FRESH BOOKSOFTRAVEL AND ADVENTURE,PUBLISHED BYHARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.Harper & Brotherswill send the following Works by Mail, postage paid (for any distance in the United States under 3000 miles), on receipt of the Money.
Harper & Brotherswill send the following Works by Mail, postage paid (for any distance in the United States under 3000 miles), on receipt of the Money.
Wilson’s Western Africa.
Western Africa: its History, Condition, and Prospects. By Rev.J. Leighton Wilson, Eighteen Years a Missionary in Africa, and now one of the Secretaries of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. With numerous Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Cumming’s Hunter’s Life in Africa.
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. A new Edition. With Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1.75.
Ida Pfeiffer’s Journey.
A Lady’s Second Journey round the World; from London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, &c., California, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and the United States. ByIda Pfeiffer, Authoress of the “Lady’s Journey round the World,” &c. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Beckwourth’s Life and Adventures.
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians. Written from his own Dictation, byT. D. Bonner. With Illustrations. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Mexico: its Peasants and its Priests;
Or, Adventures and Historical Researches in Mexico and its Silver Mines during Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, with an Expose of the Fabulous Character of the Story of the Conquest of Mexico by Cortez. ByRobert A. Wilson, late Judge of Sacramento District, California. With Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1.00.
Baird’s Modern Greece.
Modern Greece: a Narrative of a Residence and Travels in that Country. With Observations on its Antiquities, Literature, Language, Politics, and Religion. ByHenry M. Baird, M.A. Illustrated by about 60 Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Vagabond Life in Mexico.
ByGabriel Ferry, for Seven Years Resident in that Country. 12mo, Muslin, 87½ cents.
Madeira, Portugal, &c.
Sketches and Adventures in Madeira, Portugal, and the Andalusias of Spain. By the Author of “Daniel Webster and his Contemporaries.” With Illustrations. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Life and Travels of Herodotus.
The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century before Christ: an imaginary Biography founded on Fact, illustrative of the History, Manners, Religion, Literature, Arts, and Social Condition of the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, Babylonians, Hebrews, Scythians, and other Ancient Nations, in the Days of Pericles and Nehemiah. ByJ. Talboys Wheeler, F.R.G.S. Map. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2.00.
Ewbank’s Brazil.
Life in Brazil; or, a Journal of a Visit to the Land of the Cocoa and the Palm. With an Appendix, containing Illustrations of Ancient South American Arts, in recently discovered Implements and Products of Domestic Industry, and Works in Stone, Pottery, Gold, Silver, Bronze, &c. ByThomas Ewbank. With over 100 Illustrations. 8vo, Muslin, $2.00.
Squier’s Central America.
Notes on Central America; particularly the States of Honduras, and San Salvador: their Geography, Topography, Climate, Population, Resources, Productions, &c., &c., and the proposed Inter-oceanic Railway. ByE. G. Squier, formerly Chargé d’Affaires of the United States to the Republics of Central America. With original Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, Muslin, $2.00.
Ross Browne’s Yusef.
Yusef; or, the Journey of the Frangi. A Crusade in the East. A new Edition. ByJ. Ross Browne. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Waikna;
Or, Adventures on the Mosquito Shore. BySamuel A. Bard. With a Map of the Mosquito Shore, and upward of 60 original Illustrations. 12mo, Muslin, $1.25.
Kendall’s Santa Fé Expedition.
Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition: comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas, and across the great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygüa Hunting-grounds, &c. A new Edition. ByG. W. Kendall. With a Map and Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2.50.