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LAFEVER. BEAUTIES OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE; Consisting of forty-eight Plates of Original Designs, with Plans, Elevations, and Sections, also a Dictionary of Technical Terms; the whole forming a complete Manual for the Practical Builder. By M. Lafever, Architect. One volume, large 8vo., half bound, $6 00.

STAIR-CASE AND HAND-RAIL

Construction. The Modern Practice of Stair-case and Hand-rail Construction, practically explained, in a Series of Designs. By M. Lafever, Architect With Plans and Elevations for Ornamental Villas. Fifteen Plates. One volume, large Svo., $3 00.

Mr. Lafever's" Beauties of Architecture," and his "Practice of Stair-case and Hand-rail construction," ," constitute two volumes rich in instruction in those departments of business. They are a necessary acquisition not only to the operative workman, but to all landlords and proprietors of houses, who would combine both the ornamental and useful in their family wllings, and also understand the most economical and profitable modes by which their edifices can be erected and repaired.

LEWIS.-RECORDS OF THE HEART,

By Sarah Anna Lewis. One volume, 12mo., $1 00.

We have read some of the pieces with much pleasure. They indicate poetic genius of no or dinary kind, and are imbued with much feeling and pathos. We welcome the volume as a credit able accession to the poetic literature of the country.-Boston Traveller.

LIEBIG.-FAMILIAR LETTERS ON CHEMISTRY,

And its relation to Commerce, Physiology, and Agriculture. By Justus Liebig, M. D. Edited by John Gardner, M. D. One volume. 13 cents in paper, 25 cents bound.

The Letters contained in this little volume embrace some of the most important points of the Science of Chemistry, in their application to Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Agriculture. and Commerce.

LETTER-WRITER,

The Useful Letter-Writer, comprising a succinct Treatise on the Epistolary
Art, and Forms of Letters for all ordinary Occasions of Life. Compiled
from the best authorities. Frontispiece. 32mo., gilt leaves, 38 cents.
Forming one of the series of "Miniature Classical Library."
LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE MIND;

Or, Intellectual Mirror. Being an elegant Collection of the most delightful
little Stories and interesting Tales; chiefly translated from that much ad-
mired work, L'ami des Enfans. Illustrated with numerous wood-cuts
From the twentieth London edition. One volume, 18mo, 50 cents.
Forming one of the series of "Tales for the People and their Children."

LOG CABIN:

Or, The World before You. By the author of "Three Experiments of Liv ing,' ," "The Huguenots in France and America," etc. One volume, 18mo., 50 cents.

Every person who takes up this volume will read it with interest. It is truly what the writer intended it should be-" A Guide to Usefulness and Happiness."

LOVER.-HANDY ANDY:

A Tale of Irish Life, by Samuel Lover.

Illustrated with twenty-three char acteristic steel Engravings. One volume, 8vo., cloth $1 25, boards $1 00 Cheap edition, two Plates, paper, 50 cents.

This boy Handy will be the death of us. What is the police force about to allow the uttering of a publication that has already brought us to the brink of apoplexy fifty times?-Sport. Review.

L. S. D.--TREASURE TROVE:

A Tale, by Samuel Lover. One volume, 8vo., with two steel Engravings Paper cover, 25 cents.

This is a capital thing. The gay and the grave, the "lively and severe," are unid with a ilf. hand, and there is a latent tone of sound morality running through "L. S. D." which will give a lasting value to its pages.-Commercial Advertiser.

LUCY AND ARTHUR ;

A Book for Children. Illustrated with numerous engravings, elegantly boun in cloth. 50 cents.

Lucy and Arthur is a charming story of the nurserk, prepared oy an experienced author. So eure it for the family.-American Traveller.

LYRA APOSTOLICA.

From the Fifth English edition. One elegantly printed volume, 75 cents.

In this elegant volume there are forty-five sections, and one hundred and seventy-nine VIR poems, all short, and many of them sweet.-New York American.

MAGEE.-ON ATONEMENT AND SACRIFICE:

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Discourses and Dissertations on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice, au 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 M'Gee, D. D., Årchbishop of Dublin. Two volumes, 8vo., $5 00.

