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MOTLEY S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. By 

 JOHN LOTIIROP MOTLEY, LL.D., D.C.L. With, a Portrait of William of 

 Orange. 3vols., 8vo, Cloth, $10 50. . - 



MOTLEY S UNITED NETHERLANDS. History of the United Nether 

 lands : from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years Truce 

 1609. With a full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, 

 and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN 

 LOTIIROP MOTLEY, LL.D., D.C.L. Portraits. 4 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $14 00. 



NAPOLEON S LIFE OF CAESAR. The History of Julius Caesar. 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 Universal Reference. Edited by BENJAMIN VINCENT, Assistant Secre 

 tary 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, 

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HARTVVIG S POLAR WORLD. The Polar World: a Popular Description 

 of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. By 

 Dr. G. HARTWIO, Author of &quot;The Sea and its Living Wonders.&quot; &quot;The 

 Harmonies of Nature,&quot; and &quot;The Tropical World.&quot; With Additional 

 Chapters and 163 Illustrations. Svo, Cloth, Beveled Edges, $3 75. 



WALLACE S MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. The Malay Archipelago : the Land 

 of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, 1854- 

 1862. With Studies of Man and Nature. By ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE. 

 With Ten Maps and Fifty-one Elegant Illustrations. Crown Svo, Cloth, 

 $350. 



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

 formerly Russian America now Ceded to the United States and in va 

 rious other parts of the North Pacific. By FREDERICK WUYMPER. 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 ORTON, M.A., 

 Professor of Natural History in Vassar College, Poughkeeppie, 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. 



