OUNG'S HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA.

YOUNG'S

From its First Settlement to the Present Time. Witl numerous Biographical and Family Sketches. Embellished with upward of Fifty Portraits of Citizens and Views of Buildings. By Andrew Young. 8vo. Cloth, uncut. $5 00

[From the Historical Record.]

"This is a stately volume, printed with clear type, on thick fine paper. The author appears to have taken great pains in the preparation of this volume, and has made a very valuable contribution to the local history of Indiana."

[From the Historical Magazine.]

"It promises well for the history of the West' that such a volume as this has been already devoted to a record of the simple annals of a single county; and we congratulate the inhabitants of Wayne county, that they have found one who was both able and willing to perpetuate the history of the heroism of their ancestors, and the prosperity which has crowned their humble labors with so much patient fidelity and so much minuteness. The volume is very neatly printed, and is worthy of an extended circulation."

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AW'S COLONIAL HISTORY OF VINCENNES, IND., under the French, British, and American Governments, from its First Settlement down to the Territorial Administration of General William Henry Harrison. By Hon. John Law. 12mo, Pp. 157. Cloth. $1 50

This is an address delivered by Judge Law before the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, February 22, 1839; republished in 1858, with numerous additional notes and an appendix-two-thirds of the volume containing much valuable matter relating to General Clark; General Hamilton (British); Tecumseh; Public Lands; Territorial Acquisition ; Le Balm's Expedition; Ancient Grant; the Western Sun, the first newspaper printed in Indiana Territory; the Catholic Church, and Early Militia.

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RISWOLD'S KANSAS PILOT. Kansas, her Resources and Developments; or, the Kansas Pilot, giving a direct road to homes for everybody, and the effects of latitude on life locations, with important facts for all European emigrants. By Wayne Griswold, M. D. Illustrated. 8vo, pp. 95. Sewed. Sewed. 50

HATCH'S

ATCH'S WAR OF 1812 IN THE NORTHWEST. A Chapter of the History of the War of 1812 in the Northwest: Embracing the Surrender of the Northwestern Army and Fort, at Detroit, August 16, 1813; with a Description and Biographical Sketch of the celebrated Indian Chief, Tecumseh. By Colonel William Stanley Hatch, Acting Assistant QuartermasterGeneral of that Army. 18mo, pp. 156. Sheep. $1 25

[From the Historical Magazine.]

"A new chapter of an old history. An old man's story, told while fighting his battles over again, concerning the operations of the Northwestern army. As the author was acting assistant quartermaster-general of the army, and in close communication with the various officers in command, his narrative possesses more than ordinary interest. Nearly one-half of this volume is occupied with an elaborate memoir of Tecumseh, evidently prepared with unusual advantages for securing accuracy of information, and with great care; and this is not, in our estimation, the least important portion of the volume."

[From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.]

"This unpretending little volume is quite an interesting addition to the history of the events referred to. It deals mainly with the operations of General Hull, and his surrender, and gives additional facts in regard to the character and death of Tecumseh."

PIONEER RECORD OF ROSS COUNTY, OHIO. Pio

neer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Ross County, Ohio. By Isaac J. Finley and Rufus Putnam. 8vo, pp. 148. Cloth. $250

An unpretending record of early life in Ross county (which includes Chillicothe, the first capital of this State); the trials, hardships, and privations of the pioneers; their adventures as Indian-fighters and bearkillers, and the progress of the county to the present time. Each township is treated separately, with list of the early settlers, and sketches of the lives of the more prominent among them. Ancient Works, Natural Curiosities, Churches, Schools, Mills, and the material improvements generally, are noticed in detail.

TYLER DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN OF CINCINNATI.

Donated to the City by Mr. Henry Probasco. Giving a History and Description of the Fountain, Dedicatory Exercises, etc. Large plate and portraits. 18mo. Paper.

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PRING GROVE CEMETERY, its HISTORY and IMPROVEMENTS, with Observations on Ancient and Modern Places of Sepulture.

Quarto, pp. viii, 199. The text beautifully printed within ornamental colored borders, on heavy tinted paper, and illustrated with twenty-six full page and three small photographs, giving general views of and in the Cemetery, its lakes, lawns, trees, etc., Bound in cloth gilt, gilt

and of some of the best monuments. edges. Price, $15.00.

An 8vo edition, without the borders and illustrations. Cloth. Price, $2.00.

[From the Nation.]

