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* ^ It is not too much to affirm, that a more beautiful and worthy tribute to the genius of the great painter does not exist, and is not likely to exist at any futiure time.'*
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Ancient Art and Mythology.
Tlie Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mytho- logy. An Inquiry. By Richard Payne Knight, author of ** Worship of Priapus." A new edition, with Introduction, Notes translated into English,,and a new and complete Index. By Alexander Wilder, M.D. i vol. 8vo, cloth, handsomely printed, $3.c».
" Not only do these explanations afTord a key to the religion and mythoIogyoT the ancients, but they also enable a more thorough understanding of the canons and principles of art. It is wdl known that the Utter was closely allied to the other ; so tha: the symbolism of which the religious ^jmHrm* and furniture consisted likewise constituted the essentials of architectural style and deoorationp textile ca- bellishmenis, as well as the aru of sculpture, painting, and engraving. Mr. Knight has treated the subject with rare erudition and ingenuity, and with such success thai the labor of those who come after him rather add to the results of his investigations than replace them in important particulars. TVe labors of Champollion, Bunsen, I^yard, Bonomt. the Rawhnsons, and others, comprise his deductions so remarkably as to dissipate whatever of his assertions that appeared fanciful. Not only are the writings of Greek and Roman authors now more easy to comprenend, but additional light has ben aflbrded to a correct understanding of the canon of the Uoly Scripture. "--iLr/rac^/ frtm Edit^t Pre/ace,
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This work is most aptly expressed by the title, and the author, who is one of our most learned and accomplished modem writers, has done ample justice to his subject. He pries boldly into Bluebeard's doset, little recking whether he shall find a ghost, skdeton, or a livmg being : and he tells us vcij blundy and expliatly what he has witnessed. Several years since he gave to the learned worid hit treatiM on Ancient Faiths Embodied tn Ancient Nmmtef^ in which were discbscd the ideaa under- lying the old-world religions, and the nature of hieroglyphical symbols employed m the £ast The present volume complements that work, elaborates more perfectly the ideas there set forth, and traces their relations to the faiths, worship, and religious dogmas of modem time. We are astonished lo find resemblances where it would be supposed that none would exist, betraying either a similar origin or analogous modes of thinking and reasoning among natKms and peoples widely apart in vace^ country, and period of history. The author is bold and often strong m his expressions, from the mtensity of his convictions, but this serves to deepen the mterest in his subjecu Those who have read his former works with advantage will greet this volume wKh a cordial welcome ; and all who desirt to understand the original religionk of mankind, the idea« which be back of the revelations of Holy Scripture, and particularly, thoftc who arc not easfly shocked when they come in contact with senti- ments with which they have not been familiar, will find this book full of entertainment as wdU as of instruction. Dr. Inman is working up a new mine of thought, and the lover of koOfwlcdge will give his labor a wekonw which few of our modem autiiors reociye.
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History of India, By J. Talboys Wheeler, Assist- ant Secretary to the Government of India, in the Foreign Department, Secretary of the Record Commission, Author of the ** Geography of Herodotus."
