LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. A concise and condensed narrative of Washington's career, especially adapted to the popular reader, and presented as the best matter upon this immortal theme--one especially worthy the attention and admiration of every American. By SAMUEL M. SCHMUCKER, LL. D. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE AND TIMES OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON. Incidents of a career that will never lose its singular power to attract and instruct, while giving impressive lessons of the brightest elements of character, surrounded and assailed by the basest. By SAMUEL M. SCHMUCKER, LL. D. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. In which the author has presented both the merits and defects of this great representative hero in their true light, and has studiously avoided indiscriminate praise or wholesale censure. By SAMUEL M. SCHMUCKER, LL. D. With Portrait. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Furnishing a superior and comprehensive record of this celebrated Statesman and Philosopher--rich beyond parallel in lessons of wisdom for every age, calling and condition in life, public and private. By O. L. HOLLEY. With Portrait on steel and Illustrations on wood. Cloth. $1 75.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. The most copious and attractive collection of personal memorials concerning the great Statesman that has hitherto been published, and by one whose intimate and confidential relations with him afford a guarantee for their authenticity. By Gen. S. P. LYMAN. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY CLAY. An impartial biography, presenting, by bold and simple strokes of the historic pencil, a portraiture of the illustrious theme which no one should fail to read, and no library be without. By SAMUEL M. SCHMUCKER, LL. D. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. A true and faithful exposition of the leading incidents of his brilliant career arranged so as to instruct the reader and produce the careful study which the life of so great a man deserves. By H. M. FLINT. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. (In both the English and German languages.) As a record of this great man it is a most desirable work, admirably arranged for reference, with an index over each page, from which the reader can familiarize himself with the contents by glancing through it. By FRANK CROSBY, of the Philadelphia Bar. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, THE GREAT WESTERN HUNTER AND PIONEER. Comprising graphic and authentic accounts of his daring, thrilling adventures, wonderful skill, coolness and sagacity under the most hazardous circumstances, with an autobiography dictated by himself. By CECIL B. HARTLEY. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF COLONEL DAVID CROCKET, THE ORIGINAL HUMORIST AND IRREPRESSIBLE BACKWOODSMAN. Showing his strong will and indomitable spirit, his bear hunting, his military services, his career in Congress, and his triumphal tour through the States--written by himself; to which is added the account of his glorious death at the Alamo. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF KIT CARSON, THE GREAT WESTERN HUNTER AND GUIDE. An exciting volume of wild and romantic exploits, thrilling adventures, hair-breadth escapes, daring coolness, moral and physical courage, and invaluable services--such as rarely transpire in the history of the world. By CHARLES BURDETT. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, THE FOUNDER OF VIRGINIA. The adventures contained herein serve to denote the more noble and daring events of a period distinguished by its spirit, its courage, and its passion, and challenges the attention of the American people. By W. GILMORE SIMMS. With Illustrations. Price $1 75.
LIFE OF GENERAL FRANCIS MARION, THE CELEBRATED PARTISAN HERO OF THE REVOLUTION. This was one of the most distinguished men who figured on the grand theatre of war during the times that "tried men's souls," and his brilliant career has scarcely a parallel in history. By CECIL B. HARTLEY. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON, THE CELEBRATED PATRIOT AND STATESMAN. The character here shown as firm in will, clear in judgment, rapid in decision and decidedly pronounced, sprung from comparative obscurity to the highest gift within the power of the American people, and is prolific in interest. By ALEXANDER WALKER. $1 75.
LIFE AND TIMES OF GENERAL SAM HOUSTON, THE HUNTER, PATRIOT, AND STATESMAN. It reminds one of the story of Romulus--who was nurtured by the beasts of the forest till he planted the foundations of a mighty empire--and stands alone as an authentic memoir. With Maps, Portrait, and Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
LIVES OF THE THREE MRS. JUDSONS, THE CELEBRATED FEMALE MISSIONARIES. The domestic lives and individual labors of these three bright stars in the galaxy of American heroines, who in ministering to the souls of heathens, experienced much of persecution. By CECIL B. HARTLEY. With steel Portraits. Cloth. $1 75.
LIFE OF ELISHA KENT KANE, AND OF OTHER DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN EXPLORERS. A narrative of the discoverers who possess the strongest hold upon public interest and attention, and one of the few deeply interesting volumes of distinguished Americans of this class. By SAMUEL M. SCHMUCKER, LL. D. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PAULINE CUSHMAN, THE CELEBRATED UNION SPY AND SCOUT. Stirring details from the lips of the subject herself, whose courage, heroism, and devotion to the old flag, endeared her to the Army of the Southwest. By F. L. SARMIENTO, Esq., Member of the Philadelphia Bar. With Portrait on steel and Illustrations on wood. Cloth. $1 75.
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND STONEWALL JACKSON: THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF EACH. Truths from the lives of these men, both of whom served their country before the war, and afterwards threw themselves into the cause of the South with unbounded zeal--affording valuable historic facts for all, North and South. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
CORSICA, AND THE EARLY LIFE OF NAPOLEON. Delicately drawn idyllic descriptions of the Island, yielding new light to political history, exciting much attention in Germany and England, and altogether making a book of rare character and value. Translated by Hon. E. JOY MORRIS. With Portrait on steel. Cloth. $1 75.
THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES: EMBRACING HIS HISTORY AND VARIETIES, BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT, AND VICES. A splendid complete, and reliable book--the work of more than fifteen years' careful study--pointing out diseases accurately, and recommending remedies that have stood the test of actual trial. To which is added "RAREY'S METHOD OF TRAINING HORSES." By ROBERT JENNINGS, V. S. With nearly one hundred Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
SHEEP, SWINE, AND POULTRY. Enumerating their varieties and histories; the best modes of breeding, feeding, and managing; the diseases to which they are subject; the best remedies--and offering the best practical treatise of its kind now published. By ROBERT JENNINGS, V. S. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. Giving their history and breeds, crossing and breeding, feeding and management; with the diseases to which they are subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure; which is added a list of remedies used in treating cattle. By ROBERT JENNINGS, V. S. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.
HORSE TRAINING MADE EASY. A new and practical system of Teaching and Educating the Horse, including whip training and thorough instructions in regard to shoeing--full of information of a useful and well-tested character. By ROBERT JENNINGS, V. S. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 25.
600 RECEIPTS WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD. An unequalled variety in kind, the collection and testing of which have extended through a period of thirty years--a number of them having never before appeared in print, while all are simple, plain, and highly meritorious. By JOHN MARQUART, of Lebanon, Pa. Cloth. $1 75.
500 EMPLOYMENTS ADAPTED TO WOMEN. Throwing open to womankind productive fields of labor everywhere, and affording full opportunity to select employments best adapted to their tastes--all the result of over three years' constant care and investigation. By Miss VIRGINIA PENNY. Cloth. $1 75.
EVERYBODY'S LAWYER AND BOOK OF FORMS. The simplicity of its instructions, the comprehensiveness of its subject, and the accuracy of its details, together with its perfect arrangement, conciseness, attractiveness and cheapness make it the most desirable of all legal hand-books. By FRANK CROSBY, Esq. Thoroughly revised to date by S. J. VANDERSLOOT, Esq. 608 pp. Law Style. $2 00.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR. Intended to guard against diseases in the family; to furnish the proper treatment for the sick; to impart knowledge in regard to medicines, herbs, and plants; to show how to preserve a sound body and mind, and written in plain language, free from medical terms. By Prof. HENRY TAYLOR, M. D. Profusely Illustrated. Cloth. $1 75.
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