GRAHAME'S COLONIAL HISTORY.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
FROM THE PLANTATION OF THE BRITISH COLONIES TILL THEIR ASSUMPTION OF INDEPENDENCE.
SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, ENLARGED AND AMENDED,
WITH A MEMOIR BY PRESIDENT QUINCY.
IN TWO LARGE OCTAVO VOLUMES, EXTRA CLOTH, WITH A PORTRAIT.
This work having assumed the position of a standard history of this country, the publishers have been induced to issue an edition in smaller size and at a less cost, that its circulation may be commensurate with its merits. It is now considered as the most impartial and trustworthy history that has yet appeared.
A few copies of the edition in four volumes, on extra fine thick paper, price eight dollars, may still be had by gentlemen desirous of procuring a beautiful work for their libraries.
ANSTED'S ANCIENT WORLD.
JUST ISSUED.
THE ANCIENT WORLD, OR, PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF CREATION,
BY D. T. ANSTED, M. A., F.R.S, F.G.S., &c.
PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY, IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
In one very neat volume, fine extra cloth, with about One Hundred
and Fifty Illustrations.
The object of this work is to present to the general reader the chief results of Geological investigation in a simple and comprehensive manner. The author has avoided all minute details of geological formations and particular observations, and has endeavoured as far as possible to present striking views of the wonderful results of the science, divested of its mere technicalities. The work is printed in a handsome manner, with numerous illustrations, and forms a neat volume for the centre table.
"As a resume of what is at present known on the subject of fossil remains, it is worthy to be a companion to the author's 'Descriptive Geology,' a work of which we have spoken in the highest terms. This volume is illustrated in the style of all Van Voorst's Natural History works, and that is sufficient recommendation. Our extracts will convey a notion of the style of the work, which is, like all that Professor Ansted has written, clear and pointed.—Athenæum.
CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR SEASONS,
SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, AND WINTER.
AN ESSAY, PRINCIPALLY CONCERNING NATURAL PHENOMENA, ADMITTING
OF INTERPRETATION BY CHEMICAL SCIENCE, AND
ILLUSTRATING PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
BY THOMAS GRIFFITHS,
Professor of Chemistry in the Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, &c.
In one large royal 12mo. volume, with many Wood-Cuts, extra cloth.
"Chemistry is assuredly one of the most useful and interesting of the natural sciences. Chemical changes meet us at every step, and during every season, the winds and the rain, the heat and the frosts, each have their peculiar and appropriate phenomena. And those who have hitherto remained insensible to these changes and unmoved amid such remarkable, and often startling results, will lose their apathy upon reading the Chemistry of the 'Four Seasons,' and be prepared to enjoy the highest intellectual pleasures. Conceived in a happy spirit, and written with taste and elegance, the essay of Mr. Griffiths cannot fail to receive the admiration of cultivated minds; and those who have looked less carefully into nature's beauties, will find themselves led on step by step, until they realize a new intellectual being. Such works, we believe, exert a happy influence over society, and hence we hope that the present one may be extensively read."—The Western Lancet.
PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT, MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST;
BEING AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES
OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, BY THE AID
OF THE POPULAR TOYS AND
SPORTS OF YOUTH.
FROM THE SIXTH AND GREATLY IMPROVED LONDON EDITION.
In one very neat royal 18mo. volume, with nearly one hundred illustrations
on wood. Fine extra crimson cloth.
"Messrs. Lea & Blanchard have issued, in a beautiful manner, a handsome book, called 'Philosophy in Sport, made Science in Earnest.' This is an admirable attempt to illustrate the first principles of Natural Philosophy, by the aid of the popular toys and sports of youth. Useful information is conveyed in an easy, graceful, yet dignified manner, and rendered easy to the simplest understanding. The book is an admirable one, and must meet with universal favour."—N. Y. Evening Mirror.
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TO WHICH IS ADDED,
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THE WHOLE SO CLEARLY EXPLAINED AS TO BE WITHIN REACH OF THE MOST LIMITED CAPACITY.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION.
In one neat royal 18mo. volume, fine extra crimson cloth.
"It contains everything that can please the grave or the gay. It is 'endless amusement,' and the publishers might have added, instruction. What a help to a dull gathering, or what an able adjunct to a children's party! It may be introduced to the scientific or to the family circle, and to each it will give instruction and pleasure. It is filled with illustrations. We shall give extracts from it occasionally."—Lady's Book.
SOMERVILLE'S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
BY MARY SOMERVILLE.
AUTHOR OF "CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES," ETC.
In one neat royal 12mo. volume, extra cloth.
CONTENTS.—Geology—Form of the Great Continent—Highlands of the Great Continent—Mountain Systems of the Great Continent—Africa—American Continent—Low Lands of South America—Central America—North America—Greenland—Australia—The Ocean—Springs—European Rivers—African Rivers—Asiatic Rivers—River Systems of North America—Rivers of South America—Lakes—The Atmosphere—Vegetation—Vegetation of the Great Continent—Flora of Tropical Asia—African Flora—Australian Flora—American Vegetation—Distribution of Insects—Distribution of Fishes—Distribution of Reptiles—Distribution of Birds—Distribution of Mammalia—Distribution, Conditions and Future Prospects of the Human Race.
While reading this work we could not help thinking how interesting, as well as useful, geography as a branch of education might be made in our schools. In many of them, however, this is not accomplished. It is to be hoped that this defect will be remedied; and that in all our educational institutions Geography will soon be taught in the proper way. Mrs. Somerville's work may, in this respect, be pointed to as a model.—Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, September, 1848.
READINGS FOR THE YOUNG.
FROM THE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
In two very handsome 18mo. volumes, with beautiful plates, done up in crimson extra cloth.
Messrs. Lea & Blanchard deserve the thanks of all the little people in the land for these delightful volumes, which are as agreeable to read as they are attractive in appearance.—N. Y. Literary World.
TALES AND STORIES FROM HISTORY.
BY AGNES STRICKLAND,
AUTHOR OF "LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND," ETC.
In one handsome royal 18mo. volume, crimson extra cloth, with illustrations.
In these pretty tales from the legendary and authentic history of England and Continental Europe, Miss Strickland has hit a happy mean in presenting to the mind of youth, fact in its most fascinating, and fiction in its least objectionable garb. It is a little work which will be dog's eared, and pored over with absorbing interest by the school-boy.—Balt. Patriot.
The above works will be found admirable reading books for schools.—Lea & Blanchard also publish the following, which are suitable to advanced classes.
A POPULAR TREATISE ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. By W. B. Carpenter, M. D. In one royal 12mo. volume, with wood-cuts.
THE ANCIENT WORLD; OR, PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF CREATION. By D. T. Ansted, M. A., F. R. S., F. G. S. In one royal 12mo. volume, with 150 wood-cuts.
THE CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR SEASONS, SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN AND WINTER; an Essay principally concerning Natural Phenomena admitting of interpretation by Chemical Science, and illustrating passages of Scripture. By Thomas Griffiths. In one large royal 12mo. volume, with 60 wood-cuts.