University of Virginia Library

CHOICE BOOKS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS,
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Abbott's Illustrated Histories.

18 vols. are now ready, 16mo, with Illuminated Title-pages and numerous
Engravings, tastefully bound in Muslin. Price 60 cents each
Muslin, gilt edges, 75 cents.

Nero.

Cleopatra.

Madame Roland.

Cyrus the Great.

Alexander the Great.

Julius Cæsar.

William the Conqueror.

Mary Queen of Scots.

Charles the Second.

Romulus.

Josephine.

Xerxes the Great.

Darius the Great.

Hannibal.

Alfred the Great.

Queen Elizabeth.

Charles the First.

Maria Antoinette.

Pyrrhus.

Abbott's Franconia Stories,

to be comprised in 10 vols. 16mo: with numerous engravings and
beautifully bound. Price 50 cents each. The following volumes,
each of which may be obtained separately, are now ready.

Malleville.

Mary Erskine.

Beechnut.

Ellen Linn.

Wallace.

Mary Bell.

Rodolphus.

Stuyvesant.

Abbott's Marco Paul.

Marco Pauls Voyages and Travels in the Pursuit of Knowledge.

Marco Paul in New York. 16mo, Muslin, 50 cents.

Marco Paul on the Erie Canal. 16mo, Muslin, 50 cents.

Marco Paul at the Springfield Armory. 16mo, Muslin, 50 cents.

Marco Paul in Boston. 16mo, Muslin, 50 cents.

Marco Paul in the Forests of Maine. 16mo, Muslin, 50 cents.

Abbott's Young Christian Series.

The Young Christian Series. Very greatly improved and elarged,
with numerous Engravings.

The Young Christian. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

The Way to do Good. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

The Corner-stone. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Abbott's Kings and Queens.

Kings and Queens; or, Life in the Palace; consisting of Historical
Sketches of Josephine and Maria Louisa, Louis Philippe, Ferdinand
of Austria, Nicholas, Isabella II., Leopold, and Victoria. By J. S. C.
Abbott. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo. Muslin, $1 00; Muslin,
gilt edges, $1 25.

Abbott's Mother at Home.

The Mother at Home; or, the Principles of Maternal Duty familiarly
Illustrated. By J. S. C. Abbott. With numerous Engravings.
16mo, Muslin, 60 at cents.

Abbott's Child at Home.

The Child at Home; or, the Principles of Filial Duty familiarly Illustrated.
By J. S. C. Abbott. Beautifully embellished with Woodcuts.
16mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

Harry's Ladder to Learning.

With 250 Illustrations. 12mo, Muslin.

A Child's History of England.

By Charles Dickens 16mo, Muslin.

Evenings at Home;

or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. By Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld.
With 34 Engravings by Adams. 18mo, Muslin, 75 cents; Muslin,
gilt edges, $1 00.

The Juvenile Budget Opened;

being Selections from the Writings of Dr. John Aikin. Edited by
Mrs. S. J. Hale. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

The Juvenile Budget Reopened;

being further Selections from the Writings of Dr. John Aikin, with
copious Notes. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

Alice Gordon;

or, the Uses of Orphanage. By Jos. Alden, D.D. Engravings.
18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents; Muslin, gilt edges, 45 cents.

Elizabeth Benton;

or, Religion in Connection with Fashionable Life. By Jos. Alden,
D.D. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

The Lawyer's Daughter.

By Jos. Alden, D.D. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents; Muslin,
gilt edges, 45 cents.

The Schoolmistress.

By Jos. Alden, D.D. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents; Muslin, gilt edges,
45 cents.

The Dying Robin, and other Tales.

By Jos. Alden, D.D. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents; Muslin, gilt edges,
45 cents.

Lives of the Apostles

and early Martyrs of the Church. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 25
cents.

A Hero,

Bread upon the Waters, and Alice Learmont. By the Author of
“Olive,” “The Head of the Family,” “Agatha's Husband,” “Ogilvies,”
&c. 12mo, Paper, 62½ cents; Muslin, 75 cents.

The Adopted Child.

The History of an Adopted Child. By Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury.
Muslin, 62½ cents.

Eastbury.

A Novel. By Anna Harriet Drury. 12mo, Paper, 60 cents; Muslin,
75 cents.

