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IMPORTANT WORKS

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IMPORTANT WORKS

JUST PUBLISHED BY
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW-YORK.

The Works of Charles Lamb. To which are prefixed
his Letters, and a Sketch of his Life, by Thomas Noon Talfourd.
2 vols. 12mo. Portrait.

A Journal of Travels on the Continent of Europe: viz.,
in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, some
Parts of Germany, and the Netherlands, during the Years 1835
and '36. By Wilbur Fisk, D.D. 8vo. With Engravings.

Memoirs of Aaron Burr. With Miscellaneous Selections
from his Correspondence. 2 vols. 8vo. Portraits.

A New Hieroglyphical Bible, with 400 Cuts, by Adams.
16mo.

Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the
Holy Land. 2 vols. 12mo. Third Edition. With Engravings.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
Comprising the Details of a Mutiny and atrocious Butchery on
board the American Brig Grampus on her Way to the South Seas
in the Month of June, 1827, &c., &c., &c. 12mo. Engravings.

Sketches of the Life and Character of the Rev. Lemuel
Haynes, A.M. By Timothy Mather Cooley. D.D. With
some introductory Remarks by Wm. B. Sprague, D.D. 12mo.
Portrait.

The Economy of Health; or, the Stream of Human
Life from the Cradle to the Grave. With Reflections, Moral,
Physical, and Philosophical, on the Septennial Phases of Human
Existence. By James Johnson, M.D. 18mo.

The Monk of Cimies. By Mrs. Sherwood. 12mo.
Engravings. [Vol. XIV. of her Works.]

Henry Milner. Complete. [Vol. XV. of Mrs. Shefwood's
Works.]

Sacred History of the World. By Sharon Turner.
Vol. III. [No. 83 of the Family Library.]

Scenery of the Heavens. By Thomas Dick, LL.D.,
Author of “Christian Philosopher,” &c. 18mo. Engravings.

Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam,
and Muscat. By Edmund Roberts. 8vo.

Zion's Songster. Compiled by Rev. T. Mason. 48mo.


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Leila; or, the Siege of Grenada. By E. L. Bulwer,
Esq., Author of “Eugene Aram,” &c. 12mo.

Ernest Maltravers. By the Author of “Pelham,”
“Rienzi,” &c. 2 vols. 12mo.

Attila. By the Author of “Richelieu,” “Philip Angustus,”
“The Gipsy,” &c. 2 vols. 12mo.

Pelayo: a Story of the Goth. By the Author of “Guy
Rivers,” “Mellichampe,” &c. 2 vols. 12mo.

Burton; or, the Sieges. By the Author of “Lafitte,”
&c. 2 vols. 12mo.

Live and Let Live; or, Domestic Service Illustrated.
By the Author of “The Linwoods,” “The Poor Rich Man,” &c.
18mo.

A Love Token for Children. By the Author of “Live
and Let Live,” &c. 18mo.

Cromwell: a Romance. By the Author of “The
Brothers,” &c. 2 vols. 12mo.

Recollections of a Southern Matron. By the Author
of “Recollections of a New-England Housekeeper.” 12mo.

Falkner. By the Author of “Frankenstein,” “Lodore,”
&c. 12mo.

Constance Latimer; or, the Blind Girl. With other
Stories. By Mrs. Emms C. Embury, 18mo.

Anthon's Series of Classical Works for Schools and Colleges,
now in the course of publication
.

*** The following works, already published, may be regarded as
specimens of the whole series, which will consist of about thirty
volumes.

Sallust's Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline,
with an English Commentary, and Geographical and Historical
Indexes. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. Sixth Edition, corrected
and enlarged. 12mo. With a Portrait.

Select Orations of Cieero, with an English Commentary,
and Historical, Geographical, and Legal Indexes. By
Charles Anthon, LL.D., &c. 12mo. Third Edition.

Cæsar. With Notes, &c., by Professor Anthon. 12mo.
With a Map of Ancient Gaul, and Plans of Battles, Sieges, &c.

