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The autocrat of the breakfast-table (by O.W. Holmes).

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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TORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. By W. H. PRESOTT. 3 vols. 8vo, with portraits, etc. Price, in muslin, $2 per volume.

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HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. By WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D. D., With a Continuation, treating of the Emperor's Life after his Abdication. By W. H. PRESCOTT. In 3 vols. 8vo., uniform with Prescott's Works, with a portrait. Price, in muslin, $2 per volume.

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LIFE THOUGHTS, gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of HENRY WARD BEECHER. 1 volume, 12mo. $1.00.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES and Recollections of a Thirty Years Residence in New Orleans. By the REV. THEODORE CLAPP. 1 volume, 12mo., with Portrait. Price, $1.25. These very interesting sketches are rendered doubly so by their recital from the pen of one who has seen and suffered much, and the touching pathos with which some of these scenes are rendered will find its way to many hearts.

JAPAN, AS IT WAS, AND IS. By RICHARD HILDRETH, author of "History of the United
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THE LIFE OF JOHN STERLING. By THOMAS CARLYLE. In one volume 12mo. Price, $1. One of the most touching biographies in the language, and to most readers, the most genial, as well as the most able, of Carlyle's works.

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MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND LABORS OF REV. ADONIRAM JUDSON. By FRANCIS WAYLAND, late President of Brown University. 2 vols. 12mo. with portrait. Price, in muslin, $2; half calf, $3.50; turkey, or calf gilt, $6.

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THE CONFLICT OF AGES; or, the Great Debate on the Moral Relations of God and Man. By EDWARD BEECHER, D. D. 12mo, Price, $1.25.

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LETTERS TO A YOUNG PHYSICIAN. By JAMES JACKSON. M. D., LL. D., Professor Emeritus of the Theory and Practice of Physic in the University at Cambridge, etc., etc. A most valuable work for the general reader, as well as the professional man. 1 vol. 12mo. $1. The reputation of the venerable author is so wide-spread that it is needless to present any eulogy of his works. For fifty years in active practice, at the head of his profession, he enjoyed every opportunity for gaining information. The medical student and the young practitioner will receive great benefit from this treatise, the condensed result of such a valuable experience.

THE EARNEST MAN. A Sketch of the Character and Labors of Adoniram Judson, First Missionary to Burmah. By Mrs. H. C. CONANT. In one volume, 16mo. Price $1. To meet the general demand for a Life of the great Missionary in a more popular form than that of the elaborate work of President Wayland, this volume has been prepared with the approval of the family and friends of the lamented subject, the copy-right being held for the benefit of his children.

THOUGHTS AND THINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

one volume, with a portrait. Price, $1.

By ELIHU BURRITT. In

This is in many respects a remarkable book-especially as showing the wonderful perseverance, industry, and application of the author from his earlier years, and while struggling against a thousand adverse influences. His efforts were crowned with success, and the name of the Learned Blacksmith has become as familiar as a household word. The Essays are prefi.ced by a very pleasant and appreciative biographical sketch by MARY HOWITT.

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