Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

NOVEMBER, 1861.

AND FIELDS

MESSRS. TICKNOR AND

HAVE JUST PUBLISHED:

I.

Sermons :

PREACHED IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD COLLEGE; By JAMES WALKER, D. D., Late President of Harvard University. One vol. 12mo. Price, $1.50.

The distinguished position held by Rev. Dr. WALKER among the divines of the day and his high reputation as a pulpit orator, will commend this volume of Sermons to all readers. The following is the Table of Contents:

The Mediator. The Everlasting Gospel.-St. Paul, or the Scholar among the Apostles. Alleged Infidelity of Great Men. Inward Manifestation of Christ. - The Student's Sabbath.Prayer. Religion as affected by the Progress of the Physical Sciences.- Conscience. - Motives. - Character. — Government of the Thoughts. Difficulty, Struggle, Progress. - Sins of Omission.- No Hiding-Place for the Wicked.-Thou shalt say, No.-The Heart more than the Head. - Compromises. - Conditions of Success in Life. - Ön the Choice of a Profession. The End not yet. Faith and Works. - Salvation by Hope. Differences among Christians no Objection to Christianity. - The Day of Judgment.

II.

Edwin of Deira.

By ALEXANDER SMITH, Author of " A Life Drama and other Poems." With a fine Portrait of the Author. One volume, 16mo, neatly and substantially bound in muslin, uniform with the author's previous works. Price, 75 cts. This charming poem has received the highest encomiums of English critical authority, and is welcomed 'everywhere as a great advance upon the poet's previous works. The American press is equally agreed in assigning to it a high rank among the poems of the day.

"The poem is a decided improvement on any previous effort of Mr. Smith.". Philadelphia,

"It is indeed a beautiful and a Christian poem." — Congregationalist, Boston.

III.

The Recreations of a Country Parson.

- Bulletin,

Complete in 2 vols., 16mo., elegantly bound in muslin, gilt edge and bevelled boards. Price, $ 1.25 each volume.

FIRST SERIES and SECOND SERIES sold together or separately, and sent everywhere post-paid, on receipt of price.

IV.

Tom Brown at Oxford.

RUGBY." By THOMAS
Complete in 2 vols. 12mo,

A SEQUEL TO "SCHOOL DAYS AT HUGHES, Author of " School Days at Rugby." uniform with "School Days at Rugby," with an American Dedication and fine Portrait of the Author. Price, $ 2.00.

PART SECOND of this work will be sold separately to those who have already purchased PART FIRST. EIGHT THOUSAND copies of this admirable and popular work have already been sold.

Any of the publications of TICKNOR AND FIELDS will be sent post-paid to any address in the United States, on receipt of the advertised price. Their Catalogue furnished gratuitously on application.

a

135 Washington Street, Boston.

!

Copartnership Notice.

The subscribers, having formed a copartnership, under the name of CROSBY AND NICHOLS, will continue the business of Bookselling and Publishing lately conducted by CROSBY, NICHOLS, LEE & Co., and respectfully solicit the patronage of their friends, and of the public generally.

117 WASHINGton Street, BOSTON, Oct. 1, 1861.

}

WILLIAM CROSBY,

HENRY P. NICHOLS.

CROSBY AND NICHOLS,

Publishers, Booksellers, & Stationers,

117 WASHINGTON STREET,

BOSTON.

C. & N. would respectfully ask the attention of their friends to their large stock of publications in the various departments of lit

erature.

All the new publications received immediately as issued.

Particular attention given to supplying Town, Parish, and Private Libraries.

Every advantage allowed to Clergymen, Teachers, and those who buy in quantities.

All the various Periodicals-American and English-supplied regularly.

** A Descriptive Catalogue of our Publications will be sent whenever desired.

IMPORTANT TEXT-BOOKS FOR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS,

PUBLISHED BY

CROSBY AND NICHOLS,

117 Washington Street, Boston.

CROSBY'S GREEK SERIES.

This admirable series of Greek text-books has steadily gained in popularity from the time of its first publication, and is regarded by eminent teachers and professors as among the best in use for imparting a thorough knowledge of the Greek language, being systematic in arrangement, adapted to the capacities of the learner, as well as sufficiently exhaustive for the critical scholar, and characterized throughout by the accurate research and scholarship for which Professor Crosby is so justly distinguished.

The series comprises the following books:

Crosby's Greek Lessons.

