been compared to a Polyphemus without an eye, and more frequently to a chaos, which it certainly too much resembles. This reproach the Trustees hope to avoid for the Public Library, which they desire, above everything else, to render useful. The index now published has been prepared by the Superintendent of the Library, Charles C. Jewett, Esq., and by competent and faithful persons under his direction. It is the result of much patient labor and much practical knowledge and skill. The Trustees believe it to be well fitted to its purpose, which is that of rendering the portion of the Library represented by it, intelligible and accessible to all; to those who are little in the habit of using books, as well as to those who make reading and study the main business of their lives. Its arrangement and details they conceive can hardly be made plainer. It is alphabetical throughout. It is, therefore, as simple in its construction as an English dictionary, and as easily used. At the same time, they have no doubt that it is sufficiently ample and minute. For not only does it give the title of each book once with considerable fulness under the name of its author, if known, or, if not known, under its first leading word, but the same book will be found more briefly indicated again under its subject: and, if need be, yet again under one or more of the principal words in its title. Those who may wish to examine any subject will therefore turn to the subject itself in its alphabetical order and place, and will see, at once, what the Library offers for their especial purpose ;those who know only the title of the book they need, will seek it under one of its prominent words; – and those who wish to find a given author, will simply look for his name. It is, in fact, an unpretending piece of practical bibliography adapted to the wants, not of scholars, but of the mass of the people, and intended as much as possible to render the use of the Library pleasant and profitable. At the same time, it will serve to direct students whose pursuits may demand researches either more minute, or more comprehensive, to the ampler catalogue on the cards, where they will, with equal ease, find a notice of every thing the Library can give them. The Trustees feel under no small obligations to Mr. Jewett for the excellent manner in which this index and the catalogue on which it is founded have been prepared, and for the great amount of labor, both in season and out of season, which he has most faithfully bestowed on both of them. The system adopted is substantially the system explained by him in a pamphlet which he published several years ago; but when the catalogue of the Public Library was originally undertaken, there was no thought that the institution would ever be indebted to his services, and no reason whatever existed for selecting Mr. Jewett's system in preference to any other, except that it was believed to be the best and the most practical for the purposes to which it was here to be applied. But while the Trustees offer this statement of the condition of the Library, and of the catalogues by which its use is to be made easy and agreeable to the public, they do not wish to be understood as claiming the institution itself to be all they would gladly have it. Private munificence has, indeed, in a comparatively short time, made the collection of its books large and respectable, and its catalogues, by the zeal and fidelity of those employed to make them, have been prepared so far as they are yet prepared with extraordinary rapidity and success. Taken