In South America.
Travels in Peru.
BY DR. J. J. VON TSCHUDI.
1 vol. 12mo, cloth, $1 00.
“Braving the dangers of a land where throat-cutting is a popular pastime, and earthquakes and fevers more or less yellow, and vermin more or less venomous are amongst the indigenous comforts of the soil, a German, of high reputation as a naturalist and man of letters, has devoted four years of a life valuable to science to a residence and travels in the most interesting districts of South America, the ancient empire of the Incas, the scene of the conquests and cruelties of Francisco Pizarro.”
Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries.
IN THE WEST.
California and Oregon Trail,
Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.
BY FRANCIS PARKMAN, JR.
With Illustrations by Darley. 12 mo. cloth, $1 25.
“Written with the genuine inspiration of untamed nature.”—Tribune.
“A lively and well written account of divers adventures on mountains and plains, deserts and rivers in the Indian Country.”—Churchman.
“A series of graphic and apparently reliable sketches.”—Albion.
“Agreeably designed and ably executed.”—Home Journal.
“One of the few books from which we can obtain any thing like accurate information of the character of the country between the Mississippi and the Pacific. As descriptive of a race fast passing away, and of the wild and wonderful country from which they are perishing, and through which the march of civilization is forcing its way, to the dazzling treasures of the Pacific borders, the work is attractive, and is got up in a style and character of most of the publications of Mr. Putnam. The cuts are very admirable specimens of the high perfection to which engraving on wood has arrived.”—Democratic Review.
Astoria;
Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
With Map. 12mo. $1 50.
“A beautiful edition of Irving’s highly graphic and stirring sketch of the early enterprises of John Jacob Astor, which will now be read with even more interest than when first written.”—Evangelist.
“It is one of those rare works which belongs, by the value of its subject and the truthfulness of its details, to authentic history, and by its vivid descriptions, and exciting incidents to the more varied province of Romance.”—Albany Atlas.
“Loses nothing of its interest by the late discoveries, &c., beyond the Rocky Mountains.”—Recorder.
“One of Irving’s most valuable works. * * * Still fresh, instructive and entertaining.”—Holden’s Magazine.
A Tour on the Prairies;
With Abbottsford and Newstead Abbey.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
12mo. $1 25.
“Its perusal leaves a positive sense of refreshment, which we should think would make the book invaluable to the thousands of mortals whose lives are bound up with ledgers and cash books.”—Tribune.
“Delightful reading for a leisure hour.”—Albany Atlas.
Adventures of Capt. Bonneville, U. S. A.,
In the Rocky Mountains and the Far West.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
12mo. with a valuable Map. $1 25.
“Full of wild and exciting incidents of frontier and savage life.”—Providence Journal.
Travels, Adventures, &c.—Europe.
The Genius of Italy;
Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion.
BY REV. ROBERT TURNBULL, Author of “The Genius of Scotland.”
1 vol. 12mo, with two engravings. $1 25.
The edition with extra illustrations, handsomely bound, will be ready in the autumn.
“Mr. Turnbull gives us the orange groves, and the fountains, and the gondolas, and the frescoes and the ruins, with touches of personal adventure, and sketches of biography, and glimpses of the life, literature, and religion of Modern Italy, seen with the quick, comprehensive glances of an American traveler, impulsive, inquisitive, and enthusiastic. His book is a pleasant record of a tourist’s impressions, without the inflection of the tiresome minutiæ of his everyday experience.”—Literary World.
“At a moment when Italy is about to be regenerated—when the lone-slumbering spirit of the people is about assuming its ancient vigor, a work of this kind is desirable * * * The country, its people, and prominent features are given with much truth and force.”—Democratic Review.
Views A-Foot;
Or, Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
New edition, with an additional Chapter of Practical Information for Pedestrians in Europe, and a Sketch of the Author in Pedestrian Costume, from a Drawing by T. Buchanan Read. 12mo., cloth, $1 25.
—— The same, fancy cloth, gilt extra, $1 75.
“There is a freshness and force in the book altogether unusual in a book of travels * * * As a textbook for travelers the work is especially valuable; it tells how much can be accomplished with very limited means, when energy, curiosity, and a love of adventure are the prompters; sympathy in his success likewise, is another source of interest to the book * * * The result of all this is, a widespread popularity as a writer, a very handsomely printed book, with a very handsome portrait of the author, and we congratulate him upon the attainment of this and future honors.”—Union Magazine.
The Spaniards, and their Country.
BY RICHARD FORD.
12mo, green cloth. $1 00.
“The best English book, beyond comparison, that ever has appeared for the illustration, not merely of the general topography and local curiosities, but of the national character and manners of Spain.”—Quarterly Review.
“This is a very clever and amusing work.”—Louisville Exam.
“The style is light, dashing, and agreeable.”—N. Y. Mirror.
⁂ Washington Irving commends this as the best modern popular account of Spain.
Scenes and Thoughts in Europe.
BY AN AMERICAN.
(Geo. H. Calvert, Esq., Baltimore.) 12mo. 50 cts.
“This book is a delightful instance of the transforming and recreative power of the mind upon every thing it touches. The most hackneyed ground of Europe, persons and objects that have been the theme for the last half dozen years of every literary remittance from abroad, appear to us clothed with new charms and manners, because examined with a finer penetration than they have been by any other English or American traveler.”—Tribune.