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NEW AND VALUABLE WORKS

PUBLISHED BY

JOHN SNOW, 35, PATERNOSTER ROW.

NEW CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

This day is published, in one handsome Volume, post Svo, cloth gilt, price 5s.,
THE ISLAND QUEEN. A Missionary Poem.

Mrs. ELLIS, Author of "The Women of England," "Sons of the Soil," &c.
HANDSOME PRESENT FOR THE YOUNG.

By

This day is published, with Ten Engravings, in one Volume, foolscap 8vo, in Wrapper, beautifully printed in colours, price 1s. 6d., or elegantly bound in cloth, gilt edges, 2s. 6d.,

THE JUVENILE MISSIONARY KEEPSAKE for 1846. Edited by the Writer of "Madagascar and its Martyrs," "Missionary Stories," &c.

Preparing for publication, and will shortly be published, in one handsome Volume, Svo, with Portrait, &c,

A MEMOIR of the LIFE, LABOURS, and CHARACTER of the late THOMAS WILSON, Esq., of Highbury. By his SON.

In foolscap 8vo,

EMMAUS; or, Communion with the Saviour at Eventide. By Rev. JOHN WADDINGTON, Author of "Hebrew Martyrs."

Shortly will be published, in foolscap 8vo,

THE THREE KINGDOMS: with an Allegory. A

Book for the Young.

Just published, in thick 8vo, cloth lettered, 10s. 6d., Vol. I., to be complete in two Volumes,

THE HISTORY of the LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY; comprising an Account of the Origin of the Society: Biographical Notices of some of its Founders and Missionaries: with a Record of its Progress at Home and its Operations Abroad. Compiled from Original Documents in the possession of the Society. By Rev. WILLIAM ELLIS, late Foreign Secretary of the Society, and Author of "Polynesian Researches."

This day is published, under the sanction of the Directors, in one Volume, 8vo, cloth lettered, price 3s. 6d.,

THE JUBILEE SERVICES of the LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY; containing the Sermons of the Rev. JAMES PARSONS, Rev. WILLIAM JAY, and Dr. RAFFLES, &C.

This day is published, in one handsome Volume, 8vo, cloth lettered, price 10s. 6d., MEMOIR of the LIFE and WRITINGS of THOMAS CARTWRIGHT, B.D., the distinguished Puritan Reformer; including the principal Ecclesiastical Movements in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. By the Rev. B. BROOK, author of "History of Religious Liberty," and "Lives of the Puritans," &c.

This day is published, in one Volume, foolscap 8vo, cloth, 48., THE SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENT against APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION; including its Affiliated Errors, the Supremacy of Peter, the Graduated Scale of Ministerial Orders, and the Conveyance of Grace by the Laying on of Hands. By the Rev. THOMAS STRATTEN.

Works Published by John Snow, 35, Paternoster-row.

THIRD THOUSAND.

This day is published, in one handsome Volume, 8vo, with full-length Portrait, cloth lettered, price 12s.,

MEMOIRS of the LIFE of the Rev. JOHN WILLIAMS, Missionary to Polynesia. Compiled from his Journals, Correspondence, and other authentic sources. By the Rev. E. PROUT, of Halstead.

"We feel greatly indebted to Mr. Prout for this valuable effort of his pen. He has done honour to himself while he has conferred a lasting obligation on the Christian Church."-Evangelical Magazine.

NEW WORK ON MISSIONS.

SECOND THOUSAND.-This day is published, in foolscap 8vo, cloth, beautifully illustrated, price 48.,

THE MISSIONARY'S REWARD; or, The Success of the Gospel in the Pacific. By GEORGE PRITCHARD, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Consul at the Navigators' Islands, South Seas. With an Introduction by the Rev. JOHN ANGELL JAMES.

Dedicated by special permission to His Royal Highness Prince Albert. EIGHTH THOUSAND.-In one handsome Volume, 8vo, with Map, and beautifully illustrated, price 128.,

MISSIONARY LABOURS and SCENES in SOUTHERN AFRICA. By the Rev. R. MOFFAT, twenty-three years a Missionary in

South Africa.

