260. Interest of Exploration in the Remote West.

Daniel Drake, 1785-1852
261. Objects of the Western Mound Builders.

John Bachman, 1790-1874
262. The Opossum.

J.A. Lapham, 1811-
263. The Smaller Lakes of Wisconsin.
264. Ancient Earthworks.

Chas. W. Webber, 1819-1856
265. The Mocking Bird.

Chas. Lanman, 1819-
266. Maple Sugar-Making among the Indians.

Ephraim G. Squier, 1821-
267. Indian Pottery.

=_5._= WRITERS OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.

Benj'n Silliman, 1779-1864
268. The Falls of Montmorenci.

John L. Stephens, 1805-1852
269. Discovery of a Ruined City in the Woods.

John C. Fremont, 1813-
270. Ascent of a Peak of the Rocky Mountains.
271. The Columbia River, Oregon.

Elisha K. Kane, 1822-1857
272. Discovery of an Open Arctic Sea.

Bayard Taylor, 1825-
273. Monterey, California.
274. Approach to San Francisco.
275. Swiss Scenery;--a Battlefield;--Picturesque Dwellings.

=_6._= NOVELISTS AND WRITERS OF FICTION.

Chas. Brockden Brown, 1771-1810
276. The Yellow Fever in Philadelphia.

Washington Allston, 1779-1843
277. Impersonation of the Power of Evil.
278. On a Picture by Caracci.
279. Originality of Mind.

James K. Paulding, 1779-1860
280. Characteristics of the Dutch and German Settlers.
281. Abortive Towns.

Jas. Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851
282. The Shooting Match.
283. Long Tom Coffin.
284. Death of the Old Trapper in the Pawnee Village.
285. Escape from the Wreck.
286. Naval Results of the War of 1812.

Catharine M. Sedgwick, 1789-1867
287. The Minister Condemning Vain Apparel.
288. Kosciusko's Garden at West Point.

John Neal, 1793-
289. The Nature of True Poetry.

John P. Kennedy, 1795-1870
290. The Mansion at Swallow Barn.
291. A Disappointed Politician.
292. Wirt's Style of Oratory.

William Ware, 1797-1852
293. The Christian Martyr.

Lydia M. Child, 1802-
294. Ill temper contagious.

Robert M. Bird, 1803-1854
295. The Quaker Huntsman.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1805-1864
296. Portrait of Edward Randolph.
297. Description of an Old Sailor.
298. A Picture of Girlhood.
299. Sculpture: Art and Artists.
300. Ruins of Furness Abbey.
301. Scenery of the Merrimac.
302. A Dungeon of Ancient Rome.

Wm. Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870
303. The Battle of Eutaw.
304. Character and Services of Gen. Marion.

Harriet B. Stowe, 1812