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FOE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IIBEARIES, 
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MOTLEY’S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. By John Lo- 
TiiROP Motley, LL.D., D.C.L. With a Portrait of William of Orange. 3 vols., 
8vo, Cloth, $10 50. 
MOTLEY’S UNITED NETHERLANDS. History of the United Netherlands: from 
the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years’ Truce—1609. With a full 
View of the Euglish-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and De¬ 
struction of the Spanish Armada. By John Loturop Motley, LL.D., D.C.L. 
Portraits. 4 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $14 00. 
NAPOLEON’S LIFE OF C.ESAR. The History of Julius Caesar. By His Imperial 
Majesty Napoleon HI. Two Volumes ready. Library Edition, 8vo, Cloth, $3 50 
per vol. 
Maps to Vols. I. and II. sold separately. Price $1 50 each, net. 
HAYDN’S DICTIONARY OF DATES, relating to all Ages and Nations. For Uni¬ 
versal Reference. Edited by Benjamin Vincent, Assistant Secretary and Keeper 
of the Library of the Royal Institution of Great Britain; and Revised for the 
Use of American Readers. 8vo, Cloth, $5 00; Sheep, $6 00. 
MACGREGOR’S ROB ROY ON THE JORDAN. The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, 
Red Sea, and Genuesareth, &c. A Canoe Cruise in Palestine aud Egypt, and the 
Waters of Damascus. By J. Macgregor, M.A. With Maps and Illustrations. 
Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 50. 
WALLACE’S MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. The Malay Archipelago: the Land of the 
Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, 1854-1862. With 
Studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace. With Ten Maps 
and Fifty-one Elegant Illustrations. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $3 50. 
WHYMPER’S ALASKA. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, formerly 
Russian America—now Ceded to the United States—and in various other parts of 
the North Pacific. By Frederick Wuymper. With Map and Illustrations. Crown 
8vo, Cloth, $2 50. 
ORTON’S ANDES AND THE AMAZON. The Andes and the Amazon; or. Across 
the Continent of South America. By James Orton, M.A., Professor of Natural 
History in Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Corresponding Member of the 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. With a New Map of Equatorial 
America and numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 00. 
WINCHELL’S SKETCHES OF CREATION. Sketches of Creation: a Popular View 
of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in reference to the History of 
Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science 
respecting the Primordial Condition and* the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and 
the Solar System. By Alexander Winchell, LL.D., Professor of Geology, 
Zoology, and Botany in the University of Michigan, and Director of the State 
Geological Survey. With Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00. 
WHITE’S MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. The Massacre of St. Bartholo- 
mew: Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IX. 
By Henry White, M.A. With Illustrations. 8vo, Cloth, $1 75. 
