CHOICE WORKS FOR LIBRARIES,

In the Course of Journeys of upward of 2500 miles performed on Foot, giving an Account of the Manners and Customs of the People, and the Agricultural and Mineral Resources of that Country. ByWilliam W. Carpenter, late of the U. S. Army. 12mo, Muslin.

Travels in the United States.

By LadyEmmeline Wortley. 12mo, Muslin.

Harper’s N. Y. and Erie Rail-road Guide-Book:

Containing a Description of the Scenery, Rivers, Towns, Villages, and other important Works on the Road. Embellished with 136 Engravings on Wood, byLossing & Barritt, from Original Sketches made expressly for the Work. 12mo, Muslin.

Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution;

Or, Illustrations by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Scenery, Biography, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence: with the Records of a Tour to the Scenes of its Incidents. ByBenson J. Lossing, Esq. With over 600 Illustrations on Wood, chiefly from Original Sketches by the Author. In Numbers, 8vo, Paper, 25 cents each. Vol. I. now ready, splendidly bound in Muslin, price $3 50.

Nile Notes of a Howadji.

12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, 87½ cents.

The Nile Boat;

Or, Glimpses of the Land of Egypt. ByW. H. Bartlett, Esq. Illustrated with a fine Steel Engraving, and numerous Woodcuts. 8vo, Muslin. (Nearly ready.)

Travels in the East.

By Rev.J. P. Durbin, D.D. Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 00.

Observations in Europe,

Principally in France and Great Britain. By Rev.J. P. Durbin, D.D. Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 00.

The Island World of the Pacific:

Being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands and other parts of Polynesia. By Rev.H. T. Cheever. Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

The Whale and his Captors;

Or, the Whaleman’s Adventures and the Whale’s Biography, as gathered on the Homeward Cruise of the “Commodore Preble.” By Rev.H. T. Cheever. Engravings. 16mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

Five Years of a Hunter’s Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. With Notices of the Native Tribes, and Anecdotes of the Chase of the Lion, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, &c. ByR. Gordon Cumming, Esq. With Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

The Pillars of Hercules;

Or, a Narrative of Travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848. ByDavid Urquhart, M.P. 2 vols. 12mo, Paper, $1 40; Muslin, $1 70.

Glimpses of Spain;

Or, Notes of an Unfinished Tour in 1847. ByS. T. Wallis, Esq. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

Sketches of Minnesota,

The New England of the West. With Incidents of Travel in that Territory during the Summer of 1848. ByE. S. Seymour. 12mo, Paper, 50 cents; Muslin, 75 cents.

Life in the Far West.

ByGeorge Frederick Ruxton. 12mo, Paper, 37½ cents; Muslin, 60 cents.

Adventures in Mexico and Rocky Mountains.

ByG. F. Ruxton. 12mo, Paper, 50 cents; Muslin, 60 cents.

Fresh Gleanings;

Or, a New Sheaf from the Old Fields of Continental Europe. ByIk. Marvel. 12mo, Paper, $1 00; Muslin, $1 25.

A Second Visit to the United States.

By SirCharles Lyell, F.R.S. 2 vols. 12mo, Paper, $1 20; Muslin, $1 50.

Oregon and California in 1848.

With an Appendix, including recent and authentic Information on the Subject of the Gold Mines of California, and other valuable matter of Interest to the Emigrant. By JudgeThornton. With Illustrations and a Map. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

The Little Savage.

Being the History of a Boy left alone on an uninhabited Island. By CaptainMarryat, R.N. 12mo, Paper, 37½ cents; Muslin, 45 cents.

White-Jacket;

Or, the World in a Man-of-War. ByHerman Melville, Esq. 12mo, Paper, $1 00; Muslin, $1 25.

Redburn:

His First Voyage. Being the Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman in the Merchant Service. ByHerman Melville, Esq. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

Mardi: and a Voyage Thither.

ByHerman Melville, Esq. 2 vols. 12mo, Paper, $1 50; Muslin, $1 75.

Omoo;

Or, a Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. ByHerman Melville, Esq. 12mo, Paper, $1 00; Muslin, $1 25.

Typee:

A Peep at Polynesian Life, during a Four Months’ Residence in the Marquesas. ByHerman Melville, Esq. The revised Edition, with a Sequel. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, 87½ cents.

Loiterings in Europe;

Or, Sketches of Travel in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, and Ireland. With an Appendix, containing Observations on European Charities and Medical Institutions. ByJ. W. Corson, M.D. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition.

Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas, and across the great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-grounds, &c. ByG. W. Kendall, Esq. With a Map and Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $2 50.

Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land.

ByJohn L. Stephens, Esq. Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

Travels in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland.

ByJohn L. Stephens, Esq. Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan.

ByJohn L. Stephens, Esq. 120 Engravings, from Drawings byF. Catherwood, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $5 00.

Travels in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan.

ByJohn L. Stephens, Esq. With a Map and 88 Engravings. 2 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $5 00.

Consular Cities of China.