together it is hoped they may prove to be the foundation of a good Library, with a good apparatus to promote or ensure its usefulness. But the Trustees do not suppose that the institution as yet is anything more or anything better than this statement implies. Many important books will be sought for in vain on its shelves and in its catalogues by those who examine them with intelligence and with care. These books will, no doubt, be purchased as fast as the funds at the disposal of the Trustees will permit, so that, in time, the whole Library may become in every department of human knowledge such a Library as the City of Boston ought to have, and such as its citizens not only ask for, but will faithfully use for their own benefit and for the advancement of the city's character and prosperity. To reach this most desirable end, and to reach it at no distant day, the Trustees rely confidently on the beneficence of the patrons and friends of the Library, who have already done so much for it; on the interest felt in it by our citizens generally, who, with their families, daily enjoy its great privileges; and on the City Government, which never ceases to feel the paramount duty of protecting and fostering whatever promotes the education and the moral advancement of the whole community. PUBLIC LIBRARY, 19 Oct., 1858. EDWARD EVERETT, JOHN P. BIGELOW, HENRY W. HAYNES. INDEX. 8° 699.14 635.1 460.55-59 ABADDON: a poem. Fairfield, S. L. . . . Handbook of chemistry. Pref. by Dr. Hofmann. Philad., 349.2 ABEL, F. A. and Bloxham, C. L. 1854. 8° 156.3 ABELL, L. G. The skillful housewife's book. N. 12° 1087.16 738.4 III. General course of history to [1789.] New York, 1856. 8° Harper's story books. N. Y., n.d. 27v. in 9. 16° Contents. Vol. I. Bruno; Willie and the Mortgage; The strait gate. II. Virginia; Timboo and Jotiba; Timboo and Fanny. III. The little Louvre; Prank; Emma. IV. Harper establishment; Franklin; The studio. V. Ancient history; English history; American history. VI. John True; Elfred; The museum. VII. The engineer; Rambles among the Alps; Three gold dollars. VIII. The Gibraltar gallery; The alcove; Dialogues. IX. The great clm; Aunt Margaret Vernon. 948.1 739.1 Harper establishment. N. Y., n.d. 16. . 739.2 History of Alexander the G. N. Y., n.d. 16° 549.1-4 Alfred of England. N. Y., 1849. 16° Pyrrhus. New York, 1854. 16°. 1 of the U. S., Acc't of. Sanford, E. of N. Eng., Hist. of. Thacher, J.. ABORTION, Causes and treatm't of. Whitehead, J. ABOUT, E. Germaine. Paris, 1857. 12°. .... 153 3 1078.15 224.17 844.10 ACCUM, F. Chemical tests. 3d ed. Lond., 1820. 12° 889.2 ACTON, E. English bread-book. Lond., 1857. 12° 188.33 ACTON, W. Diseases of urinary and generative organs. Fr. 2d Lond. ed. N. Y., 1852. 8° 151.21 ACTON, Mass., A history of. Shattuck, L. ACTORS in the plays of Shakespeare, Memoirs of. Collier, J. P... ACTORS, An apology for. Heyward, T. Hackett, H. B. Commentary.. See also: Bible. 342.31 342.2 1097.9 1093.2 549.27-28 559.6-7 Xerxes the Great. N. Y., 1852. 16° ..549.25-26 659.17-21 ADAIR, R. Mission to the court of Vienna, 1800. in Holland. Boston, 1857. 16°. 16° Springfield Armory. n.p., n.d. 16° . Summer in Scotland. New York, 1848. 12° 647.18-21 Way to do good. New York, [1852.] 12° 1087.6 Young Christian. New York, [1851.] 12°. 1087.7 ABBOTT, J. S. C. Child at home. N. Y., n.d. 16° 1109.14 History of Henry IV. of Fr. N. Y., 1856. 16° 559.13–17 Europe and in Brazil. Transl. by Sir R. H. Schomburgk and J. E. Taylor. Introd. by Bar. von Humboldt. Lond., 1849. 