip 1 vol. 18mo. 50 cts.

The Maternal Series of the above popular Library is now ready, entitled, THE HANNAHS; or Maternal Influence of Sons. By Robert Philip 1 vol. 18mo. 50 cts.

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GEMS FROM TRAVELLERS.

Illustrative of various passages in the Holy Scripture, with nearly one hundred Engravings. Among the authorities quoted will be found the following distinguished names: Harmer, Laborde, Lane, Madden, Clarke, Pococke, Chandler, Malcom, Hartley, Russel, Jowitt, Carne, Shaw, Morier, Neibuhr Bruce, Calmet, H. Blunt, Belzoni, Lord Lindsay, &c. &c. 1 vol 12mo $1 00.

"The Holy Scriptures contain many passages full of importance and beauty, but not g Berally understood, because they contain allusion to manners and customs, familiar indeed to those to whom they were originally addressed, but imperfectly known to us. In order to obviate this difficulty, this volume is now presented to the public, consisting of extracts from the narratives of travellers who have recorded the customs of the oriental nations, from whom we learn that some usages were retained among them to this day, such as existed at the times when the Scriptures were written, and that these names are in many instances little changed since the patriarchal times. The compiler of this volume trusts that it may be the means, under God's providence, of leading unlearned readers to a more general ao quaintance with Eastern customs, and assist them to a clearer perception of the propriety and beauty of the illustrations se efa drawn from them in the Bib

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. Two vols. 8vo., handsomely printed on fine paper. $500.

"The treatise of Mr. Palmer is the best exposition and vindication of Church Principies that we have ever read; excelling contemporaneous treatises in depth of learning and solidity of Judgment, as much as it excels older treatises on the like subjects, in adaptation to the wants and habits of the age. Of its influence in England, where it has passed through two editions, we have not the means to form an opinion; but we believe that in this country it has already, even before its reprint, done more to restore the sound tone of Catholic prineiples and feeling than any other one work of the age. The author's learning and powers of combination and arrangement, great as they obviously are, are less remarkable than the sterling good sense, the vigorous and solid judgment, which is everywhere manifest in the trea tise, and confers on it its distinctive excellence. The style of the author is distinguished for dignity and masculine energy, while his tone is everywhere natural; on proper occasions, reverential; and always, eo far as we remember, sufficiently conciliatory.

"To our clergy and intelligent laity, who desire to see the Church justly discriminated from Romanists on the one hand, and dissenting denominations on the other, we earnestly commend Palmer's Treatise on the Church."-N. Y. Churchman.

PAROCHIAL SERMONS,

BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D.,

Fellow of the Oriel College and Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin's Oxford. The six volumes of the London edition complete in two elegant 8vo. volumes of upwards of 600 pages each. $5 00. Mr. Newman's Sermons have probably attained a higher character than any others ever published in this country. The following recommendatory letter (is one of the many) received by the publishers during their progress through the press.

From the Bishop of North Carolina.

Raleigh, Nov. 28, 1842. Your letter announcing your intention to republish the Parochial Sermons of the Rev. Joh Henry Newman, B.D., Oxford, has given me sincere pleasure. In complying with your request for my opinion of them, I do not hesitate to say,-after a constant use of them in my closet, and an observation of their effect upon some of my friends, for the last six years,-that they are among the very best practical sermons in the English language; that while they are free from those extravagances of opinion usually ascribed to the author of the 90th Tract, they assert in the strongest manner the true doctrines of the Reformation in England, and en force with peculiar solemnity and effect that holiness of life, with the means thereto, so char acteristic of the Fathers of that trying age. With high respect and esteem, your friend and Dervant, L. S. IVES.

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. One volume, royal 8vo. $2 25.

"Any one who can be pleased with delicacy of thought expressed in the most simple lan guage--any one who can feel the charm of finding practical duties eluciaated and enforced by apt and variou illustrations--will be delighted with this volume, which presents us with the erkings of a pious and highly gifted mind."Quar. Review.

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