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G. P. PUTNAM'S
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
155 Broadway, New-York, July. 1849.
Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries.
IN THE EAST.
Nineveh and its Remains;
With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and
the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners
and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians.
BY AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, ESQ., D.C.L.
With Introductory Note by Prof. E. Robinson, D. D., LL. D.
Illustrated with 13 Plates and Maps, and 90 Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth. $4 50.
“We cannot doubt it will find its way into the hands of scholars and thinkers at once, and we
shall be surprised if it does not prove to be one of the most popular, as it certainly is one of the
most useful issues of the season.”
—Ecagelist.
“As a record of discoveries it is equally wonderful and important; confirming in many particulars
the incidental histories of Sacred Writ, disentombing temple-palaces from the sepulchre of
ages, and recovering the metropolis of a wonderful nation from the long night of oblivion.”
—Com
Advertiser.
“Taking this only as a book of travels, we
have read none for a long time more interesting
and instructive.”
—Quarterly Review.
“We repeat that there has been no such picture
in any modern book of travels. Park is not
braver or more adventurous, Burkhardt is not
more truthful, Eothen not more gay or picturesque
than the hero of the book before us.”
—
London Examiner.
“This is, we think. THE MOST EXTRA
ORDINARY WORK OF THE PRESENT
AGE, whether with reference to the wonderful
discoveries it describes, its remarkable verification
of our early bilbical history, or of the
talent, courage, and perseverance of its author.
* * * * * * We will only add in
conclusion, that in these days, when the fulfilment
of prophecy is engaging so much attention,
we cannot but consider that the work of
Mr. Layard will be found to afford many extraordinary
proofs of biblical history.”
—London
Times.
“Of the historical value of his discoveries, too
high an estimate can hardly be formed.”
—N.
Y. Recorder.
“It has been truly said, that the narrative is like a romance. In its incidents and descriptions it
does indeed remind one continually of an Arabian tale of wonders and genii.”
—Dr. Robinson in
Introductory Note.
“The work of Mr. Layard has two prominent and distinct characters. Its narration of wonderful
discoveries is of high and absorbing interest; but as a book of modern travels, abounding in
living and piquant descriptions of the manners and habits of a people always regarded with intense
interest, it is second to none.”
—Democratic Review.
“The book has a rare amount of graphic, vivid, picturesque narrative.”
—Tribune.
“The work of Layard is the most prominent contribution to the study of Antiquity, that has
appeared for many years.”
—Christian Inquirer.
“Not one excels in interest the account of Nineveh and its Ruins, given by Mr. Layard.”
—
Washington Intelligencer.
“As we follow the diggers with breathless interest in their excavations, and suddenly find ourselves
before a massive figure carved with minute accuracy, now lifting its gigantic head from the
dust of 3000 years, we are ready to cry out with the astonished Arabs, `Wallah, it is wonderful, but
it is true!”
—Independent.
Egypt and Its Monuments,
As Illustrative of Scripture History.
BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D. D., LL. D., &c., &c.
Illustrated with Engravings from the Works of Champollion, Rosellini,
Wilkinson, and others, and Architectural Views of the Principal Temples,
&c. One vol. 8vo., uniform with `Layard's Nineveh.'
This work presents a comprehensive and authentic, and at the same time popular view of all
that has been brought to light by modern travellers, illustrative of the manners and customs, arts,
architecture, and domestic life of the ancient Egyptians—with reference to other ancient remains
in the “Old and New World.”
* * * The following are some of the architectural illustrations, beautifully executed in tint. by
Sarony & Major:—
Sphinx and Pyramids,
Great Temple of Karnac,
Statuss of Memnon, Thebes.
Interior of a Tomb,
Koom—Ombos.
Interior of Great Temple, Aboo-Simbel, &c.
Visits to Monasteries in the Levant.
BY THE HON. ROBERT CURZON.
One vol., post 8vo. Illustrated with 17 spirited Engravings. $1 50.
Monastery of Meteora,
Interior of Greek Monastery,
Koord, or Native of Koordistan,
Negress waiting to be sold,
Bedouin Arab,
Egyptian in Nizam Dress,
Interior of Abyssinian Library,
Mendicant Dervish,
Church of Holy Sepulchre,
Monastery of St. Barlaam,
Tartar, or Government Messenger,
Turkish Common Soldier,
Promontory of Mount Athos,
Greek Sailor,
Monastery of Simo-Petri,
Circassian Lady,
Turkish Lady.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
“A volume of more than ordinary interest, relating a series of most curious and often amusing
adventures. * * * The field occupied by the volume is almost entirely new.”
