LEA & BLANCHARD'S PUBLICATIONS. 



United States Exploring; Expedition.-^ on tinued. 



" It is quite equal to any of the handsomest 

 publications of the kind that have issued from 

 our own press. Our eyes, so long spoiled by the 

 typographical excellence of oiir own printers, are 

 no longer caught by mere excellence in printing ; 

 but wiieii wc see a beautiful page in our own lan- 

 guage, with the imprimatur, ' Printed by C. Slier- 

 inan, Philadelphia, U. S. A.,' we must confess a 

 feeling of novelty is given to an otherwise fami- 

 liar and ordinary object. Not only printing and 

 paper are first rate, but the illustrations are in 

 the best possible taste, and in great profusion. — 

 If such beautiful works are wafted over the At- 

 lantic by every steamer, (and such an event is 

 not far from a probability,) Paternoster Row and 

 Albemarle street must be on the look-nut for a 

 stout rivalry."— JDoi/gZas Jerr old's Magazine, 

 [London). 



*' We should be doing an injustice to the press 

 of the United States, did we not say in conclud- 

 ing for tiie present our remarks on these volumes, 

 which were printed in Philadelphia, that in paper 

 and typography they may take rank with the best 

 ])roductions of the British press. The numerous 

 illustrations, too, whether plates, vignettes, wood 

 cuts, or charts and maps, are creditable to all the 

 artists, both drauglrtsmen and engravers, engaged 

 in their execution.'* — London Times. 



" We have seen a volume of the book, or Nar- 

 rative of the Exploring Expedition. It equals all 

 the most enthusiastic admirers of the superlatively 

 beautiful in the arts can wish; it is a credit to the 

 country, and honourable to all who have been 

 engaged in the work.'' — Southern Literary Mes- 

 senger. 



"The publishers' part of the work, as we have 

 said in a former notice, has been done with emi- 

 nent taste and skill. The paper and type are of 

 surpassing excellence, and the profusely nume- 

 rous engravings exhibit a condition of the art in 

 this country far superior to what we had supposed. 

 In this first volume there are no less than eighty- 

 six illustrations, including finished engravings on 

 steel, etchings and wood cuts; and among them 

 all there is not one of inferior character, either 

 m design or execution, while many, presenting 

 subjects of rare beauty, may bear comparison 

 with the finest works of the graver produced in 

 any country." — -V. Y. Commercial Advertiser. 



" It certainly is one which will hereafter be 

 considered indispensable to the library, not only 

 of every public institution throughout the country, 

 but of every private person of taste and ability to 

 procure it. Not the least of its recommendations 

 is the fact, that nothing whatever has been used 

 ia its preparation, not STRICTLY American; and 



it thus forms one of the most authentic, as well 

 as the most elegant and magnificent, productions 

 of American enterprise and American art." — N. 

 Y. Courier and Enquirer. 



" It comprises five large imperial octavo vo- 

 lumes, printed in clear, distinct type, upon paper 

 of the strongest texture and most perfect white- 

 ness, with a broad and rich margin, and a luxury 

 of general appearance, usually found only in 

 English books. It contains sixty-four large and 

 very elegant line engravings, presenting the most 

 interesting scenery, and the most picturesque in- 

 cidents met with during the cruise, with very spi- 

 rited illustrations of the manners, customs, &c., 

 &c., of the inhabitants of the wild and distant 

 regions which were visited. These engravings 

 are from drawings made by the artists of the Ex- 

 pedition, and are executed by some of our most 

 celebrated engravers. They are among the finest 

 specimens of the art ever exhibited in this coun- 

 try." — Cleveland Herald. 



" A work altogether so beautifully and so per- 

 fectly ' got up' as to satisfy the taste of the most 

 fastidious. In an artistical and mechanical point 

 of view, it is as near perfection as can be, and no 

 one can look through this great national work 

 without pride and pleasure in the consideration 

 of its being purely American, from its incipient 

 state to its entire completion." — Saturday Post. 



" In style of execution, in paper, type, and in 

 its engravings — it is one of the most beautiful, if 

 not altogether the most so, of any American pub- 

 lication." — Boston Atlas. 



" We are greatly in error, if this superb pro- 

 duction of the American press do not prove as 

 creditable to the country which projected so no- 

 ble an enterprise, as the successful issue of the 

 undertaking was honourable to the officers and 

 scientific corps who conducted it. The expedi- 

 tion and the narrative are alike an honour to 

 America. The printing and paper are of the first 

 order, and as specimens of book-making we 

 really do not know how these volumes can be 

 excelled. We feel assured that it will be no 

 breach of national modesty to assert that no coun- 

 try has yet produced a book of voyages to com- 

 pare with it." — N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. 



" This long expected work has at length made 

 its appearance, and is beyond ail question, the 

 most magnificent publication ever got up in this 

 country. The paper, typography, engravings, 

 and tout ensemble, are worthy of the highest praise 

 that can be bestowed on them. We shall, at aa 

 early day, take occasion to speak of the contents 

 of these magnificent volumes." — N. Y. Courier 

 and Enquirer. 



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