Hymns for Mothers and Children.

Selected and edited by one of the compilers of "Hymns of the Aged." Printed on delicately tinted paper, and adorned by an appropriate titlepage and frontispiece, and six exquisite vignettes by Billings. Square 16mo. $1.25.

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Recent Inquiries in Theology. By eminent English Churchmen: Dr. TEMPLE, ROWLAND WILLIAMS, BADEN POW

ELL, Jowett, &c. Being "ESSAYs and Reviews," reprinted

from the Second London Edition. Edited, with an Introduction, by Rev. Dr. HEDGE. 12mo. Price, $1.25. Second American Edition. With an Appendix, containing a Note on the "Phalaris Controversy" by Dr. HEDGE, and Dr. TEMPLE's Sermon on "The Present Relation of Science to Religion," &c. 12mo. $ 1.25.

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Struggle for Life. By the author of several brilliant papers in the Atlantic Monthly, -"The Queen of the Red Chessmen," "Sunshine," and others. 12mo. $1.00.

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World.

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A Practical Illustration of Woman's Right to Labor; being an Autobiographical Letter. By Dr. MARIE ZAKRZEWSKA, late of Berlin, Prussia. Edited by Mrs. C. H. DALL. 16mo. 63 cents.

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Kormak: an Icelandic Romance of the Tenth Century. In Six Cantos. 16mo. 75 cents.

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We think it will take rank

"It abounds in beautiful and strong passages. among the best specimens of American poetry."- Zion's Herald.

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Memoranda of Travel,

Ninety Days' Worth of Europe.
and Familiar Letters to Friends at Home.
With numerous illustrative sketches on wood.

By Rev. E. E. HALE.
16mo. 75 cents.

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Pictures and Flowers for Child-Lovers.

Illustrated. 50 cents.

18mo.

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The Boy Inventor. A Memoir of Matthew Edwards, by the
Author of "The Age of Fable." Illustrated. 16mo. 50 cents.

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