WORKS OF STERLII& VALUE 



RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY 



MESSRS. HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. 



Sparfes^s 2I2e*ritings of SE'aishtnston ; 



Comprising his Correspondence and other Papers, Official and Private, Jf-c, 



With illustrative Portraits. 

 New, revised, and cheap edition. 12 vols. 8vo, Muslin. $1 50 per volume. 



As historical records, W;ishington's letters are invaluable, delineating, as they do, more 

 minutely and more truthfully than any other sources, the particulars of our revolution. They 

 stand among the archives of our history, imperishable, being, in their truth and minuteness, 

 from the hand of one who knew the things whereof he wrote. — Buffalo Courier. 



These volumes are replete with instruction. Every page serves to show how wise and good 

 a, man our great Washington was. If every man in our country would read these writings 

 carefully, they would infuse a portion of his patriotism into the present generation. — Albany 

 Evening Journal. 



^vtntotVB H^istorg of the Conquest of 3pcru, 



With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. 

 With Portraits, Maps, 6fC. 2 vols. 8«o, Sheep extra, $4 50 ; Muslin, $4 00. 



We can most conscientiously recommend this work as indispensable to complete that long 

 line of English histories which is gradually appropriating to itself the most important events 

 in the chronicles of mankind. — Quarterly Review, October, 1847. 



The world's history contains no chapter more striking and attractive than that comprising 

 the narrative of Spanish conquest in the Americas. Teeming with interest to the historian 

 and philosopher, to the lover of daring enterprise and marveloiis adventure, it is full of fasci- 

 nation. Mr. Prescott has added to his well-merited reputation by his narrative of the Con- 

 quest of Peru. — Blackwood. 



J^rtscotrs Ij^istor^) of the Conqucjst of ^^cpico, 



With the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortcz, and a View of the Ancient 



Mexican Civilization. 

 With Portrait and Maps. 3 vols. 8vo, Sheep extra, $6 75; Muslin, $6 00. 



It abounds with sketches of scenery worthy of Scott, with battle-pieces rivaling those of 

 Napier, with pictures of disaster and desolation scarcely less pathetic than those drawn by 

 Thucydides. Mr. Prescott appears to us to possess almost every qualification for his task. — 

 Edinburgh Review. 



One of the most remarkable historical compositions that has appeared for a long time. — 

 Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve. 



2^cc0cott's |l?tstori> of jFcrtrtnauK mXn I^saftcUa, 



The Catholic. 



With Portraits. 3 vols. 8iio, Sheep extra, $6 75 ; Muslin, $6 00. 



It is by much the first historical work which America has as yet produced, and one that 

 leed hardly fear a comparison with any that has issued from the Eurojiean press since this 

 century began. — Quarterly Review. 



llrcscott's JSiograpUical anXt CCritical iUinztllanitB, 



With a finely-engraved Portrait. 8i'0, Muslin. $2 00. 



The essays embrace a variety of literary subjects, and treat of American, Spanish, French, 

 Italian, an J English authors. All who love a light and pleasant style of observation thrown 

 over topics of universal interest will find enough here to afford them acceptable informatioa 

 and rational pastime. — Literary Gazette, 



