VALUABLE NATIONAL STANDARD WORKS PUBLISHED BY EDWARD WALKER, 114 FULTON-STREET, NEW YORK. I. A VOICE TO AMERICA; OR, THE MODEL REPUBLIC, ITS GLORY OR ITS FALL; WITH A REVIEW OF STATES. One volume, 12mo., about 400 pages, cloth gilt, $1.25. Evils of Military Organizations exclusively What Constitutes the Right to Vote? Naturalization Laws of the United States. The Citizen of a Republic. Ainerican Nationality. Necessity of American Habits and Principles. Origin of Political Power. Mexico and the South American Republics. Secret Societies-their Use and Abuse. This work is written in an earnest American spirit, by able and experienced writers selected for their eminent fitness for the task, and will be found worthy the attentive perusal of the whole American people. It condenses a prodigious amount of most valuable information relating to our social and political economy, and the dangers to which our civil and national liberties are exposed, together with illustrations drawn from the history of the classic and modern republics. This production will long be regarded as the great text-book for American citizens. It is so thorough in its investigations, and of such deep, stirring Interest, that it cannot fail of making its direct appeal to the hearts of the people. 405 WALKER'S NATIONAL STANDARD WORKS. II. NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES; COMPRISING THE COLONIAL, REVOLUTIONARY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL RECORDS OF THE COUNTRY; BASED UPON AND INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, &c. By BENSON J. LOSSING and EDWIN WILLIAMS. In two volumes, royal 8vo., illustrated with numerous fine engravings on steel and wood, muslin gilt, $7. It is a work unique in its character, and of intrinsic value as a standard authority for the statesman, historian, and general reader; and no less important as the exponent of the polit ical ethics and progress of the Confederacy. It will be regarded as the National History of our country during its three great epochs-Colonial, Revolutionary, and Constitutionalcondensed from the national archives; including impartial biographical memoirs of the Presidents of the United States, from the times of Washington to the present, their administrations, etc., and a mass of highly valuable national documents never before presented to the public in a collective form. The claims of this truly national work will, it is believed, be at once apparent, since it is not only designed as a standard authority of reference, but also as the best work for all who desire to become thoroughly acquainted with the theory and working of our Constitution, its institutes and laws. Comprising, as it does, the great essentials of our national history, it will necessarily become of imperishable value to the American people. The two well-known names which appear on the title-page, afford a sufficient guarantee for the manner in which the work has been produced-its general excellence, comprehensiveness, and accuracy-Mr. B. J. Lossing, the author of the "Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution," and Mr. Edwin Williams, editor of the "Statesman's Manual," and other valuable statistical works. The numerous illustrations which accompany the volumes, are beautiful specimens of art, and include exterior and interior views of the Senate of the United States, and House of Representatives, Government Buildings, Capitol, Custom-Houses, Mints, Forts, and a series of newly-prepared portraits of all the Presidents, &c. A copious analytical index is affixed to the work. III. THE STATESMAN'S MANUAL; CONTAINING THE PRESIDENTS' MESSAGES-INAUGURAL, ANNUAL, AND SPECIAL FROM THOSE OF WASHINGTON TO THE PRESENT TIME: WITH THEIR MEMOIRS AND HISTORIES OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIONS. VALUABLE DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICS. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES, BY EDWIN WILLIAMS. The new edition brought down to the present time. ALSO, 4 vols. 8vo., with Portraits of all the Presidents, cloth, extra gilt, $10. This great national work has received the highest commendation from the Press throughout the country, as well as from some of the most distinguished personages connected with the Federal and State governments. It is indispensable to all persons in any way connected with official or governmental affairs. A full analytical Index accompanies the work, by which immediate reference can be made to any great question-political, social, or legal. WALKER'S NATIONAL STANDARD WORKS. THE STATESMAN'S MANUAL-CONTINUED, EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES OF THE WORK. 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A NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION (THE 20TH THOUSAND) OF DR. DOWLING'S HISTORY OF ROMANISM. COMPILED FROM ROMISH AUTHORITIES; WITH SUPPLEMENT, BRINGING THE HISTORY DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME; WITH FIFTY ENGRAVINGS. 1 vol. 8vo., 800 pages, cloth gilt, $3. This valuable production, which, by common consent of the Press, literary, religious, and secular, throughout America and Great Britain, has been pronounced the standard authority upon the subject of which it treats, has already attained a circulation in this country of upwards of thirty thousand copies. The great characteristic merit of this work, consists in the fact of its being based almost entirely upon Romish authorities-for the most part inaccessi ble to Protestant readers. It is the result of immense research and labor, and is the most comprehensive and reliable work of its class extant. 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