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10 Park Place, Feb'y., 1855.

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Waſhington Irving—

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by Martin, price 50 cents; India proofs, with Autograph, price
$1 50.


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John P. Kennedy—

COLLECTED WRITINGS. Three volumes, large 12mo. Cloth
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Comprising

Swallow Barn, with Illustrations by Strother. 12mo, cloth,
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Rob of the Bowl. 12mo. With Portrait. Cloth, price $1 25.

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Romance of Student Life Abroad. 12mo, cloth, price $1.

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The Potiphar Papers. Illustrated by Hoppin. Eighth edition.
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Herman Melville—

Israel Potter: Fifty Years of Exile. 12mo., 75 cts.


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History, Biography, Travels, &c.

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Letters of a Traveller. With steel plate. 12mo, cloth, price
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George H. Calvert—

Scenes and Thoughts in Europe. 12mo, cloth, price $1 25.

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James Fenimore Cooper—

History of the Navy of the United States of America.
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Colonel Gardner, U. S. A.—

Dictionary of the United States Army. 12mo, cloth, price
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Major L. Giddings, U. S. A.—

The Campaign in Northern Mexico. 12mo, cloth, price $1 50.

Prof. George W. Greene—

Historical Studies. 12mo, cloth, price $1 25.

Rev. Dr. Hawks—

The Monuments of Egypt; or, Egypt a Witness for the Bible.
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Prof. Theodore Irving—

History of the Conquest of Florida by De Soto. 12mo. With
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Baron Jomini—

The Art of War. Translated by Major Winship. 12mo. With
Plans, &c. Cloth, price $1 25.


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Miss Anne Maury—

Memoirs of a Huguenot Family. With Portraits. 12mo,
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C. H. Putnam—

The Old Testament Unveiled; or, the Gospel by Moses in
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History of the City of New York. With illustrations 8vo,
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Voyage Round the World: A Condensed Account of the U. S.
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E. C. Wines, D. D.—

Commentaries on the Laws of the Ancient Hebrews. 8vo,
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Elements of Geology. New edition, illustrated, 12mo, cloth,
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Flora of North America. By Asa Gray and John Torrey.
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