The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-13 00:00:00

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THE SOIREES.
ROYAL INSTITUTION-1840, 1841.
A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Royal Institution, in con-
.. La. junction with a Committee of the Members of the
Literary and Philosophical Society, have arranged that
FOUR SOIREES shall be given this Season, viz.:
On TUESDAY, November-the lith
,On WEDNESDAY, December the 30th, 1840.
On TUESDAY, February the sth,
On TUESDAY, March the 11th, 1841.
The Museum and Galleries of the Institution will be thrown
open at Seven o'clock each EVening, and interesting Sub-
jects of Taste and Curicisity, contributed for the occasion,
will be exhibited : at Eight o'clock an Essay on some popu-
lar Subject in Science or Literature will be read, or Philo-
sophical Experiments shown in the Theatre.
TERMS OF ADMISSION FOR THE SEASON,
(INCLUDING TEA AND COFFEE.) S. d.
For GENTLEMEN l2 ~0
For LADIES
For STRANGERS, for the Evening only ..
Tickets of Admission will be issued subject to the follow-
ing Regulations :—" To Proprietors, Subscribers to the
Institution, their Families, to Membe of the Literary and
Philosophical and Natural Histor reties, on SATURDAY,
the 14th. The remainder of tl ickets, if any, will be
issued on MONDAY, the 16th, and TuEsnAy,the 17th instant,
to Gentlemen and Ladies, the earliest Applicants, introduced
by a Proprietor or Subscriber, or Member as above. All
applications for Tickets to be made to Mr. WINSTANLEY,
the Treasurer of the Soirees, at the Royal Institution, from
Eleven o'clock until Four, on the days specified. A limited
number of Tickets will be issued for Strangers, for each
Evening, introduced as above.

N.8.-The second Soiree, which was intended to be held
on Tuesday, December 29th, is altered to WEDNESDAY. the
30th, so as not to interfere with the Subscription Conceit.
By order of the Committee.
TIIOS. WINSTANLEY, Treasurer.

TWENTY-FIRST YEAR, 1841. HALF-A-CROWN.
First Issue of 10,000 Copies, containing 108 Mystic Pages,
and a large Steel Plate Hieroglyphic, Coloured.
D APHAEL'S PROPHETIC ALMANACX, WEA-
THER GUIDE, AND HIEROGLY4sHIC FOR
1841, spewing the Events, Predictions, and tik Weather that
will occur during each Month in 1841 ; 4dith RAPHAEL'S
REMARKS ON THE HOROSCOPES OF E QUEEN, LORD
MELBOURNE, DUKE OF WELLINGTO , SIR ROBERT PEEL,
&c., showing the Influence of the P ets on their Lives and
Actions in 1841 ; also, the HAU 'ED LAKE, by Thomas
Miller, Esq.,; the MAGICIAN OF GAUL, by Richard Ryan,
Esq.; the MYSTIC MIRROR, by a German Student ; the
GOOD AND EVIL DAYS IN 1841 : last Year's Hieroglyphic
explained, with fulfilled Predictions ; Peers, Commons, Gar-
dening and Grazing Calendars, Fairs, with " ALL THYNGS
NECESSARIE FOR SUCH A WORKE."
London : Published on the First of every October, by
WILLIAM CHARLTON 'WRIGHT, Of NO. 4, Paternoster-
row, Cheapside, the 21st Year of publication.

Just published,
THE PROTESTANT ALMANACK for 1841, in a Book
1. and Sheet, price Tit REE-PENCE each : containing a Record
of the most important Historical events, relative to the origin
and process of Papal usurpation, persecution, idolatry, mid
corruption, from its rise to the present time, together with
a most accurate Tide-table for London and Liverpool, also
much useful and instructive information of the utmost value
to Protestants of every denomination, compiled by JOSEPH
CRISP, Liverpool.

The great encouragement given to the publication of the
" Protestant Almanack for 1840," 'although brought out
under every disadvantage, has determined the compiler to
spare no trouble or expense in the design and arrangement of
his Almanack for 1841. The Almanack will contain beauti-
fully executed Wood Engravings of

THE MARTYRDOM OF ARCHBISHOP CRANMER,

HEAD OF BISHOP RIDLEY,

MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW,

HEAD OF BISHOP LATIMER,

SEIGE OF DERRY,

DERRY TESTIMONIAL, &C. &C.
As nothing but a most extensive sale can cover the heavy
outlay upon so cheap a work, the compiler sincerely trusts
that every good friend of the cause will use his endeavours
to extend its circulation.

Published by HENRY PERRIS, Church-street, Liverpool,
for JOSEPH CRISP. Sold by F. BAISLER, 124, Oxford-
street ; Protestant Association, 2, Exeter Hall, Strand,
London ; J. PRATT, Bridge-street, Manchester ; D.
BLEAKLEY, 35, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin.

This day is published, price 15s. bound,
-ILLUSTRATIONS OFTHE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS,
1. being Seventeen Engravings from Designs by, the late
THOMAS STOTHARD, ESQ., R.A., with Descripthe Sonnets
by the Rev. G. TOWNSEND, M.A., Prebendarf of Durham.

