The sunny South, or, The Southerner at home :: :: University of Virginia Library

The following Books are by T. S. Arthur, the well-known author, of whom
it has been said, “that dying, he has not written a word he would wish to
erase.” They are worthy of a place in every household.

ARTHUR'S SKETCHES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER

Royal 12mo. vol. of over 400 pages, beautifully Illustrated, and
bound in the best English muslin, gilt. Price $1.25.

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF REAL LIFE.

With an Autobiography and Portrait of the Author. Over 500
pages, Royal 12mo., fine tinted Engravings. Price $1.25.

TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-ROOM, and what I saw there.

This powerfully-written work, one of the best by its popular
author, has met with an immense sale. It is a large 12mo.,
illustrated with a beautiful Mezzotint Engraving, by Sartain;
printed on fine white paper, and bound in the best English
muslin, gilt back. Price, $1.00.

GOLDEN GRAINS FROM LIFE'S HARVEST-FIELD.

Bound in gilt back and sides, cloth, with a beautiful Mezzotint
engraving. 12mo. Price $1.00.

WHAT CAN WOMAN DO.

12mo., with Mezzotint engraving. Price $1.00.

“Our purpose is to show, in a series of Life Pictures, what woman can do,
as well for good as for evil.”

ANGEL OF THE HOUSEHOLD, and other tales.

Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint engraving. Price $1.00.

ARTHUR'S HOME LIBRARY.

[The following four volumes contain nearly 500 pages each, and are illustrated
with fine Mezzotint engravings. Bound in the best manner, and
sold separately or in sets. They have been introduced into the District,
Sabbath School, and other Libraries, and are considered one of the best
series of the Author.]

THREE ERAS IN WOMAN'S LIFE.

Containing Maiden, Wife and Mother. Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint
engraving. Price, $1.00.

“This, by many, is considered Mr. Arthur's best work.”

TALES OF MARRIED LIFE.

Containing Lovers and Husbands, Sweethearts and Wives, and
Married and Single. Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint engraving.
Price $1.00.

“In this volume may be found some valuable hints for wives and husbands,
as well as for the young.”

TALES OF REAL LIFE.

Containing Bell Martin, Pride and Principle, Mary Ellis, Family
Pride and Alice Melville. Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint
engraving. Price $1,00.

“This volume gives the experience of real life by many who found not
their ideal.”

THE MARTYR WIFE.

Containing Madeline, the Heiress, The Martyr Wife and Ruined
Gamester. Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint engraving. $1.00

“Contains several sketches of thrilling interest.”

THE ANGEL AND THE DEMON.

A Book of Startling Interest. A handsome 12mo volume, $1.00.

“In this exciting story, Mr. Arthur has taken hold of the reader's attention
with a more than usually vigorous grasp, and keeps him absorbed to the end
of the volume.”

THE WAY TO PROSPER,

And other tales. Cloth, 12mo., with engraving. Price $1.00.

TRUE RICHES; or WEALTH WITHOUT WINGS,

And other Tales. Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint engraving.
Price, $1.00.

THE YOUNG LADY AT HOME.

A Series of Home Stories for American Women. 12mo. $1.00

TRIALS AND CONFESSIONS OF A HOUSEKEEPER.

With 14 Spirited Illustrations. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

The range of subjects in this book embrace the grave and instructive, as
well as the agreeable and amusing. No Lady reader familiar with the trials
and perplexities incident to Housekeeping, can fail to recognize many of her
own experiences, for every picture here presented has been drawn from life.

THE WITHERED HEART.

With fine Mezzotint Frontispiece. 12mo., Cloth. Price $1.00.

This work has gone through several editions in England, although published
but a short time, and has had the most flattering notices from the
English Press.

STEPS TOWARD HEAVEN.

A Series of Lay Sermons for Converts in the Great Awakening.
12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

THE HAND BUT NOT THE HEART;

Or, Life Trials of Jessie Loring. 12mo., cloth. Price, $1.00.

THE GOOD TIME COMING.

Large 12mo., with fine Mezzotint Frontispiece. Price, $1.00.