—Commercial
Advertiser.
“A very curious and unique work. We recommend it to those who are fond of cheerful incident
of travel, through lands possessing the greatest interest.”
—Washington Union.
“His wanderings in the Levant extend over a period of nearly ten years, abounding in adventures,
many of them attended with extreme peril, which are told with inimitable naiveté and skill.
* * * There is an elegance and picturesque simplicity in his language equally rare and delightful.
The book is profusely illustrated by wood engravings in the highest style of art, executed in
London. It is issued simultaneously with Murray's English edition, and the author receives his
share of the profits arising from its sale here.”
—Tribune.
Oriental Life Illustrated:
Being a new Edition of “Eöthen, or, Traces of Travel brought Home from
the East.” Illustrated with fine Steel Engravings, viz., Travelling in
the Desert, Luxor, Karnac, Nazareth, the Pyramids. 12mo, cloth,
extra gilt, $1 50.
“Nothing so sparkling, so graphic, so truthful in sentiment, and so poetic in vein, has issued
from the press in many a day.”
—London Critic.
Journey from Cornhill to Cairo.
BY MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSH.
One vol. 12mo, green cloth, 50 cts.
“It is wonderful what a description of people and things, what numerous pictures, what innumerable
remarks and allusions it contains.”
—Douglas Jerrold's Magazine.
Adventures in the Lybian Desert,
And the Oäsis of Jupiter Ammon.
BY BAYLE ST. JOHN.
12mo, cloth, 75 cts.
“It is a very graphic and amusing description of the scenery and antiquities, and of the people
whom he saw.”
—Washington Union.
“Though written with an eye to antiquarian lore, there is no want of liveliness in the personal
adventures of the author.”
—Albion.
“A most interesting book.”
—N. Y. Recorder.
“It will be read through by those who reach the middle of the first chapter.”
—Albany Journal.
“It is a spirited description of the adventures of the author among the Bedouin Arabs.”
—Trisune.
Eöthen;
Or, Traces of Travel brought Home from the East. 12mo, green cloth,
50 cents.
“Eöthen is a book with which every body, fond of elegant prose and racy description, should be
well acquainted.”
—U. S. Gazette.
“The best book of Eastern travels we know.”
—London Examiner.
The Crescent and the Cross;
Or, the Romance and Reality of Eastern Travel.
BY ELLIOT WARBURTON.
One vol. 12mo, green cloth, $1 25
“This delightful work is, from first to last, a splendid Panorama of Eastern scenery, in the full
blaze of its magnificence.”
—London Morning News.
“A brilliant, poetic, and yet most instructive book.”
—N. Y. Courier & Enquirer.
In South America.
Travels in Peru.
BY DR. J. J. VON TSCHUDI.
1 vol. 12mo, cloth, $1 00.
“Braving the dangers of a land where throat-cutting is a popular pastime, and earthquakes and
fevers more or less yellow, and vermin more or less venomous are amongst the indigenous comforts
of the aoil, a German, of high reputation as a naturalist and man of letters, has devoted four
years of a life valuable to science to a residence and travels in the most interesting districts of
South America, the ancient empire of the Incas, the scene of the conquests and cruelties of Francisco
Pizarro.”
Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries.
IN THE WEST.
California and Oregon Trail,
Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.
BY FRANCIS PARKMAN, JR.
With Illustrations by Darley. 12mo. cloth, $1 25.
“Written with the genuine inspiration of untamed nature.”
—Tribune.
“A lively and well written account of divers adventures on mountains and plains, deserts and
rivers in the Indian Country.”
—Churchman.
“A series of graphic and apparently reliable sketches.”
—Albion.
“Agreeably designed and ably executed.”
—Home Journal.
“One of the few books from which we can obtain any thing like accurate information of the
character of the country between the Mississippi and the Pacific. As descriptive of a race fast
passing away, and of the wild and wonderful country from which they are perishing, and through
which the march of civilization is forcing its way, to the dazzling treasures of the Pacific borders,
the work is attractive, and is got up in a style and character of most of the publications of Mr.
Putnam. The cuts are very admirable specimens of the high perfection to which engraving on
wood has arrived.”
—Democratic Review.
Astoria;
Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
With Map. 12mo. $1 50.
“A beautiful edition of Irving's highly graphic and stirring sketch of the early enterprises of
John Jacob Astor, which will now be read with even more interest than when first written.”
