The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-07
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De BOWS
Industrial Resources and Progress of the
Southern and Western States.
In three large and closely printed polunes, smad
binding. being a digest and abridgment Of tn
hcelpe Uounses Of De Bo,o's ReuieU Price S 10
or So 80 per volume. .,
n ESiROUS of supplying the large and contin'
IL ually increasing demand Tor the complete Sc
ries Of the Repie.o in twelve volumes nov exhaust
ed, and which it would require very large outlay
to reprint, the editor has been induced to make
selection of all the important and valuable papers
contained in them from the beginning, condensing,
rearrangine and completing to date, and throw
ing the subjects, after the manner OF the encycIo-
pedias, into alphabetical order. In this manner
everything ofinterest and importance will be pre-
served in a convenient form for reference; and the
volumes will constitute the only repository for the
shelves of the library, Of such information which
by means of the monthly numbers hereafter, will
always be brought down to date.
The volumes will embrace the gist of every thing
that has appeared in the Revieso relating to the
Southern and Western States, ian imperfect indie K
of which will be found at the opening of the 10th
volume,) to witt r.-
Their History, Population, Geography. Stats
tics; Agricultural products-of Cotton, Sugar, To-
bacco, Hemp, Grains, Naval Stores, &C., &c, Man
ufactures-detaeda accounts, statistics, and history
of all branches. Internal Improvements COM
pete statistics of Railroads; results, profits, ex-
penses, costs, advantages miles in projection,
struction, completed, &C; Plank Roads, Canals,
Navigation, &c Statistics OF Health and Diseases,
wealth and progress; relative condition, whites and
blacks; Slave Laws and Statistics, management
and amelioration of slavery; origin, history, and
deences of slavery and slave institutions; the val
liable treatises of Harper, Hammond, Drew, on
slavery, &C. Commerce ofthe South and West in
all of its minute particulars, &c; together with a
historical and sketch Of each of the States
and cities; the domestic and foreign trade, re-
sources, manufactures, SC, OF the United States;
the Census Returns from 1880, with the complete
statistics of the Cepsus Of 1850.
The volumes will be issued in September, Octo-
Der, and November, 1852; and orders solicited
in advance, payable on delivery to merchants, or
to the parties themselves.
De BOWS REvIEw, of which this is condensa-
ton, ia published monthly in New Orleans, and
other southern and western cities, liz to lao pages,
small print, fine paper and engravings, and treats
of all the great industrial matters relating to the
Southern and Western States, and incidentally of
the North and the Union. Terms SIS per apnum.
The volumes hereafter will be uniform with the
condensed series
A few sets of the complete work may be had at
the office, in twelve large and handsomely bound
volumes. Price S42. Singl> numbers supplied to
make up sets, and binding furnished on reasonable
terms.
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]. D. B. De BOW,
Editor De Bows Review,
June 10 Merchants Exchange, New Orleans.