LEAVES FROM THE BOOK OF HUMAN LIFE.

Large 12mo. With 30 illustrations and steel plate. Price $1.00.

“It includes some of the best humorous sketches of the author.”

HEART HISTORIES AND LIFE PICTURES.

12mo Cloth. Price $1.00.

“In the preparation of this volume, we have endeavored to show, that
whatever tends to awaken our sympathies towards others, is an individual
benefit as well as a common good.”

SPARING TO SPEND; or, the Loftons and Pinkertons

12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

The purpose of this volume is to exhibit the evils that flow from the too
common lack of prudence.

HOME SCENES.

12mo. Cloth. Price $1.00.

This Book is designed to aid in the work of overcoming what is evil and
selfish, that home lights may dispel home shadows.

THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE.

12mo. Cloth. Price $1.00.

This is a powerfully written Book, showing the folly of unequal marriages.

ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES ON THEIR DUTIES AND
CONDUCT IN LIFE.

By T. S. Arthur. A new and greatly enlarged edition. 12mo.,
cloth. Steel plate. Price $1.00.

ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN ON VARIOUS IMPORTANT
SUBJECTS.

By T. S. Arthur. A new and greatly enlarged edition. 12mo.,
cloth. Steel plate. Price $1.00.

TWENTY YEARS AGO AND NOW.

By T. S. Arthur. 12mo., cloth, mezzotint engraving. Price
$1.00

BIOGRAPHIES.

LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DR. E. K. KANE,

And other Distinguished American Explorers. Including Ledyard,
Wilkes, Perry, &c. Containing narratives of their researches
and adventures in remote and interesting portions of the Globe.
By Samuel M. Smucker, LL.D. With a fine Mezzotint Portrait
of Dr. Kane, in his Arctic costume. Price $1.00.

THE LIFE AND REIGN OF NICHOLAS I.,

Emperor of Russia. With descriptions of Russian Society and
Government, and a full and complete History of the War in
the East. Also, Sketches of Schamyl, the Circassian, and other
Distinguished Characters. By S. M. Smucker, LL.D. Beautifully
Illustrated. Over 400 pages, large 12mo. Price $1.25.

THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF DAN'L WEBSTER.

By Gen. S. P. Lyman. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

THE MASTER SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON
THE THIRD.

With Biographical Notices of his most Distinguished Ministers,
Generals and Favorites. By S. M. Smucker, LL.D. This interesting
and valuable work is embellished with splendid steel
plates, done by Sartain in his best style, including the Emperor,
the Empress, Queen Hortense, and the Countess Castiglione.
400 pages, 12mo. Price $1.25.

MEMOIRS OF ROBERT HOUDIN,

The celebrated French Conjuror. Translated from the French.
With a copious Index. By Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie. This
book is full of interesting and entertaining anecdotes of the great
Wizard, and gives descriptions of the manner of performing
many of his most curious tricks and transformations. 12mo.,
cloth. Price $1.00.

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF DAVID CROCKETT.

Written by himself, with Notes and Additions. Splendidly illustrated
with engravings, from original designs. By George G
White. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIFE AND TIMES OF DANIEL BOONE.

Including an account of the Early Settlements of Kentucky. By
Cecil B. Hartley. With splendid illustrations, from original
drawings by George G. White. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF LEWIS WETZEL.

Together with Biographical Sketches of Simon Kenton, Benjamin
Logan, Samuel Brady, Isaac Shelby, and other distinguished
Warriors and Hunters of the West. By Cecil B. Hartley.
With splendid illustrations, from original drawings by George
G. White. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIFE AND TIMES OF GENERAL FRANCIS MARION,

The Hero of the American Revolution; giving full accounts of
his many perilous adventures and hair-breadth escapes amongst
the British and Tories in the Southern States, during the struggle
for liberty. By W. Gilmore Simms. 12mo., cloth. $1.00.

LIFE OF GENERAL SAMUEL HOUSTON,

The Hunter, Patriot, and Statesman of Texas. With nine illustrations.
12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIVES OF GENERAL HENRY LEE AND GENERAL
THOMAS SUMPTER.

