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Excerpt from A Memoir on Ireland Native and Saxon No establishment in the U. States shall be more amply provided with the varied and delightful productions of Classical and Oriental genius. Heads of Colleges and Universities wishing to secure the best editions, will find their advantage, in procuring them, through the Subscribers; who can select and recommend understanding. In the Department of Modern Languages, &c. - many of the most elegant and necessary productions of the French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German writers may be always found; together with the most recent and approved Grammars, Dictionaries, Phrase Books and Exercises in these indispensable languages. In the Miscellaneous Department - in Belles Lettres, History, Poetry, Biography, Philosophy, Voyages and Travels, Oratory, Composition, - every publication of merit, Foreign and Domestic, will be generally attainable. Under this head, Irish History, Poetry, Antiquities, and Music shall ever claim a prominent place. In School Requisites - the latest and most popular Grammars, Geographies and Atlasses, Arithmetics, Reading and Spelling Books, Dictionaries, &c. &c.; with the most scientific treatises, on Logic, Rhetoric, Composition, Book-keeping, Mensuration, Algebra, Geometry, Navigation, &c., &c., will be judiciously provided and always on sale. In the Print and Periodical Department - the ablest, most instructive, and least objectionable among the Quarterlies, Monthlies, and Weeklies, both foreign and domestic; together with the most beautiful and edifying Prints, Engravings, and Lithographs. Stations of the Cross, and other Religious Prints, plain and coloured, always on hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.