The Two Families;

an Episode in the History of Chapelton. By the Author of “Rose
Douglass.” 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

Balboa, Cortez, and Pizarro.

The Lives of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Discoverer of the Pacific
Ocean; Hernando Cortez, the Conqueror of Mexico, and Francisco
Pizarro, the Conqueror of Peru. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

Things by their Right Names.

By Mrs. Barbauld. Edited by Mrs. S. J. Hale. 18mo, Muslin,
37½ cents.

The Child's Friend.

Being Selections from the Writings of M. Berquin. 18mo, Muslin,
37½ cents.

The Juvenile Companion

and Fireside Reader, consisting of Historical and Biographical Ancedotes,
and Selections in Poetry. By Rev. J. L. Blake. 18mo,
Muslin, 37½ cents.

History of the American Revolution.

Edited by Rev. J. L. Blake. Illustrated by Four Maps and Wood
cuts. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments.

Translated and arranged for Family Reading, with Explanatory
Notes, by E. W. Lane. Illustrated with 600 Engravings by Harvey.
2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $2 75; Muslin, gilt edges, $3 00; Turkey Morocco,
gilt edges, $5 00

Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

The Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan. With a Life of the
Author, by Robert Southey, LL.D. Illustrated with fifty Engravings
by Adams. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

Home Influence.

A Tale for Mothers and Daughters. By Grace Aguilar. 12mo.
Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, 90 cents

Miller's Boy's Own Book.

The Boy's Own Book of the Seasons. Comprising the Spring, Summer,
Autumn, and Winter Books. Descriptive of the Season
Scenery, Rural Life, and Country Amusements. By Thomas Miller.
Embellished by numerous exquisite Engravings. 4 vols. in
one. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75. 4 vols. separately, Muslin, 45 cents
each.

Dickens's Christmas Books.

Christmas books. By Charles Dickens. Comprising “A Christmas
Carol,” “The Chimes,” “The Cricket on the Hearth,” “The
Battle of Life,” and “The Haunted Man.” Handsome Library Edition.
Uniform with Dombey and Son. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

Caleb Field.

A Novel. By the Author of “Margaret Maitland,” &c. 12mo
Muslin, 37½ cents.

Miss Edgeworth's Tales and Novels.

With Engravings. 10 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents each. The
Volumes sold separately or in Sets.

I. Castle Rackrent; Essay on Irish Bulls; Essay on Self-Justification;
The Prussian Vase; The Good Aunt.

II. Angelina; The Good French Governess; Mademoiselle Panache;
The Knapsack; Lame Jervis; The Will; Out of Debt, Out
of Danger; The Limerick Gloves; The Lottery; Rosanna.

III. Murad the Unlucky; The Manufacturers; Ennui; The Contrast;
The Grateful Negro; To-morrow; The Dun.

IV. Maneuvering; Almeria; Vivian.

V. The Absentee; Madame De Fleury; Emily de Coulanges; The
Modern Griselda.

VI. Belinda.

VII. Leonora; Letters on Female Education; Patronage.

VIII. Patronage; Comic Dramas.

IX. Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond.

X. Helen.

Evelina;

or, the History of a young Lady's Introduction to the World. By
Miss Burney. 12mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

The Heir of Wast-Wayland.

By Mary Howitt. 12mo, Paper, 37½ cents; Muslin, 50 cents.

Jane Bouverie.

By Catharine Sinclair. 12mo, Muslin, 62½ cents.

Children of the New Forest.

The Children of the New Forest. By Captain Marryat, R.N. 12mo,
Paper, 37½ cents; Muslin, 45 cents.

The Little Savage.

The Little Savage. Being the History of a Boy left alone upon an uninhabited
Island. By Captain Marryat, R.N. 12mo, Paper, 37½
cents; Muslin, 45 cents.

Moorland Cottage.

By Mrs. Gaskell, Author of “Mary Barton.” Muslin, 37½ cents.

The Image of his Father.

The Image of his Father. By the Brothers Mayhew. With Illustrations.
18mo, Paper, 50 cents; Muslin, 70 cents.

The Shoulder-Knot.

A Novel. By Rev. B. F. Tefft, D.D. 12mo, Paper, 60 cents;
Muslin, 75 cents.

The Diary of a Physician.