—
Evangelist.
“It is one of those rare works which belongs, by the value of its subject and the truthfulness of
its details, to authentic history, and by its vivid descriptions, and exciting incidents to the more
varied province of Romance.”
—Albany Atlas.
“Loses nothing of its interest by the late discoveries, &c., beyond the Rocky Mountains.”
—
Recorder.
“One of Irving's most valuable works. * * * Still fresh, instructive and entertaining.”
—
Holden's Magazine.
A Tour on the Prairies;
With Abbottsford and Newstead Abbey.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
12mo. $1 25.
“Its perusal leaves a positive sense of refreshment, which we should think would make th
book invaluable to the thousands of mortals whose lives are bound up with ledgers and cash books.'
Tribune.
Delightful reading for a leisure hour.”
—Albany Atlas.
Adventures of Capt. Bonneville, U. S. A.,
In the Rocky Mountains and the Far West.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
12mo, with a valuable Map. $1 25.
“Full of wild and exciting incidents of frontier and savage life.”
—Providence Journal.
Travels, Adventures, &c.--Europe.
The Genius of Italy;
Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion.
BY REV. ROBERT TURNBULL,
Author of “The Genius of Scotland.”
1 vol. 12mo, with two engravings. $1 25.
The edition with extra illustrations, handsomely bound, will be ready in the autumn.
“Mr. Turnbull gives us the orange groves, and the fountains, and the gondolas, are the frescoes
and the ruins, with touches of personal adventure, and sketches of biography, and glimpses of the
life, literature, and religion of Modern Italy, seen with the quick, comprehensive glances of an
American traveller, impulsive, inquisitive, and enthusiastic. His book is a pleasant record of a
tourist's impressions, without the infliction of the tiresome minutiæ of his everyday experience.”
—Literary World.
“At a moment when Italy is about to be regenerated—when the long-slumbering spirit of the
people is about assuming its ancient vigor, a work of this kind is desirable, * * * The country,
its people, and prominent features are given with much truth and force.”
—Democratic Review.
Views A-Foot;
Or, Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
New edition, with an additional Chapter of Practical Information for Pedestrians
in Europe, and a Sketch of the Author in Pedestrian Costume, from
a Drawing by T. Buchanan Read. 12mo., cloth, $1 25.
— The same, fancy cloth, gilt extra, $1 75.
“There is a freshness and force in the book altogether unusual in a book of travels. * * *
As a text-book for travellers the work is essentially valuable; it tells how much can be accomplished
with very limited means, when energy, curiosity, and a love of adventure are the prompters;
sympathy in his success likewise, is another source of interest to the book. * * * The
result of all this is, a wide-spread popularity as a writer, a very handsomely printed book, with a
very handsome portrait of the author, and we congratulate him upon the attainment of this and
future honors.”
—Union Magazine.
The Spaniards, and their Country.
BY RICHARD FORD.
12mo, green cloth. $1 00.
“The best English book, beyond comparison, that ever has appeared for the illustration, not
merely of the general topography and local curiosities, but of the national character and manners
of Spain”
—Quarterly Review.
“This is a very clever and amusing work.”
—Louisville Exam.
“The style is light, dashing, and agreeable.”
—N. Y. Mirror.
* * * Washington Irving commends this as the best modern popular account of Spain.
Scenes and Thoughts in Europe.
BY AN AMERICAN.
(Geo. H. Calvert, Esq., Baltimore:) 12mo. 50 cts.
“This book is a delightful instance of the transforming and recreative power of the mind upon
every thing it touches. The most hackneyed ground of Europe, persons and objects that have
been the theme for the last half dozen years of every literary remittance from abroad, appear to
us clothed with new charms and meanings, because examined with a finer penetration than they
have been by any other English or American traveller.”
—Tribune.
History--Biography--Geography.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus.
To which are added those of his Companions.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Maps, Plates, and copious Index.
3 vols. 12mo, green cloth uniform with the new edition of Irving's
Works, $4; half calf, $6; half morocco, top edge gilt, $6 75; full calf,
gilt, $7 50. The Octavo Edition, in 3 vols., our superfine paper, uniform
with Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella, $6; half calf, $8 50; full
calf, $10
“One of the most fascinating and intensely interesting books in the whole compass of English
Literature. * * * It has all the interest conferred by the truth of history, and at the same time
the varied excitement of a well written romance.”
—Western Continent.
“Perhaps the most truly valuable of the Author's writings.”
—Home Journal.
