ingly rich in sterling divinity. Of these it may be sufficient to mention Taylor, Hooker, Chillingworth, Mede, Barrow, Pearson, Usher, Hall, Penn, Barclay, Tillotson, Stillingfleet, Bull, Waterland, Clarke, Sherlock, Warburton, Secker, Jortin, Lowth, Leslie, Owen, Hammond, Leland, Lardner, Doddridge, Watts, Latimer, Edgeworth, Seed, South, Sherlock, Porteus, Horsley, Paley, Edwards, Dwight, Gisborne, Robert Hall, Forster, Chalmers, and Jay. III. Among Manuals of Devotion, will be found the Holy Living and Dying of Jeremy Taylor, Private Thoughts of Bishop Beveridge, Reflections on the Holy Spirit by Allix, Scott's Christian Life, Nelson's Fasts and Festivals, the Whole Duty of Man, the Ladies' Calling, and the Companions to the Prayer Book by Cumber, Wheatley, and Sparrow. Jenks, Bean, Cotteril, Blomfield, Hicks, Downington, Jay, and others, also published works upon this most important branch of literature. losophy of the Moral Feelings, Butler's Works, Foster's Essays on Decision of Character, Mason on SelfKnowledge, and the works of Whewell and Moore, should be carefully studied. VI. In Political Economy, the works of Adam Smith, Bentham, Mill, Ricardo, Malthus, McCulloch, Martineau, Carey, Bishop Potter of Penn., E. Peshine Smith, Newman, Brougham, Alison, Jones, Whately, &c., will give the reader an insight into this vastly important, though till lately much misunderstood, subject. The Histories of Banking, by Hardcastle, Gilbart, Lawson, Bell, Gallatin, Gouge, &c., are useful works See a list of choice works in Biography, Bibliography, and Belles-Lettres, in the Preface to this volume, and see Index. We have now pursued the subject to a sufficient extent for this part of our work. The reader will see, by a reference to the Index of Subjects, that we have mentioned but a very few of the books noticea in our Dictionary. IV. In Voyages and Travels, the voluminous collections of Pinkerton, Hakluyt, Kerr, and Porter, and We have, however, thought it well, in the precedthe narratives of Humboldt, Warburton, Hall, Lyell, ing pages, to group together under their appropriate Beckford, Hobhouse, Valentia, Barrow, Murray, Gar- divisions, a number of works, many of which (in the diner, Davis, Gutzlaff, Langdon, Russell, Kohl, Laing, Historical department, for instance,) are not well Howitt, Heber, Head, Combe, Buckingham, Marti-known to the ordinary reader. Full justice has been neau, Frazer, Gray, Egerton, Fellowes, Rennell, Layard, Kinnear, Long, Burnes, Buck, Robinson, Cramer, Lindsay, Wilson, Wordsworth, Eustace, Stephens, Bayard Taylor, Frémont, Wilkes, Kane, Lynch, and others, will serve to profitably beguile many a long winter evening. See Pycroft's Course of English Reading, and Dibdin's Library Companion. V. In Moral Philosophy, Paley has been highly commended; but his theory of expediency is radically unsound. Dymond's Elements of Christian Morality we consider the best work of the kind in the language. Chalmers's Bridgewater Treatise, Mackintosh's Dissertation on the Study of Ethical Philosophy, Beattie's Principles of Moral Science, Abercrombie's Phi done to the extent of our ability to these, and the other departments of literature, in the succeeding pages of this volume. The author is not willing to doubt that the anxious labour of years which he has zealously bestowed upon this work, upon which the rising and the setting sun have so often found him employed, will be abundantly rewarded by its fruits. If he shall induce any to discover, in Literature, a solace in sorrow, a companion in solitude, a safeguard to morality, an incentive to virtue, and a guide to the immortal spirit in its aspirations after the good, the true, and the holy, he has served his generation and so far answered the ends of his being. As we have frequently occasion to refer to the reigns of different English sovereigns without specifying dates,-temp. Edward II., temp. Henry II., &c.,—the following table of the Kings and Queens of England (from Pulleyn's Etymological Compendium) will prove of great service to the reader. ABB Abbot, Abiel, D.D., 1770-1828, a native of Andover, Mass., graduated at Harvard College in 1787, accepted a pastoral charge at Haverhill about 1794, at Beverly about 1802. He was the author of, 1. Letters from Cuba, Boston, 1829. 