Comprising a History of the War in the Southern Department of
the United States. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth. $1.00.

DARING & HEROIC DEEDS OF AMERICAN WOMEN.

Comprising Thrilling Examples of Courage, Fortitude, Devotedness,
and Self-Sacrifice, among the Pioneer Mothers of the
Western Country. By John Frost, LL.D. Price $1.00.

LIVES OF FEMALE MORMONS.

A Narrative of facts Stranger than Fiction. By Metta Victoria
Fuller. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIVES OF ILLUSTRIOUS WOMEN OF ALL AGES.

Containing the Empress Josephine, Lady Jane Gray, Beatrice
Cenci, Joan of Arc, Anne Boleyn, Charlotte Corday, Zenobia,
&c., &c. Embellished with Fine Steel Portraits. 12mo., cloth.
Price $1.00.

THE LIVES AND EXPLOITS OF THE MOST NOTED
BUCCANEERS & PIRATES OF ALL COUNTRIES.

Handsomely illustrated. 1 vol. Cloth. Price $1.00.

HIGHWAYMEN, ROBBERS AND BANDITTI OF ALL
COUNTRIES.

With Colored and other Engravings. Handsomely bound in one
volume. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

HEROES AND PATRIOTS OF THE SOUTH;

Comprising Lives of General Francis Marion, General William
Moultrie, General Andrew Pickens, and Governor John
Rutledge. By Cecil B. Hartley. Illustrated, 12mo., cloth.
Price $1.00.

KIT CARSON.

Life of Christopher Carson, the celebrated Rocky Mountain
Hunter, Trapper and Guide, with a full description of his
Hunting Exploits, Hair-breadth Escapes, and adventures with
the Indians; together with his services rendered the United
States Government, as Guide to the various Exploring Expeditions
under John C. Fremont and others. By Charles Burdett.
With six illustrations. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

By S. M. Smucker, LL.D., author of “The Life of Thomas
Jefferson,” “Life of Alexander Hamilton,” etc., etc. 12mo.,
cloth, with Steel Portrait. Price $1.00.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY CLAY.

By S. M. Smucker, LL.D., author of the “Lives of Washington,”
“Jefferson,” etc. 12mo., cloth, Steel Portrait. Price $1.00.

LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON.

Containing an Authentic History of the Memorable Achievements
of the American Army under General Jackson, before New
Orleans. By Alexander Walker. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

By O. L. Holley. With Steel Portrait and six Illustrations.
12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

LIVES OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

By B. J. Lossing. Steel Frontispiece, and fifty portraits. 12mo.,
cloth. Price $1.00.

LIFE OF CAPT. JOHN SMITH OF VIRGINIA.

By W. Gillmore Simms. Illustrated, 12mo., cloth, Price, $1 00

THE THREE MRS. JUDSONS,

The Female Missionaries. By Cecil B. Hartley. A new and
carefully revised edition, with steel portraits. 12mo. Price,
$1 00.

INGRAHAM'S THREE GREAT WORKS.

THE
Prince of the House of David;

Or, Three Years in the Holy City. Being a series of the letters
of Adina, a Jewess of Alexandria, supposed to be sojourning
in Jerusalem in the days of Herod, addressed to her Father a
wealthy Jew in Egypt, and relating, as if by an eye-witness, all
the scenes and wonderful incidents in the life of Jesus of Nazareth,
from his Baptism in Jordan to his Crucifixion on Calvary
New edition, carefully revised and corrected by the author,
Rev. J. H. Ingraham, LL.D., Rector of Christ Church, and
St. Thomas' Hall, Holly Springs, Miss. With five splendid
illustrations, one large 12mo., volume, cloth. Price, $1 25.

Full Gilt sides and edges. Price $2.00.

The same work in German. 12mo., cloth. Price, $1.25.

THE PILLAR OF FIRE;

Or, Israel in Bondage. Being an account of the Wonderful
Scenes in the Life of the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter, (Moses).
Together with Picturesque Sketches of the Hebrews under their
Task-masters. By Rev. J. H. Ingraham, LL D., author of the
“Prince of the House of David.” With steel Frontispiece.
Large 12mo., cloth. Price, $1 25; the same work, full gilt
sides and edges. Price, $2 00.

