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WARNE'S NEW JUVENILES.

3. GOLD-SEEKERS AND BREAD-WINNERS; OR, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. One vol. 18mo. with colored frontispieces, extra cloth............

1. THE LITTLE MINER; OR, HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. A Tale for Young People. One vol. 18mo, colored frontispieces, extra cloth..

2. THE HISTORY OF SUSAN GRAY. By Mrs. SHERWOOD. With colored frontispieces. One vol. 18mo, extra cloth......

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4. WASHED ASHORE; or, THE TOWER OF STORMOUNT BAY. By W. H. G. KINGSTON. One vol. 18mo, with illustrations, extra cloth...

5. KEEPSAKE FOR THE YOUNG. A Book of Amusement. By AUNT FRIENDLY. With 180 illustrations. One vol. 12mo, extra cloth.......

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6. ADRIFT IN A BOAT. A Story for Boys. And, WASHED ASHORE. In one vol. 12mo, with illustrations, extra cloth......

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7. THE LEONARDS; OR, THE COBBLER, THE CLERK, AND THE LAWYER. With illustrations. One vol. 18mo, cloth..

8. HEROISM AND ADVENTURE. A Book for Boys. Selected and edited by Mrs. VALENTINE. One vol. 12mo, with colored illustrations, extra cloth...

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9. WARNE'S NURSERY PLAYMATE. Comprising-1. NURSERY LULLABIES. 2. NURSERY NUMBERS. 3. THE TINY TEA PARTY. 4. THE BANQUET OF BIRDS. 5. THE ROBINS. 6. THE SILLY LITTLE BAA. One vol. 8vo, large colored plates, extra cloth........

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Imperial folio, with Texts complete, $35.

CARL WERNER'S NILE SKETCHES,

PAINTED FROM NATURE DURING HIS TRAVELS THROUGH EGYPT. A Series of Water-color Drawings in perfect fac-simile of the originals, mounted on strong English cardboard, large folio, 23 inches by 17%, with preface and descriptive text....................

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LES FEMMES DU TEMPS PASSE. ARSENE HOUSSAYE. One vol. royal 8vo, with superb steel portraits, half morocco, scarce...... 15 00 WORDSWORTH (W.). POETICAL WORKS. Edited, with a critical memoir. by W. M. RosSETTI. One vol. 12mo,. illustrated by H. DELL, extra cloth, gilt edges

WHYMPER'S SCRAMBLES.-New Supply.

SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS IN THE YEARS 1860-69. By EDWARD WHYMPER. some vol. large 8vo, with nearly 100 fine engravings, extra cloth........

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WHYTE'S LAND JOURNEY FROM ASIA.

A LAND JOURNEY FROM ASIA TO EUROPE. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A CAMEL AND A SLEDGE JOUR-
NEY FROM CANTON TO ST. PETERSBURG, THROUGH THE PLAINS OF MONGOLIA AND SIBERIA.
By W. A. WHYTE, F.R.G.S. One vol. 8vo, with map and illustration, cloth, price reduced to only....

EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS.

EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS AND OF THE KEDIVE. By Rev. F. BARHAM ZINCKE. One handsome vol. large 8vo, extra cloth...........

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ADAMS (JOHN).

DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Three vols. 8vo [1794]. Original edition, fine copy, with the rare portrait, half calf, very rare............... ...$12.00 ABELARD AND HELOISA. THEIR LIVES AND LETTERS. With the original letters in Latin, and a translation, by Berington. One vol. 4to [1788], half calf, scarce......

AKIN (LUCY). HISTORICAL WORKS. COURT
OF ELIZABETH, COURT OF CHARLES I., AND
COURT OF JAMES I. Six vols. 8vo [1823], in
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ALEXIS. THE SECRETS OF ALEXIS. Contain-
ing many excellent remedies against divers dis-
A worke well approved, very necessarie
for every man. One thick vol. 12mo [1615],
Black letter, rare and curious, half morocco..... 750
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ALGEBRA OF MOHAMMED BEN MUSA. Edited
and translated by ROSEN. One vol. 8vo [1831],
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ALMARON AND HAMET. An Oriental tale. By
Dr. HAWKSWORTH. One vol. 12mo [1761], half
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APOLLONIUS RHODIUS' ARGONAUTIC EXPE-
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AMERICANA. MEMOIRS AND ADVENTURES
OF MARK MOORE, LATE AN OFFICER IN
THE BRITISH NAVY. Written by himself.
One vol. 8vo [1795], half calf extra, rare.....
MARK MOORE was born in Boston, Mass.

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ANTIQUITIES.