2v. 8°. ADAM, A. Roman antiquities. Notes by J. Boyd 7th N. Y. ed. by L. L. Da Ponte. New York, 1836. 8°.... 633 11 954.7 ADAM Blair, Passages in life of. Lockhart, J. G. 769.9 802.21 753.13 Hernando Cortez. N. Y., 1855. 16° ... 579.1-5 Josephine. New York, 1854. 16°. . . .559.17-22 King Philip. New York, 1857. 16° . . . 579.7 Maria Antoinette. New York, 1854. 16°. 569.13-16 Mme. Roland. New York, 1853. 16°.. 569.23-27 Mother at home. New York, n.d. 16° 119.12 Napoleon at St. Helena. New York, 1855. 8°. 602.2-4 Napoleon Bonaparte. N. Y., 1855-6. 2v. 8°. 601.1-8 ABDUL MEDJID. See Gilson, A. Czar and sultan. 918.16 ABDY, E. S. Journal in the United States, 1833-4. London, 1835. 3v. 8° ... Contents, Vol. I. Life. II. Diary; Notes of debates in congress, 1775-6; Autobiography; App. III. Autobiography, continued: Diary: Notes of debate in the senate of the U. S.; Essays; Disputation on the canon and the feudal law; Instructions of Braintree to its representatives, 1765; Instructions of Boston to their representatives, 1768-9: On the independence of the judiciary: controversy between W. Brattle and J. Adams; App. IV. Novanglus, or a history of the dispute with America from 1754; Thoughts on government, 1776; Report of a constitution for Massachusetis, 1779; Defence of the Constitutions of the U. S. 1778, vol. 1. V. Defence, vols. 2 and 3. VI. Defence, vol. 3, continued; Discourses on Davila; Four letters on government; Three letters on the Constitution: Letters to Jno. Taylor of Caroline, in reply to strictures on the Defence; Review of Mr. Hillhouse's propositions for amending the Constitution. VII-IX. Official letters, messages, and public papers. IX., X. General correspondence; Indexes. Gibbs, G.. 344.21 537.3 283.1 ADONIS; poëme. La Fontaine, J. de.. ADULTERATIONS, in food and med. Hassall, A. H. See British essayists, v. 23-25 ADVENTURES of British seamen in the So. Ocean. Edinburgh, 1827. 18°.. ADVICE to his grandchildren. Hale, M. 1069.7 469.2 667.4 135.12 156. 12 156.13 820.68 850.26 850.24 901.6 830.26 139.6 683.4 359.6 Dana, S. L. Muck manual. Pleasures of the imagination. New ed., with Life, writings and genius of. Bucke, C. ALBIGENSES, Hist. of the crusades against. Sis 840.1 ALBERT et Isabelle, Histoire d'. . 165.25 165.9 mondi, J. C. L. S. de 169.31 ... Works IV... See also: Waldenses. ALBINUS. Introduction to Plato. ALBUM Österreichischer Dichter. Wien, 1850. 8° Containing biograph, notices and selections from Nikolaus Lenau [pseud. for Niembsch von Strehlenau, Nicol]; Anastasius Gran [pseud. for Auersperg, Ant. Al. M. Graf von]; Franz Grillparzer; Friedrich Halm, [ps. for Manch-Bellinghausen, Elig. Franz Josef, Freiherr von]; Edward von Bauernfeld; J. F. Castelli; Ludwig Aug. Frankl; Ad. von Tschabuschnigg; Joh. Gabr. Seidl; C. F. Draxler-Manfred; Johann N. Vogl; Heinrich von Levitschnigg. 358.24 586.16 334.23 1075.14 949.5 814.3 1013.3 Pardee, R. G. Russell, R. A. of North America.. Stöckhardt, J. A. Chemistry of. 623.4 836.1 1075.6 1075.5 1075.4 1851. 12°. ALCHEMY and the alchemists. Hitchcock, E. A.. ALCINOUS. Introduction to Plato. Works IV. ALCOHOLIC drinks, Effects of. Forbes, J.. ALCOHOLIC liquors, Use and abuse of. Carpenter, 1075.33 197.4 814.3 127.19 See also: Farming, Gardening, Husbandry, Operations agricoles. Rural and domestic economy. AGUILAR, G. Days of Bruce. N. Y., 1853. 2v. 12°.765.1-10 1075.1 764.16-22 Woman's friendship. A story. New York, 1850. 12° 764.9-15 Women of Israel. N. Y., 1853. 2v. 12. .766.11-15 AGUIRRE, The crimes of. Southey, R... 266.9 . London, 1841. 16° AHMED Ibn Hemdem. Turkish evening entertainments. Transl. by J. P. Brown. New York, 1850. 