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ESSAYS; First and Second Series. By Ralph Waldo Emerson. 2vols. 12mo. cloth Price, $1 per volume.

MISCELLANIES; including "Nature," etc. By R. W. Emeron. 1 vol. 12mo. cloth. Price, $l.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN. By R. W. Emerson. 1 vol. 12mo. cloth. Price, $1.

ENGLISH TRAITS. By R. W. Emerson. 1 vol. 12mo. cloth Price $1.

Mr. Emerson's works are also bound in a great variety of elegant, styles, half calf, full calf, antique, etc.

These volumes are universally admitted to be amongst the most valuable contributions to the world's stock of ideas which our age his furnished. Every page bears the impress of thought, but it is thought subtilized, and redolent of poetry.

MRS. PUTNAM'S RECEIPTS. A new and enlarged edition. One volume, 12mo. Price, 75 cents. The best Cook Book published.

THE LIFE OF JOHN STERLING. By Thomas Carlyle. In one volume 12mo. Price, $1.

One of the most touching biographies in the language, and to most readers, the most genial, as well as the most able, of Carlyle's works.

MEMOIRS OF MARGRET FULLER, COUNTESS D'OSSOLI. By R. E. Emerson, W. H. Channing. and James Freemna Clarke. 2 vols. 12mo. Price $2.

MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND LABORS OF REV. ADONIRAM JUDSON. By Francis Wayland, late President of Brown University. 2 vols. 12mo with portrait. Price. in muslin. $2; half calf, $3.50; turkey, or calf gilt, $6.

THE SELECT WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, including his Autobiogra- phy. With Notes and a Memoir. By Epes Sargent. 12mo., with two time portraits. Price. $1.25.

THE CONFLICT OF AGES; or, the Great Debate on the Moral Relations of God and Man. By Edward Benchze D. D. 12mo, Price, $1.25.

"We calmly pronounce this volume to be the most important contribution which has been made for years to our religous literature. It is an honest, manly, candid, and most able exposition of the workings of a free and cultivited mind upon a theme second in solemnity and practical influence to no other within the range of human thought." Christian Examiner

LETTERS TO A YOUNG PHYSICIAN By James Jackson. M. D., LL.. D., Professor Emeritus of the Theory and Practice of Physic in the University at Cambridge, etc.. etc. A most valuable work for the general reader, as well as the professional man. 1 vol. 12. mo. $1.

The reputation of the venerable author is so wide-spread that it is needless to present any any euology of (illegible text) works. For Fifty years in active practice, at the head of his profession, he enjoyed every opportunity (illegible text) gaining information. The medical student and the young practitioner will receive great benefit from (illegible text) this treatise, the condensed result of such a valuable experience.

THE EARNEST MAN. A Sketch of the Character and Labors of Adoniram Ju(illegible text)son, First Missionary to Burmah. By Mrs. H. C. Conant. In one volume, 16mo. Price $1.

To meet the general demand for a Life of the great Missionury in a more popular form than that of the elaborate work of President Wayland, this volume has been prepared with the approval of the family and friends of the lamented subject, the copy-right being held for the benefit of his children.

THOUGHTS AND THINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD. By Elhiu Burritt. In one volume, with a portrait. Price, $1.

This is in many respects a remarkable book especially as showing tbe wonderful perseverance, industry, and application of the author from his earlier years, and while struqgling against a thousand adverse influences. His efforts were crowned with success, and the name of the Learned Blacksmith has become as familiar as a household word. The Essays are prefaced by a very pleasant and appreciative biographical sketch by Mary Howitt.

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