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PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.
OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE,
And of the United States in particular. With two colored Geographical
Maps, and Sketches of characteristic American Fossils.
By Edward Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D. Octavo, muslin.
Price, $1.25.
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GENESIS AND GEOLOGY,
An Investigation into the Reconciliation of the modern Doctrines
of Geology with the Declarations of Scripture. By Denis
Crofton, B. A. With an Introduction by Edward Hitchcock,
D. D., LL. D. Price, 63 cents.
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Hayward.
SURGICAL REPORTS,
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M. D., President of the Massachusetts Medical Society,
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Jackson.
LETTERS TO A YOUNG PHYSICIAN,
Just entering upon Practice. By James Jackson, M. D., LL. D.,
Professor Emeritus of the Theory and Practice of Physic in
the University of Cambridge, late Physician in the Massachusetts
General Hospital, Honorary Member of the Medico-Chirurgical
Academy of Medicine at Paris, &c., &c. In one volume.
Price, $1.
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Beecher.
THE CONFLICT OF AGES,
Or, the great Debate on the Moral Relations of God and Man.
By Edward Beecher, D. D. 12 mo., muslin. Price, $1.25.
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Beecher.
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION,
A Narrative of recent Transactions, involving Inquiries in regard
to the Principles of Honor, Truth, and Justice, which
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THE TRUE REMEDY FOR THE WRONGS OF WOMAN,
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Burritt.
THOUGHTS AND THINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD,
By Elihu Burritt, the Learned Blacksmith. In one volume.
with a fine Portrait on steel. Price, $1.
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Hale.
MARGARET PERCIVAL IN AMERICA,
Being a Sequel to “Margaret Percival.” By Rev. E. E. Hale.
12mo., muslin. Price, 75 cents.
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Turnbull.
CHRIST IN HISTORY,
Or, the Central Power among Men. By Robert Turnbull, D. D.
12mo., muslin. Price, $1.25.
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Creyton.
MARTIN MERRIVALE, HIS X MARK,
By Paul Creyton. With 15 full-page Illustrations, and twenty-two
initial letters, from designs by Billings. In one large
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FATHER BRIGHTHOPES,
Or, an Old Clergyman's Vacation. By Paul Creyton. 18mo.,
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BURRCLIFF, ITS SUNSHINE AND ITS CLOUDS,
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HEARTS AND FACES,
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IRONTHORPE, THE PIONEER PREACHER,
By Paul Creyton. 18mo. Price, muslin, 50 cents; full gilt,
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Franklin.
THE SELECT WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
Including his Autobiography. With Notes and a Memoir by
Epes Sargent. 12mo., with two fine Portraits. Bound in muslin.
Price, $1.25.
THE NEW AGE OF GOLD;
Or, the Life and Adventures of Robert Dexter Romaine. Written
by himself. In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.25.
No description would give an idea of this work without spoiling the interest of
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ENGLISH TRAITS.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson. In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.
The many admirers of Mr. Emerson will welcome this long-expected volume.
The work has not grown to a large size by the length of time it has been in
preparation; revision has rather winnowed it. The publishers confidently expect
that this will be the most widely popular of the author's books.
THE EARNEST MAN.
A Sketch of the Character and Labors of ADONIRAM JUDSON,
First Missionary to Burmah. By Mrs. H. C. Conant.
In one volume, 16mo. Price $1.
To meet the general demand for a Life of the great Missionary in a more popular
form than that of the elaborate work of President Wayland, this volume has
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CASTE: A STORY OF REPUBLICAN EQUALITY.
By Sydney A. Story, Jr. In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.25.
The title would lead the reader to infer that it has somewhat to do with the
question of Slavery; and such is the case — its tendencies are powerfully against
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CASTE is not a “sectional” book. Its blows fall as much upon Northern as
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intense interest of the story, it will awaken thinking men to a new phase of the
all-absorbing question.
MODERN PILGRIMS:
Showing the Improvements in Travel, and the newest Methods
of reaching the Celestial City. By George Wood, author of
“Peter Schlemihl in America.” In two volumes, 12mo.
Price $1.75.
The idea of this work was suggested to the author by the inimitable “Celestial
Railroad” of Hawthorne. But in the application of the idea to the religious societies
of modern times, the author is indebted to no one. It is a continuous story
of the pilgrimage of some cultivated and piously disposed people, in which they
visit in turn various cities, castles, and hotels, representing the leading religious
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pathos, which cannot but awaken sympathy.
It is proper to add, that the author takes the same standpoint with honest John
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WOLFSDEN. A New England Novel.
In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.25.
Rural life in New England was never more graphically painted. And such is
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COLOMBA; A Novel founded upon the “Vendetta.”
Translated from the French of Prosper Merimee. In one elegant
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A story of Corsica, of intense interest, and wholly free from the prevailing
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BERENICE. An Autobiographical Novel.
In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.25.
The touching fidelity to life and nature which characterizes this book will induce
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EDITH HALE. A New England Story.
In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.25.
The conception of character, and the general conduct of the story, would indicate
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