1. The LITTLE LIBRARY, comprising, in a Series of small Volumes, uniformly printed, A Familiar Introduction to various Branches of Useful Knowledge.

i. The MINE. This First Volume of "THE LITTLE LIBRARY" has already reached a Second Edition, and was written by the late Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR, of Ongar, Essex. Illustrated with 16 Engravings, and a Mineralogical Table. Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound in cloth, square 16mo.

The young reader, in moments of relaxation from pursuits more professedly laborious, is here unwarily led into the secret recesses of the mineralogical kingdom, and finds himself charmed amidst scenes that would otherwise be calculated only to excite his fears and terrors. Discarding a scientific display of technical terms, which, at first sight, would appal the juvenile student more effectually than all the glooms of the caverns he is called upon to visit, the Author descends with his pupil into the mine, and, in plain and simple language, explains whatever he there finds curious or interesting.

ii. The SHIP, or Second Volume of the "Little Library;" illustrated with 16 engrav ings, and also written by the late Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR, Author of the "Mine," &c. Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound in cloth, square 16mo. The fol

lowing is a brief enumeration of the subjects noticed in this book:

Noah's Ark. Floats on the Rhine. Egyptian Pottery Float. Indian Paddle Canoes. Boats, Barges, and Lighters. Sailing Canoes. Chinese Junks. The Nautilus. Ancient Vessels. Roman Galleys. British Coracles. Cæsar's Fleet. A Fireship. A Cutter. A Gunboat. A Bombketch. A Frigate. A Man-of-war, with its Longboat, Barge, Pinnace, Cutter, and Yawl. A Turkish Galley. A Venetian Galleas. A French Galley. A Zebec, Polacre, and Tartan. A Snow, Bilander, Schooner, and Dogger. A Sloop, Hoy, and Smack. An East-Indiaman. A Portaguese Carrack. A Spanish Galleon. A A Wherry and Pleasure Boat. A Punt. Lord Mayor's State Barge. The Doge's Bucentaur. A Man-of-war, with descriptive references. Section of a Man-of-war. The Dock Yard. The Ship Launch.

Canal Boat.

Venetian Gondola.

Shortly will be published,

iii. The GARDEN; containing every necessary Instruction for Young Persons to lay out and manage their own Gardens, &c. With many illustrative cuts.

iv. The FOREST. A Description of Trees generally; with 16 engravings, shewing the Form and Character of the. principal Trees; and many wood engravings, illustrative of minor peculiarities.

v. BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, from this World

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to that which is to come. Abridged for the Use Young Persons. Illustrated by 28 engravings on wood.

Several additional volumes are in preparation, similar in form and size to those already published. The volumes, although connected by a general title, as belonging to the "Little Library," are each separately complete, and not numerically arranged. The purchaser of the first and last may therefore place his volumes as complete in his library, without being obliged to procure those which may not suit his taste or purpose.

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Old and New Testaments. Illustrated with 5 steel engravings, and two superior wood engravings. Price 5s. half bound, 12mo.

The Author of the following Volume is fervently solicitous to create in the minds of the young, at a very early period, a glowing admiration of the beautiful works of the Most High. As a superficial perusal of the work must present to the mental eye a series of interesting rural landscapes, the writer trusts that they will always afford gratification, and, he hopes, sometimes even a feast to the youthful imagination. Preface.

3. ICONOLOGY; or, Emblematic Figures Explained, in original Essays on Moral and Instructive Subjects. By W. PINNOCK, Author of Pinnock's Catechisms. With 72 engravings from ancient designs. Price 8s. half bound, 12mo. Plan coloured.

"This is an admirable little Book, for the younger readers more especially, but by no means ill adapted for the instruction and amusement of children of larger growth. Its prominent object is to explain and illustrate the numerous representative emblems of sciences, passions, virtues, vices, &c. which, before the use of printing, were generally pourtrayed by

4.

SCENES OF COMMERCE by LAND and SEA; or, "Where does it come from?" answered. By the Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR, Author of "Scenes of British Wealth,' "&c. Illustrated with

54 engravings. Price 8s. half bound, 12mo.