Lately published, price 215., claii-,
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. VJOHN BUNYAN.
With Original Notes by the late Rev. OMAS Scorr, Illus-
trated with Seventeen Engravings m the original designs
by the late T. STOTHARD, Esq., ~ and twenty Woodcuts
Re
by S. WILLIAMS. Copies with proofs on India paper,
£1 lls. 6d. in cloth, or £1 16s. Od. half bound in morocco,
gilt top. NOTICES.

" We could not have beiie;e7iitpossible to add to the high
estimation in which we have always held the most graceful
artist of our age and country. Yet this series has enhanced
it, and so we venture to affirm it will be with all who examine
it. The prints are so full of beauty ; so natural, and yet so
abundant in grace; so freely conceived, and so admirably
composed ; the figures being so faultlessly grouped, and every
detail so applicable and so fitting, that we must class the col-
lection far above any book-illustrations of our time. The
volume of old John Bunyan, so embellished, is worth a score
of guadily dressed quartos, that seem dwindled by a sense of
their own worthlessness. The drawings, moreover, have
been engraved as they ought to have been : it is absolutely
refreshing in these days of stipple-poverty to find such men
as Mitchell, Goodall, R. Graves, Sangster, Watt, and Stocks,
engraving book-plates, and reminding us of the great old man
whose pencil was so eloquent, whose conceptions were akin
to inspiration and who has left us a store of pictorial lessons
as great in extent as they are wonderful for wisdom. Mr.
Seeley has entitled himself to the gratitude of all who love
art, by raking up these hidden treasures and placing them
where tens of thousands may learn from them."—Art Union,
Dec. 1839.

" The lamented Stothard's charming and characteristic
designs from Banyan's immortal work."—Literary Gazette,
11220 our eye or a long time. It is beautifully printed, and the
illustrations, which are numerous, comprising engravings on
copper, steel, and wood, are of the very first excellence. The
former are from the designs of Stothard, and they are in our
opinion, his chefs-d'alivre."—Asiatic Journal, .Tan., 1840.
" This is without exception the most beautifully illustrated
edition of any standard work with which we are acquainted ;
and when we mention that it is embellished by an admirably
engraved series of no fewer than seventeen of the noblest
productions of the pencil of our British Raffaelle, the late
lamented Mr. Stothard, and is printed and edited in a style
worthy alike the name of John Bunyan, and the exquisite
engravings with which the work is embellished, our readers
will not consider praise so unqualified as hyperbolical.
" As a set of book illustrations, executed in the heyday of
the painter's power, they are unrivalled by any series of en-
gravings which have lately fallen under our notice."—United
Service Gazette, Jan. 4, 1810.

Stothard " never touched a subject without investing it
with some new grace of beauty peculiar to himself. Were
this not sufficiently evident from any of his antecedent
works, it would be amply proved by the present, wherein he
seems thoroughly to have caught the spirit of the author,
and lent an additional charm to pages replete with interest
before."—Parthenon, Jan. 25, 1810.
" This is beyond all comparison the most beautiful edition
of Bunyan's great enchanter that has yet seen the light. The
typography, paper, and pictorial illustrations, are equal to
the best specimens of this improving age : and to our taste,
the illustrations are more happy and less disfigured by ex-
aggeration
_than any we have ever had the opportunity of
—Evangelical Magazine, Feb. 1840.

examining. •

" With-out exception the best and most beautiful edition
extant.... The plates are from Stothard's designs, and this
is an ample guarantee for their elegance and beauty."—av-
ford Herald, Jan. 25.

" The great attraction of this edition are the illustrations,
which consist of a series of the best designs we ever saw from
the pencil of Stothard, eminent as that artist was. We ►rust
conclude with recommending this edition to every admirer
of Bunyan, as being, at the same time, the most splendid
and the most useful one extant."—Hull Packet.
L. AND G. SEELEY, 169, FLEET-STREET.

LATELY PUBLISHED BY L. AND G. SEELEY,
169, Fleet-street, and sold by all Booksellers.
THE NEW COMMANDMENT ; or, the Christian's
Test. With two Woodcuts. Price 2s. Gd. cloth.
BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. A new Edi-
tion. With 27 Woodcuts. 'Small Bvo. Price 4s. cloth.
SUNDAY EVENING INSTRUCTION, or the Cate-
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Clergyman's Wife. 16mo. Price 3s. (id: cloth.
BIBLE STORIES FOR THE YOUNG, with deal
Illustrations and Practical Remarks. Adam to Jaebb. By
the Rev. T. H. GALLAUDET. With Frontispiece. Price
2s. Gd., cloth.

" 'We think the pleasing little volume bill re us will be a
favourite with youthful readers, through tlfe judicious, natu-
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with the narrative."—Christian Ladies' Meg. August 1838.

" A series of Scripture Stories for the Young, told in the
author's own winning manner. To teachers of Sunday
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judicious remarks contained in the preface are worthy the
consideration of every Christian teacher.—Sunday School
T'eache's Magazine, Oct. 1838.

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LITTLE MARY ; or, God in Every Thing. Two Parts.
INSTRUCTIVE FABLES FOR CHRISTIAN SCHO-
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YOUTHFUL PIETY EXEMPLIFIED, in the last Ill-
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TERILL, Rector of Blakeney, Norfolk.
ANECDOTES illustrative of the
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THE LOST FARM; or, The Effects of a Lie. Second
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THE HAPPY FAMILY ; or, Talents well Employed.
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ELLEN'S VISIT TO TIIE SHEPHERD. :By the
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