Letters from the Alleghany Mountains

by Charles Lanman

Washington Irvings’s Works.

AUTHOR’S REVISED EDITION.

Elegantly printed in 15 vols. (including new works) and neatly bound in dark cloth.

vol.
I.	Knickerbocker’s New-York	1 vol.	$1 25.
II.	The Sketch Book	1 vol.	1 25.
III.	}
IV.	} Columbus and His Companions	3 vols.	4 00.
V.	}
VI.	Bracebridge Hall	1 vol.	1 25.
VII.	Tales of a Traveller	1 vol.	1 25.
VIII.	Astoria, (pp. 510 with map)	1 vol.	1 50.
IX.	The Crayon Miscellany	1 vol.	1 25.
X.	Capt. Bonneville’s Adventures, map	1 vol.	1 25.
*XI.	Oliver Goldsmith, a Biography	1 vol.	1 25.
*XII.	Mohammed and his Successors	1 vol.
*XIII.	The Conquest of Granada	1 vol.	1 25.
XIV.	The Alhambra	1 vol.	1 25.
XV.	[A new volume.]	1 vol.	1 25.

* Those marked thus are not yet ready, June, 1849.

⁂ Either volume, or complete sets may also be had substantially bound in half calf, 75 cts. extra; half morocco $1 extra; full calf, $1 25 extra.

NOTICES OF THE NEW EDITION OF IRVING.

“The typography of this series is all that could be desired. Nothing superior to it has issued from the American press. Irving will be among American classics what Goldsmith is among those of the Fatherland. His works have not been crowded from our shelves by the hosts of new claimants for public favor, who have appeared since the Sketch Book was in every body’s hands. We have often wondered in common with other readers, why there was no good American edition of his writings; but his place in our literary affections remains as high as ever. The desideratum of which we speak, is now to be supplied by Mr. Putnam; and we are now to have an elegant uniform edition of the works of our foremost writer in the belles-lettres department of literature.”—Boston Evening Transcript.

“The announcement that a new edition of the works of this admired author was in progress, has led us to revert with pleasure to the delight we enjoyed in our first acquaintance with him through his charming books. He was the first of American writers in the department of elegant literature who obtained a wide name and fame in the old world. Great Britain, France, Northern and Southern Europe, are alike familiar with his delightful and most healthful writings, and doubtless his own good standing abroad has done more than any other single cause to introduce the names and works of others of our countrymen. There is a charm about his writings to which old and young, the educated and the simple, bear cheerful witness. * * * Several new works have not yet seen the light. Among these is announced a Life of Mohammed, and a Life of Washington. As to the latter subject for a volume, we can only say, that if another Life of Washington needs be written—which we doubt—we should prefer, of all men, to have Washington Irving undertake it. The other promised biography, the Life of Mohammed, is a grand, an unexhausted, and a most inviting theme. It has never yet been well treated, nor is it probable that there is a man on this Continent better qualified to treat it with discrimination and power, and with faithfulness to the truth, than Washington Irving. If our country can be covered with a large issue of his writings, it will make some amends for the flood of trumpery which the Press has poured over it.”—Christian Register.

“The most tasteful and elegant books which have ever issued from the American Press.”—Trib.

Belles Letters—New Works.
1849-50.

Fenimore Cooper’s Early Works.
THE AUTHOR’S REVISED EDITION.

The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground.

New Edition. Revised, &c., with Introduction and Notes, handsomely printed, uniform with the Sketch-Book, &c. 12mo, cloth, $1 25.

The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea.

12mo. $1 25. In September. To be followed by other vols. at intervals.

MR. COOPER’S NEW WORK.

The Ways of the Hour.

12mo, uniform with “The Spy.” In press.

“The public will cordially welcome a new and complete edition of this author’s admirable tales, revised, corrected, and illustrated with notes by himself. This is No. 1 of the new series, and is got up in the style of Irving’s works, which we have over and over again commended. As for the tale itself, there is no need to speak of it. It has a place on every shelf, and at once made the fame of its author. It is an absolute pleasure to the lover of books to find the ultra cheap system going out of vogue.”—N. Y. Albion.

“We are happy to see Mr. Putnam bringing out these American classics, the works of Cooper and Irving, to refresh the present generation as they amused the last. We belong, as their two fine authors do, to both, if men of a buoyant temper and an unflagging spirit ever pass from one generation to another. We remember, as of yesterday, with what eagerness we drank in the tale of ‘The Spy,’ when it first saw light; and how we admired the genius of its author, from the beauty of its production. We can enjoy it still; and so will every American who has taste enough to appreciate an American narrative, told so well by an American writer.”—Washington Union.

“‘The Spy’ is the most truly national fiction ever produced in America. * * * It is esteemed abroad even more than at home, for it has been translated into almost every European language, and the prejudiced critics of the North British Review have almost consented to give it rank with ‘The Antiquary’ and ‘Old Morality.’”—Richmond Times.