A Grammar of the Greek Language, for the Use of
Schools and Colleges, with Teutonic, Gothic, Sclavonic, Gaelic,
Sanserit, and Zend Analogies. By C. Anthen, LL.D. 12mo.

A System of Greek Prosody and Metre, with Illustrations
of the Choral Scanning in the Dramatic Writers. By C.
Anthon, LL.D. 12mo.


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51, 52. History of Ireland. From the Anglo-Norman
Invasion till the Union of the Country with Great Britain.
By W. C. Taylor, Esq. With Additions, by William Sampson,
Esq. With Engravings.

53. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on
the Northern Coasts of North America. From the Earliest Period
to the Present Time. By P. F. Tytler, Esq. With Descriptive
Sketches of the Natural History of the North American
Regions. By Professor Wilson. With a Map, &c.

54. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von
Humboldt; being a cendensed Narrative of his Journeys in the
Equinoctial Regions of America, and in Asiatic Russia: together
with Analyses of his more important Investigations. By W. Macgillivray,
A.M. With Engravings.

55, 56. Letters of Euler on Different Subjects of
Natural Philosophy. Addressed to a German Princess. Translated
by Hunter. With Notes and a Life of Euler, by Sir David
Brewster; with Additional Notes, by John Griscom, LL.D.
With a Glossary of Scientific Terms. With Engravings.

57. A Popular Guide to the Observation of Nature;
or, Hints of Inducement to the Study of Natural Productions and
Appearances, in their Connexions and Relations. By Robert Mudie,
Esq. With Engravings.

58. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings. By
John Abercrombie, M.D., F.R.S. With Questions.

59. On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion
of Knowledge. By Thomas Dick, LL.D.

60. History of Charlemagne. To which is prefixed
an Introduction, comprising the History of France from the Earliest
Period to the Birth of Charlemagne. By G. P. R. James.
With a Portrait.

61. Nubia and Abyssinia. Comprehending the Civil
History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History.
By the Rev. M. Russell, LL.D. With a Map and Engravings.

62, 63. The Life of Oliver Cromwell. By the Rev.
M. Russell, LL.D. With a Portrait.

64. Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c. By
James Montgomery.

65. Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great. By John
Barrow, Esq. With a Portrait.

66, 67. The Lives of the most Eminent Painters and
Sculptors. By Allan Cunningham, Esq. Second Series. With
Portraits.


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68, 69. The History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern.
Containing a Description of the Country—An Account of its Inhabitants,
Antiquities, Political Condition, and early Commerce—
The Life and Religion of Mohammed—The Conquests, Arts,
and Literature of the Saracens—The Califs of Damascus, Bagdad,
Africa, and Spain—The Government and Religious Ceremonies
of the Modern Arabs—Origin and Suppression of the Wahabees—The
Institutions, Character, Manners, and Customs of the
Bedouins; and a Comprehensive View of its Natural History.
By Andrew Crichton. With a Map and Engravings.

70. Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia.
From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. 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. By James
B. Fraser, Esq. With a Map, &c.

71. The Principles of Physiology, applied to the
Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and
Mental Education. By Andrew Combe, M.D.

72. Sacred History of the World. As displayed in
the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge. Attempted
to be Philosophically considered in a Series of Letters to a Son.
By S. Turner. Vol. 2.

73. History and Present Condition of the Barbary
States. Comprehending a View of their Civil Institutions, Arts,
Religion, Literature, Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Productions.
By the Rev. M. Russell, LL.D. With Engravings.

74. The Natural History of Insects. Vol. 2. With
Numerous Engravings.

75, 76. A Life of Washington. By J. K. Paulding,
Esq. With Engravings.

77. The Philosophy of Living; or, the Way to enjoy
Life and its Comforts. By Caleb Ticknor, A.M., M.D. With
Engravings.

78. The Earth: Its Physical Condition and most
Remarkable Phenomena. By W. Mullinger Higgins. With Engravings.

79. A Compendious History of Italy. Translated
from the original Italian. By Nathaniel Green.

80, 81. The Chinese. A general Description of the
Empire of China and its Inhabitants. By John Francis Davis,
Esq., F.R.S. With Illustrative Engravings.

