On the mental illumination and moral improvement of mankind; or, An inquiry into the means by which a general diffusion of knowledge and moral principle may be promoted. Illustrated with engravings.

Mode of access: Internet.

Elegant epistles : being a copious collection of familiar and amusing letters, selected for the improvement of young persons, and for general entertainment, from Cicero, Pliny, Sydney...and others.

The letters of Cicero and Pliny translated by William Melmoth (p. 1-80)

A new general English dictionary; peculiarly calculated for the use and improvement of such as are unacquainted with the learned languages.

First published in 1735.

The duty of a steward to his lord : represented under several plain and distinct articles; wherein may be seen the indirect practices of several stewards, tending to lessen, and the several methods likely to improve their lords estates. To which is added an appendix shewing the way to plenty, proposed to the farmers; wherein are laid down general rules and directions for the management and improvement of a farm. Both design'd originally for the use of the several stewards and tenants of his grace the Duke of Buckingham, and now improv'd and publish'd for the general use and interest of all the nobility and gentry throughout England /

Mode of access: Internet.

A letter to the Rt. Hon. Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House of Commons : containing an inquiry into the most effectual means of the improvement of the coasts and western isles of Scotland, and the extension of the fisheries : with a letter from Dr. Anderson to the author on the same subject /

Includes bibliographical references.

A view of the British empire, more especially Scotland; with some propasals for the improvement of that country, the extension of its fisheries, and the relief of the people.

Mode of access: Internet.

Improvement of the fisheries.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 18823.

Improvement of the fisheries.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 18164.

A treatise on the Irish fisheries : and various other subjects, connected with the general improvement of Ireland /

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 22352.

The principles of physiology : applied to the preservation of health, and to the improvement of physical and mental education /

Includes index.

Review of the Rev. Thomas Andros's Essay on the doctrine of divine efficiency.

Shoemaker 6959.

Letters on the improvement of the mind : addressed to a lady, by Mrs. Chapone. A father's legacy to his daughters, by Dr. Gregory. A mother's advice to her absent daughters, with an additional letter, on the management and education of infant children, by Lady Pennington.

Pages [281]-286 contain poetry.

Aetna. A discourse delivered in the New York City Hospital ... May 23, 1824, intended as a moral improvement of the calamity occasioned by the bursting of the boiler of the steam-boat Aetna ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Views on the improvement of the Maltese language and its use for the purposes of education and literature.

Mode of access: Internet.

A new history of the life and reign of the Czar Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia, and father of his country : Giving an exact relation of I. His travels, studies, and personal fatigues, for the attaining of knowledge in civil and military affairs, and the improvement of his subjects. II. His introduction of arts and sciences, a naval force, and commerce with foreign nations; also his many reformations in church and state, the army, and the customs and manners of his people. III. His wars with the Swedes, Turks, Tartars and Persians; victories by sea and land; acquisitions of territory, and increase of power. IV. His regard to genius and merit, particularly in the instances of General Le Fort, Prince Menzikoff, and the Empress Catharine: and his severe justice on offenders, exemplified in the proceedings against the czarewitz, and others. /

By John Bancks.