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Washington Irving's Works.

A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF
THE WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING,
EMBRACING
The Sketch Book, Knickerbocker's New York, Bracebridge
Hall, Tales of a Traveller, The Conquest of
Granada, The Alhambra;

In Two Royal Octavo Volumes, with a Portrait of the Author.
Each of the Works embraced in this edition may be had separately, in two volumes, 12mo.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS;
OR SCENES, INCIDENTS, AND ADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST,
With Two large Maps. In Two Volumes.

ASTORIA;
Or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains,
In Two Volumes.

A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS;
Revised and corrected by the Author. In Two Volumes, octavo.

THE CRAYON MISCELLANY;

Containing a Tour on the Prairies, Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey, Legends
of the Conquest of Spain. In Three Volumes, 12 mo.

THE BEAUTIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING;
A small volume for the pocket, neatly done up in extra cloth.


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A LIBRARY EDITION OF THE
SELECT WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING,
WITH A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY SIR WALTER SCOTT:

And an Essay on his Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq., with a
Portrait. Bound in One or Two Volumes, and in various
styles, to suit the Purchasers.

ALSO, TO MATCH THE ABOVE, THE
SELECT WORKS OF TOBIAS SMOLLET;
With a Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Author,

BY SIR WALTER SCOTT;

With a Portrait. Bound in One or Two Volumes, to match Fielding.

STANLEY THORN,

BY HENRY COCKTON,

Author of “Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist,” &c., with numerous Illustrations,
designed by Cruikshank, Leech, &c., and Engraved by
Yeager. In one Royal Octavo Volume, bound in embossed cloth.

THE PORCELAIN TOWER;
OR NINE STORIES OF CHINA;

Compiled from original sources; with Illustrations. In One Volume.

GUY FAWKES;
OR, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON;

AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE,
BY WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH,
Author of “The Tower of London,” “Jack Sheppard,” &c., in One
Volume, 8vo., with Plates.

BEAUCHAMPE, OR THE KENTUCKY TRAGEDY, by the
Author of “Richard Hurdis,” &c., in Two Volumes, 12mo.

CONFESSIONS, OR THE BLIND HEART, by the Author of “The
Kinsmen, &c., &c., in Two Volumes, 12mo.

ROB OF THE BOWL, A Legend of St. Inigoes, by the Author of “Horse
Shoe Robinson,” in Two Volumes, 12mo.

THE DAMSEL OF DARIEN, by the Author of “The Yemassee,”
“Guy Rivers.” &c., in Two Volumes, 12mo.

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN DAY, by the Author of “Nick of
the Woods,” &c., in Two Volumes, 12mo.


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THE SECOND SERIES OF MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF
THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND;
containing Elizabeth of York,
surnamed the Good Queen of Henry the VII., the Six Queens of
Henry the VIII., and Queen Mary the First, in 2 vols., 12mo.

LORD BROUGHAM'S HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF
STATESMEN WHO FLOURISHED IN THE TIME OF
GEORGE III
. — Containing Lord Chatham, Lord North, Mr. Fox,
Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Canning, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Grattan,
Washington, Franklin, Charles Carroll, Napoleon, Talleyrand, La
fayette, &c., 2 vols. Fourth edition.

THE UNITED IRISHMEN, their Lives and Times, by R. R. Madden,
M. D., author of Travels in the East, &c.; in two volumes, 12mo.

ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHY OF THE AGE OF ELIZABETH,
or Sketches of Life from the By-ways of History by the Benedictine
Brethren of Glendalough. Edited by W. Cook Taylor, LL. D. &c.
of Trinity College, Dublin, author of “The Natural History of
Society,” in 2 volumes, 12mo.

LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF ITALY
. By Mrs. Shelley, Sir David Brewster, James Montgomery
and others. Containing Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Lorenzo de
Medici, Galileo, Tasso, &c., &c., 2 vols.

A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS.
HEMANS
. By her Sister, Mrs. Hughes. 1 vol., 12mo.

THE MOST EMINENT FRENCH WRITERS. By Mrs. Shelley
and others. Containing Racine, Fenelon, Rousseau, Moliere, Corneile,
&c., &c. 2 vols.

SKETCHES OF CONSPICUOUS LIVING CHARACTERS OF
FRANCE
. Containing Thiers, Chauteaubriand, Laffitte, Guizot, La
Martine, &c., &c. Translated by R. M. Walsh.

THE CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF
LORD BROUGHAM,
with a sketch of his Character. Two vols.,
royal 12mo.

THE CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF SIR
EDWARD LYTTON BULWER,
Author of “Pelham,” “The
Disowned,” &c.

LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. By Prof. Tucker, of the University
of Virginia; 2 vols., 8vo.

GEISLER'S TEXT BOOK OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Translated from the third German edition. By Francis Cunningham.
3 vols., 8vo.

