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OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS.

Each Series in a neat box. Sold in sets or separately.

Young America Abroad. Outward Bound; or
Young America Afloat. Tenth edition. Now ready. $1.50.

Army and Navy Stories. A Library for Young
and Old, in six volumes. 16mo. Illustrated. Price $1.50 per vol. The Soldier
Boy, or Tom Somers in the Army; The Sailor Boy, or Jack Somers in the Navy;
The Young Lieutenant, or The Adventurer of an Army Officer — A Sequel to the
Soldier Boy; The Yankee Middy, or The Adventures of a Naval Officer — Sequel
to The Sailor Boy; Fighting Joe, or The Fortunes of a Staff Officer — A Sequel to
The Young Lieutenant; Brave Old Salt, or Life on the Quarter-Deck — A Sequel to
The Yankee Middy. The whole series are admirably illustrated, printed and bound
in the best style, and may be obtained in sets in neat boxes, or be had separate.

Woodville Stories. Uniform with Library for
Young People. Six volumes. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50 per vol. Rich and
Humble, or the Mission of Bertha Grant; In School and Out, or the Conquest of
Richard Grant; Watch and Wait, or The Young Fugitives; Work and Win, or
Noddy Newman on a Cruise; Hope and Have, or Fanny Grant among the Indians;
Haste and Waste, or The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. Each volume handsomely
illustrated, and complete in itself, or in sets in neat boxes.

Famous “Boat-Club” Series. Library for Young
People. Handsomely illustrated. Six volumes, in neat box; per volume, $1.25.
Comprising: The Boat Club, or The Bunkers of Rippleton: All Aboard, or Life
on the Lake; Now or Never, or The Adventures of Bobby Bright; Try Again, or
The Trials and Triumphs of Harry West; Poor and Proud, or The Fortunes of
Katy Redburn; Little by Little, or The Cruise of the Flyaway.

Riverdale Story-Books. Six volumes, profusely
illustrated from new designs by Billings. In neat box. Cloth. Per volume, 45c.
Comprising: Little Merchant; Young Voyagers; Dolly and I; Proud and Lazy;
Careless Kate; Robinson Crusoe, Jr.

Flora Lee Story-Books. Companions to the above.
Six volumes, profusely illustrated from new designs by Billings. In neat box.
Cloth. Per volume, 45c. Comprising: Christmas Gift; Uncle Ben; Birthday
Party; The Picnic Party; The Gold Thimble; The Do-Somethings.

The above two series are also published in twelve volumes, under the title of
Riverdale Stories. They are divided for convenience of both buyer and seller,
or can be had, twelve volumes, in a neat box.

The Way of the World. By William T. Adams
(Oliver Optic). 12mo. $2.00.

Oliver Optic's Magazine, “Our Boys and Girls.”
Published Weekly. Fully illustrated. Per number, 6 cents; $2.50 per year.


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Arabian Nights. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

The Adventures of a German Toy. A charming
story for children. By Miss E. P. Channing. With three illustrations. 75 cts.

Crusoe Library. An attractive series for Young
and Old. Six volumes, illustrated. In neat box. Per volume, $1.50. Comprising:
Robinson Crusoe; Arabian Nights; Arctic Crusoe; Young Crusoe; Prairie
Crusoe; Willis the Pilot.

Robinson Crusoe. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

The Young Crusoe. A book for Boys. 16mo.
Illustrated. $1.50.

The Prairie Crusoe; or, Adventures in the Far
West. A book for Boys. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

The Arctic Crusoe: A Tale of the Polar Seas.
Finely illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

Eminent Statesmen. The Young American's Library
of Eminent Statesmen. Uniform with the Young American's Library of
Famous Generals. Six volumes, handsomely illustrated, in neat box. Per vol.,
$1.25. Comprising: Life of Benjamin Franklin; Life of Daniel Webster; The
Yankee Tea Party; Life of William Penn; Life of Henry Clay; Old Bell of
Independence.

Famous Generals. The Young American's Library
of Famous Generals. A useful and attractive series of books for Boys.
Six volumes, handsomely illustrated, in neat box. Per volume, $1.25. Comprising:
Life of General Washington; Life of General Taylor; Life of General Jackson;
Life of General Lafayette; Life of General Marion; Life of Napoleon
Bonaparte.

Fireside Picture Books. With many comical illustrations.
Stiff paper covers, in assorted dozen; per dozen, $1.80. Stiff paper
covers, in assorted dozen, colored; per dozen, $3.00. Comprising: Precocious
Piggy; Robber Kitten; Nine Lives of a Cat; Picture Alphabet; Little Man and
his Little Gun; Fireside Picture Alphabet.