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" Dr. Inman's present attempt to trace the religious belief, MCred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, has opened up to him manv hitherto unexplored fields of research, or, at least* fields that have not been over-oil tiva ted, and the result is a most curious and miscellaneous harvest of iacts. llie ideas on priapism developed in a former volume receive further extension in this. Dr. Inman, as will be seen, does not fear to touch subjects usually considered sacred in an independent manner, and some of the results at which he has arrived arc such as will undoubtedly startle, if not shock, the orthodox. But this is what the author expects, and for this he has thoroughly prepared himselC In illustration of his peculiar views he has ran&acked a vast variecy of histoncal storehouses, and with great trouble and at a considerable cost, he places the conclusions at which be has arrived before the world. With the arj^ments employed, the majority of readers will, we expect, disagree : even when the facts adduced will remain undisputed, their application is frequently inconsequent. In showing the absurdity of a narrative or an event in which he disbelieves, the i)octor is powerfiil. No ex- pense has been spared on the work, which is well smd fully illustrated, and contains a good index.**— BookstUtK
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^ The favor with which this trMttisQ has been received hat induced the publisher to brinfC out a new edition. It makes a valuable addition lo onr knowledge, enabling us to acquire a more accurate per- ception of the ancient-world reli{jnons. We may now understand Phallism, not as a subject of ribaldry and leering pruriency, but ^.s a matter of veneration and respect. ITie Kiblical student, desirous to understand the nature and character of the idolatry of the Israelites during the Commonwealth and Monarchy, the missionary to heathen lands fitting tor his work, and the classic scholar endeavoring to comprehend the ideas and principles which undenie Mythok}gy, will find their curioiiitv gratified ; and they wUl be enabled at the same time to perceive how not only nunv of our modem systems of rebf:ion, but our arts and architecture, are to be traced to the same archaic source. The books ex- ammed and quoted by the authors constitute a library by themselves, and their writers are among the ripest scholars of their time. Science is rending asunder the veil that conceals the adytum of eveiy temples and revealing to men the sanctities revered so confidingly during the world's childhood. Wiin these disclosures, there may be somewhat of the awe removed with which we have regarded the symbols, mysteries, and usages of that period ; but the true mind will not be vulgarized by the spectacle.
The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries.
A Dissertation, by ThomaS Tavlor, Translator of •* Plato," ** Plotinus,'' '* Porphyry," ** lamblichus," '* Pro- clus," ** Aristotle," etc., etc. Third edition. Edited, with Introduction, Notes, Emendations, and Glossary, by Alexander Wilder, M.D. i vol. 8vo, cloth, $3.00.
In the Mystmes, the dramas acted at Kleusis and other sacred places, were embodied the deeper dioughts and religious sentiment of the archaic world. The men ana women initiated into them were believed to be thenceforth under special care of God, for this life and the future. So holy and interior were the doctrines considered which had been learned in the Sanctuary finom the two tablets of stone, that it was not lawful to utter them to another. What was seen and learned elsewhere might be admir- able ; but the exercises of Elcusis and Olympia had ra them the something divine, and diose who obsenred them were " the children of God," and imaging Him in wisdom, intuitive diaoemment. and love.
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Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism.
By Thomas Inman, M.D., author of *' Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names," etc. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with an Essay on Baal Worship, on **the Assyrian Sacred Grove,'' and other allied symbols. By John Newton, M.R.C.S.E., etc. Profusely illustrated. I vol. cloth, $3.00.
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Tom D'Urfey's " Pills to Purge Melan- choly."
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*' But what obtained Mr. D'Urfey his greatest reputation was a peculiarly happy knack he pos- sessed in the writing of satires and irregular odes. Many of these were upon temporary occasions, and were of no little service to the party in whose cause he wrote ; which, together with his natural vivacity and good humor, obtained him the favor of great numbers, of all ranks and conditions, monarchs themselves not excluded. He was strongly attached to the Tory interest, and in the latter part of Queen Anne's reign had frequendy the honor of. diverting that princess with witty catches and songs orhumor suited to the spirit of the times, written by himself, and which he sang in a lively and entertaining manner. And the author of the (juardian, who, in No. 67. has eiven a very humorous account of Mr. D'Urfey, with a view to recommend him to the public notice for a benent play, tells us that he remembered King Charles II. leaning on Tom D'tfrfey** shoulder more than once, and humming over a song with him.
** He appears to have been a diverting companion, and a cheerful, honest, good-natured man ; so ^at he was the delight of the most polite companies in conversations, from the lieginning of Charles II.'s to the latter part of King George I.'s reign ; and many an honest gentleman got a reputation ia bis country by pretending to nave been in company with Tom jyUdcy.—C/ta/mert.
UNIFORM WITH «* TOM D'URFEY'S PILLS."
Musarum Delicise ;
Or, The Muses' Recreation, 1656 ; Wit Restored, 1658 ; and Wit's Recreation, 1640. The whole compared with the originals ; with all the Wood Engravings, Plates, Memoirs, and Notes. A new edition, in 2 volumes, post 8vo, beautifully printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, $4.00.
A FEW Large Paper Copies have been prepared. 2 vols. 4to, $7.50.
