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January, 1873

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  • The Life of Charles Dickens. By John Forster. Vol. II. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Émaux et Camées. Par Théophile Gautier. Nombre définitif. Paris: Charpentier; New York: F.W. Christern.
  • Concord Days. By A. Bronson Alcott. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Thirty Years in the Harem; or, The Autobiography of Melek-Hanum, wife of H.H. Kibrizli-Mehemet-Pasha. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Hints on Dress; or, What to Wear, When to Wear it, and How to Buy it. By Ethel C. Gale, (Putnam's Handy-Book Series.) New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • A Sketch Map of the Nile Sources and Lake Region of Central Africa, showing Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries and Mr. Stanley's Route. Folio, folded. Philadelphia: T. Elwood Zell.
  • Papers relating to the Transit of Venus in 1874. Prepared under the Direction of the Commissioners authorized by Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing-office.
  • Reports on Observations of Encke's Comet during its Return in 1871. By Asaph Hall and Wm. Harkness. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing-Office.
  • Harry Delaware; or, An American in Germany. By Mathilde Estvan. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • California for Health, Pleasure and Residence. By Charles Nordhoff. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Lives of General U.S. Grant and Henry Wilson. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • The Romance of American History. By M. Schele de Vere. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • Book of Ballads, Tales and Stories. By Benjamin G. Herre. Lancaster, Pa.: Wylie & Griest.
  • The Poet at the Breakfast Table. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • The Lawrence Speaker. By Philip Lawrence. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Memoir of a Huguenot Family. By Ann Maury. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • Within the Maze. Vol. 1; Vol. 2 By Mrs. Henry Wood. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Sermons. By Rev. C.D.N. Campbell, D.D. New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • Outlines of History. By Ed. A. Freeman, D.C.L. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • The End of the World. By Edward Eggleston. New York: Orange Judd & Co.
  • Sermons. By Rev. H.R. Haweis, M.A. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • Kaloolah. Mayo, William Starbuck is now in P3.proj_waiting (M.D. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons)
  • Nast's Illustrated Almanac for 1873. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Summer Romance. By Mary Healy. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Song Life. By Philip Phillips. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Gavroche. By M.C. Pyle. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.

February, 1873

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  • Gareth and Lynette. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet-Laureate. Boston: J.R. Osgood & Co.
  • Handbook of the History of Philosophy. By Dr. Albert Schwegler. Translated arid annotated by James Hutchison Stirling, LL.D. New York: Putnam.
  • Joseph Noirel's Revenge. By Victor Cherbuliez. Translated from the French by Wm. F. West, A. M. New York: Holt & Williams
  • Homes and Hospitals; or, Two Phases of Woman's Work, as exhibited in the Labors of Amy Button and Agnes E. Jones. Boston: American Tract Society; New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • Songs from the Old Dramatists. Collected and Edited by Abby Sage Richardson, New York: Hurd & Houghton
  • A Concordance to the Constitution of the United States of America. By Charles W. Stearns, M.D. New York: Mason, Baker & Pratt.
  • The Standard: A Collection of Sacred and Secular Music. By L.O. Emerson and H. R. Palmer. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co.
  • Gems of Strauss: A Collection of Dance Music for the Piano. By Johann Strauss. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co.
  • The Greeks of To-Day. By Charles K. Tuckerman. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • The Eustace Diamonds. By Anthony Trollope. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • How to Paint. By F.B. Gardner. New York: Samuel R. Wells. How to Paint. By F.B. Gardner. New York: Samuel R. Wells.

March, 1873

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  • Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. By George Eliot. Vol. II. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Memorial of Alice and Phœbe Cary. By Mary Clemmer Ames. New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • How I Found Livingstone. By Henry M. Stanley. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • The Minnesinger of Germany. By A. E. Kroeger. New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • History of English Literature. Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 By H. A. Taine. Abridged from the translation of H. van Laun, by John Fiske, Assistant Librarian of Harvard University. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • The Polytechnic: A Collection of Music for Schools, Classes and Clubs. Arranged and Written by U. C. Burnap and Dr. W. J. Wetmore. New York: J. W. Schermerhorn.
  • The Athenæum: A Collection of Part Songs. Arranged and Written by U. C. Burnap and Dr. W. J. Wetmore. New York: J. W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • Joseph Noirel's Revenge. By Victor Cherbuliez. Translated from the French by William F. West, A. M. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • A New Theory of the Origin of Species. By B. G. Ferris. New Haven, Connecticut: C. C. Chatfield & Co.
  • Johnson's Natural Philosophy. By Frank G. Johnson, A.M., M.D. New York: J. W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • The Ordeal for Wives. By the author of "Ought We to Visit Her?" New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • The Higher Ministry of Nature. By John Leifchild, A.M. New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons.
  • A Manual of Pottery and Porcelain. By John H. Treadwell. New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons.
  • The Outcast, and Other Poems. By J. W. Watson. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • The Catholic Family Almanac for 1873. New York: The Catholic Publication Society.
  • Off the Skelligs. By Jean Ingelow. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

April, 1873

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  • Santo Domingo, Past and Present; with a Glance at Hayti. By Samuel Hazard. New York: Harper & Brothers.
    • Las Casas, "Destruccion de las Indias," Sevilla, 1552
    • Desportes, "Histoire des Maladies de Saint Domingue," Paris, 1770, 3 vols.
    • Petit, "Droit Publique des Colonies Françaises" (containing the "Black Code"), Paris, 1777
    • Nicolson, "Histoire Naturelle de Saint Domingue," Paris, 1776
    • Valverde, "Idea del Valor de la Isla Española," Madrid, 1785
    • Puységur, "Navigation aux Côtes de St. Domingue," Paris, 1787
    • D'Auberteuil, "Considérations sur la Colonie, etc.," 1776
    • Coulon, "Troubles en Saint Domingue," 1798
    • Malouet, fourth volume of his "Colonial History," 1802
    • Dubroca, "Toussaint l'Ouverture," 1802
    • Tonnerre, "Mémoires, Histoire d'Haïti," Port-au-Prince, 1804
    • Laujon and Montpenay, "Précis," 1805, 1811, 1814 and 1819
    • Bercy, "De St. Domingue," Paris, 1814
    • Hérard Dumesle, "Voyage," Port-au-Prince, 1824
    • Clausson, "Révolution de Saint Domingue," 1819
    • Malo, "Histoire d'Haïti," Paris, 1825
    • Wallez, "Biography of General Boyer," 1826
    • Macaulay, "Abolition d'Esclavage," 1835
    • J. Brown, M.D., "History and Present Condition of Saint Domingo," 1837
    • Chaucheprat, "Le Routier des Antilles," 1843
    • Schoelcher, "Résultats de l'émancipation anglaise," 1843
    • Emile Nau, "Histoire des Caciques d'Haïti," 1855
    • Saint-Amand, "Histoire des Révolutions d'Haïti," Paris, 1860
    • Pradine (ex-minister to England), "Digest of Laws of Hayti," Paris, 1860.
  • Thorvaldsen: his Life and Works. From the French of Eugene Plon, by I.M. Luyster. Boston: Roberts Brothers
  • Expiation. By Mrs. Julia C.R. Dorr, author of "Sibyl Huntington," etc. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Wanderings in Spain. By Augustus J.C. Hare, author of "Memorials of a Quiet Life," "Walks in Rome," etc. London: Strahan & Co.; New York: Dodd & Mead.
  • Marie Derville: A Story of a French Boarding-school. From the French of Madame Guizot de Witt, by Mary G. Wells. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • The Teacher's Companion to the American Drawing-slates and Cards. With Cards. By Walter Smith, Art Master, South Kensington, London, State Director of Art Education in Massachusetts. Boston: Noyes, Holmes & Co.
  • Keel and Saddle: A Retrospect of Forty Years of Military and Naval Service. By Joseph W. Revere. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Helps over Hard Places. For Boys. Second series. By Lynde Palmer. Illustrated. Troy, N.Y.: H.B. Nims & Co.
  • Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens. By F.C. DeFontaine. Nos. 2-5. New York: E.J. Hale & Son.
  • Liza: A Russian Novel. By Ivan S. Turgénieff. Translated by W.R.S. Ralston. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • The Witch of Nemi, and other Poems. By Edward Brennan. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • The First Differential Coefficient. By John Newton Lyle, A.M. St. Louis: Review Steam Press.
  • A Lonely Life. By J.A. St. John Blythe. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Life of Major-General Meade. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Sunshine and Shadows in Kattern's Life. Boston: Henry Hoyt.