12° AIKIN, A. Illustr. of arts and manufactures. 737.10-11 Life and actions of. Williams, J.. ALEXANDER VI. Pope. Life of. Gordon, A. ALEXANDER I. of Russia, Last days of. Lee, R. ALEXANDER, A. Authenticity, etc. of the Scriptures. 5th ed. Philadelphia, n.d. Founder and alumni of the Log College. Princeton, 1845. 12°. . . . . 810.8 544.2 517.16 12° 118.4 1089.8 ALFIERI, V. Commedie. Londra, 1804. 2v. in 1. 16° Contents.-Vol. I. L'Uno; I Pochi; I Troppi. II. L'Antidoto; La Finestrina; Il Divorzio. Tragedie. Firenze, 1855. 2v. 12°...... Contents.-Vol. I. Filippo; Polinice; Antigone; Virginia; Agamennone; Oreste; Rosmunda; Ottavia; Timoleone; Merope; Maria Stuarda: La congiura de' Pazzi; Don Garzia. II. Saul; Agide; Sofonisba; Bruto primo; Mirra; Bruto secundo; Antonio e Cleopatra; Abele; Alceste secunda; Sull'arte comica in Italia; Lettera di Ranieri de' Calsabigi; Riposta; Lettere dell' abate Cesarotti; - di G. M. Lampredi;di M. Cesarotti; Risposte, ec. Tragedies, transl. by C. Lloyd. London, 1815. 3v. 16° Contents. Vol. I. Philip: Polinices: Antigone; Virginia; Agamemnon; Orestes. II. Rosmunda; Octavia; Timoleon; Merope; Mary Stuart: Conspiracy of the Pazzi. III. Don Garcia; Saul; Agis; Sophonisba; The first Brutus; Myrrha; The second Brutus. Vita, scritta da esso. Ed. arrich. di giunte. Firenze, 1853. 12° Autobiography. Transl. with an essay, by C. E. Lester. 2d ed. New York, 1845. Life and adventures of. Copping, E. ALFORD, H. Poetical works. Boston, 1853. ALFRED the Great, History of. Abbott, J.. 312.1 499.10-11 .499.12-13 Critical essay on the "Chase," and life of Falconer. 359.5 Mem. of J. Aikin: with selections from his pieces. Philadelphia, 1824. 8°.. Court of Charles I. Philadelphia, 1833. 2v. 8° Q. Elizabeth. 6th ed. Lond., 1826. 2v. 8° James I. 3d ed. London, 1823. 2v. 8°. AINSLIE, W. Hist. of Br. India. See Murray, H. AINSWORTH, W. F. Travels in the track of the ten thousand Greeks. London, 1844. 12°. AINSWORTH, W. H. James II. An historical romance. New York, 1848. 8° 584.2 575.6 976.6 554.3 552.8 810.51 Peirce, B. Elementary treatise on. ALGEBRAIC geometry. Waud, S. W. ALGEBRAICAL equations, Theory of. ALGER, W. R. Hist. of the cross of Christ. ton, 1858. 16°.. Poetry of the East. Boston, 1856. 16° ALGERIA in 1845. St. Marie, Count.. ALGIC researches. Schoolcraft, H. R. ALGIERS. Bowen, A. War with.. Campbell, T. Letters from.. Davies, E. W. L. Its climate and resources. 148.4 Murphy, R. Bos 365.17 365.15 at home. Prayers, etc. Miles, H. A. ALTON Locke, tailor and poet. Kingsley, C... .484.13-14 AMABEL, a family history. Wormeley, M. E.. AMADIS of Gaul. Lobeira, V. de. . . . 118.16 416.2 779.2 1089.9 .315.12-13 698.23 489.9 215.11 698.25 918.3 889.18 915.4 ALHAMBRA, The. See Irving, W. AMALIE von Sachsen. Original Beiträge zur deutschen Schaubühne. Dresden. 1836-44. 7. 12° 1025.2 Contents. Vol. I. Lage und Wahrheit; Die Braut aus der Residenz; Der Oheim. II. Die Fürstenbraut; Der Landwirth: Der Verlobungsring. III. Der Zogling; Vetter Heinrich; Der Unentschlossene. IV. Der Majoratserbe: Der Pflegevater; Das Fräulein vom Lande. V. Die Unbelesene; Die Stieftochter; Pflicht und Liebe. VI. Capitain Firnewald: Die Heimkehr des Sohnes; Folgen einer Gartenbeleuchtung. VII. Der Siegelring; Der alte Herr; Regine. Dramas. Tr. etc., by Mrs. Jameson. London, 1840. 2v. 12°. 876.15 ALI Pasha, Life of. Davenport, R. A. 379.15 ALICE: or, the mysteries. Lytton, E. Bulwer. . ALISON, Rev. A. Essays on taste. With corrections by A. Mills. New York, 1850. 