This is one of the ablest critical and polemical works of modern times. The profound biblical information on a variety of topics which the Archbishop brings forward, must endear his name to all lovers of Christianity.-Orme.

MANNING.-THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH,

By the Rev. Henry Edward Manning, M. A., Archdeacon of Chichester. One volume, 16mo., $1 00.

Part I. The History and Exposition of the Doctrine of Catholic Unity. Part II. The Moral Design of Catholic Unity. Part III. The Doctrine of Catholic Unity applied to the Actual State of Christendom.

We commend it earnestly to the devout and serious perusal of all Churchmen, and particularly of all clergymen, as the ablest discussion we ever met with of a deeply and vitally important subject.-Churchman.

MARRYAT.-MASTERMAN READY;

Or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for Young Persons, by Capt. Marry. Complete in 3 vols., 18mo., with Frontispiece, cloth gilt, $1 25.

at.

Forming a portion of the series of "Tales for the People and their Children."

We have never seen any thing from the same pen we like as well as this. It is the modern Crusoe, and is entitled to take rank with that charming romance.-Commercial Advertiser. MARSHALL.-NOTES ON THE EPISCOPAL POLITY Of the Holy Catholic Church, with some account of the Developments of Mo dern Religious Systems, by Thomas William Marshall, B. A., of the Dio cese of Salisbury. Edited by Jonathan M. Wainwright, D. D. With a new and complete Index of the Subjects and of the Texts of Scripture One volume, 12mo., $1 25.

1. Introduction. II. Scripture Evidence.

III. Evidence of Antiquity. IV. Admission of

Adversaries. V. Development of Modern Religious Systems.

A more important work than this has not been issued for a long time. We earnestly reco mend it to the attention of every Churchman.-Banner of the Cross.

MARTINEAU.-THE CROFTON BOYS;

A Tale for Youth, by Harriet Martineau. One volume, 18mo., Frontispiece Cloth gilt, 38 cents.

Forming one of the series of "Tales for the People and their Children."

It abounds in interest, and is told with the characteristic ability and spirit of the distinguished Bathor.-Evening Post.

THE PEASANT AND THE PRINCE; A Tale of the French Revolution, by Harriet Martineau. One volume, 18mo Frontispiece. Cloth gilt, 38 cents.

Forming one of the series of "Tales for the People and their Children.'

This is a most inviting little history of Louis the Sixteenth and his family. Here, in a style even more familiar than Scott's Tales of a Grandfather, we have a graphic epitome of many facts connected with the days of the "Revolution."-Courier & Enquirer.

MAURICE. THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST;

Or, Hints respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances of the Catholic Church. By Rev. Frederick Denison Maurice, M. A. London. One volume, 8vo., 600 pages, $2 50.

On the theory of the Church of Christ, all should consult the work of Mr. Maurice, the most philosophical writer of the day.-Prof. Garbett's Bampton Lectures, 1842

MILTON.-THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS

Of John Milton, with Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by the Rev Henry Stebbing, A. M. Illustrated with six steel Engravings. One volume, 16mo., $1 25.

Forming one of the series of "Cabinet Edition of Standard Poets." *** 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 beauties of the author.

PARADISE LOST,

By John Milton. With Notes, by Rev. H. Stebbing. One volume, 18mo., cloth 38 cents, gilt leaves 50 cents.

PARADISE REGAINED,

By John Milton. With Notes, by Rev. H. Stebbing. One volume, 18mo., cloth 25 cents, gilt leaves 38 cents.

MAXWELL.-FORTUNES OF HECTOR O'HALLORAN And his man Mark Antony O'Toole, by W. H. Maxwell. One volume, 8vo., two plates, paper, 50 cents, twenty-four plates, boards, $1 00, cloth, $1 25

It is one of the best of all the Irish stories, full of spirit, fun, drollery, and wit.-Cour. & Eng

MOORE.-LALLAH ROOKH;

An Oriental Romance, by Thomas Moore. One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, cloth gilt, 38 cents.

Forming a portion of the series of "Miniature Classical Library." This exquisite Poem has long been the admiration of readers of all classes.

MORE. PRACTICAL PIETY,

By Hannah More. One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, 38 cents.
Forming one of the series of" Miniature Classical Library."

