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American History. By Jacob Abbott. Illustrated with Numerous Maps and Engravings. Vol. II. Discovery of America. New York. Sheldon & Co. 18mo. pp. 288. 60 cts. The German University in America. By J. Gambs, late Professor of the German University in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. New York. Sheldon & Co. 16mo. pp. 22. 15 cts. The Eighth Commandment. By Charles Reade. Boston.
By James Challen. Philadelphia. James Challen & Son. 18mo. pp. 199. 50 cts. Carpentry Made Easy; or the Science and Art of Framing on a New and Improved System. With Specific Instruction for Building Balloon Frames, Church Spires, etc.; comprising also a System of Bridge-Building. By William E. Bell, Architect and Practical Builder. Philadelphia. Lindsay and Blakiston. 8vo. pp. 134. $3.00.
Next comes a very neat and compact little Seneca, in four 18mo volumes, bound in rich old Russia, and bearing the esteemed imprint, "Amstelodami apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, M.D.CLVIII." As the Baskerville classics are the noblest for the library table, so the Elzevirs are the neatest and prettiest for the pocket or the lecture-room.
By Hans Christia Andersen, Author of the "Improvisatore," etc. Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 16mo. pp. iv., 267. 75 cts. Euripides. Ex Recensione Frederici A. Paley. Vol. I. New York. Harper & Brothers. 18mo. pp. 304. 40 cts. Castle Richmond. A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, Author of "Doctor Thorne," "The Three Clerks," etc. New York. Harper & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 474. $1.00.
Author of Historical Tales for Youth, Twice-Told Tales, etc. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 114 Washington St. 1842. 18mo. Pp. v, 161. The volume was added to the "Grandfather's Chair" series, which was brought out in a new edition in 1842. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: James Munroe and Company. 1842. 2 vols. 12mo. Pp. 331, 356.
Translated by E.D.A. MORSHEAD, M.A., late Scholar of New College, Oxford; Assistant Master at Winchester. 2s. 6d. CICERO De Natura Deorum. Translated by F. BROOKS, M.A. 3s. 6d. STEPS TO GREEK. By A.M.M. STEDMAN, M.A. 18mo. 1s. 6d. A very easy introduction to Greek, with Greek-English and English-Greek Exercises. Fcap, 8vo. 2s. RUDYARD KIPLING. BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; And Other Verses.
In size, it is what the booksellers call an 18mo; it is bound in green morocco, which from my earliest recollection has been spotted and tarnished with time; the corners are marked with triangular patches of red, like little cocked hats; and some unknown Goth has inflicted an incurable wound upon the back.
D. Appleton & Co. 8vo. pp. 503. $3.00. Ancient Mineralogy; or an Inquiry respecting Mineral Substances mentioned by the Ancients, with Occasional Remarks on the Uses to which they were applied. By N.F. Moore, LL.D. Second Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 18mo. pp. 250. 60 cts. The Vagabond. By Adam Badean. New York. Rudd & Carleton. 12mo. pp. 368. $1.00. Dictionary of Americanisms.
By John Todd. Northampton. Bridgman & Childs. 18mo. pp. 374. 75 cts. The Cavalier, an Historical Novel. By G.P.R. James, Esq. Philadelphia. T.B. Peterson & Brothers. 12mo. pp. 391. $1.25. Counterparts, or the Cross of Love. By the Author of "Charles Auchester." Boston. Mayhew & Baker. 8vo. pp. 262. $1.00. Love. Translated from the Fourth Paris Edition by J.W. Palmer, M.D. New York.
We shall call it the 'No Name Series, and issue it in neat, square 18mo volumes of about 250 pages, to sell for one dollar. "Those to whom we have suggested the idea are mightily pleased, and we are even tickled with the great fun we expect to have something like a new experience of the 'Great Unknown' days of Sir Walter Scott.
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