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H. MURRAY'S FAMOUS BOOKS.

  =DAYLIGHT LAND.= The experiences, incidents, and adventures, humorous andotherwise, which befell Judge John Doe, Tourist, of San Francisco; Mr.Cephas Pepperell, Capitalist, of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the man from NewHampshire, and divers others, in their Parlor-Car Excursion over Prairieand Mountain; as recorded and set forth by W. H. H. MURRAY. Superblyillustrated with 150 cuts in various colors by the best artists. 8vo,350 pages. Unique paper covers, $2.50; cloth, $3.50; cloth, extra gilt,$4.00.

  _The New York Herald_; says,

  Impossible to find a handsomer book on outdoor life than this. Theauthor's peculiar faculty for describing days in the woods and rambleswith good company has long been known. "Daylight Land" is longer thanthe book in which the same author made the Adirondacks seem some otherplace to men whose eyes were not as wide-open as his own, and the styleis even breezier, if that is possible. Seldom does a book appear whichis so entirely creditable to author, artist, and publisher.

  =HOW DEACON TUBMAN AND PARSON WHITNEY KEPT NEW YEAR'S, and Other Stories.=By W. H. H. MURRAY, author of "Adirondack Tales," etc. 12mo.Illustrated. $1.25.

  Deacon Tubman, a jolly, fat, good-natured man, is presented with awoollen night-cap on New Year's morning by his housekeeper, "a typicalspinster not overburdened with fat." This so rejoices the Deacon that heis possessed to make others happy, goes to call upon his pastor, andmakes him leave his books and spend the day skating, sleighing, anddriving with his parishioners.

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  =STORY THE KEG TOLD ME, AND THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW MUCH.= ByW. H. H. MURRAY, author of "Daylight Land," "Adirondack Adventures,"etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

  "Two admirable stories by W. H. H. Murray, in both which appears JohnNorton, the trapper, a character that promises to become as much of afavorite as is the hero of the Leather Stocking novels. These storieshave a bracing outdoor freshness and a delightfully crisp realism: arevigorous in tone, and strong and picturesque in the relation. Takenaltogether, they may be pronounced in the most artistic of Mr. Murray'sexcursions into the realms of fiction, and fascinating generally."--_Saturday Evening Gazette._

  =DEACONS.= By W. H. H. MURRAY. 16mo. Paper, 50 cts. Cloth, 75 cts.

  "Mr. Murray is an expert in the art of character drawing; he canmanipulate humor and pathos with equal facility. No one will gainsaytheir freshness and individuality."--_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._

  =ADIRONDACK ADVENTURES.= "In the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in theAdirondacks." By W. H. H. MURRAY, 12mo. Illustrated. Paper, 50 cts.Cloth, $1.25.

  "In the 'Adventures in the Wilderness' W. H. H. Murray strikes the happyhunting ground, which long ago earned for him the popular title,'Adirondack Murray,' and here, as in his other books, he fairly revelsin stirring incident, lively and faithful conception of character, andthe powerful but delightful description of natural scenery which havealready given his work an enviable and lasting place in Americanliterature."--_Nashville American._

  =THE BUSTED EX-TEXAN, AND OTHER STORIES.= By W. H. H. MURRAY. Withphotogravure portrait of Mr. Murray, and eight full-page illustrationsby Thos. Worth. Square 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.

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  =CIVILIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER ESSAYS CONCERNING AMERICA.=By MATTHEW ARNOLD. 16mo. Unique paper boards, 50 cts. Cloth, uncut,$1.25. The cloth binding matches the uniform edition of his collectedworks. Comprises the critical essays, which created so much discussion,namely, "General Grant, an Estimate," "A Word About America," "A WordMore About America," and "Civilization in the United States." Thecollection gathers in the great critic's last contribution toliterature.

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  BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY.

  =THE AGE OF CHIVALRY; Or Legends of King Arthur.= "Stories of the RoundTable," "The Crusades," "Robin Hood," etc. By THOMAS BULFINCH. A new andenlarged edition. Revised by Rev. E. E. HALE. Large 12mo. Illustrated.$2.50.

  In "The Age of Fable," Mr. Bulfinch endeavored to impart the pleasure ofclassical learning to the English reader by presenting the stories ofPagan mythology in a form adapted to modern taste. In this volume theattempt has been made to treat in the same way the stories of the second"age of fable"--the age which witnessed the dawn of the several statesof modern Europe.

