4 Historical Works Published by J. Sf J. Harper. 
FESTIVALS, GAMES, AND AMUSEMENTS. Ancient and 
Modern, By Horatio Smith, Esq. 18mo. With Additions By Samuel 
WooDwoRTH, Esq., of New-York. 
" Laws, institutions, empires pass away and are forgotten, but the diversions of a 
people, bemg commonly interwoven with some immutable element of the general 
feeling, or perpetuated by circumstances of climate and locaUty, will frequently 
survive when every other national peculiarity has worn itself out and fallen into 
obUvion." This extract shows the spirit in which this captivating volume was 
designed, and its pretensions to utility. The information imbodied in its pages is 
curious and extensive, and not the least attractive portion is the account of the 
amusements, &c. peculiar to different sections of the United States, added by Mr. 
Woodworth. 
PALESTINE, OR THE HOLY LAND. From the Earliest 
Period to the Present Time. By the Rev. M. Russell, LL.D. 18mo. With 
a Map and Engravings. 
The early history of that most interesting portion of the globe — the theatre of 
those wonderful events from which our religion is derived — as well as its present, 
state, is described in this volume with the greatest accuracy. The places of many of 
the incidents recorded in the Bible are pointed out, and the changes that have occurred 
in the lapse of ages are carefully delineated. The work may be read with advan- 
tage in connexion with the Sacred History which it confirms and illustrates. 
\ SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD, as displayed in the 
Creation and subsequent Events to the Deluge. Attempted to be Philo- 
sophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By Sharon Turner, 
F.S.A. 18mo. ■ 
To exhibit the Divine Mind in connexion with the production and preservation, and 
with the laws and agencies of visible nature, and to lead the inquirer to perceive 
the clear and universal distinction which prevails between the material and imma- 
terial substances in our world, both in their phenomena and their principles, is the • 
main object of this admirable volume. In it religious and scientific instruction are \ 
skilfully and strikingly blended, and facts and principles are so made to illustrate each I 
other that the mind and heart are equally improved b}'^ its perusal, and the cause of | 
science is, as it were, identified with that of religion. The information contained in | 
it chietly relates to Natural History, and it is extremely copious, accurate, and ! 
interesting, while the reflections are eminent for their depth, wisdom, and piety. 
HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT of BRITISH 
INDIA ; from the most Remote Period to the Present Time. Including a 
Narrative of the early Portuguese and English Voyages, the Revolutions in the 
Mogul Empire, and the Origin, Progress, and Establishment of the British 
Power ; with Illustrations of the Zoology, Botany, Climate,' Geology, and 
Mineralogy. Also Medical Observations, an Account of the Hindoo Astronomy, 
the Trigonometrical Surveys, and the Navigation of the Indian Seas. By Hugh 
Murray, Esq., James Wilson, Esq., R. K. Greville, LL.D., Whitelaw 
AiNsLiE, M.D., William Rhind, Esq., Prof. Jameson, Prof. Wallace, and 
Capt. Clarence Daleymple. In ^ vols. 18mo. With a Map and En- 
gravings. 
A history of India in a convenient forni, and in an easy and familiar style, has long 
been considered a desideratum. This work commences with the early annals of the 
Hindoos, traces the progress and decUne of the Mohammedan power, and brings the 
history of the British dominion in India down to the time of the permanent estab- 
lishment of the India Company and the foundation of that stupendous empire. It is 
divided into departments comprising the history, literature, arts, and manners of the 
Hindoos, and a description of the country, its chmate, soil, diseases, productions, and 
natural features : these departments have been committed to distinct writers of emi- 
nence, and fully qualified to treat of them with distinguished ability, and the result 
has been the production of a body of accurate and complete information, such as 
is not to be found collected in any other work in the Enghsh language. 
