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This edition forms tlie most splendid volume of Church History ever issued from the American Press ; is printed with largo type, on elesant paper, and a'ltogether forms the most accessible and imi^osing history of the Church that is before the public. — Oospel Herald.
This great standard history of the Church from the birth of Christ, has just been issued in a new dress by the extensive ]iuhli-;liing house of Applegate & Co. Nothing need be said by us in relation to the merits or reliability of Mo=heim's History ; it has long borne the approving seal of the Protestant world. — Masonic Hevietc.
To the Christian world, next to the golden B!l>le itself, in value, is an accu- rate, faithful, and life-like delineation of tlie rise and progress, the develop- ment and decline of the Chi-istian Cliurch in all its varieties of sects and de- nominations, their tenets, doctrines, maimers, customs and gnvei-nment. Such a work is Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History. Like " Rollin's History of the Ancients,'' it is the standard, and is too well known to need a word of comment. — Advocate.
But little need be said of the history as a standard work. It has stood first on the list of Church histories, from the day it became known to scholars, down to the present time ; and there is but little probability that any new one will soon set it aside. — Beaidy of Holiness.
No Church History, particularly as it respects the external part of it, was ever written, which was more full and reliable than this ; and indeed, in all respects, we opine, it will be a long time before it will be superseded. — LiU- rary Casket.
Who has not felt a desire to know something more of the early history, rise and progress of the Christian Church than can usually be found in tiie po- litical histories of the world ? Mosheim's Church History, just published by our Western Publishing House of Applegate & Co., contains just the infor- mation which every believer in Christianity so much needs. It fills the space hitherto void in ChiMstian Literature, and furnishes a most valuable book for the student of Christianity. Every clergyman and teacher, every Sunday School and household, should have a copy of Mosheim's Church History. — Herald.
The work is printed on beautiful whitepaper, clear large type, and is bound in one handsome volume. No man ever sat down to read Mosheim in so pleasing a dress. What a treat is such an edition to one who has been study- ing the elegant work in the small, close print of other editions. Any one woh has not an ecclesiastical history should secure a copy of this edition. It is not neces-^aiy for us to say anything in relation to the merits of Mosheim's Church History. For judgment, taste, candor, moderation, simplicity, learn- ing, accuracy, order, and comprehensiveness, it is unequalcd. The author Bpared no pains to examine the original authoi-s and ^' genuine sources of sacred history," and to scrutinize all the facts presented by the light of the " pure lamps of antiquity." — Telescope, Dayton, 0.
Lorenzo Dow's Complete Works.
The Dealings of God, Man and the Devil, as exemplified in the Life, Expe- rience and Travels of Lorenzo Dow, in a period of over half a century, together with his Polemic and Miscellaneous Writings comi^lete. To which is added, THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE, by Peggy Dow, with an In- troductory Essay, hv John Dowlin::, D. D., of New York. MAKING THE BEST AND MOST COMPLETE EDITION PUBLISHED, i vol. 8yo., library binding, si')ring back, marbled edge. ■',
Notices of the Press.
Several editions of the Life and Works of Lorenzo Dow have been issued by diflerent publishers, but the most comjilete and accurate is the one pub- lished by Applegate & Co., Cincinnati. After perusing it and reflecting on the good he accomplished not mentioned in this volume, we came to the conclusion that, if for the last hundred years, every minister had been a Lorenzo Dow, the whole world would have been civilized, if not christian- ized, some time since.
" No wonder that he was finally crucified at Georgetown, D. C , if it is true, as reported in some quarters, he waa poisoned by some enemies who followed him to his retreat."
" Lorenzo Dow was not ' one,' but ' three ' of them, a St. Paul in bless- ing souls— a Washington in seeking tlic best interests of his country, and a Howard in getting people " out of the prison ' of conservatism and oppres- sion."
" We decide (ea' Crt/Z^^'rZra) that one of the most interesting works ever placed on our tible is 'The Complete Works of Lorenzo DokV,' embracing his travels in Europe and America, his polemic and poetical writings and ♦ Journey of Life,' by his wife Peggy, who heroically accompanied him in many of his peregrinations."
" Full as an egg is of meat, so was Lorenzo Dow of sparkling wit and genuine good humor. He overflowed with anecdote like a bubbling fountain in a sandy basin, and was never at a loss for a good and lively story where- with to illustrate his subject and engage the attention of his hearers. Ills audience ever listened with breathless attention, and drank in his sayings with wondrous admiration and reverence. By some he was regarded as one of those special messengers the .Almighty sent in times of great dearth of godliness and piety, to wake up the slumbering churcli. lie evidently had his mission, and thousands now living throughout the land can testify as to how he filled it.
" His life was one continuous scene of adventure and anecdote, ever vary- ing, and full of the life-giving power of enthusiasm. Spotless in purity, faultless in heart, and wholly devoted to tJic cause he had espoused — the cause of Christ."
" This is the best octavo edition of Dow's complete works now published. The writings of this remarkable and eccentric man have been before the pub- lic for years. They have been read l)y thousands. If not alto'jether unex- ceptionable, they embrace many wholesume trnlhs. Vice in all its forms is rebuked with characteristic severity : liis bitter sarcasm and cutting wit are employed in many instances to good effect. His wife seems to have been a kindred sjiirit, and V)otti, with all their peculiar eccentricities, no doubt were truly devoted Christians, doing what they sincerely believed to be for the spiritual good of their fellow-beinirs, and the glory of God. Those who have not read this book will find suflicient to instruct and interest them."
