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314. THE NEW ENGLAND TOUR of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 52.

*With the poems, Land," by Holmes.

Boston: Bee Printing Co., 1869

"The Prince's Welcome," and "Our Fathers'

Two copies of the exercises in honor of Lord Renfrew, October 18, 1860, containing "Our Father's Land," by Holmes, laid in.

RARE AUTOGRAPHED LEAFLET.

315. CLASS POEM, '29. LEAFLET, containing Hymn, 5 Stanzas of 4 lines each, dated Jan. 6th, 1869, commencing: "Thou Gracious Power, whose mercy lends

The Light of home, the smile of friends," etc.

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* VERY RARE, BUT FEW COPIES HAVING BEEN PRINTED. TIALED AND NUMBERED BY HOLMES, THIS BEING "No. 12." From the Harvard Library.

316. HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN STEREOSCOPE. Illustrated. 12mo, wrappers, pp. 16.

* SCARCE.

n. p. [Philadelphia, 1869]

317. MECHANISM IN THOUGHT AND MORALS: an Address. 12mo, original cloth.

318.

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871

The same (cover soiled). AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH INSCRIPTION:

*"W. Victor Paulet, with the compliments of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, May 28th, 1874." With a great many pencilled notes throughout, which may or may not be by Holmes, such as 'Genius repays what it borrows; how many forgotten authors live again in Macaulay." If we borrow from the ancients it is erudition, if from the moderns, plagiarism." Some are in the form of proof corrections, such as Dr." Newman changed to "Cardinal" Newman.

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319. THE CLAIMS OF DENTISTRY: an Address delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the Dental Department in Harvard University, Feb. 14th, 1872. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 35.

Boston: Rand, Avery and Co., 1872

320. THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. Frontispiece. 12mo, original cloth.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1872

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321. CENTENNIAL OF THE BOSTON PIER, or the Long Wharf Corporation, 1873. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 38. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1873 "Dear Friends, we are Strangers,” and an ad

* Contains poem, dress by Holmes.

322. PROCEEDINGS of a Special Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, December 16, 1873. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut, pp. 70. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1874

* Contains the poem, "A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party," composed for the occasion by Holmes.

323. MEMORIAL SERVICES in Honor of Charles Sumner (with Hymn-"Once more, ye sacred towers," by Holmes, 3 stanzas of 8 lines each). Leaflet, pp. 4, as issued. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1874 324. BUNKER HILL MEMORIAL, with Poem, "Grandmother's Story of Bunker-Hill Battle," by Holmes. Illustrated. 8vo, original wrappers.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1875 325. DEDICATION of the Statue of John A. Andrew at Hingham, 1875 (with original Hymn, 6 stanzas of 4 lines each, by Holmes). 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 55.

WITH LETTER FROM HOLMES.

Boston, 1875

326. FAIR PLAY. (A Collection of Riddles for a Fair at Waltham, Mass.) 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 20.

Waltham: Phinney and Barry, 1875

* THE ARNOLD COPY, with book-label. FINE COPY. RARE. Laid in is the printed "Key to Fair Play," also a letter from Holmes to Osgood the publisher with reference to the Fair, etc.

327. SONGS OF MANY SEASONS, 1862-1874. 12mo, original cloth. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1875

328. THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, May 24th, 1877. 8vo, original wrappers, Boston: H. O. Houghton and Co., 1877

pp. 39.

* Contains "An Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Boston Microscopical Society," by Holmes.

329. TRIBUTE of the Massachusetts Historical Society to the Memory of Edmund Quincy and John Lothrop Motley. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut, pp. 30.

Boston: Mass. Historical Society, 1877

* Contains the Address (pp. 16-23) by Holmes.

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330. AN ADDRESS delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Boston Microscopical Society. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 12. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1877

HOLMES' COPY OF HIS "FAMILY RECORD," WITH LETTER.

331. A FAMILY RECORD. WOODSTOCK, CONNECTICUT, July 4th, 1877. 4to, original wrappers, pp. 11, in half morocco case. [Cambridge, Mass., 1877]

*EXTREMELY RARE. ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER WERE PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR'S USE. WITH AUTOGRAPH IN FULL: "OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES" UNDER THE TITLE. The Poem was delivered at the celebration at Roseland Park, within half a mile of where Holmes's father was born, and a short distance from where several generations of his ancestors lie buried. The Poem was intended to be a record of the Holmes' Family. Laid in is a very interesting letter from Holmes (2 pp. 8vo), July 5th, 1877, REFERRING TO THE POEM; also copies of other letters containing information on the subject.

332. POETICAL WORKS. Household Edition. 12mo, cloth. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1877

333. VISIONS: by E. H. Clarke. Sketch by Holmes.

A Study of False Sight (Pseudopia),
With an Introduction and Memorial
Portrait. 12mo, original cloth.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1878

334. THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, Dec. 12, 1878. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 35. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1878

* Contains the "Dedicatory Address at the opening of the New Building of the Boston Medical Library Association."

LARGE PAPER COPY, WITH LETTER FROM HOLMES. 335. JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY: A Memoir. Portrait. Small 4to, original cloth, gilt top.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1879 *THE ARNOLD COPY, with book-label. LARGE PAPER COPY, of which ONLY A SMALL NUMBER WERE PRINTED. Laid in is a 3-pp. letter from Holmes to Robert C. Winthrop, referring to the above work, and other matters, dated Oct. 13th (1878), in which he saysin part "... Dr. Ellis has told you how we have arranged it about the Memoir (of Motley). It is altogether too long as I have written it for the Proceedings, and I shall draw up one of reasonable length

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