CATALOGUE OF BOOKS

ON

PROVERBS, MAXIMS, ETC.

ADAGEA, Sive Proverbia Græcorum ex Zenobio seu

geniano et Suidæ Collectaneis ab Andrea Schotto. $10.00. Anuerpic, 1612.

enodoto Dio4to. pp. 699.

A MANUAL of Oral Instruction upon the Bible. 18mo. pp. 81. 25 cts. New York, N. D.

ANCIENT FRAGMENTS. Namely:-The Morals of Confucius, the Chinese Philosopher; The Oracles of Zoroaster, the founder of the Persian Magi; Sanchoniatho's Theology of the Phoenicians; The Periplus of Hanno, the Carthaginian Navigator and Discoverer; King Hiempsal's History of the African Settlements; The Choice Sayings of Publius Syrus; The Egyptian Fragments of Manetho; The Similitudes of Demophilus, or Directions for the Proper Regulation of Life; and The Excellent Sayings of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Translated into English by various authors. 12mo. pp. 298. $1.25. New York, 1835.

ANONYMIANA, or Ten Centuries of Observations on various Authors and Subjects,-with a copious Index. 8vo. pp. 371. $2.00. London, 1818.

ANTIQUITY, or the Wise Instructor: being a collection of the most valuable Admonitions and Sentences, compendiously put together, from an infinite variety of the most celebrated Christian and Heathen Writers, Divine, Moral, Historical, Poetical, and Political. 12mo. $2.00. Very rare. Bristol, 1770.

APHORISMES sur la Connaissance et la Curation des Fièvres, Publies par Maxim. Stoll. Traduits en Français par J. N. Corvisart. 8vo. pp. 581. $5.00. Paris, 1797.

APHORISIMI, compunctionis, theologicales, Hieronymi Baldungtartiu et mediciar doctris, &c. Ad reverendissimu in xpo patre et dum: dun Eridericum presules Augustensem, &c. 4to., curious wood cuts. $5.00. No date.

APHORISMS; or, a Glance at Human Nature in Original Maxims, front. 12mo., boards. London, 1820.

APHORISMS for Youth. Selected from English, French, and Italian writers. 18mo. London, 1801.

APHORISMS of Wisdom; or, a Collection of Maxims and Observations. 12mo. pp. 214. $1.00. Boston, 1794.

APOTHEGMATA, Septem Sapientum Græce ex Dem. Phalereo. 4to. N. D.

APOPHTHEGMES, ou Bons Mots des Anciens tirez de Plutarque, de Diogène Learce, d'Eliene, d'Athénée, de Stobée, de Macrobe, et de quelques autres, de la Traduction de N. Perrot. 12mo. Paris,

1694. APOPHTHEGMS of the Ancients, being an historical collection of the most celebrated, elegant, pithy, and prudential Sayings of the most illustrious persons of Antiquity. Selected from the Greek by Erasmus. 2 vols. 12mo. $5.00. London, 1753.

APOPHTHEGMATA, Græca, Latina, Italica, Gallica, Hispania, collecta à G. Tuningio. 8vo. vellum. Off. Plant. 1609.

APOPHTHEGMATUM, Optimis Utriusque Linguæ Scriptoribus, per Cohradum Lycostenem Rubeca quensem collectorum, Loci Communes, denuo aucti et recogniti Omnia per ordinem Alphabeticum redacta. 12mo. pp. 1322. $5.00. Lugduni, 1584.

ARISTOTLIS, aliorumque Problemata quibus de nove accessere Jul. Cæsaris Scaligeri Problemata. 24mo. $3.00. Amsterdam, 1648. ARMENIAN. Apothegms. Calcutta, 1826.

ART OF CONVERSATION. To which is added Miscellaneous Thoughts. 18mo. pp. 108. 38 cts. London, 1839.

BALTIMORE, LORD. A tour to the East in 1763-4. With Remarks on the City of Constantinople and the Turks; also select pieces of Oriental Wit, Poetry, and Wisdom in Sayings, 12mo. pp. 167. $1.00. London, 1767.