No question is so frequently put by young people, in reference to what they eat, or drink, or wear, or what they see exposed for sale, as "Where does it come from?" Nor does any question, arising out of the circumstances of ordinary life, require a more prompt and elucidatory answer from those who have the care of children, and are anxious, as early as possible, to divest their minds of error, and to supplant the effects of ignorance by the communication of useful information. The ulterior improvement of the mind depends much upon opportunities afforded to youth of obtain ing correct information respecting things most frequently brought under their observation; and a trifle,-a mere plaything,may be made the means of conveying a pleasing dissertation upon natural history, geography, &c. which, without the visible object, out of which it arises, would be heard without interest, and forgotten as soon as heard. The article itself, however, becomes a symbol of the lesson, and cannot be resorted to without produ.

cing a remembrance of the instruction connected with it. With this view, the Author of "Scenes of Commerce" amuses his young friends at the Breakfast Table, with an account of the culture and preparation of Tea, Coffee, Sugar. He then conducts them through the apartments of a wellfurnished House, explaining, in terms suited to their capacities, the nature and origin of the various objects they meet with, as Glass, Carpets, Mahogany and other articles of Furniture. At the Dinner and Dessert, he entertains them with a pleasing account of what is set before them; and even in the Sick Chamber, they find him an instructive companion. He also explains to them the qualities of the materials used in Building a House: after which he treats them with a visit to the Royal Exchange, and explains the business carried on in that bustling spot,shews them the shops of the Metropolis, with the same instructive intention; and, after conducting them over the London Docks, and the Quays and shewing them the interior of a Merchant's Countinghouse, and the Custom House, concludes with a concise History of Commerce, an attentive perusal of which will put the young reader in possession of most valuable information.

CONTENTS. The BREAKFAST-Tea, Coffee, Sugar. The WITHDRAWING-ROOM -Mahogany, Glass, Carpets, Curtains. The WARDROBE-Silk, Cotton, Lace, Wool, Furs, Feathers. The TOILET-Pearls, Coral, Diamonds, Perfumes. The BED-ROOM -Linen, Blankets, Feather Beds, Flock Beds, Down Beds. The KITCHEN-Spices, Salt, Wheat, Maize, Flour, Corn, Rice. The STORE-ROOM-Porcelain, Pottery. The NEW HOUSE-Timber, Deal, Turpentine, Tar, Oak, Iron, Copper, Lead, Stone, Slate, Stucco, Marble. The SHors OF LONDON -Gold, Silver, Quicksilver. The LONDON DOCKS-Tobacco, Whale Fishery, Cod Fishery. The Quays. The Counting House. The Custom House, and Royal Exchange. A Concise History of Commerce.

5. OUTLINES OF IRISH HISTORY. With 6 superior engravings. Price 5s. 6d. half bound, 12mo.

A perusal of Sir Walter Scott's "Tales of a Grandfather," was the Author's inducement to attempt this little History of the Sister Island, in a shape adapted to the capacities of youth; and as nothing of the kind has before appeared, it is likely to prove an acceptable offering. The mass of Irish history affords little that is entertaining, but much that is revolting; and a careful hand is required to cull from it impressive or curicus stories, fit for the perusal of young people. There are bright spots unquestionably, and there are highly heroic characters worthy of more development than, amid the miserable feuds in which great talents were wasted, they have yet received; and we cannot but admire the dexterity and taste with which the Author has, from such crude materials,

extracted some very agreeable and interesting events for the class of readers for whom the work was compiled, written in a style of great neatness, simplicity, and ease, in a spirit kindly and generous to all parties.

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6. WINTER EVENINGS AT COLLEGE: a Description of the Manners, Customs, Public Institutions, Religion, and Mysteries, &c. of the Ancient Greeks; short Account of the State of Modern Greece; and Reflections on the Revolutions of Empires. By the Rev. B. T. H. COLE, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, formerly Scholar of Trin. Coll. and late Fellow of Magd. Coll. Cambridge. With a frontispiece. Price 7s. 6d. half bound, 18mo.

