G. P. PUTNAM'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Cravels, Adventures, &c.--Europe.

The Genius of Italy;

Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and Religion.

BY REV. ROBERT TURNBULL,

Author of "The Genius of Scotland."

1 vol. 12mo, with two engravings. $1 25.

The edition with extra illustrations, handsomely bound, will be ready in the autumn. "Mr. Turnbull gives us the orange groves, and the fountains, and the gondolas, ar he frescoes and the ruins, with touches of personal adventure, and sketches of biography, and glimpses of the life, literature, and religion of Modern Italy, seen with the quick, comprehensive glances of an American traveller, impulsive, inquisitive, and enthusiastic. His book is a pleasant record of a tourist's impressions, without the infliction of the tiresome minutiae of his everyday experience." -Literary World.

"At a moment when Italy is about to be regenerated-when the long-slumbering spirit of the people is about assuming its ancient vigor, a work of this kind is desirable. ・・・ The country, its people, and prominent features are given with much truth and force."-Democratic Review.

Views A-Foot;

Or, Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff.

BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

New edition, with an additional Chapter of Practical Information for Pedestrians in Europe, and a Sketch of the Author in Pedestrian Costume, from a Drawing by T. Buchanan Read 12mo., cloth, $1 25.

The same, fancy cloth, gilt extra, $1 75.

"There is a freshness and force in the book altogether unusual in a book of travels. As a text-book for travellers the work is essentially valuable; it tells how much can be accom. plished with very limited means, when energy, curiosity, and a love of adventure are the promp ters; sympathy in his success likewise, is another source of interest to the book.

The

result of all this is, a wide-spread popularity as a writer, a very handsomely printed book, with a very handsome portrait of the author, and we congratulate him upon the attainment of this and future honors."-Union Magazine.

The Spaniards, and their Country.

BY RICHARD FORD.

12mo, green cloth. $1 00.

"The best English book, beyond comparison, that ever has appeared for the illustration, n merely of the general topography and local curiosities, but of the national character and manners of Spain "Quarterly Review.

"This is a very clever and amusing work."-Louisville Exam.

"The style is light, dashing, and agreeable."-N. Y. Mirror.

*. Washington Irving commends this as the best modern popular account of Spain.

Scenes and Thoughts in Europe.

BY AN AMERICAN.

(Geo. H. Calvert, Esq., Baltimore.) 12mo. 50 cts.

"This book is a delightful instance of the transforming and recreative power of the mind every hit touches. The most hackneyed ground of Europe, persons and objects that ħ been the theme the last half dozen years of every literary remittance from abroad, appea us clothed with new charms and meanings, because examined with a finer penetration than th nave been by any other English or American traveller."-Tribune.

G. P. PUTNAM'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Bistory--Biography--Geography.

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus.

To which are added those of his Companions.

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Maps, Plates, and copious Index. 3 vols. 12mo, green cloth uniform with the new edition of Irving's Works, $4; half calf, $6; half morocco, top edge gilt, $6 75; full calf, gilt, $7 50. The OCTAVO EDITION, in 3 vols., on superfine paper, uniform with Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella, $6; half calf, $8 50; full calf, $10

"One of the most fascinating and intensely interesting books in the whole compass of English Literature. It has all the interest conferred by the truth of history, and at the same time the varied excitement of a well written romance."- Western Continent.

"Perhaps the most truly valuable of the Author's writings."-Home Journal.

"The History of Columbus is admirably executed; and though a true and faithful history, it is as interesting as a high wrought romance."

The Conquest of Florida.

BY THEODORE IRVING.

Prof. of History and Belles Letters in the Free Academy.

New and Revised Edition, Corrected, with Notes, and Illustrations from various recent sources. 12mo. In September.

The Monuments of Central and Western America;

With Comparative Notices of those in Egypt, India, Assyria, &c.

BY REV. F. L. HAWKS, D. D., LL. D.

1 vol. 8vo.

This work is now in preparation, uniform with "Nineveh," and the "Monuments of Egypt." It will comprise a comprehensive, readable, and popular view of the whole subject of Ancient remains on the American continent-with ample Illustrations.

Roman Liberty: A History;

With a View of the Liberty of other Ancient Nations.

BY SAMUEL ELLIOT, ESQ.

Illustrated with twelve engravings, executed at Rome. 2 vols., 8vo, uniform with Prescott's Historical Works.

History of the Hebrew Monarchy,

From the Administration of Samuel to the Babylonish Captivity.

BY FRANCIS NEWMAN, D. D.,

University of Oxford.

8vo, cloth, $2 50.

Bistory---Biography---Eeography,

CONTINUED.

Italy; Past and Present:

Or General Views of its History, Religion, Politics, Literature and Art.

BY L. MARIOTTI,

Prof. of Italian Literature in London University.

