A Book for every Protestant. I HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANT REFUGEES, From the Bevocation of the Edict of Nantes to the Present Day. BY CHARLES WEISS, Professor of History in the Bonaparte Lyceum, Paris. Translated from the French by HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, Esq. With an Appendix. from the pen of an eminent American Historian and Statesman, giving a full and complete history of the French Protestant Refugees in the United States, their effect upon the country and its history, the characteristics of their descendants, their influence upon the formation of our present national institutions, their names, localities, histories. &c., &c. Illustrated with an accurate portrait on steel of the cruel and intolerant Pope Pius V., and a fac similie of the memorable medal struck by that celebrated pontiff. Gregory XIII., in honor of the participants in the frightful Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Two VOLS., 12MO, ASSORTED CLOTH. Price, $2,50. The Publishers invite the attention of the moral and religious world to this the most remarkable work that has ever appeared in our language. A true, authentic, and deeply solemn His. tory, every page yet blazes with a stern, vigorous, fiery and almost indescribable interest never yet approached in the page of the wildest and dreamiest romance. It is only once in a century that a work of such vast power and extraordinary interest as this makes its appearance; and was it appears, it is an event which makes its mark upon the times; it takes a leading place thenceforth in the memories of men, as well as in the enduring tablets of History. The work has just appeared in Paris, where it has created a sensation which is without a par allel in French literature. It was ushered before the French public with the special sanction of the celebrated historians, T'Aubigne, Guiot, aud Mignet, and its publication USTAINED by the united energies, of the leading Protestant minda of France, in spite of the concentrated efforts of the Popish priesthood to suppress it. It is now presented to the American public with the proud satisfaction on the part of its American editors and publishers, that here, no priestly interdict shall prevent its stirring pages from reaching the hands and eyes of THE PEOPLE. EXTRACTS FROM BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. "Profoundly versed in history, himself a zealous Protestant, Mr. Weiss has devoted many years of labor an I research to the production of these two volumes.This work is not of an ephemeral class. It is a valuable addition to the political and religious history of an important period, and as such it will be prized by future historians. Originally undertaken at the instigation of the most distinguished of living French Protestants, François Guizot, and followed, in its progress through many years of labor, with unceasing interest, by the brilliant historian Mignet, its an hor had also the benefit of the counsels and encouragement of other eminent members of the French Academy. The book addresses itself not only to the historical student, but to all persons of cultivated mind who take an interest in the progress and development of the human intellect and of TRUS Christianity-and to Protestants it is particularly attractive. It will be eagerly read and discussed, not only in France, but in Germany, and in this country." To be had of all booksellers, and of STRINGER & TOWNSEND, Publishers, 222 Broadway, (under the Museum,) N. Y. 1 A Book for the Christian's Fireside. SACRED STREAMS; OR, THE Ancient & Modern History of the Rivers of the Bible. EDITED BY GEO. B. CHEEVER, D. D. Embellished with Fifty Elegant Ellustrations. This is a charming volume. It is one of those rare works whose numerous beauties and pleasing diction enable a reader to peruse and reperuse them with undiminished interest and pleasure. The subject of the volume is a beautiful and fruitful theme. The Sacred Rivers are like celestial lines, whereby the reader may trace story and poetry, and count many divine lessons, not as orient pearls at random strung. but having a great historic life and unity of meaning. The author has selected his sacred localities, and interwoven his descriptions with a pleasing and natural mixture of devout reflection, which redeems the work froin the dreary monotony of gilding. engraving, fine type and little else characterizing so many pictorial issues of the press for show. The volume is at once profitable to the student, and grateful to the feelings of the Christian. This elegant work is put at a price which places it within reach of every one. 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