address. 
A NSW MORAL SYSTRM OF 
NATURAL HISTORY, 
C OMPOSES the following volume, treating of 
quadrupeils, birds, infeiSls, and flowers. This 
engaging fubjefl, much as it is neglefled, is of all others, 
the moft neceflary to finilli a polite education, impercep- 
tibly, as it foftens and humanizes the mind, while, by 
leading us to this fnblime truth, that nothing is created in 
vain, we obtain, what ought to be the ultimate objeft oT 
all our purfuits, a knowledge of GOD, of ourfelves, and 
of the beings he has formed for our ufe, fupport, and 
proteflion. 
Such are the gentfral outlines of the prefent work, now 
fubmitted to the judgment of parents and the guardians 
of youth ; a work whofe foie objedt is to form. an happy 
union of infti;udiion and amufement. In a word, to render 
what has been perverted into an irkfome burthen to the 
youthful mind, an agreeable and a rational paftime. 
The proprietor has only to obferve that the fuccefs, 
which has already attended his endeavours to promote 
the love of virtue and knowledge in the above work, has 
far exceeded his mod fanguine expediatlons. He begs 
leave, in gratitude, to declare, that no trouble, no ex- 
pence, have been fpared to render the prefent enlarged 
edition, a work of lading utility to the rifmg generation, 
and an agreeable nfeful pocket companion, to all who 
■wifli to acquire a knowledge of the above important and 
antereding lubjedts, by 
The public’s obliged and devoted fervant, 
GEORGE RILEY. 
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