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CATALOGUEOFMISCELLANEOUS, POETICALANDJUVENILE BOOKS,PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BYHENRY F. ANNERS,No. 48 North Fourth Street,BELOW ARCH,PHILADELPHIA.Booksellers, Country Merchants and Dealers,SUPPLIED AT A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ONRETAIL PRICES.Single Copies of any of theWorksnamed in this Catalogue will be sent per Mail, carefully done up, “postage paid,” to any part of the United States, upon the receipt of the sum as annexed. Postage Stamps will be found very convenient for remittances.

CATALOGUEOFMISCELLANEOUS, POETICALANDJUVENILE BOOKS,

PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BYHENRY F. ANNERS,No. 48 North Fourth Street,BELOW ARCH,PHILADELPHIA.

Booksellers, Country Merchants and Dealers,SUPPLIED AT A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ONRETAIL PRICES.

Single Copies of any of theWorksnamed in this Catalogue will be sent per Mail, carefully done up, “postage paid,” to any part of the United States, upon the receipt of the sum as annexed. Postage Stamps will be found very convenient for remittances.

T. S. ARTHUR’SMORAL TALES FOR THE PEOPLE.VOL. I.THE MAIDEN.A STORY FOR MY YOUNG COUNTRYWOMEN.VOL. II.THE WIFE.A STORY FOR MY YOUNG COUNTRYWOMEN.VOL. III.THE MOTHER.A STORY FOR MY YOUNG COUNTRYWOMEN.VOL. IV.MARRIED AND SINGLE;OR, MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY CONTRASTED.IN A SERIES OF DOMESTIC PICTURES.

T. S. ARTHUR’S

MORAL TALES FOR THE PEOPLE.

VOL. I.THE MAIDEN.A STORY FOR MY YOUNG COUNTRYWOMEN.

VOL. II.THE WIFE.A STORY FOR MY YOUNG COUNTRYWOMEN.

VOL. III.THE MOTHER.A STORY FOR MY YOUNG COUNTRYWOMEN.

VOL. IV.MARRIED AND SINGLE;OR, MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY CONTRASTED.IN A SERIES OF DOMESTIC PICTURES.

VOL. V.LOVERS AND HUSBANDS.A STORY OF MARRIED LIFE.VOL. VI.SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES;OR, BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE.VOL. VII.MARY ELLIS;OR, THE RUNAWAY MATCH.ANDALICE MELVILLE;OR, THE INDISCRETION.VOL. VIII.BELL MARTEN.AN AMERICAN STORY OF REAL LIFE.

VOL. V.LOVERS AND HUSBANDS.A STORY OF MARRIED LIFE.

VOL. VI.SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES;OR, BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE.

VOL. VII.MARY ELLIS;OR, THE RUNAWAY MATCH.ANDALICE MELVILLE;OR, THE INDISCRETION.

VOL. VIII.BELL MARTEN.AN AMERICAN STORY OF REAL LIFE.

VOL. IX.MADELINE;OR A DAUGHTER’S LOVE AND OTHER TALES.VOL. X.THE HEIRESS.VOL. XI.THE MARTYR WIFE.THE RUINED GAMESTER;OR, TWO ERAS IN MY LIFE.

VOL. IX.MADELINE;OR A DAUGHTER’S LOVE AND OTHER TALES.

VOL. X.THE HEIRESS.

VOL. XI.THE MARTYR WIFE.THE RUINED GAMESTER;OR, TWO ERAS IN MY LIFE.

VOL. XII.FAMILY PRIDE;OR, THE PALACE AND THE POOR HOUSE.A Romance of Real Life.PRIDE OR PRINCIPLE.WHICH MAKES THE LADY.The above twelve volumes, 18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, may be had separately, or in Boxes containing the sett. 38 Cents per Volume.Also, in Four Volumes, 18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. 75 Cents per Volume.“They are the very best of Mr. Arthur’s moral tales, and should be a fixture in every household, being not only pleasant stories, but the purest moral lessons. If such fictions only as these were placed in the hands of our young people, and adopted as models, we would have no reason to fear for them, whatever their condition in life might be.”—City Item.“The honorable and virtuous sentiments, and the practical good sense which pervades all the works of Mr. Arthur, are conspicuous in the contents of the moral library.”—Godey’s Lady’s Book.“Mr. Arthur’s moral stories have justly received high commendation. Their object is to improve, refine, and elevate the mind and the manners.”—Alexandria Gazette.“They are all of thrilling interest, and high moral tendencies, and should be in every family.”—Fredricksburg, Va. News.