♦*♦ Of the Poets of the Restoration, there are none whose works are more rare than those of Sir John Mennis and I>r. James Smith. I'he small volume entided *' Musarum Delicim ; or. The Muses' Recreation," which contains the prodiiciion ol these two friends, was not accessible to Mr. Freeman when he compiled his " Kenti cabinets of the curious. A reprint of the " Musarum Dcliciae," together with several other kindred pieces of the penod, appeared in 1817, forming t\*'o volumes of Kacctix, edited by Mr. E, Dubois author of *' Ihe Wreath," etc. These volumes having in turn become exceedingly scarce, the Publish- ers venture to put forth the present new edition, in which, while nothing has been omitted, no pains have beoi spared to render it more complete and elegant than any that has yet appeared, llie type, plates, and woodcuts of the originals have been accurately followed : the Notes of the editor of 18x7 are considerably augmented, and indexes have been added, together with a portrait of Sir John Mennis, from a painting by Vandyke in Lord Clarendon's Collection.
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The Story of the Stick
In all Ages and all Lands. A Philosophical History and Lively Chronicle of the Stick as the Friend and Foe of Man. Its Uses and Abuses. As Sceptre and as Crook. As the Warrior's Weapon, and the Wizard's Wand. As Stay, as Stimulus, and as Scourge. Translated and adap- ted from the French of ANTONY Real (Fernand Michel), I vol., i2mo, extra cloth, red edges, $1.50.
"Wrought for a Staff, wrought for a Rod.*
SwiKBVKSfL^Atlamia tm Cmfygl^m.
The above work condenses in a liTely narrative form a most astonishing mass of curious and recon- dite information in regard to the subject of which it treats. From the Uudj^eon of Cain to the tnin* cheon of the Marshals of France, from ^e budding rod of Aaron to the blaxmg cane of M. de Kalac, the stick, in all its relations with man since first he meddled with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, is shown here to have played a far greater part in history than is commonly imagined. It has been the instrument of justice, it has been the tool also of luxury. It has ministered to man, its maker, pleasure as well as pain, and has served for his support as well as for his subjugation. The mysteries in which it has figured are some of them revealed and others of them hinted in these most entertaining and instructive pages, for between the days of the society of Assassins in the Elast and those of the society of the Aphrodites in the West, the Stick has beai made the pivot of many secret assodaiions, all ot them interesting to the student of human morals, but not all of them wisely to be treated of before the general public. 'I'he late Mr. Buckle especially collected on this subject some most astounding particulars of social history, which he did not live to handle in his own tnimitaUe way, but of which an adequate inkling is here afforded to the serious and intelligent reader.
OUR EMIGRANT ANCESTORS.
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Original Lists of Persons of Quality.
Emigrants ; Religious Exiles ; Political Rebels ; Serv- ing-men Sold for a Term of Years ; Apprentices ; Chil- dren Stolen ; Maidens Pressed ; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600- 1700. With their Ages, the Localities where they formerly Lived in the Mother Country, Names of the Ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. From MSS. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England. Edited by John Camden Hotten. A very handsome volume, crown 4to, 700 pages, elegantly bound in half Roxburghe morocco, gilt top, $10.00.
A few Large Paper copies have been printed, small folio, $17.50.
Blake's (Wm.) Marriage of Heaven and Hell :
A reproduction and facsimile of this marvelous work, printed in colors, on paper made expressly for the work. 4to, hf. Roxburghe morocco, uncut, $10.00. 1790 (1868).
*0* A very few copies remaining.
** The most curious and significant, while it is certainly the most daring in oonoeption and in illustration of aU Blake's ^orkt,*' —Ciickri^fs Life 0/ Blake,
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A NEW AND ATTRACTIVE BOOK ON MEXICO.
I
A Peep at Mexico:
Narrative of a Journey Across the Republic, from the Pacific to the Gulf, in December, 1873, and January, 1874. By J. L. Geiger, F.R.G.S. Demy 8vo, pp. 368, with 4 Maps and 45 original Photographs. Cloth, $8.50.
The English Kogue.
Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and other Extravagants, comprehending the most Eminent Cheats of both Sexes. By RICHARD Head and Francis Kirk- MAN. A fac-simile reprint of the rare Original Edition (1665-1672), with Frontispiece, Fac-similes of the 12 copper-plates, and Portraits of the authors. In Four Volumes, post 8vo, beautifully printed on antique laid paper, made expressly, and bound in antique boards, $6.00, or Large Paper Copies, 4 vols. 8vo, $10.00.
*^* TTiis singularly entertaining work may be described as the first English novel, properly so- called. The same air of reality pcrvatlcs it as that which nives such a charm to stories written by DeKoehaifa century later. The interest never flags for a moment, from the first chapter to the last.
As a picture of the manners of the period, two hundred years ago, in England, among the various grades ofsociety through which the hero parses in the course of his extraordinary adventures, and among gypsies, beggars, thieves, etc., the book is invaluaLie to students.
The Eump ;
Or, An Exact Collection of the choicest POEMS and SONGS relating to the late Times, and continued by the most eminent Wits ; from Anno 1639 to 1661. A Fac-simile Reprint of the rare Original edition (London. 1662), with Frontispiece and Engraved Title-page. In 2 vols, post 8vo, printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, $4.00 ; or Large Paper Copies, $6.00.
*** A verj* rare and cxtniordinarv colIi:clIon of some two hundred Popul.xr Pallads and Cavalier Songs on all the principal incidents of th»^ irreat Civil War, the '1 rial of StrafiTord, the Martyrdom of King Charles, tlic Cominonwcalih, Cromwell, Pyrn, the Roundheads, etc. It was from such matcrinl> that Lord Macaulay was* eiiablel to produce his vivid pictures of England in the sixteenth centur>-. To historical students and autiqu;u'ies. and to the general reader, tnese volumes will be found full of interest.
Westminster Drolleries.
Ebsworth's (J. Woodfall) Westminster Drolleries, with an introduction on the Literature of the Drolleries, and Copious Notes, Illustrations, and Emendations of Text. 2 vols. i2mo, cloth, uncut, 87.00. Boston (Eng.), 1875.
•^* Only a small Edition ; privately printed.
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Swinburne's William Blake ;
A Critical Essay. With Illustrations from Blake's De- signs in Fac-simile, some colored. 8vo, cloth, $3.00.
A valuable contribution to our knowledge of a most remarkahle man, whose originality and genius arc now beginning to be generally recognized.
Holbein and His Times.
By Dr. Alfred Woltmann, translated by F. A. BUNNETT. With portraits and nearly 60 fine engravings from the works of this wonderful artist. Royal 8vo, clofii extra, gilt leaves ^ $5.00.
Memoir of the Lady Ana De Osorio,
Countess of Chinchon, and Vice-Queen of Peru, A.D. 1629-39. With a Plea for the Correct Spelling of the Chinchona Genus. By CLEMENTS R. Markham, C.B., Member of the Imperial Academy Naturae Curiosonim, with the Cognomen of CHINCHON. Small 4to, with Illus- trations, $7.50.
founders of the BRITISH MUSEUM.
Lives of the, Founders, Augmenters, and other Benefactors of the British Museum.
1570 to 1870. Based on new researches at the Rolls House ; in the Department of MSS. of the British Museum ; in the Privy Council Office, and in other Col- lections, Public and Private. By EDWARD EDWARDS. I vol. 8vo, large and beautiful t>'pe, cloth, $4.00. Large Paper, Royal 8vo (only 60 copies printed), cloth, $10.00.
*** -^y ^ special arrangement with the English publishers^ Messrs. Trlibner &* Co.^ the above is offered at the greatly reduced price mentioned,
Legge's Chinese Classics.
Translated into English, with Preliminary Essays and Explanatory Notes. Vol. I., THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS
OF Confucius. Vol. II., The Life and Works of Mencius. Vol. III., The She King ; or, the Book OF Poetry. Together 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, $10.00.
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Diary of the American Eevolution.
By Frank Moore, from Newspapers and Original Documents. Handsomely printed on heavy laid paper, and Illustrated with a fine series of steel-plate portraits, India Proofs. 2 vols. impl. 8vo, paper uncut, $8.00. New York, printed privately, 1865.