Glen Morris Stories for Boys and Girls. By
Frances Forrester. Five volumes, 16mo. Each volume complete in itself, and
beautifully illustrated with fine engravings. Per volume, $1.25. Comprising:
Guy Carlton; Dick Duncan; Jessie Carlton; Walter Sherwood; Kate Carlton.

Kitty Barton. By Hester Gray. A simple Story
for Children. With one illustration. 32mo. 60 cts.

The Little Wrinkled Old Man. A Christmas
Extravaganza, and other Trifles. By Mrs. Elizabeth A. Thurston. Illust. 75c.

Minnie and her Pets. By Mrs. Madeline Leslie.
Elegantly illustrated. Six volumes. Small 4to. Bound in high-colored cloths,
and put up in neat box. Per volume, 75 cts. Comprising: Minnie's Pet Parrot;
Minnie's Pet Cat; Minnie's Pet Dog; Minnie's Pet Pony; Minnie's Pet Lamb;
Minnie's Pet Monkey.

Little Agnes' Library for Girls. By Mrs. Madeline
Leslie. Four volumes, in neat box; each volume elegantly illustrated, and entirely
distinct from the rest. Per volume, $1.50. Comprising: Little Agnes;
Trying to be Useful; I'll Try; Art and Artlessness.


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Play and Study Series for Boys and Girls. By
Mrs. Madeline Leslie. Four volumes. Illustrated. Uniform with Little Agnes
Library for Girls. Neat box. Per volume, $1.50. Comprising: The Motherless
Children; Play and Study; Howard and his Teacher; Jack, the Chimney Sweeper.

These two popular series are issued in entirely new style, bound in rich fancy
cloths, and put up in neat box.

Ned Nevins the Newsboy; or, Street Scenes in
Boston. By Rev. Henry Morgan, P. M. P. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.

Old Merry Rhymes for Young Merry Hearts.
Small 4to. Boards. 25 cts.

Little Prudy Stories. By Sophie May. Now
complete. Six volumes. 24mo. Handsomely illustrated. In a neat box. Per
volume, 75 cts. Comprising: Little Prudy; Little Prudy's Sister Susie; Little
Prudy's Captain Horace; Little Prudy's Cousin Grace; Little Prudy's Story-Book;
Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple.

Patriotism at Home; or, The Young Invincibles.
By I. H. Anderson, author of “Fred Freeland.” With four illustrations, from
original designs by Champney. One volume. 16mo. $1.50.

Rosy Diamond Story-Books. For Girls. A companion
set to Vacation Story-Books. Finely illustrated from designs by Billings
and others. Six volumes. Bound in high-colored cloths. In neat box. Per
volume, 80 cts. Comprising: The Great Rosy Diamond; Daisy, or the Fairy
Spectacles; Violet, a Fairy Story; Minnie, or the Little Woman; The Angel
Children; Little Blossom's Reward.

Vacation Story-Books. For Boys and Girls.
Finely illustrated from designs by Hoppin and others. Six volumes. Square
16mo. In neat box. Per volume 80 cts. Comprising: Worth, not Wealth; Country
Life; The Charm; Karl Keigler; Walter Seyton; Holidays at Chestnut Hill.

Sunnybank Stories. Twelve volumes. Compiled
by Rev. Asa Bullard, editor of the “Well-Spring.” Profusely illustrated, 32mo.
Bound in high colors, and put up in neat box. Per volume, 25 cts. Comprising:
Uncle Henry's Stories; Dog Stories; Stories for Alice; My Teacher's Gem; The
Scholar's Welcome; Going to School; Aunt Lizzie's Stories; Mother's Stories;
Grandpa's Stories; The Good Scholar; The Lighthouse; Reward of Merit.

The same series is also divided into Sunnybank and Shady Dell Stories, of six
volumes each. Orders should designate the number of volumes required.

Shady Dell Stories. Six volumes. Compiled by
Rev. Asa Bullard, editor of the “Well-Spring.” Profusely illustrated. 32mo.
Bound in high colors, and put up in a neat box (to match the Sunnybank Stories).
Per volume, 25 cts. Comprising: My Teacher's Gem; The Scholar's Welcome;
Going to School; The Good Scholar; The Lighthouse; Reward of Merit.