AN INQUIRY INTO THE VALIDITY OF THE BRITISH
CLAIM TO A RIGHT OF VISITATION AND SEARCH

of American vessels suspected to be engaged in the African Slave
Trade. By Henry Wheaton, LL. D., Minister of the United States at
the Court of Berlin. Author of “Elements of International Law,”
&c. In one volume.

LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, a fine edition
with a portrait, in 7 vols., 12mo.

THE COURT AND TIMES OF FREDERICK THE GREAT,
edited with an introduction, by Thomas Campbell, Esq., author of the
Pleasures of Hope, The Life of Petrarch, &c.; 2 vols., 12mo.

MADAME DE SEVIGNE AND HER CONTEMPORARIES,
comprising sketches of above one hundred of the most eminent persons
of her times, 2 vols., 12mo.


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MRS. ELLIS'S TEMPERANCE TALES, or Hints to those who
would Make Home Happy, by Mrs. Ellis, late Miss Stickney, author
of The Women of England, &c., &c. Containing—The Dangers of
Dining Out, Confessions of a Maniac, Somerville Hall, The Rising
Tide, The Favourite Child, First Impressions, and The Minister's
Family, in 2 vol., 12mo.

“The tendency of this work is one of the best and noblest, and the scenes
and persons described are, in most instances it is believed, Portraits, aiming,
as it does, at the correction of a too prevalent vice, that of intemperance, it
is expected to command, amongst the serious and thinking part of the
community, the same popularity that Pickwick and Humphrey's Clock
have done in their peculiar circle.”

Publishers Circular.

KEBLE'S CHRISTIAN YEAR. Thoughts in verse, for Sundays and
Holidays, throughout the year. The third edition, in one neat volume.

THE CHILD'S CHRISTIAN YEAR. Hymns for every Sunday and
Holiday, compiled for the use of Parochial schools, first American from
the second London edition, adapted more especially to pastoral and domestic
teachings; a small pocket volume to match the `Christian Year.'

BISHOP HEBER'S POETICAL WORKS. Complete in one neat
volume, to match `Keble's Christian Year.'

TALES AND SOUVENIRS OF A RESIDENCE IN EUROPE.
By the Lady of a distinguished Senator of Virginia. In one volume,
extra embossed cloth.

THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS, OR MEMOIRS OF THE ROSE,
a beautiful little volume, with coloured plates, and handsomely done up
with gilt edges.

THE SENTIMENTS OF FLOWERS, OR THE LANGUAGE
OF FLORA. Embracing an account of nearly 300 different Flowers
with their powers in Language. With coloured plates. A small volume,
embossed cloth, gilt edges.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, with illustrative Poetry. To
which is now first added The Calendar of Flowers. Revised by the
Editor of `The Forget-Me-Not.' The sixth American edition, with
coloured plates. Handsomely done up in embossed leather, gilt edges.

THE YOUNG WIFE'S BOOK. A Manual of religious, moral, and
domestic duties. A small pocket volume.

THE YOUNG HUSBAND'S BOOK. A Manual of the duties, moral,
religious, and domestic, imposed by the relations of married life. A
small volume, to match `The Young Wife's Book.'

STORIES FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, illustrated by numerous
wood cuts, containing Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn, by
Mrs. Marcet, author of Conversations on Chemistry.

LAWS OF ETIQUETTE, OR RULES AND REFLECTIONS
FOR CONDUCT IN SOCIETY. By a Gentleman. A small
pocket volume. Many thousands of which have been sold.

ETIQUETTE FOR THE LADIES. With Hints on the Preservation,
Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. A small volume to
match the Laws of Etiquette.

THE CANONS OF GOOD BREEDING; by the author of `The
Laws of Etiquette;' a small pocket volume in embossed cloth.


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DICKENS'S WORKS COMPLETE.

BARNABY RUDGE,
WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS,

Engraved by Yeager, together with over Fifty Illustrations on Wood; in
One handsome Royal 8vo. Volume.

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP,
With many additional Illustrations,
Engraved by Yeager, from Designs by Sibson. This edition contains, in
all, upwards of One Hundred Illustrations.

POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB,
WITH FORTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS.

OLIVER TWIST;
Or The Parish-Boy's Progress,
With a new Preface, and Twenty-four Illustrations.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY,
Containing a Portrait of the Author, engraved on Steel, and Thirty-nine
Illustrations.

SKETCHES,
Illustrative of every-day Life and every-day People.
WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS.

All the above works are printed on fine paper—the Illustrations on tinted
paper—and handsomely bound in embossed cloth, to match. Each work
may be had separately.

Cheap editions of these works, without plates, are also published by Lea
and Blanchard, and can be had of all booksellers.

THE PIC-NIC PAPERS,
By various hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, Esq., author of “Oliver
Twist,” Nicholas Nickleby,” &c., in Two Volumes.