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--A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD, FROM THE CREATION TO THE YEAR 1780._ By JOHN VON MULLER. Revised and brought down to the year 1853 by W.R. MURRAY, Esq. Illustrated with numerous engravings from original designs by S.W. Rowse. 8vo. Embossed morocco, $4.00. _MURRAY.--PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE CLOSE OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR'S ADMINISTRATION._ With Anecdotes and Sketches of distinguished leading Men. By HUGH MURRAY, Esq. With Additions and Corrections by HENRY C. WATSON. Illustrated with numerous engravings from original designs by W. Croome. 8vo., cloth, $3.00; library style, $3.50. ---- _THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE._ Forming a complete Library of Family Information; embracing Literature, Science, Art, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Natural History, Biography, Travels, Improvements, Inventions, Discoveries, Settlements, Mythology, Botany, Geology, &c. By W.R. MURRAY, F.R.S. Illustrated with 350 engravings. One volume, 8vo. Bound in cloth, $3.00; library style, $4.50; embossed morocco, $4.50. _MERRICK.--LIFE AND RELIGION OF MOHAMMED._ Translated by Rev. J.L. MERRICK. 8vo., cloth, Price $1.50. "Altogether the most important and trustworthy work relating to Mohammed ever translated into English, giving, as it does, 'a full view of his life and religion, with sketches of his ancestors, companions, and times, blended with maxims and legends illustrative of Oriental manners.' To the theologian it is invaluable, while to the general reader it is as interesting as an Oriental romance, being in the form of a narrative, with frequent flashes of magnificent poetry. The account of the birth of Mohammed, especially, is exquisitely beautiful."--_E.P. Whipple._ _NAVAL MONUMENT._ Containing official and other Accounts of the Battles fought by the Navy of the United States. With 25 engravings. 8vo., muslin, gilt. Price $1.50. _OSSIAN.--THE POEMS OF OSSIAN._ Translated by JAMES MACPHERSON, Esq. To which are prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of Ossian. 12mo., elegantly illustrated. Bound in cloth, $1.00; cloth gilt, $1.25; morocco, $1.50. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics, by Maturin M. Ballou *
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