“The History of Columbus is admirably executed; and though a true and faithful history, it is
as interesting as a high wrought romance.”
The Conquest of Florida.
BY THEODORE IRVING.
Prof. of History and Belles Letters in the Free Academy.
New and Revised Edition, Corrected, with Notes, and Illustrations from
various recent sources. 12mo. In September.
The Monuments of Central and Western America;
With Comparative Notices of those in Egypt, India, Assyria, &c.
BY REV. F. L. HAWKS, D. D., LL. D.
1 vol. 8vo.
This work is now in preparation, uniform with “Nineveh,” and the “Monuments of Egypt.”
It will comprise a comprehensive, readable, and popular view of the whole subject of Ancient remains
on the American continent—with ample Illustrations.
Roman Liberty: A History;
With a View of the Liberty of other Ancient Nations.
BY SAMUEL ELLIOT, ESQ.
Illustrated with twelve engravings, executed at Rome. 2 vols., 8vo, uniform
with Prescott's Historical Works.
History of the Hebrew Monarchy,
From the Administration of Samuel to the Babylonish Captivity.
BY FRANCIS NEWMAN, D. D.,
University of Oxford.
8vo, cloth, $2 50.
Italy; Past and Present:
Or General Views of its History, Religion, Politics, Literature and Art.
BY L. MARIOTTI,
Prof. of Italian Literature in London University.
2 vols., 8vo, cloth, $3 50.
The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell,
With Elucidations.
BY THOS. CARLYLE.
The Fine Edition, in 2 vols., Octavo, with Portrait. Reduced to $2 50.
Borrow's Autobiography.—Life:
BY GEORGE BORROW,
Author of “The Gipsies of Spain,” “The Bible in Spain,” &c
To be published simultaneously by John Murray, London, and G. P.
Putnam, New-York. In one volume, 12mo. In December.
* * * This will be a work of intense interest, including extraordinary adventures in various parts
of the world.
Johnston's Universal Atlas.
This splendid and important work—by far the most comprehensive, correct
and useful Atlas now extant, was published recently in Edinburgh at the
price of eight guineas, and the price in this country has been about $50.
G. P. Putnam has made arrangements for an edition for the United States,
rendered far more valuable by the addition of a COPIOUS and USEFUL
INDEX of about 40,000 names; but the maps being transferred in fac-simile
on stone, the American publisher is enabled to supply it at the
low price of $20—elegantly and substantially bound in half morocco,
gilt edges. The maps are clearly and beautifully executed, and are
practically fully equal to the original edition. The work contains 41
large and splendid maps.
“Having examined many of the Maps of the National Atlas, I have no hesitation in saying,
that they are as accurate in their geographical details as they are beautiful in their execution.”
—Sir David Brewster.
“So far as I have yet examined the National Atlas, it is, in beauty of execution and accuracy
of detail, unrivalled in this, and, I believe, in any other country.”
—Prof. Traill.
“Those who are not familiar with the places referred to in the History of the French Revolution
will frequently find a reference to Maps of great service; and the Military student of Napoleon's
campaigns in Germany and France will see the theatre of war admirably delineated in Mr. Johnston's
Maps of those countries.”
—Alison's History, of Europe.
“I have devoted a considerable time to a rigorous examination of the National Atlas, just published,
and, in impartial justice, I must admit, that in accuracy of construction, and elegance of
execution, it is superior to any other with which I am acquainted.”
—William Galbraith, F.R.S.
S.A., F.R.A.S.
“These beautiful, accurate, and admirably engraved Maps and Illustrations, are deserving of
every praise and encouragement”
—Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.
“The National Atlas is truly a splendid publication, and fully deserves not only the distinctive
name it bears, but also national patronage.”
—Literary Gazette.
Mohammed and his Successors.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
12mo. In October.
Oliver Goldsmith: a Biography.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
12mo. $1 25.
* * * This is a NEW WORK, just completed. Now ready.
George Washington: a Biography
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
With Illustrations. In preparation.
The Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley.
Comprising the Results of Extensive Original Surveys and Explorations.
BY E. G. SQUIER, A. M., AND E. H. DAVIS, M. D.
With numerous Illustrations. Royal 4to, $10.
Ten Years of American History:
1840-49—including a History of the Mexican War and of California.
BY EMMA WILLARD.
With a valuable Map. 12mo, $1.
Architecture.
Hints on Public Architecture,
Prepared, on behalf of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution.
BY ROBERT DALE OWEN.
