The Life of Oliver Cromwell. By 

 the Rev. M. Russell, LL.D. ~ 

 vols. Portrait. 



Lives of Celebrated Travellers. By 

 James August us St. John. 3 vols" 



Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sov- 

 ereigns. By Mrs. Jameson. 2 vols. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



A Popular Guide to .the Observation 

 of Nature ; or, Hints of Induce- 

 ment to the Study of Natural Pro- 

 ductions and Appearances, in their 

 Connexions and Relations. By 

 Robert Mudie. Engravings. 



The Swiss Family Robinson ; or. 

 Adventures of a Father and Mo- 

 ther and Four Sons on a Desert 

 Island. 2 vols. With Engravings. 



The American Forest ; or, Uncle 

 Philip's Conversations with the 

 Children about the Trees of Amer- 

 ica. With numerous Engravings. 



The Natural History of Insects. In 

 2 vols. With Engravings. 



Natural History ; or, Tools and 

 Trades among Inferior Animals. 

 By Uncle Philip. 



PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



The Principles of Physiology, ap- 

 plied to the Preservation of Health, 

 and to the Improvement of Physi- 

 cal and Mental Education. By 

 Andrew Combe, M.D. 



Letters of Euler on Different Sub- 

 jects of Natural Philosophy. Ad- 

 dressed to a German Princess. 



Translated by Hunter. With 

 Notes, and a Life of Euler, by Sir 

 David Brewster; and Additional 

 Notes, by John Griscom, LL.D*. 

 With a Glossary of Scientific 

 Terms, and Engravings. 



INTELLECTUAL SCIENCE. 



Inquiries concerning the Intellectual 



Powers, and the Investigation of 



Truth. By John Abercrombie, 



M.D.,F.R.S. With Questions. 



BELLES LETTRES. 



Lectures on General Literature, 

 Poetry, &c. By Jas. Montgomery. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Indian Traits; being Sketches of 

 the Manners, Customs, and Char- 

 acter of the North American Na- 

 tives. By B. B. Thatcher, Esq. 

 2 vols. With Engravings. 



Perils of the Sea ; being Authentic 

 Narratives of Remarkable and Af- 

 fecting Disasters upon the Deep. 

 With Engravings. 



The Poor Rich Man and the Rich 

 Poor Man. By Miss C. M. Sedg- 

 wick. 



The Ornaments Discovered. By 

 Mary Hughs. 



The Son of a Genius. By Mrs. 

 Hofland. 



The Whale-fishery and the Polar 

 Seas. By Uncle Philip. 



At a regular meeting of the Executive Committee, it was unanimously 

 Resolved, That the above-named fifty volumes be approved and adopted 

 as the commencement of" The American School Library," and that the 

 same be earnestly recommended to public patronage. 



In behalf of the Committee, 



JAMES BftowN, Chairman, J. T. GILCHRIST, Secretary. 



A P. HALSKY, JOHN TORREY, 



THOMAS COCK, CHARLES BUTLER. 



At a general meeting of the Society, held on the 10th of May, 1838, at 

 the Stuyvesant Institute, Broadway, his Excellency Governor MARCY in 

 the chair, ANTHONY P. HAI.SKV, Secretary, it was unanimously 



Resolved, That we recommend the immediate introduction of a suitable 

 Library of Useful Knowledge in every schoolroom in our State : and that 

 we invite the attention of teachers, of school committees, and of every 

 friend of education and of the universal diffusion of knowledge in this and 

 in oth^r States, to " The American School Library," now commenced by 

 this Society. A. P. HALSKY, Secretary. 



GORHAM D. ABBOTT, Sec'y A. S. D. U. K. 



