Eighteen Months on a Greenland Whaler.

By Joseph P. Faulkner, an "ex-assistant whale-catcher in an American schooner," and author of other recollections of the sea. 318 pages, 16mo, cloth.

The Polar Regions;

Or, The First Search After Sir John Franklin's Expedition. By Lieut. Sherard Osborn, commanding H. M. S. Pioneer (the first steam vessel that ever penetrated the Northern sea). 212 pages, 12mo, cloth.

Americans are less familiar with the history and social customs of the Russian people than those of any other modern civilized nation. Opportunities such as this book affords are not, therefore, to be neglected.

Thirteen Months in the Confederate Army.

The author, a Northern man conscripted into the Confederate service, and rising from the ranks by soldierly conduct to positions of responsibility, had remarkable opportunities for the acquisition of facts respecting the conduct of the Southern armies, and the policy and deeds of their leaders. He participated in many engagements, and his book is one of the most exciting narratives of adventure ever published. Mr. Stevenson takes no ground as a partisan, but views the whole subject as with the eye of a neutral, only interested in subserving the ends of history by the contribution of impartial facts. Illustrated.

The Isthmus of Tehauntepec.

Anderson.

Svo, cloth. A history of the Isthmus from earliest times to the present, with an account of railroad enterprises and valuable maps and charts.

BARNES'S RELIGIOUS LIBRARY.

Ray Palmer's Poetical Works.

An exquisite edition of the complete hymns and other poetical writings of the most eminent of American sacred poets, author of "My Faith Looks up to Thee."

Formation of Religious Opinions.

Palmer.

Hints for the benefit of young people who have found themselves disturbed by inward questionings or doubts concerning the Christian faith.

Nine Lectures on Preaching.

Dale.

By Rev. R. W. Dale, of England. Delivered at Yale College. Contents: Perils of Young Preachers; The Intellect in Relation to Preaching; Reading; Preparation of Sermons; Extemporaneous Preaching; Evangelistic Preaching; Pastoral Preaching; Conduct of Public Worship.

Dale on the Atonement.

The theory and fact of Christ's atonement profoundly considered.

The Service of Song.

Stacy.

A treatise on singing, in public and private devotion. Its history, office, and importance considered.

A pictorial hand-book of the antiquities and modern life of all the sacred countries. By Henry C. Fish, D.D. With six hundred engravings and maps, one thousand eluci dated Scripture texts, and two thousand indexed subjects. 8vo, cloth, 900 pages.

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Lyman Abbott's Commentary on the Gospels.

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EASTERN CITY WALL. [From Abbott's Commentary.]

The diary of a wife and mother. An historical romance of the seventeenth century. At once beautiful and pathetic, entertaining and instructive.

Favorite Hymns Restored.

Gage.

Most of the standard hymns have undergone modification or abridgment by compilers, but this volume contains them exactly as written by the authors.

Poets' Gift of Consolation.

A beautiful selection of poems referring to the death of children.

Sixty Years in the Harvest Field. Mowry.

DR. THEO. L CUYLER says: "For more than twenty years I have known Mr. Mowry well. This volume is the plain, truthful narrative of a long life

work in guiding souls to the Saviour. It will be helpful to all who labor at the best trade in the world, the trade of making Christians.

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Froude's Theological Unrest. (Atlas Series.)

The History of the English Bible,

Extending from the earliest Saxon translations to the present Anglo-American Revision. With special reference to the Protestant religion and the English language. By Blackford Condit. With steel portrait of Wycliffe. 400 pages. 12mo, cloth.

This is a consecutive history of all the English versions of the Scriptures and their translators, including also the history of Protestantism in England a..d the growth and changes of the English language.

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Earnest Words on True Success in Life.

Addressed to young men and women. By Ray Palmer. 296 pages, 12mo, cloun. Ida Norman.

Two vols. in one. A novel. With illustrations. By Mrs. Lincoln Phelps. 432 pages, 12mo, cloth.

The Educator; or,

Hours with my Pupils.

