DIX & EDWARDS
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THE WORKS
OF
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,
COMMENCING WITH A NEW WORK, ENTITLED
I.
PRUE AND I,
To be rapidly followed by
II.
NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI.
PREFACE.
When the Persian Poet, Hafiz, was asked
by the Philosopher, Zenda, what he was
good for, he replied:—
“Of what use is a flower?”
“A flower is good to smell,” said the philosopher.
“And I am good to smell it,” said the
poet.
III.
THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA.
By the author of “Nile Notes.”
CONTENTS.
The Desert, Jerusalem,
Damascus.
IV.
LOTUS EATING—A SUMMER BOOK.
CONTENTS.
Hudson and Rhine, Niagara again,
Catskill, Saratoga,
Catskill Falls, Lake George,
Trenton, Nahant,
Niagara, Newport,
Newport again.
V.
POTIPHAR PAPERS,
And Meditation of Paul Potiphar, reprinted
from Putnam's Monthly.
CONTENTS.
Our Best Society, Potiphars in Paris.
Our New Livery, Letter from Kurz Pacha
(now first translated),
A Meditation by Paul
Potiphar, Esq.
Summer Diary of Minerva
Tattle, Rev. H'ry Dove to Mrs.
Potiphar (private).
“PRUE AND I” WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF JUNE. EACH
VOLUME WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY.
In Press—will be published shortly.
ORIENTAL ACQUAINTANCE.
Letters from Asia Minor.
A portion of which has been published in “Putnam's Monthly,” and has been much
admired for its gay and graphic delineation of the personal habits and character of the
various races now occupying this interesting old country.
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JUST PUBLISHED,
BY THE AUTHOR OF “WALKS AND TALKS OF AN AMERICAN
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A JOURNEY IN THE
SEABOARD SLAVE STATES;
By FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED.
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A DESCRIPTION OF A TOUR THROUGH KANSAS AND UTAH,
And of a Residence at the
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY.
BY MRS. B. G. FERRIS,
Wife of the late U. S. Secretary for Utah.—One volume. 12mo. cloth. Price, 75 cents
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an excellent picture, indeed — of travel
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party, she gives a brief account of one who
has since become somewhat notorious—in
a description of whom our readers may
therefore feel some interest.” The description
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“It will be easily seen that our knowledge
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“Patriot,” Concord, N. H.
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PECULIAR INSTITUTION of the Mormons.
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of a novel state of society.
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