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BIOGRAPHY.

PLUTARCH'S LIVES. Translated
from the original Greek, with
Notes, critical and historical, and a
Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne,
D.D., and William Langhorne,
A.M. A new Edition, carefully
revised and corrected. 8vo.
With Plates.

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND
CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS.
HANNAH MORE. By William
Roberts
, Esq. 2 vols. 12mo. Portrait.

The LIFE AND DEATH OF
LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD.
By Thomas Moore. 2 vols.
12mo.

MEMOIRS OF AARON BURR.
With Miscellaneous Selections from
his Correspondence. By Matthew
L. Davis
. 2 vols. 8vo. With Portraits.

TRAITS OF THE TEA-PARTY;
being a MEMOIR OF GEORGE
R. T. HEWES, one of the last of
its Survivers. With a History of
that Transaction; Reminiscences of
the Massacre and the Siege, and
other Stories of Old Times. By a
Bostonian. 18mo. With a Portrait.

WONDERFUL CHARACTERS;
comprising Memoirs and
Anecdotes of the most Remarkable
Persons of every Age and Nation.
By Henry Wilson. 8vo. Engravings.

The LIFE OF JOHN JAY; with
Selections from his Correspondence
and Miscellaneous Papers. By his
Son, William Jay. 2 vols. 8vo.
With a Portrait.

A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Member
of Congress in 1774, 1775, and
1776; Delegate to the Federal Convention
in 1787, and Governor of the
State of New-Jersey from 1776 to
1790. With Extracts from his Correspondence,
and Notices of various
Members of his Family. By T.
Sedgwick, Jun. 8vo. Portrait.

RECORDS OF MY LIFE. By
John Taylor, Author of “Monsieur
Tonson.” 8vo.

MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESS
D'ABRANTES (Madame Junot).
8vo. With a Portrait.

MEMOIRS OF LUCIEN BONAPARTE
(Prince of Canino). 12mo.

The LIFE AND REMAINS OF
EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE.
By the Rev. William Otter, A.M.,
F.L.S. 8vo.

The HISTORY OF VIRGIL A.
STEWART, and his Adventures in
capturing and exposing the Great
“Western Land Pirate” and his
Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence;
also of the Trials, Confessions,
and Execution of a Number of
Murrell's Associates in the State of
Mississippi during the Summer of
1835, and the Execution of five Professional
Gamblers by the Citizens
of Vicksburg, on the 6th of July, 1835.
Compiled by H. R. Howard. 12mo.


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PLUTARCH'S LIVES. Translated
from the original Greek; with
Notes, critical and historical, and a
Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne,
D.D., and William Langhorne,
A.M. New Edition. 4 vols.
large 12mo.

LETTERS AND JOURNALS
OF LORD BYRON. With Notices
of his Life. By Thomas Moore,
Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. With a Portrait.

The PRIVATE JOURNAL OF
AARON BURR, during his Residence
in Europe, with Selections
from his Correspondence. Edited
by M. L. Davis. 2 vols. 8vo.

SKETCHES OF THE LIFE AND
CHARACTER OF THE REV.
LEMUEL HAYNES, A.M. By
Timothy Mather Cooley, D.D.
With some Introductory Remarks,
by William B. Sprague, D.D.
12mo. With a Portrait.

LIFE OF EDMUND KEAN.
By Barry Cornwall. 12mo.

LIFE OF MRS. SIDDONS. By
Thomas Campbell. 12mo. With
a Portrait.

The LIFE OF WICKLIF. By
Charles Webb Le Bas, A.M.
18mo. With a Portrait.

LUTHER AND THE LUTHER.
AN REFORMATION. By Rev.
John Scott, A.M. 2 vols. 18mo.
Portraits.

The LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP
CRANMER. By Charles Webb
Le Bas
, A.M. 2 vols. 18mo. With
a Portrait.

The RELIGIOUS OPINIONS
AND CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON.
By Rev. E. C. M`Guire.
12mo.

A LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
In Latin Prose. By
Francis Glass, A.M., of Ohio.
Edited by J. N. Reynolds. 12mo.
Portrait.

The LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON,
President of the United States
of America. By William Cobbett,
M.P. 18mo. With a Portrait.

MATTHIAS AND HIS IMPOSTURES;
or, the Progress of Fanaticism.
Illustrated in the Extraordinary
Case of Robert Matthews,
and some of his Forerunners and
Disciples. By William L. Stone.
18mo.

LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS;
or, an Account of the most
Eminent Persons in Successive Ages
who have claimed for themselves, or
to whom has been imputed by others,
the Exercise of Magical Power. By
William Godwin. 12mo.

SKETCHES AND ECCENTRICITIES
OF COL. DAVID CROCKETT.
12mo.

ANECDOTES OF SIR WALTER
SCOTT. By the Ettrick
Shepherd. With a Life of the Author,
by S. Dewitt Bloodgood,
Esq. 12mo.

The LIFE OF BARON CUVIER.
By Mrs. Lee. 12mo.

The LIFE, CHARACTER, AND
LITERARY LABOURS OF SAMUEL
DREW, A.M. By his eldest
Son. 12mo.

MY IMPRISONMENTS: MEMOIRS
OF SILVIO PELLICO
DA SALUZZO. Translated from
the Italian. By Thomas Roscoe.
12mo.

The LIFE OF NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE. By J. G. Lockhart,
Esq. 2 vols. 18mo. With
Portraits.

