and on the other hand, it is far more difficult to make a successful be ginning, to lay a good foundation in history, than in the other studies included in the usual public course. This it is which makes the most useful employment of the little time allowed so perplexing a problem. The conclusion to which the editor arrived was, that in the impossibility of communicating a thorough knowledge of history in this time, thus much should be attempted: 1. The study of some judicious work of general history; 2. The study of some good specimen of the philosophy of history, as it is called, or the method of generalizing and reflecting upon the facts of history; and 3. The thorough investigation of some small portion of special history. The editor recommended the work of Guizot, referred to above, as a good specimen of philosophical reflection upon history; and he knows no work on general history better adapted to the purpose of public instruction than the present. NEW YORK, December 11, 1844. C. S. H. English. A MANUAL OF GRECIAN AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. BY DR. E. F. BOJESEN, rofessor of the Greek Language and Literature in the University of Soro Translated from the German. EDITED, WITH NOTES AND A COMPLETE SERIES OF QUESTIONS, BY THR REV. THOMAS K. ARNOLD, M. A. REVISED WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. One neat volume, 12mo. Price $1. The present Manual of Greek and Roman Antiquities is far superior to any thing on the me topics as yet offered to the American public. A principal Review of Germany says:Small as he compass of it is, we may confidently affirm that it is a great improvement on all preceding wors of the kind. We no longer meet with the wretched old method, in which su jects essentially distinct are herded together, and connected subiects disconnected, but have a simple, systematic arrangement, by which the reader easy receives a clear representation st Roman life. We longer stumble against countless errors in detail, which though long age assailed and extirped by Niebuhr and others, have found their last place of refuge in our Ma. nuals. The recent investigations of philologists and jurists have been extensively, but carefully. and circumspectly used. The conciseness and precision which the author has every where prescribed to himself, prevents the superficial observer from perceiving the essential superiority of the book to its predecessors, but whoever subjects it to a careful examination will discover this on every page." The Editor says:-"I fully believe that the pupil will receive from these little works a correct and tolerably complete picture of Grecian and Roman life; what I may call the POLI TICAL portions-the account of the national constitutions and their effects-appear to me to be of great value; and the very moderate extent of each volume admits of its being thoroughly. mastered-of its being GOT UP and RETAINED." "A work long needed in our schools and colleges. The manuals of Rennet, Adam, Potter, and Robinson, with ..e more recent and valuable translation of Eschenburg, were entirely too voluminous. Here is neither too much, nor too little. The arrangement is admirable-every subject is treated of in its proper place. We have the general Geography, a succinct historica view of the general subject; the chirography, history, laws, manners, customs, and religion of each State, as well the points of union for all, beautifully arranged. We regard the work as the very best adjun to classical study for youth that we have seen, and sincerely hope that eachers may be bright to regard it in the same light. The whole is copiously digested into ppropriate questions."-S. Lit. Gazette. From Professor Lincoln, of Brown University. "I found on my table after a short absence from home, your edition of Bojesen's Greek an Roman Antiquities. Pray accept my acknowledgments for it. I am agreeably surprised to and on examining it, that within so very narrow a compass for so comprehensive a subject, the book contains so much valuable matter; and, indeed, so far as I see, omits noticing no topics essential. It will be a very useful book in Schools and Colleges, and it is far superior to any thing that I know of the same kind. Besides being cheap and accessible to all students, it has the great merit of discussing its topics in a consecutive and connected manner." Extract of a letter from Professor Tyler, of Amherst College. "I have never found time till lately to look over Bojesen's Antiquities, of which you were ind enough to send me a copy. I think it an excellent book; learned, accurate, concise, and erspicuous; well adapted for use in the Academy or the College, and comprehending in mall compass, more that is valuable on the subject than many extended treatises" 3 English. HAND BOOK OF MEDIEVAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. BY WILHELM PUTZ, PRINCIPAL TUTOR IN THE GYMNASIUM OF DUREN. Translated from the German by Vicar of St. Augustine's, Bristol, and late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. 1 volume, 12me. 75 cts. HEADS OF CONTENTS. I. Germany before the Migrations. THE MIDDLE AGES. FIRST PERIOD.--From the Dissolution of the Western Empire to the Accession of the Carlovin gians and Abbasides. SECOND PERIOD.-From the Accession of the Carlovingians and Abbasides to the first Crusad THIRD PERIOD.-Age of the Crusades. FOURTH PERIOD.-From the Termination of the Crusades to the Discovery of America. "The characteristics of this volume are: precision, condensation, and luminous arrangement It is precisely what it pretends to be-a manual, a sure and conscientious guide for the student through the crooks and tangles of Mediaeval history. All the great principles of thæ extensie Period are carefully laid down, and the most important facts skilfully grouped around them. There is no period of History for which it is more difficult to prepare a work like this. and none for which it is so much needed. The leading facts are well established, but they are scattered over an immense space; the principles are ascertained, but their development was slow, unequal, and interrupted. There is a general breaking up of a great body, and a parceiling of it out among small tribes, concerning whom we have only a few general data, and are left to analogy and conjecture for the details. Then come successive attempts at organization, each more or less independent, and all very imperfect. At last, modern Europe begins slowly to emerge from the chaos, but still under forms which the most diligent historian cannot always comprehend. To reduce such materials to a clear and definite form is a task of no small difculty, and in which partial success deserves great praise. It is not too much to say that it has never been so well done within a compass so easily mastered, as in the little volume which is now offered to the public."