THE THRONE OF DAVID;

From the Consecration of the Shepherd of Bethlehem, to the Rebellion
of Prince Absalom Being an illustration of the Splendor,
Power and Dominion of the Reign of the Shepherd, Poet,
Warrior, King and Prophet, Ancestor and type of Jesus, addressed
by an Assyrian Ambassador, resident at the Court of Jerusalem,
to his Lord and King on the Throne of Nineveh; wherein
the magnificence of Assyria, as well as the magnificence of
Judea, is presented to the reader as by an eye-witness. By the
Rev. J. H. Ingraham, LL.D., Rector of Christ Church and
St. Thomas' Hall, Holly Springs, Miss., author of the “Prince
of the House of David” and the “Pillar of Fire.” With five
splendid illustrations Large 12mo., cloth. Price $1 25; the
same work, full gilt sides and edges. Price, $2 00.

The Sunny South;
OR,
THE SOUTHERNER AT HOME.

EMBRACING

Five years' experience of a Northern Governess in the Land of the
Sugar and the Cotton. Edited by Professor J. H. Ingraham,
of Miss. Large 12mo., cloth. Price, $1 25.

A BUDGET OF
HUMOROUS POETRY,
COMPRISING

Specimens of the best and most Humorous Productions of the
popular American and Foreign Poetical Writers of the day.
By the author of the “Book of Anecdotes and Budget of
Fun.” One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1 00.

The World in a Pocket Book.

BY
WILLIAM H. CRUMP.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION, BROUGHT DOWN TO
1860.

This work is a Compendium of Useful Knowledge and General
Reference, dedicated to the Manufacturers, Farmers, Merchants,
and Mechanics of the United States—to all, in short, with whom
time is money—and whose business avocations render the acquisition
of extensive and diversified information desirable, by the
shortest possible road. This volume, it is hoped, will be found
worthy of a place in every household—in every family. It
may indeed be termed a library in itself. Large 12mo. Price,
$1 25.

THE SPIRIT LAND.

12mo., cloth, with Mezzotint Engraving. Price $1.00.

“These pages are submitted to the public with the counsel of the wisest
and best of all ages, that amid the wiley arts of the Adversary, we should cling
to the word of God, the Bible, as the only safe and infallible guide of Faith
and Practice.”

THE MORNING STAR; or, Symbols of Christ.

By Rev. Wm. M. Thayer, author of “Hints for the Household,”
“Pastor's Holiday Gift,” &c., &c. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00

“The symbolical parts of Scriptures are invested with peculiar attractions.
A familiar acquaintance with them can scarcely fail to increase respect and
love for the Bible.”

SWEET HOME; or, Friendship's Golden Altar.

By Frances C. Percival. Mezzotint Frontispiece, 12mo., cloth,
gilt back and centre. Price $1.00.

“The object of this book is to awaken the Memories of Home—to remind
us of the old Scenes and old Times.”

THE DESERTED FAMILY;

Or, the Wanderings of an Outcast. By Paul Creyton. 12mo.,
cloth. Price $1.00.

“An interesting story, which might exert a good influence in softening the
heart, warming the affections, and elevating the soul.”

ANNA CLAYTON; or, the Mother's Trial

A Tale of Real Life. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

“The principal characters in this tale are drawn from real life—imagination
cannot picture deeper shades of sadness, higher or more exquisite joys,
than Truth has woven for us, in the Mother's Trial.”

“FASHIONABLE DISSIPATION.”

By Metta V. Fuller. Mezzotint Frontispiece, 12mo., bound in
cloth, Price $1.00.

THE OLD FARM HOUSE.

By Mrs. Caroline H. Butler Laing, with six splendid Illustrations.
12mo., cloth, Price $1.00.

“TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE.”

WOMAN AND HER DISEASES.

From the Cradle to the Grave; adapted exclusively to her instruction
in the Physiology of her system, and all the Diseases of her
Critical Periods. By Edward H. Dixon, M.D. 12mo. Price
$1.00.

