PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS. S 



VH. 



TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO. 

 Travels of Marco Polo, greatly amended and enlarged 

 from valuable early Manuscripts recently published by the 

 French Society of Geography, and in Italy by Count Bal- 

 delli Boni. With copious Notes, illustrating the Routes 

 and Observations of the Author, and comparing them with 

 those of more recent Travellers. By Hugh Murray, 

 P.R.S.E. 18mo. Two Maps and a Vignette. Muslm 

 gilt. 45 cents. 



Thr- best edition of the travels of Marco Polo that we have ever seen. 

 This famous old traveller, after so long labouring- under a cloud of sus- 

 picion as to the verity of his statements, has lately, by the intiustry of 

 modern commentators, been rubbed bright, in some degree, and his nar- 

 ratives, always interesting, are now read with a degree of /aziA which 

 hitherto was not e.\ercised in their perusal. The volume before us con- 

 tains maps, copious notes, and illustrations by the editor, and is every 

 way a most interesting book. — Post. 



A work hitherto inaccessible, though much renowned in the world of 

 letters. This is another of the great literary performances that originated 

 within the walls of a dungeon, Marco Polo being, at the time of iis com- 

 position, imprisoned at Pisa. This enterprising traveller explored more 

 in the very heart of the Chinese Empire, and acquired more intimate 

 knowledge of the wandering Tartars of Asia, than any of his predeces- 

 sors, and, indeed, we might add, his successors, for in the 13th century 

 he enjoyed the immunity, since denied, of visiting Pekin with his eyes 

 open ; his description, therefore, cannot but be interesting and valuable, 

 — New-Ynrh Commercial Advertiser. 



VIII. 



DR. PARROT'S JOURNEY TO MOUNT ARARAT. 

 Journey to Mount Ararat. By Dr. Friedrich Parrot. 

 Translated by W. D. Cooley. 18mo. Map and Engra- 

 vings. Muslin gilt. 50 cents. 



This book is a desideratum in English literature. There is a popular 

 interest attached to the mountain, which the traditions both of Christian 

 and Mohammedan nations associate with one of the most impressive 

 events in the earliest records of our mce .—London Spectator. 



IX. 



BUCKINGHAM'S TRAVELS IN AMERICA. 



America : Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive. By 

 J. S. Buckingham. 2 vols. 8vo. Engravings. Muslin gilt. 

 $3 50. 



" A work of great value, as comprising a vast amount of curious sta- 

 tistical information, criticisms on art," &c. 