"For the mere reader of travels, of hair-breadth escapes, of strange scenes, and of wild life, it will be difficult to find a work which will surpass the present; while, to the philanthropist and the Christian, it holds out the most affecting subjects, and also the most inviting and encouraging prospects."-Monthly Review.

Just published, in one handsome Volume, royal 12mo, cloth lettered, with Portrait, 10s. 6d.

MEMOIRS of DAVID NASMITH; his Labours and Travels in Great Britain, France, the United States, and Canada. By Rev. JOHN CAMPBELL, D.D.

"This book is one that will live as long as Christianity, and live as one of the noblest proofs of the benign and heavenly character of that Christianity. We wish the book a place in every library, in every family, in every heart. It presents us with a character seldom equalled, and never surpassed in the walks of Christian usefulness, and of a lofty and unearthly philanthropy."-Glasgow Examiner.

This day is published, in foolscap 8vo, cloth lettered, price 4s., MEMOIRS of MRS. LOUISA MUNDY, of the London Missionary Society's Mission at Chinsurah, Bengal. With extracts from her Diary and Letters. By her HUSBAND.

"A deeply interesting book, exhibiting the profoundest piety, and the most energetic and untiring devotion to the sacred cause of Missions. The Memoir of this gifted and holy woman would not be too highly honoured if printed in letters of gold."-Manchester Times.

FORTIETH THOUSAND.-Beautifully illustrated, price 2s. 6d.; or post 8vo,

cloth, 88.,

A NARRATIVE of MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES in the SOUTH SEA ISLANDS; with Remarks upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions, and Usages of the Inhabitants. By the Rev. JOHN WILLIAMS.

This day is published, in one handsome Volume, post 8vo, cloth lettered, beautifully illustrated, price 8s. 6d.,

JAMAICA, ITS PAST and PRESENT STATE. By Rev. JAMES M. PHILLIPPO, twenty years a Missionary in that Island.

"A volume of enchanting interest, which equals those of Williams and Moffat, presenting a most instructive and entertaining view of the state of society in Jamaica, and written in a spirit which inspires implicit confidence in the narrator."

-Patriot.

Works Published by John Snow, 35, Paternoster-row.

Cheap Edition.

Just published, in foolscap 8vo, the Third Edition, with Portrait, cloth lettered, price 68.,

THE MARTYR of ERROMANGA; or, The Philosophy of Missions, illustrated from the Labours, Death, and Character of the late Rev. John Williams. By the Rev. JOHN CAMPBELL, D.D.

"Never before has the Missionary enterprise been placed in such a variety of commanding and all-subduing aspects."-Evangelical Magazine.

Fifth Thousand, in one handsome Volume, 8vo, beautifully illustrated bound in cloth, and lettered, with Map by Arrowsmith, and Frontispiece in Oil Colours by Mr. G. Baxter, price 128.,

CHINA: its STATE and PROSPECTS, with especial reference to the Diffusion of the Gospel; containing Allusions to the Antiquity, Extent, Population, Civilization. Literature, Religion, and Manners of the Chinese; with Remarks on the Opium Trade. By the Rev. W. H. MEDHURST, twenty years a Missionary to the Chinese.

"Mr. Medhurst's book is one of those which he that begins to read will scarcely be able to close till he arrives at the last page, and he who has read it once will be glad of the opportunity of frequently consulting it.”—Wesleyan Magazine.

Second Thousand. In 8vo, beautifully Illustrated, handsomely bound
in cloth and lettered, price 12s.

BRITISH INDIA: in its Relation to the Decline of Hindooism and the Progress of Christianity; containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People; on the Effects which Idolatry has produced upon their Civil, Moral, and Political Relations, &c. &c. By the Rev. WILLIAM CAMPBELL of the London Missionary Society.

"The Bangalore Missionary has produced a volume of extraordinary interest." -Patriot.

"A volume of great interest and worth."-Watchman.

Just published, a new, revised, and cheap Edition, with Twenty-six
beautiful Engravings, price 78.,

VOYAGES and TRAVELS ROUND the WORLD. By the Rev. DANIEL TYERMAN, and GEORGE BENNET, Esq., deputed from the London Missionary Society to visit their var ous Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. Compiled from Original Documents, by JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq.