A series of practical hints to young ladies on questions of behavior and education. By Mrs. Lincoln Phelps. 364 pages, 12mo, cloth.

The Student; or, the Fireside Friend.

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Monasteries of the East.

Embracing visits to monasteries in the Levant. By the Hon. Robert Curzon, Jr. 416 pages, 12mo, cloth.

Life in the Sandwich Islands.

By Rev. Henry T. Cheever. 356 pages, 12ino, cloth.

Lives of the Signers.

Carefully prepared sketches of the lives and careers of the signers of the document declaring the independence of the States of America. By N. Dwight. 374 pages, 12mo, cloth.

Discoveries

Babylon.

among the Ruins of Nineveh

and

With travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert. Being the result of the second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the British Museum. An abridgment. By Austen H. Layard, M. P. 550 pages, 12mo, cloth.

The History of the Jews.

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Johnny Morrow, the Newsboy.

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Stories of Prison Life.

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The Son of a Genius.

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St. Chrysostom; or, the Mouth of Gold.

By Rev. Edwin Johnson. Cloth, 16mo. An original dramatic poem, in six cantos. With explanatory notes.

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Opium Habit and Drunkenness.

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Grecian and Roman Mythology.

Dwight.

The presentation in a systematic form of the fables of antiquity affords most entertaining reading, and is valuable to all as an index to the mythological allusions so frequent in literature, as well as to students of the classics who would peruse intelligently the classical authors. Illustrated.

General View of the Fine Arts.

Huntington.

The preparation of this work was suggested by the interested inquiries of a group of young people concerning the productions and styles of the great masters of art, whose names only were familiar. This statement is sufficient index of its character.

The Poets of Connecticut.

Everest.

With the biographical sketches, this volume forms a complete history of the poetical literature of the State.

BARNES'S CHOICE STANDARD ENGLISH LIBRARY.

Fifty-Nine Essays.

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Paradise Lost.

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The Task, Table Talk, and other Poems.

By William Cowper. With notes, critical and explanatory, complete index, and five full-page engravings. Edited by James R. Boyd. 436 pages, 12mo, cloth.

Night Thoughts.

By Edward Young. With sketch of life and works of the author, and explanatory notes. By James R. Boyd. With steel-plate illustrations. 516 pages, 12mo, cloth. The Course of Time.

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The Seasons.

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The Poetical Works of John Milton.

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Elements of Criticism.

By Henry Home, of Kames, one of the Lords Commissioners of Judiciary in Scotland. Edited, with explanatory notes, by James R. Boyd. 486 pages, 12mo, cloth. The Plays of Philip Massinger.

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

By James Boswell. With copious notes and biographical illustrations. By Ed. Malone. Complete in one volume. 600 pages, 8vo, cloth.

An Essay on Man.

By Alexander Pope. With notes. Edited by a teacher. 44 pages, 12mo.

The Iliad of Homer.

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Improvement of the Mind.

By Isaac Watts, D.D. With Denman's Questions. 304 pages, 12mo, half bound.

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The Young Citizen's Catechism.

192 pages, 16mo, cloth. A most comprehensive little work for beginners; explaining the duties of district, town, city, county, State, and United States officers, and giving practical rules for Parliamentary practice, legal and commercial business. By Elisha P. Howe.

First Lessons in Civil Government.

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330 pages, 12mo, cloth. Containing a full statement of general principles on a compre hensive plan, embracing State, county, city, town, and federal organizations. This work traces the development of free institutions from germs in the early English constitution, through colonial and revolutionary history, down to date. It is arranged topically to assist in fixing details in the student's mind. It omits unnecessary statistics and fulfils the highest requirements of a citizen's manual. By George H. Martin, Teacher of History and Civil Politics in the Mass. State Normal College.

The Political Manual.

350 pages, 12mo, cloth. A complete record of the theory and practice of the general and State governments of the United States. By Edwin D. Mansfield, LL. D., Professor of Constitutional Law.