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Harvard University. 



HARVARD, THE FIRST AMERICAN UNIVERSITY : ITS HIS- 

 TORY IN EARLY DAYS. By G. G. Bush. Choicely illustrated, 

 with rare .\nd curious engravings. Large Paper, 410, $5.00; i6mo, 

 Roxburgh binding, cloth, )? 1.25. 

 Printed in the antique style ; a very careful and beautiful piece of book- 

 making, and a valuable contribution to the early history of education in our 

 country. 



HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THE WAR OF 1861-1865. A 



record of services rendered in the army and navy of the United States by 

 the graduates and students of Harvard College and the professional 

 schools. By F. H. Brown. 8vo. With index. Cloth, gilt top, rough 

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HOMES OF OUR FOREFATHERS. A selection of views of the 

 most interesting Historical Buildings now remaining in New England, 

 and consisting of four volumes, each independent of the others. About 

 three hundred illustrations in the four volumes from original drawings 

 taken on the spot by E. Whitefield. 

 Each volume is royal 8vo, bevelled boards, gilt edges, J6.00 per vol., or 



$20.00 for the entire work. The first, third, and fourth volumes are now ready, 



and the other will soon be completed. 

 Vol. I., Eastern Massachusetts; Vol. II., Western Massachusetts; Vol. III., 



Connecticut and Rhode Island; Vol. IV., Maine, New Hampshire, and 



Vermont. 



Edited by Ruskin. 



THE STORY OF IDA. By Frances Alexander (Francesca). Edited, 

 witli preface, by Jon.N Ruskin. With frontispiece by the author. i6mo. 

 Limp cloth, red edges. Eleventh thousand. 75 cents. 



Williams on the Care of the Eye. 



OUR EYES AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 

 By Hen'rv W. Williams, M. D. i2mo. Cloth, red edges. ;^i.oo. 

 The fact that the first edition of this work was some time since exhausted, 

 and that two editions of it have been published in London (without the know- 

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 in a revised form, may be acceptable to those who wish to know what should 

 be done and what avoided in order that tlie sight, the most important of our 

 senses, may be enjoyed and preserved. — Preface, 



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