Sunnybank Stories. Six volumes. Compiled by
Rev. Asa Bullard, editor of the “Well-Spring.” Profusely illustrated. 32mo.
Bound in high colors and put up in a neat box. Per volume, 25 cts. Comprising:
Uncle Henry's Stories; Dog Stories; Stories for Alice; Aunt Lizzie's Stories;
Mother's Stories; Grandpa's Stories.

Willis the Pilot; or, Sequel to the Swiss Family
Robinson. With numerous illustrations. 16mo. $1.50.

Arabian Night's Entertainments. 12mo. Muslin.
With eight full-page illustrations. (The popular edition formerly published by
Phillips, Sampson & Co.) $1.75.

Amateur Dramas for Parlor Theatricals, Evening
Entertainments, and School Exhibitions. By Geo. M. Baker. Illus. 16mo. $1.50.


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A Trip to the Azores, or Western Islands. By
M. Borges De F. Henriques. 16mo. $1.50.

Bacon's Essays. With Annotations by Archbishop
Whately. In press; new edition. This edition will contain a Preface, Notes, and
Glossarial Index, by F. F. Heard, Esq., of the Boston Bar. It will be printed in
the very best style, by Messrs. J. Wilson & Son, of Cambridge, and will undoubtedly
be the finest edition ever published in this country.

The Blade and the Ear. Thoughts for a Young
Man. By Rev. A. B. Muzzey. 16mo. Red edges, bvld sides, $1.50; plain, $1.25.

The College, the Market, and the Court; or,
Woman's Relation to Education, Employment, and Citizenship. By Mrs. Caroline
H. Dall. (In press.)

Darryll Gap; or, Whether it Paid. A novel. By
Miss Virginia F. Townsend. One volume. 12mo. pp. 456. $1.75.

Dearborn's American Text-Book of Letters; with
a Diagram of the Capital Script Alphabet. By N. S. Dearborn. Oblong. $1.50.

Diary, from March 4, 1861, to November 13, 1862.
By Adam Gurowski. $1.75.

Dissertations and Discussions. By John Stuart
Mill. Three volumes. 12mo. Cloth. $6.75.

The Examination of the Philosophy of Sir William
Hamilton. By John Stuart Mill. Two volumes. 12mo. Cloth. Per vol., $2.25.

The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte. By
John Stuart Mill. One volume. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25.

Elements of Heraldry; containing an Explanation
of the Principles of the Science, and a Glossary of the Technical Terms employed.
With an Essay upon the use of Coat-Armor in the United States. By William H.
Whitmore. 8vo. Cloth. $6.00.

Essays: Philosophical and Theological. By James
Martineau. Crown octavo. Tinted paper. $2.50.

Facts about Peat as an Article of Fuel. By T. H.
Leavitt. 12mo. $1.75.

First Historical Transformations of Christianity.
By A. Coquerel. Translated by Prof. E. P. Evans, of Michigan University. 12mo.
$1.25.

First Years in Europe. By G. H. Calvert, author
of “Scenes and Thoughts in Europe,” “The Gentleman,” etc. 1 vol. 12mo.
$1.75.

The Gold-Hunter's Adventures; or, Life in Australia.
By W. H. Thomes, a Returned Australian. Illust. by Champney. $2.00.

The Bushrangers: A Yankee's Adventures during
his second visit to Australia. By W. H. Thomes, author of the “Gold-Hunter's
Adventures; or, Life in Australia.” One vol. 12mo. Handsomely illust. $2.00.

God in his Providence. By Rev. W. M. Fernald.
12mo. Cloth. $1.50.


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Glimpses of History. By George M. Towle.
One volume. 16mo. Bevelled boards. $1.50.

The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism.
By Ernest Naville, late Professor of Philosophy in the University of
Geneva. Translated from the French, by Henry Dornton, M. A. Published in a
handsome 16mo volume. $1.75.

Home Life: What it Is, and What it Needs. By
Rev. J. F. W. Ware. 16mo. Cloth, red edges, bevelled sides. $1.25.

Herman; or Young Knighthood. By E. Foxton.
Two volumes. 12mo. $3.50.

Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of
Massachusetts Volunteers, during its three campaigns in 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864;
containing the History of the several Companies previous to 1861, and the name
and military record of each man connected with the regiment during the war.
By John W. Hanson, Chaplain. Illustrated by photographs. 12mo. $2.50.

Hospital Life in the Army of the Potomac. By
William Howell Reed. 16mo. $1.25.

The Irish Ninth in Bivouac and Battle. By M. H.
Macnamara, late Captain in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. Illustrated.
12mo. Cloth. Sold by subscription. $2.00.

