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HUME'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. From the invasion of 

 Julius Csesar to the abdication of James II, 1688. By David 

 Hume. Standard Edition. With the author's last corrections 

 and improvements ; to which is prefixed a short account of 

 his life, written by himself. With a portrait on steel. A new 

 edition from entirely new stereotype plates. 5 vols., 12mo. 

 Cloth, extra, black and gold, per set, $5.00; sheep, marbled 

 edges, per set, $7.50; half imitation Eussia, $7.50 ; half calf, 

 gilt, marbled edges, per set, $15.00. 

 Popular Edition. 5 vols. Cloth, plain, $5.00. 



GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SOMAN EMPIEE. 

 By Edward Gibbon. With Notes, by Bev. H. H. Milman. 

 Standard Edition. To which is added a complete Index of 

 the work. A new edition from entirely new stereotype plates. 

 With portrait on steel. 5 vols., 12mo. Cloth, extra, black and 

 gold, per set, $5.00 ; sheep, marbled edges, par set, $7.50 ; half 

 imitation Russia, $7.50; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, per set, 

 $15.00. 

 Popular Edition. 5 vols. Cloth, plain, $3 00. 



ENGLAND, PICTUEESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE. By Joel 

 Cook, author of " A Holiday Tour in Europe," etc. With 487 

 finely engraved illustrations, descriptive of the most famous 

 and attractive places, as well as of the historic scenes and 

 rural life of England and Wales. With Mr. Cook's admirable 

 descriptions of the places and the country, and the splendid il- 

 lustrations, this is the most valuable and attractive book of the 

 season, and the sale will doubtless be very large. 4to. Cloth, 

 extra, gilt side and edges, $7.50; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, 

 $10.00; half morocco, full gilt edges, $10.00; full Turkey mo- 

 rocco, gilt edges, $15.00 ; tree calf, gilt edges, $18.00. ~ 

 This work, which is prepared in elegant style, and profusely illustrated, 

 is a comprehensive description of England and Wales, arranged in conve- 

 nient form for the tourist, and at the same time providing an illustrated 

 guide-book to a country which Americans always view with interest. There 

 are few satisfactory works about this land which is so generously gifted by 

 Nature and so full of memorials of the past. Such books as there are, either 

 cover a few counties or are devoted to special localities, or are merely guide- 

 hooks. The present work is believed to he the first attempt to give in attrac- 

 tive form a description of the stately homes, renowned castles, ivy-clad ruins 

 of abbeys, churches, and ancient fortresses, delicious scenery, rock-hound 

 coasts, and celebrated places of England and "Wales. It is written by an 

 author fully competent from travel and reading, and in position to properly 

 describe his very interesting subject; and the artist's-pencil has beeu called 

 into requisition to graphically'illustrate its well-written pages. There are 

 487 illustrations, prepared in the highest style of the engraver's art, while 

 the book itself is one of the most attractive ever presented to the American 

 public. 



Its method of construction is systematic, following the most convenient 

 routes taken by tourists, and the letter-press includes enough of the history 

 and b'gend of each of the places described to make the story highly inter- 

 esting. Its pages fairly overflow with picture and description, telling of 

 everything attractive that is presented by England and Wale*. Executed 

 in the highest style of the printer's and engraver's art, "England, Pictur- 

 esque and Descriptive," is one of the best American books of the year. 