0*0 Large Paper. Only a Limited Impression. Published at f 30.00 per copy.
Littr^'s French Dictionary.
Dictionnaire de la Langue Fran^aise. Par E. LiTTRl:, de rinstitut (Academic Fran9aise et Academic des In- scriptions et Belles-Lettres). Four large vols, royal quarto, new half morocco, $40.00.
'*No language that we have ever studied, or attempted to study, possesses a Dictionary to rich in the history of words as this great mtotIc which M. Littr^ has fortunately lived long enough to ooni- plete.'* — Saturday RevUw.
UNIFORM WITH THE LARGE FOLIO SHAKSPEARE EDITED BY
THE SAME AUTHOR.
Halli well's New Place.
An Historical Account of the New Place, Stratford- upon-Avon, the last residence of Shakspeare. Folio, cloth (uniform in size with the edition of Shakspeare's Works edited by the Author), elegantly printed on super- fine paper, and illustrated by upwards of sixty woodcuts, comprising views, antiquities, fac-similes of deeds, etc. By James O. Halliwell, F.R.S. $10.00.
This is a most important work for the Shakspearian student The great researches of the author have enabled him to brint; to light manjr facts hitherto unknown in reference to the '* great hard." All the documents i>«)sse&sing any real claim to tmportano: are inserted at full length, and many of them are now printed for the first time. With respect to the illustrations which have been executed by J. T. Blight. Esq., F. W. Fairholt, Esq., E. W. Ashbee, Esq., and J. H. Rimbault, Esq., oo endeavors have been spared to attain the strictest accuracy.
Shakespeare Birthday Book-
Consisting of appropriate extracts from the Works of the great poet, for every day in the year, with blanks for remarks on opposite pages. Illustrated with Photographic Portrait and twelve reproductions from celebrated pictures by the Woodbury process, i2mo, cloth, gilt, $5.00. 1876. Full morocco, extra gilt, $10.00. '*
*«* An appropriate and attractive volume for presentation.
Wright's History of Caricature and Grotesque,
In Literature and Art. Handsomely printed and pro- fusely illustrated with Engravings on Wood by F. W. Fairbolt. Sq. 8vo, //.
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SEVEN GENERATIONS OF EXECUTIONERS.
Memoirs of the Sanson Family.
Compiled from Private Documents in the possession oi the Family (1688 to 1847), by Henri Sanson. Trans- lated from the French, with an Introduction by Camille Barr^ire. Two vols, post 8vo, cloth, $5.50; or half calf, extra, $7.50.
"A faithful translarion of this curious work, which will certainly repay perusal, not on the ground of its being full of horrors— for the original author seems to be rather ashamed of the technical aspect of his profession, and is comraendably reticent as to its detsuls — but because it contains a ludd account of the most notable causes cHibres from die time of I^uis Xiy. to a period within the memory of
persons still living The memoirs, if not particularly instructive, can scarcely fail to be
extremely entertaining.*'— ZJa/^^K Telegraph.
"A book of great though bomewhat ghastly interest. . . . Something moch above a mere chap- ter of horrors."— Graphic,
Avesta.
The Religious Books of the Parsees. From Pro- fessor Spiegel's German Translation of the Original Manuscripts, by A. H. Bleeck. 3 vols, in i, 8vo, cloth,
$7.50.
English scholars who wish to become acquainted with the " Bible of the Parsees,'* now for the first time published in t^nglish, should secure this copy. To thinkers the " Avesta " will be a most valuable work : they will now have an opportunity to compare its Truths with dioseof the Bibls, the Koran, and the Vedas.
Freemasonry.
Paton's (Charles I.) Freemasonry, its Symbolism, Religious Nature, and Law of Perfection. Thick
8vo, new cloth, uncut, $3.50.
Hand-Book of Archaeology.
Egyptian — Greek — Etruscan — Roman. By H. M. Wes- TROPP. Profusely Illustrated with Engravings on Wood. 8vo, new cloth, uncut, $3.00.
The Gnostics
AND THEIR REMAINS, ANCIENT AND MEDIJSVAL. By