BOOKS lately published by G. KEARSLEY,
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A TOUR through HOLLAND, DUTCH BRABANT, the AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS, and Part of FRANCE:
In which is included a Description of Paris and its Environs.
By the late HARRY PECKHAM, Esq.
One of his Majesty’s Counsel, and Recorder of the City of Chichester.
Price 3s. 6d. half bound, with a Map of the Low Countries.
Of Kearsley may also be had, in Pocket Volumes, together or separate,
The TOUR of FRANCE, with two Maps, price 3s. 6d.
TOUR of ITALY, with a Map, 4s. 6d.
TOUR of SWITZERLAND, including M. De SAUSSURE’s Account of his Expedition to the Summit of MONT BLANC, with a Map, 2s. 6d.
Each of these TOURS contains all the Information that can be useful to TRAVELLERS and entertaining to READERS; among which are the Expences upon the Road, regulated by the Mode of travelling; the best Hotels, Inns, and Lodgings, are accurately reported; also the Distances between the Towns; curious Collections and public Buildings. To which is added, An Account of the Coins of each Country, the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants, &c. &c.
The following entertaining Collection was compiled by a Person of distinguished Abilities, for the Use of young People, and as a Guide to the curious Traveller who intends to visit these Regions, which contain so many Wonders of Art and Nature.
A Description of SICILY and MALTA, With an Account of the late Earthquake at Messina; the Eruptions of Mount Etna; the Destruction of Hybla; the present State of Palmyra; the Customs and Manners of the Sicilians; their Marriages, Carriages, &c. Account of Syracuse, and the Knights of Malta; with a great Variety of curious and singular Descriptions, extracted from the Travels of Brydone, Swinburn, Sir William Hamilton, and other respectable Writers.
Price Three Shillings and Sixpence bound.
The FLOWERS of MODERN TRAVELS.
Being elegant, entertaining, and instructive Extracts, selected from the Works of the most celebrated Travellers; such as, Lord Lyttelton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Moore, Dr. Troil, Addison, Brydone, Coxe, Wraxall, Savary, Topham, Sherlock, Douglas, Lady M. W. Montague, &c. &c. &c.—Intended chiefly for young People of both Sexes.
By the Rev. JOHN ADAMS, A. M.
Here you may range the world from pole to pole,
Increase your knowledge, and delight your soul;
Travel all nations, and inform your sense,
With ease and safety, at a small expence.
Anon.
Two Vols. Price Six Shillings sewed.
The FLOWERS of ANCIENT and MODERN HISTORY.
Comprehending, on a new Plan, the most remarkable and interesting Events, as well as ancient and modern Characters; designed for the Improvement and Entertainment of Youth.
By the Rev. JOHN ADAMS, A. M.
Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci. Hor.
Two Volumes, Price Six Shillings sewed.
Either Volume may be had separate.
RECREATION for YOUTH.
An useful and entertaining EPITOME of GEOGRAPHY and BIOGRAPHY.
The first Part comprising a general View of the several Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, States, remarkable Islands, Mountains, Seas, Rivers, and Lakes, with their Situation, Extent, Capitals, Population, Produce, Arts, Religion, and Commerce. Including the Discoveries of Captain Cook and others.
The second Part including the LIVES of the most eminent MEN who have flourished in Great Britain and its Dependencies.
By JOHN PATERSON SERVICE.
Price Three Shillings and Sixpence bound.
With five new Plates, from the Designs of Mr. Nixon,
The Tenth Edition of that pleasing Selection,
The BEAUTIES of STERNE.
Calculated for the Heart of Sensibility.
This Volume contains a Selection of Mr. Sterne’s Familiar Letters, the Story of Le Fevre and Uncle Toby, Maria, Shandy’s Bed of Justice, Yorick’s Horse, Corporal Trim’s Brother, the Dwarf, the Pulse, the Pye-man, the Sword, the Supper, the Starling, the Ass, Dr. Slop and Obadiah, Dr. Slop and Susan, &c.
Also several of his most celebrated Sermons and elegant Sentiments.
Price Three Shillings and Sixpence sewed.
Illustrated by a great Number of Plates, which include above One Thousand Examples,
The Sixth Edition, including a Variety of Additions and Improvements, both in the Plates and Letter-press,
A Short and Easy INTRODUCTION to HERALDRY, in Two Parts.