VOL. XII.FAMILY PRIDE;OR, THE PALACE AND THE POOR HOUSE.A Romance of Real Life.

PRIDE OR PRINCIPLE.WHICH MAKES THE LADY.

The above twelve volumes, 18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, may be had separately, or in Boxes containing the sett. 38 Cents per Volume.

Also, in Four Volumes, 18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. 75 Cents per Volume.

“They are the very best of Mr. Arthur’s moral tales, and should be a fixture in every household, being not only pleasant stories, but the purest moral lessons. If such fictions only as these were placed in the hands of our young people, and adopted as models, we would have no reason to fear for them, whatever their condition in life might be.”—City Item.

“The honorable and virtuous sentiments, and the practical good sense which pervades all the works of Mr. Arthur, are conspicuous in the contents of the moral library.”—Godey’s Lady’s Book.

“Mr. Arthur’s moral stories have justly received high commendation. Their object is to improve, refine, and elevate the mind and the manners.”—Alexandria Gazette.

“They are all of thrilling interest, and high moral tendencies, and should be in every family.”—Fredricksburg, Va. News.

Moral Popular Tales.BY T. S. ArthurCOMPLETE IN FOUR 18mo. VOLS.Fine Frontispiece Steel Plate to each Volume.THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES ARE PRINTED ON FINE WHITE PAPER, AND NEATLY BOUND INEmbossed Cloth, gilt back, at 75 Cents each; or,Embossed Cloth, gilt back, edges and sides, at $1 each.Three Eras in the Life of Woman.CONTAININGTHE MAIDEN. THE WIFE. THE MOTHER.Tales of Married Life.CONTAININGLOVERS AND HUSBANDS. SWEETHEARTS AND THEIR WIVES. MARRIED AND SINGLE.

Moral Popular Tales.BY T. S. Arthur

COMPLETE IN FOUR 18mo. VOLS.

Fine Frontispiece Steel Plate to each Volume.

THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES ARE PRINTED ON FINE WHITE PAPER, AND NEATLY BOUND IN

Embossed Cloth, gilt back, at 75 Cents each; or,Embossed Cloth, gilt back, edges and sides, at $1 each.

Three Eras in the Life of Woman.CONTAININGTHE MAIDEN. THE WIFE. THE MOTHER.

Tales of Married Life.CONTAININGLOVERS AND HUSBANDS. SWEETHEARTS AND THEIR WIVES. MARRIED AND SINGLE.

Tales of Domestic Life.CONTAININGMADELINE.MARTYR WIFE.HEIRESS.THE GAMESTER.Tales from Real Life.CONTAININGBELL MARTIN.PRIDE AND PRINCIPLE.FAMILY PRIDE.MARY ELLIS.ALICE MELVILLE.Sent per Mail, at above prices, postage paid.JUVENILES.MORAL LIBRARY.EDITED BY JACOB ABBOTT.These volumes may be had separately, and are well calculated for Sunday and District Schools, as also FAMILY READING, of a standard moral excellence.

Tales of Domestic Life.CONTAININGMADELINE.MARTYR WIFE.HEIRESS.THE GAMESTER.

Tales from Real Life.CONTAININGBELL MARTIN.PRIDE AND PRINCIPLE.FAMILY PRIDE.MARY ELLIS.ALICE MELVILLE.

Sent per Mail, at above prices, postage paid.

JUVENILES.

MORAL LIBRARY.EDITED BY JACOB ABBOTT.

These volumes may be had separately, and are well calculated for Sunday and District Schools, as also FAMILY READING, of a standard moral excellence.

VOL. I.Little Mill Dam, &c.Select and Original Tales.VOL. II.NARINA.The Story of a Little Princess and her Silver Feather.VOL. III.The Little Gardener.VOL. IV.Perseverance under Difficulties.

VOL. I.Little Mill Dam, &c.Select and Original Tales.

VOL. II.NARINA.The Story of a Little Princess and her Silver Feather.

VOL. III.The Little Gardener.

