Anonymous. [Infantry Tactics.] U. S. INFANTRY Tactics, for the [93] instruction, exercise, and manoeuvres of the United States. Infantry, including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen: Prepared under the direction of the War Department, and authorized and adopted by the Secretary of War, May 1, 1861. Containing the School of the Soldier; the School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; the General Calls, the Calls for Skirmishers, and the School of the Battalion: including the Articles of War and a Dictionary of Military Terms. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1863. 18mo. Cloth. The book is illustrated with 77 explanatory plates, and closes with a "Table of "Contents," in lieu of Index, pp. 439-450. Anonymous. INITIALS, THE, A Story of Modern Life. Three [94] volumes of the London Edition complete in one. Philadelphia: A. Hart. 1850. Large 8vo. Printed in double col umns. ... This is bound up with Borrow's "The Bible in Spain," which see. Anonymous.-LIFE of Burns, Robert. See British Poets. Anonymous.-LIFE of Cowper, William. See British Poets. Anonymous.-LIFE of Hood, Thomas. See British Poets. Anonymous.-LIFE of Moore, Thomas. See British Poets. Anonymous.-LIFE of Wordsworth, William. See British Poets. Anonymous.-MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ and Her Contemporaries. [95] Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1842. 2 vols. 12mo. Cloth. .. There are upwards of ninety chapters giving short accounts of the renowned contemporaries and events of Mme. de Sévigné's time, the volumes embracing a period of above a century from Cardinal Richelieu to the death of Louis XIV. temporaries, etc., are: The Con . i. 42 Montmorency (Duke and Duch- Villiers (Second Duke of Buck- ii. 200 i. 197 ii. 223 des Postes et Relais. Gravé par P. A. F. Tardieu, Graveur des Postes Impériales. 1812. .. This is a large Map measuring 4 ft. 8 in. by 4 ft. I in., mounted on muslin. Its chief interest lies in its having been the personal property of the Emperor Napoleon. It is enclosed in a red leather case lettered "Carte des Postes de L'Empire Français, "1812," and bears the Imperial arms. It was purchased at a bookstore in St. Augustine, Florida, and was in very bad condition, but has been carefully repaired and forms an interesting memento of the "Petit Caporal." Anonymous.-MEMOIR OF WYATT, Sir Thomas. See British Poets. Anonymous.-MEMORIAL ADDRESSES on the Life and Character [97] of William Pitt Fessenden, (a Senator from Maine,) delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, 41st Congress, 2nd Session, December 14, 1869. Published by Order of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1870. Large 8vo. Cloth. ... A Portrait of Mr. Fessenden is prefixed as a Frontispiece. Anonymous. [Meteorology.] THE PRACTICAL USE of Meteoro[98] logical Reports and Weather Maps. Washington, D. C.: R. Beresford. 1871. 8vo. Cloth. ... This was a Circular published by direction of the Secretary of War in 1871. It was issued from the office of the Chief Signal Officer, Division of Telegrams and Reports for the benefit of Commerce. Anonymous.-METRIC SYSTEM, THE. A Compilation consisting [99] of Extracts from the Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Law of Congress adopting the system, and Tables of Authorized Weights and Measures: And a Translation of a portion of a Work entitled "The 'Legal System of Weights and Measures," by M. Lamotte. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1867. 12mo. Cloth. Anonymous.-MINUTES of the Committee of Defence of Philadelphia 1814-1815. See Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Anonymous.-MOABITE STONE. See Anonymous (Recovery of Jerusalem). Anonymous.-[Munich.] COLLECTION de Beautés de sa Majesté [100] Le Roi Louis I. de Bavière dans la Residence Royale à Munich. Munich: Piloty and Loehle. [n. d.] Large folio. Morocco bordered, edges gilt. These are thirty-six beautiful engravings of a series of paintings placed in two card-rooms on the east side of the ball-room in the Festsaalbau side of the Palace at Munich. They are Portraits by Josef Karl Stieler (1781-1858) of "beautiful women ❝ of modern times, chiefly Bavarian, from the Queen to the Actress, the peasant-girl and "Munich dressmaker." No. XVI. is the celebrated Lola Montez, and XXXVI. is the daughter of a shoemaker in the city of Munich, the belle of the Collection. The paintings were executed between the years 1827 and 1851, No. 36 being the last but one added to the Collection. Anonymous.-NAVAL ENCYCLOPÆDIA, A: comprising a Dictionary [101] of Nautical Words and Phrases; Biographical Notices, and Records of Naval Officers: Special Articles on Naval Art and Science, written expressly for this work by Officers and others of recognized authority in the branches treated by them. Together with descriptions of the Principal Naval Stations and Seaports of the World. Philadelphia: L. R. Hamersly & Co. 1881. Large 8vo., printed in double columns. Half morocco, top edges gilt. After the Preface is given a "List of Contributors and Articles" and at the end of the book (pp. 875-1017) a Supplement of the Records of Living Officers of the Navy to July 1, 1880; but as these are arranged under the subdivisions of their rank, and in none of the subdivisions even alphabetically, and, furthermore, as 903 officers are included in 35 Lists and sublists of rank, active, retired, and honorary, etc. etc., the last 143 pages of the "Encyclopædia" are as nearly reduced to waste paper as is possible. Anonymous.-NEW ENGLAND Society of Pennsylvania. Volume [102] of Six Annual Reports (1881-1886) of the Proceedings and Annual Festivals of this Society. Privately printed. 8vo. Half morocco, top edges red. The original covers have been bound in at the end. Anonymous. [Newhall.] WALTER S. NEWHALL. (With Por[103] trait.) A Memoir. Philadelphia: Sanitary Commis sion. 1864. 8vo. Half cloth, top edges gilt. ·.· Walter Symonds Newhall (1841-1863) lived at Germantown and was a great Cricketer. He joined the Army on the breaking out of the war, but was accidentally des Postes et Relais. Gravé par P. A. F. Tardieu, Graveur des Postes Impériales. 1812. This is a large Map measuring 4 ft. 8 in. by 4 ft. 1 in., mounted on muslin. Its chief interest lies in its having been the personal property of the Emperor Napoleon. It is enclosed in a red leather case lettered "Carte des Postes de L'Empire Français, "1812," and bears the Imperial arms. It was purchased at a bookstore in St. Augustine, Florida, and was in very bad condition, but has been carefully repaired and forms an interesting memento of the “ Petit Caporal.” Anonymous.-MEMOIR OF WYATT, Sir Thomas. See British Anonymous.-MEMORIAL ADDRESSES on the Life and Character [97] of William Pitt Fessenden, (a Senator from Maine,) delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, 41st Congress, 2nd Session, December 14, 1869. Published by Order of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1870. Large 8vo. Cloth. ... A Portrait of Mr. Fessenden is prefixed as a Frontispiece. Anonymous.-[Meteorology.] THE PRACTICAL USE of Meteoro[98] logical Reports and Weather Maps. Washington, D. C.: R. Beresford. 1871. 8vo. Cloth. .. This was a Circular published by direction of the Secretary of War in 1871. It was issued from the office of the Chief Signal Officer, Division of Telegrams and Reports for the benefit of Commerce. Anonymous.-METRIC SYSTEM, THE. A Compilation consisting [99] of Extracts from the Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Law of Congress adopting the system, and Tables of Authorized Weights and Measures: And a Translation of a portion of a Work entitled "The "Legal System of Weights and Measures," by M. Lamotte. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1867. 12mo. Cloth. Anonymous.-MINUTES of the Committee of Defence of Philadelphia 1814-1815. See Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Anonymous.-MOABITE STONE. See Anonymous (Recovery of Jerusalem). |