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Mayhew on Popular Education.

A Treatise on Popular Education: for the Use of Parents and Teachers, and for young People of both Sexes. Printed and Published in accordance with a Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan. By IRA MAYHEW, late Superintendent of Public Instruction. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00. A volume discussing the subject of education in its multifarious aspects and relations with a thoroughness, discrimination, and ability which renders it a work of standard authority in the department to which it is devoted.

Evenings at Home;

or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. By Dr. AIKEN and Mrs. BARBAULD. With 34 Engravings by ADAMS. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents. Of this volume Miss Edgeworth, herself one of the most successful writers of books for the young, says, "This is one of the best books for young people that has yet appeared in the world, and the scientific and moral lessons are so happily blended as to relieve the attention."

History of the Moors in Spain.

Translated from the French, by M. FLORIAN. To which is added a Brief Account of the Rise and Decline of the Mohammedan Empire, the Literature, Science, and Religion of the Arabs, and the Present Condition of Mohammedanism. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents. The Moors in Spain present one of the most romantic periods in history. This is treated by M. Florian with rare ability. His descriptions of the Moorish manners and customs are very striking and accurate.

Robinson Crusoe.

The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner; with a Biographical Account of DEFOE. Illustrated by 50 Engravings by ADAMS. Complete Edition. 12mo, Muslin, 87 cents; Muslin, gilt edges, $1 00.

Every body has read Robinson Crusoe, and every body will read it so long as our language exists. It is the delight of the young, the relaxation of the middleaged, and the solace of the aged. It is, to all practical intents, one of the truest books ever written. If the incidents recorded did not actually happen, they ought to have happened. Its moral tone is the purest imaginable. It is one of the few books that every reader wishes had been longer.

Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands,

an Historical and Descriptive Account of. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents. A book full of interesting narrative and description, embracing the results of all recent research and observation.

History of Switzerland,

from B.C. 110 to A.D. 1830.

12mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

The historical facts in relation to the land of Tell are fairly and candidly stated; and the philosophical remarks are worthy of all consideration.

Southey's Life and Correspondence.

Edited by his Son, Rev. C. C. SOUTHEY, M.A. Portrait. 8vo, Paper, $1 50; Muslin, $1 75; Half Calf, $2 25.

A work presenting a charming picture of the domestic habits, literary enterprises, and characteristic moral features of its eminent subject. Mr. Southey's connection with the progress of English literature during the early part of the present century, his strong political predilections, the extent and variety of his productions, and his singular devotion to a purely intellectual life, make his biography one of the most entertaining and instructive records that have been published in this department of letters. The correspondence forms almost a continuous narrative.

Southey's Common-place Book.

Edited by his Son-in-law, JOHN WOOD WARTER, B.D. 2 vols. 8vo, Paper, $1 00 per vol.; Muslin, $1 25 per vol.; Half Calf, $1 75 per vol.

A treasure for the centre-table and the library. It is full of rich and rare quotations. There is hardly a subject on which some striking observations, some memorable facts are not recorded. No scholar, man of taste, or general reader should be without it.

Southey's Nelson.

Life of Lord Nelson. By ROBERT SOUTHEY. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents. The Life of Nelson is, beyond all doubt, the most perfect and most delightful of Mr. Southey's works.-Edinburgh Review.

Southey's Life of Nelson will live as long as the English language.-Fraser's Magazine.

Southey's Wesley.

Life of John Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism. By ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D. With Notes, by the late SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE, and Remarks on the Life and Character of John Wesley, by the late ALEXANDER KNOX. Edited by the Rev. CHARLES C. SOUTHEY, M.A. Second American Edition, with Notes, &c., by the Rev. DANIEL CURRY, A.M. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 50. O, dear and honored Southey (Life of Wesley), the favorite of my library among many favorites! the book I can read for the twentieth time with delight when I can read nothing else at all! this darling book! I never met a human being who, in his mien and aspect, as well as in the whole habit of life, manifested such a stamp and signature of virtue as to make one's judgment of them a matter of intuition, rather than the result of continued examination.-COLERIDGE.

The Doctor, &c.

By ROBERT SOUTHEY. 12mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

What wisdom and poetry lie scattered about the pages! On one we see the amplitude of his learning; on another, the author's peculiar strain of sentiment ; his pure Saxon English in a third. The commonplace book of a reader of such out-of-the-way lore as Southey loved could not fail to be replete with amusement, and possibly substantial information. It is a work which, whatever may be its faults, "the world will not willingly let die;" which will take a permanent place upon the book-shelf, and be read and enjoyed when his ponderous epics shall have passed into oblivion.-The Critic.

Autobiography of Leigh Hunt,

with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 50; Half Calf, $2 50.

This work abounds with frequent anecdotes of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Lamb, Hazlitt, and Moore; gives a detailed exposition of Hunt's connection with the Examiner, and his imprisonment for libel; his residence in Italy; his return to England, and his various literary projects; and describes, with the most child-like frankness, the present state of his opinions and feelings on the manifold questions which have given a direction to his intellectual activity through life. Whatever impressions it may leave as to the character of the author, there can be but one opinion as to the fascination of his easy, sprightly, gossipping style, and the interest which attaches to the literary circles, whose folding-doors he not ungracefully throws open.

Men, Women, and Books.

A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from his uncollected Prose Writings. By LEIGH HUNT. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 50; Half Calf, $2 50.

There is so much variety, and such agreeable lore of all kinds in them, such a soul of reflection, such brilliant animal spirits, and so cheerful a philosophy, that we may recommend them to people with libraries as well as to those without them. The subjects embrace almost every topic of a pleasurable and refining kind one can think of in the whole round of literature and experience-poetry, love, character, human pursuits, criticism, biography, and fantastic speculations of all conceivable sorts.

