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January, 1850.

HARPER & BROTHERS'

Book List of the Present Season.

Geo. Ticknor, Esq.

A HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. With Criticisms on the particular Works and Biographical Notices of prominent Writers.

3 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $6 00; Sheep extra, $6 75; half Calf extra, $7 50. "A work which will fill a hiatus that has long existed in the field of letters. Bouterwyk and Sismondi, who have written on the same subject, have given only outlines, and, indeed, could scarcely have given more, from want of materials, which are difficult to be had even in Spain. Mr. Ticknor, who lived some time at Madrid, under the best advantages for pursuing his studies and making his literary acquisitions, has collected a library which has probably no rival out of the Peninsula."

William Beattie, M.D.

LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL. With an Introductory Letter by WASHINGTON IRVING, Esq. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin.

Charles Anthon, LL.D.

THE PLAYS OF TERENCE.

With English Notes, &c. 12mo, Muslin.

By the Author of "Hochelaga." THE CONQUEST OF CANADA. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin. (Shortly.)

Rev. Baptist W. Noel.

ESSAY ON CHRISTIAN BAPTISM.

18mo, Muslin, 60 cents.

E. S. Seymour, Esq.

SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA,

The New England of the West. With Incidents of Travel in that Terri tory during the Summer of 1849.

In two Parts. 12mo.

With a Map.

Alexander von Humboldt.

COSMOS:

A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe. Translated from the German, by E. C. ÖTTÉ.

12mo, Muslin. (Shortly.)

Herman Melville, Esq.

REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE.

Being the Sailor-boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman in the Merchant Service.

12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

S. T. Wallis, Esq.

GLIMPSES OF SPAIN; OR, NOTES OF AN UNFINISHED TOUR IN 1847.

12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, $1 00.

Rev. Henry T. Cheever.

THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS;
Or, the Whaleman's Adventures, and the Whale's Biography.
With Engravings. 16mo.

Grace Aguilar.

HOME INFLUENCE.

A Tale for Mothers and Daughters. A new Edition, with a Memoir

of the Author.

12mo, Muslin, $1 00; Paper, 75 cents.

Anthony R. Montalba, Esq.

FAIRY TALES FROM ALL NATIONS. With Illustrations by Doyle. 12mo, Paper, 70 cents; Muslin, 87 cents; Muslin, gilt edges, $1 00.

G. P. R. James, Esq.
DARK SCENES OF HISTORY.
12mo, Muslin.

Currer Bell.

JANE EYRE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
8vo, Paper, 25 cents; LIBRARY EDITION, 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

By the Author of "Jane Eyre."
SHIRLEY.

8vo, Paper, 37 cents; LIBRARY EDITION, 12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

Catherine Sinclair.

SIR EDWARD GRAHAM; OR, RAILWAY SPECULATORS. 8vo, Paper.

William Meinhold, Esq.

SIDONIA THE SORCERESS.

The supposed Destroyer of the whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania. 8vo, Paper, 50 cents.

CONSTANCE LYNDSAY; OR, THE PROGRESS OF ERROR.

8vo, Paper, 25 cents.

THE OGILVIES.

8vo, Paper, 25 cents.

Captain Marryat, R.N.

THE LITTLE SAVAGE.

Being the History of a Boy left alone on an uninhabited Island.
12mo, Paper, 374 cents; Muslin, 50 cents.

Captain Marryat is evidently engaged in a labor of love. He will look back at these works as those which have yielded him most pleasure and profit, and we believe they will outlast all else that he has written. The greatest proof of their merit lies in the fact that, although they are addressed to youth, so great is the hold which they take upon the mind of people of all ages, that few readers who peep into their pages will not desire to become fully acquainted with them.—Era.

Rev. N. Hobart Seymour, M.A.

MORNINGS AMONG THE JESUITS AT ROME. Being Notes of Conversations held with certain Jesuits on the Subject of Religion in the City of Rome.

12mo, Paper, 62) cents; Cloth, 75 cents.

This is one of the most remarkable publications of an age prolific in books. It is a production of a man thoroughly acquainted with the subject, and admirably fitted to deal with those unscrupulous controversialists, the disciples of Loyola; and though there are a number of things in the volume which apply more espe cially to England and to the state of the Anglican Church, there is in it, at the same time, a vast fund of new and valuable information for all Christian readers. We regard the book as eminently suggestive in its character. It is worthy of very one's thoughtful consideration.-New York Mirror.

J. F. Corkran, Esq.

HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.

12mo, Paper, 75 cents; Muslin, 90 cents.

Full-length portraits of the most distinguished actors in France, within this last eighteen months, are here drawn with no common pencil. The book gives information touching French society, with the state and tendencies of things in the new republic, not elsewhere to be met with. The writer's style is dashing and descriptive. His eye was open to all that passed around him, and his reflections are in the main discriminating and just.- Watchman.

By the Author of "The Jail Chaplain."

SCENES WHERE THE TEMPTER HAS TRIUMPHED.

16mo, Paper, 35 cents; Muslin, 45 cents.

The title of this work is most graphically descriptive of its character. It carries us over forbidden ground, and shows us every where the monuments of vice and folly. It illustrates with a master hand the danger not less than the guilt of evil doing. Young persons especially should ponder its solemn admonitions till they have done their perfect work upon the heart and conscience.-Albany Argus.

George Combe.

THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN

Considered in Relation to External Objects. From the Third Enlarged Edinburgh Edition.

18mo, Muslin, 374 cents.

Richard Hildreth, Esq.

A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, From the first Settlement of the Country to the Organization of Government under the Federal Constitution, &c.

3 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $6 00; Sheep, $6 75; half Calf, $7 50. "The product of over seven years' literary toil, this important work presents, in a compact and popular form, the first complete history of the United States that has ever appeared. The author's pursuits and studies have prepared him for the most faithful and skillful execution of his task. The style is characterized by great perspicuity, force, and gracefulness; the narrative is unencumbered, and the tone of the history sound and scholar-like."

Mr. Hildreth gives the great mass of readers in our reading country just the history which is adapted to their wants, and which, we have no doubt, will at once gain the position that it deserves, of a popular, readable book for the million, which may be relied on for the correctness of its details, while it wins the attention by the simple beauty of its narrative."

Rufus W. Griswold, D.D.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY,

Ancient and Modern; embracing more than Two Thousand Articles relating to America. Edited from the Biographie Universelle, Conversations Lexicon, the Biographie Moderne, Rose's Biographical Dictionary, Smith's Greek and Roman Biography, &c.

3 vols. royal 8vo. (In press.)

Dr. John A. Carlyle.

DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: THE INFERNO. A literal Prose Translation, with the Text of the Original collated from the best Editions, and Explanatory Notes.

12mo, Muslin, $1 00.

We are much mistaken if this work does not make the immortal Italian famil iar to thousands who are but barely acquainted with his name, and more highly appreciated than ever, even by those who have fancied that they studied him well. It is a rich store-house of literary wealth, and wisdom, and genius.-Lit erary Gazelle.

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