This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ... CLOSE OF AUTUMN. Miscellaneous Reflections on Autumnal Appearances. The Landscape at the Close of Autumn, in. Sunday The Fall of the Leaf. GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT. Government of the World by General Laws. Government of the World by a Particular Providence. Contrast between Savage and Civilized Life, as regards the Arts. As regards Domestic Comforts. As regards Commerce. As regards Moral Cultivation, nn. Sunday "The Harvest is the End of the World." The preceding ten volumes are now ready for delivery;and they will be followed, with all due despatch, by the subjoined, among others, provided they are approved by the Board of Education. LIFE OF WASHINGTON, (with a portrait, and numerous engravings, ) by the Rev. Chahles W. Upham, Author of ' the Lye of Sir Henry Vane.' THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES; in two volumes, with Preface and Notes, by Francis Wayland, D. D., President of Brown University. THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES, illustrated by incidents in the Lives of American Individuals; in one volume, with Portraits. HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, in two volumes, with illustrative wood cuts, by Robley Dunglison, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; Author of' Elements of Hygiene, ' ' The Medical Student, ' 'Principles of Medical Practice, ' Sfc. fyc. CHEMISTRY, with illustrative wood cuts, by BenjaMin Silliman, M. D., LL. D., Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, fyc. in Yale College. ASTRONOMY, by Dennison Olmsted, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in Yale College. This work will be a popular treatise on the Science; it will also enter fully into its history, and consider the subject of Natural Theology, so far as it is related to Astronomy. NATURAL...