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BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS.

FOLIO PULPIT AND FAMILY BIBLE, on large type, with fine steel plates. QUARTO BIBLE, containing the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms, Index, Fam. ily Record, and 12 fine illustrations, well bound, and printed on good paper ROYAL OCTAVO POLYGLOT BIBLE, with 5 fine steel plates and Family Record, in various bindings, WITH OR WITHOUT the Apocrypha, Concordance, and Psalms. TWELVE-MO. BIBLE, with 24 plates, and Psalms.

NONPAREIL OXFORD BIBLE, on good plain type, with steel plates.
POLYGLOT BIBLE, 24mo., on beautiful ruby type, with fine steel plates.

RUBY BIBLE, 32mo., from new stereotype plates, ruby type, with engravings.

PEARL BIBLE, 32mo., with engravings.

DIAMOND (POCKET) BIBLE, with two steel plates.

SCOTT'S COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, 4 vols., royal octavo, with Family Record, and steel plates,

TESTAMENTS, 12mo., Nonpareil, Agate, Ruby, and Pearl; in plain and elegant bindings.

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 8vo., corrected by the standard edition, March, 1846. COMMON PRAYER, 18mo., with plates; also corrected by the standard edition. PILGRIM'S PROGRESS and HOLY WAR, illustrated edition, super-royal 8vo., on fine paper; 129 engravings. Best edition published.

PALEY'S THEOLOGY, or the Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity; by William Paley, D. D.: illustrated, 334 pages, 12mo.

POPERY, as it Was, and as it Is :-Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries; by William Hogan, Esq., formerly a Roman Catholic priest. 3 vols. in one-12mo. 648 pages with illustrations.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, by Bunyan; with Scott's Notes: 20 engravings-12mo. HOLY WAR, by Bunyan; with engravings and map-12mo.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS; with 8 plates -24mo.

Six Years in the Monasteries of Italy; by J. S. Mahoney. Copy-right book-12mo

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL.

TAYLOR AND HIS GENERALS; containing a Biography of Major General Zachary Taylor, and Sketches of the Lives of Generals Worth, Wool, and Twiggs; with a full Account of the various Actions of their Divisions in Mexico; together with a sketch of the life of Major General Scott-Embellished with 12 portraits and engravings on tinted paper-12mo., 326 pages.

MEXICO and Her Military Chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time; comprising Sketches of the Lives of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Ampudia, Herrera, and De la Vega; by Fay RobinsonIllustrated by 12 portraits and engravings on tinted paper-12mo., 344 pages.

UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY; containing notices of the most eminent individuals of every age and nation, with much other valuable informa. tion-12mo. 444 pages.

HEROIC WOMEN OF FRANCE; comprising Examples of the noble conduct of Women during the French Revolution: translated from the French of M. du Broco; with 4 engravings and vignette title-18mo. 150 pages.

BONAPARTE'S Campaign in Russia; containing a faithful description of the distressing and interesting scenes of which the author was an eye-witness; by Eugene Labaume; translated from the French-octavo, 348 pages.

LIFE of Patrick Henry, by Wm. Wirt; revised edition; with fine steel plates: copy. right book, 468 pages, octavo.

LIFE of General La Fayette, by an Officer of the Army-12mo. 504 pages.

LIFE of General Putnam, illustrated with plates, from original designs, by Colonel David Humphreys-12mo. 190 pages.

LIFE of William Wallace, by Peter Donaldson-18mo. 132 pages.

LIFE AND ESSAYS of Benjamin Franklin-2 editions, 12mo. and 18mo.

LIFE AND ADVENTURES of Peter Wilkins, containing an account of his Visit to the Flying Islanders.

BIOGRAPHY of Andrew Jackson, by Goodwin-12mo. 468 pages.

