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CHEAP LITERATURE

PREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION

By Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff-street.

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SHAKSPEARE. THE BEST AND ONLY COMPLETE EDITION. The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakspeare, with Notes, Original and Selected, and Introductory Remarks to each Play, by Samuel Weller Singer, F.S.A., and a Life of the Poet by Charles Symmons, D.D. Illustrated by Nineteen Splendid Engravings on Steel. This Work will be issued complete in Eight Numbers, of nearly 150 octavo pages, with all the Engravings, at Twenty-five Cents each.

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TRAVELS IN EGYPT, ARABIA PETRÆA, AND THE HOLY LAND. By the Rev. Stephen Olin, D.D., President of the Wesleyan University. In 2 vols, small 8vo With Illustrations on Steel. To be published in Twelve Weekly Numbers, with an Elegant Steel Engraving to each, at Twenty-five Cents. The first Number will be issued in March, and will be for sale by all the Booksellers and Periodical Agents.

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HISTORY OF EUROPE, from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. By Archibald Alison, F.R.S.E., Advocate. Now publishing in Sixteen Numbers, at Twenty-five Cents each.

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in Use. Illustrated by Engravings on Wood. General Editor, W. T. Brande, F.R.S.L. & E, of her Majesty's Mint; Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica in the Apothecaries' Company, &c. Now Publishing in Twelve Numbers, at Twenty-five Cents each.

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THE FAMILY LIBRARY, numbering 157 volumes, will be issued entire, one volume weekly, AT TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A VOLUME! just half the price they have been sold at heretofore, and then decidedly the cheapest books in the market. The first number, being Vol. I. of MILMAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS, will appear in March. These volumes will be Illustrated and Embellished with Numerous Engravings, as in the previous editions, printed on paper equally good, and bound in fancy French covers.

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M'CULLOCH'S UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER; OR, GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. With Seven Maps on Steel. A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World. By J. R. McCulloch, Esq. In two Volumes, 8vo. In which the articles relating to the United States will be re-written and greatly multiplied and extended, and adapted to the present condition of the country, and to the wants of its citizens. By Daniel Haskel, A.M., late President of the University of Vermont. To be completed in 18 or 20 Numbers, at 25 Cents each. The first Number to appear in April. A Number will appear on the 1st and 15th of each month.

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HOBOKEN. A ROMANCE OF NEW-YORK. By Theo. S. Fay, author of

"Norman Leslie," &c.

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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. By Charles Dickens. This work will be issued in Seven Parts, each Part containing three Numbers of the English edition and two Steel Etchings, at 63 Cents, making the cost of the entire work Three Shillings and Sixpence !

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