May, 1873

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  • Little Hodge. By the author of "Ginx's Baby." New York: Dodd & Mead.
  • At His Gates. Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 By Mrs. Oliphant. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore. By Sainte-Beuve. With a Selection from her Poems. Translated by Harriet W. Preston. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Memoir of a Brother. By Thomas Hughes, Author of "Tom Brown's School-days." London: Macmillan & Co.
  • The Relation of the Government to the Telegraph; or, a Review of the Two Propositions now Pending before Congress for Changing the Telegraphic Service of the Country. By David A. Wells. With Appendices. New York.
  • The Country Physician. An Address upon the Life and Character of the late Dr. Frederick Dorsey. By John Thomson Mason. Second edition. Baltimore: William K. Boyle.
  • Addresses delivered on Laying the Cornerstone of an edifice for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 30, 1872. Philadelphia: Collins.
  • Mysteries of the Voice and Ear. By Prof. O. N. Rood, Columbia College, New York. With Illustrations. New Haven: C. C. Chatfield & Co.
  • The Poems of Henry Timrod. Edited, with a Sketch of the Poet's Life, by Paul H. Hayne. New York: E. J. Hale & Son.
  • Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches. By Justin McCarthy. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Household edition. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co.
  • The Earth a Great Magnet. By Alfred Marshal Mayer, Ph. D. New Haven: C. C. Chatfield & Co.
  • The Two Ysondes, and Other Verses. By Edward Ellis. London: Basil Montagu Pickering.
  • Jesus, the Lamb of God. By Rev. E. Payson Hammond. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Social Charades and Parlor Operas. By M. T. Calder. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • The Yale Naught-ical Almanac for 1873. New Haven: C. C. Chatfield & Co.
  • Julia Reid: Listening and Led By Pansy. Boston: Henry Hoyt.

June, 1873

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  • Lars: A Pastoral of Norway Taylor, Bayard is now in F2.proj_waiting (Boston: Osgood & Co.)
  • A Lady of the Last Century by Dr. John Doran. London: Bentley.
  • The Treaty of Washington: Its Negotiation, Execution, and the Discussions relating thereto. By Caleb Cushing. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Drawing-Room Stage: A Series of Original Dramas, Comedies, Farces, and Entertainments for Amateur Theatricals and School Exhibitions. By George M. Baker. Illustrated. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Five Years in an English University. By Charles Astor Bristed, late Foundation Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. Third edition. Revised by the Author. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore. By the late C.A. Sainte-Beuve. With a Selection from her Poems. Translated by Harriet W. Preston. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Livingstone and his African Explorations: together with a Full Account of the Young, Stanley and Dawson Search Expeditions. New York: Adams, Victor & Co.
  • The Mother's Register: Current Notes of the Health of Children. From the French of Professor J.B. Fonssagrines. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • Thorvaldsen: His Life and Works. By Eugene Plon. Translated from the French by J. M. Luyster. Illustrated. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Scientific and Industrial Education: its Importance to our Country. By G.B. Stebbins. Detroit: Daily Post Printing Establishment.
  • Never Again. By W.S. Mayo, M.D., author of "Kaloolah," "The Berber," etc. New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons.
  • The World-Priest. From the German of Leopold Schafer. By Charles T. Brooks. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • The Cuban Question in the Spanish Parliament. London: Press of the Anglo-American Times.
  • Treason at Home: A Novel. By Mrs. Greenough. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Myths and Myth-Makers. By John Fiske, M.A., LL.B. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • An Account of the Sphynx at Mount Auburn. Illustrated. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

July, 1873

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  • Literature and Dogma: An Essay toward a Better Apprehension of the Bible. By Matthew Arnold. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Rhymes Atween Times. By Thomas MacKellar. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott &Co.
  • The Philosophy of Art. By H. Taine, Professor of Aesthetics and of History of Art in the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Translated by John Durand. Second edition. Thoroughly revised by the translator. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • Fleurange: A Novel. From the French of Madame Augustus Craven, author of "A Sister's Story," "Anne Severin," etc. Translated by M.M.R. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • Love is Enough; or, The Freeing of Pharamond. By William Morris. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Ralph Harding's Success. By the author of "Robert Joy's Victory." Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • The Mysterious Guest. By Miss Eliza A. Dupuy. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Madame de Chamblay. By Alexander Dumas. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Not Forsaken. By Agnes Giberne. Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt.

August, 1873

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  • Rousseau. By John Morley. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Hall.
  • Pascarel: Only a Story. By "Ouida," author of "Tricotrin," "Folle-Farine," "Under Two Flags," etc. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  • The Great Events of History, from the Creation of Man till the Present Time. By William Francis Collier, LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin. Edited by an experienced American Teacher, New York: J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • Words and their Uses, Past and Present: A Study of the English Language. By Richard Grant White. New edition, revised and corrected. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • Manual of Land Surveying, with Tables. By David Murray, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics in Rutgers College. New York: J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • The Greatest Plague of Life; or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Snatches of Song. By Jeanie Morison (Mrs. Campbell of Ballochyle). London: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • The Life and Times of Philip Schuyler. By Benson J. Lossing, LL.D. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • Lewis Arundel: A Novel. By Frank E. Smedley. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Our Forest Home. By the author of "Robert Joy's Victory." Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Philip Earnscliffe: A Novel. By Mrs. Annie Edwards. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • Heart's Delight. By Mrs. Caroline E.K. Davis. Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt. Henry Hoyt.

September, 1873

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  • Scintillations from the Prose Works of Heinrich Heine. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • Monographs, Personal and Social. By Lord Houghton. New York: Holt & Williams
  • Key to North American Birds: containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by six steel plates and upward of two hundred and fifty wood-cuts. By Elliott Coues, Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Salem: Naturalists' Agency.
  • Modern Diabolism, commonly called Modern Spiritualism, with New Theories of Light, Heat, Electricity and Sound. By M.J. Williamson. New York: James Miller.
  • The True Method of Representation in Large Constituencies. By C.C.P. Clarke of Oswego, N.Y. New York: Baker & Godwin.
  • On the Eve: A Tale. By Ivan S. Turgénieff. Translated from the Russian by C.E. Turner. New York: Holt & Williams.
  • The Prophecies of Isaiah: A New and Critical Translation. By Franz Delitzsch, D.D. Philadelphia: The Lutheran Bookstore.
  • Harry Coverdale's Courtship and Marriage. By Frank E. Smedley. Illustrated. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Afoot and Alone: A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Illustrated. Hartford: Columbian Book Company. Illustrated. Hartford: Columbian Book Company.


October, 1873

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  • The Intellectual Life. By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Boston: Roberts Brothers
  • The City of Mocross, and its Famous Physician. By the author of "Morcroft Hatch," etc. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Tom Racquet, and his Three Maiden Aunts. By Frank E. Smedley. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Miriam Rosenbaum: A Story of Jewish Life. By Rev. Dr. Edersheim. Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Frank Fairleigh. By Frank E. Smedley. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Jessie's Work: A Story for Girls. Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt.

November, 1873

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  • A Simpleton: A Story of the Day. By Charles Reade. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Fishing Tourist. By Charles Hallock. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • I Go A-Fishing. By W. C. Prime. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market. By Walter Bagehot. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • Wau-Ban: The Early Day in the North-west. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  • De Witt's Acting Plays: No. 142. Dollars and Cents: A Comedy. By L. J. Hollenius.—No. 145. First Love: A Comedy. From the French of Eugene Scribe. By L. J. Hollenius. New York: R. M. De Witt.
  • Memoirs of the Founding and Progress of the United States Naval Observatory. By Professor J. E. Nourse, U.S.N. Washington Government Printing-Office.
  • America Picturesque: A Visit to the Academy. By Henry Blackburn, late editor of "London Society." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Expression: Its Anatomy and Philosophy. By Sir Charles Bell, K. H. Illustrated. New York: S.R. Wells.
  • The Mystery of Metropolisville. By Edward Eggleston. Illustrated. New York: Orange Judd & Co.
  • Bits of Talk about Home Matters, By H. H., author of "Bits of Travel." Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • The Lawrences: A Twenty-Years' History. By Charlotte Turnbull. New York: American News Co.
  • The Forty-five Guardsmen. By Alexandre Dumas. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Lars: A Pastoral of Norway Taylor, Bayard is now in F2.proj_waiting (Boston: Osgood & Co.)
  • The New York City "Ring." By S. J. Tilden. New York: Press of John Polhemus.
  • Poems of the Plains. By William Darwin Crabb. Cambridge: Riverside Press.
  • Woman's Wrong. By Mrs. Eiloart. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Adventures of Kwei, the Chinese Girl. By Myra. Boston: Henry Hoyt.