DR. LIVINGSTONE'S TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES
OF SIXTEEN YEARS IN THE WILDS OF SOUTH
AFRICA.

One volume, 12mo., cloth, fine edition, printed upon superior
paper, with numerous illustrations. Price $1.25. Cheap edition,
price $1.00.

This is a work of thrilling adventures and hair-breadth escapes among
savage beasts, and more savage men. Dr. Livingstone was alone, and unaided
by any white man, traveling only with African attendants, among different
tribes and nations, all strange to him, and many of them hostile, and altogether
forming the most astonishing book of travels the world has ever
seen. All acknowledge it is the most readable book published.

ANDERSSON'S EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES.

Giving accounts of many Perilous Adventures, and Thrilling Incidents,
during Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of South
Western Africa. By C. J. Andersson, LL.D., F.R.S. With
an Introductory Letter, by J. C. Fremont. One volume, 12mo.,
cloth. With Numerous Illustrations. Price, $1.25.

INDIA AND THE INDIAN MUTINY.

Comprising a Complete History of Hindoostan, from the earliest
times to the present day, with full particulars of the Recent
Mutiny in India. Illustrated with numerous engravings. By
Henry Frederick Malcom. Large 12mo., volume of about
450 pages. Price, $1.25.

THE UNION TEXT BOOK.

Containing Selections from the Writings and Speeches of
Daniel Webster. The Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution of the United States, Washington's Farewell Address,
&c., with Steel Portrait. Large 12mo., 504 pages, Cloth.
Price, $1.00.

SEVEN YEARS IN THE WILDS OF SIBERIA,

A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in
Oriental and Western Siberia, Mongolia, the Kir his Steppes,
Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. By Thomas
William Atkinson. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo., cloth,
price $1.25.

SIX YEARS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, being a
Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the auspices of
H. B. M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855. By Henry
Barth, Ph. D., D.C.L., Fellow of the Royal Geographical and
Asiatic Societies, &c., &c. 12mo., cloth, price $1.25.

THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR

During the years 1853, 1854, 1856, including a journey to the
Capital; with notices of the Natural History of the Country
and of the present Civilization of the People, by the Rev. Wm.
Ellis, F.H.S., author of “Polynesian Researches.” Illustrated
by engravings from photographs, &c. 12mo., cloth. $1.25.

CAPT. COOK'S VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD.

One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN.

Containing a collection of over One Thousand Laughable Sayings,
Rich Jokes, etc. 12mo., cloth, extra gilt back, $1.00.

“Nothing is so well calculated to preserve the healthful action of the
human system as a good hearty laugh.”

BOOK OF PLAYS FOR HOME AMUSEMENT.

Being 2 collection of Original, Altered and well-selected Tragedies,
Comedies, Dramas, Farces, Burlesques, Charades, Comic Lectures,
etc. Carefully arranged and specially adapted for Private
Representation, with full directions for Performance. By Silas
S. Steele, Dramatist. One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

A HISTORY OF ITALY,
AND THE WAR OF 1859.

Giving the causes of the War, with Biographical Sketches of Sovereigns,
Statesmen and Military Commanders; Descriptions and
Statistics of the Country; with finely engraved Portraits of Louis
Napoleon, Emperor of France Frances Joseph, Emperor of
Austria; Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, and Garribaldi, the
Champion of Italian Freedom. Together with the official accounts
of the Battles of Montebello, Palestro, Magenta, Malegnano,
Solferino, etc., etc., and Maps of Italy, Austria, and all
the adjacent Countries, by

MADAME JULIE DE MARGUERITTES.

With an introduction by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie, one volume,
12mo., cloth, price $1.25.

NOBLE DEEDS OF THE GREAT AND BRAVE OF ALL
AGES AND NATIONS.

Selected as examples for the emulation of Youth, with numerous
Illustrations. 12mo., Cloth, Gilt Back. Price, $1.00.

THE BOOK OF POPULAR SONGS.

