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Show lO LIST OF VALUABLE AND POPULAR BOOXS. --- -------·----------------------- T. S. .A R T B U R' S W 0 R K 8-Continued. ARTHUR'S SKETCHES OF LIFE AND Cll!R!CTER 11 ootavo volume of over 40(' pages) beautifully Illustrated, q bvunJ ih tho best English muslin, gilt. Price $2.00. ---- ...._ _____ _ NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 1'11e pre!lent volnme, containing m0re tlmn four l1undred finel y-printed octavo pagee Ls illustrated by sploudid ougntviugs, and made particul<trly valuable to those who like to "llo.>e th ~ face of him they tn.lk withal," by a correct likeness of the author, finely en~ ra.v('d on r,t('ei.-Neal's Gr1zl'l,te. In the pri nt'ely man ions of tho Atlantic merchants, and In the rude log rn.bins of the backwoodsmen, tl!e name of Arthur is equally known and cherished a~:~ tho friend of vilt U(1. -Om ham' 8 ltfagazine. 'We would not exchange our copy cf thPso &ketches, with its story of" 'l'ho 1\lethodiRt Preachf'r," for any one of the gilt-edged and embossed Annuals which wo have yet soon. -Lady's National ltfagnzine. The first Htory in the volume, entitled "The Meth odist Preacher, or hight11 and ~bado\vs in the Life of an Itinerant," is alone worth the price of the work.-Evening B1,lletin. It i!l emphittically a splendid work-Middletown Whig. Its worth and cheapness ~:~h ould plfl.ce it in every person's hands who desires to read an intorosti ug book.-Odd .Pellow, Boon11boro' . "The l\lethodist Preacher," "Seed-Time and Harvest," "Dyed In the 'Vool, '' are full 1f truth 1v• wrll H.S im:;truclion, and any ouo of them is wortb. tho whole price of the vol urue -Lowell Day-stm·, Re11. D . 0. Ettrly, Rrtflur. Thl•re Is 11. fa-scination about tb e~o sketches which RO powerfully interests tl1e reader that few who commf'nce one of them w ill part with it til l it ill concluded; and they wili bear reading rope~~tedl y.-No?folk and Pm-tamo1dh llerald. 'I'ho~o~e who IJavo not perused th ese model storieK have il. rich feast in waiting, and we shall be happy If we can bo im;trumental in pointing them to it.-Family Visitor, Madi8on, Ga. No library for family reading should be considered complete without this volume, which is as lively and entertaining in its character, as it is salutary in Its infllleuce.N. Y Tribune. The \VOrk is beautifully Ulustrated. Tho!\e woo are at all acquainted with Arthur'• writings oPed hardly be told that the present work is a prize to whoever possesses lt.N. Y. Sun. We know no better book for the table of any f~tmUy, whether reg11.rded for Ita net> exterior ar valuable contents.-Vox Popttli, Lowell. Th6 name of the author is in it~;elf a sniUcient recommendation of the work.-La» ~&:nii~ T. S. Arthur is one of the best literary writers of the age.-Watnhman, Oit~ Mio. The name alone of the R.uthor 111 a sufficient guarantee to the reading public of lt1 IU paaillg merlt.-The A1·gus Gallatin, Mi.$8. Probably he bas not written a line which, dying, he could wish to erast.-Pf.ltkcrt *rg ( Ya.) Gcuette. THE WITHERED HEART. l2ruo., with fine Mezzotint Frontispiece. Cl<>th .......... Price $I.Ot '11liA work has gone through several editions in England altbongll published but a few weE>ks, and has had the most flattering I!Otiee• Lom the Euglhll. Press LI'81' OF 'VALUABLE AND POPU LAI:. BOOK9. u ·- --------------------------------------------------------- T. S. A R'rll U R'S W 0 R K 8--Gontinued. Wtth an Autobiography ann Portrait of the Author. 0\'er flu hundred pages, octavo, with fine tinted Engravings. Price e~.OO NOTICES OF TilE PRESS. Ia this volnme m1.y he found a." m o r~t: 11111\Rion," w hich can not b ut &!fAct for g~ &11 who read. Tho moc bauica.l ex ecution of the work is very bca uLiful th rou~ bout -. llfiW Ha1,ert Polfwtimn. It 11 by far Lhe most V'l.ltl!tble book ever publi!ih0d of hi11 wo rkR, iu!I.Rrnuch a 11lt 18 ~~~· nched w ith a vory inte ref!liug, though bri ef autohl<>q- rrtph,y.- .Americnn Ooul'if!r . No f<uni ly library is complete witb()ut a cupy of tu is bo ~k.-Scott'a Weekly Papf'r. No hottm· or wort hi er prt>scnt could be IMLd e tv the young; no offering more pnrg cbaritablo, and pmcticable could be tendered to th OtiO who a re lnteretiLed in the trn ;; oenflvolfl nt rrfonn11 of the d:ty.-GorlPy'e Lw ly 'R lJo()k. The paper, the engravings, the binding, an<.l the literary contenta, are a ll calculated to mako it a fav or ito.-Penn . h tr1tti 1·er. Thil; volume cauuot he too b i~hl y recornruonded.-N. Y. Tribune. More good ha.s I.Jeen effected, than by any other single mediuru that we know oC.N. Y. Sun.. Tho work should be upon the ceutre-t11.ble of every parent in tho land.-Natiuna. Tempe1·ance Ma gazine. IJEA VES FROM THE BOOK OF HTJMAN LIFE. Large 12mo. With Thirty Illustrations and Steel Plate. Price $1.00 .\ single story !11 w or th the price chn.rgod for the book.- Union, Newburyport, JJfrt.va "It includes some of the best huworou!j sketches of the author." The following Books are bound in uniform style as "ARTHUR'S COTTAGE LIBRARY," and are sold in sets, or separately, each volume being complete in itself. Each volume is eml>ellil:!h&d with a fine Mezzotint Engraving.] T::H:E '\IV A "Y TO PROSPER .. A N D 0 'f H B R T .A. L ~~ S • Cloth, 12mo., with Mezzotint Engraving, ..................... Price tl.Of TRUE RICHES; OR, WEALTH WITHOUT WINGS. AND OTHER 'r.ALES. loth, 12m~. "ith Mezzotint Engraving, .................... Prioe $1.()., ANGEL OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND OTllER 'r.A.I E~. 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