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BOOKS FOR YOUNG MEN.
The World Ia-bkks.^—continued.
21. Milton's Early Britain, under Trojan, Roman, and Saxon
Rule. By John Milton. With Mork's England under Richard III., and
Bacon's England under Henry VIII. 430 pp. , 3r. 6rf.
23. Macaulay: Reviews, Essays, and Poems. 650 pp., y. (>d.
24. Sydney Smith's Essays, Social and Political. 550 pp., 3^. dd.
25. Lord Bacon. Containing the Proficience and Advancement of
Learning, the New Atlantis, Historical Sketches and Essays. 530 pp.,
31. td.
26. Essays by Thomas de Quincey. Containing the Confessions
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of an Opium Eater, Bentley, Parr, Goethe, Letters to a Young Man, &c.
SCO pp., 3f. td,
27. Josephus (The Complete Works of). Translated by William
Whistow, A.M. With Life of the Author, and Marginal Notes giving the
Essence of the Narrative. 810 pp., 3;. 6d.
THE BOVS' ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF
HEROES, PATRIOTS, AND PIONEERS.
The Story of their Darini^ Adventures and Heroio Deeds.
T/te Biographies of Illustrious Men, whose courage, skill, and enterprise have
been the foundation of Great States^ and whose wisdom ana Patriotism, have consolidated
and strengthened national power, tnust be interesting to young Tninds
which delight in records of Adventure and^Bravery^ and Great Deeds in Camp
and Council. The name iJ/ Washington is revered, as that of a General and
Statesman whose devoted patriotism and great abilities achieved independencefor
Jus country* With him is associated Franklin, whose personal history is no less
interesting than his political career. CohUMBUSf the Discoverer ofthe Ivew Worlds
and De Soto, a type ofthe restless, boldExplorers ofstrange and mysterious landsy
wereforerunners of the sagacious leaders and remarkahle pioneers of a later time.
In this series Biographies are narrated exhibiting theforce ofcharacter of the men
and the remark^le adventures they encountered, and these records can scarcely be
perused without exciting a feeling of admirationfor the Heroes and ofwonder at
the magnitude of their achievements.
In picture boards, ^s. ; cloth gilt, 2,;. dd. ; gilt edges, 3^. 6d.
1. Columbus, the Discoverer of the New World.
2. Franklin, Printer Boy, Statesman, and Philosopher.
3. Washington, Hero and Patriot.
4. The Puritan Captain ; or, The Story of Miles Standish.
5. Boone, the Backwoodsman, the Pioneer of Kentucky.
6. The Terror of the Indians ; or, Life in the Backwoods.
7. The Hero of the Prairies ; or, The Story of Kit Carson.
8. The Spanish Cavalier ; or, De Soto, the Discoverer.
9. Through Prairie and Forest ; or, De Salle, the Pathfinder,
ID. The Shawnee Prophet ; or, The Story of Tecumseh.
II. The Buccaneer Chiefs ; or, Captain Kidd and the Pirates of
America.
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