Russell's Ancient and Modern Egypt.

View of Ancient and Modern Egypt. By M. RUSSELL, LLD. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

The object of this volume is to present a condensed view of the ancient and modern state of Egypt. In a small compass is presented an immense mass of useful and attractive information. There are few who read this work but will wish to complete their knowledge of the ancient Egyptians by perusing the more elaborate work of Sir Gardner Wilkinson, described on page 7 of this Catalogue.

Russell's Palestine.

History of Palestine; or, the Holy Land. By M. RUSSELL, LL.D. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

This work contains much information throwing light upon the Holy Scriptures. It gives not only a description of Palestine in ancient times, but as it exists at the present day.

Russell's Barbary States.

History of the Barbary States: comprehending a View of their Civil Institutions, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Productions. By M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

The Barbary States, comprising Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis, present many features of striking interest. As the residence of those corsairs who so long laid Christendom under tribute, and as the seat of white slavery for so many years, their history is well worth perusal.

Russell's Nubia and Abyssinia.

History of Nubia and Abyssinia: comprehending their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History. By M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

These countries, known to the ancients as "Ethiopia above Egypt," were regarded by the poets and historians of Greece as the birth-place of the arts, civilization, and religion. This volume contains an interesting sketch of the past history and present state of these remarkable regions.

Russell's Polynesia.

History of Polynesia; or, an Historical Account of the principal Islands in the South Sea, including New Zealand; the Introduction of Christianity; and the actual Condition of the Inhabitants in regard to Civilization, Commerce, and the Arts of Social Life. By M. RUSSELL, LL.D. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

Russell's Oliver Cromwell.

Life of Oliver Cromwell. By Rev. M. RUSSELL. Portrait. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

The history of the Lord Protector of England is exceedingly interesting. The strange anomaly which his success introduced into the line of rulers in England, the influence of that success upon other countries, and especially upon succeeding generations, his ideas of liberty, and his plan for effecting a public good, are all well worthy of attention.

Circumnavigation of the Globe.

An Historical Account of the Progress of Discovery in the Pacific Ocean, from the Voyage of Magellan to the Death of Cook. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

This volume comprises the history of maritime enterprise in the South Seas during a period of almost three hundred years. The account of the voyages of Cooke, being by far the most important of all, is given in more detail than any of the others.

Barrow's Arctic Voyages.

Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the present Time; under the Command of the several Naval Officers employed by Sea and Land in search of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with two Attempts to reach the North Pole. Abridged and arranged from the Official Narrative, with occasional Remarks. By Sir JOHN BARROW, F.R.S. Map. 12mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

This work is a résume of the most important facts and incidents connected with the voyages that have from time to time been made, in the furtherance of an attempt to discover a northwest passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It contains two charts, the one of the Polar regions, and the other of Simson's Straits. The volume is replete with interest, being the substance of six or seven large quarto, and several smaller volumes, and the compiler has very happily arranged the subject in a most attractive manner. The London Examiner, speaking of this work, says: "It is a record of enterprise and endurance, of resolute perseverance, and of moral and physical courage unparalleled; nor could it have found an his. torian of higher capability."

Life of Peter the Great.

By JOHN BARROW. Portrait. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

This is unanimously admitted to be the best account of the strange life and character of the great founder of the Russian empire that has appeared in any language. It presents a vivid portraiture of that remarkable man, who, combining in his own character all the characteristics of the civilized man and the savage, impressed his own mixed character upon the institutions which he established.

Pitcairn's Island

and its Inhabitants. With an authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers. By Sir JOHN BARROW, F.R.S. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

A portion of the crew of the English ship Bounty rose against their officers, and sent them adrift upon the sea in an open boat. The mutineers, with a number of native women, at length took possession of an uninhabited island, and in the course of a year or two almost all of them perished in quarrels among themselves. The sole survivor of the mutineers now repented of his evil courses, and became the religious instructor of the native women and their children. After many years the island was accidentally visited by an English vessel, who found the inhabitants grown up into a well-ordered community. This volume narrates the perilous adventures of the officers who were put adrift, and the conduct of the mutineers and their peaceful descendants. The whole story is full of interest.

Curran and his Contemporaries.

By CHARLES PHILLIPS. 12mo, Muslin, 874 cents.

Curran, the celebrated Irish orator, was a man of rare genius and endowments; he formed the centre around which were gathered a number of noticeable men. No one who wishes to gain an insight into the character of the leading men of Ireland during the last generation should fail to read this brilliant book, which Lord Brougham has characterized as "one of the most extraordinary pieces of biography ever produced."

Life of Mohammed.

By Prof. G. BUSH. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

A clear and succinct account of the life of the great false prophet. In this work the various chapters of the Koran are carefully collated with the events of the narrative.

Life of the Chevalier Bayard.

By W. GILMORE SIMMS. Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00. Bayard, the "chevalier without fear and without reproach," was one of those noble and chivalrous natures which are sometimes produced in troublous times. Trained up from his earliest years to the profession of arms, living among scenes of rapine and bloodshed, he breathed a spirit of gentleness and courtesy rarely manifested even in the sphere of quiet life. He was one of those rare personages whose lives throw a brightness and glory over our common humanity.

Life of Mozart,

including his Correspondence. By EDWARD HOLMES. 12mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

Mozart was the most astonishing musical genius that has ever lived. With such a man as his subject, an enthusiast like the author of this life could not well fail to make a readable volume.

Two Years Before the Mast.