Part I. The Use of Arms and Armory, Rules of Blazon and Marshalling Coats of Armour, with engraved Tables upon a new Plan, for the Instruction of those who wish to learn the Science.
Part II. A Dictionary of Heraldry, with an Alphabetical List of the Terms in English, French, and Latin; also the different Degrees of the Nobility and Gentry of England, with Tables of Precedency.
The whole compiled from the most approved Authorities.
By HUGH CLARK and THOMAS WORMULL.
Price Four Shillings in boards.
The POEMS of Mr. GRAY.
With Notes by Gilbert Wakefield, B. A. late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Ingenium cui fit, cui mens divinior, atque os
Magna sonaturum, des nominis hujus honorem.
Horat.
Creative Genius; and the glow divine,
That warms and melts the enthusiastic soul;
A pomp and prodigality of phrase:
These form the poet, and these shine in thee!
The POETICAL WORKS of DAVID GARRICK, Esq.;
Now first collected with Explanatory Notes,
With a complete List of his Works, and the different Characters he performed, arranged in Chronological Order; also a short Account of his Life, and the Monody on his Death, written by Mr. Sheridan, and spoken by Mrs. Yates, of Drury Lane Theatre.
In Two Volumes, price Seven Shillings.
The POETICAL WORKS of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.
Containing, London, a Satire, and the Vanity of Human Wishes, both imitated from Juvenal; Irene, a Tragedy; the Winter’s Walk; Stella in Mourning; the Midsummer’s Wish; an Evening Ode to Stella; Vanity of Wealth; the Natural Beauty; Translation of Pope’s Messiah, and sundry other Pieces.
Price Two Shillings and Sixpence.
On a new Set of Plates, brought down to the present Time, Price 1s. 6d.
KEARSLEY’s Arms of the Peers and Peeresses of England, Scotland, and Ireland, neatly Engraved, with an English Translation of the Mottos.
They may likewise be had bound with the annual Court Calendar.
A new Edition, including the BENCH of BISHOPS, (Which was originally intended for a separate Work)
The HERALDRY of NATURE; or TEMPORARY ARMS.
Adapted to the present House of Peers, and emblematical of each of the Lord’s present hobby horses, either in the fashionable and dissipated pursuits of pleasure, or the more confined Walks of business; including their domestic amusements and connections, with upwards of Eighty Examples, neatly Etched, by an eminent Engraver.
“This is a new and excellent method of delineating Characters, and saying more in the compass of a Shilling, than can generally be conveyed by mere words in a whole Sheet! How the present House of Peers will approve of these new Armorial Bearings, which are drawn in the true Hogarthian Stile, with great Humour, and no small degree of Satire, is not for us to determine; we must however acknowledge, in Justice to the Author, the Examination of these whimsical Arms has afforded us great Entertainment.”
Vide Review for November.
A cheap and correct Edition of the Works of GEORGE ALEXANDER STEVENS,
Containing a complete Collection of his SONGS, Printed verbatim from his last Corrections; also his celebrated Lecture upon Heads, as delivered originally by himself, with Additions, as spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes, at the Theatre Royal, in Covent-Garden, and the Royalty-Theatre. To which is added, an Essay on Satire, by Mr. Pilon.
There are spurious and incorrect Editions of Stevens’s Works in Circulation, against which it is necessary to Caution the Public. The Songs may be had separate, Price One Shilling and Sixpence, and the Lecture on Heads, price One Shilling, or bound together, Three Shillings.
ELEGANT ORATIONS, Ancient and Modern, for the Use of Schools, originally compiled for his own Pupils;
By the Rev. J. MOSSOP, A. M.
Master of the Boarding School at Brighthelmstone.
“Patriæ sit idoneus.” Juv.
Price Three Shillings and Sixpence bound.
The Fourth Edition, much enlarged,
(Ornamented with a considerable Number of new Plates, containing several Views in the newly discovered Islands, sundry Animals, an exact Representation of an Human Sacrifice, Captain Cook’s Head from Pingo’s Medal, and a Chart of the new Discoveries with the Tracks of the Ships)
In Two Volumes,
An accurate ABRIDGEMENT of CAPTAIN COOK’s VOYAGE round the WORLD; containing a faithful Account of all the Discoveries, with the Transactions at each Place, a Description of the Inhabitants with their Manners and Customs, a full Detail of the Circumstances relative to Capt. Cook’s Death, and an Account of his Life by Capt. King.