A Narrative of an Exploratory Visit to each of the Consular Cities of China, and to the Islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, in behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the Years 1844-1846. By Rev.G. Smith. 12mo, Paper, $1 00; Muslin, $1 25.

Shores of the Mediterranean.

With Sketches of Travel in the East. ByF. Schroeder. Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

Altowan;

Or, Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains. By an Amateur Traveler. Edited byJames Watson Webb, Esq. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 25.

A Summer in Scotland.

ByJacob Abbott. With Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Etchings of a Whaling Cruise,

With Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief History of the Whale Fishery, its past and present Condition. ByJ. Ross Browne. Illustrated by numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood. 8vo, Muslin, $2 00.

Old Hicks the Guide;

Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine. ByC. W. Webber. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Travels in the Holy Land.

Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land. By Rev. Dr.Olin. 12 Engravings. 2 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $2 50.

Glory and Shame of England.

ByC. Edwards Lester. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 50.

A Year in Spain.

By Capt.Alex. S. Mackenzie. Engravings. 3 vols. 12mo, Paper, $1 05; Muslin, $1 50.

Spain Revisited.

By Capt.Alex. S. Mackenzie. Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Paper, 70 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home.

By MissC. M. Sedgwick. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 90.

Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Pacific Ocean;

or, the Islands of the Australasian Sea, during the Cruise of the Clipper Margaret Oakley, under Captain Benjamin Morrell. ByThomas Jefferson Jacobs. With numerous Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 25.

Travels in Europe and the East.

ByValentine Mott, M.D. 8vo, Muslin, $1 90.

Lewis and Clarke’s Travels beyond the Rocky Mountains.

Account of the Expedition of Lewis and Clarke across the Rocky Mountains, and to the Mouth of the Columbia River. Prepared from the Original Edition, with an Introduction and Notes, containing Notices of Recent Travelers, and a View of the present condition of Oregon Territory, byArchibald M‘Vickar. Engravings. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

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Harper’s New Monthly Magazine.

The Magazine will contain all the continuous Tales of Dickens, Bulwer, Croly, Lever, Warren, and other distinguished contributors to British periodicals: Critical Notices of the Publications of the day: Speeches and Addresses of distinguished Men upon Topics of universal Interest: articles from Punch and other well known humorous publications, and some of the master-pieces of classical English literature, illustrated in a style of unequaled elegance and beauty; notices of Events, in Science, Literature, and Art, in which the people at large have an interest, &c., &c. Special regard will be had to such Articles as relate to the Economy of Social Life, or tend to promote in any way the well-being of those who are engaged in any department of Productive Activity. A carefully prepared Fashion Plate and other Pictorial Illustrations will accompany each Number. Every Number of the Magazine will contain 144 octavo pages, in double columns. The volumes of a single Year, therefore, will present nearly 2000 Pages of the choicest of the Miscellaneous Literature of the Age.Terms.—$3 00 a year, or 25 cents a Number. Bound volumes, comprising the Numbers for Six Months, Muslin, $2 00.

Strickland’s (Miss) Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. 6 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00 per Vol.

Mayhew’s Treatise on Popular Education:

For the Use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of both Sexes. Prepared and Published in accordance with a Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Hildreth’s History of the United States,

From the first Settlement of the Country to the Organization of Government under the Federal Constitution. 3 vols. 8vo. Muslin, $6 00; Sheep, $6 75; half Calf, $7 50.

Hildreth’s History of the United States, continued:

from the Adoption of the Federal Constitution to the End of the Sixteenth Congress. 3 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $6 00; Sheep, $6 75; half Calf, $7 50.

Loomis’s Recent Progress of Astronomy,

Especially in the United States. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Cheever’s (Rev. H. T.) Island World of the Pacific:

being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and other Parts of Polynesia. With Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Lossing’s Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution;

or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Scenery, Biography, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. Embellished with 600 Engravings on Wood, chiefly from Original Sketches by the Author. In about 20 Numbers, 8vo, Paper, 25 cents each.

Abbott’s Illustrated Histories:

Comprising, Xerxes the Great, Cyrus the Great, Alexander the Great, Darius the Great, Hannibal the Carthaginian, Julius Cæsar, Cleopatra Queen of Egypt, Constantine, Nero, Romulus, Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles the First, Charles the Second, Queen Anne, King John, Richard the First, William and Mary, Maria Antoinette, Madame Roland, Josephine. Illuminated Title-pages, and numerous Engravings. 16mo, Muslin, 60 cents each; Muslin, gilt edges, 75 cents each.

Abbott’s Kings and Queens;

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Abbott’s Summer in Scotland.

Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Southey’s Life and Correspondence.

Edited by his Son, Rev.Charles Cuthbert Southey, M.A. In 6 Parts, 8vo, Paper, 25 cents each; one Volume, Muslin, $2 00.

Howitt’s Country Year-Book;

Or, the Field, the Forest, and the Fireside. 12mo, Muslin, 87½ cents.

Fowler’s Treatise on the English Language

In its Elements and Forms. With a History of its Origin and Development, and a full Grammar. Designed for Use in Colleges and Schools. 8vo, Muslin, $1 50; Sheep, $1 75.