2. Artillery Election Sermon, 1802. 3. Sermons to Mariners, 1812. 4. Address on Intemperance, 1815. 5. Sermon before the Salem Missionary Society, 1816. 6. Sermon before the Bible Society of Salem, 1817. 7. Convention Sermon, 1827. ABB Sixth American edition, with additional annotations by J. C. Perkins, Boston, 1850; seventh edition, royal 8vo. "This is truly a magnificent volume, of more than a thousand pages, containing the treatise of Lord Tenterden, or Mr. Abbot, as he is better known, with the additions of Sergeant Shee, and the mechanical execution, table of cases, index, annotations, and apnotes of Judge Story and Mr. Perkins. In all that relates to the pendix, this is incomparably the best edition of Abbot on Shipping,' that has ever been published."-Law Reporter. Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1562 "Dr. Abbot was very courteous and interesting in social inter- 1633, was native of Guildford, Surrey. Anthony Wood course, and was eloquent in preaching." See Allen's Amer. Biog. Dict.; Flint's Serm.; Sketch in a Letter from Cuba. Abbot, Charles, D.D., F.L.S., Vicar of Oakley Raynes, Bedfordshire; author of, 1. Flora Bedfordiensis, 1798. 2. A Monody on the Death of Lord Nelson, 1805. 3. Sermon on the Death of Horatio, Lord Nelson, 1806. 4. Parochial Divinity, or Sermons on various Subjects, 1807. Abbot, Charles, Lord Colchester, 1757-1829, was the son of the Rev. John Abbot, D.D., Rector of All Saints, Colchester; educated at Westminster School, and Oxford. In 1795, he became M. P. for Halston, and speaker of the House, Feb. 10, 1802. In 1813, he defeated the Roman Catholic bill in committee. For fifteen years, he held the office of speaker H. C., and on his retirement was created Baron Colchester. He was the author of an essay On the Use and Abuse of Satire, Oxf., 1786. Speech in the Committee of the House of Commons on the Catholic Question, 1813. Abbot, Charles, Lord Tenterden, 1762-1832, one of the Judges in the Court of King's Bench. Having been so long accustomed to the Bench, his lordship exhibited in his last moments a striking instance of the tenacity of the "ruling passion." The members of his family were gathered around him, to discharge the last sad offices of kindness, when he was observed to move his hand along the pillow, as if in the act of writing, and directly afterwards, he was heard to exclaim, almost in his official tone, "Gentlemen of the jury, you may retire;" he then closed his eyes, and expired. Author of, 1. Rules and Orders on the Plea Side of the Court of King's Bench, &c., 1795. 2. Jurisprudence and Practice of the Court of Great Sessions of Wales on the Chester Circuit, London, 1795, 9 vols. 3. Treatise on the Law relating to Merchant Ships and Seamen, in four parts, 1802. The seventh edition of this work, edited by Wm. Shee, was published London, 1844; Boston, 1846; eighth Lond. edition, 1847, royal 8vo. "This book is a legal classic of high character, and is frequently eited upon questions of Commercial Law not altered by statute. It is equally distinguished for practical good-sense, and for extensive and accurate learning, remarkably compressed, and appropriately applied. Chancellor Kent made it the basis of the fortyseventh lecture of his Commentaries upon American Law. There have been five American editions of the work; but those of 1810 and 1823, enriched with notes and references to American cases by Mr. Justice Story, are the most valuable, except the late edition. In the fourth American edition, (1829,) now out of print, the learned annotator recast the notes and added many new ones. new American edition has just been published, (1846,) containing the notes of Story and Shee, together with notes of American deci sions, by J. C. Perkins, Esq. This edition is the most desirable one for the American lawyer. Abbot's was the first English treatise devoted exclusively to the law of shipping. In 1819, the work was translated into Portuguese. The late English edition by Shee is well spoken of, 13 Ves. 599; 3 Kent's Com. 250; 9 Legal Observer, 276; 1 Angell's Law Intelligencer, 73; 1 A. J. 321; 4 Jurist, 642."