BRAND'S OBSERVATIONS ON POPULAR ANTIQUITIES. One vol. 8vo [1777]. BOURNE'S ANTIQUITIES OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. One vol. 8vo [1725]. BLOUNT'S ANTIENT TENURES OF LAND, AND JOCULAR CUSTOMS. One vol. 8vo [1784]. Together three vols. 8vo, uniform in sprinkled calf, very rare, splendid set............ .$18.00 ANTONINUS (MARCUS AURELIUS). HIS CONVERSATION WITH HIMSELF. Translated by JEREMY COLLIER. One vol. 12mo [1701], red morocco extra, splendid copy......

ARNOLD (DR. THOS.) HISTORY OF ROME,
AND OF THE LATER ROMAN COMMON-
WEALTH. Five vols. Svo [1857], best Library
edition, fine copy, in tree calf extra..

ARIOSTO. ORLANDO FURIOSO, ed. DOLCE (In
Italian). Fine old edition. Venice [1619], with
curious woodcuts. One vol. 16mo, full red mo-

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ASTROLOGER (THE) OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; or, THE MASTER KEY OF FUTURITY. One vol. 8vo [1825], plates, half morocco.. ATKINSON (MRS.). RECOLLECTIONS OF TARTAR STEPPES AND THEIR INHABITANTS. With illustrations. One vol. 12mo [1863].. ADVENTURES OF SIG, GAUDENTIO DI LUCCA. Being the substance of his examination before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna, &c., &c. One vol. 18mo [1776], very rare, calf extra, fine

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BAILEY (SAM.) OF SHEFFIELD. THE RATION-
ALE OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION.
One vol. 8vo [1855], half calf, very scarce.......
BALL (R.). ASTROLOGY IMPROVED; or, A
COMPENDIUM OF THAT NOBLE SCIENCE.
vol. 1ero [1723], calf, fine copy........
BALDWIN (E.). FABLES ANCIENT AND MOD-
ERN. Adapted for the use of children from
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[1805], with 73 engravings, red morocco extra... 7 00
BAMPFYLDE Moore Carew, KING OF THE BEG-
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BARRINGTON (SIR JONAH). RISE AND FALL OF THE IRISH NATION. One thick vol. 12mo [1843], with portraits, half calf, scarce....... BATES (H. W.) THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS. A record of adventures and discoveries. With illustrations. One vol. 12mo, calf extra..

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prising Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, Queen of Bohemia, Anne Boleyn, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton. In all, eight vols. small 8vo [1821]. Complete set. Portraits, half calf extra, fine copy, scarce.... BERNARD (J.) THE AUGUSTAN HISTORY; or, LIVES OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS. Two vols. 12mo [1698], red morocco, fine copy, rare....... BOCCACCIO. CONTES ET NOUVELLES. Two vols. 18mo [1732], with ROMEYN DE HOOGHE fine plates. Splendid copy in sprinkled calf.... 12 00 SPIRIT OF BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERON. Translated and versified from the Italian. Three vols. in one, 12mo [1812], half morocco, scarce.. 7 50 **Attributed to THомMAS MOORE. DECAMERON; or, TEN DAYS' ENTERTAINMENT. Four vols. in two, 18mo [1822], half vellum.

DECAMERON. The Model of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation. One thick vol. 18mo [1634], excessively rare early edition, unknown to bibliographers, and not in LOWNDES' Manual. With the woodcuts from the folio edition (sideways). Red morocco.. BOILEAU (MONS.). WORKS. Translated into English, with his life, by ADDISON. Two vols. 12mo [1712], adorned with cuts, red morocco. very scarce.. BOLINGBROKE (LORD). WORKS, WITH HIS LIFE. Eleven vols. Svo [1754], fine copy, calf

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BOURRIENNE (M. DE). LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Three vols. 12mo [1831], half vellum... BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. With the Psalms of David. One vol. 8vo, STURT'S edition, engraved throughout, with numerous fine engravings. Very rare and curious. In the original red morocco binding, fine copy..... BIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINCIPAL SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE, WHO HAVE REIGNED SINCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. One vol. 12mo [1822], half calf extra, with portraits of all the crowned heads of Europe.....

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BRITISH NOVELISTS. Edited by Roscoe, and illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. A complete set in nineteen vols. 12mo, original editions, brilliant impressions of the fine plates [1892], &c. half vellum, very rare.......

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BURNS (ROB.). COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS. With his life, by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. Eight vols. 12mo [1834], with engravings, half morocco, gilt tops, scarce....

BURNEY (J.). HISTORY OF THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA. One vol, 4to [1816], fine maps and charts, half calf, scarce.. BURTON (D.). THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. Two vols. 8vo [1837], best library edition, large print. Fine copy, in half morocco, gilt tops....

BURNS (ROBERT). WORKS. With his Life by CUNNINGHAM. Eight vols. 12mo, very pretty edition, with engraved frontispieces, half moroćco [1834], scarce..