Being a compendium of the best Sentimental, Comic, Negro, National,
Patriotic, Military, Naval, Social, Convivial, and Pathetic
Ballads and Melodies, as sung by the most celebrated Opera
Singers, Negro Minstrels, and Comic Vocalists of the day.

One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

THE AMERICAN PRACTICAL COOKERY BOOK;

Or Housekeeping made easy, pleasant, and econmical in all its
departments. To which are added directions for setting out
Tables, and giving Entertainments. Directions for Jointing,
Trussing, and Carving, and many hundred new Receipts in
Cookery and Housekeeping. With 50 engravings. 12mo.,
cloth. Price $1.00.

RECORDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

Containing the Military and Financial Correspondence of distinguished
officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments,
companies and corps, with the dates of their commissions and
enlistments. General orders of Washington, Lee, and Green;
with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their
capture, exchange, etc.; to which is added the half-pay acts of
the Continental Congress; the Revolutionary pension laws; and
a list of the officers of the Continental army who acquired the
right to half-pay, commutation, and lands, &c. By T. W. Saffell.
Large 12mo., $1.25.

THE ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION.

Being a history of the personal adventures, romantic incidents and
exploits incidental to the War of Independence—with tinted
illustrations. Large 12mo., $1.25.

THE QUEEN'S FATE.

A tale of the days of Herod. 12mo., cloth, with Steel Illustrations.
$1.00.

“A recital of events, of an awe-arousing period, in a familiar and interesting
manner.”

“LIVING AND LOVING.”

A collection of Sketches. By Miss Virginia F. Townsend.—
Large 12mo., with fine steel portrait of the author. Bound in
cloth. Price $1.00.

We might say many things in favor of this delightful publication, but we
deem it unnecessary. Husbands should buy it for their wives: lovers should
buy it for their sweet-hearts: friends should buy it for their friends.

—Godey's
Lady's Book.

WHILE IT WAS MORNING.

By Virginia F. Townsend, author of “Living and Loving.”
12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

THE ANGEL VISITOR; OR, Voices of the Heart.

12mo., cloth, with Mezzotint Engraving. Price $1.00.

“The mission of this volume is to aid in doing good to those in affliction.”

THE LADIES' HAND BOOK
OF
Fancy and Ornamental Needle-Work.

COMPRISING

Full directions with patterns for working in Embroidery, Applique,
Braiding, Crochet, Knitting, Netting, Tatting, Quilting, Tambour
and Gobelin Tapestry, Broderie Anglaise, Guipure Work,
Canvass Work, Worsted Work, Lace Work, Bead Work,
Stitching, Patch Work, Frivolite, &c. Illustrated with 262
Engraved Patterns, taken from original designs. By Miss
Florence Hartley. One volume, Quarto Cloth. Price,
$1 25.

The Ladies' Book of Etiquette,
AND
MANUAL OF POLITENESS.

A Hand Book for the use of Ladies in Polite Society. By
Florence Hartley. 12mo., cloth. Price, $1 00.

The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette,
AND
MANUAL OF POLITENESS.

Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his
relations toward Society. By Cecil B. Hartley. 12mo.
Price, $1 00

LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE:
BY THE
Rev. H. STOWELL BROWN,
Of the Myrtle Street Baptist Chapel, Liverpool, England.

First Series, published under a special arrangement with the author.
With a Biographical introduction by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie.
With a splendidly engraved Steel Portrait. One vol., 414 pages.
12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

Mr. Brown's lectures fill an important place, for which we have no other
book. The style is clear, the spirit is kind, the reasoning careful, and the
argument conclusive. We are persuaded that this book will render more
good than any book of sermons or lectures that have been published in this
19th century.

—Liverpool Mereury.

THE HOME BOOK OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE;

Or, The Laws and Means of Physical Culture, adapted to
practical use. Embracing a treatise on Dyspepsia, Digestion,
Breathing, Ventilation, Laws of the Skin, Consumption, how
prevented; Clothing, Food, Exercise, Rest, &c. By W. A.
Alcott, M. D. With 31 illustrations, Large 12mo. Price,
$1.25.

