This is the most comprehensive and reliable book of reference in this department ever published. The last English edition of the original work is given entire, together with American additions which were essential to the _completeness_ of a volume which is marvelous for its fullness and accuracy. No good library can dispense with this volume. =PUTNAM (G. P., A.M.) The World's Progress.= A Dictionary of Dates; being a Chronological and Alphabetical Record of Essential Facts in the History of the World and the Progress of Society, from the Creation to the Present Time. A new edition, continued to 1872. In one large volume, 12mo, cloth. $3.50 Half calf, gilt. 5.50 "A more convenient literary labor-saving machine than this excellent compilation can scarcely be found in any language."--_N. Y. Tribune._ "It has been planned so as to facilitate access to the largest amount of useful information in the smallest possible compass."--_Buffalo Courier._ =LOSSING (Benson J.) A History of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.= With three maps, large 12mo, cloth extra. $2.50 School edition. 2.00 Half calf, extra. 4.50 "We know of no compendium of English History so full and complete, so methodized and reliable, and at the same time so attractively and powerfully written."--_College Courant._ =IRVING (WASHINGTON). Life of George Washington.= The new Mount Vernon Edition, giving the complete Work in two handsome octavo volumes, fully illustrated with steel plates. Cloth extra, in box. $7.00 Half calf. 12.00 ---- The one volume "popular" edition, condensed, with plates; for school and popular use. Large 12mo, cloth extra. 2.50 School edition. 2.25 Half calf, extra. 4.50 "This fascinating and valuable work is now within the reach of all students, who should not deny themselves this rare opportunity of securing this _best_ work by America's First Writer upon America's noblest hero."--_Amherst Student._ =THE CHILDHOOD OF THE ENGLISH NATION; or the Beginnings of English History.= By Ella S. Armitage. 16mo, cloth extra. $1 00 "It is indeed no easy task to make a short history accurate, and at the same time interesting:. Mrs. Armitage seems to us to have done her work thoroughly well. A microscopic examination would probably disclose flaws in this book; but we can testify that it has been composed with care, and after consultation of the best authorities and, moreover, by no means the least of its merits, that it is a most interesting book to read."--_School Guardian._ PUTNAM'S SERIES OF SCHOOL HISTORIES. =History of England.= For Junior Classes. By L. SCHMITZ, LL.D. With Illustrations and Historical Map. 16mo, cloth. $1 00 "Dr. Schmitz's volume is sensibly written."--_Athenæum._