December, 1873

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  • Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx. By Nicholas Pike. New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist. By William Ellery Ghanning. Boston: Roberts Bros.
  • Babolain. From the French of Gustave Droz. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Impressions et Souvenirs. Par George Sand. Paris: Levy Frères; New York: F.W. Christern.
  • The Nesbits; or, A Mother's Last Request, and Other Tales. By Uncle Paul. New York: Catholic Publication Society.
  • Rouge et Noir. From the French of Edmond About. By E.R. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger.
  • Florida and South Carolina as Health Resorts. By William W. Morland, M.D., Harv. Boston: James Campbell.
  • Third Annual Report of the Board of Education of the State of Rhode Island. Providence: Providence Press Co.
  • High Life in New York. By Jonathan Slick. Illustrated. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Pay-day at Babel, and Odes. By Robert Burton Rodney, U.S.N. New York: D. van Nostrand.
  • Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries of the State of New York. Albany: The Argus Company.
  • Lord Hope's Choice. By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • The New Japan Primer. Number One. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co.
  • Miss Leslie's New Cook Book. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Artiste: A Novel. By Maria M. Grant. Boston: Loring. Artiste: A Novel. By Maria M. Grant. Boston: Loring


January, 1875

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  • Life and Labours of Mr. Brassey, 1805-1870. By Sir Arthur Helps, K.C.B. Boston: Roberts Brothers
  • Personal Reminiscences of Barham, Harness and Hodder. (Bric-à-Brac Series, edited by Richard Henry Stoddard.) New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • The American Educational Annual: A Reference Book for all matters pertaining to Education. Vol. I., 1875. New York: J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • The Song-Fountain: A Vocal Music-book. By Wm. Tillinghast & D.P. Horton. New York: J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • My Sister Jennie: A Novel. By George Sand. Translated by T.S. Crocker. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Democracy and Monarchy in France. By Charles Kendall Adams. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Egypt and Iceland in the year 1874. By Bayard Taylor. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Elements of Geometry. By W.H.H. Phillips, Ph. D. New York: J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
  • The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe. By Amanda M. Duglas. Boston: William F. Gill & Co.
  • The Lily and the Cross: A Tale of Acadia. By Prof. James De Mille. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible. By John W. Haley, M.A. Andover: Warren F. Draper.
  • History of the United States. By George Bancroft. Vol. X. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
  • Roddy's Romance. By Helen Kendrick Johnson. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • My Life on the Plains. Custer, George A. is now in proj_submit_pgposted (New York: Sheldon & Co.)
  • American Wild-Fowl Shooting. By Joseph W. Long. New York: J.B. Ford & Co.
  • Hazel-Blossoms. By John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Losing to Win: A Novel. By Theodore Davies. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • Linley Rochford: A Novel. By Justin McCarthy. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • A First Book in German. By Dr. Emil Otto. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • What of the Churches and Clergy? Springfield, Mass: D.E. Fisk & Co.

February, 1875

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  • The French Humorists from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century. By Walter Besant, M.A. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Recollections of a Tour made in Scotland A.D. 1803. By Dorothy Wordsworth. Edited by J.C. Shairp, LL.D.New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Sophisms of Protection. By the late M. Frédéric Bastiat. Translated from the Paris edition of 1863, with Preface by Horace White. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Select Notes on the International Sabbath School Lessons for 1875. By a New England Pastor. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Notes in England and Italy. By Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • William Prince of Orange; or, The King and his Hostage. By Rev. T.M. Merriman, A.M. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1873. Washington: Government Printing Office.
  • Among the Trees. By William Cullen Bryant. Illustrated. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Early English History. By John P. Yeatman. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Poems. By Stuart Sterne. (Published for the Author.) New York: F.B. Patterson.
  • The Frozen Deep. By Wilkie Collins. Boston: William F. Gill & Co.
  • A Lecture on the Protestant Faith. By Dwight H. Olmstead. New York.

March, 1875

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  • The Life of Thomas Fuller, D.D., with Notices of his Books, his Kinsmen and his Friends. By John Eglinton Bailey. London: Pickering.
  • The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King William IV. By Charles C.F. Greville. Bric-à-Brac Series. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • The Bhagavad Gitá. Translated from the Sanskrit by J. Cockburn Thompson. Chicago: Religio—Philosophical Publishing House. S.S. Jones.
  • A Practical and Critical Grammar of the English Language. By Noble Butler. Louisville, Ky.: J.P. Morton & Co.
  • The Puddleford Papers; or, Humors of the West. By H.H. Riley. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Critical and Historical Essays. Contributed by Lord Macaulay. New York: Albert Mason.
  • For Better or Worse. By Jennie Cunningham Croley. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Three Essays on Religion. By John Stuart Mill. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Babes in the Wood. By James De Mille. Boston: W.F. Gill & Co.
  • School of Singing. By F.W. Root. Chicago: George F. Root & Sons.
  • Treasure-Trove. Central Falls, R.I.: E.L. Freeman & Co.
  • Our Helen. By Sophie May. Boston; Lee & Shepard

April, 1875

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  • The Romance of the English Stage. By Percy Fitzgerald. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Democracy and Monarchy in France from the Inception of the Great Revolution to the Overthrow of the Second Empire. By Charles Kendall Adams, Professor of History in the University of Michigan. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Social Life in Greece, from Homer to Menander. By Rev. J.P. Mahaffy, M.A. London: MacMillan & Co.
  • A Free Lance in the Field of Life and Letters. By William Cleaver Wilkinson. New York: Albert Mason.
  • The Bewildered Querists and other Nonsense. By Francis Blake Crofton. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • A Practical Theory of Voussoir Arches. By Professor William Cain, C.E. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • On Teaching: Its Ends and Means. By Henry Calderwood. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Influence of Music on Health and Life. By Dr. H. Chomet. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Man in the Moon, and Other People. By R.W. Raymond. New York: J.B. Ford & Co.
  • Sowed by the Wind; or, The Poor Boy's Fortune. By Elijah Kellogg. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Religion and Modern Materialism. By James Martineau. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith. By Alfred P. Putnam. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Winter Homes for Invalids. By Joseph W. Howe, M.D. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Helps to a Life of Prayer. By Rev. J.M. Manning, D.D. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Far from the Madding Crowd. By Thomas Hardy. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • A Foregone Conclusion. By W.D. Howells. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • That Queer Girl. By Virginia F. Townsend. Illustrated. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Magnetism and Electricity. By John Angell. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Estelle: A Novel. By Mrs. Annie Edwards. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • A Rambling Story. By Mary Cowden Clarke. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Life and Times of Sir Philip Sidney. New York: J.B. Ford & Co.
  • An Old Sailor's Story. By George Sergeant. Boston: Henry Hoyt.
  • Nature and Culture. By Harvey Rice. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • The Story of Boon. By H.H. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

May, 1875

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  • The Poetical Works of William Blake, Lyrical and Miscellaneous. Edited, with a prefatory memoir, by William Michael Rossetti. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • The Poems of William Blake, comprising Songs of Innocence and of Experience, together with Poetical Sketches and some Copyright Poems not in any other edition. London: Basil Montagu Pickering.
  • Les Pléiades. Par le comte de Gobineau. Stockholm and Paris.
  • Africa: The History of Exploration and Adventure from Herodotus to Livingstone. By Charles H. Jones. With illustrations. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Vatican Decrees in their bearing on Civil Allegiance. By Henry Edward, Archbishop of Westminister. New York: Catholic Publication Society.
  • Six Months under the Red Cross with the French Army. By George H. Boyland. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.
  • The Tower of Babel: A Poetical Drama. By Alfred Austin. Edinburgh and London: Wm. Blackwood & Sons.
  • Young Folks' History of the United States. By T. W. Higginson. Illustrated. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Baby Died To-day, and Other Poems. By the late William Leighton. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea. Vol. I. of German Classics. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Types and Emblems: A Collection of Sermons. By C. H. Spurgeon. New York: Sheldon & Co.
  • The Maintenance of Health. By J. M. Fothergill, M.D. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • A Passionate Pilgrim, and Other Tales. By Henry James, Jr. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Christian Belief and Life. By A. P. Peabody, D.D., LL.D. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Ezra Stiles Gannet: A Memoir. By his son, W. C. Gannet. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Recollections and Suggestions. By John, Earl Russell. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Birds of the North-west. By Elliot Coues. Washington: Government Printing-office.
  • Morality of Prohibitory Liquor Laws. By W. B. Weeden. Boston: Roberts Bros.
  • Victor La Tourette: A Novel. By a Broad Churchman. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Domus Dei. By Eleanor C. Donnelly. Philadelphia: P. F. Cunningham & Son.
  • Poems of Twenty Years. By Laura W. Johnson. New York: De Witt C. Lent.
  • Protection and Free Trade. By Isaac Butts. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Mistress Judith. By C. C. Frazer Tytler. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Generalship: A Tale. By George Roy. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.

