The Lansing state Republican., 1859-12-20

iAe State Board Ct Education were In
session IN IT, c!,y from Thursday until
late SliHIda evening, determining tie bids
offered faT furnishing all tie District and
township libraries in the State with books
for the ueZt two years, under the new law Of
last winter Several proposals were re-
ceiyed, auq the contract was finally awar.
ded t. F Raymond Il Co, Of this city. as
the lowest responsible bidders The prices
q these books will average about one half
less than ordinary prices, W. understand,
tue publishers being able to make 50 large
reduction in Consideration If the large
numbers furnished This isrcduction in price
of course, rebounds to the benefit Of every
school district, as they are enabled TO get
near ) twice rs many books as they. other
wise would be able to buy.
For the information If cur readers in
every school district in the State. We give
herewith the list Of books selected bv the
State BoUrd Of Education. From this lis,
each district will select what it prefers TO
the amount Of lis fluids. \ glance at this
list Will show that greatly improved char
actor Of reading will be introduced into our
school libraries by the changes under the
new Law Heretofore, the standard has
been low, many libraries being furnished
by .strollIng pedlars. with trash that could
NJ ee ld.in large stores. and which was
thaegos off at rcmuneratiuc prices. This
sort of stuff has had its d,y, and vastly
superior literature takes Its place 10 elevate
the taste Of the thousands OF readers Of all
classes into whose hands these works will
fall
Baucrofts History Of the United States,
! vols; Hum<s kngland, Il vols; Macau-
lays do; vols :Niichelet's France, . vols;
kohlrsusch's Germany; Theirs French
Revolution, / vols; Lamartine's Girondsts,
) vols, Lamartiuo's French Revolution Of
1918; Lamartlnc's Turkey, vols; Mot
ley's Dutch Republic, 3 vols; Sismonde 5
Italian Rcqub!i's, Aruolds Rome Lid
dell's do, Smith Greece Iiallam's Mid.
die Ages; Prescott's Ferdinand and lsa.
bella, . vols; Conquest Of Mexico, 3 vols
Conquest Of Peru, vols, Philip II, .
vols, and Robertson's Charles Y, , vols
lrvings Granada; lrving's Astoria; James
Chivalry and the Crusaders; Creasey'
English Constitution ; Emcrson's English
Traits DeTocquerill's American Insttu
tons; Mcintosh's North American Indi
ans; The Iroquos; Waubun, or Early
Days in the Northwest Early History q
Michigan. by III + N sheldon: Pal
frey's History o; New England, = vols
Parkman's Conspiracy of Pontiac; Robert
sous Discovery Of America; Coopers Ma
val History Africa, and the American
flag Al!isons Euroqe, vols; History 0
Civilization, / vols; Schlccel's philosoph,
of History Bentons Thirty Years View
:. vols; Dickens Child's History Of Eng
land Brownies Child's History Of the L
s; France, Rome, and Greece, > vols; il
one, each; History tor Boys, Modern Na
tons; Lamartine's French Revolution Q
ISIS. Robertson's Sf,N- - lnui'
i,.a,,ah ~ ..4lGGiiquitits; lIcroines of History
Home Lie in Germany Hungary; Neil
History Of the Puritans; Burnett's Histo
ry of the Reformation D'AubigHe's His
tory Of the Reformation IIallam's Histor
Of Literature Russeils Modern Europe
Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings
Smiths Students Hume DR.. Gibbon
Peter Parley's General History Baird
Modern Greece Aliens India.
BIOGRAPHY.
Irying's Washington ) vols; Irving
Columbus . vols; Mrs c. NJ. Kirkland
, Washingtous >areent's Franklin; Smuci
er's Hamilton; Smucker's jefferson; Wn
Cutters LAFAYETTE: Cutters Gen. Putnam
Simms' Gen. Marion; Garlands John Raj
= dolph; Stewards John Quincy Adams
Webstcr'5 Life and memorials, vols
= Wits Patrick Henry Dwight's Lives
n the Singers Living Orators Of America
, Women Of the Revolution; Daniel Boone
Mrs. Chill's Life of lsac T. Hopper; i
, Wings Mahomc;. = vols DAbrautc'- y:
= po!con |. > vols; Walter Scott, Mcleod
! James Watt, Muirhcad Geo. Stephenson
{. Smiles; Eminent Mechanics Arago
:. Lives Of Scientific Men Hugh Miller
o Schools Gl>choolmastes Johnson's Live
. of the Poets, = vols Sir Walter Ra!eigl
= kingsley Sir Philip Sidney CromweI
Y Guziot, > vols; Charlemange, James
y Charles MI; Lives of Joan Dare, Hal
r nibal, Socrates. Robert Burns, Columbu
Q Frederick the Great, WIN. Pitt, Mahome
= Luther, Cromwell Tasso, Peter the Grea
; Milton and Tho4 A'Becket,
y .Appleton's Biographical Dictionary A
e bots Cyrus the Great, Darius the grca
% Xerxcs. Alexander the Great Romulu
: Hannibal, Pyrrku<, Julius Cesar, Cleop
:, ira. Nero. Hernanio Cori-a. Cnlumhss \
% fred the Great, William the conquer
= Richard |, Mary Queen Of Scots. Quec
! Elizabeth, Charles |, Charles IL, Josephin
e Marie Antoinette, Madame Roland, Hem
", Kinr Phillip,
- TRAVELS.
. Ba7ari Tavl5r's Travels in Europe, \
!, rics India. China. &c, Lands Of the Sar
! cen. Greece and Russia, California al
# Mexico, and Sweden, Lapland, &c j
IS Tappan Step from New World TO Old
p vols; Three Years in California, ColtoI
Al Ship and Shore, Cotton heck and POI
m Do: Land aud Lae. Do; Sandwich Island
. Chcerer: Island World Of Pacific, Chec
CT; Lyuch's Dead Sea Expedition Arct
Adventures, Sargent; kane's Arctic T.
n. plorsticns. vols, Fremont Exploration
al The Americans in Japan New York al