12°.. ALISON, Sir A. History of Europe from 1789 to 1815. New York, 1848-50. 4v. 8°. Epitome of the hist. of Europe, from 1789 to 1815. London, 1852. 8°.. History of Europe, 1815-52. New York, 185558. 3v. 8°..... Contents. Vol. I. Introductory sketch; Falsehood and truth; The uncle. II. The young ward; The princely bride; The country cousin. AMARANTH, The. Philadelphia, n.d. 18° AMARI, M. La guerra del vespro Siciliano. 5ta ed. Torino, 1852. sm. 8°. War of the Sicilian vespers. Tr. and ed. by the earl of Ellesmere. London, 1850. 3v. 12° AMAZON river. Prince Adalbert. Voyage up the Edwards, W. H. Voyage up the 850.28 1016.7 915.6 633.11 635.15 943.2 Miscellaneous essays. Philadelphia, 1850. 8° ALKALIMETRY, New methods of. Fresenius, C. 863.5 Maw, H. L. Passage by the, to the Atlantic. 633.13 Warren, J. E. Scenes and adventures on the.636.30-31 AMAZON Steamship. Loss of the.. 989.9 R. and Will, H. 156.21 AMBER witch, The. Meinhold, J. W. 889.34 AMBLY, P. B. d'. Les cartes à jouer. Paris, 1854. 12° 1078.28 AMENITIES of literature. D'Israeli, I.. 897.7-8 585.1 AMERICA. Alexander, J. E. Seven years in British. Baily, J. Description of Central. 626.8 .... 266.4 man, C. . . . . 628.11 Baird, R. Religion in.. 113.2 Baxter, W. E. A. and the Americans. 629.30 ALLEINE, R. Heaven opened. New York, n.d. 12° 1107.5 ALLEN, C. B. Cottage building. 2d ed. London, Beltrami, J. C. Pilgrimage in. 625.18 Biggs, J. Miranda's attempt in South. 206.7 1854. 16°. 819.29 Birkbeck, M. Journey in 625.17 ALLEN, D. O. India, anc. & mod. Boston, 1856. 8934.1-2 ALLEN, E. Narrative of his captivity. Walpole, Bogen, F. W. The German in. 629.33 Brackenridge, H. M. Voyage to South 633.19 N. H., 1807. 12° 528.18 Bremer, F. Impressions of. 627.2 Same. 4th ed. Burlington, 1846. 12°. 528.17 and the Green mount. heroes. De Puy, H. W. Life of. Sparks, J. Lives of em. indiv. II. Buckingham, J. S. A. historical, statist., etc. 624.4 528.16 Carver, J. Travels through North 639.8 518.5 Chambers, W. Things in. Columbus, C. First voyage to.. 214.1 Crowe, F. The gospel in Central 1087.4 Darusmont, F. W. Society and manners in. 624.9 ALLEN, J. Battles of the British navy. New ed. London, 1852. 2v. p. 8°. Esquemeling, J. Buccaneers of. 254.3 825.1 Everett, A. H. Political situation of 297.3 ALLEN, J. F. Culture of the grape vine. 3d ed. New York, 1853. 12° Fearon, H. B. Sketches of. 624.15 165.19-21 ALLEN, P. Expedition of Lewis and Clarke. New Frost, J. Remarkable events in hist. of. Gass, P. Travels through North.. 304.7 625.6 York, 1845-47. 2v. 8° 820.52 Godley, J. R. Letters from. 629.6 ALLEN, W., D.D. Memoir of John Codman. Boston, 1853. 8°. Goodrich, S. G. Contes de Pierre Parley. 1069.8 534.8 Gordon, T. F. Span. discov. previous to 1520 Grant, A. Manners and scenery in 259.9 878.7 to the Niger, 1841. London, 1848. 2v. 8°. 693.9 Griswold, R. W. Poets and poetry of.. 314.4&6 ALLEN, W., F.R.S. Memoir of. Sherman, J.. 568.6 Gurowski, A. G. de. A. and Europe 134.19 ALLEYN, E. Memoirs of. Collier, J. P.. 342.1 Hamilton, T. Men and manners in 626.1 ALLEYN papers. Collier, J. P... 342.17 ALLSTON, W. Lectures on art, and poems, ed. by R. H. Dana, jr. N. Y., 1850. 12°. ... 208.10 Jobson, F. J. A. and Am. Methodism 625.22 On the works and genius of. Ware, W... ALMACKS revisited. A novel. London, 1828. 3v. 12° Same. New York, 1828. 2v. 12°. ALNWICK castle and other poems. Halleck, F. G. 345.10 ALONE: a novel. Hawes, V. 805.23-25 ALPHONSO and Dalinda: a tale. Genlis, Mme. de. 449.21 208.11 Johnston, J. F. W. Notes on North. .624.16-17 769.4 Lanman, C. Adventures in North.. 409.16 769.5 |