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A COMPLETE LIST OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S PUBLICATIONS.
  
  

A COMPLETE LIST
OF
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S
PUBLICATIONS.

A LIBERAL DISCOUNT MADE TO BOOKSELLERS—AGENTS—CLERGYMEN, AND TO ANY
ONE ORDERING A NUMBER OF BOOKS—SPECIAL DISCOUNT MADE TO LIBRARIES.

MISCELLANEOUS.

           
ALEXANDER, Rev. Jas. W. (D.D.)—Forty
Years' Correspondence with a Friend. 2 vols., large
12mo., with 2 portraits, 
$3 00 
The same on large paper, 2 vols., octavo,  5 00 
ALLSTON'S, Washington.—Lectures on Art
and Poems. Edited by Richard Henry Dana, Jun.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
BRACE, C. L.—Home Life in Germany.
Embracing a Picture of the Social Life, Conversations,
Modes of Thought, Habits, Style of Living, etc., of the
Germans. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— Hungary. With an Experience of the Austrian
Police. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 5 engravings and map, 
1 25 
— The Norse-Folk; or, A Visit to the
Homes of Norway and Sweden. 1 vol., 12mo., with 2 steel
and 2 wood engravings, cloth, 
1 25 


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BAUTAIN, Prof.—The Art of Extempore
Speaking. Hints for the Pulpit, the Senate and the Bar.
Edited by a Member of the N. Y. Bar. With additions
—Rules of Debate, etc., 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
BURDETT, Charles.—The Second Marriage:
A Tale of New York, 1 vol, 12mo., cloth, 
75 
CAMERON, Archibald.—His Heart Trials.
1 vol., 12mo., 
75 
CAMPBELL, Hon. Wm. W.—The Life and
Writings of De Witt Clinton. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— Life of Robin Hood and Captain
Kidd. An Historical Account of these Noted Characters.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
75 
CATHARA CLYDE: A Novel. By Inconnu.
1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
CARLEN, Mrs. E. F.—One Year of Wedlock.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
In paper, 50 cts. 
75 
— Bride of Omberg. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
In paper, 50 cts. 
75 
— Gustavus Lindorn, 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
Paper, 50 cts. 
75 
— Whimsical Women. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
Paper, 50 cts. 
75 
— Home in the Valley. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
Paper, 50 cts. 
75 
CHASLES, Prof. P.—American Literature
and Manners. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth. Translated by
Donald MacLeod, 
1 00 
CLARK, J. H. (M.D.)—Sight and Hearing—
How Preserved, How Lost. 1 vol., 12mo., many engravings.
A New and Revised Edition, 
1 25 


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CORMENIN.—The Orators of France. Civil,
Revolutionary, and Military. From the 16th Paris edition.
Edited by George H. Colton, with an Essay on
the Rise and Progress of French Parliamentary Eloquence,
by J. T. Headley. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with
6 portraits on steel, 
1 25 
DANA'S R. H.—Poems and Prose Writings.
2 vols., 12mo., 
2 50 
DAVIS, Geo. L. L.—The Daystar of American
Freedom; or, The Birth and Early Growth of Toleration
in the Province of Maryland.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
DUYCKINCK, E. A., and G. L.—Cyclopedia
of American Literature. Embracing Personal and Critical
Notices of Authors, and Selections from their Writings,
from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. 2 vols.,
8vo., with 225 portraits, 425 autographs, and 75 views
of colleges, libraries, and residences of authors, and
elegant steel engravings of J. Fenimore Cooper and
Benjamin Franklin. 2 vols., royal 8vo., cloth, 
7 00 
In half calf, $10 00; or full calf, $15 00; Turkey morocco,
$16 00. 
ELLET, Mrs. E. F.—The Women of the
American Revolution. 3 vols., 12mo., cloth, with 7 steel
engravings, 
3 50 
— Domestic History of the American
Revolution. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
— Evenings at Woodlawn. 1 vol., 12mo.,  1 00 
— Pioneer Women of the West. 1 vol.,
12mo., 
1 25 
— Watching Spirits. 1 vol., 8vo., with 6
elegant steel engravings, cloth, extra gilt, 
2 50 
ELLIOTT, Chas. W.—The New England
History, from the Discovery of the Continent, by the
Northmen, A. D.
986 to A. D. 1776. 2 vols., 8vo., 2
steel portraits, cloth, 
4 00 
Or in half calf, $6 75. 


