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THE NABOB.

From the French of ALPHONSE DAUDET, author of "Sidonie," "Jack," etc., by LUCY H. HOOPER.

THE LITTLE GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.

From the same author, by MARY NEAL SHERWOOD, translator of "Sidonie," "Jack," etc.

Haydon's Correspondence and Table-Talk.

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The Fur-Bearing Animals of North America.

An important work to the Naturalist and Sportsman. By ELLIOTT COUES, Captain and Assistan Surgeon U. S. Army, Secretary U. S. Geological Survey, Member of the National Academy of Sciences etc., Author of "Key to North American Birds," "Field Ornithology," etc.

OUR COMMON INSECTS.

A popular account of the Insects of our Fields, Forests, Gardens, and Houses; with 272 Illustration By A. S. PACKARD, author of "A Guide to the Study of Insects," "Half-Hours with Insects," etc. edition. Price reduced from $2.50 to $1.50.

CHATTERBOX, 1877.

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WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS.

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THE WORKS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY.

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BIRDS AND POETS, with other Papers.

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HISTORY Of Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS.

By LUCIUS R. PAIGE. With maps, 8vo, cloth, $6.00.

THE ANTELOPE AND DEER OF AMERICA.

A Comprehensive Scientific Treatise upon the Natural History, including the Characteristics, Habits, Affinities, and Capacity for Domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America. By JOHN DEAN CATON, LL.D., author of "A Summer in Norway." 8vo, cloth, illustrated, $4.00.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

A Historical Study. By the Honorable GEORGE SHEA, Chief Justice of the Marine Court. Part I. 8vo, paper, $1.00. (Part II. in press.)

IDEALS MADE REAL, and HAYDN.

By GEORGE L. RAYMOND, author of "Colony Ballads." In one volume, cloth, gilt, 16mo, $1.25.

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A MANUAL FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS

Of the Militia of the United States. By EDWARD JACOB FORSTER, M.D. 16mo, cloth, $2.00.

GYNECOLOGICAL TRANSACTIONS, Volume I.

Being the Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, at its First Annual Meeting, held in New York, September 13, 14, 15, 1876. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, $5.00. THE CURE OF RUPTURE,

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THE WORKS OF LORD BACON.

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POETIC INTERPRETATION OF NATURE.

By J. C. SHAIRP, author of "Culture and Religion in Some of their Relations," 'Studies in Poetry and Philosophy," etc., etc. In one volume, 16mo, red cloth, paper title, $1.25.

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ROBERT BURNS. By Thomas Carlyle.
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THE WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA.

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Reports and Papers presented at the Meetings of the American Public Health Association, in the Years 1875-1876; with an Abstract of the Record of Proceedings, 1876. In one volume, 8vo, cloth.

A COMPEND OF DIAGNOSIS IN PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. By JOHANNES ORTH. Translated by G. K. SABINE, M.D., and F. C. SHATTUCK, M.D. Revised by R. H. FITZ, M.D. (In press.)

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