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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [1850], The ways of the hour (George P. Putnam, New York) [word count] [eaf082]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
155 Broadway, New-York, Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries. IN THE EAST. Nineveh and its Remains; With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and BY AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, ESQ., D. C. L. With Introductory Note by Prof. E. Robinson, D. D., LL. D. Illustrated with 13 Plates and Maps, and 90 Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth. $4 50. “We cannot doubt it will find its way into the hands of scholars and thinkers at once, and we “As a record of discoveries it is equally wonderful and important; confirming in many particulars Advertiser.
G. P. PUTNAM'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries---In the East. CONTINUED. Ninevah and its Remains.—Continued. “Taking this only as a book of travels, we “We repeat that there has been no such picture London Examiner. “This is, we think, THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY Times. “Of the historical value of his discoveries, too Y. Recorder. “It has been truly said, that the narrative is like a romance. In its incidents and descriptions it Introductory Note. “The work of Mr. Layard has two prominent and distinct characters. Its narration of wonderful “The book has a rare amount of graphic, vivid, picturesque narrative.” “The work of Layard is the most prominent contribution to the study of Antiquity, that has “Not one excels in interest the account of Nineveh and its Ruins, given by Mr. Layard.” Washington Intelligencer. “As we follow the diggers with breathless interest in their excavations, and suddenly find ourselves Egypt and Its Monuments, As Illustrative of Scripture History. BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D. D., LL. D., &c., &c. Illustrated with Engravings from the Works of Champollion, Rosellini, This work presents a comprehensive and authentic, and at the same time popular view of all The following are some of the architectural illustrations, beautifully executed in Sphinx and Pyramids, Great Temple of Karnac, Statues of Memnon, Thebes, Interior of a Tomb, Koom—Ombos, Interior of Great Temple. Aboo Simbel, &c
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [1850], The ways of the hour (George P. Putnam, New York) [word count] [eaf082]. |