A New and Improved System of Mnemonics

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A NEW AND IMPROVED

System of Mnemonics,

or

TWO HOURS STUDY

in the

ART OF MEMORY.

applied to

Figures, Chronology, Geography, Statistics, History, Systematic Tables, Poetry, Prose,

and to the

COMMON TRANSACTIONS OF LIFE.

rendered familiar to every capacity, and calculated for

The Use of Schools,

as well as for those

Who have attended to Lectures on this Subject.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY PLATES.

By G. JACKSON.

"To what purpose are all our labours in knowledge and wisdom,
"if we want memory to preserve and use what we have
"acquired?"
"There can be neither knowledge, nor arts, nor sciences, without
"memory."

Watts.

SECOND EDITION


LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR

AND SOLD BV T. BOOSEY, 4, OLD BROAD-STREET, ROYAL EXCHANGE, AND BY ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

1817.

Price 4s. in Bds.

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Pub.d. by G. Jackson, June, 1816.

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TO


HENRY JACKSON, ESQ.[1]


SECRETARY TO THE AMERICAN LEGATION,


AND


Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Paris,


THIS WORK IS VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED


BY HIS


Most obedient and affectionate Nephew,


GEORGE JACKSON.

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  1. ↑ Henry Jackson, M. D. of Philadelphia.

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