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THE MIKADO'S EMPIRE. Book I. History of Japan, from 

 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D. Book II. Personal Experiences, Obser- 

 vations, and Studies in Japan, from 1870 to 1874. With Two 

 Supplementary Chapters: Japan in 1883, 1886, and 1890. By 

 W. E. GRIFFIS. Copiously Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $4 00; 

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN 

 AMERICA. By HENRY CABOT LODGE. Wi'h Colored Map. 

 8v-o, Half Leather, $3 00. 



THE LAND AND THE BOOK. Biblical Illustrations drawn 

 from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the 

 Holy Land. By WILLIAM M. THOMSON, D.D., Forty-five Years 

 a Missionary in Syria and Palestine. In Three Volumes. Co- 

 piously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Ornamental Cloth, per volume, 

 $6 00; Sheep, $7 00; Half Morocco, $8 50; Full Morocco, 

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Volume I. SOUTHERN PALESTINE AND JERUSALEM. Volume 

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THE INVASION OF THE CRIMEA: its Origin, and an Ac- 

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 ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE. With Maps and Pians. Six 

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FIFTY YEARS AGO. By WALTER BESANT. With a Portrait 

 and Characteristic Illustrations by Cruikshank and others. 8vo. 

 Cloth, $2 50. 



THE TSAR AND HIS PEOPLE; or, Social Life in Russia. 

 Papers by THEODORE CHILD, EUGENE MELCHIOR DE VOGUE, 

 CLARENCE COOK, and VASSILI VERESTCIIAGIN. Illustrated. 

 Square 8vo, Cloth, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $3 00. 



THE CAPITALS OF SPANISH AMERICA. By WILLIAM 

 ELEBOY CURTIS. With a Colored Map and 358 Illustrations. 

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JINRIKISIIA DAYS IN JAPAN. By ELIZA RUHAMAH SKID- 

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