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ENGLISHWOMAN IN RUSSIA. Impressions
of the Society and Manners of the Russians at Home.
By a Lady Ten Years Resident in that Country. 1 vol.,
12mo., 
1 13 
FLAGG, Edmund.—Venice, the City of the
Sea. From the Invasion of Napoleon, in 1797, to the
Capitulation to Radetzky, in 1849. With a Contemporaneous
View of the Peninsula. 2 vols., 12mo., cloth,
with map and 7 engravings, 
2 50 
GEORGE, Anita.—Lives of the Queens of
Spain. 2 vols. 12mo., portraits, 
2 50 
HALL, Rev. B. R.—Frank Freeman's Barber
Shop. A Tale for the South and North. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth. Illustrations, 
1 00 
HARSHA, D. A.—The most Eminent Orators
of Ancient and Modern Times. Containing Sketches
of their Lives, Specimens of their Eloquence, and an
Estimate of their Genius. 1 vol., 8vo. With portrait, 
2 25 
HEADLEY, J. T.—Washington and his Generals.
2 vols., 12mo., cloth, 
2 50 
— Napoleon and his Marshals. 2 vols.,
12mo., cloth. Illustrated with 12 portraits, 
2 50 
— The Sacred Mountains. Illustrated
with 12 engravings by Burt, with designs by Lossing.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
Do. do., full gilt, $1 75; 8vo., cloth, full gilt, $2 50;
morocco extra, $4 00. 
— Sacred Scenes and Characters. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, with 12 illustrations by Darley, 
1 25 
Do. do., 1 vol., 12mo., full gilt, $1 75, and 8vo., cloth,
full gilt, $3; morocco, $4. 
— Letters from Italy and Alps and
the Rhine. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— Adirondack; or, Life in the Woods.
With Original Designs from Gignoux, Ingham, Durand,
etc., finely engraved on Steel. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 


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HEADLEY, J. T.—Life of Oliver Cromwell.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, gilt, with portrait, 
1 25 
— History of the Second War with
England. 2 vols., 12mo., cloth, with 10 engravings, 
2 50 
— The Old Guard of Napoleon, from
Marengo to Waterloo. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with 10
engravings, 
1 25 
— Lives of Winfield Scott and Andrew
Jackson. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with portraits, 
1 25 
— Miscellanies. 1 vol., 12mo.,  1 00 
— Sketches and Rambles. 1 vol.,  75 
— Life of Gen. H. Havelock. With portrait
and other illustrations. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 25 
HEADLEY'S, J. T.—Works complete in 16 vols.,
half calf, 
32 00 
HERBERT, H. W.—American Game in
its Seasons. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with 6 Superb engravings. 
1 25 
— The Captains of the Roman Republic.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, illustrated, 
1 25 
— The Captains of the Old World.
Their Campaigns, Character, and Conduct, as compared
with the Great Modern Strategists. 1 vol., 12mo., with
5 original engravings, 
1 25 
HOFFMAN, C. Fenno.—Greyslaer. A Romance
of the Mohawk. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
HUDSON, H. N.—Lectures on Shakspeare.
2 vols., 12mo., cloth, 
2 50 
JOHNSON, Anna C.—Peasant Life in Germany.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— Myrtle Wreath; or, Stray Leaves
Recalled. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 


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KIRKLAND, Mrs. C. M.—The Evening
Book; or, Fireside Talk on Morals and Manners, with
Sketches of Western Life.
With elegant engravings,
from original designs. 1 vol., 8vo., cloth, full gilt, 
3 50 
Morocco, extra, $5 50; do. do., in 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
with 2 engravings, 
$1 25 
Full gilt, $2 00. 
— Autumn Hours and Fireside Reading.
1 vol., 8vo., cloth, full gilt, 
3 50 
Morocco, extra, $5 50. 
— A Book for the Home Circle; or,
Familiar Thoughts on Various Topics, Literary, Moral,
and Social.
With 8 fine steel engravings from designs
by Dallas. 1 vol., 12mo., full gilt, $2 00, and 8vo.,
cloth, full gilt, 
3 50 
Morocco, $5 50. 
— Holidays Abroad; or, Europe from
the West. 2 vols., 12mo., cloth, 
2 00 
KNOX, Rev. J. B.—Historical Account of
St. Thomas, W.I. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
Lawrence, Eugene.—Lives of the British
Historians. 2 vols., 12mo., 
2 50 
LORD W. W.—Andre: A Tragedy, etc.
1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
LUTHER, Life of. In 48 Historical Engravings
on steel. With Explanations by Archdeacon Hare.
1 vol., 4to., Turkey morocco, 
12 00 
Cloth, gilt edges, $10 00. 
LYNCH, Lieut. W. F.—Naval Life—The
Midshipman; or, Observations Afloat and Ashore.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
MARSH, Hon. Geo. P.—Lectures on the
English Language. 1 vol., octavo, 700 pages, cloth, 
3 00 
Marsh, Mrs. Geo. P.—Wolf Knoll and other
Poems. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 