By Dr. Samuel Warren 3 vols. 18mo, Muslin, $1 35.

Boarding Out;

or, Domestic Life. By the Author of “Keeping House and Housekeeping.”
18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

The Whale and his Captors;

or, the Whalemen's Adventures and the Whale's Biography, as gathered
on the Homeward Cruise of the “Commodore Preble.” By Rev
H. T. Cheever. Engravings. 18mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

The Vicar of Wakefield.

By Oliver Goldsmith. 18mo, Muslin, 37½ cents.

The Country Year-Book;

or, the Field, the Forest, and the Fireside. By William Howitt.
12mo, Muslin, 87½ cents.

Keeping House and Housekeeping.

A Story of Domestic Life. Edited by Mrs. S. J. Hale. 18mo, Muslin,
37½ cents.

The Useful Arts,

considered in connection with the Applications of Science. By Elicob
Bigelow, M.D. With numerous engravings. 2 vols. 12mo.
Muslin, $1 50.

Nott's Counsels.

Counsels to Young Men on the Formation of Character, and the
Principles which lead to Success and Happiness in Life. By Eliphalet
Nott, D.D. 18mo, Half Bound, 50 cents.

Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties;

its Pleasures and Rewards. Illustrated by Memoirs of Eminent
Men. By George L. Craik. 2 vols. 18mo, Muslin, 90 cents.

Same Work revised, with Notes and a Preface, by Rev. Dr. Wayland,
President of Brown University. From larger Type than the
bregoing Edition. Portraits. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 50.

The Fireside Friend;

or, Female Student; being Advice to Young Ladies on the importan
Subject of Education. With an Appendix on Moral and Religious
Education, from the French of Madame de Saussure. By Mrs. A.
H. L. Phelps. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents.

The Complete Works of Hannah More.

Engravings. 1 vol. 8vo. Sheep extra, $2 50; 2 vols., $2 75.

The same Work, printed from large Type, 7 vols. 12mo, Muslin,
$5 25.

Mrs. Sherwood's Works.

Engravings. 16 vols. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents per Volume. The
Volumes sold separately or in Sets.

I. The History of Henry Milner, Parts I., II., and III.

II. Fairehild Family; Orphans of Normandy; The Latter Days, &c.

III. Little Henry and his Bearer; Lucy and her Dhaye; Memoirs
of Sergeant Dale, his Daughter, and the Orphan Mary; Susan Gray;
Lucy Clare; Theophilus and Sophia; Abdallah, the Merchant of
Bagdad.

IV. The Indian Pilgrim; The Broken Hyacinth; The Babes in
the Wood of the New World; Katharine Seward; The Little Beggars,
&c.

V. The Infant's Progress; The Flowers of the Forest; Ermina, &c.

VI. The Governess; The Little Momicre; The Stranger at
Home; Pere la Chaise; English Mary; My Uncle Timothy.

VII. The Nun; Intimate Friends; My Aunt Kate; Emeline; Obedience;
The Gipsey Babes; The Basket-maker; The Butterfly, &c.

VIII. Victoria; Arzoomund; The Birth-day Present; The Errand
Boy; The Orphan Boy; The Two Sisters; Julian Percival; Edward
Mansfield; The Infirmary; The Young Forester; The Bitter
Sweet; Common Errors, &c.

IX., X., XI., and XII. The Lady of the Manor.

XIII. The Mail-coach; My Three Uncles; The Old Lady's Complaint;
The Shepherd's Fountain; The Hours of Infancy; Economy;
Old Things and New Things; The Swiss Cottage; The Infant's
Grave; The Father's Eye; Dudley Castle; The Blessed Family:
Caroline Mordaunt, &c.

XIV. The Monk of Cimies; The Rosary; or, Rosee of Montreux;
The Roman Baths; Saint Hospice; The Violet Leaf; The Convent
of St. Clair.

XV. The History of Henry Milner, Part IV., Sabbaths on the
Continent; The Idler.

XVI. John Marten.

How to Observe.

Morals and Manners. By Miss H. Martineau. 12mo, Muslin, 42½
cents.

Letters to Young Ladies.

By Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents; Muslin, gilt-edges,
90 cents.

Two Years before the Mast;

A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. By R. H. Dana, Jr. 18mo,
Muslin, 45 cents.