VALUABLE WORKS. 7 



DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND 



AND ITS INHABITANTS. With an authentic Ac- 

 count of the Mutin3'of the Ship Bounty, and of the sub- 

 sequent Fortunes of the Mutineers. With Engravings. 



"The reader may here find in faitliful history events of thrilling inter- 

 est in ilie varied fortunes of seamen." — SinUhern RcU^inus Telegraph. 



" Tliere is hardly any readinft more interesting than voyages, and the 

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 perused." — Boston State.-7naii. 



"A subject having more points of interest can scarcely be imagined, 

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"The siory is exceednigly well told — it is true — and is embellished 

 with particulars of wbicli the public have not beture been put in posses- 

 sion." — Connecticut Mirror. 



SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD, 



fis displayed in the Creation and subsequent events to the 

 Deluge. By Sh.\ron Turner. 



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 difterent departments of the natural world. It bears marks of sreat re- 

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" We cati most heartily recommend this work as eminently worthy of 

 a place in every library." — ( hurchmon. 



" It is a book calculated to be of great general utility ; and will bo 

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 Mosaic History of the CrctW.ion.'"— Commercial Advertiser. 



MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED FEMALE 



SOVEREIGNS. By Mrs. Jamks^n'. In 2 vols. 



" A readable hook, in which good u=.e is made of a subject not the most 

 promising .. -The authoress tells a plain siory with facility, and makes 

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"Many a more ambiiious history has been executed with less talent 

 and hai)py candour than iliest moral and picturesque sketches." — Bonton 

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AN EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE 



COURSE AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER. 

 l?y RicH.iRD and John Lander. In 2 vols. Maps, dec. 



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 geographical knowledge, or depicted in such painfully interesting colours 

 the ignorance and wild barbarism of unbaptized Africa."— iV. Y. Observer 