-Marvin's Legal Bibliography. Α tells us, at the time he wrote the life of Robert, the brother of George, that the house where these brothers, afterwards so distinguished, were born, was occupied as an ale-house, bearing the sign of the Three Mariners; it was situated by the river's side, near to the bridge, on the north side of the street, in St. Nicholas's parish. Their father, a cloth-worker, evinced a laudable zeal for their welfare by having them instructed in the Free School of their native place, and then sending them in succession to Baliol College, Oxford. The two boys, thus benefited by paternal care, lived to reward this fatherly interest by the eminence and usefulness to which they both attained. Robert became Bishop of Salisbury, and George, the subject of our memoir, Archbishop of Canterbury. George entered Baliol College in 1578; became a Fellow in 1593; took his degree of D.D. in 1597, and was chosen in the same year Principal of University College. He was installed Dean of Winchester in 1599, and the year following was chosen Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, to which he was again elected in 1603, and in 1608. Dr. Abbot was one of the eight Oxford divines to whom was committed the duty of translating the New Testament, (with the exception of the Epistles,) when the version by command of King James was undertaken in 1604. Wood speaks highly of his erudition: "He was also a learned man, and had his erudition all of the old stamp. The things that he hath written show him to be a man of parts, learning, vigilance, and unwearied study, though overwhelmed with business."-Athen. Oxon. When an effort was made in 1608 to effect a union between the national churches of Scotland and England, Hume, Earl of Dunbar, and Dr. Abbot were despatched to Scotland to further this object. An arrangement was made by which the bishops were to be perpetual moderators in the diocesan synods, and had the power of presentation to benefices, and of deprivation or suspension. The preferment which rewarded Abbot's successful management of this delicato business, is the best evidence of the approbation with which he was regarded by his royal patron. The bishopric of Lichfield and Coventry became vacant in 1609 by the death of Dr. Overton, and Dr. Abbot was appointed his successor. In the next month he was translated to the see of London, vacant by the death of Dr. Thomas Ravis; and Archbishop Bancroft dying in 1610, Bishop Abbot was raised to the archiepiscopal see of Canterbury. It is not improbable that he owed his advancement as much to his adulation of his royal master-whose love of flattery is well known-as to the real merit which he unquestionably possessed, and his sincere attachment to the Protestant cause, in which his parents had suffered considerably. In the preface to one of his pamphlets, the following specimen of ridiculous flattery occurs ;-speaking of the king, he says: "Whose life hath been so immaculate, and unspotted, &c., that even malice itself, which leaves nothing unsearched, could never ABB find true blemish in it, nor cast profitable aspersion on it. Zealous as a David; learned and wise, the Solomon of our age; religious as Josias; careful of spreading Christ's faith as Constantine the Great; just as Moses; undefiled in all his ways as a Jehoshaphat and Hezekiah; full of clemency as another Theodosius." It would also appear, from a letter of King James's to Abbot, first published by Dean Sherlock, that his ideas of regal power were little likely to give offence even to such a prince as James; nevertheless Abbot could sometimes oppose the will of his sovereign with great decision and firmness, and his moderation in the exercise of his high functions recommended him greatly to the Puritan and popular party. He strenuously promoted the projected match between the Elector Palatine and the Princess Elizabeth, and performed their nuptial ceremony, on the 14th of February, 1612. "It was acceptable news," says Neal, "to the English Puritans, to hear of a Protestant prince in Bohemia; and they earnestly desired his majesty to support him, as appears by Archbishop Abbot's letter, who was known to speak the sense of that whole party. This prelate being asked his opinion as a privy councillor, while he was confined to his bed with the gout, wrote the following letter to the secretary of state:- That it was his