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THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER. 



6F.1.ECT BOOKS ON GEOGRAPHV. 



Pinkerton s Modern Geography, 2 vols. 4to. 

 and the Abridgment, one vol. 8vo. Guthrie s 

 Geographical Grammar. The Glasgow Geo 

 graphy, ir. 5 vols. 8vo. This work comprehends 

 an immense mass of information, on the histori 

 cal and descriptive parts of geography. It also 

 contains comprehensive compends of astrono 

 my, geology, meteorology, &c. Malte Brim s 

 &quot; System of Geography,&quot; 8vo. The English 

 translation of this work, when completed, will 

 comprise the fullest and most comprehensive 

 view of universal geography that has yet ap 

 peared in our language, including details of the 

 most recent discoveries. Five volumes of the 

 English translation have already appeared. The 

 first volume contains a luminous and compre 

 hensive outline of the science of Geology, and 

 Physical and Mathematical Geography. 

 Myers &quot; System of Modern Geography,&quot; with 

 maps, views, engravings representing costumes, 

 &c. 2 large vols. 4to. Cooke s &quot; System of 

 Universal Geography,&quot; in 2 very large quarto 

 vols. closely printed, contains a great variety of 

 interesting sketches in relation to Descriptive 

 Geography, extracted from the writings of mo 

 dern voyagers and travellers ; the details of 

 incidents, &c. being related for the most part, 

 in the words of the respective authors from whom 

 the information is collected. Winterbotham s 

 &quot; Geographical and Historical view of the 

 United States of America, &c.&quot; 4 vols. Svo. 

 Morse s American Geography,&quot; Svo. Gold 

 smith s &quot; Geography on a popular plan,&quot; con 

 tains an interesting account of the manners and 

 customs of nations, for the entertainment and in 

 struction of the young, illustrated with above 60 

 engravings. Of smaller systems, there is a 

 great abundance in the English language, but 

 most of them are extremely deficient, particulary 

 in what relates to General Geography. On Sa- 

 cred Geography, Wells s Geography, modernized 

 by the editor of Calmet s Dictionary, is the most 

 complete work of its kind. On Physical or Ge 

 nera/Geography Playfair s System of Geogra 

 phy, vol. I. and Varenius s General Geography. 

 A Modern system of Geography, in a separate 

 form, on the plan of Varenius, is a desideratum. 

 Edin. Ency. Art. Geography. Sup. to Ency. 

 Brit. Art. Physical Geography, &c. &c. Books 

 of Voyages and Travels, generally contain the 

 most circumstantial details of the physical as 

 pects of the different countries, and of the dis 

 positions and customs of their inhabitants ; and 

 present to the view of the Christian philanthro 

 pist, those facts and incidents, from which the 

 moral state and character of the various tribes of 

 human beings may be inferred. The following 

 works contain comprehensive abridgments of 

 the most celebrated voyages and travels. &quot;Pin- 

 icrton s General Collection of Voyages and 



Travels in all parts of the World,&quot; 1? vok 4to 

 &quot; Mavor s Voyages,&quot; &c. 28 vols. I8mo. 

 &quot; The World Displayed,&quot; 18 vols. 18mo. 

 &quot;Philips * Collection of Voyages and Travels,&quot; 

 &c. 



The following are among the most respectable 

 modern publications on this subject, arranged 

 according to the different quarters of the world. 

 ASIA. &quot; Valencia s Travels in India, Arabia,&quot; 

 &c. &quot; Porter s Travels in Georgia, Armenia,&quot; 

 &c. &quot; Golownin s Travels in Japan.&quot; &quot; Staun- 

 ton s Account of Macartney s Embassy to 

 China.&quot; &quot;Raffle s Travels in Java.&quot; &quot;Clarke s 

 Travels in Asia Minor, and the Holy Land.&quot; 

 &quot; Chateaubriand s Travels in Palestine.&quot; &quot; Ali 

 Bey s Travels in Arabia.&quot; &quot;Morier s Travels 

 through Persia,&quot; &c. AFRICA. &quot; Lyori s Tra 

 vels in Northern Africa.&quot; Burckhard s Travels 

 in Nubia. Bruce s Travels in Abyssinia. 

 Salt s Travels in Abyssinia. Bowdich, Button, 

 and Dupuis s Account of Ashantee. Leigh s 

 Jour, in Egypt. Belzoni s Travels in Egypt. 

 Sonini s Travels in Egypt. Barrow s, Bur- 

 chell s, and Campbell s Travels in Southern 

 Africa, &c. &c. AMERICA. Howison s Sketch 

 es of Upper Canada. Fearon s Sketches of the 

 United States. Miss Wright s Views of So 

 ciety in the United States. Humboldt s Travels 

 in South America. Duncan s Travels in the 

 United States. Luccock s, Vidal s, Kosters s, 

 and Hall s Travels in South America, &c. 

 EUROPE. Henderson s and Mackenzie s Tra 

 vels in Iceland. Thompson s Travels in Swe 

 den. Carr s Travels in Russia, Denmark, &c 



Pallas s Travels in Russia. Wraxhall s, 



Neale s, Coxe s, and Lemaistre s Tours through 

 France, Switzerland, Germany, &c, Bour- 

 going s and Jacob s Travels in Spain. Brydon s 

 Tour in Sicily, &c. Von Buch s Travels in 

 Norway and Lapland. Cochrane s Travels in 

 Siberia, c. Cook s, Anson s, Byron s. Pe- 

 rouse s, and Bougainville s Voyages round the 

 World, &c. Prior s Universal Traveller, one 

 thick vol. 12mo. closely printed, with one hun 

 dred engravings. 



SELECT BOOKS ON GEOLOGY. 



Kirwan s &quot; Mineralogy,&quot; and his &quot; Geological 

 Essays.&quot; De Luc s &quot; Geology,&quot; and his &quot; Geo 

 logical Travels.&quot; Parkinson s &quot;Organic Re 

 mains of a former World,&quot; 3 vols. 4to. &quot; The 

 Fossils of the South Downs, or Illustrations of 

 the Geology of Sussex, by G. Mantel, F. L. S.&quot; 

 The preliminary essay to this splendid work 

 contains several excellent remarks respecting 

 the connexion of geology with religion, which 

 are calculated to advance the interests of both. 

 Cuvier s &quot; Essay on the Theory of the Earth. 

 with illustrations by Professor Jameson ; 4th 

 edition. Playfair s illustrations of the Huttonian 

 Theory of the Earth. Transactions of the 