June, 1875

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  • Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections from his Diaries and Letters. Edited by Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., one of his Executors. New York: Macmillan & Co.
  • The Internal Mission of the Holy Ghost. By Henry Edward, Archbishop of Westminster New York: D. & J. Sadlier.
  • Man and Beast Here and Hereafter. By Rev. J.G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S. New York: George Routledge & Son.
  • Lakey's Village and Country Houses, comprising eighty-four pages of Designs. New York: The Orange Judd Co.
  • Social Science and National Economy. By R.E. Thompson, M.A. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
  • A Defence of the United States Patent System. By J.S. Perry. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Brief Biographies: English Statesmen. By T.W. Higginson. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Best Reading: Hints on the Selection of Books. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • How to Make a Living. By George C. Eggleston. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Ralph Wilton's Weird: A Novel. By Mrs. Alexander. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Warrington's Manual. By William S. Robinson. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Home Talks. By John H. Noyes. Published by the Oneida Community.
  • Spain and the Spaniards. By N.L. Thieblin. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Social Pressure. By Sir Arthur Helps. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • In the Camargue. By Emily Bowles. Boston: Loring.

January, 1876

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  • Nero: An Historical Play. By W.W. Story. Edinburgh and London: Wm. Blackwood & Sons; New York: Scribner, Welford & Armstrong,
  • Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher. With Letters and other Family Memorials. Edited by the Survivor of her Family. Boston: Roberts Brothers
  • Notes on the Manufacture of Pottery among Savage Races. By Ch. Fred. Hartt, A.M. Rio de Janeiro: Printed at the office of the "South American Mail."
  • The History of My Friends; or, Home-Life with Animals. Translated from the French of Emile Achard. New York; G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Cultivation of Art, and its Relations to Religious Puritanism and Money-Getting. By A.R. Cooper. New York: Chas. P. Somerby.
  • Health Fragments; or, Steps toward a True Life. By Geo. H. Everett, M.D. New York: Chas. P. Somerby.
  • Sewerage and Sewage Utilization. By Prof. W.H. Corfield, M.A. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Notes of Travel in South-western Africa. By C.J. Andersson. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • St. George and St. Michael: A Novel. By George Macdonald. New York: J.B. Ford & Co.
  • Water and Water-Supply. By W.H. Corfield, M.A., M.D. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Home Pastorals, Ballads and Lyrics. By Bayard Taylor. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Soul Problems, with other Papers. By Joseph E. Peck. New York: Chas. P. Somerby.
  • Scripture Speculations. By Halsey R. Stevens. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • Antiquity of Christianity. By John Alberger. New York: Chas. P. Somerby.
  • The Ship in the Desert. By Joaquin Miller. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

February, 1876

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  • Dante and his Circle; with the Italian Poets preceding him. Edited and translated in the original Metres by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Revised and rearranged edition, Boston: Roberts Bros.
  • Dissertations and Discussions; Political, Philosophical and Historical. By John Stuart Mill. Vol. V. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • From Everglade to Canon with the Second Dragoons, 1836-75, Compiled by Theo. F. Rodenbough. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with other Ballads and Poems. By Horatio Alger, Jr. Boston: Loring.
  • Shakespeare Hermeneutics; or, The Still Lion. By C.M. Ingleby, M.A., LL.D. London: Trübner & Co.
  • Minutes of the Ohio State Archæological Convention. Columbus: Printed for the Society by Paul & Thrall.
  • Strength of Beams under Transverse Loads. By Prof. W. Allan. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • The Illustrated Catholic Family Almanac for 1876. New York: Catholic Publication Society.
  • Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1874. Washington: Government Printing-office.
  • Our Poetical Favorites. Second Series. By Aschel C. Kendrick. New York: Sheldon &Co.
  • Camp-Life in Florida. By Charles Hallock. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Co.
  • Lectures on Art. Second Series. By H. Taine. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Pretty Miss Bellew. By Theo. Gift. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Drawn from. Life. By Charles Dickens. New York: E.J. Hale & Son.
  • The Conquest of Europe: A Poem of the Future. By Confucius.
  • Cartoons. By Margaret J. Preston. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

March, 1876

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  • Shakespeare Hermeneutics; or, The Still Lion. Being an Essay towards the Restoration of Shakespeare's Text. By C.M. Ingleby, M.A., LL.D. London: Trübner & Co.
  • The Orphan of Pimlico, and other Sketches, Fragments and Drawings. By William Makepeace Thackeray. With some notes by Anne Isabella Thackeray. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs for 1876. By J.J. Thomas. Albany: Luther Tucker & Son.
  • The Chevalier Casse-Cou: The Red Camellia. By Fortuné Du Boisgobey. Translated from the French by Thos. Picton. New York: Robert M. De Witt.
  • Household Elegancies. By Mrs. C.S. Jones and Henry T. Williams. New York: Henry T. Williams.
  • The Children's Treasury of English Song. By Francis Turner Palgrave. New York: Macmillan & Co.
  • Stories from the Lips of the Teacher. By O.B. Frothingham. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Songs of Three Centuries. Edited by J.G. Whittier. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Roddy's Reality. By Helen Kendrick Johnson. New York: G.P. Putnam's So


April, 1876

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  • Round my House: Notes of Rural Life in France in Peace and War. By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Boston: Roberts Brothers
  • Improved Diary, or Marginal Index-Book of Daily Record: a Diary provided with Marginal Indices so arranged that any day of the year may be referred to at once, and the various subject-matters recorded in it may be arranged for ready reference, together with Calendars, Interest Table, etc. Devised and arranged by M.N. Lovell. Published exclusively by the Erie Publishing Co., Erie, Pa.
  • The Review of Gen. Sherman's Memoirs. Examined Chiefly in the light of its own Evidence. By C.W. Moulton. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.
  • The Chevalier Casse-Cou: The Search for Ancestors. Translated from the French original. By Thomas Picton. New York: R.M. De Witt.
  • Proceedings of American Association for the Cure of Inebriates, held at Hartford, Conn., Sept. 28, 1875. Baltimore: Wm. K. Boyle & Sons.
  • Brief Biographies. Vol. II. English Radical Leaders. By R.J. Hinton. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Foot Notes; or, Walking as a Fine Art. By Alfred Barren. Wallingford, Conn.: Wallingford Printing Co.
  • Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education. No. 7. Washington: Government Printing-office.
  • In Doors and Out; or, Views from the Chimney-corner. By Oliver Optic. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Among my Books. (Second Series.) By Jas. Russell Lowell. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • The Reading Club and Handy Speaker, No. 3. By George M. Baker. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Her Dearest Foe. (Leisure-Hour Series.) By Mrs Alexander. New York: Henry Holt & Co. (Cleared July 1, 2021)
  • Pebbles from Old Pathways. By Minnie Ward Patterson. Chicago: C.J. Burroughs & Co.
  • Bridge and Tunnel Centres. By John B. McMaster. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Safety Valves. By Richard H. Buel, C.E. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Guido and Lita. By the Marquis of Lorne. New York: Macmillan & Co.
  • The Asbury Twins. By Sophie May. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Sea-Weed and Sand: Poems. By Ben Wood Davis

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  • Sonnets, Songs and Stories. By Cora Kennedy Aitken. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
  • Cartoons. By Margaret J. Preston. Boston: Roberts Brothers
  • Among my Books. (Second Series.) By James Russell Lowell. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • The Excavation of Olympia, by Ernst Curtius; and Ernst Curtius, by Prof. Robert P. Keep, Ph. D. Republished from International Review. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co.
  • History of the United States. By J.A. Doyle, with Maps by Francis A. Walker. (Freeman's Historical Course for Schools.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Our National Currency and the Money Problem. By Hon. Amasa Walker, LL.D. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co.
  • A Hundred Years Ago, and other Poems. By Charles W.E. Siegel, A.B. Lancaster: Daily and Weekly Examiner.
  • History of the United States. (Centenary Edition.) Vol.I. By George Bancroft. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
  • The Christ of Paul; or, The Enigmas of Christianity. By George Reber. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer. By Charles Sotheran. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • The Summerfield Imbroglio: A Tale. By Mortimer Collins. Boston: Loring.
  • Dear Lady Disdain. By Justin McCarthy. New York: Sheldon & Co.

