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_. "A most interesting volume."--_Portland Argus_. "Graphically told."--_N.Y. Albion_. "Young people and old will derive equal benefit and pleasure from its perusal."--_N.Y. Ch. Intelligencer_. =Italian Art.= WONDERS OF ITALIAN ART. By LOUIS VIARDOT. With 28 illustrations. One volume 12mo $1 50 _For specimen illustration see page 23._ As a compact, readable, and instructive manual upon a subject the exposition of which has heretofore been confined to ambitious and expensive treatises, this volume has no equal. In style it is clear and attractive; its critical estimates are based upon thorough and extensive knowledge and sound judgment, and the illustrations reproduce, as accurately as wood engravings can do, the leading works of the famous Italian masters, while anecdotes of these great artists and curious facts regarding their works give popular interest to the volume. =The Human Body.= WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY. From the French of A. LE PILEUR, Doctor of Medicine. Illustrated by 45 Engravings by LEVEILLE. One volume 12mo. $1 50 _For specimen illustration see page 24._ While sufficiently minute in anatomical and physiological details to satisfy those who desire to go deeper into such studies than many may deem necessary, this work is nevertheless written so that it may form part of the domestic library. Mothers and daughters may read it without being repelled or shocked; and the young will find their interest sustained by incidental digressions to more attractive matters. Such are the pages referring to phrenology and to music, which accompany the anatomical description of the skull and of the organs of voice; and the chapter on artistic expression which closes the book. Numerous simple but attractive engravings elucidate the work. =Architecture.= WONDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. Translated from the French of M. LEFEVRE; to which is added a chapter on English Architecture by R. DONALD. With 50 illustrations. One volume 12mo $1 50 _For specimen illustration see page 25._ The object of the _Wonders of Architecture_ is to supply, in as accessible and popular a form as the nature of the subject admits, a connected and comprehensive sketch of the chief architectural achievements of ancient and modern times. Commencing with the rudest dawnings of architectural science as exemplified in the Celtic monuments, a carefully compiled and authentic record is given of the most remarkable temples, pa
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