This day is published, in 8vo, price 1s.,

THE STAR of CHINA; or, The Imperial Edict in its Religious, Commercial, and Political Bearings on Protestant and Popish Missions. By Two FRIENDS."

DR. ARCHER'S MISSIONARY SERMON.

This day is published, price 4d.,

THE SPIRIT of GOD in the CONVERSION of the WORLD; a Sermon preached in the Tabernacle, Moorfields, before the Directors of the London Missionary Society, May 14, 1845. By the Rev. THOMAS ARCHER, D.D., of Oxendon Street Chapel.

Second Thousand.

Just published, in one handsome Volume, 8vo, price 108.,

THE ADVANCEMENT of RELIGION the CLAIM

of the TIMES. By the Rev. ANDREW REED, D.D.

"It is written in a style of masterly eloquence. Every page is like a flood of light, every sentence as though it had been sipped in heaven.' We beg and entreat of our affluent Christian friends to promote its distribution among our ministers and churches; wherever it is circulated and read, it will be deemed a treasure of incomparable worth, and will be productive of impressions and results which will never die."- Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion Magazine.

Works Published by John Snow, 35, Paternoster-row.

Second Edition. This day is published, in foolscap Svo, cloth lettered, 5s., ILLUSTRATIONS of the PRACTICAL POWER of FAITH, in a Series of Popular Discourses on Part of the Eleventh Chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews. By the Rev. THOMAS BINNEY.

Third Edition, post 8vo, price 7s., dedicated to the Rev. J. P. Smith, D.D.,

THE EXTENT of the ATONEMENT in its RELATION to GOD and the UNIVERSE. By the Rev. THOMAS JENKYN, D.D., President of Coward College.

Second Edition. This day is published, in foolscap 8vo, cloth lettered, price 68.,

ON the UNION of the HOLY SPIRIT and the CHURCH in the CONVERSION of the WORLD. By the Rev. THOS. JENKYN, D.D., President of Coward College.

"We bear our willing testimony to the transcendent ability displayed in the work before us. It is profound in thought, close in argumentation, and rich in its illustrations."-Methodist New Connexion Magazine.

"We are happy to announce a new edition of this very important work. We regard it as one of the most valuable which uninspired man has ever produced."— Sunday School Magazine.

Third Edition. Just published, in foolscap 8vo, cloth lettered, price 3s. 6d., THE MOTHER'S PRACTICAL GUIDE in the Physical, Intellectual, and Moral Training of her Children; with an Additional Chapter upon the Claims and Responsibilities of Stepmothers. By Mrs. J. BAKE

WELL.

"This truly judicious writer has furnished the mother a manual from which we cannot perceive that a single important point is omitted. Not alone physical, moral, and intellectual, but spiritual things are discussed in their proper order; and the admirable good sense pervading the whole treatise must carry conviction to every mind of the Author's eminent fitness for the office she has been led to assume that of a guide to young mothers."-Christian Ladies' Magazine.

FIFTH THOUSAND.-This day is published, cloth lettered, price 8d.; FRIENDLY HINTS to FEMALE SERVANTS on the best Means of promoting their own and their Employers' Happiness. By Mrs. J. BAKEWELL.

Just published, in one handsome Volume, foolscap 8vo, cloth lettered, 7s. ASTRONOMY and SCRIPTURE; or, Some Illustrations of that Science, and of the Solar, Lunar, Stellar, and Terrestrial Phenomena of Holy Writ. By Rev. T. MILNER, M.A.

"The volume is admirably adapted for young people and those who are not conversant with the subjects treated of. Without entering into perplexing and wearying details, it gives a clear outline of the science, and is at the same time as entertaining as instructive."-Christian Examiner.

This day is published, in one Volume, foolscap 8vo, cloth lettered, price 2s., CONFESSIONS of a CONVERT from BAPTISM in WATER to BAPTISM with WATER.

"Such a work as the one before us has long been a desideratum. The writer of the Confessions of a Convert' handles his subject in a most able and satisfactory manner. The book is adapted to the popular taste, and highly popular it must and will become. Its reasonings are clear and conclusive, and will, we are persuaded, convince every serious and candid inquirer that the 'Convert' was right in the decision which he adopted. The narrative portion of the book is deeply interesting."-Methodist New Connexion Magazine.

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