June, 1876

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  • Cities of Northern and Central Italy. By Augustus J.C. Hare. New York: George Routledge & Sons
  • The Little, or A, B, C, Book of German; that is, High School Primer; Child's Story Book and Dictionary. By Professor C.C. Schaeffer. Philadelphia: Charles Brothers & Co.
  • Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies. By Major Henry M. Robert, U.S.A. Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co.
  • Cabin and Plantation Songs, as sung by the Hampton Students. Arranged by Thomas P. Fenner. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Spectator. (Selected Papers.) By Addison and Steele. Edited by John Habberton. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Characteristics from the Writings of J.H. Newman. By Wm. Samuel Lilly. New York: D. and J. Sadlier & Co.
  • Brief Biographies. Vol. III. French Political Leaders. By Edward King. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Life of William, Earl of Shelburne. Vol. II. By Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice. New York: MacMillan & Co.
  • Jonathan: A Novel. By C.C. Fraser-Tytler. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Faith and Modern Thought. By Ransom B. Welch, D.D., LL.D. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Fetich in Theology; or, Doctrinalism Twin to Ritualism. By John Miller. New York: Dodd & Mead.
  • The American Kennel and Sporting Field. By Arnold Burges. New York: J.B. Ford & Co.
  • On Dangerous Ground. By Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
  • Filth-Diseases, and their Prevention. By John Simon, M.D. Boston: James Campbell

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  • The Two Americas: An Account of Sport and Travel, with Notes on Men and Manners, in North and South America. By Major Sir Rose Lambart Price, Bart. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall): An Autobiographical Fragment and Biographical Notes; with Personal Sketches of Contemporaries, Unpublished Lyrics, and Letters of Literary Friends. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Turkey. By James Baker, M.A., Lieutenant-Colonel Auxiliary Forces, formerly Eighth Hussars. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Music Reader; or, The Practice and Principles of the Art, especially adapted to Vocal Music. For the use of Schools, Classes and Private Instruction. By Leopold Meignen and Wm. W. Keys. Philadelphia: W. H. Boner & Co., Agts.
  • Standard Facts and Figures; or, What you Do Know! What you Don't Know!! What you Want to Know!!! (Revised and enlarged edition.) Edited by A. G. Sullivan. New York: Morton & Dumont.
  • The Divine Order of the Universe, as interpreted by Emanuel Swedenborg; with especial relation to Modern Astronomy. By Rev. Augustus Clissold, M. A. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • From Traditional to Rational Faith; or, The Way I came from Baptist to Liberal Christianity. By R. Andrew Griffin. (Town-and-Country Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • The Life, Times and Character of Oliver Cromwell. (Half-Hour Series.) By the Right Honorable E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M. P. New York: Harper & Bros.
  • How to Teach according to Temperament and Mental Development; or, Phrenology in the School-room and the Family. By Nelson Sizer. New York: S. R. Wells & Co.
  • Rise of the People and Growth of Parliament, 1215-1485: Epochs of English History. By James Rowley, M. A. (Harper's Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Bros.
  • Imaginary Conversations. By Walter Savage Landor. (Fourth Series.) Dialogues of Literary Men, of Famous Women, etc. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas, By E. George Squier, M. A., F. S. A. New York: Harper & Brothers. (Cleared Feb 19, 2022)
  • A Winter Story. By Miss Peard, author of "The Rose Garden." (Town-and-Country Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • That Lass o' Lowrie's. By Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth. Edited, with Notes, by William J. Rolfe, A. M. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Aloys. By B. Auerbach. Translated by Charles T. Brooks. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Steam Injectors: Their Theory and Use. From the French of M. Léon Pochet. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Academy Sketches, Exhibition of 1877. With Descriptive Notes by "Nemo." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Miss Nancy's Pilgrimage: A Story of Travel. By Virginia W. Johnson. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book. By Samuel L. Clemens. New York: Slote, Woodman & Co.
  • Transmission of Power by Wire Ropes. By Albert W. Stahl, M. E. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Dot and Dime. Two Characters in Ebony. By One who Knows all about them. Boston: Loring.
  • Hours with Men and Books. By William Mathews, LL.D. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
  • Bessie Lang. By Alice Corkran. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Annual Report of the Chief Signal-Officer for 1876. Washington: Government Printing office.
  • Will it Be? By Mrs. Helen J. Ford. (Loring's Tales of the Day.) Boston: Loring.
  • My Lady-Help, and What she Taught me, By Mrs. Warren. Boston: Loring.
  • A Modern Mephistopheles. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.

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  • Peru. Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas. By E. George Squier, late United States Commissioner to Peru. New York: Harper & Brothers. (Cleared Feb 19, 2022)
  • Camp, Court and Siege: A Narrative of Personal Adventure and Observation during Two Wars, 1861-65, 1870-71. By Wickham Hoffman. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Plains of the Great West and their Inhabitants. By R. I. Dodge. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Struggle against Absolute Monarchy, 1603-1688: Epochs of English History. By Bertha Meriton Cordery. (Harper's Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Tudors and the Reformation, 1485-1603: Epochs of English History. By M. Creighton, M.A. (Harper's Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping. Compiled from Original Recipes. Marysville, Ohio: Buckeye Publishing Co.
  • University Life in Ancient Athens. By W. W. Capes, M.A. (Harper's Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Children of Light. By Rev. William W. Faris. (The Fletcher Prize Essay, 1877.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Reconciliation of Science and Religion. By Alexander Mitchell, LL.D. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Syrian Sunshine. By T. G. Appleton. (Town-and-Country Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • The Anonymous Hypothesis of Creation. By James J. Furniss. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • Personal Immortality, and other Papers. By John Oppenheim. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • Harry. By the Author of "Mrs. Jerningham's Journal." New York: MacMillan & Co.
  • Birds and Poets, with other Papers. By John Burroughs. New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • Atlas Essays. Number 2, Biographical and Critical. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.
  • In the Camargue. By Emily Bowles. (Loring's Tales of the Day.) Boston: Loring.
  • Eugénie. By B. M. Butt. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Mar's White Witch: A Novel. By G. Douglas. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Table Talk. By A. Bronson Alcott. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

September, 1877

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  • Madame Gervaisais. By Edmond and Jules de Goncourt. New Edition. Paris.
  • Charlotte Brontë: A Monograph. By T. Wemyss Reid. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • Kismet. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Narrative of the North Pole Expedition: U. S. Ship Polaris. Edited, under the direction of the Hon. G. M. Robeson, by Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis, U. S. N., U. S. Naval Observatory. Washington: Government Printing-Office.
  • Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. By his Nephew, George Otto Trevelyan, M. P. (Leipsic edition.) Vols. I. and II. Leipsic: Lemmermann & Co. From R. Worthington, New York.
  • Fruit and Bread: A Scientific Diet. By Gustav Schlickeysen. Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. New York: M. L. Holbrook & Co.
  • A Woman-Hater. By Charles Reade. (Harpers' Household and Popular Editions.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Unclaimed: A Story of English Life. By an Englishwoman. (Loring's Tales of the Day.) Boston: Loring.
  • Lectures on the History of Protection in the United States. By W. G. Sumner. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Scripture Club of Valley Rest. By the author of "Helen's Babies." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • In Change Unchanged. By Linda Villari. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Afterglow. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.

October, 1877

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  • Birds and Poets, with other Papers. By John Burroughs. New York: Hurd & Houghton
  • The Life of Edgar Allan Poe. By W.F. Gill. Illustrated. New York: Dillingham
  • Olivia Raleigh. By W.W. Follett Synge. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Les Koumiassine. Par Henry Gréville. Paris: Plon
  • Disease of the Mind: Notes on the Early Management, European and American Progress, Modern Methods, etc., in the Treatment of Insanity, with especial reference to the needs of Massachusetts and the United States. By Charles F. Folsom, M.D. Boston: A. Williams & Co.
  • Cicero's Tusculan Disputations; also Treatises on The Nature of the Gods, and on The Commonwealth. Literally translated by C.D. Yonge. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Shakespeare: The Man and the Book. Being a collection of Occasional Papers on the Bard and his Writings. Part I. By C.M. Ingleby, M.A. London: Trübner & Co.
  • Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer Night's Dream. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Four Irrepressibles; or, The Tribe of Benjamin: Their Summer with Aunt Agnes, what they Did, and what they Undid. Boston: Loring.
  • The Magnetism of Iron Vessels, with a Short Treatise on Terrestrial Magnetism. By Fairman Rogers. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Virgin Soil. By Ivan Tourgueneff. From the French by T.S. Perry. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co. (An edition with a different translator can be found as PG 2466)
  • Personal Appearance and the Culture of Beauty. By T.S. Sozinsky, M.D., Ph.D. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott.
  • An English Commentary on the Tragedies of Euripides. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Strength of Men and Stability of Nations. By P.A. Chadbourne, D.D., LL.D. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Eighth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. Boston: Albert J. Wright. State Printer.
  • The Antelope and Deer of America. By John Dean Caton, LL.D. New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • G.T.T.; or, The Wonderful Adventures of a Pullman. By Edward E. Hale. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Until the Day Break. By Mrs. J.M.D. Bartlett ("Birch Arnold"). Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
  • Other People's Children. By the author of "Helen's Babies." New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Poet and Merchant. By B. Auerbach. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Mental Education. By J. Edward Cranage, M.A., Ph.D. London: Bemrose & Sons.
  • Beautiful Edith, the Child-Woman. (Loring's Tales of the Day.) Boston: Loring.
  • Aliunde; or, Love Ventures of Tom, Dick and Harry. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • Ideals made Real: A Romance. By George L. Raymond. New York: Hurd & Houghton.
  • Lola. By A. Griffiths. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Kilmeny: A Novel. By William Black. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Winstowe: A Novel. By Mrs. Leith-Adams. New York: Harper & Brothers