Seymour’s Sketches of Minnesota,

The New England of the West. With Incidents of Travel in that Territory during the Summer of 1849. With a Map. 12mo, Paper, 50 cents; Muslin, 75 cents.

Dr. Johnson’s Religious Life and Death.

12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Cumming’s Five Years of a Hunter’s Life

In the Far Interior of South Africa. With Notices of the Native Tribes, and Anecdotes of the Chase of the Lion, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, &c. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

Thornton’s Oregon and California in 1848:

With an Appendix, including recent and authentic Information on the Subject of the Gold Mines of California, and other valuable Matter of Interest to the Emigrant, &c. With Illustrations and a Map. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

Southey’s Common-place Book.

Edited by his Son-in-Law,John Wood Warter, B.D. 8vo, Paper, $1 00 per Volume; Muslin, $1 25 per Volume.

Gibbon’s History of Rome,

With Notes, by Rev.H. H. MilmanandM. Guizot. Maps and Engravings. 4 vols. 8vo, Sheep extra, $5 00.—A new Cheap edition, with Notes by Rev.H. H. Milman. To which is added a complete Index of the whole Work and a Portrait of the Author. 6 vols. 12mo (uniform with Hume), Cloth, $2 40; Sheep, $3 00.

Hume’s History of England,

From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of James II., 1688. A new Edition, with the Author’s last Corrections and Improvements. To which is prefixed a Short Account of his Life, written by Himself. With a Portrait of the Author. 6 vols. 12mo, Cloth, $2 40; Sheep, $3 00.

Macaulay’s History of England,

From the Accession of James II. With an original Portrait of the Author. Vols. I. and II. Library Edition, 8vo, Muslin, 75 cents per Volume; Sheep extra, 87½ cents per Volume; Calf backs and corners, $1 00 per Volume.—Cheap Edition, 8vo, Paper, 25 cents per Volume.—12mo (uniform with Hume), Cloth, 40 cents per Volume.

Leigh Hunt’s Autobiography,

With Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries. 2 vols 12mo, Muslin, $1 50.

Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell.

Edited byWilliam Beattie, M.D., one of his Executors. With an Introductory Letter byWashington Irving, Esq. Portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 50.

Dyer’s Life of John Calvin.

Compiled from authentic Sources, and particularly from his Correspondence. Portrait. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Moore’s Health, Disease, and Remedy,

Familiarly and practically considered, in a few of their Relations to the Blood. 18mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

Humboldt’s Cosmos:

A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe. Translated from the German, byE. C. Otté. 2 vols, 12mo, Paper, $1 50; Muslin, $1 70.

Dr. Lardner’s Railway Economy:

A Treatise on the New Art of Transport, its Management, Prospects, and Relations, Commercial, Financial, and Social; with an Exposition of the Practical Results of the Railways in Operation in the United Kingdom, on the Continent, and in America. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

Urquhart’s Pillars of Hercules;

Or, a Narrative of Travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848. 2 vols. 12mo, Paper, $1 40; Muslin, $1 70.

Sidney Smith’s Moral Philosophy.

An Elementary Treatise on Moral Philosophy, delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. 12mo Muslin, $1 00.

Tefft’s (Rev. B. F.) The Shoulder-Knot;

Or, Sketches of the Three-fold Life of Man. 12mo, Paper, 60 cents, Muslin, 75 cents.

Bishop Hopkins’s History of the Confessional.

12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Greeley’s Hints toward Reforms.

In Lectures, Addresses, and other Writings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Chalmers’s Life and Writings.

Edited by his Son-in Law, Rev.William Hanna, LL.D. 3 vols. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00 per Volume.

Chalmers’s Posthumous Works.

Edited by the Rev.William Hanna, LL.D. Complete in Nine Volumes, comprising,Daily Scripture Readings.3 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $3 00.Sabbath Scripture Readings.2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 00.Sermons, from 1798 to 1847. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.Institutes of Theology.2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 00.Prelectionson Butler’s Analogy, Paley’s Evidences of Chritianity, and Hill’s Lectures in Divinity. With Two Introductory Lectures, and Four Addresses delivered in the New College, Edinburgh. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Edited by the Rev.William Hanna, LL.D. Complete in Nine Volumes, comprising,

Daily Scripture Readings.3 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $3 00.

Sabbath Scripture Readings.2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 00.

Sermons, from 1798 to 1847. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Institutes of Theology.2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 00.

Prelectionson Butler’s Analogy, Paley’s Evidences of Chritianity, and Hill’s Lectures in Divinity. With Two Introductory Lectures, and Four Addresses delivered in the New College, Edinburgh. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Rev H. T. Cheever’s The Whale and his Captors;

or, the Whaleman’s Adventures and the Whale’s Biography, as gathered on the Homeward Cruise of the “Commodore Preble.” With Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

James’s Dark Scenes of History.

12mo, Muslin, $1 00; Paper, 75 cents.

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