“Evidently prepared with great care.”—­Chicago Evening Journal.

“Not merely the curious in antiquarian matters will find this volume attractive, but the general reader will be pleased, entertained, and informed by it.”—­Portland Argus.

“The work possessed the freshness and charm of romance, and cannot fail to repay all who glance over its pages.”—­Philadelphia City Item.

=Great Hunts.=

ADVENTURES ON THE GREAT HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE WORLD.  By VICTOR MEUNIER. 
Illustrated with 22 woodcuts.  One volume 12mo $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 18.

Besides numerous thrilling adventures judiciously selected, this work contains much valuable and exceedingly interesting information regarding the different animals, adventures with which are narrated, together with accurate descriptions of the different countries, making the volume not only interesting, but instructive in a remarkable degree.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

“This is a very attractive volume in this excellent series.”—­Cleveland Herald.

“Cannot fail to prove entertaining to the juvenile reader.”—­Albion.

“The adventures are gathered from the histories of famous travellers and explorers, and have the merit of truth as well as interest.”—­N.Y.  Observer.

“Just the book for boys during the coming Winter evenings.”—­Boston Daily Journal.

=Pompeii.=

WONDERS OF POMPEII.  By MARC MONNIER.  With 22 illustrations.  One volume 12mo $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 19.

There are here summed up, in a very lively and graphic style, the results of the discoveries made at Pompeii since the commencement of the extensive excavations there.  The illustrations represent the houses, the domestic utensils, the statues, and the various works of art, as investigation gives every reason to believe that they existed at the time of the eruption.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

“It is undoubtedly one of the best works on Pompeii that have been published, and has this advantage over all others—­in that it records the results of excavations to the latest date.”—­N.Y.  Herald.

“A very pleasant and instructive book.”—­Balt.  Meth.  Prot.

“It gives a very clear and accurate account of the buried city.”—­Portland Transcript.

=Sublime in Nature.=

THE SUBLIME IN NATURE, FROM DESCRIPTIONS OF CELEBRATED TRAVELLERS AND WRITERS.  By FERDINAND LANOYE.  Illustrated with 48 woodcuts.  One volume 12mo $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 20.

The Air and Atmospheric Phenomena, the Ocean, Mountains, Volcanic Phenomena, Rivers, Falls and Cataracts, Grottoes and Caverns, and the Phenomena of Vegetation, are described in this volume, and in the most charming manner possible, because the descriptions given have been selected from the writings of the most distinguished authors and travellers.  The illustrations, several of which are from the pencil of GUSTAVE DORE, reproduce scenes in this country, as well as in foreign lands.