as appeared for many years, not excepting
"Charles O'Malley," and the other mirth-inspiring volumesof the inimitable
Lever.
THE VALLEY FARM; _or, the Autobiography of an Orphan_. Edited by Charles J.
Peterson, author of "Cruising in the Last War," &c. A work sound in morals
and abounding in natural incident.
RESEARCHES ON THE MOTION OF THE JUICES IN THE ANIMAL BODY, AND THE EFFECTS
OF EVAPORATIONS IN PLANTS; _together with an Account of the Origin of the
Potatoe Disease, with full and Ingenious Directions for the Protection and
Entire Prevention of the Potatoe Plant against all Diseases_. By Justus
Liebig, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Giessen; and
edited from the manuscript of the author, by William Gregory, M.D., of the
University of Edinburgh. A valuable treatise, as its title sufficiently
indicates.
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From PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & Co., Boston, through T.B. PETERSON,
Philadelphia:--
A PEEP AT THE PILGRIMS IN SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX. _A Tale of Olden
Times._ By Mrs. H.V. Cheney. Those who feel an interest in the records and
monuments of the past, and who desire to study the characteristics of the
Pilgrim Fathers, and Pilgrim Mothers and Daughters, will not fail to avail
themselves of the graphic delineations presented to them in this
entertaining volume.
SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS. No. 25. Containing "Troilus and Cressida,"
with a very fine engraving.
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From JOHN S. TAYLOR, New York, through T.B. PETERSON, Philadelphia:--
LETTERS FROM THE BACKWOODS AND THE ADIRONDAC. By the Rev. J.T. Headley.
Also,
THE POWER OF BEAUTY. By the same author. Illustrated editions.
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From LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia:--
MOSAIQUE FRANCAISE: _ou Choix De Sujets Anecdotiques, Historiques,
Litteraires et Scientifiques, tires pour La Plupart D'Auteurs Modernes_.
Par F. Seron, Homme de lettres, l'un des redacteurs du Journal Francaise;
Les Monde des enfans, Revue Encyclopedique de la jeunesse de 1844 a 1848,
etc.; Professeur de Langue et de Litterature Francaise a Philadelphie.
This work appears to have been compiled with great care, from works by the
best French authors. Every subject has been carefully excluded that could
in any manner wound or bias the preconceived opinions of the American
reader in relation to religious or political freedom.
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From HARPER
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