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Title: A descriptive catalogue of valuable works, with illustrations
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Gould and Lincoln
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Publisher: Boston : Gould and Lincoln
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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Series of American Histories. — iV. E. Farmet-. Admirably fitted for fireside, family reading, and calculated to interest young persons. — Traveller. This is the third volume of Mr. Banvards attractive series of books founded on the early history ofour country; and it will make a most valuable addition to all family libraries. — Arthurs Gazette. No more interesting and instructive reading can be put into the hands of the young. — Port. Trans. 8® Other volumes of this popular series are in course of preparation. The series will embrace themost interesting and important events which have occurred in the United States since the settlementof the country. They will be adapted to the popular mind, and especially to the youth of our coun-try, and will contain numerous fine engravings. There will be twelve or more 16mo. volumes, ofabout 300 pages. Each volume to be complete in itself; and yet, when all are published, they will to-gether form a regular Series of Ameeicak Histories. Y
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CLINTON. A BOOK FOR BOYS. By William Simonds, author of *« Boys OwnGuide, Friendly Words, etc. With numerous fine Illustrations. 16mo,cloth. C3 cents. ^ jg®= A very captivating and instructive book for the 3oung. Tlie first of a series of worlds foryoutli, by tl^e same author, designed to portray some of the leading pliases of youthful charac-ter, azid to point out their tendencies to future good and evil. They will depict the quiet, naturalscenes and incidents of every-day life, in city and country, mingling important moral lessonsAvith amusing, curious and useful information. Each volume will be complete of itself, but aconnecting thread will run through the whole series. We like Clinton for its naturalness. It is a narrative about real life, pleasantly describedIn just the way to attract young readers, resembling, and quite equal to, the Rollo series. Itis indeed just the book for boys, and just the sort of book boys like. — Christian Register. Well, the boys have read it, and

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