The Swiss Family Robinson ;

or, Adventures of a Father, and Mother, and Four Sons on a Desert Island. Engravings. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 62 cents.

The purpose of this story is to convey instruction in the arts and natural history, as well as to furnish entertainment. The adventures of the family shipwrecked on the desert island, and the means employed by them to supply their wants, and to provide even comforts and luxuries, are told in a natural and pleasing manner, not unworthy of the far-famed Robinson Crusoe himself.

The Swiss Family Robinson, continued.

Being the Sequel to the foregoing. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

The Percy Anecdotes.

Revised Edition. To which is added a valuable Collection of American Anecdotes, Original and Select. With 14 fine Portraits. 8vo, Sheep extra, $1 50.

This has long been celebrated as the most complete and valuable collection of anecdotes ever made. They relate to almost every subject, and afford an inexhaustible fund of amusement and profit. To the original work have been appended a vast number of anecdotes relating to Americans and American topics, drawn from a variety of sources. This collection is honorably distinguished from most works of its general class by the fact, that while it contains the outpouring of wit and humor, the most scrupulous care has been taken to exclude every thing in the slightest degree bordering upon profanity or vulgarity.

G. P. R. James's Novels.

Mr. James is the only conspicuous representative of the school of fiction so signally illustrated by Sir Walter Scott, His prolific genius has given birth to a whole library of novels, on which the verdict of public opinion has set its seal of approval. In splendor of diction, ease and copiousness of description, and felicity of character-drawing, James has few rivals, and, with these merits, his popularity with the million will sustain the test of time. The historical character of many of his novels makes them agreeable sources of information. They refresh the memory of past scenes, and give a glowing illustration to the incidents of a bygone age.

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Russell. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.

The Castle of Ehrenstein. 8vo, Pa-
per, 25 cents.

Beauchamp. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
Heidelberg. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
The Step-Mother. 8vo, Paper, 50 cents.
The Smuggler. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
Agincourt. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
Arrah Neil. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
Rose d'Albret. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
Arabella Stuart. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
The False Heir. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.
Forest Days. 8vo, Paper, 25 cents.

The Club Book. 12mo, Muslin, 45

cents.

De L'Orme. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin,
70 cents.

The Desultory Man. 2 vols. 12mo,
Muslin, 90 cents.

The Gentleman of the Old School.
2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 90 cents.
The Gipsey. 12mo, Muslin, 45 cents.
Henry of Guise. 2 vols. 12mo, Mus-
lin, 90 cents.

Henry Masterton. 2 vols. 12mo, Mus-
lin, 87 cents.

The Jacquerie. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin,
90 cents.

John Marston Hall. 2 vols. 12mo,
Muslin, 85 cents.

Morley Ernstein. 12mo, Muslin, 45
cents.

One in a Thousand. 12mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

Philip Augustus. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 85 cents.

Attila. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 90 cents.
Corse de Leon. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin,
90 cents.

The Ancient Régime. 2 vols. 12mo,
Muslin, 90 cents.
The Man at Arms.
Muslin, 90 cents.

2 vols. 12mo,

Charles Tyrrell. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

The Robber. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

Richelieu. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 85

cents.

The Huguenot. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin,
90 cents.

The King's Highway. 2 vols. 12mo,
Muslin, 90 cents.

The String of Pearls. 12mo, Muslin,
50 cents.

A large number of the above novels, neatly bound in Muslin, 7 vols. 8vo, $10 00 a set.

James's Chivalry and Crusades.

History of Chivalry and the Crusades. By G. P. R. JAMES. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

A volume full of interest and instruction. It unfolds the rise and progress of the institution of Chivalry, and narrates the history of the adventurous attempt to wrest the Holy Land from the power of the Saracens. This true history of the Crusades exceeds in stirring adventure the scenes of the wildest romance.

James's Life of Charlemagne.

Life of Charlemagne. With an Introductory View of the History of France. By G. P. R. JAMES. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents. Charlemagne was one of the world's great men, and from his time most of the nations of Europe date their origin. In narrating the life of his hero, Mr. James was fully inspired with the greatness of his subject. He has shed light upon the darkness which has long overhung this most interesting and important period of history.

James's Dark Scenes.

Dark Scenes of History. By G. P. R. JAMES. 12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

These are the compositions in which the author excels, combining historical information with critical acumen. Eight "Dark Scenes of History" have been selected for his themes. They are all of a sanguinary and stirring kind-sad and memorable pictures of by-gone times in various countries. They are treated in a dramatic manner, and with great dramatic effect. The tragical descriptions are full of force.

James's Henry IV.

Life of Henry IV., King of France and Navarre. By G. P. R. JAMES. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 50.

His peculiar power consists in being able to describe with wonderful spirit busy and stirring scenes, to bring out into bold relief pictures of daring and courage, to delineate with a few bold strokes a landscape, and occasionally to portray the deeper and finer feelings of human nature, which few succeed in handling well. There are scenes of infinite beauty and touching pathos in his works.

A Hero and other Tales.

By the Author of "Olive," "The Head of the Family," "The Ogilvies," &c. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

Three tales are included in this volume: "A Hero," designed to show that true heroism is oftenest found in performing the daily duties of common life; Bread upon the Waters," inculcating the great lesson that a patient performance of duty brings with it and secures, sooner or later, its own abundant reward; and "Alice Learmont," a fairy story, setting forth the ennobling and redeeming power of maternal love.

The Young Sailor.

A Narrative founded on Fact. By Mrs. MARY S. B. DANA. 18mo, Muslin, 37 cents.

A tale depicting the perilous incidents in the life of a sailor, showing the fearful consequences of crime, in contrast with the benign influences of virtue and religion.

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