BARTLETT, JOSEPH. Aphorisms on Men, Manners, Principles, and Things. 12mo. pp. 148. $1.00. Portsmouth, 1810.

BAULDWIN, W. A Treatise of Moral Philosophy. Wherein is contained the worthy Sayings of Philosophers, Emperors, Kings, and Orators, in the way of Maxims-now enlarged by Thomas Pelfreyman., Gent. 18mo. pp. 190. Black Letter. $2.00. London, N. D. BEACH, W. Summary Rules for Mothers, (in the Way of Maxims.) New York.

BERKLEY, GEORGE, (Bishop of Cloyne.) The Querist; containing several Queries proposed to the consideration of the Public. 12mo. pp. 160. $1.50. Dublin, 1760.

BENNET, J.

Collectio Sententiarum Exemplorum Testimoniorum nec non et Similitudinum. 8vo. pp. 254. $2.00. Cant. 1777. BLAND, ROBERT. Proverbs, carefully taken from Adagia of Erasmus, with explanations; and further illustrations by corresponding examples from the Spanish, Italian, French, and English languages. 2 vols. 12mo. pp. 289 and 248. $3.50. London, 1814. BLESSINGTON, Countess of. Desultory Thoughts and Reflections. 18mo. pp. 120. $1.00. London, 1839.

BOERHAAVE, HERMANNO. Aphorismi de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis. 12mo. pp. 370. 50 cts. Lug. 1787.

BOOK OF PROVERBS, Lessons on the, Topically arranged, forming a System of Practical Ethics. 18mo. pp. 107. 38 cts. Boston, 1843. BORHAAVE, Dr. Aphorisms; concerning the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases. 8vo. $1.50. London, 1715.

BOUHOURS, P. Pensées Ingénieuses des Anciens et des Modernes. 12mo. pp. 288. $1.00. Paris, 1683.

BOYLE, ROBERT. Medical Experiments; or, a Collection of Choice

and Safe Remedies. Contained in 500 Receipts. 12mo. pp. 220. $1.00. London, 1703.

BRANCH, THOMAS. Alphabetical Collection of Maxims, Principles or Rules, Definitions, and Sayings in Law and Equity. 12mo. $1.00. London, 1822.

BREVIARUM Advocatorum Sui Rotundiores Juris Regulæ. 18mo. pp. 244. 75 cts. Paris, 1829.

BROON, H. A Selection of Legal Maxims, Classified and Illustrated. 2d Edition. 8vo. pp. 854. $6.00. London, 1848.

BROUSSAIS, I. F. V. Propositions in Medicine; prefixed to the New Edition of the "Examen des Doctrines Médicales," &c. 8vo. 1823. BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON. Moral Maxims in Single Couplets. 18mo. pp. 95. 75 cts. London, 1837.

CALCOTT, WILLIAM. A Collection of Thoughts, Moral and Divine. 8vo. pp. 489. $3.00. Exeter, 1764.

CARLISLE, Countess Dowager of. Thoughts in the Form of Maxims. Addressed to Young Ladies. 12mo. pp. 149. $1.00. London, 1789. CARMINUM, Proverbialium Totius Humanæ. 18mo. London, 1659. CARONELLI, P. Apotegmi Agrar Ossieno istuzioni per via di massime traitte dall opera de due insigni Agronomi. Catone, e Varrone. 12mo. Venezia, 1791.

CATONIS, DISTIC. Moralia Latine et Græce, cum scholia D. Erasmi, 1538. Sequuntur Mami Publiani, ab Erasmo Christian Hominis. Isocrates ad Demonicum. 12mo. pp. 150. $5.50. Lug. 1538. CHAMBERS, ROBERT. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, with illustrations, chiefly collected from oral sources. 12mo. $1.50. Edinburgh, 1847.

CHAMFORT, NICOLAS. Maxims, Thoughts, Characters, and Anecdotes. To which is prefixed the Life of the Author. 8vo. London, 1796.

