Alphabetical and Analytical Catalogue of the American Institute Library: With the Rules and Regulations. &c

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W. L. S. Harrison, printer, 1852 - Libraries, Public - 212 pages

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Page 24 - Counter-Revolution in England for the Re-establishment of Popery under Charles II. and James II., by Armand Carrel ; with Fox's History of James II. and Lord Lonsdale's Memoir of James II.
Page 48 - TRAVELS IN SIBERIA : including Excursions northwards, down the Obi, to the Polar Circle, and southwards to the Chinese Frontier. By ADOLPH ERMAN. Translated by WD COOLEY, Esq. Author of " The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery ;
Page 60 - History of the English Revolution of 1640. From the Accession of Charles I. to his Death. Translated by William Hazlitt.
Page 11 - JOHN) Autobiographical Memoir, including Reflections, Observations, and Reminiscences at Home and Abroad* From Early Life to Advanced Age. Portrait. 8vo. 16».
Page 16 - Bourne. -— A Treatise on the Steam Engine, in its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation. and Railways.
Page 159 - Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Page 123 - HISTORY of MODERN EUROPE. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ; and a view of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763.
Page 64 - NOMENCLATURE OF COLOURS, Applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences, to Manufactures, and other Purposes of General Utility. By DR HAY, FRSE 228 Examples of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades. 8vo, £3, 3s.
Page 80 - The Thousand and One Nights: commonly called, in England, " THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS." A New Translation from the Arabic, with copious Notes, by EDWARD WILLIAM LANE. Illustrated by many hundred Engravings on Wood, from Original Designs by WM.
Page 150 - And instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream, by Charles Cotton. With copious notes, for the most part original, a bibliographical preface, giving an account of fishing and fishing books, from the earliest antiquity to the time of Walton, and a notice of Cotton and his writings by the American editor [ ie George W.

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