In Trust; or Dr. Bertrand's Household. By Miss
Douglas. One volume. 12mo. $1.50.

Stephen Dane. By Miss Douglas, author of “In
Trust.” $1.50.

Some of the Thoughts of Joseph Joubert. With
a Biographical Notice. By G. H. Calvert. 16mo. Tinted paper. Cloth, bvld. $1.50.

Life of Jesus. According to his Original Biographers.
By Edmund Kirke. 16mo. $1.50.

Lincolniana. In one volume, small quarto. pp.
viii. and 344. (Only 250 copies printed.) $6.00.

The Little Helper. A Memoir of Florence Annie
Caswell. By Lavina S. Goodwin. (In press.)

The Life and Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Translated from the German of Adolf Starr, by E. P. Evans, Ph. D., Michigan
University. Two volumes, crown octavo. $5.00.

Little Brother, and other Stories. By Fitz Hugh
Ludlow. (In press.)

Manual of the Evidences of Christianity. For
Classes and Private Reading. By Rev. S. G. Bulfinch, D. D. 12mo. $1.25.

Martyria; or, Andersonville Prison. By Lieutenant-Colonel
A. C. Hamlin, late Medical Inspector in the Army. Illustrated
with maps and cuts. One volume. 12mo. $2.00.

Memoir of Timothy Gilbert. By Rev. J. D. Fulton,
of Tremont Temple, Boston. With Portrait. One volume. 12mo. $1.50.

Neighbors' Wives. By J. T. Trowbridge. 12mo.
Cloth. $1.50.


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Twice Taken. A Tale of the Maritime British
Provinces. By Charles W. Hall. 12mo. $1.75.

Ten Months in Brazil. By Captain John Codman
(“Ringbolt”). In press.

Talks on Women's Topics. By Jennie June. One
volume. 12mo. Gilt Tops. $1.75.

A Thousand a Year. By Mrs. E. M. Bruce. One
volume. 16mo. $1.25.

Three Years in the Army of the Potomac. By
Captain Henry N. Blake, Eleventh Mass. Volunteers. One vol. 12mo. $1.50.

Thomas à Becket. A Tragedy, and other Poems.
By G. H. Hollister. 16mo. $1.75.

A View at the Foundations; or, First Causes of
Character. By Rev. W. M. Fernald. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00.

The White Mountain Guide-Book. By Samuel C.
Eastman. $1.50.

Why Not? A Book for every Woman. By Prof.
H. R. Storer, M. D. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cts.

Dillaway's Latin Classics. Cicero de Senectute,
et de Amicitia; Cicero de Officiis; Cicero de Oratore — two volumes; Cicero Tusculanæ
Quæstiones — two volumes; Cicero de Natura de Orum — two volumes;
Tacitus Germania et Agricola; Terence; Quintilian; Plautus. Per vol., $1.00.

French Written as Pronounced; a Manual of
French Pronunciation, with Extracts from the French Classics, written in Phonetic
Characters. By Adrien Feline. Revised, with additions by Wm. Watson,
Ph. D. One volume. 16mo. $1.25.

First Lessons in Reading; a New Method of
Teaching the Reading of English, by which the ear is trained to discriminate the
elementary sounds of words, and the eye to recognize the signs used for these
sounds in the established Orthography. By Richard Soule, editor of Woreester's
Quarto Dictionary, and William A. Wheeler, editor of Webster's Quarto Dictionary.
16mo. Boards. 35 cts. Sequel to the above. (In preparation).

Charts, designed to accompany the “First Lessons
in Reading (on a new method),” and a Sequel to the same. By Richard Soule
and William A. Wheeler. Price of the series (six charts), mounted on stiff binders'
board, $2.50; any two thus mounted, $1.00; single Charts (not mounted), 30c.

These last will be sent by mail to any address, on receipt of the price; they will
be found very convenient for posting upon the walls of the school-room.

A Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling;
containing a full Alphabetical Vocabulary of the Language, with a preliminary
exposition of the English Orthoepy and Orthography, and designed as a work of
reference for general use, and as a Text-Book in schools. By Richard Soule, Jr.,
A. M., and Wm. A. Wheeler, A. M. A convenient Manual for consultation. $2.00.

Kindergarten Spelling Book. Part First. By
Ella Little. 16mo. Boards. 25 cts.

The Phonic Primer and Primary Reader. By
Rev. J. C. Zaehos. 12mo. Boards. 35 cts.


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