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Guizol's Gibbon's llistoiy of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire;
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We are pleased to see a republication of Guizot's Gibbon, with the notes, which have never bef know, stands alone in filling up the historic il sjiace between the Roman Cse- sars and the revival of literature. — Cincinnati Chronicle.
While there are numbers of Historians of the early days of the great Em- pire, Gibbon stands almost alone as the histoiiaii of its fall. The present edition, with the notes of Guizot, is a treasure of literature that will be highly prized.
The vices of the 'Roman Empire, that like the vipers in the bosom of Cle- opatra, caused her destruction, are traced from their first inception, and should act as beacon-lights on the shores of time, to guide okher nations that are following in her footsteps.
Altisonant Letters.
Letters from Squire Pedant in the East, to Lorenzo Altisonant, an emigrant to the West, for the Benefit of the Inquisitive Young. 1 vol. 12mo., cloth.
The publishers of the following letters do not present them as models of style, but as a pleasant means of obtaining the meaning of the greater part of the unusual words of the English language, on the principle of "association of ideas." In the column of a dictionary there is no connection between the definition of words, consequentli'-, the committed definitions aie soon lost to the pupil. By placing in such a juxtaposition as to form some kind of sense? the learner will the more readily retain the meaning of the word" used To THE Youngsters. By the Author. Young Friends: — Some one has said "that words not understood are like nncracked nuts— the lusciousness of the kernel is not enjoyed." Believing this to be so, and thinking that there are now many uncracked nuts in the English language, the author went up into old Jolm Walker's garret, and gathered 'Mots" of old and hard nuts, and brouglit them down for you, and then he went into old Noah's ark — he means old Noah Webster's dictionary — and gathered many more, and by the assistance of Mr. Altisonant, placed them in the "letter basket," with the hammer, the dictionary, laid side ))y side. Will you take wy the hammer and crack the nuts, and enjoy the ker- nel ? Try it. Your friend, g. K. HOSIIOUR. ^\^ rare book this, and rare amusement it will afford to the reader. — Daily Times.
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Illeven different works a'-e embriced in these volumes, making it an edition full and comp'et". The range of subjects embr.aced in these several essays and scientific treatises, is varied, all are highly imf)ortnnt and of practical utility to mankind generally. These characteristics of Dr. Dick's writinors, while they render them permanently valuable, insure for them also a wide circulation among j^ll classes of readers. — P rcshyierian of the West,
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Plutarch'
With Historical and Critical Notes, and a Life of PLnxARcn. Illustrated with a Portrait. 1 vol. royal 8vo., sheep, spring back, marbled edges.
This edition has been carefully revised and corrected, and is printed upon entirely new plates, stereotyped by ourselves, to correspond with our library edition of Dick, etc.
"Next in importance to a thorough knowledge of history, and in many respects fully equal to it, is the study of well authenticated biography. For thifs valuable purpose, wo know of no work extant superior to the fifty lives of Plutarch. It is a rare magazine of literary and biographical knowledge. The eminent men whose lives com])ose this work, constitute almost the entire of tliat galaxy of greatness and brightness, which stretches across the horizon of the distant past, and casts upon the present time a mild and steady lustre. Many of tliem are among the most illustrious of the earth." — 2u:ts/ Louisville ChtisUan Advocate.
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The We5t'^rn public are under obligations to Messrs. Applesrate &; Co., of Cincinnati, for the handsome and substantial manner in which they have re- cent ly got up editions of several standard works. Dick''s Works unabridged. Rollings Ancient History, and now Plutarch's Lives, attest the enterprise and good judgment of this firm in their publishing department. To speak of the character and merits of Plutarch, which the old and the young of several generations are familiar with, would be presumptuous ", but we can with pro- priety refer in t^rms of high commendation to the manner in which this edi- tion has been got up in every department. The size is royal octavo, just right for the library. The paper is srood, the typography excellent, and the calf binding just as it should be, neat and substantial. If this house contin- ues as it has begun, it will soin have an extended and enviable reputation for the character and style of its editions of standard works, and it will deserve it. — Cincinnati Daily Times.
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Eolliu's Ancient History.
The Ancient History of the Carthagenians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, includin'^ a History of the Arts aiiil Sciences of the Ancients, with a Life of the Author. 2 vols, royal 8vo., sheep, spring bacii, marbled edj;e.
One of the most complete and impartial works ever published. It takes us back to early days^ and makes us live and think with the men of by-gone centuries. It spreads out to us in a pleasant and interesting style, not only the events which characterize the early ages, but the inner world of thought and feeling, as it swayed the leading minds of the times. No library is com- plete without Rollin's Ancient History.
" A new edition of Rollings Anciont History has ju plegate & Co. The value and imi)ort-ince of this work are universally ac- knowledged. Every pi-ivate library is deficient without it; and it is now furnished at so cheap a rate, that every family should have it. It should be placed in the hands of all our youth, as infinitely nuire instructive and use- ful than the thousand and one trashy publications with which the country is deluged, and which are so apt to vitiate the taste and ruin the minds of young readers. One more word in behalf of tiiis new edition of Rollin : It may not be generally known, that in previous P^nglish editions a large and interesting portion of the work has been sui)pressed. The deficiencies are here supplied and restored from tiie French editions, giving the copy of Messrs. Applei;ate &. Co. a superiority over previous English editions." — Wester/i liecorder.