82. The Economy of Health; or, the Stream of
Human Life, from the Cradle to the Grave. With Reflections,
Moral, Physical, and Philosophical, on the Septennial Phases of
Human Existence. By James Johnson. M A


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83. An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation
of the Globe, and of the Progress of Discovery in the Pacific
Ocean. From the Voyage of Magellan to the Death of Cook.
With numerous Engravings.

CLASSICAL LIBRARY.

With Portraits on steel. Bound uniformly, but each work sold separately.

1, 2. Xenophon. (Anabasis, translated by Edward
Spelman, Esq., Cyropædia, by the Hon. M. A. Cooper.) With a
Portrait.

3, 4. The Orations of Demosthenes. Translated by
Thomas Leland, D.D. With a Portrait.

5. Sallust. Translated by William Rose, M.A.
With Improvements.

6, 7. Cæsar. Translated by William Duncan, Esq.
With a Portrait.

8, 9, 10. Cicero. The Orations translated by Duncan,
the Offices by Cockman, and the Cato and Lælius by Melmoth.
With a Portrait.

11, 12. Virgil. The Eclogues translated by Wrangham,
the Georgics by Sotheby, and the æneid by Dryden. With a
Portrait.

13. æschylus. Translated by the Rev. R. Potter,
M.A.

14. Sophocles. Translated by Thomas Francklin,
D.D. With a Portrait.

15, 16, 17. Euripides. Translated by the Rev. R.
Potter, M.A. With a Portrait.

18, 19. Horace. Translated by Philip Francis, D.D.
With an Appendix, containing translations of various Odes, &c.
By Ben Jonson, Cowley, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Addison, Swift,
Bentley, Chatterton, G. Waketield, Porson, Byron, &c. And by
some of the most eminent Poets of the present day. And

Phædrus. With the Appendix of Gudius. Translated
by Christopher Smart, A.M. With a Portrait.

20, 21. Ovid. Translated by Dryden, Pope, Congreve,
Addison, and others. With a Portrait.

22, 23. Thucydides. Translated by William Smith,
A.M. With a Portrait.


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24, 25, 26, 27, 28. Livy. Translated by George Baker,
A.M. With a Portrait.

29, 30, 31. Herodotus. Translated by the Rev.
William Beloe. With a Portrait.

32, 33, 34. Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope,
Esq. With a Portrait.

35. Juvenal. Translated by Charles Badham, M.D.
F.R.S. New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Imitations
of the Third and Tenth Satires. By Dr. Samuel Johnson.
To which are added, The Satires of Persius.

36. Pindar. Translated by the Rev. C. A. Wheel-wright.
And

Anacreon. Translated by Thomas Bourne.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' LIBRARY.

Illustrated by numerous Engravings. Bound uniformly, but each volume sold separately.

No. 1. Lives of the Apostles and Early Martyrs of
the Church. With Engravings.

2, 3. The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures
of a Father and Mother and Four Sons on a Desert Island. The
progress of the Story forming a clear Illustration of the First Principles
of Natural History, and many Branches of Science which
most immediately apply to the Business of Life. With Engravings.

4, 13, 18. Sunday Evenings; or, an Easy Introduction
to the Reading of the Bible. By the Author of “The Infant
Christian's First Catechism.” With Engravings.

5. The Son of a Genius. A Tale, for the Use of
Youth. By Mrs. Hofland. With Engravings.

6. Natural History; or, Uncle Philip's Conversa
tions with the Children about Tools and Trades among the Inferi
or Animals. With numerous Illustrative Engravings.

7, 8. Indian Traits; being Sketches of the Manners
Customs, and Character of the North American Natives. By B.
B. Thatcher, Esq. With Engravings.

9, 10, 11. Tales from American History. By the
Author of “American Popular Lessons.” With Engravings.

12. The Young Crusoe; or, the Shipwrecked Boy.
Containing an Account of his Shipwreck, and of his Residence
alone upon an Uninhabited Island. By Mrs. Hofland. With Engravings


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14. Perns on the Sea; being Anthentic Narratives
of Remarkable and Affecting Disasters upon the Deep. With Illustrations
of the Power and Goodness of God in Wonderful Preservations.
With Engravings.