opinion, that the elector should accept the crown; that England should support him openly; and that as soon as news of his coronation should arrive, the bells should be rung, guns fired, and bonfires made to let all England see that the king was determined to countenance him.' The archbishop adds, 'It is a great honour to our king to have such a son made a king; methinks I foresee in this the work of God, that by degrees the kings of the earth shall leave the whore to desolation. Our striking in will comfort the Bohemians, and bring in the Dutch and the Dane, and Hungary will run the same fortune. As for money and means, let us trust God and the Parliament, as the old and honourable means of raising money. This from my bed, (says the brave old prelate,) September 12, 1619, and when I can stand, I will do better service."" "The affair of the divorce of the Lady Essex, has been consi dered one of the greatest blemishes of James's reign. The king referred the matter to a court of delegates, consisting of bishops and civilians, which he expected would decide in favour of the divorce; but the archbishop boldly resisted the measure, and sentence was given in the lady's favour. On another occasion, the archbishop set himself against the views and wishes of the king and court, when these ran counter to a higher allegiance which he owed. Happening to be at Croydon, in 1618, on the day when the king's proclamation permitting sports and pastimes on the Sabbath, was ordered to be read in all churches, he forbade it to be published in the church of that place."-Cunningham's Biog. History of England. "In 1621, whilst taking a journey into Hampshire, the archbishop was invited by Lord Zouch to hunt in Bramhill Park. Pretending to be a woodman, he took up a crossbow to make a shot at a buck, but unhappily hit the keeper, who had run in among the herd of deer, to bring them up to a fairer mark. The arrow pierced the left arm, and dividing the large axillary vessels, caused instantaneous death. He never spake after,' says Fuller, as the person, still alive at Croydon, who brought off his body, informed me.' This untoward event caused the greatest conster The archbishop petitioned the king to be permitted to retire, and spend the remainder of his days at his own alms house at Guildford.-Howel's Letters, p. 123. However, after the decision of the commission, he returned to Lamper annum to the widow proved the sincerity of his grief. beth, and resumed his functions. A monthly fast and £20 After much ill health, which for a season caused a suspension of the discharge of his episcopal duties, he regained his health in a great measure, as is proved by the following anecdote, extracted from a MS. letter in the British Mu seum: "One day the last week, my lord of Arundel, and his son, my lord Maltravers, having espied my lord of Canterbury's coach on Barnsted Down, coming towards theirs, before they came a butt's length short of it, both their lordships alighted, and went a great pace towards his grace's coach, who, when they were approached, Were my legs as good as my pains to do me so much honour? said, 'What! and must my lord Marshal of England take so great heart, I should have met your lordships the better half of the way.' Then my lord of Arundel replied, It might well become an earl Marshal to give so much respect to an Archbishop of Canter So now rather an infirmity than a pain. He looks fresh, and enjoys bury. His grace, by his diet, hath so moderated his gout, as it is that, if any other prelate do gape after his benefice, his grace, perhis health, and hath his wits and intellectuals about him. haps, according to the old and homely proverb, [may] eat of the ."-Harl. MSS., 7000. goose which shall graze upon his grave." His grace was never married, and seems to have had a One day, (as Fuller tells us natural antipathy to women. in his Appeal, &c.) returning in his coach to Croydon, The from which he had been some time absent, many people, most women, some of good quality, partly from curiosity and novelty, crowded around his coach to see him. archbishop, unwilling to be gazed at, and never partial to "You had best," said one of them, females, exclaimed, somewhat churlishly, "What makes The archbishop died at Croydon these women here?" "shoot an arrow at us." on Sunday, August 4, 1633. His remissness in matters of church discipline has been much censured.