2 vols., 8vo, cloth, $3 50.

The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell,

With Elucidations.

BY THOS. CARLYLE.

The Fine Edition, in 2 vols., Octavo, with Portrait. Reduced to $2 50.

Borrow's Autobiography.-Life:

BY GEORGE BORROW,

Author of "The Gipsies of Spain," "The Bible in Spain,” &c

To be published simultaneously by JOHN MURRAY, London, and G. P. PUTNAM, New-York. In one volume, 12mo. In December.

This will be a work of intense interest, including extraordinary adventures in various parts of the world.

Joinston's Universal Atlas.

This splendid and important work-by far the most comprehensive, correct and useful Atlas now extant, was published recently in Edinburgh at the price of eight guineas, and the price in this country has been about $50. G. P. Putnam has made arrangements for an edition for the United States, rendered far more valuable by the addition of a COPIOUS and USEFUL INDEX of about 40,000 names; but the maps being transferred in facsimile on stone, the American publisher is enabled to supply it at the low price of $20-elegantly and substantially bound in half morocco, gilt edges. The maps are clearly and beautifully executed, and are practically fully equal to the original edition. The work contains 41 large and splendid maps.

"Having examined many of the Maps of the National Atlas, 1 have no hesitation in saying, that they are as accurate in their geographical details as they are beautiful in their execution."Sir David Brewster.

"So far as I have yet examined the National Atlas, it is, in beauty of execution and accuracy of detail, unrivalled in this, and, I believe, in any other country."-Prof. Traill.

"Those who are not familiar with the places referred to in the History of the French Revolution will frequently find a reference to Maps of great service; and the Military student of Napoleon's campaigns in Germany and France will see the theatre of war admirably delineated in Mr. Johnston's Maps of those countries."-Alison's History of Europe.

"I have devoted a considerable time to a rigorous examination of the National Atlas, just published, and, in impartial justice, I must admit, that in accuracy of construction, and elegance of execution, it is superior to any other with which I am acquainted."-William Galbraith, F.R.S. S.A., F.R.A.S.

"These beautiful, accurate, and admirably engraved Maps and Illustrations, are deserving f every praise and encouragement."-Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.

"The National Atlas is truly a splendid publication, and fully deserves not only the distinctive name it bears, but also national patronage."-Literary Gazette.

Bistorq---Biography---Geography.

CONTINUED.

Mohammed and his Successors.

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

12mo. In October.

Oliver Goldsmith: a Biography.

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

12mo. $125.

This is a NEW WORK, just completed. Now ready.

George Washington: a Biography

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

With Illustrations. In preparation.

The Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley. Comprising the Results of Extensive Original Surveys and Explorations. BY E. G. SQUIER, A. M., AND E. H. DAVIS, M. D.

With numerous Illustrations. Royal 4to, $10.

Ten Years of American History:

1840-49-including a History of the Mexican War and of California.

BY EMMA WILLARD.

With a valuable Map. 12mo, $1.

Hints on Public Architecture,

Prepared, on behalf of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institucion. BY ROBERT DALE OWEN.

In large Quarto, elegantly printed, with 113 Illustrations in the best style of the Art. Price $6.

"While the Committee offer the result of these researches, not so much to the profession as to the public, and to public bodies, (as Vestries, Building Committees, and the like,) charged with the duties similar to their own, they indulge the hope that the Architect also may find subject for inquiry and material for thought.

"Money is expended even lavishly to obtain the rich, the showy, the commonplace. But this period of transition may be shortened. The progress of painting and sculpture, which, in other lands, has been the slow growth of centuries, has been hastened in our country, thanks to the genius of a few self-taught men, beyond all former precedent. To stimulate genius in a kindred branch of art; to supply suggestions which may call off from devious paths, and indicate to the student the true line of progress; and thus to aid in abridging that season of experiment and of failure in which the glittering is preferred to the chaste, and the gaudy is mistaken for the beautiful, are objects of no light importance. In such considerations may be found the motive and the purpose of the follow. ing pages."-Extract from the Preface.

"This work should be in the hands of every building committee, vestry, city corporation, or other similar body, having the selections of plans for building, and of every individual having in charge a similar duty. It is the only work with which we are acquainted especially prepared for their use. It should find its way to the shelves of every county library; for by reference to its pages, thousands of dollars may be saved in the selection of a proper style for court-houses, churches, and other public edifices.

"Nor, though not specially addressed to the profession, is it of less value to the architect. There is much in this volume which every member of the profession would do well to study.

"Of the numerous wood engravings which form the chief illustrations of this volume, we cannot speak too highly. Till we examined them, we were not aware to what perfection the art had been carried in our country. The effect of several of these (especially of the frontispiece by Roberts) is equal to that of the best steel engravings; and the whole of the illustrations are exceedingly creditable to American

art.