VOL. IV.Perseverance under Difficulties.

VOL. V.Henry of Eichenfels,AND OTHER SELECT STORIES,ILLUSTRATING THE POWER OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE.18mo., Muslin, Gilt Backs, 31 Cents each.“An admirable series of little books, full of interest and instruction. It is plain that the Editor has taken especial pains to secure a useful tendency for these works in all the selections he has made.”—City Item.“Five of the choicest books for children. The very name of Abbot, is sufficient to ensure every one of their excellence. They are truly moral tales, and may be put into the hands of the young with perfect safety.”—Godey’s Lady’s Book.The Young Cadet,BY MRS. HOFLAND.18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, 38 Cents.

VOL. V.Henry of Eichenfels,AND OTHER SELECT STORIES,ILLUSTRATING THE POWER OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE.

18mo., Muslin, Gilt Backs, 31 Cents each.

“An admirable series of little books, full of interest and instruction. It is plain that the Editor has taken especial pains to secure a useful tendency for these works in all the selections he has made.”—City Item.

“Five of the choicest books for children. The very name of Abbot, is sufficient to ensure every one of their excellence. They are truly moral tales, and may be put into the hands of the young with perfect safety.”—Godey’s Lady’s Book.

The Young Cadet,BY MRS. HOFLAND.

18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, 38 Cents.

THE YOUNG PILGRIM,BY MRS. HOFLAND.18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, 38 Cents.FRANK FAIRFIELD,OR THE YOUNG SAILOR.BY M. H. BARKER, THE OLD SAILOR.18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, 38 Cents.“This is an excellent nautical autobiography of a Cabin Boy, who rose to the rank of Admiral. Well told, with historical incidents, Nelson, the Nile, &c.”—Jeffersonian (N. O.) Republican.“This is an interesting story of one Frank Fairfield, a brave and good lad, who went to sea, where he saw lots of strange sights, and learned much of the world. A wholesome tone pervades the book, and it may be read with pleasure and profit.”—City Item.“A charming sea story for the Juveniles. It reminds us of Jack Halyard, and the Swiss Family Robinson and is quite as interesting.”—Godey’s Lady’s Book.

THE YOUNG PILGRIM,BY MRS. HOFLAND.

18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, 38 Cents.

FRANK FAIRFIELD,OR THE YOUNG SAILOR.BY M. H. BARKER, THE OLD SAILOR.

18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back, 38 Cents.

“This is an excellent nautical autobiography of a Cabin Boy, who rose to the rank of Admiral. Well told, with historical incidents, Nelson, the Nile, &c.”—Jeffersonian (N. O.) Republican.

“This is an interesting story of one Frank Fairfield, a brave and good lad, who went to sea, where he saw lots of strange sights, and learned much of the world. A wholesome tone pervades the book, and it may be read with pleasure and profit.”—City Item.

“A charming sea story for the Juveniles. It reminds us of Jack Halyard, and the Swiss Family Robinson and is quite as interesting.”—Godey’s Lady’s Book.

STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,BY MISS ELIZA LESLIE.CONTAININGThe Tell Tale.The Boarding School Feast.The Week of Idleness.Madeline Malcom.18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. Price 38 Cents.“These stories are from the accomplished pen of Miss Leslie, who, in addition to her well earned fame in other departments of literature, possesses the rare power of writing in a manner calculated to interest the juvenile reader.”—Saturday Museum.“Well written and adapted to youthful minds.”—Philadelphia North American.KEEPSAKE STORIES,BY MISS ELIZA LESLIE.18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. Price, 38 Cents.BOY’S OWN WEEK-DAY BOOK,FIFTY-TWO WOOD CUTS.16mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. Price 63 Cents.

STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,BY MISS ELIZA LESLIE.CONTAININGThe Tell Tale.The Boarding School Feast.The Week of Idleness.Madeline Malcom.

18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. Price 38 Cents.

“These stories are from the accomplished pen of Miss Leslie, who, in addition to her well earned fame in other departments of literature, possesses the rare power of writing in a manner calculated to interest the juvenile reader.”—Saturday Museum.

“Well written and adapted to youthful minds.”—Philadelphia North American.

KEEPSAKE STORIES,BY MISS ELIZA LESLIE.

18mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. Price, 38 Cents.