In large Quarto, elegantly printed, with 113 Illustrations in the best style
of the Art. Price $6.
“While the Committee offer the result of these researches, not so
much to the profession as to the public, and to public bodies, (as
Vestries, Building Committees, and the like,) charged with the
duties similar to their own, they indulge the hope that the Architect
also may find subject for inquiry and material for thought.
“Money is expended even lavishly to obtain the rich, the showy,
the commonplace. But this period of transition may be shortened.
The progress of painting and sculpture, which, in other lands, has
been the slow growth of centuries, has been hastened in our country,
thanks to the genius of a few self-taught men, beyond all former
precedent. To stimulate genius in a kindred branch of art; to
supply suggestions which may call off from devious paths, and
indicate to the student the true line of progress; and thus to aid in
abridging that season of experiment and of failure in which the
glittering is preferred to the chaste, and the gaudy is mistaken for
the beautiful, are objects of no light importance. In such considerations
may be found the motive and the purpose of the following
pages.”
—Extract from the Preface.
“This work should be in the hands of every building committee,
vestry, city corporation, or other similar body, having the selections
of plans for building, and of every individual having in charge a
similar duty. It is the only work with which we are acquainted
especially prepared for their use. It should find its way to the
shelves of every county library; for by reference to its pages, thousands
of dollars may be saved in the selection of a proper style for
court-houses, churches, and other public edifices.
“Nor, though not specially addressed to the profession, is it of
less value to the architect. There is much in this volume which
every member of the profession would do well to study.
“Of the numerous wood engravings which form the chief illustrations
of this volume, we cannot speak too highly. Till we exammed
them, we were not aware to what perfection the art had been carried in our country.
The effect of several of these (especially of the frontispiece by Roberts) is equal to that of the
best steel engravings; and the whole of the illustrations are exceedingly creditable to American
art.
“In point of mechanical execution we have rarely seen its equal.”
—N. Y. Mirror.
“A very valuable book. * * * In point of typography and embellishment one of the very
choicest volumes that ever issued from the American Press.”
—Albion.
“Mr Owen is a clear
thinker, and a man of
great activity of mind,
and these qualities have
impressed themselves on
his work, which is written
with perspicuity and
vivacity. The principles
and sciences of architectural
beauty are pointed
out with much beauty of
language and dexterity of
illustration.
“We understand that
Mr. Putnam has expended
on this work many
hundreds of dollars beyond
the amount specified
in his contract with
the Smithsonian Institution;
and as the copyright
is his, we trust he will
be amply remunerated
for his liberality.”
—N. Y.
Eve. Past.
“The best work on
Architecture ever published
in the U. States.
The illustrations are very
beautiful.”
—Pennsylvania
Inquirer.
“The book is one which
will be read with interest
and pleasure even by
those who have considered architecture as a dry study.
“The work is exceedingly interesting, while to public bodies it is one of great value; and we
cannot say too much in commendation of the very superior style in which the publisher has produced
it.”
—N. Y. Com.
Adv.
“The most comprehensive
and elegantly illustrated
treatise on architecture
that has yet appeared
in this country.”
—Boston Transcript.
“A truly admirable
work—and creditable alike
to the institution, to
the editor, and to the
publisher.”
—Pennsylvania
Inquirer.
“The subject of which
it treats is one of vast
importance to our people,
in its economical not
less than its ornamental
relations: and it is presented
here in such a way
as cannot fail both to
gratify and instruct.”
Philadelphia N. American.
Landscape Gardening.
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape
Gardening and Rural Architecture,
Adapted to North America. With a view to the Improvement of Country
Residences—comprising Historical Notices, and General Principles of the
Art; Directions for laying out Grounds and arranging Plantations; the
Description and Cultivation of Hardy Trees; Decorative Accompaniments
to the House and Grounds; the Formation of Pieces of Artificial Water,
Flower Gardens, &c; with Remarks on Rural Architecture.
BY A. J. DOWNING.
Fourth Edition, Revised, Enlarged, and Newly Illustrated. One handsome
volume, 8vo., cloth, $3 50.