LIFE OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE,

First Wife of Napoleon I. Illustrated with Steel Portraits. By
J. T. Laurens, author of “Heroes and Patriots of the South.”
12mo. cloth. Price, $1.00.

LIVES OF THE HEROES OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.

Comprising the Lives of Washington and his Generals. The
Declaration of Independence. The Constitution of the United
States. The Inaugural, First Annual and Farewell Addresses
of Washington. With Portraits. 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00

COLUMBA; A Tale of Corsica.

By Prosper Merimee. As a picture of Corsican life and manners,
Columba is unequalled. In one handsome volume. Price $1.00

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF A PASTOR'S LIFE.

By S. H. Elliott. One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

“This is a well-written, highly instructive book. It is a story of the life-teachings,
and life-trials of a good man, whose great aim was to elevate,
morally and intellectually, his fellow-men. Like many of his nature and
temperament, some of his views were Utopian. But his successes and
failures, with the causes of these, are painted with a masterly hand. There
is unusual strength and vitality in this volume.”

THREE PER CENT. A MONTH;
Or, the Perils of Fast Living. A Warning to Young Men.
By Chas. Burdett. One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

“The style of this book is direct and effective, particularly fitting the
impression which such a story should make. It is a very spirited and instructive
tale, leaving a good impression both upon the reader's sensibilities
and morals.”

EVENINGS AT HOME;
Or, Tales for the Fireside. By Jane C. Campbell. One
volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

“We know of no book in the whole range of modern fictitious literature
we would sooner select for a delightful and instructive companion.”

RURAL LIFE;
Or, Prose and Poetry of the Woods and Fields. By Harry
Penciller. One volume, cloth, 12mo. Price $1.00.

“Beautiful landscapes, family scenes and conversations, rural sketches of
woods and vales, of the beauties of verdant fields and fragrant flowers, of
the music of birds and running brooks, all described in an original and unstudied
manner, which cannot fail to delight every one whose character is
imbued with a love of nature.”

JOYS AND SORROWS OF HOME;
An Autobiography. By Anna Leland. One volume, 12mo.,
cloth. Price $1.00

“This is one of the most beautiful domestic stories we have ever read,
intensely interesting, with a natural flow and easiness which leads the reader
imperceptibly on to the close, and then leaves a regret that the tale is done.”

BEAUTY OF WOMAN'S FAITH;
A Tale of Southern Life. One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price
$1 00.

“This volume contains the story of a French Emigrant, who first escaped
to England, and afterward settled on a plantation in Louisiana. It is charmingly
told, and the strength and endurance of woman's faith well illustrated.”

THE ORPHAN BOY;
Or, Lights and Shadows of Northern Life. By Jeremy Loud.
One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

“This is a work illustrating the passions and pleasures, the trials and triumphs
of common life; it is well written and the interest is admirably sustained.”

THE ORPHAN GIRLS;
A Tale of Life in the South. By James S. Peacock, M.D.,
of Mississippi. One volume, 12mo., cloth. Price $1.00.

“The style is fluent and unforced, the description of character well limned,
and the pictures of scenery forcible and felicitous. There is a natural conveyance
of incidents to the dénouement, and the reader closes the volume with
an increased regard for the talent and spirit of the author.”

NEW ENGLAND BOYS;
Or, the Three Apprentices. By A. L. Stimson. One volume,
12mo., Cloth. Price $1 00.

“This is a very agreeable book, written in a dashing independent style. The
incidents are numerous and striking, the characters life-like, and the plot
sufficiently captivating to enchain the reader's attention to the end of the
volume.”

THE KING'S ADVOCATE;
Or, the Adventures of a Witch Finder. One volume, 12mo.,
cloth. Price $1.00.

“This is a book so thoroughly excellent, so exalted in its character, so full
of exquisite pictures of society, and manifesting so much genius, skill, and
knowledge of human nature, that no one can possibly read it without admitting
it to be, in every way, a noble book. The story, too, is one of stirring
interest; and it either sweeps you along with its powerful spell, or beguiles
you with its tenderness, pathos and geniality.”

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