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_BOOKS BY MATURIN M. BALLOU._

THE STORY OF MALTA. A New Book. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

A description of the island of Malta, its history, scenery,
and inhabitants.

EQUATORIAL AMERICA; descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique,
Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America. Crown 8vo,
$1.50.

Nothing worth seeing seems to escape his eye, while all that
would delight others to know is portrayed in a rich, graphic
style.--_New York Observer._

AZTEC LAND. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

Mr. Ballou has made an excellent book out of his visit to
Mexico. He furnishes what everybody desires to know, and
what is not elsewhere accessible in a single
volume.--_Boston Herald._

ALASKA: THE NEW ELDORADO. A Summer Journey to Alaska. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
_Tourists' Edition._ With 4 Maps. 16mo, $1.00.

A charming book of travel, full of information concerning
our great northwestern territory.--_Boston Budget._

DUE WEST; or, ROUND THE WORLD IN TEN MONTHS. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

It is a book of books on foreign travel.--_Boston
Commonwealth._

DUE SOUTH; or, CUBA PAST AND PRESENT. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

Full of information concerning the Bahama Islands, the
Caribbean Sea, and the island of Cuba.... Mr. Ballou is the
ideal traveler.--_Boston Traveller._

DUE NORTH; or, GLIMPSES OF SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA. Crown 8vo,
$1.50.

It is as useful to read him as it is enjoyable to travel
with him.--_Journal of Education_ (Boston).

UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS; or, TRAVELS IN AUSTRALASIA. Crown
8vo, $1.50.

Few persons have traveled so extensively, and no one more
profitably, both to himself and the public, than Mr.
Ballou.--EDWIN P. WHIPPLE.

_EDITED BY MR. BALLOU._

A TREASURY OF THOUGHT. An Encyclopaedia of Quotations from Ancient and
Modern Authors. 8vo, full gilt, $3.50; half calf or half morocco, $6.00.

The most complete and exhaustive volume of the kind with
which we are acquainted. The literature of all times has
contributed to it, and the range of reading necessary to its
compilation is the widest.--_Hartford Courant._

NOTABLE THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. A Literary Mosaic. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

Full of delicious bits from nearly every writer of any
celebrity, English, American, French, or German, early and
modern, it is a fascinating medley. Wh