November, 1877

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  • Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV. By Francis Parkman. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
  • Nimport. (Wayside Series.) Boston: Lockwood, Brooks & Co.
  • Briefe aus Philadelphia (1876) an eine Freundin (Letters from Philadelphia to a Friend). Von Catherine Migerka. Wien.
  • Jack. From the French of Alphonse Daudet, author of "Sidonie," "Robert Helmont," etc., by Mary Neal Sherwood, translator of "Sidonie." Boston: Estes & Lauriat.
  • Mélanges et Lettres. Avec une introduction par M. le comte d'Haussonville, et des notices par MM. de Sacy et Cuvillier-Fleury. Tome III. X. Doudan. Paris: Calmann Lévy.
  • The Wings of Courage: Stories for American Boys and Girls. From the French, by Mary E. Field. With Illustrations. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Lotus Land, and Other Poems. By G.S. Ladson. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson.
  • The Young Magdalen, and Other Poems. By Francis S. Smith. With Portrait of the Author. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Imaginary Conversations. By Walter Savage Landor. Fifth Series—Miscellaneous Dialogues (concluded). Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Biology, with Preludes on Current Events. By Joseph Cook. (Boston Monday Lectures.) Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • The Sanitary Condition of City and Country Dwelling-houses. By George E. Waring, Jr. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Meister Karl's Sketch-Book. By Charles G. Leland (Hans Breitmann). Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Beautiful Snow, and Other Poems. By J.W. Watson. Illustrated. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Dick's Recitations and Readings. No. 5. Edited by William B. Dick. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald.
  • Nicholas Minturn: A Study in a Story. By J.G. Holland. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • Cooking Receipts from Harper's Bazaar. (Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Devil-Puzzlers, and Other Studies. By Frederick B. Perkins. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Outcast, and Other Poems. By J.W. Watson. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • The Publishers' Trade-List Annual, 1877. New York: Office of Publishers' Weekly.
  • Egypt as it Is. By J.C. McCoan. With Map. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • The New School-Ma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta. Boston: Loring.
  • Hetty's Strange History. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • East Lynne. By Mrs. Henry Wood. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald.
  • Tangled: A Novel. By Rachel Carew. Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co.
  • Selections from Epictetus. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

December, 1877

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  • The Life of Count Cavour. Translated from the French of Charles de Mazade. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Egypt as it Is. By J. C. McCoan. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Californian Pictures in Prose and Verse. By Benjamin Parke Avery. New York: Hurd & Houghton
  • Six Sinners; or, School-Days in Bantam Valley. By Campbell Wheaton. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Patsy. By Leora B. Robinson. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Wings of Courage. Adapted from the French by Marie E. Field. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Tales from Foreign Tongues, 3 volumes—"Memories," from the German of Max Müller; "Graziella," from the French of Lamartine; "Marie," from the Russian of Pushkin. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co.
  • Money and its Laws: Embracing a History of Monetary Theories and a History of the Currencies of the United States. By Henry V. Poor. New York: H. V. and H. W. Poor.
  • China-Painting: A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard Porcelain. By M. Louise McLaughlin. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.
  • History of the Ottoman Turks: From the Beginning of their Empire to the Present Time. By Sir Edward S. Creasy, M.A. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Through Rome On: A Memoir of Christian and Extra-Christian Experience. By Nathaniel Ramsay Waters. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • The Enchanted Moccasins, and Other Legends of the American Indians. By Cornelius Matthews. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Biography of Alfred de Musset. From the French of Paul de Musset, by Harriet W. Preston. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Last Series of Christian Aspects of Faith and Duty: Discourses by John James Tayler. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Surly Tim, and Other Stories. By Frances Hodgson Burnett. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
  • History of French Literature. By Henri Van Laun. Vol. III. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Music in the House. By John Hullah, LL.D. (Art-at-Home Series.) Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
  • Will Denbigh, Nobleman. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Pauline. By L. B. Walford. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Diana. By Susan Warner. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons

July, 1878

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  • Memoir of William Francis Bartlett. By Francis Winthrop Palfrey. Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co.
  • The Story of my Life. By the late Colonel Meadows Taylor. Edited by his Daughter. With a Preface by Henry Reeve. London: William Blackwood & Sons.
  • Walks in London. By Augustus J.C. Hare, author of "Walks in Rome," etc. New York: George Routledge & Sons.
  • Putnam's Art Hand-books. Edited by Susan N. Carter, Principal of the "Women's Art-School, Cooper Union." "Landscape Painting" and "Sketching from Nature." New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Current Discussion: A Collection from the Chief English Essays on Questions of the Times. By Edward L. Burlingame. Second volume: Questions of Belief. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Economic Monographs: France and the United States; Suffrage in Cities; Our Revenue System and the Civil Service—shall they be Reformed? New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Off on a Comet: A Journey through Planetary Space. From the French of Jules Verne, by Edward Roth. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger.
  • A Year Worth Living: A Story of a Place and of a People one cannot afford Not to Know. By William M. Baker. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • The Voyages and Adventures of Vasco da Gama. By George M. Towle. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • The Fall of Damascus: An Historical Novel. By Charles Wells Russell. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Adventures of a Consul Abroad. By Samuel Sampleton, Esq. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • The Future State (Christian Union Extras). New York: Christian Union Print.

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  • Bits of Travel at Home. By H. H. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Putnam's Art Handbooks. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Adventures of a Consul Abroad. By Luigi Monti. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • The Bible for Learners. By Dr. H. Oort and Dr. I. Hooykaas. Volume II. From David to Josiah, from Josiah to the supremacy of the Mosaic Law. Authorized Translation. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • A Vision of the Future: A Series of Papers on Canon Farrar's "Eternal Hope." By Various Divines. (No. 3 of the International Religio-Science Series.) Detroit: Rose-Belford Publishing Co.
  • The Cincinnati Organ, with a Brief Description of the Cincinnati Music Hall. Edited by George Ward Nichols. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.
  • Protection and Revenue in 1877. By William G. Sumner. (Economic Monographs, No. 8.) New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Hallock's American Club List and Sportsman Glossary. By Charles Hallock. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Co.
  • Shooting Stars, as observed from the "Sixth Column" of the Times. By W. L. Alden. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Christ, His Nature and Work: A Series of Discourses by Eminent Divines. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. New York: Fords, Howard & Hurlbert.
  • Children of Nature. By the Earl of Desart. Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing Co.
  • Francisco: A Poem. By William Watrous. San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co.
  • Aspirations of the World. By L. Maria Child. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

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  • The Atlantic Islands as Resorts of Health and Pleasure. By S. G. W. Benjamin. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Principles of Light and Color. By Edwin D. Babbitt. New York: Babbitt & Co.
  • Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam. By Mrs. Brassey. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Art-Education. A Lecture by General William Birney. Delivered February 6, 1878, before the Washington Art-Club. Washington: Art-Club.
  • The Army of the Republic: Its Services and Destiny. By Henry Ward Beecher.--How to Spend the Summer; Where to Go; How to Go; How to Save Money. (Christian Union Extras.) New York: Christian Union Print.
  • Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society, Customs, Manners, Morals and Home Culture. Compiled from the best authorities. By Mrs. H. O. Ward. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
  • Gabrielle; or, The House of Mauréze. From the French of Henri Gréville. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Hathercourt. By Mrs. Molesworth ("Ennis Graham"). (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Hints to Plumbers and Householders. By W. L. D. O'Grady. New York: The American News Co.
  • Poems and Ballads (Second Series.). By Algernon Charles Swinburne. New York: R. Worthington.
  • Pauline, and Other Poems. By Hanford Lennox Gordon. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • How to Take Care of our Eyes. By Henry C. Angell, M. D. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Rothmell. By the author of "That Husband of Mine." Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Maid Ellice. By Theo. Gift. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Chips from Many Blocks. By Elihu Burritt. Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing Co.
  • Bluffton: A Story of To-day. By M. J. Savage. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Somebody Else. By G. P. Lathrop. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • His Inheritance. By Adeline Trafton. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
  • Poems. By W. T. Washburn. New York: Jesse Haney & Co.

October, 1878

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  • Superstition and Force: Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture. By Henry C. Lea. Third Edition, revised. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea.
  • The Witchery of Archery. By Maurice Thompson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • The China-Hunters' Club. By the Youngest Member. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Plays for Private Acting. Translated from the French and Italian. By Members of the Bellevue Dramatic Club of Newport. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • A Primer of German Literature. By Helen S. Conant.—A Year of American Travel. By Jessie Benton Fremont.—Hints to Women on the Care of Property. By Alfred Walker. (Harper's Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Handbook of Politics for 1878: Being a Record of Important Political Action, National and State, from July 15, 1876, to July 1, 1878. By Hon. Edward McPherson, LL.D., of Gettysburg, Pa. Washington: Solomons & Chapman.
  • Christine Brownlee's Ordeal. By Mary Patrick.—A Beautiful Woman. By Leon Brook. (Nos. 7 and 8 of Franklin Square Library.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852. By Count Leo Tolstoy. Translated from the Russian by Eugene Schuyler. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • D'ye Want a Shave? or, Yankee Shavings; or, A New Way to get a Wife: A Three-Act Comedy. By William Bush. St. Louis. William Bush.
  • Colonel Dunwoddie, Millionaire. (No. 5 Harper's Library of American Fiction.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Play-Day Poems. Collected and edited by Rossiter Johnson. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Maid Ellice: A Novel. By Theodore Gift. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • Chums: A Satirical Sketch. By Howard MacSherry. Jersey City: Charles S. Clarke, Jr.
  • The Student's French Grammar. By Charles Heron Wall. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Ring of Amethyst. By Alice Wellington Rollins. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Crew of the "Sam Weller." By John Habberton. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Saxe Holm's Stories. Second Series. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Samuel Johnson. By Leslie Stephen. New York: Harper & Brothers.