RILEY'S NARRATIVE; containing an account of his being wrecked on the Coast of Africa, and enslaved by the Wandering Arabs-12mo. with engravings. ROBBINS JOURNAL; comprising an account of the Loss of the brig Commerce; also, Slavery and Sufferings of the Author in the Deserts of Zahara-12mo. 276 pp. LIVES AND EXPLOITS of Highwaymen, Robbers, and Murderers; with numerous engravings-12mo. 228 pages.

• HISTORY of the most noted Pirates ;-their Trials and Execution; with numerous engravings-298 pages.

HISTORY of Remarkable Characters and Events-12mo. 389 pages.

REMARKABLE SHIPWRECKS;-embellished with plates, from original designs360 pages.

ROLLIN'S ANCIENT HISTORY, complete in 8 vols. 12mo:-an excellent and cheap edition.

HISTORY of Charles the Twelfth, by M. de Voltaire, with portrait-12mo. 276 pages. SCOTTISH GAEL; being a History of the Inhabitants, Antiquities, and National Pe culiarities of Scotland: by James Logan; numerous engravings-octavo. 520 pp. NEW ENGLAND and her Institutions, by One of her Sons-12mo. 240 pages. Scenes in America, for the Amusement of Children, by Rev: Isaac Taylor: 78 plts-18mo

ELEGANT GIFT-BOOKS.

AMERICAN BOOK OF BEAUTY, super-royal octavo, with fine steel engravings. handsomely gilt and gilt edge.

LAUREL WREATH, edited by Rev. S. D. Burchard, of New York; fine steel engrav ings, and coloured plate.

RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR, edited by Mrs. Sigourney; with fine engravings, gilt edge RELIGIOUS KEEPSAKE, edited by Mrs. Sigourney; with fine engravings, gilt edga THE TOKEN, or Affection's Gift, edited by S. G. Goodrich ; elegantly gilt.

LADIES' SCRAP BOOK, with fine steel engravings, elegantly bound, with git sides and edges.

BEAUTIES OF THE ENGLISH ANNUALS-12mo: with plate:

LITTLE GEM, a Christmas, New-Year, and Birth-day Present, with illuminated title and steel plate.

EASTERN ARTS AND ANTIQUITIES, mentioned in the sacred Scriptures, with numerous illustrations; 400 pages, 16mo.

THE JEWEL, or Token of Friendship, with plates.

NEW YORK GLEE BOOK; containing One Hundred Glees, Quartettes, Trios, Songs in parts, Rounds and Catches. Composed, Selected, and Harmonized, with accompaniment for the Piano Forte, by George Loder, Principal of the New York Vocal Institute-8vo., 272 pages, handsomely bound.

POPULAR POETRY.

BYRON'S WORKS, COMPLETE, in Verse and Prose, containing his Letters. Royal octavo, 974 pages; bound in different styles, with engravings.

MILTON'S POETICAL WORKS, with a Memoir of the Author, and Critical Remarks, by James Montgomery; 36 engravings, from drawings by Wm. Harvey. 2 vols. 12mo. on pica type, 806 pages.

MILTON'S PARADISE LOST, on pica type, and 10 fine illustrations-12mo. POETICAL WORKS of Thomas Campbell; illustrated with 34 engravings, from designs by Harvey-octavo, on pica type, 358 pages.

POETS OF AMERICA, by George B. Cheever D. D.-12mo., 406 pages containing portraits of Bryant, Willis, Pierpont, Mrs. Sigourney, Halleck, Longfellow, and Allston-good paper, and well bound.

POEMS of John J. G. C. Brainard, from new stereotype plates; fine engravings; 221 pages. Copy-right book, and the only COMPLETE edition published.

COURSE OF TIME, by Robert Pollok, A. M.-With a Memoir of the Author, an Analysis of each Book, and a Comprehensive Index. The whole prepared expressly for this edition, by W. C. Armstrong-octavo, 322 pages, with engravings.

GEMS OF POETRY, from Forty-eight American Poets, with portraits of Halleck,
Longfellow, Wm. C. Bryant, and N. P. Willis-252 pages, 12mo.

YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS, 18mo.-in various styles of binding
HUDIBRAS, by Samuel Butler; with a Life of the Author-3 12 pages, 18mo
ESSAY ON MAN, with the Universal Prayer, by Alexander Pope-18mo

SONG BOOKS.

JOLIAN HARP, or Songsters' Cabinet; being a collection of Humorous, Sentimental and Popular Songs.

UNIVERSAL SONGSTER; containing a collection of National, Irish, Naval, Mili tary, Sporting, Comic, Sentimental, and Amatory Songs-312 pages, 18mo. New Song-Book, with 12 plates-126 pages, 18mo

The Patriotic Song-Book, 468 pages, 18mo.

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SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL.

History, Diseases, and Treatment of the HORSE; embracing every variety of information relative to this noble animal; illustrated with more than 100 engravings-The above has just been reprinted in one large octavo volume, comprising nearly 500 pages, and containing much valuable matter in regard to Breeding, Breaking, Training, Shoeing, Bad Habits, and the general management of Horses. Price $2 50. COMBE on the Constitution of Man; Essays on Decision of Character, &c., by.. ohn Foster, Esq.; Philosophy of Sleep and Anatomy of Drunkenness, by Robert Macnish, Esq.; Influence of Literature upon Society, &c., by Madame de Stael; and A Treatise on Self-Knowledge, by John Mason, A. M.-5 works in one vol. royal octavo.

SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, designed to assist heads of Families, Travellers and Seafaring people, in discerning and curing Diseases, by W. M. Hand: with an Intro duction, by J. L. Comstock, M. D.-12mo.

WALKER ON BEAUTY, or Beauty Illustrated, chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman; by Alexander Walker, author of Intermarriage, Women, &c. &c.-edited by an American Physician.

WALKER ON WOMAN, or Woman Physiologically Considered, as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity, and Divorce; by Alexander Walker, With an Appendix, edited by an American Physician.

MESMERISM IN INDIA, and its practical application in Surgery and Medicine: by James Esdaile, M. D.-reprinted from the London edition-12mo. 260 pages.

PALEY'S PHILOSOPHY, or the Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, by Wm. Paley, D. D.-2 vols.

CHAPTALL'S CHEMISTRY-12mo., 365 pages.

STANDARD AND MISCELLANEOUS.

SHAKSPEARE'S WORKS, complete in one volume. Diamond edition, 964 pages. ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLAINE, by T. Smollett, M. D. with a Memoir of the Author-12mo. 928 pages.

SCOTTISH CHIEFS, a Romance, by Miss Jane Porter: 3 vols. 18mo. 724 pages. WINTER EVENING TALES, by James Hogg, justly celebrated as the Ettrick Shepherd-2 vols. 12mo.

TALES OF WOMEN'S TRIALS, by Mrs. S. C. Hall-12mo

TYLNEY HALL, by Thomas Hood, author of the Comic Annual, &c.—12mo.

THADDEUS OF WARSAW, by Miss Jane Porter-2 vols. 24mo.

WILD IRISH GIRL, a National tale, by Miss Owenson, author of St. Clair, the Nor ice of St. Domingo, &c., &c. 2 vols.

DEVIL ON TWO STICKS, Asmodeus's Crutches, and Dialogue between Two Chim neys-1 vol. 18mo. 337 pages.

RASSELAS, by Dr. Johnson-18mo.

MARRIED STATE-its Obligations and Duties; with Hints on the Education of a Family: by James Foster, D. D.-12mo. 138 pages.

LETTER-WRITER; or, the Art of Polite Correspondence; containing Letters on Business, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship, &c.-18mo:

CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS; or, a Guide to Men and Manners-18mo.

MRS. CHAPONE'S LETTERS on the Improvement of the Mind; with a Biographi cal Sketch of the Author-18mo.

COTTAGE ECONOMY, by William Cobbett; containing much valuable information To which is added, the "Poor Mar's Friend."-18mo. 216 pages.

LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer-266 pages, 12mo.

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