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A FaiMOHS Itiograpliical and Bllstorical Worko 
IM OF OnR PRESIDEIIT8! 
There is no class of men the events of whose lives are so interesUn? 
to American citizens as those who liave been elevated to the highest ortice 
in the gift of the people. This book contains tlie life of every man who has 
occupied the Presidential chair, from George Washington to tlie present 
incumbent. The biographies are not brief sketches or outlines, but are lull,^ 
complete and exhaustive, narrating every prominent event in the lifeot 
each President, from the incidents of his boyhood down to his death, or 
to the present period, together with extracts from his most important 
speeches and public documents. Incidental to the biograpliies, we have 
almost a complete history of our country, from the time of tlie struggle for 
Independence to the present day, forno class of men have been more closely 
identified with our national growth than have our chosen rulers, and each 
Administration has formed a distinct era in American history. Thus, in the 
life of Washington we have a full account of the military operations during 
the Revolutionary War, while in the lives of John Adams and Thomas Jeffer¬ 
son we are made fully acquainted with the diplomatic and legislative 
details of that great struggle. In the lives of James Madison and And*rew 
Jackson we find a history of the War of 1812, in that of Harrison the 
exciting incidents of the Wars with the Indians, while in those of Taylor and 
Pierce a full history of the Mexican War is given. Coming down to the 
late struggle for the Union, we find in tlie life of Abraham Lincoln a com¬ 
plete narrative of the political features of tlie contest, and in that of 
General Grant an account of the more important military operations. Thus 
are history and biography blended in this book, and the result is a work of 
the most interesting and instructive character. No person who would be 
familiar with the history of his country and the lives of its chosen rulers 
(and no American citizen can claim to be well informed without such knowledge), canaflbrd to be without this book, and 
every father should buy it for the instruction of his children. It is written in such an entertaining manner that 
young people will read it as readily as a novel, from which no useful information is gained. The lives of George 
Washington and Abraham Lincoln contained in this volume are alone worth the price of the book. “ Lives of our 
Presidents ” is a large book of more than 400 pages, square 12rao, handsomely printed from large type upon fine 
paper, and eleirantly bound in cloth, embellished with artistic designs in gold and black. It contains a full page 
portrait, reproduced from a steel plate, of each of the Presidents, with a fac-simile of his autograph, togethei' 
with many other beautiful and interesting illustrations, such as the birthplaces and early homes of the Presidents, 
historical scenes and incidents, public buildings, etc. It is a book which would grace any library or parlor table; it 
is a book which will be read with both pleasure and profit, and may be handed down in a household from generation 
to generation, for it is a narrative of facts and not of fiction, and will be just as interesting and instructive to your 
children’s children as it is to yourself. “Lives op our Presidents ” will be sent by mail, post-paid, to any address 
upon receipt of price, only One Dollar. It is the cheapest book of the kind ever issued, no work of its scope and 
character ever having been published heretofore for twice that sum. 
The aboyeis the description of the pnhiisliers. We will send this hook (just published), postage pre- : 
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Microscopes, 
We think we may justly claim that the American 
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of the Microscope among all classes in this coun¬ 
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we caused to be manufactured exclusively for the 
subscribers of the American Agriculturist, by the 
very first makers in this country, a small microscope 
which proved to be of great value and popularity. 
Nearly forty thousand of these Simple Microscopes 
were asked for by our subscribers, and at one time 
in the year the call for them was so great, that we 
were unable to fill the orders. Subsequently, the 
same makers manufactured for us a valuable Com¬ 
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Last year we opened negotiations with these 
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on page 456. This is not only superior to anything 
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