A STANDARD LIBRARY OF WORKS ON HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, &c. TO BE PUBLISHED BY LEA AND BLANCHARD. Ir has been suggested that the publishers might render an acceptable service to literature by the publication in a form for preservation, and at low prices, of a series of STANDARD works on History, Biography, &c. Many valuable works of this class are out of print in this country, and many new and interesting ones have been published in Great Britain, which should be republished here and added to our many private and public libraries. Though satisfied that valuable works of this class should be multiplied by republication, L. & B. have heretofore hesitated to reproduce them, from the fact, that the comparison of the prices that must be charged for such works with the very low prices asked for novels and light literature, seemed a barrier to the presentation of those, which, from their limited sales, must necessarily be charged higher-they trust, however, that the time has arrived when a mode rate edition of such works will meet with adequate support. Several of them are now at press, and others are preparing, which will be published in an octavo form, in double columns, on good paper, and with good readable type. Any work will be sold separately and at moderate prices. They have nearly ready, NIEBUHR'S HISTORY OF ROME-COMPLETE. The FIVE Volumes bound in Two. The first and second volumes are reprinted from the Third London Edition, translated by Bishop Thirlewall and Archdeacon Hare; the Third Volume is translated by William Smith and Leonhard Schmitz, and the Fourth and Fifth volumes, which have just been published in London, embracing from the first Punic War to the death of Constantine, are prepared by Leonhard Schmitz, and complete the work. A few extra copies have been printed of the third, fourth and fifth volumes, to complete an edition of vols. 1 and 2, issued some time since, in this country. They will be sold separately if applied for early. Of Niebuhr's Rome, the Edinburgh Review says "Here we close our remarks upon this memorable work; a work which, of all that have appeared in our age, is the best fitted to excite men of learning to intellectual activity; from which the most accomplished scholar may gather fresh stores of knowledge; to which the most experienced politi cian may resort for theoretical and practical instruction; and which no person can read as it ought to be read, without feeling the better and more generous sentiments of his common human nature enlivened and strengthened." RANKE'S HISTORY OF THE POPES OF ROME, of the 16th and 17th centuries, translated from the last edition of the German, by Walter R. Kelly, Esq., of Trinity College. This edition has translations of the Notes and the Appendix, and will be complete in one volume, and sold at a low price. MILLS' CRUSADES. The History of the Crusades for the recovery and possession of the Holy Land, by Charles Mills, in one volume. MILLS' CHIVALRY. The History of Chivalry, or Knighthood and its Times, by Charles Mills, in one volume. WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN. A continuation of the four vols. of his Letters. In two vols. octavo. BROWNINGS' HISTORY OF THE HUGUENOTS, being a complete account of the Sufferings and Progress of Protestantism in France from the Reformation to the present time. A new edition with numerous additions and corrections. RANKE'S OTTOMAN AND SPANISH EMPIRES in the 16th and 17th centuries. TO BE FOLLOWED BY RANKE'S HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION. PROCTOR'S HISTORY OF ITALY. THIERRY'S HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS OF GEORGE THE THIRD. KOHLARUSCH'S HISTORY OF GERMANY. GUIZOT'S ESSAY ON HISTORY,-THE COMPLETE WORK. THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, from the plantation of the British Colonies till their Revolt, and Declaration of Independence. By James Grahame, Esq., with notes, additions, and a continuation. WRAXALL'S HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN TIME. WRAXALL'S POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS-AND OTHER WORKS. L. & B. HAVE JUST PUBLISHED THE SEVENTH VOLUME OF MISS STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND, containing the completion of the Life of Queen Elizabeth, and the Life of Anne of Denmark, done up to match the six vols. already published in green cloth or lemon-coloured paper. THE KITCHEN AND FRUIT GARDENER to match the complete Florist, price 25 cents. RELIGIO MEDICI; ITS SEQUEL, CHRISTIAN MORALS, by Sir Thomas Browne, K.M.D., with resemblant passages from Cowper's Task, and a verbal index. Edited by John Pearce, in 1 volume 12mo., a neat edition. TYLNEY HALL. By Thomas Hood. With an Illustration. Price 25 cents. FAIRY LEGENDS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND. By T. Crofton Croker. With fifty-five wood-cuts. Second Edition. In one vol. 12mo. Price 50 cents. THE THIRD VOLUME OF MRS. HEMANS' WORKS. Price 50 cents. Being a part of the Cabinet Library. A NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF THE WORKS OF MRS. MARGARET DAVIDSON, the mother of Lucretia and Margaret. With a Preface by Miss C. M. Sedgwick. Price 50 cents. To match the works of her daughters. DESTINY, OR THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER. By Miss Ferrier, author of "Marriage" and "The Inheritance." Price 40 cents. Now ready, in One Volume, with Illustrations. THE HORSE, BY WILLIAM YOUATT. ASSISTANT POST MASTER GENERAL, AND EDITOR OF THE TURF REGISTER. PHILADELPHIA: LEA AND BLANCHARD. 1843. REPUBLISHED FROM THE NEW EDITION JUST ISSUED IN LONDON, BY THE SOCIETY FOR DIFFUSING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. ENCYCLOPÆDIA AMERICANA. A NEW EDITION. A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, HISTORY, POLITICS AND BIOGRAPHY, NOW OFFERED AT HALF THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, IN SHEEP, GILT. INCLUDING A Copious Collection of Original Articles IN ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER VOLUME, OF 600 LARGE PAGES EACH. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. ON THE BASIS OF THE SEVENTH EDITION OF THE GERMAN CONVERSATIONS-LEXICON. EDITED BY FRANCIS LIEBER, ASSISTED BY E. WIGGLESWORTH AND T. G. BRADFORD. PHILADELPHIA: LEA AND BLANCHARD, 1843. 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