15. Sketches of the Lives of Distinguished Females.
Written for Young Ladies, with a view to their Mental and Moral
Improvement. By an American Lady. With a Portrait.

16. Caroline Westerley; or, the Young Traveller
from Ohio. By Mrs. Phelps (formerly Mrs. Lincoln). With Engravings.

17. The Clergyman's Orphan, and other Tales. By
a Clergyman. For the Use of Youth. With Engravings.

19. The Ornaments Discovered. By Mrs. Hughs.
With Engravings.

20. Evidences of Christianity; or, Uncle Philip's
Conversations with the Children about the Truth of the Christian
Religion. With Engravings.

21. Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children
about the History of Virginia. With Engravings.

22. The American Forest; or, Uncle Philip's Conversations
with the Children about the Trees of America. With
numerous Engravings.

23, 24. Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children
about the History of New-York. With Engravings.

25. Tales of the American Revolution. By B. B.
Thatcher, Esq.

26, 27. Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children
about the Whale-fishery and Polar Seas. With numerous
Engravings.

NOVELS, TALES, &c.

Miss Edgeworth's Tales and Novels. 10 vols. 12mo.
With Engravings.

Mrs. Sherwood's Works. In 13 vols. 12mo. With
Engravings.

BULWER'S NOVELS, &c.

Pelham. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Disowned; a Tale. In 2 vols. 12mo.


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Devereux. In 2 vols 12mo.

Paul Clifford. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Eugene Aram. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Last Days of Pompeii. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Student; a Series of Papers. In 2 vols.

Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes. In 2 vols.

Falkland; a Tale. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine. 12mo.

The Rebel, and other Tales. 12mo.

The Siamese Twins. 12mo.

PAULDING'S NOVELS, &c.

Salmagundi. In 4 vols. 12mo.

Letters from the South. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Koningsmarke; or, Old Times in the New World.

John Bull and Brother Jonathan. 12mo.

The Dutchman's Fireside. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Book of St. Nicholas. 12mo.

New Pilgrim's Progress. 12mo.

Wise Men of Gotham. 12mo.

John Bull in America. 12mo.

Winter Nights' Entertainment. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Westward Ho! In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Atlantic Club-Book. By Paulding, &c.

Tales of Glauber Spa. By Paulding, &c. 2 vols.

SIMMS'S WORKS, &c.

Atalantis; a Story of the Sea. 8vo.

Martin Faber, &c. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Guy Rivers; a Tale of Georgia. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Yemassee. In 2 vols. 12mo.


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The Partisan. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Mellichampe. In 2 vols. 12mo.

JAMES'S NOVELS, &c.

Richelieu, a Tale of France. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Darnley. In 2 vols. 12mo.

De l'Orme. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Philip Augustus. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Henry Masterton. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Mary of Burgundy. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Adventures of John Marston Hall. In 2 vols.

The Gipsy; a Tale. In 2 vols. 12mo.

One in a Thousand. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Desultory Man. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The String of Pearls. 12mo.

The Club-Book, by James and others. 12mo.

Giafar al Barmeki; a Tale of the Court of Haroun Al
Raschid. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Adventures of Roderick Random. By Smollett.
12mo.

Elkswatawa; or, the Prophet of the West. In 2
vols. 12mo.

Lafitte, the Pirate of the Gulf. In 2 vols. 12mo.

George Balcomb. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Sheppard Lee: written by himself. In 2 vols.

The Linwoods. By Miss Sedgwick. In 2 vols.

The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man.

Allen Prescott; or, the Adventures of a New-England
Boy, by Mrs. T. Sedgwick. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Spy, by Cooper. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Outre-Mer. By Longfellow. In 2 vols. 12mo.


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Norman Leslie, by Fay. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Quiet Man, by Fay. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Herbert Wendall; a Tale of the Revolution. In 2
vols. 12mo.

Paul Ulric, by Mattson. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Brothers, by Herbert. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Miriam Coffin; or, the Whale-fisherman. In 2 vols,
12mo.

