6 Historical Works Published hy J. J. Harper. 
SKETCHES FROM VENETIAN HISTORY. By the Rev. 
E. Smedley, M.A. In 3 vols. 18mo. With Engravings. 
Few have the knowrledge, the time, or the means to explore for themselves the 
treasures' of the ItaUan chronicles. The author of this work has laid open their 
stores for the benefit of those to whom the language in which they are written renders 
thein a sealed book — gleaning from them the most characteristic incidents, amusing 
stories, and anecdotes, while, at the same time, he has sustained all the dignity of 
historical research ; passing Ughtly over events of minor importance, and reserving 
himself for those momentous and interesting transactions which require to be more 
fally displayed. The beauty of the style has been very generally noticed, and has 
gained the applause of the most competent judges. 
INDIAN TRAITS ; BEING SKETCHES OF THE MAN- 
NERS, CUSTOMS, AND CHARACTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN 
NATIVES. By B. B. Thatcher, Esq. In 2 vols. 18mo. With numerous 
Engravings. 
The appearance, character, and habits of the North American Indians have long 
been a favourite and fertile theme for writers as well as readers, and accurate 
descriptions of them are equally instructive and agreeable. These fom the subject 
of the present volumes, and they are admitted to contain much correct and interest- 
ing information. A larger work, by the same author, entitled "Indian Biography," 
treats of the history of those remarkable njembers of the human family : the work 
now under consideration makes no pretensions to that character, but is entirely de- 
scriptive ; and it is entitled to high praise, not only as being the first attempt to 
render the subject attractive to general readers, but also for the abiUty with which 
the object is accomplished. 
NUBIA AND ABYSSINIA. Comprehending their Civil History, 
Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History. By the Rev. M. 
Russell, LL.D. 18mo. With a Map and Engravings. 
There is no country in the world more interesting than that which was known to 
the ancients as " Ethiopia above Egypt," the Nubia and Abyssinia of the present day. 
It v^as universally regarded by the poets and philosophers of Greece as the cradle 
of those arts which at a later period covered the kingdom of the Pharaohs with so 
many wonderful monuments, as also of those rehgious rites which, after being 
sUghtly modified by the priests of Thebes, were adopted by the ancestors of Homer 
and Virgil as the basis of their mythology. A description of this remarkable nation, 
therefore, by the well-known author of the " View of Ancient ^nd Modern Egypt," 
cannot be otherwise than instructive and highly interesting. 
TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY. By the Author of 
" American Popular Lessons." In 3 vols. ISmo. With Engravings. 
The writer of these Tales has had in view two chief purposes, — the one to con- 
vey to the juvenile reader a general idea of the incidents connected with the discovery 
and subsequent history of the American continent ; the other to excite an interest 
in the subject which shall create a desire for more minute and extensive information. 
These purposes have been effected with much success, and the volumes will be 
found instructive and entertaining. In the majority of instances, the Tales have 
been selected with reference to the illustration of some moral principle ; and the 
frequent opportunities afforded for the mtroduction of reflections leading to the cul- 
tivation of piety and rehgion have been ably and zealously improved. As a school- 
book this collection of Historical Tales is calculated to be eminently serviceable ; 
and there can be no doubt that their introduction into seminaries will be attended 
with both plefisure and advantage to the scholars. 
HISTORY OF THE REFORMED RELIGION IN FRANCE. 
By the Rev. E. Smedley, M.A. In 2 vols. 18mo. With Portraits. 