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MOORE, Geo. H.—The Treason of Charles
Lee, Major General, Second in Command in the American
Army of the Revolution. With two portraits, and facsimiles
of the Plan of Treason and his Letter to General
Gates. 1 vol., octavo, 
1 50 
MACLEOD, Donald.—Life of Sir Walter
Scott. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with portrait, 
1 00 
— The Idler and the Alps; or, Pynnshurst
and his Wanderings. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— The Bloodstone. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,  75 
— Life of Mary Queen of Scots. With
fine portrait, etc. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 25 
MAGOON, E. L.—The Orators of the American
Revolution. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with 6 portraits, 
1 25 
— The Living Orators in America.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with 6 portraits, 
1 25 
MARCH, C. W.—Daniel Webster and his
Contemporaries. 1 vol., 12mo., portrait, 
1 00 
MARVEL, Ik.—The Battle Summer. Being
Transcripts from Personal observation in Paris, during
the year 1848. With illustrations by Darley. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
Full gilt, $1 75. 
— Dream Life. A Fable of the Seasons,
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, gilt top, 
1 25 
Full gilt, $1 75; morocco, $3 00. 
— The Lorgnette; or, Studies of the
Town. By an Opera-goer (Ik Marvel). 2 vols., 12mo.,
cloth, set off with Mr. Darley's Designs, 
2 50 
Full gilt, $3 50. 
— Fresh Gleanings; or, A New Sheaf
from the Old Field of Continental Europe. 1 vol., 12mo.,
cloth, 
1 25 
Full gilt, $1 75. 


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MARVEL, Ik.—Reveries of a Bachelor. A
Book of the Heart. With 2 illustrations. 1 vol., 12mo.,
cloth, gilt top, 
1 25 
Do. do., in full gilt, $1 75; morocco extra, $3 00. Do.
do., in 1 vol., 8vo., with 25 illustrations designed by
Darley, cloth, gilt, $4 00; morocco, $6 00. 
— Fudge Doings. Being Tony Fudge's Records
of the Same, in Forty Chapters. 2 vols., 12mo., 
2 00 
Works complete, in 8 vols., half calf,  16 00 
MAXWELL, J. S.—The Czar, his Court and
People. Including a Tour in Norway and Sweden. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
McCONNEL, J. L.—Talbot and Vernon.
A Novel. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
Paper, 75 cents. 
— The Glenns. A Family History. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, 
75 
Paper, 50 cents. 
— Grahame; or, Youth and Manhood.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
75 
Paper, 50 cents. 
McHARG, Rev. Chas. K.—Life of Prince
Talleyrand. 1 vol., 12mo., with portrait, 
1 25 
MITCHELL, Prof. O. M.—The Planetary
and Stellar Worlds. A Popular Exposition of the Great
Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy. In a
Series of Ten Lectures. 1 vol., 12mo., 17 illustrations, 
1 25 
MONROE, J.—The Science and Art of
Chess. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
MOORE, Frank.—The Diary of the American
Revolution. From Newspaper and Original Documents.
In 2 vols., 8vo., of 500 pages each, with 12 engravings
and plans on steel. (Sold only by subscription,) 
5 00 
MORE, Margaretta.—The Household of Sir
Thomas More. 1 vol., 18mo., 
50 


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Morris, Geo. P.—Poetical Works, complete.
With thirteen superb engravings, from original designs
by Weir and Darley, and a portrait of the Author, by
the late Henry Inman. Elegantly printed on fine vellum
paper. 1 vol., 8vo., cloth, full gilt, 
5 00 
Morocco, extra, $7 00. 
The same in 1 vol., blue and gold. 16mo.,  88 
PASHA, Mahomed.—The Pasha Papers.
1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
PAULDING, J. K.—Puritan and his Daughter.
1 vol., 12mo., 
1 25 
PECK, George W.—Melbourne and the
Chincha Islands. With Sketches of Lima, and a Voyage
Round the World. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
PHELPS, Mrs. Lincoln.—Hours with my
Pupils. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
PRENTISS.—Life of Sergeant S. Prentiss.
Edited by his Brother. 2 vols., 12mo., 
2 50 
SAMTINE, X. B.—Woman's Whims. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, 
38 
SAUNDERS, Fred. S.—Mosaics. 1 vol., 12mo.,  1 25 
SAXTON, L. C.—The Fall of Poland. With
a History of the Country from its Origin. 2 vols., 12mo.,
cloth, 
2 50 
STEDMAN, EDMUND C.—Poems Lyrical and
Idyllic. 1 vol, 12mo., cloth, 
75 
SEAMAN, E. C.—The Progress of Nations
in Civilization, Productive Industry, Wealth, and Population.
Illustrated by Statistics of Mining, Agriculture,
Manufactures, Commerce, Coin, Banking, Internal Improvements,
Emigration, and Population. 1 vol., 12mo.,
cloth, 
1 50 
SHELTON, Rev. F. W.—Peeps from a Belfry;
or, The Parish Sketch-Book. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 


