The book of Saint Nicholas

Part 15

Chapter 151,235 wordsPublic domain

Including a Narrative of the early Portuguese and English Voyages, the Revolutions in the Mogul Empire, and the Origin, Progress, and Establishment of the British Power; with Illustrations of the Botany, Zoology, Climate, Geology, and Mineralogy.

By HUGH MURRAY, Esq., JAMES WILSON, Esq., R. K. GREVILLE, LL.D., WHITELAW AINSLIE, M.D., WILLIAM RHIND, Esq., Professor JAMESON, Professor WALLACE, and Captain CLARENCE DALRYMPLE.

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LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC.

Addressed to Sir Walter Scott.

By Dr. BREWSTER.

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HISTORY OF IRELAND.

From the Anglo-Norman Invasion till the Union of the Country with Great Britain.

By W. C. TAYLOR, Esq.

With Additions, by WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq.

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HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.

From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.

By P. F. TYTLER, Esq.

With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions.

By Professor WILSON.

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THE TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES OF

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT;

being a condensed Narrative of his Journeys in the Equinoctial Regions of America, and in Asiatic Russia: together with Analyses of his more important Investigations.

By W. MACGILLIVRAY, A. M.

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LETTERS OF EULER

ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Addressed to a German Princess.

Translated by HUNTER.

With Notes, and a Life of Euler, by Sir DAVID BREWSTER and Additional Notes, by JOHN GRISCOM, LL.D.

With a Glossary of Scientific Terms.

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A POPULAR GUIDE TO

THE OBSERVATION OF NATURE;

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By ROBERT MUDIE.

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MORAL FEELINGS.

By JOHN ABERCROMBIE, M.D., F.R.S.

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ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY BY THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE.

By THOMAS DICK, LL.D.

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HISTORY OF CHARLEMAGNE.

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NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA.

Comprehending their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History.

By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D.

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LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL.

By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D.

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LECTURES ON GENERAL LITERATURE, POETRY, &c.

Delivered at the Royal Institute in 1830 and 1831.

By JAMES MONTGOMERY.

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MEMOIR OF

THE LIFE OF PETER THE GREAT.

By JOHN BARROW, Esq.

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HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF

PERSIA.

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By JAMES B. FRASER, Esq.

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THE HISTORY OF ARABIA.

Ancient and Modern.

Containing a Description of the Country—An Account of its Inhabitants, Antiquities, Political Condition, and Early Commerce—The Life and Religion of Mohammed—The Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens—The Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain—The Civil Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs—Origin and Suppression of the Wahabees—The Institutions, Character, Manners, and Customs of the Bedouins; and a Comprehensive View of its Natural History.

By ANDREW CRICHTON.

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THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY,

APPLIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EDUCATION.

By ANDREW COMBE, M.D.

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HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF

THE BARBARY STATES.

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By the Rev. M. RUSSELL, LL.D.

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A LIFE OF WASHINGTON.

By J. K. PAULDING, Esq.

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The Philosophy of Living;

OR, THE WAY TO ENJOY LIFE AND ITS COMFORTS.

By CALEB TICKNOR, A.M., M.D.

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THE EARTH.

ITS PHYSICAL CONDITION, AND MOST REMARKABLE PHENOMENA.

By W. MULLINGER HIGGINS.

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XENOPHON.

(Anabasis, translated by EDWARD SPELMAN, Esq., Cyropædia, by the Hon. M. A. COOPER.)

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THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES.

Translated by THOMAS LELAND, D.D.

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SALLUST.

Translated by WILLIAM ROSE, M.A.

With Improvements and Notes.

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CAESAR.

Translated by WILLIAM DUNCAN.

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CICERO.

The Orations translated by DUNCAN, the Offices by COCKMAN, and the Cato and Lælius by MELMOTH.

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VIRGIL.

The Eclogues translated by WRANGHAM, the Georgics by SOTHEBY, and the Æneid by DRYDEN.

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ÆSCHYLUS.

Translated by the Rev. R. POTTER, M.A.

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SOPHOCLES.

Translated by THOMAS FRANCKLIN, D.D.

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EURIPIDES.

Translated by the Rev. R. POTTER, M.A.

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HORACE.

Translated by PHILIP FRANCIS, D.D.

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By BEN JONSON, COWLEY, MILTON, DRYDEN, POPE, ADDISON, SWIFT, BENTLEY, CHATTERTON, G. WAKEFIELD, PORSON, BYRON, &c.

And by some of the most eminent Poets of the present day.

PHÆDRUS.

With the Appendix of Gudius.

Translated by CHRISTOPHER SMART, A.M.

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OVID.

Translated by DRYDEN, POPE, CONGREVE, ADDISON, and others.

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HERODOTUS.

Translated by the Rev. WILLIAM BELOE.

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HOMER.

Translated by ALEXANDER POPE, Esq.

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LIVY.

Translated by GEORGE BAKER, A.M.

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THUCYDIDES.

Translated by WILLIAM SMITH, A.M.

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PLUTARCH'S LIVES.

Translated from the original Greek, with Notes, Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch.

By JOHN LANGHORNE, D.D., and WM. LANGHORNE, A.M.

A New Edition, carefully revised and corrected.

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A LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

In Latin Prose.

By FRANCIS GLASS, A.M., of Ohio.

Edited by J. N. Reynolds.

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A TREATISE ON LANGUAGE,

or the Relation which Words bear to Things.

By A. B. JOHNSON.

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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SURVEYING;

containing all the Instructions requisite for the skilful practice of this art.

With a new set of accurate Mathematical Tables.

By ROBERT GIBSON.

Newly arranged, improved, and enlarged, with useful selections, by JAMES RYAN.

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AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MECHANICS.

Translated from the French of M. Boucharlat.

With additions and emendations, designed to adapt it to the use of the Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy.

By EDWARD H. COURTENAY.

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The Reticule and Pocket Companion;

OR,

MINIATURE LEXICON OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

By LYMAN COBB.

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ENGLISH SYNONYMES.

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