"One of the choicest specimens of Western book-making that we have seen, and we are not sure that we should make any qualification of the superlative, is the quarto volume published by Messrs. Robert Clarke & Co., of Cincinnati, entitled Spring Grove Cemetery; its history and improvements, with observations on ancient and modern places of sepulture.' Spring Grove ranks among the largest of the cemeteries by which this country is honorably distinguished, and is not very far from being the foremost. There are two features which give it a great advantage over Mount Auburn, for instance: the absence, as a rule, of family vaults, and of artificial boundaries of iron and stone, a medley which is as shocking to good taste as prominent divisions of lots are unnecessary. Mr. Strauch, the present superintendent and landscape gardener, furnishes a readable preface, which shows he knows his own business perfectly, though he indulges rather more frequently than was required in confirmatory quotations from writers of authority. Then follows the history of the cemetery, its general plan, a description of the principal monuments, the regulations as to interments, the sale of lots, etc.; an appendix containing brief descriptions of the most famous cemeteries here and abroad; and finally, a list of proprietors. Great pains have been taken in making the book. Every page has a fancy border, which is constantly changing in design and color, and there is a large number of full-page photographic illustrations which well display the natural and artistic attractions of the grounds. Few of the monuments thus reproduced are offensively ugly, some are more than commonly fine, and the architecture of the receiving vault particularly commends itself. Altogether, this volume is capable of affording pleasure and useful suggestions wherever it may go, and as it contains ideas which are as applicable to parks as to cemeteries, we shall wish that every growing town or city in the country may vote to supply its select men with a copy."

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N APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC ON BEHALF OF CAMERIA (AMERICA), A Young Lady who was almost Ruined by the Barbarous Treatment of her own Mother. London. Printed in the year 1781.

The edition consists of 124 small-paper copies, octavo, finely printed on tinted paper, sewed, uncut, price 75 cents; 25 largepaper copies, also on tinted paper, sewed, uncut, price $1.50.

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COME ACCOUNT OF AN EXISTING CORRESPONDENCE now Carrying on Between the INHABITANTS OF THE MOON (America) and the NATIVES OF THIS COUNTRY; To which is subjoined a List of such Articles as are immediately wanted for the Export Trade. By some Merchants just arrived from that Planet. Interspersed with several useful and valuable Hints, particularly adapted to the use of those Gentlemen who are fond of Speculation. A Work strongly recommended to the Perusal of the Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, Wholesale Tradesmen, Shopkeepers, Underwriters, Insurance Brokers, and Ladies of Great Britain. London: Printed and sold by H. Fry, Finsbury-Place, Finsbury-Square, 1800.

The edition consists of 132 small-paper copies, octavo, finely printed on tinted paper, sewed, uncut, price 75 cents; 27 largepaper copies, also on tinted paper, sewed, uncut, price $1.50.

[From the Round Table.]

"We have just now before us a pamphlet (Cameria) from the press of Robert Clarke & Co., of whose beauty we remain within bounds when we say it is surpassed not merely by nothing we have seen from the best Boston, New York, or Philadelphia presses, but that, in simple elegance, it is not inferior to the finest workmanship of London or Edinburgh. *. * But aside from its merits for a half hour's amusement, or whatever value it has as a historical curiosity, its beauty alone should make it prized."

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[From the Cincinnati Chronicle.]

"It is a fac simile of the original brochure, most beautifully executed, in the highest style of the typographical art. It is very creditable to the good taste and judgment of the firm. * * The Cameria appeared in the Edinburgh Evening Post of the 4th of March, 1781; and, said the original publishers, 'as it bears a lively resemblance to the manner of the late admirable DEAN SWIFT, and contains some striking allegorical passages, it is hoped that it will afford the reader some rational entertainment.'

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HE COW CHACE, an HEROICK POEM IN THREE CANTos. Written at New York, 1780. By the late MAJOR ANDRÉ, with explanatory notes, by the Editor.

"The man who fights, and runs away,

May live to fight another day," Said Butler in his deathless lay. "But he who is in battle slain

Can never rise to fight again,"

As wisely thought good General Wayne.

LONDON: Printed for JOHN FIELDING, No. 23 Pater-NosterRow, 1781.

Reprinted from this rare quarto edition, with the original preface, notes, etc., 8vo, pp. 32, sewed, uncut. Large paper, imperial 8vo, sewed, uncut.

[Original Advertisement.]

Price, 75 cents. Price, $1.50.

"The following Poem was written by the late gallant MAJOR ANDre, who was condemned to die for doing his duty to his king and his country, by a set of miscreants calling themselves 'general officers' in the American rebellion; all of whom were a thousand times more deserving of death for their crimes, with the inhuman Washington at their head, by whose authority their sentence was put into execution, and who has, by his own personal orders, caused more than fifteen hundred British subjects to be executed since he became a traitor, for the bare possession of loyalty, and because they would not add, as he had done, perjury and treason to cruelty and crime. Yet are there even Britons so lost to shame, and so dead to humanity, as to applaud his conduct.”

[From the Cincinnati Gazette.]

"The poem is a humorous description of the defeat of the rebel generals, Wayne and Irving,' and is a candid expression of the contempt and ridicule in which our brave revolutionary fathers were held by their British foes. Of the poem itself, we reproduce only the last stanza, which, if not pathetic, seems certainly to have been prophetic of the sad fate of the author:

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"And now I've closed my epic strain

I tremble as I show it,

Lest this same warrio-drover, Wayne,
Should ever catch the poet."

Additional interest is lent to the poem, from the fact that the above stanza was printed on the very day that Major Andre was taken prisoner."