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Memoirs of Baron Stockmar. By his son, BARON E. VON STOCKMAR. Translated from the German. Edited by F. MAX MUL LER. In 2 volumes. Crown Svo. Cloth, $7.50.

Baron Stockmar was one of the most important historical personages of the last generation. He was the private adviser and counsellor of many of the crowned heads of Europe, more particularly Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. These Memoirs are compiled by his son from the Baron's own papers, and present for the first time to the public many curious historical documents and an inexhaustible fund of fact and gossip pertaining to English and Continental courts.

Autology. An Inductive System of Mental Science, whose Centre is the Will, and whose Completion is the Personality. A vindication of the manhood of man, the Godhead of God, and the Divine Authorship of Nature. By DAVID H. HAMILTON, D. D. 8vo. Cloth, $5.00.

The live question of the hour and age is this, "God or no God?" Theism or Atheism." or in specific terms, "Is God a person, or only a force?" This vital question, with those af filiated with it, the autology meets and answers. It is a work of 72) pages of solid thought and acute reasoning.

Life of Alexander von Humboldt. Compiled in commemoration of the centenary of his birth, by Hon. Julius Lowenberg, Dr. Robert Ave Lattermont, and Dr. Alfred Doves. Edited by Prof. KARL BRUHNS, Director of the Observatory at Leipzig. Translated from the German by Jane and Caroline Lassell. 2 vols. 8vo, with three portraits.

Encyclopedia of Chronology.

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torical and Biographical. Comprising the Dates of all the Great Events of History, including Treaties, Alliances, Wars, Battles, Etc. Incidents in the Lives of Eminent Men and Works, Scientific and Geographi cal Discoveries, Mechanical Inventions, and Social, Domestic, and Economical Improvements. By B. B. WOODWARD, B. A., late Librarian to Queen Victoria, and W. L. R. CATES, Editor of The Dictionary of General Biography." One thick volume. Crown 8vo. 1,496 pp. 3,000 columns, brevier. Cloth, $15.00. Sheep, $18.00.

"The Encyclopedia" has from 17,500 to 20,000 records of distinct and separate facts, alphabetically arranged under appropriate heads. Of these about 12.000 are names of persons, and about 3,500 of places. This is a great deal to compress into 1,487 pages.Watchman and Kejlector.

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American Authors. Hand-Book of English Literature. (American Authors.) By FRANCIS H. UNDERWOOD, A. M. Crown Svo. Cloth, $2.50; half morocco or half calf, $4 50.

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"The selections made not only admirably illustrate the characteristics of the respective authors, but are so fascinating as to fetter the attention of the reader and stimulate him o make a more intimate acquaintance with these great writers of our mother tongue."" Dean Alford's New Testament Commentary for English-Readers. Containing the authorized Version, with a Revised English Version; with all the New Readings from the recently found SINAITIC MANUSCRIPT, which was discovered by CONSTANTINE TISCHENDORF in a Convent on Mount Sinai; also containing Marginal References, and a Critical and Explanatory Commentatory, with Maps of the Journeyings of Our Lord and of St. Paul; and an Introduction to each book, giving an account of the authorship, authenticity, time and place of writing, etc., etc., forming a compact Biblical Library. 4 vols., 8vo. Cloth, 16.00; half calf, $26 00. Dean Alford's

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