"Practical Piety" has always bee deemed the most attractive and eloquent of all Hannah More's works.

PRIVATE DEVOTION:

A Series of Prayers and Meditations, with an Introductory Essay on Prayer, chiefly from the writings of Hannah More. From the twenty-fifth London

edition. One volume, 32mo., Frontispiece, cloth gilt, 31 cents.

Forming one of the series of "Miniature Classical Library."

Upwards of fifty thousand copies of this admir.ble manual have been sold in the U. States.

DOMESTIC TALES

And Allegories, illustrating Human Life. By Hannah More. One volume, 18mo., 38 cents.

CONTENTS.-I. Shepherd of Salisbury Plain. II. Mr. Fantom the Philosopher. III. Two Shoemakers. IV Giles the Poacher. V. Servant turned Soldier VI. General Jail Delivery.

RURAL TALES,

By Hannah More. One volume, 18mo., 38 cents.

CONTENTS.-I. Parley the Porter. II. All for the Best. III. Two Wealthy Farmers. IV Tom White. V. Pilgrims. VI. Valley of Tears

Forming a portion of the series of "Tales for the People and their Children"

These two volumes comprise that portion of Hannah More's Repository Tales which are adapted to general usefulness in this country.

NAPOLEON.-PICTORIAL HISTORY

Of Napoleon Bonaparte, translated from the French of M. Laurent de L'Ardeche, with Five Hundred spirited Illustrations, after designs by Horace Vernet, and twenty Original Portraits engraved in the best style. Complete in two handsome volumes, 8vo., about 500 pages each, $3 50; cheap edition, paper cover, four parts, $2 00.

The work is superior to the long, verbose productions of Scott and Bourienne-not in style alone, but in truth-being written to please neither Charles X. nor the English aristocracy, but for he cause of freedom. It has advantages over every other memoir extant.-American Traveller. NEWMAN.-PAROCHIAL SERMONS,

By John Henry Newman, B. D. Six volumes of the English edition in two volumes, 8vo., $5 00.

SERMONS BEARING ON SUBJECTS

Of the Day, by John Henry Newman, B. D. One volume, 12mo., $1 25.

As a compendium of Christian duty, these Sermons will be read by people of all denominations; as models of style, they will be valued by writers in every department of 1 erature.- United States Gazette.

OGILBY.-ON LAY-BAPTISM:

An Outline of the Argument against the Validity of Lay-Baptism. By John D. Ogilby, D. D., Professor of Eccles. History. One vol., 12mo., 75 cents. From a cursory inspection of it, we take it to be a thorough, fearless, and able discussion of the subject which it proposes-aiming less to excite inquiry, than to satisfy by learned an·l ingenious argument inquiries already excited.-Churchman.

CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND

And America. Three Lectures-I. The Church in England and America Apostolic and Catholic. II. The Causes of the English Reformation. III Its Character and Results. By John D. Ogilby, D. D. One vol., 16mo., 75 cents.

"I believe in one Catholic and Apostolic Church." Nicene Creed

Prof. Ogilby has furnished the Church, in this little volume, with a most valuable aid. We hink it is designed to become a text-book on the subject of which it treats.-True Catholic.

OLD OAK TREE:

Illustrated with numerous wood-cuts. One volume, 18mo., 38 cents.

The precepts conveyed are altogether unexceptionable, and the volume is well calculated to prove attractive with children.-Saturday Chronicle.

OLMSTED.-INCIDENTS OF A WHALING VOYAGE: To which is added, Observations on the Scenery, Manners, and Customs, and Missionary Stations of the Sandwich and Society Islands, accompanied by numerous Plates. By Francis Allyn Olmsted. One vol., 12mo., $1 50. The work embodies a mass of intelligence interesting to the ordinary reader as well as to the philosophical inquirer.-Courier & Enquirer

PAGET.-TALES OF THE VILLAGE,

By the Rev. Francis E. Paget, M. A. Three elegant volumes, 18mo., $1 7:

The first series, or volume, presents a popular view of the contrast in opinions and modes of thought between Churchmen and Romanists; the second sets forth Church principles, as opposed to what, in England, is termed Dissent; and the third places in contrast the character of the Churchman and the Infidel. At any time these volumes would be valuable, especially to the young. At present, when men's minds are much turned to such subjects, they cannot fail of being eagerly sought for.-New-York American

PALMER.-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 Prot. Epis. Church in the Diocese of Maryland. Two volumes, 8vo., $5 00. The chief design of this work is to supply some answer to the assertion so frequently made. that individuals are not bound to submit to any ecclesiastical authority whatever: or that, if they sre, they must, in consistency, accept Romanism with all its claims and errors.--Preface.

