LEARY & GETZ, Publishers,

SCHOOL BOOKS.

Roy's Hebrew and English Dictionary.-A complete Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary, containing all the words in the Holy Bible, both Hebrew and Chaldee, with the vowel points, the prefixes and affixes, as they stand in the original text; together with their derivation, literal and etymological meaning, as it occurs in every part of the Bible, and illustrated by numerous citations from the Targum, Talmud, and Cognate dialects. By W. L. Roy, Professor of Oriental Languages. Complete in one royal octavo volume, bound in half Russia.

Price 5.00

Booth's New Pictorial United States.-For Primary Schools, 244 pages, 18mo., neatly bound, with Questions. This is the best History of the United States now published for the use of Primary Schools, 50

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1.00

The Central School Reader.-Compiled by the Female Association of Friends for the Improvement of Juvenile Books. One of the best books published for Select Schools and Academies. Also designed for Family Use. 12mo.,.......... Wilmsen's Reader; or, the Children's Friend. One hundred and sixtieth edition. One of the best books ever published for Children between the ages of eight and twelve years. 12mo.......... 75

Murray's English Reader.-12mo., half arabesque,... 25 Murray's Introduction.-12mo., boards,................... 12} Chapin's New Classical Spelling Book.-12 mo., boards,

Price 12

Cordery's Colloquies in Latin, improved with Exercises
and Vocabulary. 12mo., .................
Public School Singing Book, by A. F. Cox, suited for
Schools, Academies and Seminaries. 32mo., boards,

Kelley's New Juvenile Primer,.........

12}

3

The Washington Primer.-A beautiful Book for Young

Children,

2

Testament.-A good School edition. 18mo., half arabesque,

Price 25

No. 224 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

STANDARD WORKS

In fine Bindings, suitable for Presentation Books, printed on fine White Paper, and beautifully Illustrated.

Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.-Octavo, large type, 16 Engravings, bound in English morocco, full gilt sides, back and edges, 8.00

5.00

THE SAME WORK, super extra antique,.........................................................................................................
Fleetwood's Life of Christ and his Apostles, with a His-
tory of the Jews, up to this time. Octavo, 25 engravings, bound in
English Morocco, full gilt sides, back and edges,
THE SAME WORK, super extra antique,

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5.00

The Perpetual Keepsake; being the New Testament, got up in very handsome style, large type, fine white paper, with initial letters and full page engravings, expressly designed and executed for this work. Octavo, bound in English morocco, full gilt sides, back and edges,.

THE SAME WORK, super extra antique,..

2.50

5.00

The Family Fire-Side Book; or Monuments of Temperance. Octavo, 10 steel plates, bound in English morocco, full gilt sides, back and edges,

THE SAME WORK, super extra antique,..

2.50

5.00

Frost's Lives of Eminent Christians.-Octavo, 16 engraved portraits, bound in English morocco, full gilt sides, back and edges,

THE SAME WORK, super extra antique,

3.00

5.00

Burder's History of all Religions.-Octavo, 24 plates,

5.00 1

6.00

bound in super extra antique,... Whitefield's Life and Sermons.-Octavo. Steel portrait and 16 engravings. Bound in super extra antique, Platt's Book of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, Science, &c., &c Octavo, 24 engravings, bound in super extra antique,................

5.00

8.00

Frost's Pictorial Life of Washington.-Octavo, six fine steel plates and 100 engravings, bound in super extra antique,..... 5.00 THE SAME WORK, Red morocco, full gilt,.... Lives of Remarkable and Eccentric Characters.-Octavo, over 100 engravings, bound in super extra antique,............. 5.00 Christian Martyrology, or Sufferings of the early Christians. Octavo, 24 engravings, bound in English morocco, full gilt sides, back and edges, Edmondson's Short Sermons, containing one hundred and forty plain and practical Sermons. Octavo, steel portrait, bound in super extra antique

2.00

5.00

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PLATTS'

BOOK OF CURIOSITIES

CONTAINING

TEN THOUSAND WONDERS & CURIOSITIES

OF

NATURE AND ART,

And of Remarkable and Astonishing Places, Beings, Animals, Customs, Experiments, Phenomena, etc., of both Ancient and Modern Times, on all Parts of the Globe.

BY THE REV. I.

PLATTS.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

Completa in 1 octavo vol. of 952 pp., handsomely and strongly bound. PRICE ONLY $2.50.

Comprising authentic accounts of the most Wonderful Freaks of Nature, and Arts of Man, among which will be found

The Human Body, and all its wonderful |
mechanism.

Extraordinary acquirements and perform-
ances of Men, Women, and Children of
r all nations.
Startling and surprising adventures and
characteristics concerning the Mammoth,
Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus,
Unicorn, Whale, Walrus, Kraken or Dra-
gon of the Sea, American Sea Serpent,
Boa Constrictor, Fascinating Serpents,
Silk Worms, Reptiles, Vulture, Ostrich,
Eagle, Bird of Paradise, Humming Bird,
Bees, Ants, Spiders, Locusts, Butterflies,
Aphis, Death Watch, Bread Fruit Tree,
Fountain Tree, Paper Tree, Upas or Poi-
Bon Tree, the 44,000 Plants of the Earth,
and every thing in the vegetable king-

dom.

Minerals, Meteoric Stones, Asbestos, Dia-
monds, eta,

Mountains of the Moon, Andes, Alps, Him-
alaya, Spectre of the Brocken, Mont
Blam, Vesuvius, Etna, Grottos, Caves
and Subterraneous Passages.
Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron, and Coal

Mines.

Maelstrom, Burning Springs, Earthquakes,
Sandfloods, Avalanches, and Freshets.
Ruins of ancient cities, Herculaneum, the
Alhambra, etc.

Curiosities respecting the various customs
of mankind,Cannibalism, Female Beauty,
Marriage Ceremonies, Feasting, Fasting,
Praying, etc.

Funeral Ceremonies, Christmas Justoms,
Romish Indulgences.

Ignis Fatuus, Electricity, surprising effect
of extreme Heat and Cold, Fairy Rings,
Parhelia or Mock Suns, Aurora Borealis,
Shooting Stars, Galvanism, Magnetism.
Buntzlau Curiosities, Automata.
Wonderful Inventions, relating to all trades
and professions.

Sketches of Historical Facts, Man in the
Iron Mask, Gipsies, Priests, Free Masons,
Peeping Tom of Coventry, Plague of
Marseilles, Ceremonies at Queen Eliza
beth's Dinner.

Curious account of the scarcity of Books,
celebrated Libraries, Book of Blunder,
Origin of Newspapers.

Explanation of Letters on Gold Coin, In-
vention of Cards.

Singular names of the English during
Cromwell's time.
Beautiful Love Letter.
Creed of the Jews.

Human monstrosities, Centaurs & Lapiths.
Spontaneous Combustion.
Extraordinary echoes & whispering places.
Perpetual Fires and Remarkable Lamps.
Curious Experiments and Amusing Recre
ations.

Sketches of curious Personages, and a
whimsical Encyclopedia of Manners and
Customs of the Nineteenth Century, Il-
lustrating Life and Manners at the pre-
sent day, etc. etc.

LEARY & GETZ, Publishers,
No. 224 North Second Street, Philadelphia.