—Rose's Biog. Dict.; L'Estrange's Charles I. For further particulars respecting this prelate, the reader is referred to the recorded opinions of his contemporaries, Hacket, Fuller, Osberne, Clarendon, Sanderson, Goodman, Heylin, and others; also to L'Estrange's "Reign of King Charles," and the Biographia Britannica. When Grotius was sent to England upon behalf of the "Remonstrants," he does not seem to have made a very favourable impression upon the archbishop, who draws no flattering picture of the great scholar in a letter to Sir Ralph Winwood. (See Biog. Britannica.) Some extracts from this curious epistle will not be uninteresting to the reader. "At his first coming to the king, by reason of his good Latin tongue, he was so tedious, and full of tittle-tattle, that the king's judgment was of him, that he was some pedant, full of words, and of no great judgment. And I myself discovering that to be his habit, as if he did imagine that every man was bound to hear him, so long as he would talk, (which is a great burthen to men replete with business,) did privately give him notice thereof, that he should plainly and directly deliver his mind, or else he would make the king weary of him. This, one would think, would prove a sufficient hint to the garrulous Hollander to repress his loquacity, but it seems otherwise. Afterwards he fell to it again, as was especially observed one night at supper, at the Lord Bishop of Ely's, whither being brought by Mr. Casaubon, (as I think.) my lord intreated him to stay to supper, which he did. There was out some question of that profession, and was so full of words, present, Dr. Steward, and another civilian, unto whom he flings that Dr. Steward afterwards told my lord, that he did perceive by him, that like a smatterer, he had studied some two or three questions, whereof when he came in company, he must be talking to vindicate his skill; but if he were put from those, he would show himself but a simple fellow." What a character of the great Grotius! He seems to have been a kind of ancient Coleridge, without the patient audience, and remarkable power of attraction, which that eminent conversationist so often enjoyed. The hospitable with the tide of talk as were the guests: prelate of Ely seems to have been as much overwhelmed "My lord of Ely, sitting still at the supper all the while, and wondering what a man he had there, who, never being in the place or company before, could overwhelm with talk for so long a time." The archbishop was the author of the following works: 1. Quæstiones Sex, totidem Prælectionibus in schola Theologica Oxoniæ pro forma habitis discussæ et disceptate, Anno 1597; in quibus e Sacra Scriptura et Patribus Antiquissimus quid statuendum sit, definit, Oxon. 1598, 4to. Franckfort, 1616, 4to, published by Abraham Sculetus. 2. Exposition on the Prophet Jonah, by way of Sermon, Oxford, 1600, 4to. These sermons were received with great applause, and were reprinted in 1613. 3. A preface to the examination of George Sprot. The reasons which Dr. Hill hath brought for the upholding of Papistry, Oxon. 1604, 4to. 4. Sermon preached at Westminster, at the Funeral of the Earl of Dorset, 1608, 4to. of a part of the New Testament, with the rest of the Ox 5. Translation ford Divines, 1611. 6. Geography, or a Brief Description of the Whole World, wherein is particularly described all the Monarchies, Empires, and Kingdoms of the same, with their Academies, London, 1617, 4to; 1636, 1642, 12mo; 1664, 8vo; numerous editions. 7. A Short Apology for Archbishop Abbot, touching the death of Peter Hawkins. 8. A Treatise on the Visibility and Succession of the true Church in all Ages, London, 1624, 4to, (anon.) 9. Narrative, containing the true Cause of his Sequestration and Disgrace at Court, in two parts, written at Ford in Kent, 1627. 10. Judgment on Bowing at the Name of Jesus, Hamb., 1632, 8vo. 11. History of the Massacre in the Valtoline. (See Fox's Acts.) 12 Answer to the Questions of the Citizens of London, concerning Cheapside Cross, in January, 1600, not printed until 1641. 