CHOKIEO, JOANNE A. Thesaurus Politicorum Aphorismorum in quo Principium Consiliarinum, aulicorum institio. 4to. $3.00. Moguntiæ, 1613.

CHRISTIAN ECONOMY. Translated from a Greek Manuscript, found in the Island of Patmos. 18mo. pp. 72. 50 cts. Boston,

1844.

CHRISTIAN DUTIES, from the Sacred Scriptures; containing all that is necessary to be Believed and Practised in order to our Eternal Salvation. 8vo. pp. 304. $2.00. London, 1730.

This Book is made up of short and pithy Maxims and Sayings taken from the Sacred Scriptures.

CHRISTINA, (Queen of Sweden,) The Works of, namely Maxims, Sentences in Twelve Centuries, and Reflections on the Life and Actions of Alexander the Great. Translated into English. 12mo. $2.00. 1753.

CICERO, Thoughts of, namely, Religion, Man, Conscience, the Passions, Wisdom, Probity, Eloquence, Friendship, Old Age, Death, Scipio's Dreams, and Miscellaneous Thoughts. Translated by A. De Olivet. 12mo. $1.50.

CLARK, MARY C. Shakspeare's Proverbs, or the Wise Saws of the Wisest Poet. Collected into a Modern Instance. 4to. pp. 145. London, 1848.

CLULOW, WILLIAM BENTON. Aphorisms and Reflections: a Miscellany of Thought and Opinion. 12mo. pp. 522. $2.00. London, 1843.

COLE, B. Select Tales and Fables, with Prudential Maxims and other little lessons of Morality. To which is added the Golden Precepts of Phocylides. 18mo. pp. 179. $2.00. Dublin, N. D. COLLINS, JOHN. A Dictionary of Spanish Proverbs, compiled from the best authorities in the Spanish Language; with explanatory illustrations from the Latin, Spanish, and English Authors. 12mo. pp. 391. $2.00. London, 1823.

COLTON, C. C. Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words; Addressed to Those Who Think. Royal 8vo., large paper. $2.00. New York, 1849. COTTMAN, JOHN. Every Man's Monitor; or, the Universal Counsellor. Being a Collection of Select Sentences, Choice Maxims, and Divine Precepts. 12mo. pp. 398. $1.50. Philadelphia, 1813.

CULPEPER, NICHOLAS. Aphorisms. Exceeding requisite for such as intend the noble though much abused Practice of Physic. 12mo. London, 1702.

CUNNINGHAM, J. W. Sancho, or the Proverbialist. 18mo. pp. 188. 50 cts. Boston, 1817.

CYNTHIAS, THE TEMPLE OF; or, the Oracles of Fortune and Wisdom from the Greek. 12mo., calf. $3.00. London, 1778. D'ALEMBERTIANA; ou, Recueil d'Anecdote, Bons Mots, Plaisanteries, Maximes, Réflexions, Sentences, et Pensées de d'Alembert, suivi de Notes et Eclaircissemens relatifs à ce Philosophe. Par Cousin D'Avalon. 24mo. pp. 192. $1.25. Paris, 1813.

D'AVISSE. Moral Reflections. 12mo. $1.00. Paris, N. D. DAY, C. W. The Maxims, Experiences, and Observations of Agogos. 12mo. pp. 180. $1.00. Boston, 1846.

DE GENLIS, MADAME. A New Method of Instruction for Youth in Moral Dialogues, Thoughts, and Maxims. 12mo. pp. 231. $1.00. Dublin, 1800.

DE GENLIS, M. La Bruyère the Less; or, Characters and Manners of the Children of the Present Age. 12mo. pp. 269. $1.00. London, 1800.

DE LA BRUYERE. The Characters or the Manners of the Age. With the characters of Theophrastus. Translated from the Greek. 8vo. pp. 550. $1.50. London, 1789.

DE LA HOUSSAYE, Réflexions, Sentences, et Maximes Morales mis en nouvel ordre, avec des notes politiques et historiques. 18mo., calf. $1.00. Paris, 1725.