Those who superintend the Education of Youth of either Sex cannot put into their Hands a more acceptable Work, for the Amusement of leisure Hours, than these late Voyages of Discovery, which abound with Matter highly interesting and entertaining.
Price Eight Shillings in boards.
⁂ Either Volume may be had separate, Price Four Shillings.
Ornamented with Plates, and improved by a considerable Number of the most admired Scenes in Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Lear, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Henry the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth, Richard the Third, Hamlet, &c. &c. which was never attempted in any former Selection of this great Bard.
With his LIFE, and a Medallion of his Profile and
Garrick’s, in Shade,
The BEAUTIES of SHAKESPEARE,
Alphabetically digested, with a copious Index.
Price Three Shillings sewed.
A new Edition, being the Seventh, of The BEAUTIES of Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON,
Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical and Miscellaneous. To which are now added, Biographical Anecdotes, selected from the late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, and other authentic Testimonies.
This Edition is embellished with an Etching of the Head of Dr. Johnson, taken from the Life about two Months before his last Illness.
Price only Three Shillings and Sixpence sewed.
The following Collection has frequently enlivened the brilliant Circles at St. James’s, Buckingham House, and Windsor.
The Birth of the Rose, the Geranium, the Pastime of Venus, the Devil’s Tail, the Kiss of Lydia, Life’s a Joke, and several other celebrated Poems are now added, which were formerly handed about only in Manuscript.
The FESTIVAL of WIT; selected by G—— K——, Summer Resident at Windsor; and carefully copied from the Common-place Book, with the Names of the Parties who introduced them to the R—— E——.
“This is, beyond all Comparison, the best Collection of good Things we ever read; it is not a delicate Morceau for the polite Circles only, it must suit the Taste of every Man, who loves cheerful Conversation and Attic Wit. Were we to bestow on it as much praise as it really merits, we should cover more paper than we can spare.”
Review for September.
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ADVICE to the OFFICERS of the BRITISH ARMY.
With the Addition of some Hints to the Drummer and Private Soldier.
Ridiculum acri
Fortius et melius plerumque secat res.
Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne,
Yet touch’d and mov’d by Ridicule alone.
The EIGHTH EDITION.
To which is now added, some Advice to the Officers
of the Ordnance, and the Secretary at War.
Price Half-a-Crown.
A new Passage discovered without the use of a Compass, or Quadrant!
With considerable additions, particularly an account of two new Voyages, one of them through the Center of Mount Etna and the Globe, to the South Sea. The other to the Island of Ceylon. Also a new Frontispiece, representing the Baron’s triumph over a Lion and a Crocodile, who both attacked him at once.
The Fifth Edition.
BARON MUNCHAUSON’s TRAVELS and ADVENTURES in Russia, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean, and through a subterraneous Passage into the Caspian Sea.
Upon the Continent, these Travels are more read, particularly in France, Germany, and Holland, where the Author is well known, than any production that has appeared for some years. This Fifth Edition, exclusive of the above improvements, is embellished with nineteen plates, whereas the French has but six; the Baron’s Adventures at Gibraltar are prohibited in the French and Dutch editions, but given in full length in this English impression.
Price Half-a-Crown sewed.
The Rapidity of the Sale of the first and second Editions of the following Book, may be fairly considered as Proofs of its merit. All the Prescriptions are the Result of many years successful Practice.
THE GENTLEMAN’s STABLE DIRECTORY;
Or, Modern System of Farriery.
Comprehending the present improved Mode of Practice, containing all the most valuable Prescriptions and approved Remedies, accurately proportioned and properly adapted to every known disease to which the Horse is incident.
Interspersed with occasional Remarks upon the dangerous and almost obsolete Practice of Gibson, Bracken, Bartlet, and others.
Including Directions for Feeding, Bleeding, Purging, and getting into Condition for the Chase.
Inscribed to Sir JOHN LADE, Bart.
By William Taplin, Surgeon.
The Third Edition, Price Five Shillings.
In Four Volumes, Price Twelve Shillings,
The BEAUTIES of the SPECTATOR, TATLER, GUARDIAN, RAMBLER, ADVENTURER, CONNOISSEUR, WORLD, and IDLER.
☞ To accommodate the Purchasers of these entertaining Volumes, they are sold together, or in the following manner:
The Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian are comprised in the two first Volumes, and sold separate for Six Shillings.