Greek Lessons. Consisting of Selections from Xenophon's Anabasis, with Directions for the Study of the Grammar, Notes, Exercises in Translation from English into Greek, and a Vocabulary. By ALPHEUS CROSBY, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature in Dartmouth College. 12mo. pp. 121. Price, 63 cents. Crosby's Greek Grammar.

Grammar of the Greek Language. By ALPHEUS CROSBY, Professor of the Greek Language in Dartmouth College. 12mo. pp. 464. Price, $1.25. Crosby's Greek Tables.

Greek Tables for the Use of Students. By ALPHEUS CROSBY, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature in Dartmouth College. 12mo. pp. 84. Price, 38 cents. Crosby's Xenophon's Anabasis.

A Narrative of the Expedition of Cyrus the Younger, and of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand. By XENOPHON of Athens. Edited by ALPHEUS CROSBY, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature in Dartmouth College. 12mo. pp. 275. Price, 75 cents.

Richards's Latin Lessons.

Latin Lessons and Tables, combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods. Consisting of Selections from Cæsar's Commentaries, with a complete System of Memorizing the Grammar, Notes, Exercises in Translating from English into Latin, Tables, and a Vocabulary. By CYRUS S. RICHARDS, A. M., Principal of Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. 12mo. 128 pp. Price, 63 cents.

Hanson's Latin Prose-Book.

A Preparatory Latin Prose-Book, containing a Selection of Sentences from Cicero's Moral Works, four Books of Cæsar's Gallic War, the Catiline of Sallust, the Select Orations of Cicero, and a Selection from his Letters, with Notes, References to Andrews and Stoddard's and Kühner's Latin Grammars, Extracts from Döderlein's Latin Synonymes, and Vocabulary. By J. H. HANSON, A. M., Principal of High School for Boys, Portland, Me. 12mo. Price, $ 1.50.

Henshaw's Analysis.

An Analysis of the Greek Verb. By MARSHALL HENSHAW, A. M., Professor in Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J. Price, 63 cents.

New Work by Dr. Champlin.

First Principles of Ethics. Designed as a Basis for Instruction in Ethical Science in Schools and Colleges. By J. T. CHAMPLIN, President of Waterville College. 12mo. pp. 204. Price, 80 cents.

CONTENTS. Action as the Subject of Ethical Science; Action presupposes Active Principles; Virtuous Action presupposes the Freedom of the Will; Right Acts must be dictated by Intelligence; Right Acts must be grounded in the Nature of Things; Just Acts are always Right; Veracity is always Right; Benevolent Acts are Right, if Just and True; Prudent Acts are Right, if Just, True, and Kind; Acts of Piety are Right, if directed to the True God; Envious and Malicious Acts are always Wrong; Obligation to do Right; The Right, the True, and the Good; The Nature of Virtue; Historical Abstract of Opinions on the Ground of Right and Wrong.

NOW READY.

PRECAUTION,

By J. FENIMORE COOPER,

Being the Thirty-Second and Concluding Issue of the Illustrated Edition of

[blocks in formation]

It contains a Portrait of Mr. Cooper from a new painting by Elliott, engraved with great finish expressly for this work, a new view of Otsego Hall, and a discourse on the Life, Genius, and Writings of Cooper, by William Cullen Bryant.

This edition of the work of our great novelist has been in course of publication for thirty-two months, and has received universal commendation for the uniform excellence which has marked every department of its manufacture. The drawings by Darley, their reproduction on the steel, the paper, printing, and binding, have all combined to render it the finest series of books yet issued from the American press. The series comprises thirty-two volumes, issued in the following order: —

[blocks in formation]

Subscribers whose sets are not complete are advised to perfect them at an early date, before changes in styles of binding will render it difficult to match their volumes.

Each volume contains two engravings on steel, and twelve designs on wood, from drawings by F. O. C. Darley; printed on tinted paper, and bound in bevelled boards. Price, $ 1.50 per volume.

JAMES G. GREGORY, PUBLISHER,

Successor to W. A. Townsend & Co.,

No. 46 WALKER STREET, NEW YORK.

Now Ready.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS:

BY CHARLES DICKENS.

Illustrated on Steel, from Drawings by F. 0. C. Darley.

Two volumes, green vellum cloth. Uniform with our Illustrated Household Edition of the Works of CHARLES DICKENS.

[blocks in formation]

Any Novel may be had separate from the set.

A bound prospectus, containing specimen pages and engravings, will be sent

by mail, post-paid, to any person remitting 15 cents.

JAMES G. GREGORY, PUBLISHER,

Successor to W. A. Townsend & Co.,

a *

No. 46 WALKER STREET, N. Y.

« AnteriorContinuar »