The Cavaliers of Virginia, by Caruthers. 2 vols.

Blackbeard. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Tales and Sketches, by W. L. Stone.

Tales and Sketches, by Wm. Leggett.

Roxobel, by Mrs. Sherwood. In 3 vols. 18mo.

France in 1829-30, by Lady Morgan. 2 vols.

Romance of History—France, by Ritchie.

Speculation, by Miss Pardoe. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Romance of History—Italy, by Macfarlane.

The Refugee in America, by Mrs. Trollope.

The Mechanic, by the Rev. C. B. Taylor. 18mo

The Sketch-Book of Fashion, by Mrs. Gore.

Village Belles. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Zohrab the Hostage, by Morier. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Chronicles of the Canongate, by Scott.

Maxwell, by Theodore Hook. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Frank Orby. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Count Robert of Paris, by Scott.

The False Step, and the Sisters. 12mo.

The Younger Son, by Trelawney. 12mo.

The Abbess, by Mrs. Trollope. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Southennan, by Galt. In 2 vols 12mo.

The New Forest, by Smith. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Farly Ages, by Smith. In 2 vols. 12mo.


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The English at Home. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Beatrice, by Mrs. Hofland. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Oxonians. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Stratton Hill. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Foscarini; or, the Patrician of Venice.

Arlington, by T. H. Lister. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Peace Campaigns of a Cornet. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Smuggler, by Banim. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Mayor of Windgap, by Banim.

Evelina, by Miss Burney. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad, by Mrs.
Jameson. 12mo.

Tutti Frutti, by Prince Puckler Muskau. 12mo.

The Frolics of Puck. In 2 vols. 12mo.

De Vere, by Ward. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Recollections of a Chaperon, by Lady Dacre.

Tales of the Peerage and Peasantry. 12mo.

My Life, by the Author of “Stories of Waterloo.”

Wild Sports of the West, by the same Author.

The Life of a Sailor, by Capt. Chamier.

The Unfortunate Man, by Capt. Chamier. 12mo:

The Young Muscovite; or, the Poles in Russia. By
Capt. Chamier. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Melmoth the Wanderer, by Maturin. 12mo.

Valerius, by Lockhart. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Exile of Erin; or, the Sorrows of a Bashful
Irishman. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Outlaw, by Mrs. C. Hall. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Henri Quatre. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Two Old Men's Tales. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Tales of the Woods and Fields; by same Author.

Bernardo del Carpio, by Montgomery. 12mo.

The Separation, by Lady Bury. 12mo.

The Heiress. In 2 vols. 12mo.


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The Diary of a Physician.

The Merchant's Clerk, and other Tales, by the same
Author.

Novellettes of a Traveller, by Nott. In 2 vols.

The Whigs of Scotland. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Haverhill, by Jones. In 2 vols. 12mo.

The Housekeeper, by Mrs. Gilman. 18mo.

Lord Roldan, by Allan Cunningham 12mo.

The Diary of a Désennuyée. 12mo.

Home; or, the Iron Rule, by Miss Stickney.

The Three Eras of Woman's Life. 12mo.

The Self-Condemned. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Stories of the Sea, by Capt. Marryatt. 12mo.

Japhet in Search of a Father, by Marryatt. 12mo.

The Doctor, &c. 12mo.

Humphry Clinker, by Smollett. 12mo.

The History of Tom Jones, by Fielding. In 2 vols.
12mo.

The History of Amelia, by Fielding. 12mo.

Le Sage's Gil Blas. Translated by Smollett. In 2
vols. 12mo.

Crichton, by Ainsworth. 12mo.

Mahmoud. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Conti the Discarded, and other Tales, by Chorley. In
2 vols. 12mo.

The Young Duke, by D'Israeli.

Contarini Fleming, by D'Israeli.

Cyril Thornton, by Hamilton. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Anastasius, by Hope. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Caleb Williams, by Godwin. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Cloudesley, by Godwin. In 2 vols. 12mo.

Mephistophiles in England; or, Confessions of a
Prime Minister. In 2 vols. 12mo.


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