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“THE GOOD KNIGHT.”—“SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE.”

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With Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00; Paper, 75 cents.

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2 vols. 12mo, Muslin. $2 00.

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Illustrated with numerous Engravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 25; Paper, $1 00.

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2 vols. 12mo, Muslin. $1 50.

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With Engravings. 12mo, Muslin. $1 00.

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2 vols. 12mo, Muslin. $2 00.

This is a thoroughly revised edition, including all the notes and additions incorporated into
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By W. Gilmore Simms. With Engravings. 12mo, Muslin. $1 00.

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A Tale of Domestic Life. By Fredrika Bremer. Translated from the
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“Brothers and Sisters” will share in the popularity the author's former works have acquired,
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By Rev. R. Gleig. 12mo, Muslin, 90 cents; Paper, 75 cents.

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Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From
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No work in our day has created such a ferment in Paris. The tale of the victims of the
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A Narrative of an Exploratory Visit to each of the Consular Cities of China,
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By Thomas Carlyle. Newly Revised by the Author, with Index, &c.
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By Thomas Carlyle. 12mo, Muslin. $1 00.

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By Archibald Alison. Illustrated with colored Maps and Plans. 12mo,
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Edited by Rev. W. Hanna, LL.D. 12mo, Muslin. $1 00 per Volume.

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A Narrative. Comprising Passages from the Diary of the Rev. Allan
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While Secretary of State. With Portrait. 8vo, Muslin. $1 75.

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Washington Union.

Being an Attempt at a Verbal Connection between the Greek and the English
Texts: including a Concordance to the Proper Names, with Indexes,
&c. 8vo, Sheep extra, $5 00; Muslin, $4 50.

It would be very difficult to place too high an estimate upon this work; the scholar who
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in the understanding of the Bible.—Louisville Courier.

Containing Grammar, Exercises, and Vocabularies, on the Method of constant
Imitation and Repetition. By Professors John M`Clintock and
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I am satisfied that it is the best book for beginners in Latin that is published in this country.—Prof.
J. P. Durbin, Philadelphia.

Containing a full View of the Forms of Words, with Vocabularies and copious
Exercises, on the Method of Constant Imitation and Repetition.
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As an aid to the teacher and a help to the pupil, it seems to supply the inadequacy of all
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—Philadelphia North American.

With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, the Prolegomena of Kühner,
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