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"A most interesting volume."--_Portland Argus_.
"Graphically told."--_N.Y. Albion_.
"Young people and old will derive equal benefit and pleasure from its
perusal."--_N.Y. Ch. Intelligencer_.
=Italian Art.=
WONDERS OF ITALIAN ART. By LOUIS VIARDOT. With 28 illustrations. One
volume 12mo $1 50
_For specimen illustration see page 23._
As a compact, readable, and instructive manual upon a subject the
exposition of which has heretofore been confined to ambitious and
expensive treatises, this volume has no equal. In style it is clear and
attractive; its critical estimates are based upon thorough and extensive
knowledge and sound judgment, and the illustrations reproduce, as
accurately as wood engravings can do, the leading works of the famous
Italian masters, while anecdotes of these great artists and curious
facts regarding their works give popular interest to the volume.
=The Human Body.=
WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY. From the French of A. LE PILEUR, Doctor of
Medicine. Illustrated by 45 Engravings by LEVEILLE. One volume 12mo. $1
50
_For specimen illustration see page 24._
While sufficiently minute in anatomical and physiological details to
satisfy those who desire to go deeper into such studies than many may
deem necessary, this work is nevertheless written so that it may form
part of the domestic library. Mothers and daughters may read it without
being repelled or shocked; and the young will find their interest
sustained by incidental digressions to more attractive matters. Such are
the pages referring to phrenology and to music, which accompany the
anatomical description of the skull and of the organs of voice; and the
chapter on artistic expression which closes the book. Numerous simple
but attractive engravings elucidate the work.
=Architecture.=
WONDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. Translated from the French of M. LEFEVRE; to
which is added a chapter on English Architecture by R. DONALD. With 50
illustrations. One volume 12mo $1 50
_For specimen illustration see page 25._
The object of the _Wonders of Architecture_ is to supply, in as
accessible and popular a form as the nature of the subject admits, a
connected and comprehensive sketch of the chief architectural
achievements of ancient and modern times. Commencing with the rudest
dawnings of architectural science as exemplified in the Celtic
monuments, a carefully compiled and authentic record is given of the
most remarkable temples, pa
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