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No. 12 WASHINGTON ibe 5 HOSTOM, 
No. 2. - JANUARY, 
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AN, CONTINENT: In 3 volumes. By Guorct “BANcrorr. 
art of this work, embracing the History OF THE ap siason OF 
THE Unt TATES, is now completed. It foriggiee nd €o 
the stunt only of the settlement of the thir 
ish settlements i orida, and of the French discove 
igan and Wisc -the discovery of the Mississippi, 4 
and Indiana, of Mississippi and Louisiana, and t 
by La Sa The topics most interestin to eat 
bat. ail are delineated more fully ie” lean Hom a and fto 
original sources. 
The book is a in the best style, canal to a of. Kouiiod press, nr is 
| tichly illustrated by maps, sketches, and engravings, particularly by heads of the 
aE Wicthropasdlf Smit, of William Penn, a na ate, fac-similes of the first maps 
of the valley of the Mississippi, and of Lake Superior, with sketches illustrating 
Indian life, and appearance. 
This work has been favorably noticed in some of the best oan cowl? 
ee England, and in the chief gieerionn pe periodicals, 
. We tno w fewitiied r rks, in which the author has ‘reached so high an 
elevation at once as an ppb inquirer and an historical writer. The great rn 
tousness with which he re o his authorities and his careful criticism 
decisive proofs of tudies. Heh pee his narrative o - 
ocuments, yet without orthy of th works of “fe times and of other countries 
His narrative is every where wort subject. e reader is always instructed, 
often more deeply interested than by novels or romances.. The love of country is | F 
Mase which in nspires the author ; but this yrange is that of the severe histori 
Which springs from the heart.” — Got dttingen Review, written’ by the ae! historical 
Professor REN. | ’ . * 
“If any truth ever was ‘stra 
ied, 20 so vived, so Sebetegiabtial, and yet so eoreniods a picture do these. oe Amer- 
iean annals set before us ; 80 oe: are they, though at the same time of notoriously 
and oe practical—in a word, as we began with saying, so picturesque. 
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