THE Publishers of this new American Biographical Series offer the youth of the country a set of volumes which they will be eager to possess. The accomplished author has taken it in hand to furnish the younger portion of readers attractive and reliable biographies of those marked and true men who laid deep and strong the foundations of the nation. He has aimed, in his plan, to give only living pictures, not merely the dry statistical compends of the histories; to make the characters he sketches breathing and moving realities, not the cold statues that excite no feeling. It is his desire not more to instruct the mind than to excite the imagination of his readers; to clear away all the mistiness and mustiness that have collected with time about the names of the great men of our history, and to familiarize the youth of this generation with the lives of those true and noble men, whose examples are their richest legacy. The three volumes of this valuable series already published have been received with the warmest popular favor. Old and young are lavish with their praise. The press have commended them as few literary undertakings have the good fortune to be commended. The most spirited and elegant wood-cuts, from designs by Billings, that "Prince of Artists," will profusely illustrate the whole series, thus rendering it doubly attractive and entertaining. FOR TEACHERS, these are just the books to place on the shelves of the School Libraries in every State where libraries abound. The profession will find their work wonderfully lightened, by giving their pupils free access to such useful volumes. PARENTS can not present their children with any thing more beautiful, or permanently valuable They will sow the right kind of seed in a young heart. In a Family Library, these elegant little volumes will be of inestimable worth. Works like these add incalculably to the sweet attractions of Home. The finest and whitest paper is used for these books, and the style of binding is as elegant as the readers of such works could desire. The volumes are not numbered, and may be had singly or in the series. The rest of the series will appear as rapidly as they can be prepared. This series of books has already proved eminently popular-the first edition having met with a rapid sale. Second edition, just issued. Retail price, 75 cents per vol. E. O. LIBBY & Co., Publishers, 76 and 78 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Copies of the works sent by mail, prepaid, by the publishers, on receipt of the retail price FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. ORIGINAL PAPERS. ART. I. THE BOURBON WHO NEVER REIGNED. BY A. WILDER, II. III. IV. THEOPHILUS SUMPUNK. BY DON PASTEL, LINES: GOING TO REST.' BY PHOEBE CAREY, V. THE STARS: OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,. VI. MILITARY ADVENTURERS, 441 451 452 462 463 464 VII. THE OLD GAMBREL-ROOF: A PICTURE OF THE PAST, 473 XIII. XIV. HALLO! MY FANCY, WHITHER WILT THOU GO?' BY MRS. STODDARD, 499 499 506 507 514 XV. THE GIFT OF LOVE, . XVI. TIME-KEEPING: A CHAPTER ON WATCHES, LITERARY NOTICES: 1. DANA'S HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF POETRY,'. 2. GEN. AMHERST'S EXPEDITION: WILSON'S ORDERLY-BOOK, A JOURNEY DUE NORTH. BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR, 522 7. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MAJOR ROGER SHERMAN POTTER,. 523 523 5. SHALMAH IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM, EDITOR'S TABLE: 1. NAPOLEON IN 1806: REMINISCENCE OF THE FIRST WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA, 2. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS, 1. COUNT FAYAL'S REVENGE:' A CHIVALRIO TALE, IN THE STYLE OF MODERN CHIVALRY. 2. AN 524 533 |