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SHELTON, Rev. F. W.—Crystalline; or,
The Heiress of Fall-Down Castle. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,
with original illustrations from designs by Billings, 
88 
— Up the River. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, with
36 elegant engravings from original designs 
1 25 
— The Rector of St. Bardolph's; or,
Superannuated. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
SIMMS, Wm. G.—The Huguenots in Florida;
or, The Lily and the Totem. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
STREET, Alfred.—Frontenac, the Atotarho
of the Iroquois. A Metrical Romance. 1 vol., 12mo.,
cloth, with portrait, 
1 25 
STANTON, H. B.—Sketches of Reforms and
Reformers of Great Britain and Ireland. 1 vol., 12mo.,
cloth, 
1 00 
SWINTON, Wm.—Rambles among Words;
their Poetry, History and Wisdom. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
TAYLOR, Geo.—Indications of the Creator;
or, The Natural Evidences of Final Causes. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, 
1 00 
TITCOMB, Timothy (Dr. J. G. Holland).—
Letters to Young People, Single and Married. 1 vol.,
12mo., 
1 00 
— Bitter Sweet. A Poem. 1 vol., 12mo.,  75 
— Gold Foil, Hammered from Popular
Proverbs. 1 vol., 12mo., full gilt, $1 50. Cloth, 
1 00 
TUPPER, M. F.—Proverbial Philosophy.
A new edition, with 40 original Illustrations. 1 vol.,
8vo., morocco, 
3 00 
Cloth, full gilt, $2 50; cloth, plain, $1 75. 
TUTHILL, Mrs. L. C.—Reality; or, The
Millionaire's Daughter. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 00 
— Joy and Care. A book for young Mothers.
1 vol., 16mo., 
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TYLER, Samuel.—A Discourse on the Baconian
Philosophy. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth. 
1 00 
— Burns; As a Poet and as a Man.
1 vol., 12mo., 
75 
VAN SANTVOORD, Geo.—Lives of the
Chief Justices of the United States. 1 vol., 8vo., cloth,
with portrait, 
2 25 
— Life of Algernon Sidney. With
Sketches of some of his Contemporaries, and Extracts
from his Correspondence and Political Writings. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, with portrait, 
1 00 
WARREN, J. E.—Vagamundo; or, The Attaché
in Spain. 1 vol., 12mo., Cloth, 
1 00 
WARREN, T. R.—Dust and Foam; or, Two
Continents and Three Oceans. Being Wanderings in
Mexico, South America, the Sandwich Islands, Phillipines,
China, East and West Indies, Australia, Polynesia, etc.
1 vol., 12mo., 2 illustrations, 
1 25 
WHEELER, Gervase.—Homes for the People
in Suburb and Country; or, The Villa, the Mansion,
and the Cottage.
Adapted to American Climate
and Wants. 1 vol., 12mo., with 100 engravings, 
1 50 
— Rural Homes. Sketches of Houses Suited
to American Country Life. With original designs,
plans, estimates, etc. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
WILLIS, N. P.—Rural Letters, and Other
Records of Thoughts at Leisure. Embracing: Letters
from under a Bridge, Open-Air Musings in the City,
Invalid Rambles in Germany, Letters from Watering-Places,
etc., etc. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— The Convalescent. A New Work. 1 vol.,
12mo., 
1 25 
— Paul Fane; or, Parts of a Life, else
Untold. 1 vol., 12mo., 
1 25 


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WILLIS, N. P.—Life Here and There; or,
Sketches of Society and Adventures at Far Apart Times
and Places.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— Famous Persons and Places. 1 vol.,
12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— Fun Jottings; or, Laughs I have
Taken a Pen To. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— A Health Trip to the Tropics, etc.
1 vol., 12mo., cloth, 
1 25 
— People I have Met; or, Pictures of
Society and People of Mark. Drawn under a Thin Veil
of Fiction. 1 vol., 12mo., 3d edition, cloth, 
1 25 
— Pencillings by the Way. 1 vol., 12mo.,  1 25 
— A Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean,
on Board of an American Frigate. 1 vol., 12mo.,
cloth, 
1 25 
— Out Doors at Idlewild; or, The
Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson. 1 vol.,
12mo., 
1 25 
— The Rag-Bag. 1 vol., 12mo., cloth,  1 25 
— Hurrygraphs; or, Sketches from
Fresh Impressions of Scenery, Celebrities and Society.
1 vol., 12mo., 
1 25 
WILLIS, N. P.—Works complete, in 13 vols., half
calf, 
26 00 
WISE, Lieut. H. A.—Scampavias from Gibel
Tarek to Stamboul. 1 vol., 12mo., 40 cuts, 
1 25 
— Los Gringos; An Indian View of
Mexico, California, Peru, Chili, Polynesia, etc. 1 vol.,
12mo., 
1 25