CLASSICAL LITERATURE. 



MECHANICS, MANUFACTURES, &c. 



INTRODUCTION to the STUDY of the 

 GREEK CLASSIC POETS, for the use of 

 Young Persons at School or College. 



Contents. — General Introduction; Ho- 

 meric Questions ; Life of Homer ; Iliad ; 

 Odyssey; Margites; Batrachomyomachia ; 

 Hymns ; Hesiod. By Henry Nelson Cole- 

 ridge. 



" We have been highly pleased with this little volume. 

 This work supplies a want which we have often painfully 

 felt, and affords a manual which we should gladly see 

 placed in the hands of every embryo under-graduate. 

 We look forward to the next portion of this work with 

 very eager and impatient expectation." — British Critic. 



" Mr. Coleridge's work not only deserves the praise of 

 clear, eloquent and scholar-like exposition of the prelimi- 

 nary matter, which is necessary in order to understand 

 and enter into the character of the great Poet of anti- 

 quity ; but it has likewise the more rare merit of being 

 admirably adapted for its acknowledged purpose. It is 

 written in that fresh and ardent spirit, which to the con- 

 genial mind of y«uth, will convey instruction in the 

 most effective manner, by awakening the desire of it; 

 and by enlisting the lively and buoyant feelings in the 

 cause of useful and improving study; while, by its preg- 

 nant brevity, it is more likely to stimulate than to super- 

 sede more profound and extensive research. If then, as it 

 is avowedly intended for the use of the younger readers 

 of Homer, and, as it is impossible not to discover, with a 

 more particular view to the great school to which the au- 

 thor owes his education, we shall be much mistaken if it 

 does not become as popular as it will be useful in that 

 celebrated establishment." — Quarterly Review. 



" We sincerely hope that Mr. Coleridge will favor us 

 with a continuation of his work, which he promises."— 

 Oent. Mag. 



" The author of this elegant volume has collected a vast 

 mass of valuable information. To the higher classes of 

 the public schools, and young men of universities, this 

 volume will be especially valuable; as it will afford an 

 agreeable relief of light reading to more grave studies, at 

 once instructive and entertaining."— ^es/e^an Methodist 

 Magazine. 



ATLAS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, con- 

 sisting of 21 Colored Maps, with a complete 

 Accentuated Index. By Samuel Butler, 

 D. D., F. R. S. &c. Archdeacon of Derby. 



By the same Author. 



GEOGRAPHIA CLASSICA: a Sketch of 

 Ancient Geography, for the Use of Schools. 

 In 8vo. 



Extract of a Letter from Professor Stuart of 

 Andover. 



" I have used Butler's Atlas Classica for 12 or 14 years, 

 and prefer it on the score of convenience and correctness 

 to any atlas within the compass of my knowledge. It 

 is evidently a work of much care and taste, and most 

 happily adapted to classical readers and indeed all others, 

 who consult the history of past ages. I have long cherish- 

 ed a strong desire to see the work brought forward in this 

 country, and I am exceedingly gratified that you have 

 carried through this undertaking. The beautiful manner 

 in which the specinjen is executed that you have sent me 

 does great credit to engravers and publishers. It cannot 

 be that our schools and colleges will fail to adopt this 

 work, and bring it into very general circulation. I know 

 of none which in all respects would supply its place." 



"The abridged but classical and excellent work of But- 

 ler, on Ancient Geography, which you are printing as an 

 accompaniment to the maps, I consider one of the most 

 attractive works of the kind, especially for young persons 

 studying the classics, that has come under my notice. I 

 wish you the most ample success in these highly useful 

 jiublications." 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE on RAIL- 

 ROADS, AND INTERIOR COMMUNI- 

 CATION IN GENERAL— containing an 

 account of the performances of the different 

 Locomotive Engines at, and subsequent to, 

 the Liverpool Contest ; upwards of two i 

 hundred and sixty Experiments with Tables ' 

 of the comparative value of Canals and Rail- i 

 roads, and the power of the present Locomo- 

 tive Engines. By Nicholas Wood, Colliery ; 

 Viewer, Member of the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers, &c. 8vo. with plates. 



" In this, the able author has brought up his treatise to 

 the date of the latest improvements in this nationally 

 important plan. We consider the volume to be one of 

 great general interest." — Lit. Oaz. 



"We must, injustice, refer the reader to the work 

 itself, strongly assuring him that, whether he be a man of 

 science, or one totally unacquainted with its technical 

 difficulties, he will here receive instruction and pleasure, 

 in a degree which wp have seldom seen united before."— 

 Monthly Rev. 



REPORTS ON LOCOMOTIVE and FIXED 

 ENGINES. By J. Stephenson and J. 

 Walker, Civil Engineers. With an Ac- 

 count of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 

 road, by H. Booth. In 8vo. with plates. 



MILLWRIGHT and MILLER'S GUIDE. 

 By Oliver Evans. New Edition, with ad- 

 ditions and corrections, by the Professor of 

 Mechanics in the Franklin Institute of 

 Pennsylvania, and a description of an im- 

 proved Merchant Flour-Mill, with engrav- 

 ings, by C. &. O. Evans, Engineers. 



THE NATURE and PROPERTIES op the 

 SUGAR CANE, with Practical Directions 

 for its Culture, and the Manufacture of its 

 various Products; detailing the improved 

 Methods of Extracting, Boiling, Refining, 

 and Distilling ; also Descriptions of the Best 

 Machinery, and useful Directions for the 

 general Management of Estates. By George 

 Richardson Porter. 



"This volume contains a valuable mass of scientific 

 and practical information, and is, indeed, a compendium 

 of everything interesting relative to colonial agriculture 

 and manufacture."— /nieWi^CMcer. 



"We can altogether recommend this volume as a most 

 valuable addition to the library of the home West India 

 merchant, as well as that of the resident planter."— 

 Gazette. 



" This work may be considered one of the most valua- 

 ble books that has yet issued from the press connected 

 with colonial interests ; indeed, we know of no greater 

 service we could render West India proprietors, than in 

 recommending the study of Mr. Porter's volume."— ^>j)ec- 

 tator. 



TREATISE ON CLOCK AND WATCH- 

 MAKING, Theoretical and Practical. By 

 Thomas Reid, Edinburgh, Honorary Mem- 

 ber of the Worshipful Company of Clock- 

 Makers, London. Royal 8vo. Illustrated 

 by numerous Plates. 