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  • The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852. By Count Leo Tolstoy. Translated from the Russian by Eugene Schuyler. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Molly Bawn: A Novel. By the author of "Phyllis." Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Samuel Johnson. (English Men of Letters, edited by John Morley.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Concise History of Music from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Time. By H.G. Bonavia Hunt. New Edition. Revised. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Savéli's Expiation: A Russian Story. Translated from the French of Henri Gréville. By Mary N. Sherwood. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • International Exhibitions. Paris—Philadelphia—Vienna. By Charles Gindriez and Prof. James Morgan Hart. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co.
  • Geographical Surveying: Its Uses, Methods and Results. By Frank de Yeaux Carpenter, C.E. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Goethe's Faust. Edited by James Morgan Hart. German Classics for American Students. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Catholicity in its Relationship to Protestantism and Romanism. By Rev. F.C. Ewer, S.T.D. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Former and Present Number of our Indians. By Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Garrick Mallery. Philadelphia: Collins.
  • Gaddings with a Primitive People. By W.A. Baillie-Grohman. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • How to be Plump; or, Talks of Physiological Feeding. By T.C. Duncan, M.D. Chicago: Duncan Brothers.
  • Nobody's Business. By Jeannette Hadermann. (Satchel Series.) New York: The Authors' Publishing Co.
  • Railroads: Their Origin and Problems. By Charles Francis Adams, Jr. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Annual Report of the Chief Signal-Officer for the Year 1877. Washington: Government Printing-office.
  • How to Parse. By Rev. Edwin A. Abbott, D.D. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Lines in the Sand. By Richard E. Day. Syracuse: John T. Roberts.
  • Roxy. By Edward Eggleston. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

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  • The Ceramic Art: A Compendium of the History and Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain. By Jennie J. Young. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Like unto Like. By Sherwood Bonner. (Library of American Fiction.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • His Heart's Desire: A Novel. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Books for Bright Eyes, embracing "On the Farm," "More Happy Days," "Mountain-Tops," "One Day in our Long Vacation." By Mrs. M. E. Miller. New York: American Tract Society.
  • Cross's Eclectic Short-hand: A New System, adapted both to general use and to verbatim reporting. By J. George Cross, A. M. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
  • The Waverley Dictionary: An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Characters in Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. By May Rogers. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
  • The French Revolution. (First Volume.) By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. Translated by John Durand. New York: Henry Holt & Co
  • Maximum Stresses in Framed Bridges. By Professor William Cain, A. M., C. E. (Van Nostrand's Science Series.) New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • The Ethics of Positivism: A Critical Study. By Giacomo Barzellotti, Professor of Philosophy, Florence. New York: Charles P. Somerby.
  • Grammar-Land; or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire. By M. L. Nesbitt. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Family Christian Almanac for 1879. By Professor George W. Coakley. New York: American Tract Society.
  • American Colleges: Their Students and Work. By Charles F. Thwing. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • A Story or Two from an Old Dutch Town. By Robert Lowell. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Life and Adventure in Japan. By E. Warren Clark. New York: American Tract Society.
  • Cupid and the Sphinx. By Harford Flemming. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Old House Altered. By George C. Mason. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Handsome Harry. By Sarah E. Chester. New York: American Tract Society.
  • Thanatopsis. By William Cullen Bryant. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Modern Frenchmen. By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • What is the Bible? By J. T. Sunderland. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Six to One: A Nantucket Idyl. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Sibyl Spencer. By James Kent. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Songs of Italy. By Joaquin Miller. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

July, 1880

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  • Christy Carew. By May Laffan, author of "The Honorable Miss Ferrard," etc. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Reminiscences of an Idler. By Henry Wikoff. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert.
  • The Life and Work of William Augustus Muhlenberg. By Anne Ayres. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • History of Political Economy in Europe. By Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui. Translated from the fourth French edition by Emily J. Leonard. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Pure Wine—Fermented Wine and Other Alcoholic Drinks in the Light of the New Dispensation. By John Ellis, M. D. New York: Published by the Author.
  • Shakespeare's History of King Henry the Fourth. Parts 1 and 2. Edited, with Notes, by William J. Rolfe, A. M. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A History of New York. By Diedrich Knickerbocker. (New "Geoffrey-Crayon" Edition of Irving's Works.) New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Card Essays: Clay's Decisions and Card-table Talk. By "Cavendish." (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Henry Holt & Co.
  • William Ellery Channing: His Opinions, Genius and Character. By Henry W. Bellows. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Virginia Bohemians: A Novel. By John Esten Cooke. (Library of American Fiction.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Nana: Sequel to "L'Assommoir." By Émile Zola. Translated by John Stirling. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • The Hair, its Growth, Care, Diseases and Treatment. By C. Henri Leonard, M. A., M. D. Detroit: C. Henri Leonard.
  • The Amazon. By Franz Dingelstedt. Translated from the German by J. M. Hart. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Reminiscences of Rev. William Ellery Channing, D. D. By Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Around the World with General Grant. By John Russell Young. Parts 19 and 20. New York: American News Co.
  • Proverbial Treasury. English and Select Foreign Proverbs. By Carl Seelbach. New York: Seelbach Brothers.
  • The Princess Elizabeth: A Lyric Drama. By Francis H. Williams. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger.
  • A Foreign Marriage; or, Buying a Title. (Harpers' Library of American Fiction.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • William Ellery Channing: A Centennial Memory. By Charles T. Brooks. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Rev. Mr. Dashwell, the New Minister at Hampton. By E. P. B. Philadelphia: John E. Potter & Co.
  • History of the Administration of John De Witt. By James Geddes. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Masterpieces of English Literature. By William Swinton. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Theory of Thought: A Treatise on Deductive Logic. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Logic of Christian Evidences. By G. Frederick Wright. Andover: Warren F. Draper.
  • Modern Communism. By Charles W. Hubner. Atlanta, Ga.: Jas. P. Harrison & Co.
  • Free Land and Free Trade. By Samuel S. Cox. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Only a Waif. By R. A. Braendle ("Pips"). New York: D. and J. Sadlier & Co.
  • Life: Its True Genesis. By R. W. Wright. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Joan of Arc, "The Maid." By Janet Tuckey. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Mrs. Beauchamp Brown. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.

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  • A History of Classical Greek Literature. By the Rev. J.P. Mahaffy, M.A., Fellow and Professor of Ancient History, Trinity College, Dublin. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • William Cowper. By Goldwin Smith. (English-Men-of-Letters Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Barbara; or, Splendid Misery. By Miss M.E. Braddon.
    • For Her Dear Sake. By Mary Cecil Hay.
    • Daireen. By Frank Frankfort Moore.
    • Two Women. By Georgiana M. Craik.
    • Prince Hugo. By Maria M. Grant.
    • From Generation to Generation: A Novel. By Lady Augusta Noel.
    • Young Lord Penrith: A Novel. By John Berwick Harwood.
    • Clara Vaughan: A Novel. By R.D. Blackmore.
    • The Heart of Holland. By Henry Havard. Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey.
    • Reata: What's in a Name? A Novel. By E.D. Gerard.
    • Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale. By R.D. Blackmore.
    • Poet and Peer: A Novel. By Hamilton Aidé.
    • The Pennant Family. By Anne Beale. (Franklin Square Library.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Diary of a Man of Fifty, and A Bundle of Letters. By Henry James, Jr.
    • Tales from the Odyssey, for Boys and Girls. By "Materfamilias."
    • Life of Charlemagne. By Eginhard.
    • The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone: A Biographical Sketch. By Henry W. Lucy. With Portrait.
    • British and American Education. By Mayo W. Hazeltine.
    • Mrs. Austin. By Margaret Veley.
    • Business Life in Ancient Rome. By Charles G. Herbermann, Ph.D. (Harper's Half-Hour Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Spell-bound Fiddler: A Norse Romance. By Kristofer Janson. Translated from the original by Auber Forestier. Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co.
  • Studies of Irving. By Charles Dudley Warner, William Cullen Bryant and George Palmer Putnam. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Sketches and Studies in Southern Europe. By John Addington Symonds. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century. By Henry Samuel Morais. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co.
  • The Throat and its Functions. By Louis Elsberg, A.M., M.D. Illustrated. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Independent Movement in New York. By Junius. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Preadamites. By Alexander Winchell, M.D. Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co.
  • Ethylization. By R.J. Levis, M.D. Philadelphia.

