e plans are said to have
been eminently successful in removing the inconveniences, which
rendered the light less efficient, and the lighthouse an unwholesome
and even dangerouse place of abode.

[Footnote 6: In the year 1836 the coast of France were provided with
no less than ninety-six lighthouses.]

THE END.

Parker's
Collections in Popular
Literature.

Collections in Popular Literature,
publishing by
John W. Parker, West Strand,
London.

It has frequently been suggested to the Publisher, that he might
render an acceptable service to the friends of Education, and greatly
assist those who desire to promote the intellectual amusement of the
people, by producing a series of Popular Books, at low prices,
calculated, by their unexceptionable tendency, for general use in
families; from which School Libraries might be formed, Reward Books
selected, and Lending Libraries supplied; which, on account of their
convenient form and size, would be welcome as Fireside and Travelling
Companions; books, in short, which might be found instructive and
entertaining wherever introduced.

These suggestions he is now carrying out, in compliance with certain
conditions, namely, that the works produced shall be unexceptionable
in subject and in treatment; that the series be sufficiently varied to
meet the requirements of all classes of readers; and that each book
shall be complete in itself, and procurable for a very small sum.

The COLLECTIONS IN POPULAR LITERATURE will, therefore, embrace most of
the features of an Encyclopaedia, though the subjects will not be
divided into fragments, or scattered over many volumes; each subject
being treated with fulness and completeness, and its information
brought up to the present time.

The Plan will embrace new and improved Editions of certain Standard
English books, but the majority of the works will be newly written,
translated, compiled, or abridged, for the present purpose; and the
volumes will appear from time to time in sufficient variety to extend
simultaneously, and in due proportion, the various branches of Popular
Literature. The whole will be prepared with an especial view to the
diffusion of sound opinions--to the promulgation of valuable facts and
correct principles--and to the due i