The LIFE OF NELSON. By
Robert Southey, LL.D. 18mo.
With a Portrait.

The LIFE AND ACTIONS OF
ALEXANDER THE GREAT. By
the Rev. J. Williams. 18mo. With
a Map.

The LIFE OF LORD BYRON.
By John Galt. 18mo.

The LIFE OF MOHAMMED,
Founder of the Religion of Islam,
and of the Empire of the Saracens.
By the Rev. George Bush, of New-York.
18mo. Engravings.

The LIFE AND TIMES OF
GEORGE THE FOURTH. With
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons
of the last Fifty Years. By Rev.
George Croly. 18mo.

LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT
PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS.
By Allan Cunningham,
Esq. 5 vols. 18mo. With Portraits.


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The LIFE OF MARY, QUEEN
OF SCOTS. By Henry Glassford
Bell
, Esq. 2 vols. 18mo.
With a Portrait.

MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS
JOSEPHINE. By John S. Memes,
LL.D. 18mo. With Portraits.

LIFE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
By Sir David Brewster,
K.B., LL.D., F.R.S. 18mo. With
Engravings.

The COURT AND CAMP OF
BONAPARTE. 18mo. With a
Portrait.

LIVES AND VOYAGES OF
DRAKE, CAVENDISH, AND
DAMPIER. Including an Introductory
View of the Earlier Discoveries
in the South Seas, and the History
of the Bucaniers. 18mo. With Portraits.

MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED
FEMALE SOVEREIGNS. By
Mrs. Jameson. 2 vols. 18mo.

LIVES OF CELEBRATED
TRAVELLERS. By James Augustus
St. John
. 3 vols. 18mo.

LIFE OF FREDERICK THE
SECOND, King of Prussia. By
Lord Dover. 2 vols. 18mo. With
a Portrait.

INDIAN BIOGRAPHY; or, an
Historical Account of those Individuals
who have been distinguished
among the North American Natives
as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and
other Remarkable Characters. By
B. B. Thatcher, Esq. 2 vols.
18mo. With a Portrait.

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. 18mo. Portrait.

The LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL.
By the Rev. M. Russell,
LL.D. 2 vols. 18mo. Portrait.

MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF
PETER THE GREAT. By John
Barrow
, Esq. 18mo. Portrait.

A LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
By J. K. Paulding, Esq. 2 vols.
18mo. With Engravings.

The LIFE AND WORKS OF
DR. FRANKLIN. 2 vols. 18mo.
With a Portrait.

The PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
UNDER DIFFICULTIES;
its Pleasures and Rewards. Illustrated
by Memoirs of Eminent Men.
2 vols. 18mo.

The LIFE AND TRAVELS OF
MUNGO PARK; to which is added
an Account of his Death from the
Journal of Isaaco, and the Substance
of later Discoveries relative to his
lamented Fate. 18mo. Engravings.

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
Edited by Jared Sparks, Esq. 10
vols. 12mo. With a Portrait in each
volume:

I. Life of John Stark, by Edward
Everett.—Life of Charles Brockden
Brown, by William H. Prescott.—
Life of Richard Montgomery, by J.
Armstrong.—Life of Ethan Allen, by
Jared Sparks.

II. Life of Alexander Wilson, by
Wm. B. O. Peabody.—Life of Captain
John Smith, by George S. Hilliard.

III. Life and Treason of Benedict
Arnold, by Jared Sparks.

IV. Life of Anthony Wayne, by
John Armstrong.—Life of Sir Henry
Vane, by C. W. Upham.

V. Life of John Eliot, the Apostle
to the Indians, by Convers Francis.

VI. Life of William Pinkney, by
Henry Wheaton.—Life of William
Ellery, by E. T. Channing—Life of
Cotton Mather, by Wm. B. O. Peabody.

VII. Life of Sir William Phips, by
Francis Bowen.—Life of Israel Putnam,
by W. B. O. Peabody.—Memoir
of Lucretia Maria Davidson, by
Miss Sedgwick.—Life of David Rittenhouse,
by James Renwick.

VIII. Life of Jonathan Edwards,
by Samuel Miller.—Life of David
Brainerd, by Wm. B. O. Peabody.

IX. Life of Baron Steuben, by
Francis Bowen.—Life of Sebastian
Cabot, by Charles Hayward, Jr.—
Life of William Eaton, by Cornelius
C. Felton.

X. Life of Robert Fulton, by Professor
Renwick.—Life of Henry
Hudson, by Henry R. Cleveland.—
Life of Joseph Warren, by Alexander
H. Everett.—Life of Father Marquette,
by Jared Sparks.


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LIVES OF THE SIGNERS OF
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
By N. Dwight.
12mo.

BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED
FEMALES. 2 vols.
18mo.

EXEMPLARY AND INSTRUCTIVE
BIOGRAPHY. 3 vols. 18mo.

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF DEWITT CLINTON.
By Professor Renwick. 18mo. Portrait.

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF GENERAL ALEXAN
DER HAMILTON. By Professor
Renwick. 18mo.

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF GOVERNOR JOHN
JAY. By Professor Renwick.
18mo.

LIVES OF THE APOSTLES
AND EARLY MARTYRS OF THE
CHURCH. 18mo. Engraving.

SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF
DISTINGUISHED FEMALES.
Written for Young Ladies, with a
View to their Mental and Moral Improvement.
By an American Lady.
18mo. Portrait.