This Work, compiled from the most authentic sources, contains a valuable selection of very interesting matter, compressed into a succinct form. It opens with an account of the domestic habits and peculiar customs of the Greeks of old times, conducts the reader through their household economy; leads him to their temples; exhibits to his view their religious rites; accompanies him to the Gymnasium and the Stadium, where the athletæ are preparing for those games, the mastery in which conferred the greatest honour; presents to his view the games themselves; throws back the veil from the dread mysteries of Eleusis; conducts him to the secluded groves which superstition had

and caverns, deemed sacred; and enables him to de

tect the imposition of oracular pretensions.

By an easy and natural transition, the state of the Modern Greeks next engages the reader's attention; and, in conclusion, the Author enters into a brief investigation of the causes which have led to the revolution of empires.

"An excellent little work, well adapted to convey useful instruction to the young, in a very pleasing and enticing manner. Nor do we confine our measure of applause to the character of this book as a manual for the young: there are many, perhaps, amongst the readers of our grave and solemn lucubrations, who might turn away from the bewildering haunts of the theologian and critic, to snatch an interlusory revival of early associations from these modest pages, without fearing that they should incur the censure of condescension."-Christian Remembrancer, May, 1829.

7. The COUNTY ALBUM; containing 400 Hieroglyphics, indicative of the Products, Staple Commodities, Manufactures, and Objects of Interest, in England and Wales; for the Amusement and Information of Fire-side Travellers. Price 5s. 6d. half bound,

12mo.

The powerful effect upon the memory of hieroglyphics, or pictorial representations, is too generally known to need any recommendation. Whatever enters by the eye makes a more lasting impression upon the mind than any thing we hear of. The application of such a method to give the young reader a recollection of the manufactures, productions, &c. of the several counties of his native land, is novel, and cannot fail of being useful.

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STORIES for SHORT STUDENTS; or, Light Lore for Little People. By the Rev. E. MANGIN. With 12 engravings. Price 5s. half bound, 12mo.

This Work consists of anecdotes and biographical sketches, given in simple words, and comprised in very succinct periods, in order to reach the capacities of youth. The Author, displeased with the frivolity of some books written with the

same intention, and the abstruse refinement of others, has attempted to write what he conceives to be "a new species of book for the juvenile library;" and he has doubtlessly succeeded; though he very modestly trusts "that it will supply some persons of more capability with hints for what they may do better:" but such an apology was unnecessary.

of expression could not be preserved without them; for she has found, by long expe

rience in her own family, that a child's progress in learning to read, is not so much

retarded by words compounded of two or more syllables as by such as are not in common use among children, and require, therefore, some explanation; an explanation often equally tedious to the young pupil and difficult to the teacher."-Author's Preface.

10. COUNSELS at HOME; or, A Father's Endeavours to transfer the Curiosity of his grown-up Children from objects which merely exercise the Memory, to Contemplations that may influence their Conduct through life. By D. BOILEAU. With four highly finished engravings.

11. TOM STARBOARD; or, The Life of a Sailor. By I. J. T. Author of "The Young Wanderer's Cave," &c. half bound, 12mo.

12. BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH BIOGRAPHY; being the Lives of One Hundred Persons eminent in English History. By the Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR. Illustrated with 48 engravings. 2 vols. Price 12s. half bound, 12mo.

Biographical history is at once the most entertaining and the most useful form in which the events of times past can be given; and we have here a regular series of English History described in the adventures of those who were the chief actors in its various scenes.

or 4s. 6d. half bound, colour

ed; square 16mo.

"The following pages contain a variety of easy, but, it is hoped, improving lessons for children, from four to seven years of age. They, for the most part, consist of plain words of one syllable only; but the Writer has never hesitated to employ longer words, when the familiar form

OF EUROPEAN BIOGRAPHY; or, Sketches of the Lives of eminent Persons, from the Decline of the Roman Empire to the present Time. By the Rev. ISAAC