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Edited by the ETTRICK SHEPHERD. Five vols. 12mo [1834], engravings, half calf........ 12 (0 BURTON (CAPT.). PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO EL MEDINAH AND MECCA. Two vols. 12mo, with maps and colored engravings, cloth, scarce [1857]......... BOURNE (VINCENT). POETICAL WORKS, Latin and English. One vol. 12mo [1838], half calf,

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BULWER (LORD). THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE. One vol. royal Syo, large paper [18:4]. with superb steel engravings, beautiful copy in tree calf extra, rare............

BUTLER (SAM.). HUDIBRAS. A Poem. With complete index, never before printed. One vol. 12mo [1712], with curious copper-plates, red morocco extra, fine copy.......

CAMBRIDGE. GRADUS AD CANTABRIGIAM; or, NEW UNIVERSITY GUIDE TO ACADEMICAL CUSTOMS, &C., &c. One vol. 8vo [1824], colored costumes, half morocco, very rare....

CARD (H.). HISTORY OF (EIGHT) REVOLU TIONS OF RUSSIA, TO THE ACCESSION OF CATHERINE I. One vol. 8vo [1803], half calf,

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CARMICHAEL-SMYTH (SIR J.). CHRONOLOGICAL EPITOME OF THE WARS IN THE LOW COUNTRIES. One vol. 8vo [1825], half calf extra.........

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CASANOVA (JACQUES). MEMOIRS OF. Writ ten by Himself. Six vols. in three, 12mo [1863], half morocco, very rare.. CATLOW (AGNES AND MARIA). SKETCHING RAMBLES; or, NATURE IN THE ALPS AND APENNINES. Illustrated with twenty colored views. Two vols. 12mo, half calf extra, rare... 6 00 CHRYSAL; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A GUINEA. Three vols. 18mo, Cooke's pocket edition, with engravings, calf.. CHAUCER (GEOFFREY). WORKS. Comprising Life of Chaucer, History of the Commonwealth of England, Lives of the Necromancers, Inquiry on Population, The Inquirer, and Thoughts on Man. In all twelve vols. 8vo, fine set in half calf extra, scarce... CHATEAUBRIAND (F. A. DE). TRAVELS IN GREECE, PALESTINE, &c. Two vols. And THE CONGRESS OF VERONA. Two vols. In all four vols. 8vo, half calf extra... COLONIES, FISHERIES, AND COMMERCE, OPINIONS OF EMINENT LAWYERS ON. Two vols. 8vo [1814], calf..........

Very scarce and valuable for the pre-revolutionary history of the United States. COLLINS (W.). POETICAL WORKS. Harding's fine illustrated edition. One vol. 12mo [1800], sprinkled calf ..........

COLERIDGE (S. T.). HINTS TOWARDS THE
FORMATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
THEORY OF LIFE. One vol. 12mo, cloth, very

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AIDS TO REFLECTION IN THE FORMATION OF A MANLY CHARACTER. ON THE SEVERAL GROUNDS OF PRUDENCE, MORALITY, AND RELIGION. One vol, small 8vo [1836], Pickering's fine edition, very scarce, half

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COOKE (G. W.). HISTORY OF PARTY, FROM THE RISE OF THE WHIG AND TORY FACTIONS. IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES II., TO THE PASSING OF THE REFORM BILL. Three vols. 8vo [1840], half calf extra.......... 15 00 COTTON (C. C.). LACON; or, MANY THINGS IN FEW WORDS, ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO THINK. Two vols. 8vo [1821], best and only complete edition, full calf, nice copy, scarce.............. CORNARO (LEWIS). DISCOURSES ON A SOBER AND TEMPERÁTE LIFE. One vol. 12mo [1768], best edition, red morocco extra...... CORNWALLYES (SIR W.). FIFTY-TWO ESSAYS AND DISCOURSES ON SENECA, THE TRAGEDIAN. One vol. 18mo [1632], very rare, with the scarce title-page, containing portraits of Sir WILLIAM and his Father. Sprinkled calf..... CICERONIS DE PHILOSOPHIA. One vol. 18mo [Venetiis, Aldus, 1546], beautiful copy, in rich morocco extra, exceedingly rare, especially in this unusually fine condition......... CICERO'S PRINCIPAL ORATIONS. Translated, with notes, classical and original, by Captain JOHN ROTHERFORD. One vol. 4to [1781], in tree calf extra, medallion on sides, scarce...... LIFE AND LETTERS. By MIDDLETON, MELMOTH, and' HEBERDEN. One thick vol. royal Svo [1870], in full polished calf extra, or tree calf..