BOY’S OWN WEEK-DAY BOOK,FIFTY-TWO WOOD CUTS.

16mo., Muslin, Gilt Back. Price 63 Cents.

ANNALS AND OCCURRENCESOFNew York City and StateIN THE OLDEN TIME.BEING A COLLECTION OFMemoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidents, Concerning the City, Country and Inhabitants.From the Days of the Founders:Intended to preserve the Recollections of Olden Time and to exhibit Society in its changes of manners and Customs, and the City and Country in their local changes and improvements.With Pictorial Illustrations.“Oh! dear is a tale of olden time.”BY JOHN F. WATSON,Author of Annals of Philadelphia, and Member of the Historical Societies of Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts.One Octavo Volume, Muslin, Gilt Back. Price, $2 00“Watson’s Annals of New York.—To those who are already familiar with his former work, the Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, (and who is not?) we need only say, that the present work even surpasses it in interest.”—Philada. North American.

ANNALS AND OCCURRENCESOFNew York City and StateIN THE OLDEN TIME.

BEING A COLLECTION OFMemoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidents, Concerning the City, Country and Inhabitants.

From the Days of the Founders:

Intended to preserve the Recollections of Olden Time and to exhibit Society in its changes of manners and Customs, and the City and Country in their local changes and improvements.

With Pictorial Illustrations.

“Oh! dear is a tale of olden time.”

BY JOHN F. WATSON,Author of Annals of Philadelphia, and Member of the Historical Societies of Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts.

One Octavo Volume, Muslin, Gilt Back. Price, $2 00

“Watson’s Annals of New York.—To those who are already familiar with his former work, the Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, (and who is not?) we need only say, that the present work even surpasses it in interest.”—Philada. North American.

POETICAL WORKSOFMRS. FELICIA HEMANS.Complete in Two vols. 18mo. Fine Steel Plates.1200 PAGES.Muslin, Gilt Back, $2 25; Muslin, Gilt Sides & Edges, $2 75.2.CABINET EDITION.ONE VOLUME 18mo. 650 PAGES, WITH PORTRAITS.Muslin, Gilt Back, $1 00. Muslin, Gilt Edges, $1 25.3.MINIATURE EDITION.ONE VOLUME 32mo.IN VARIOUS STYLES OF BINDING.

POETICAL WORKSOFMRS. FELICIA HEMANS.

Complete in Two vols. 18mo. Fine Steel Plates.

1200 PAGES.

Muslin, Gilt Back, $2 25; Muslin, Gilt Sides & Edges, $2 75.

2.

CABINET EDITION.ONE VOLUME 18mo. 650 PAGES, WITH PORTRAITS.

Muslin, Gilt Back, $1 00. Muslin, Gilt Edges, $1 25.

3.

MINIATURE EDITION.ONE VOLUME 32mo.

IN VARIOUS STYLES OF BINDING.

L. E. LANDON’SPOETICAL WORKS.Cabinet Edition.18mo. 384 PAGES.Muslin, Gilt Back, 75 cts. Muslin, Gilt Sides & Edges, $1 25.2.MINIATURE EDITION.32mo. 384 PAGES.VARIOUS STYLES OF BINDING.POETICAL WORKSOFTHOMAS CAMPBELL.Cabinet Edition.ONE VOLUME 18mo. FINE FRONTISPIECE.Muslin, Gilt Back, 75 cents.Muslin, Gilt Back, Side and Edges, $1 25.ALSO,MINIATURE EDITION OF THE SAME.ONE VOLUME, 32mo.VARIOUS STYLES OF BINDING.

L. E. LANDON’SPOETICAL WORKS.

Cabinet Edition.18mo. 384 PAGES.

Muslin, Gilt Back, 75 cts. Muslin, Gilt Sides & Edges, $1 25.

2.

MINIATURE EDITION.32mo. 384 PAGES.

VARIOUS STYLES OF BINDING.

POETICAL WORKSOFTHOMAS CAMPBELL.

Cabinet Edition.ONE VOLUME 18mo. FINE FRONTISPIECE.

Muslin, Gilt Back, 75 cents.Muslin, Gilt Back, Side and Edges, $1 25.

ALSO,MINIATURE EDITION OF THE SAME.ONE VOLUME, 32mo.

VARIOUS STYLES OF BINDING.


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