VALUABLE STANDARD WORKS 



FOR PUBLIC AID PRIVATE LIBRARIES, 



Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. 



tW For a full List of Books suitable for Libraries, see Haepee & Beotuees' Teade- 

 List and Catalogue, which may be had gratuitously on application to the Pub- 

 lishers personally, or by letter enclosing Five Cents. 



SW Haepee & Beotuees ivill send any of the following works by mail, postage prepaid^ 

 to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price. 



MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. By Joiin Lo- 

 tiieop Motley, LL.D., D.C.L. With a Portrait of William of Orange. 3 vols., 

 8vo, Cloth, $10 50. 



MOTLEY'S UNITED NETHERLANDS. History of the United Netherlands : from 

 the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce 1609. With a full 

 View of the Euglish-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and De- 

 struction of the Spanish Armada. By John Lotueop Motley, LL.D., D.C.L. 

 Portraits. 4 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $14 00. 



NAPOLEON'S LIFE OF CAESAR. The History of Julius Ctesar. By His Imperial 

 Majesty Napoleon III. Two Volumes ready. Library Edition, 8vo, Cloth, $3 50 

 per vol. 



Maps to Vols. I. and II. sold separately. Price $1 50 each, net. 



HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES, relating to all Ages and Nations. For Uni- 

 versal Reference. Edited by Benjamin Vincent, Assistant Secretary and Keeper 

 of the Library of the Royal Institution of Great Britain ; and Revised for the 

 Use of American Readers. 8vo, Cloth, $5 00 ; Sheep, $6 00. 



MACGREGOR'S ROB ROY ON THE JORDAN. The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, 

 Red Sea, and Genuesareth, &c. A Canoe Cruise in Palestine and Egypt, and the 

 Waters of Damascus. By J. Macgeegob, M.A. With Maps and Illustrations. 

 Crown Svo, Cloth, $2 50. 



WALLACE'S MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. The Malay Archipelago : the Land of the 

 Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, 1S54-1S62. With 

 Studies of Man and Nature. By Ai.fbed Russel Wallace. With Ten Maps 

 and Fifty-one Elegant Illustrations. Crown Svo, Cloth, $3 50. 



WHYMPER'S ALASKA. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, formerly 

 Russian America now Ceded to the United States and in various other parts of 

 the North Pacific. By Feedebick Wuympee. With Map and Illustrations. Crown 

 Svo, Cloth, $2 50. 



ORTON'S ANDES AND THE AMAZON. The Andes and the Amazon ; or, Across 

 the Continent of South America. By James Oeton, M.A., Professor of Natural 

 History in Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Corresponding Member of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. With a New Map of Equatorial 

 America and numerous Illustrations. Crown Svo, Cloth, $2 00. 



WINCHELL'S SKETCHES OF CREATION. Sketches of Creation: a Popular View 

 of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in reference to the History of 

 Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science 

 respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and 

 the Solar System. By Ai.exanpee Winciiell, LL.D., Professor of Geology, 

 Zoology, and Botany in the University of Michigan, and Director of the State 

 Geological Survey. With Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00. 



WHITE'S MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. The Massacre of St. Bartholo- 

 mew: Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IX. 

 By Heney White, M.A. With Illustrations. Svo, Cloth, $1 75. 