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  • Alexander Pope. By Leslie Stephen. (English Men-of-Letters Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Samuel Lover: A Biographical Sketch. With Selections from his Writings and Correspondence. By Andrew James Symington. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • New England Bygones. By E.H. Arr. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Homo Sum: A Novel. By Georg Ebers. From the German by Clara Bell. New York: William S. Gottsberger.
  • Unto the Third and Fourth Generation: A Study. By Helen Campbell. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert.
  • Allaooddeen, a Tragedy, and Other Poems. By the author of "Constance," etc. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Third-Term Politics: A Lecture. By Horace White. New York: Independent Republican Association.
  • The American Bicycler. By Charles E. Pratt. Illustrated. Boston: Press of Rockwell & Churchill.
  • Alva Vine; or, Art _versus_ Duty. By Henri Gordon. New York: American News Company.

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  • L'Art: revue hebdomadaire illustrée. Sixième année, Tome II. New York: J. W. Bouton.
  • Mrs. Beauchamp Brown. (Second No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • Studies in German Literature. By Bayard Taylor. With an Introduction by George H. Boker.—Critical Essays and Literary Notes. By Bayard Taylor. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The American Art Review, Nos. 8 and 9. Boston: Estes & Lauriat.
  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon. With Notes by Dean Milman, M. Guizot and Dr. William Smith. 6 vols. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Health and Healthy Homes. By George Wilson, M. A., M. D. With Notes and Additions by J. G. Richardson, M. D. Philadelphia: Presley Blakiston.
  • A Model Superintendent: A Sketch of the Life, Character and Methods of Work of Henry P. Haven. By H. Clay Trumbull. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Monsieur Lecoq. From the French of Émile Gaboriau. Boston: Estes & Lauriat.

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  • Byron. By John Nichol. (English-Men-of-Letters Series.) New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Four Centuries of English Letters. Edited and arranged by W. Baptiste Scoones. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Pencilled Fly-Leaves: A Book of Essays in Town and Country. By John James Piatt. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.
  • The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney (Madame D'Arblay). Revised and edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. 2 vols. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years. By Henry Martyn Dexter. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Historical Poetry of the Ancient Hebrews. By Michael Heilprin. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
  • Uncle Jack's Executors. By Annette Lucille Noble. ("Knickerbocker Novels.") New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Richard the Third. By William J. Rolfe, A.M. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Stranded Ship. By L. Clarke Davis. ("Knickerbocker Novels.") New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • The Sisters. By Georg Ebers. From the German by Clara Bell. New York: William S. Gottsberger.
  • American Manual of Parliamentary Law. By George T. Fish. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Critical Essays and Literary Notes. By Bayard Taylor. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Judge and Jury. By Benjamin Vaughan Abbott. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Life and Letters of Horace Bushnell. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Octagon Club. By E.M.H. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Half a Century. By Jane Grey Swisshelm. Chicago: J.G. Swisshelm.
  • Salvage. (No-Name Series.) Boston: Roberts Brothers.

December, 1880

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  • History of the English People. By John Richard Green. New York: Harper & Brothers
  • White Wings: A Yachting Romance. By William Black. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Roy and Viola. By Mrs. Forrester. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • The Wellfields. By Jessie Fothergill. (Leisure-Hour Series.) New York: Holt & Co.
  • Troublesome Daughters. By L.B. Walford. (Leisure—Hour Series.) New York: Holt & Co.
  • Brigitta. By Berthold Auerbach. (Leisure—Hour Series.) New York: Holt & Co.
  • Geo. P. Rowell & Co.'s American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate Lists of all the Newspapers and Periodicals published in the United States, Territories and the Dominion of Canada, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. New York: George P. Rowell & Co.
  • The Skin in Health and Disease. By L. Duncan Bulkley, M.D. (American Health Primers.) Philadelphia: Presley Blakiston.
  • The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl. Edited by Robert Grant. Vignette Illustrations. Boston: A. Williams & Co.
  • The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield. By Major J.M. Bundy. New York: A.D. Barnes & Co.
  • The Mystery of Allanwold. By Mrs. Elizabeth Van Loon. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
  • Political and Legal Remedies for War. By Sheldon Amos, M.A. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale. By R.D. Blackmore. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Selection of Spiritual Songs, with Music for the Sunday-school. New York: Scribner & Co.


July, 1885

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  • Nathaniel Parker Willis. By Henry A. Beers.
  • Edgar Allan Poe. By George E. Woodbury. (American Men of Letters Series.) Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Troubled Waters: A Problem of To-Day. By Beverley Ellison Warner. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  • A Marsh Island. By Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Duchess Emilia. By Barrett Wendell. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Across the Chasm. Within the Capes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • One of the Duanes. By Alice King Hamilton. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  • Tales from Many Sources. Vols. I. and II. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.

August, 1885

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  • The Russian Revolt: its Causes, Condition, and Prospects." By Edmund Noble. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co
  • A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago: A Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883." By Henry O. Forbes, F.R.G.S. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Birds in the Bush." By Bradford Torrey. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Cruise of the Brooklyn. A Journal of the principal events of a three years' cruise in the U. S. Flag-Ship Brooklyn, in the South Atlantic Station, extending south of the Equator from Cape Horn east to the limits in the Indian Ocean on the seventieth meridian of east longitude. Descriptions of places in South America, Africa, and Madagascar, with details of the peculiar customs and industries of their inhabitants. The cruises of the other vessels of the American squadron, from November, 1881, to November, 1884." By W.H. Beehler, Lieut. U. S. Navy. Illustrated. Press of J.B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. 1885.
  • At the Red Glove." New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • "Upon a Cast." By Charlotte Dunning. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • "Down the Ravine." By Charles Egbert Craddock. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • "By Shore and Sedge." By Bret Harte. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • "At Love's Extremes." By Maurice Thompson. New York: Cassell & Co.

September, 1885

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  • The Congo, and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration. By Henry M. Stanley. Two Volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Life of Frank Buckland. By his Brother-in-Law, George C. Bompas. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
  • George Eliot's Poetry, and Other Studies. By Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  • Aulnay Tower. By Blanche Willis Howard. Boston: Ticknor & Co.
  • Married for Fun. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

October, 1885

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  • "The Lady with the Rubies." Translated from the German of E. Marlitt by Mrs. A.L. Wister. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  • "Barbara Heathcote's Trial." By Rosa Nouchette Carey. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  • "The Bar Sinister. A Social Study." New York: Cassell & Co.
  • "Pine-Cones." By Willis Boyd Allen. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co.
  • "An Old Maid's Paradise." By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Household Edition. With illustrations. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Due South; or, Cuba Past and Present. By Maturin M. Ballou. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • City Ballads. By Will Carleton. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • A Social Experiment. By A.E.P. Searing. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Lawn-Tennis. By Lieutenant S.C.F. Peale, B.S.C. Edited by Richard D. Sears. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • The America's Cup. By Captain Roland F. Coffin. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Our Sea-Coast Defences. By Eugene Griffin, New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Cholera. By Alfred Stillé, M.D., LL.D. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co.

November, 1885

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  • Two Years in the Jungle. The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo. By William T. Hornaday. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. Compiled from Material supplied by Doré's Relations and Friends and from Personal Recollection. With many Original Unpublished Sketches and Selections from Doré's best Published Illustrations. By Blanche Roosevelt. New York: Cassell & Co.
  • Eugène Delacroix, par lui-même. Paris: J. Ronam.
  • "J. F. Millet." Par Charles Yriarte. "Hans Holbein." Par Jean Rousseau. (Bibliothèque d'Art Moderne.) Paris: Jules Ronam.
  • A Wheel of Fire. By Arlo Bates. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • As it was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story. By Sidney Luska. New York: Cassell & Co.
  • Love—or a Name. By Julian Hawthorne. Boston: Ticknor & Co.
  • A Social Experiment. By E. A. P. Searing. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
  • For Lilias. By Rosa Nouchette Carey. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.

December, 1885

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  • Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence[A]. Edited by Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Sermon on the Mount." Boston: Roberts Brothers.
  • "Poems of Nature." By John Greenleaf Whittier. Illustrated from Nature by Elbridge Kingsley. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." A Romaunt. By Lord Byron. Boston: Ticknor & Co.
  • "The Last Leaf." Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illustrated by George Wharton Edwards and F. Hopkinson Smith. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • "Pepper and Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folks." Prepared by Howard Pyle. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • "Davy the Goblin; or, What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,'" By Charles E. Carryl. Boston; Ticknor & Co.
  • "Bric-à-Brac Stories." By Mrs. Burton Harrison. Illustrated by Walter Crane. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • "Rudder Grange." By Frank R. Stockton. Illustrated by A.B. Frost. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.