A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. By R. H. DANA, Jr. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

The author of this work is now an eminent lawyer of Boston. Some years ago he shipped as a sailor before the mast on board a vessel bound to California for a cargo of hides. His account of a sailor's every-day life is the most graphic and accurate any where to be found. The British Government were so sensible of the rare merits of this volume, that they caused it to be reprinted in England, and distributed a large edition gratuitously among the sailors. The voyage was made long before the discovery of gold in California; and it is not a little curious to compare the present condition of that country with the aspect it formerly presented.

Segur's Expedition to Russia.

History of the Expedition to Russia, undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812. By Count PHILIP DE SEGUR. Maps. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

Count Segur's history of the invasion of Russia by Napoleon has stood the test of the most searching scrutiny and criticism, and is now acknowledged to be in the main a faithful and accurate account of that memorable undertaking, which was the cause of the ruin of the great emperor

Fenelon's Ancient Philosophers.

Lives of Ancient Philosophers. By M. FENELON. Translated from the French, with Notes, and a Life of the Author, by Rev. JOHN CORMACK. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

The biography of some of the most celebrated philosophers of antiquity, written by one who was himself a great philosopher, and whose works have immortalized his name.

Plutarch's Lives.

Translated from the original Greek, with Notes and a Life of Plutarch, by JOHN LANGHORNE, M.D., and WILLIAM LANGHORNE, A.M. Portrait. 8vo, Sheep extra, $1 25.

The same Work, printed in large type, 4 vols. 12mo, Sheep extra, $3 50.

Plutarch's lives of the great men of antiquity have charmed generation after generation of readers. They are among the earliest, and at the same time, they take rank among the best specimens of biographical composition ever produced. They have served as models for succeeding writers of every age.

Modern British Plutarch;

or, Lives of Men distinguished in the recent History of England for their Talents, Virtues, or Achievements. By W. C. TAYLOR. 12mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

Plutarch's Lives have been the delight of readers for almost two thousand years. In this volume a successful attempt is made to do for the moderns what Plutarch did for the ancients. It contains biographical sketches of nearly torty persons. Among them are HOWARD, the philanthropist ; JENNER, who disarmed the small-pox of almost all its terrors; COOKE, the great navigator; BURKE, CHATHAM, Fox, and CANNING, the statesmen; NELSON, the greatest naval commander who ever lived; BYRON, SCOTT, and CowPER; SMEATON and WATT, the eminent mechanics; besides a host of warriors, orators, statesmen, and men of letters.

History of Ireland,

from the Anglo-Norman Invasion to the Union of the Country with Great Britain. By W. C. TAYLOR. With Additions, by WILLIAM SAMPSON. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

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 Judge THORNTON. With Illustrations and a Map. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75.

It presents a more fully descriptive account of the country, its resources, natural history, and geology, than any other work yet before the public; while its narrative of the sufferings and perilous adventures of a party of emigrants to California, in thrilling interest exceeds any thing of the kind extant. In addition to

an account of an eventful journey across the continent to Oregon, and thence by sea to the United States via California, during the years 1846-7-8, the Appendix to the work comprehends a mass of valuable recent information respecting the California gold mines, together with instructive hints to emigrants, &c.

Howe's Eminent Mechanics.

Lives of Eminent Mechanics; comprising Memoirs of the most Eminent American Mechanics; also, Distinguished European Mechanics; together with a Collection of Anecdotes and other Miscellaneous Matter relating to the Mechanic Arts. By HENRY HOWE Illustrated with 50 Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

Among the American mechanics whose biographies are comprised in this volume are those of JOHN FITCH, who first conceived the idea of navigation by steam; ELI WHITNEY, whose cotton-gin has multiplied many times over the value of the great Southern staple; SAMUEL SLATER, "the Father of the Cotton Manufacture in America;" HENRY ECKFORD, the celebrated ship-builder, who became chief naval constructor to the Sultan of Turkey. The list of European mechanics comprises many equally eminent. There are, in all, the lives of about thirty individuals, not one of which can be perused without instruction and profit-showing, as they all do, that an honorable place in society may be attained by the cultivation of the arts of peace as well as by that of war.

Fraser's Persia.

Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, with a detailed View of its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of its Inhabitants, particularly of the Wandering Tribes: including a Description of Afghanistan and Beloochistan. By J. BAILLIE FRASER. Map and Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

Besides a detailed view of the resources, government, population, and natural history of Persia, this volume presents a striking picture of the manners and customs of the wandering tribes who roam over the country. It abounds in amusing and instructive anecdotes.

Fraser's Mesopotamia and Assyria.

History of Mesopotamia and Assyria, from the earliest Ages to the present Time. By J. B. FRASER. Map and Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 45 cents.

The connection of these countries with Biblical history, invests them with a peculiar interest. The present volume gives a spirited view of these regions as they existed in the days of their splendor, and as they now are, when fallen into ruin and decay.

Border Wars of the American Revolution,

Including the Life of Joseph Brant, the Indian Chief. By Col. W. L. STONE. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

The story of the wars carried on upon our borders during the American Revolution is full of the most exciting incidents. No man was better qualified to do justice to this subject than the author of this volume. He was thoroughly acquainted with the fierce encounters carried on in what was, at that time, the Far West, between the early settlers and their savage foes, and has embodied the results of his researches in these two attractive volumes.

Religion in America;

including a View of the various Religious Denominations in the United States. By ROBERT BAIRD, D.D. 8vo, Muslin, 62 cents.