  =THE AGE OF FABLE; Or, Beauties of Mythology.= By THOMAS BULFINCH. A newand enlarged edition, containing over 100 illustrations from ancientpaintings and statuary. Revised by Rev. E. E. HALE. Large 12mo. $2.50.

  Young readers will find this book a source of entertainment; those moreadvanced, a useful companion in their reading; those who travel andvisit museums and galleries of art, an interpreter of paintings andsculptures.

  =LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE; Or, Romance of the Middle Ages.= Stories ofPaladin and Saracen. By THOMAS BULFINCH. 12mo. Illustrated. $2.50.

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  PROF. CLARK MURRAY'S WORKS.

  =SOLOMON MAIMON=: An Autobiography. Translated from the German, withAdditions and Notes, by Prof. J. CLARK MURRAY. Cr. 8vo. Cloth. 307pages. $2.00.

  The London _Spectator_ says: "Dr. Clark Murray has had the rare goodfortune of first presenting this singularly vivid book in an Englishtranslation as pure and lively as if it were an original, and anoriginal by a classic English writer."

  George Eliot, in "Daniel Deronda," mentions it as "that wonderful bit ofautobiography--the life of the Polish Jew, Solomon Maimon:" and Milman,in his "History of the Jews," refers to it as a curious and rare book.

  =HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY.= By Prof. J. CLARK MURRAY, LL.D., Professor ofMental and Moral Philosophy, M'Gill College, Montreal. Cr. 8vo. 2dedition, enlarged and improved. $1.75.

  Clearly and simply written, with illustrations so well chosen that thedullest student can scarcely fail to take an interest in the subject.

  Adopted for use in colleges in Scotland, England, Canada, and the UnitedStates.

  Prof. Murray's good fortune in bringing to light the "Maimon Memoirs,"together with the increasing popularity of his "Handbook of Psychology,"has attracted the attention of the intellectual world, giving him aposition with the leaders of thought of the present age. His writingsare at once original and suggestive.

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  _Standard and Popular Books._

  THE POPULAR WORKS OF SALLY PRATT MCLEAN.

  =CAPE COD FOLKS.= A Novel. Twenty-third edition. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth,$1.25. Paper, 50 cents.

  =TOWHEAD: THE STORY OF A GIRL.= Fifth Thousand. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Paper,50 cents.

  Since the production of Miss McLean's first effort "Cape Cod Folks," shehas steadily advanced in intellectual development; the same genius is atwork in a larger and more artistic manner, until she has at lengthproduced what must be truly considered as her masterpiece, and which wehave the pleasure to announce for immediate publication.

  =SOME OTHER FOLKS.= A Book in Four Stories. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Paper, 50cents.

  These books are so well known that further comment seems superfluous.Suffice it to say that the entire press of the country has unanimouslyspoken of them in terms of high praise, dwelling not only on theirdelicious humor, their literary workmanship, their genuine pathos, andtheir real power and eloquence, but what has been described as theirdeep, true _humanness_, and the inimitable manner in which the mirror isheld up to nature that all may see reflected therein some familiartrait, some description or character which is at once recognized.

  =LASTCHANCE JUNCTION: HUMAN NATURE IN THE FAR WEST.= A Novel. By SALLYPRATT MCLEAN. 1 vol. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.

  "Terse, incisive descriptions of men and scenery, drawn with so vivid apen that one can see the characters and their setting, delicious bits ofhumor, passages full of infinite pathos, make this book absolutely holdthe reader from the title to the last word, and as, when finished, onesighs for the pity of it, the feeling rises that such a work has notbeen written in vain, and will have its place among those
which tend toelevate our race."

  =MISS FRANCES MERLEY.= A Novel. By JOHN ELLIOT CURRAN. 420 pages. Square16mo. Paper covers, 50 cents. Cloth, $1.00.

  The first important work of an author familiar to American readers byhis remarkable sketches to _Scribner's_ and other magazines.

  =AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NEW ENGLAND FARM HOUSE=: A Romance of the Cape CodLands. By N. H. CHAMBERLAIN. 380 pages. Square 16mo. Paper covers, 50cents. Cloth, $1.00.

  A novel of singular power and beauty, great originality and ruggedforce. Born and bred on Cape Cod, the author, at the winter firesides ofcountry people, very conservative of ancient English customs now gone,heard curious talk of kings, Puritan ministers, the war and precedentstruggle of our Revolution, and touched a race of men and women nowpassed away. He also heard, chiefly from ancient women, the