DELOREME, JOSEPH. Vie Poésies et Pensées. 18mo. pp. 300. $1.00. Bruxelles, 1839.

DENMAN, THOMAS. Aphorisms on the Application and Use of the Forceps and Vectis; on Preternatural Labors. 12mo. pp. 165. $1.00. London, 1815.

DE WITT, JOHN. The True Interest and Political Maxims of the Republic of Holland and West Finland. 8vo. pp. 492. $2.00. Portrait. London, 1702.

DICTIONNAIRE PORTATIF de Phrases et de Proverbes Français, avec leurs explications. 8vo. pp. 342. $3.00. Amsterdam, 1811.

DICTIONNAIRE des Proverbes Français, et des Façons de Parler Comiques, Burlesques et Familières, &c., &c. 12mo. pp. 420. $2.00. Paris, 1748.

DICKINSON, R. A Compend of the Religious, Doctrinal, and Moral Precepts of the Bible. 18mo. pp. 276. 75 cts. Deerfield, Mass., 1817. DILLWAY, GEORGE. Occasional Reflections. 12mo. pp. 206. 50 cts. Burlington, 1815.

DODSLEY, ROBERT. The Economy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an Ancient Brahmin. 18mo. 50 cts. N. D.

DONALDSON, THOMAS L. Architectural Maxims and Theorisms in elucidation of the Principles of Design and Construction. 8vo. pp. 105. London, 1847.

D'OXENSTEIRN, M. Le Compt. Pensées sur divers sujets, avec es Réflexions Morales du même Auteur. 2 vols. 12mo. La Hae, 1749.

DOYLE, MARTIN. Common Sense for Common People, or Illustrations of Popular Proverbs, designed for the Use of the Peasantry of Ireland. 12mo. pp. 96. 63 cts. Dublin, 1835.

DUMBY, J. S. Pensées sur l'Homme, le Monde et les Mours. 8vo. pp. 261. $2.00. Paris, 1815.

DUNCAN'S Literary Conglomerate, or a Combination of various Thoughts and Facts on various Subjects. 8vo., cloth. 1839. DUPPA, R. Maxims, Reflections, &c. 12mo. pp. 93. London, 1830. ELME, JAMES. Hora Pacivæ. A Thought-Book of Wise Spirits of all Ages and of all Countries, fit for all Men and all Hours-collected, arranged, and edited by J. Elme. 12mo. pp. 256. Boston, 1851. ENGLES, W. M. Rills from the Fountain of Wisdom, or the Book of Proverbs arranged and illustrated. 12mo. pp. 188. $1.00. Philadelphia, 1845.

ENGLISH THEOPHRASTUS, The, or Manners of the Age; being the Modern Characters of the Court, the Town, and City. 8vo. pp. 384. $2.00. London, 1708.

EPIGRAMMATUM. Delectus Elegantes Sententiæ ex Antiquis Poetis. 12mo. $1.00. London, 1752.

ERASMI. Apophthegmatum Opus Cum. 4to. pp. 496. $5.00. Paris,

1533.

ERASMI.

Adagiorum Chiliades Juxta Locos Communes Digestæ. Folio. $5.00. Hanover, 1617.

FACETIÆ. Cantabrigienses. Consisting of Anecdotes, Smart Sayings, Satiric Retorts, &c., &c. 12mo. London, 1886.

FELTHAM, OWEN. Resolves: Divine, Moral, and Political. A new edition, revised and amended, with an account of the Author and his writings, by J. Cumming. 12mo. pp. 404. $2.00. London, 1806. FERGUSON, DAVID. A Collection of Scotch Proverbs. 18mo. Parsley, 1798.

FIELDING, T. Select Proverbs of all Nations. Illustrated with Notes and Comments. 18mo. pp. 216. $1.00. London, 1824. FORMEY, M. Elementary Principles of the Belles-Lettres, (in the Way of Maxims.) 12mo. pp. 229. $1.00. London, 1766.