-Extract from American Preface." "This translation of a foreign school-book embraces a succinct and well ar anged body of facts concerning European and Asiatic history and geography during the middle ages. It is furnished with printed questions, and it seems to be well adapted to its purpose, in all respects The medieval period is one of the most interesting in the annals of the world, and a knowledge of its great men, and of its progress in arts, arms, government and religion, is particularly im portan', since this period is the basis of our own social polity."-Commercial Advertiser. "This is an immenso amount of research condensed into a moderately sized volume, in a way which no one has patience to do but a German scholar. The beauty of the work is its luminou arrangement. It is a guide to the student amidst the intricacy of Medieval History, the mor difficult period of the world to understand, when the Roman Empire was breaking up and par celling out into smaller kingdoms, and every thing was in a transition state. It was a period o chaos from which modern Europe was at length to arise. The author has briefly taken up the principal political and social influences which were acting on society, and shown their bearing from the time previous to the migrations of the Northern nations, down through the middle ages to the sixteenth century. The notes on the crusades are particularly valuable, and the range of observation embraces not only Ewep, but the East To the student it will be a most valuable Hand-book, saving him a world of trouble in hunung up authorities and facts."--Rev. Dr. Kip, in Albany State Register. 4 English. MANUAL OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. BY WILHELM PÜTZ, PRINCIPAL TUTOR IN THE GYMNASIUM OF DUREN Translated from the German. EDITED BY THE REV. THOMAS K. ARNOLD, M. A., AUTHOR OF A SERIES OF "GREEK AND LATIN TEXT-BOOKS." One volume, 12mo. $1. "At no period nas History presented such strong claims upon the attention of the learned, an ut the presen day; and to no people were its lessons of such value as to those of the United States. With ro past of our own to revert to, the great masses of our better educated are tempted o overlook a science, which comprehends all others in its grasp. To prepare a text-book, which shall present a full, clear, and accurate view of the ancient world, its geography, its political, civil, social, religious state, must be the result only of vast industry and learning. Our exami nation of the present volume leads us to believe, that as a text-book on Ancient History, for Colleges and Academies, it is the best compend yet published. It bears marks in its methodical arrangement, and cordersation of materials, of the untiring patience of German scholarship; and in its progress through the English and American press, has been adapted for acceptable use in our best institutions. A noticeable feature of the book, is its pretty complete list of sources of information' upon the nations which it describes. This will be an invaluable aid to the student in his future course of reading." "Wilhelm Pütz, the author of this 'Manual of Ancient Geography and History,' is Principa' Tutor (Oberleher) in the Gymnasium of Duren, Germany. His book exhibits the advantages o the German method of treating History, in its arrangement, its classification, and its rigid analy. eis. The Manual is what it purports to be, a clear and definite outline of the history of the principal nations of antiquity,' into which is incorporated a concise geography of each country. The work is a text-book; to be studied, and not merely read It is to form the groundwork of subsequent historical investigation,-the materials of which are pointed out, at the proper places, in the Manual, in careful references to the works which treat of the subject directly under consideration. The list of references (especially as regards earlier works) is quite complete,-thus supplying that desideratum in Ancient History and Geography, which has been supplied so fully by D. J. C. I. Gieseler in Ecclesiastical History. "The nations whose history is considered in the Manual, are: in Asia, the Israelites, th: Indians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Medes, the Persians, the Phoenicians, the States of Asia Minor; in Africa, the Ethiopians, the Egyptians, the Carthaginians; in Europe, the Greeks, the Macedonians, the Kingdoms which arose out of the Macedonian Monarchy, the Romans. The onier in which the history of each is treated, is admirable. To the whole are appended a 'Chro rological Table,' and a well-prepared series of Questions.' The pronunciation of prope games is indicated,-an excellent feature. The accents are given with remarkable correctness. The typographical execution of the American edition is most excellent."-S. W. Baptist Chronicle "Like every thing which proceeds from the editorship of that eminent Instructor, T. K. Arnold, this Manual appears to be well suited to the design with which it was prepared, and will, un doubtedly, secure for itself a place among the text-books of schools and academies thoughout the intry. It presents an outline of the history of the ancient nations, from the earliest ages to the fall of the Western Empire in the sixth century, the events being arranged in the order of an accurate chronology, and explained by accompanying treatises on the geography of the several countries in which they transpired. The chief feature of this work, and this is a very important one, is, that it sets forth ancient history and ancient geography in their connection with each other. "It was originally prepared by Wilhelm Pütz, an eminent German scholar, and translated and edited in England by Rev. T. K. Arnold, and is now revised and introduced to the American public in a well written preface, by Mr George W. Greene, Teacher of Modern Languages in Brown University."-Prov. Journal. 5 English. PROF. MANDEVILLE'S READING BOOKS. I. PRIMARY, OR FIRST READER. Price 10 cents. II. SECOND READER. Price 16 cents. These two Readers are formed substantially on the same plan; and the second is a continua tion of the first. The design of both is to combine a knowledge of the meaning and pronuncia tion of words, with a knowledge of their grammatical functions. 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