Interesting Books for Youth,, 



5. THE CONTEMPLATIVE PHILOSOPHER, or Short 

 Essays on the Various Objects of Nature noticed throughout the 

 Year; with Poetical Illustrations and Moral Reflections on each 

 Subject. BY RICHARD LORE. Fourth edition, corrected and 

 improved, in two Volumes, price 1 6s. boards. 



Among the whole range of booh published for the instruction and 

 amusement of youth, there is not one that has greater claims to 

 public patronage than " The Contemplative Philosopher," the 

 author of which has, till now, been kept a profound secret. It has 

 been attributed to Mrs. Barbauld, to the Aikins, and other eminent 

 writers; but it is a common debt of justice to a worthy and in- 

 genious man, to announce, that "The Contemplative Philosopher" 

 was written by the late Mr. Richard Lobb, tihose great modesty 

 induced him to shrink from the commendation which was so justly 

 due to his well-directed exertions, and who so largely contributed 

 to the public instruction and amusement. " The Contemplative 

 Philosopher" will be a lasting monument to his memory ; it is at 

 once instructive and entertaining, informing and improving: the 

 philosoyjhy is drawn frcm the best authorities, which are often given; 

 the poetry is selected, most appropriately, from the whole range of 

 English verse, constituting of itself the beauties of our poets; the 

 moral reflections are judicious and practiced, and often original and 

 striking; the theology is rational, and at the same time tender and 

 affecting; and besides all this, the style may be commended as a 

 principal excellence of the work. A family who should breakfast for 

 the year round with the Contemplative Philosopher at table, would 

 find themselves great gainers in point of knowledge and pleasure, at 

 the year's end. 



MAYOR'S VOYAGES and TRAVELS. 



Uniformly printed in royal 18mo. and completed in twenty-eight 

 handsome and closely printed volumes, each containing about 

 400 pages ; the whole illustrated and embellished with upwards 

 of 15O Engravings and Maps, price 8. 8s. boards. 

 6. A GENERAL COLLECTION of VOYAGES and 

 TRAVELS, complete in 28 volumes, published monthly; in- 

 cluding the most interesting records of Navigators and Travellers, 

 from the Discovery (W America by Columbus, in the year 1492, to 

 the Travels of Lord Valentia: illustrated with upwards of 150 

 large Engravings and Maps; By W. MAVOR,X. L. D. &c. &c- 

 The proprietors of this popular and long established work deem 

 it superfluous to urge any thing in its favour. It is too well 

 known to require eulogy ; and it would be equally unnecessary to 

 expatiate upon the general interest or importance of works of 