13. The Case, &c., as debated in England anno 1613, in the Trial between Robert Earl of Essex, and the Lady Frances Howard; reprinted in London, 1715, 12mo. We also refer the reader to the Life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, reprinted with some additions and corrections from the Biographia Britannica, with his character by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow; A Description of the Hospital which he erected and endowed, in his native town of Guildford in Surrey; Correct Copies of the Charter and Statutes of the same; his Will, &c. To which are added the Lives of his two Brothers, Dr. Robert Abbot, and Sir Thomas Maurice Abbot, Guilf. 1777, 8vo. The exposi tion on Jonah "In genuine worth is, to many works of a like kind, as the solid weight to the small dust of the balance."-Eclectic Review. Abbot, George, 1604-1648, nephew of the preceding. Elected probationer fellow of Merton College, Oxford, 1624. He married a daughter of Colonel Purefoy, of Caldecote-hall, Warwickshire, and defended the colonel's house, by the help of his servants only, against Princes Rupert and Maurice, with eighteen troops of horse. He wrote, 1. The whole Book of Job paraphrased, London, 4to, 1640. 2. Vindiciae Sabbati, or an answer to two treatises of Mr. Broad, London, 1641, 4to. 3. Brief Notes upon the whole Book of Psalms, London, 1651, 4to. He died February 4, 1648. Abbot, Henry, Lecturer of St. John's the Baptist, Bristol. Author of, 1. County Feast, a Sermon on Psalm exxxiii. 1, Bristol, 1703. 2. The Use and Benefit of Church Music, towards quickening our Devotion; on Psalm lxxxi. 12, 1724. 1805. Abbot, Henry. The Transport's Monitor. London, Abbot, Hull, a minister of Charlestown, Massachusetts, graduated at Harvard College, 1720, ordained February 5, 1724, and died April 19, 1774, aged 80 years. He published the following sermons:-1. On the Artillery Election, 1735. 2. On the Rebellion in Scotland, 1746. 3. Against Profane Cursing and Swearing, 1747. Abbot, John, author of a poem entitled Jesus Prefigured; or a Poeme of the Holy Name of Jesus. Permissu Superiorum, 1623, 4to, dedicated to Prince Charles. Nassau's Sale, No. 136, 16s. Abbot, John, many years a resident of Georgia. The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia. Edited by Sir J. E. Smith, London, 1797, with 104 coloured plates; published at £21. "A sumptuous work, but in little estimation, as the plates are not considered accurate."-LOWNDES. Abbot, Robert, 1560-1617, elder brother to the Archbishop, was educated at the same school with his brother. Upon an oration made by him, on the day of Queen Elizabeth's inauguration, he was chosen scholar of Baliol College. In 1594, he obtained some celebrity as an author by a book which he published against a Romanist, entitled The Mirror of Popish Subtilties, &c. In 1597, he was made a doctor of divinity; in 1601, he published The Exultation of the Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ, being a collection of Sermons on the first part of the 110th Psalm. King James I. was so much pleased with Dr. Abbot's treatise, "Antichristi Demonstrati contra fabulas Pontificius et ineptam Rob. Bellarmini de Antichristo disputationem," that he commanded his own Commentary on the Apocalypse to be appended to the second edition of this treatise, which was published in 1608, 8ve. In 1615, he was promoted to the see of Salisbury, and died March 2, 1617. Dr. Abbot also published, 1. A defence of the Reformed Catholic of Mr. William Perkins, 1606, 1607, and 1609, to which work he added a particular treatise, entitled, The true ancient Roman Catholic. 2. Antologia contra apologiam A. Endæmon Johannem, London, 1613, 4to, containing much curious information on the Gunpowder Plot. 3. Lectures under the title of Excercita tiones de Gratia et Perseverantia Sanctorum, Lon., 1618; Frank., 1619. 4. De Suprema Potestate Regia, contra Bellarminum et Suarez, Lon., 1619. 5. A very complete Commentary on the Romans, in MS., now in the Bodleian Library.-Rose's Biog. Dict. Abbot, Robert, 1585-1653, was originally of the University of Cambridge; incorporated Master of Arts of Oxford, July 14, 1607. Works: 1. Serm. on Psalm xxxi. 21, Lon., 1626. 2. Four Serms. on Judges, Matthew, and 1 Timothy, Lon., 1639. 3. Trial of our Church Forsakers against Brownists, Lon., 1639. 