PARNELL.-APPLIED CHEMISTRY,

n Manufactures, Arts, and Domestic Economy. Edited by E. A. Parnell. Illustrated with numerous wood Engravings, and specimens of Dyed and Printed Cottons. Paper cover 75 cents, cloth $1 00.

The Editor's aim is to divest the work, as far as practicable, of all technical terms, sc as to adapt it to the requirements of the general reader.

The above forms the first division of the work. It is the author's intention to continuei from ime to time, so as to form a complete Practical Encyclopedia of Chemistry applied to the Arts. The subjects to immediately follow will be, Manufacture of Glass, Indigo, Sulphuric Acid Zine, Potash, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, &c.

PEARSON.-AN EXPOSITION OF THE CREED,

By John Pearson, D. D., late Bishop of Chester. With an Appendix, containing the principal Greek and Latin Creeds. Revised and corrected by the Rev. W. S. Dobson, M. A., Peterhouse, Cambridge. One vol., 8vo., $2 00.

The following may be stated as the advantages of this edition over all others ·

First-Great care has been taken to correct the numerous errors in the references to the texts of Scripture, which had crept in by reason of the repeated editions through which this admirable work has passed, and many references, as will be seen on turning to the Index of Texts, have Deen added.

Secondly-The Quotations in the Notes have been almost universally identified and the reference to them adjoined.

Lastly-The principal Symbola or Creeds, of which the particular Articles have been cited by the Author, have been annexed; and wherever the original writers have given the Symbola in a scattered and disjointed manner, the detached parts have been brought into a successive and connected point of view. These have been added in Chronological order, in the form of an Appendix.-Vide Editor

PHILIP. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS

Of Dr. Milne, Missionary to China. Illustrated by Biographical Annals of Asiatic Missions, from Primitive Protestant Times: intended as a Guide to Missionary Spirit. By Rev. Robert Philip. One vol., 12mo., 50 cents. The work is executed with great skill, and embodies a vast amount of valuable missionary inte ligence, besides a rich variety of personal incidents, adapted to gratify not only the missionary or the Christian, but the more general reader.-Observer

YOUNG MAN'S CLOSET LIBRARY,

By Robert Philip. With an Introductory Essay, by Rev. Albert Barnes. One volume, 12mo., $1 00.

LOVE OF THE SPIRIT,

Fraced in His Work: a Companion to the Experimenta' Guides. By Robert Philip. One volume, 18mo.. 50 cents.

DEVOTIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL Guides. By Robert Philip. With an Iroductory Essay by Rev. Albert Barnes. Two volumes, 12mo., $1 75 Containing Guide to the Perplexed, Guide to the Devotional, Guide to the Thoughtful, Guide to the Doubting, Guide to the Conscientious, Guide to Reden ption.

LADY'S CLOSET LIBRARY:

The Marys, or Beauty of Female Holiness: The Marthas. or Varieties of Female Piety, The Lydias, or Development of Female Character. By Rob ert Philip. Each volume, 18mo., 50 cents

The MATERNAL series of the above popular Library is now ready, entitled The Hannahs; or, Maternal Influence of Sons. By Robert Philip. One volume, 18mo., 50 cents.

The author of this excellent work is known to the public as one of the most prolific writers o the day, and scarcely any writer in the department which he occupies has acquired so extensivo and well-merited a popularity. - Evangelist.

POLLOK. THE COURSE OF TIME,

By Robert Pollok. With a Life of the Author, and complete Analytical In dex, prepared expressly for this edition. 32mo., frontispiece, 38 cents. Forming one of the series of "Miniature Classical Library."

Few modern Poems exist which at one attained such acceptance and celebrity as this.

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