The third and fourth Volumes contain those from the Rambler, Connoisseur, Adventurer, World and Idler, and are sold separate for Six Shillings, also, or the Four Volumes for Twelve Shillings, complete.
The BRITISH CHRONOLOGIST.
Comprehending every material Occurrence relating to Great Britain, from the Invasion of the Romans to the present time; with the Prices of the various Articles of Provision at different periods. Also, a complete Index.
In Three large Octavo Volumes.
Price One Guinea bound.
Written from many Years Experience; not borrowed from other Productions, as is generally the case with Books upon this Subject,
Ornamented with a neat Frontispiece, from an original Drawing,
The GENTLEMAN ANGLER.
Containing plain Instructions, by which a Beginner may in a short time become a perfect Artist in Angling for all kinds of Fish.
With several Observations on Rods and Artificial Flies. Also the Method of chusing the best Hair and Indian Grass; of the proper Times and Seasons for River and Pond Fishing; when Fish Spawn; and what Baits are chiefly to be used.
With an APPENDIX,
Containing the Art of Rock and Sea Fishing; and an Alphabetical Explanation of the Technical Words used in the Art of Angling.
By a GENTLEMAN who has made it his Diversion upwards of Fourteen Years.
Price One Shilling and Sixpence.
An AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of the Treatment of the English, who were taken Prisoners on the Reduction of Bednore, by Tippoo Saib; from the 28th of April 1783, the Day of Capitulation, to their Enlargement on the 25th of April 1784.
By Captain HENRY OAKES.
A New Edition.
Seventeen Thousand per Annum, exclusive of Plate, Jewels, and other Property, to a considerable Amount, restored to the Plaintiff by the Verdict of a Jury in the Court of Common Pleas, and since confirmed by the Court of Chancery.
COUNTESS of STRATHMORE and
ANDREW ROBINSON BOWES, Esq.
An accurate Report of the TRIAL in the above Cause, before the Right Honourable Lord Loughborough, in the Court of Common Pleas, on Monday the 19th of May, on an Issue directed out of the High Court of Chancery. Taken in Short Hand.
This Trial contains a full Account of the Duel fought in the Adelphi Tavern, in April, 1777, between the Rev. Henry Bate and Mr. Bowes.
The Courtship and Marriage of Mr. Bowes and Lady Strathmore.
Account of a Deed executed by Lady Strathmore prior to her Marriage with Mr. Bowes, when she had consented to marry Mr. Gray.
Also the Means used by Mr. Bowes to procure a Revocation of that Deed, which is now by this Trial restored to her Ladyship.
To which is added a Sketch of her Ladyship’s Conduct before and after her Marriage,—with many curious Anecdotes respecting the principal Parties, the Witnesses, &c.
The Third Edition, Price Two Shillings.
The Works of
ALEXANDER POPE, Esq.
In Six Volumes. Price Eighteen Shillings.
JOHNSON’s DICTIONARY,
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Ditto, in Octavo, Nine Shillings.
RAPIN’S HISTORY of ENGLAND,
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Price Six Guineas.
The BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.
Containing the Lives of Eminent Men in various Parts of Europe.
In Twelve Volumes Octavo,
Price Four Pounds Four Shillings.
The VIRTUOSI’s MUSEUM.
A Collection of Elegant Views, Engraved from the Drawings of
PAUL SANDBY, Esq.
Price Five Pounds Eight Shillings.
SUPPLEMENT to the TOUR through GREAT BRITAIN,
By the late Mr. GRAY,
Author of the Elegy in a Country Church Yard, &c.
Price Two Shillings.
Addressed principally to Magistrates and Lawyers.
A new Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, of
A COMPENDIOUS DIGEST of the STATUTE LAW, comprising the Substance and Effect of all the Public Acts of Parliament, in force from Magna Charta to the twenty-seventh Year of his present Majesty, inclusive.
By THOMAS WALTER WILLIAMS, of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law.
To the Gentlemen of the Law.
On Saturday the 8th Day of November, 1788, will be published in Octavo, Price One Shilling, to be continued Weekly until the whole Work is compleated, in Four Volumes,
Number I. of ORIGINAL PRECEDENTS in CONVEYANCING,
Settled and approved by the Most Eminent Conveyancers, interspersed with the Observations and Opinions of Counsel upon various intricate Cases.
The whole selected from the Drafts of actual Practice, and now first published under the Direction and immediate Inspection of
THOMAS WALTER WILLIAMS, of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law.
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