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CUMMING (J. G.). THE ISLE OF MAN: ITS HIS-
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LEGENDARY. One vol. small 8vo [1848], engrav-
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CRUIKSHANKIANA. The finest Collection of Cruik-

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THE GENIUS OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
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his numerous works, and bound in two vols.
royal 4to, in tree calf extra, a most superb set,
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CRUIKSHANK. OLIVER TWIST. By CHARLES DICKENS. Three vols. 12mo [1839], second edition, with GEORGE CRUIKSHANK's original etchings, half morocco, fine copy, very scarce indeed 18 00 — THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, and TALES OF OTHER DAYS. With capital illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. One vol. 16mo, half morocco, scarce, fine copy....

THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE; or, ADVENTURES OF A LADY IN SEARCH OF A GOOD SERVANT. Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Genuine original edition, half morocco, very

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SUNDAY IN LONDON. Illustrated in fourteen cuts, by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, and a few words by a friend of his. One vol. 12mo [1833], fine original copy, brilliant impressions of the plates, tree calf extra, very scarce... DANTE. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DANTE ALIGHIERI. By Count CESARE BALBO. Two vols. in one, 12mo [1852], half calf extra........ DANCE OF DEATH (THE BASLE). A very curious edition (text in German), with exceedingly old woodcut illustrations of the fifteenth century. One vol. 18mo, Stuttgart, 1847, with a 4to atlas of plates, boards, very scarce..

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D'AUBIGNE (J. H. M.). HISTORY OF THE GREAT REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, &c. Five vols. 8vo [1843], calf extra. $35 00

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DAWSON (T.). MEMOIRS OF ST GEORGE,
THE ENGLISH PATRON; AND OF THE
MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER.
One vol. 12mo [1714], calf, curious and rare.....
DEFOE'S (DAN.) LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF
ROBINSON CRUSOE. Two vols. 8vo [1790],
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A VIEW OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD; or,
GENERAL HISTORY OF APPARITIONS. One vol.
Svo [1752], with all the curious plates, in red
morocco extra, fine copy, rare.....

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DELANY (DR.). HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND REIGN OF DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL. Two vols. 8vo [1759], half calf extra, scarce.......

DE WITT (MADAME GUIZOT). THE LADY OF LATHAM. Being the life and original letters of CHARLOTTE DE LA TREMONILLE, Countess de Derby. One vol. Svo, fine portrait [1869], tree calf extra.......

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DIGBY (K. H.). EVENINGS ON THE THAMES; or, SERENE HOURS, AND WHAT THEY REQUIRE. Two thick vols. 12mo [1864], half calf, scarce... 10 CO DODWELL (E.). CLASSICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL TOUR THROUGH GREECE. Two vols. 4to [1819], numerous fine steel engravings, fine copy, full calf extra, gilt edges, scarce.. 24 00 DON QUIXOTE'S ADVENTURES. Translated by SMOLLETT. Four vols. 12mo [1761], with fine plates by HAYMAN, half calf, scarce.... DORAN (DR.). "THEIR MAJESTY'S SERVANTS." ANNALS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, FROM BETTERTON TO KEAN. ACTORS, AUTHORS, AUDIENCES. Two vols. 8vo [1864], extended to four vols, by the insertion of 250 very fine portraits and engravings. A superb copy, in tree calf, edges uncut.. ........175 00

DONNE (DR. JOHN). POEMS. With Elegies on the author's death. One vol. 18mo [1639], splendid copy of a rare edition, with the rare portrait, red morocco.....

DRAMA (THE). THE NEW ENGLISH DRAMA. With prefatory remarks, biographical sketches, and notes, critical and explanatory, by W. OxBERRY. Complete set in Twenty-two vols. 12mo [1818]..

Comprising the works of BEN JONSON, COLLEY CIBBER, CONGREVE, DIBDIN, DRYDEN, FOOTE, the German Theatre, LILLO, MALLET, and OTWAY. Thirty-four vols. 16mo, uniform in half calf extra, very fine set...

THE BRITISH THEATRE. A collection of the best English plays, with biographical and critical remarks. Complete set in forty-two vols. 12mo, numerous engravings, half calf extra, a very fine copy, scarce.

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Jan. 1, 1872.

GEORGE MACDONALD'S POEMS. THE thousands of American readers who have

become interested in Macdonald the novelist, through Wilfrid Cumbermede and his other won

derful stories, will be glad to become acquainted with Macdonald the poet, by means of the edition of his poems, announced by SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & Co. In England this great writer is classed, as a poet, in that distinguished group which includes Browning, Tennyson, Buchanan, &c., while in this country little has hitherto been seen of his work in this line, save a few pieces scattered through his novels, and occasional verses which have gone the rounds of the newspapers.

"WITHIN AND WITHOUT" is the title of Macdonald's longest, and, in some respects, most remarkable poem. It is, indeed, a "story in verse," of absorbing interest; full of exquisite

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