“John Bull looks at Brother Jonathan
with a strange compound of feelings. He
dislikes him as a rival; he loves him, and
is proud of him, as being, after all, of his
own flesh and blood. But whenever, in
science, art, or literature, Jonathan treads
rather sharply on the heels of John, the
said John bellows out most lustily. Of all
the arts of the universe which were likely
to be the ground of competition between
progenitor and descendant, Landscape
Gardening would, in this case, seem to be
the last. And yet, our American brethren,
so far from being behind us in skill, enthusiasm,
or execution, seem to be taking
the lead most decidedly. * * * There
is now lying before us a thick octavo
volume of about 500 pages, entitled `A
Treative on the Theory and Practice of
Landscape Gardening, adapted to North
The volume itself is beautifully got up. It is full of admirably executed illustrations, representing
very numerous landscape gardening and architectural effects. It has reached its second
edition in 1844, although an expensive work; a consummation which a similar treatise, published
in England, by an English Landscape Gardener, could scarcely have hoped to reach. * * * So
much for the present; details will come forth hereafter; and then, most excellent John Bull,
you will see that this is no time to fold your arms, and loll in your chair, as if the race had been
won and the prize already yours. You have not gained the victory, nor the prize.”
—London
“Gardener's Chronicle,” Edited by Prof. Lindley.
“Mr. Downing has here produced a very delightful work, and has convinced us that sound
criticism and refined taste, in matters of art, are not confined to this side of the Atlantic.”
—London
Art Union Journal.
“The principles he lays down are not only sound, but are developed on a uniform system
which is not paralleled in any English work.”
—Prof. Lindley's Chronicle, London.
“A masterly work.”
—London.
“There is no work extant which can be compared in ability to Downing's volume on this subject.
It is not overlaid with elaborate and learned disquisition, like the English works, but is
truly practical.”
—Louisville Journal.
“The standard work on this subject.”
—Silliman's Journal.
Mineralogy.
Dana's System of Mineralogy.
A System of Mineralogy—Comprising the most recent discoveries; with
numerous wood-cuts and four copper-plates.
BY JAMES D. DANA,
Geologist of the U. S. Exploring Expedition.
The third Edition of this valuable and important work, with essential
additions and revisions, bringing the subject down to the present hour—
is now in the Press, and will be published shortly. 8vo., $3 50.
“This work does great honor to America, and should make us blush for the neglect in England
of an important and interesting science.”
—London Athenæum.
Important Botanical Works.
The Genera of the Plants of the United States.
Genera Floræ Boreali-Orientali Illustrata: illustrated by Figures and Analyses
from Nature, by Isaac Sprague. Superintended, with descriptions,
&c., by Prof. A. Gray. Vol. I, plates 1—100, 8vo, cloth, $6. Vol. II,
plates, 8vo, cloth, $6.
* * * The Second volume will be ready in August.
“The design of this work is to illustrate the Botany of the United States by figures, with full
analyses of one or more species of each genus, accompanied by descriptive generic characters and
critical observations. The figures are in all cases drawn directly from nature.”
—Ext. Preface.
* * * This is undoubtedly the most important botanical work ever published in the United States.
The Illustrations are executed in a very superior style. G. P. Putnam is now the sole publisher
of the work.
Flora of North America;
Containing Descriptions of all the known Indigenous and Naturalized Plants
growing north of Mexico; according to the Natural System. By Prof.
John Torrey and Prof A. Gray. Vol. I, 8vo, cloth, $6.
— The same, Part I to VI, each $1 50: Part VII, $1.
* * * This elaborate and valuable work will form three volumes, octavo. The remainder will
be issued as soon as practicable.
Prof. Gray's Botanical Text Book,
For Colleges and High Schools. New Edition, with about 1000 Engravings
on Wood. Large 12mo, cloth, $1 75.
Part I.—An Introduction to Structural and Physiological Botany.
Part II.—The Principles of Systematic Botany; with an Account of the Chief
Natural Families of the Vegetable Kingdoms, &c &c.
* * * This is by far the most comprehensive, clear and correct text-book on Botany now in use.
It is introduced in the University of Edinburgh, and is used in Harvard and many other American
Colleges.
Prof. Gray's Manual of the Be any of the Northern States. 12mo. $2.
Washington Irving's Works.
AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION.
Elegantly printed in 15 vols. (including new works) and neatly bound in dark cloth.
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claimants for public favor, who have appeared since the Sketch Book was in every body's hands.
We have often wondered in common with other readers, why there was no good American edition
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of which we speak, is now to be supplied by Mr. Putnam; and we are now to have an elegant
uniform edition of the works of our foremost writer in the belles-lettres department of literature.”
—Boston Evening Transcript.
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EXTRAORDINARY AND ROMANTIC ADVENTURES.
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Tales of a Traveller.
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Family Pictures from the Bible.
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Sweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail.”
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