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NoTE.-Any book published by HURD
HoUGHION, 459 Broomc street, N Y, viii be
sent by them, postage prepaid. on receipt Of the
advertised prices.
!. BREMER. Life, Letters and Posthumus
Works of Fredrika Bremen. Edited by her sis
ter, Charlotte Bremen. Translated from the
Swedish by Freda Nilow. In one vol, crown
Syo. Cloth. 81.
Owe have quoted so much from this charming
volume that we have no room for further quota
tions, but Is is a book to be read."-EramiHer.
London
?. THE OPEN POLAR SEA- Popular edition.
BY Isaac I. Hayes NJ D. With nine illustra-
tions on wood, and a map. vol, post 70.
Cloth $3.50 Fine edition, embelIisbed with six
full page illustrations, drawn by barley, White
and others, from Dr. Hayess sketches; three
fullpage charts twenty eight vignottes, and
dne portrait Of the author. engraved on steel.
vol, $40. Price s375; half-caifs6.
"What we have said ef DR.. Hayes book will,
we trust, send many readers to its pages. The
Doctors heroism is remarkable, and he Wen de-
serves TO be braeketed with the late DR.. Kane in
Arctic honors.-LoHdoH Atheaoum-
8. SKETCHES ABROAD WITH PEN AND
PENCIL. By Felix O. c. Darlsy. With Is
full-paged and a smaller illustrations on wood.
A new edition with three additional vignettes,
and printed on toned paper. In l vol, 4to.
Price in CLOTH $3.50; cloth gilt, 81; morocco, SIS.
Undoubtedly, Mr.. barley is the best draughts-
man in the United States; and judging him by
what he has here iaue he can have no superior
anywhere. His designs are engraved BY accom-
nile Cd in fhn hos
these. together with his own entirely natural and
unaffected description Of what he saw abroad, we
know Of no similar production which we should
be willing TO recommend so Gnreservedly y."-Bos-
ton Courier.
4. OLD ENGLAND; It's Scenery, Art and Peo-
pie. By James NJ. Hoppin, Professor in Yale
College. / vol, l6mo. Price S.
'''This book has the advantage Of concisely and
emphatieally pointing out many comparatively
neglected objects Of interest and sources Of infor-
nation and pleasure. '0ld England is Just the
book for the departing traveller TO putt his poek-
ct to refresh his memory and make suggestive his
tour.-Boston Transcript.
5. ITALIAN JOURNEYS By William D.
Howells, author Of 'Vanetian Life" vol.
crown Svo. Price 50.
"There is no writer of travels in our day so sim
pie, sincere, enjoyable and profitable. .'-BrookigH
Union.
at is not SO much what Mr.. Howells sees as
what he ignores that gives his readers the sense,
when. they have finished his books Of having
been lingering over charming narrative
Boston Post.
g. VENETIAN LIFE; Including Commercial,
Social, Historical and Artistic Notice Of the
Place. By William D. HoWells. l vol, crown
svo. Price, extra cloth, 81.
at is Venice directly presented to the imagina-
ton, stepped in its own peculiar atmosphere, so
that We see what the writer sees, share his emo
tions, and are made the companion Of his walks,
rather than the reader Of his pages."--BostoR
Daily TraHseTipt
T. "REMINISCENCES OF EUROPEAN TRAY
Ell. By Andrew r. Peabody, D. D., LID,
Preacher to Harvard University. Price S1.5O.
"on art, architecture, laws, manners and sooie-
ty, his criticisms are discriminating, kindly and
often original; and the volume contains more in
formation, less spite and more solid sense, than
many Of far greater size and pretension. .'-Saf,T-
dGy ReoietC, London.
10. TWO THOUSAND MILES ON HORSE
BACK. Santa Fe and Back. Summer Tour
through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New
Mexico, in the Year 1865. By Colonel JAS F.
Meline. l vol. crown Syo. Price 50.
'Ho is good traveller, and, combining the dis
army officer, is we'll qualified to give an opinion
upon what be observes. His mode of travelling
has furnished him with excellent opportunities
for careful observation and with great variety Of
adventure in the prairie standard, Nel0 Bed
ford, Mass.
Guide in the Care Of Young Children. By Ed
ward H. Parker, NJ D. new edition In one
volume, II mo. Cloth, sl.5O.
"The volume answers authoritatvely all the
questions which mothers are continually asking,
and removes the painful doubts with which they
are continually troubled. It is indeed of such
great practical value, and meets general a want
that there would to be no reason why it
should not be considered necessity in every
family. Boston Daily Transcript.
10. WOMAN IN PRISON. By Caroline H.
Woods. In l vol, l6mo. Cloth, S1.25.
Mrs. Woods record of the life of a Matron in a
State Prison, is unadorned fact
II. THE DIARY OF A MILLIEER. By
Belle Otis Caroline II. Woeds). In volume,
1emo Cloth, sI.25.
ga smart milliner could tell many q fine story.
A smart milliner is Belle Otis and that is Just
what she does Her narrative has all the viyac-
" and piquancy which belong to Now
i sends a keen shaft and then follows a sally Of
exquisite hnmor-"--AibaRy Express.
II. ESSAY ON ART. By Francis Turner Pal
grave, late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
One vol, 16mo, red cloth, gilt tops. Price,
$I75.
"Mr. Palgrave's eanons of art are eminentIy
catf Ollie free from any tendency TO sensational
ism; and, though his examples are confined chiefly
TO the current emenations Of British culture ana
his style Of expression is such as carries the
weight Of authority. ."-B Boston Post.
10 THE ART IDEA Sculpture, Painting and
Architecture in America BY James jackson
Jaryes. l vol, l6mo, cloth. Price sl.75.
t.The volume deserves the careful study of in
tdlligen amateurs Of art; and whatever difference
cf opinion it may call forth, its details will be
found Of interest and full Of instructive sug
gestions. "--NeE York Tribune. iunelI