4. Milk for Babes: a Catechism, with three Serms., Lon., 1646. 5. Serms., entitled The Young Man's Warning Piece, Prov. iv, 19, 1662. Abbot, Robert, of Huntfield. "There was about the same time a Robert Abbot of Huntfield, mentioned by Dr. Pulteney as a learned preacher and an excellent and diligent herbalist, who assisted the celebrated Johnson in his works."-Chalmers's Biog. Dict. Probably the author of A Christian Family, builded by God, or Directions for Governors of Families, on Psalm cxxvi. 1, Lon., 1653. These Abbot, T. Eastoc. Peace; a Lyric Poem, Lon., 1814. Abbot. Designs for Coaches, &c., Lon., 1763. Abbott, Benj. V., b. 1830, Boston; Austin, b. 1831, Boston; and Lyman, b. 1835, Roxbury, Mass. three brothers, sons of Jacob Abbott, are engaged in the practice of law in New York City. They are authors of several legal works published under their copartnershipname, "Abbott Brothers." Admiralty Reports, 1 vol.; N. York Practice Reports, 6 vols., (still continued;) Forms also published an edition of Sedgwick on Damages, with of Pleading under the New York Code, 1 vol. They have Notes; and have contributed numerous legal articles to Livingston's Law Mag., Hunt's Merchant's Mag., The Young Men's Mag., and other periodicals. The novel Conecut Corners, written in support of the policy of prohibitory temperance-laws, and published under their nom de plume, "Benanly," (under which they have made many contributions to current literature,) is also the joint production of these brothers. Abbott, Rev. Jacob, b. 1803, at Hallowell, Maine, graduated at Bowdoin College, 1820. Mr. Abbott's principal works are The Young Christian, The Corner-Stone, Way to do Good, The Teacher, Hoary Head and McDonner, Summer in Scotland, A Series of Histories of Celebrated Sovereigns, and a large number of juvenile works, such as Marco Paul's Adventures, 6 vols.; Harper's Story-Books, The Rollo Books, 28 vols.; The Franconia Stories, 10 vols.; 36 vols.; The Little Learner Series, 5 vols., &c. These works have had an extensive circulation in this country, and have nearly all been republished repeatedly, and in many different into various foreign languages both in Europe and Asia. forms, in England. Many of them have been translated Sir John Williams remarks of "The Young Christian," "I have seldom seen a religious publication so striking and sc adapted for usefulness." "Jacob Abbott's last work, The Way to do Good,' will, I think, please you very much. It is delightful to read a book so good and so sensible, so zealous for what is valuable, so fair about what is indifferent."-The late Dr. Arnold, in a letter to Sir Thomas Parley. "THE LIFE OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND.-This is the first of a series, and promises well for the whole."-Lon. Athen. "THE LIFE OF HANNIBAL THE CARTHAGENIAN is written in the same easy style that characterizes the author's other compilations." -Lon. Athenæum. Abbott, Major James, of the Bengal Artillery. 1. T'Hakoorine; a Tale of Maandoo, Lon., 12mo. 2. Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburg; 2d ed., 2 vols. 8vo. See Lon. Obs., Dec. 9, 1855, and Lon. Econ., Nov. 17, for commendatory notices. Abbott, Rev. John S. C., brother of Rev. Jacob Abbott, b. 1805, at Brunswick, Maine, graduated at Bowdoin College, 1825, and at the Theological Seminary in Andover, Mass., 1829. His principal works are The Mother at Home, first pub. 1833; The Child at Home; Kings and Queens; the Histories of Marie Antoinette, Josephine, Mad. Roland, Cortez, Henry IV. of France, King Philip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags: these six vols. constitute Abbott's Historical Series. The History of Napoleon Bonaparte, 2 vols. r. 8vo, profusely illustrated. This work has been very severely criticized,-with what justice must be referred to the judgment of the intelligent reader. All of these works have had a very extensive sale. Mother at Home has been translated into nearly all the languages of modern Europe, and has been republished in Asia and Africa. It is considered one of the best expositions of the important responsibilities of which it treats. Napoleon at St. Helena, 8vo; Confidential Correspondence of Napoleon and Josephine; History of the French Revolution. The |