The Old Woodcutter
Pubd. May 1, 1831, by J. Harris, St. Pauls Church Yard.
CHIT-CHAT,
OR
SHORT TALES IN SHORT WORDS.
WITH SIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS.
Our life is like a summer's day,
It seems so quickly past;
Youth is the morning bright and gay,
And if 'tis spent in wisdom's way,
We meet old age without dismay,
And death is sweet at last.
HYMNS FOR INFANT MINDS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "ALWAYS HAPPY," &c.
SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED.
LONDON:
JOHN HARRIS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD.
1831.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION.
THE LITTLE LIBRARY,
COMPRISING,
IN A SERIES OF SMALL VOLUMES,
A Familiar Introduction
TO VARIOUS BRANCHES
OF
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
I.
THE MINE.
By the late Rev. Isaac Taylor, of Ongar, Essex.
THIRD EDITION.
Illustrated with Sixteen Engravings, and a Mineralogical Table. Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound in cloth, square 16mo.
Extract from Contents: Ancient Coal Mine.—Gold Mines.—Anglesea Mines.—Black Damp.—Black Lead—Blast Furnace.—Blasting Mines.—Boring for Coal.—Brazil Diamonds.—Bristol Stones.—Cannel Coal.—Captain of a Mine.—Carron Founderies.—Choke Damp.—Cinnabar.—Coining Tin.—Copper; its various Mines—Sir H. Davy's Safety Lamp.—Descending into Mines of Copper, Coal, Iron, Salt, and Silver.—Diamonds.—Finding Mines.—Draining Mines.—Dress for a Mine.—Explosion of Coal.—Galena.—Gas.—Fullers' Earth.—Gold, in various parts of the World.—Lead.—Mercury.—History of Mines.—Mineral Cabinet.—Numbers of Mines in Cornwall.—Pactolus.—Phœnicians trading for Tin.—Pig Iron.—Plumbago.—Quantities of Coal sent to London.—Rail Roads.—Retorts.—Roasting Ore.—Smelting Furnace.—Stamping Mills.—Steam Engine.—Stream of Sparks, &c.
VOLUMES ALREADY PUBLISHED.
II.
THE SHIP.
By the late Rev. Isaac Taylor.
Illustrated with Sixteen Engravings. Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound in cloth, square 16mo.
Extract from Contents: 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 Fire Ship.—A Cutter.—A Gun-boat.—A Bomb-ketch.—A Frigate.—A Man-of-War, with its Long-boat, Barge, Pinnace, Cutter, and Yawl.—A Turkish Galley.—A Venetian Galleas.—A French Galley.—A Xebec, Polacre, and Tartan.—A Snow, Bilander, Schooner, and Dogger.—A Sloop, Hoy, and Smack.—An East-Indiaman.—A Portuguese Carrack.—A Spanish Galleon.—A Canal Boat.—A Wherry, and Pleasure Boat.—Lord Mayor's State Barge.—Venetian Gondola.—The Doge's Bucentaur.—A Man-of-War, with descriptive references.—A Section of a Man-of-War.—The Dock Yard.—The Ship Launch, &c.
III.
THE FOREST.
A Description of Trees generally; with 16 Engravings, shewing the Form and Character of the principal Trees; and 10 Wood Engravings, illustrative of minor peculiarities. Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound in coloured cloth, square 16mo.
Extract from Contents: A Stroll in Autumn.—The New Forest.—The Oak.—Age of Trees.—Oak Apples.—Galls.—Bark, or Tan.—Varieties of Timber Trees.—Transplanting Forests.—Usefulness of Deal Timber.—Turpentine.—Tar.—Pitch.—Resin.—Warlike use of the Yew.—Ancient Bows and Arrows.—Woodland Scenery.—Chestnut of Mount Ætna.—Indian Charcoal Burners.—Foreign Timber Trees.—First Application of Mahogany.—Products of the Palm Tree.—Work in the Woods.—Falling Timber.—Wood Stocking.—Splitting Old Roots.—Measuring Timber.—Making up Faggots.—Carrying Timber.—Timber Drag, and Lever.—Remarkable Applications of Timber.—Westminster Hall.—Riding House at Moscow.—Remarkably large Ships.—Schaffhausen Bridge.—Mr. Rudyard's Lighthouse.—Parts of a Tree.—Inversion of Trees.—Submerged Forests.—Forests on Fire.
IV.
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF WESTMINSTER
DESCRIBED.
With Twelve Engravings. Price 3s 6d. neatly bound in cloth, square 16mo.
Extract from Contents: Westminster Abbey.—Westminster Hall.—House of Commons.—House of Lords.—Westminster Bridge.—Whitehall.—Horse Guards.—Treasury.—Admiralty.—St. James's Palace.—Hyde Park Corner.—Kensington Palace.—Waterloo Bridge.—Somerset House.—British Museum.—Covent Garden Theatre.—Drury Lane Theatre.—Haymarket Theatre.—Colosseum, &c. &c.
V.
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS of the CITY of LONDON
DESCRIBED.
With Twelve Engravings. Price 4s. 6d. neatly bound in cloth, square 16mo.
Contents: Introduction.—The City.—St. Paul's Cathedral; General Description; Monuments; Objects of interest.—Paul's Cross.—Post Office.—Fleet Market.—New Farringdon Market.—Old Bailey Sessions' House.—Newgate Prison.—Christ's Hospital.—St. Bartholomew's Hospital.—Smithfield.—Charter House.—The Mansion House.—Guildhall.—The Royal Exchange.—The Bank.—East India House.—The Monument.—The Tower.—East India Docks.—St. Catharine's.—The New Custom House.—Billingsgate.—Excise Office.—London Bridge, &c.—The Thames Tunnel, &c. &c.
VI.
THE GARDEN;
OR,
FAMILIAR INSTRUCTION FOR THE LAYING OUT AND
MANAGEMENT OF A FLOWER GARDEN.
With blocks, and 12 engravings of flowers, one for each month. Price 3s. 6d. half bound in cloth and leather, plain, or with the flowers coloured 4s. 6d.
Extract from Contents: January.—Directions for laying out.—Climbers.—Arbour, designs for.—Centre Beds.—Distinction between shrubs.—Annuals.—Roots.—Hints for planting Herbaceous plants, as to height, colour, &c.—Tools.—Roses, different sorts.—Flowering Shrubs.—Pruning.—Marking Sticks.—Flowers in Bloom.—Advice as to particular flowers.—Transplanting.—American Shrubs.—Evergreens, &c. &c.—Handweeding, Raking, &c.—Rock work.—How to grow Carnations.—Flower Basket.—Bulbs to dry.—Reasons why they should be taken up.—Directions for striking Pink Pipings.—Cuttings of China, Moss, and other Roses.—Ornamental Vases and Tables of Flowers.—Fruits of Industry.—Gardening considered as a rational amusement.—Gather seeds and dry them.—Method of budding rose stocks.—An old Tree made Ornamental.—Effects of cold, without snow, on Alpine Plants.—Gardening leads to a love of order and neatness.—Distinguished men who have been fond of Gardening, &c. &c.
NEARLY READY.
VII.
BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS;
OR,
A Description of those Manners and Customs which are peculiar to the East, and which are especially explanatory of the Holy Scriptures.
By the Rev. B.H. Draper,
Author of "Scripture Stories," "Sketches from Creation," &c.
With Sixteen Engravings. Price 4s. 6d. half bound, cloth sides and leather backs.
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO
THE DEAR LITTLE PARTY
AT
THE RECTORY.
London, 1825.