Harper's Stereotype Edition. TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY. BY THE AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN POPULAR LESSONS," &c. IN THREE VOLUMES. [Each volume comprising a distinct subject, and complete in itself.] VOL. II. RELATING TO THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO AND PERU; TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME FACTS ILLUS- TRATIVE OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THOSE COUNTRIES, ETC. FOR THE USE OF YOUNG PERSONS AND SCHOOLS. NEW-YORK: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER, AND SOLD BY THE BOOKSELLERS GENERALLY THROUGHOUT 18 3 3. Southern District of New-York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 4th day of February, A. D. 1830, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, William Burgess, of the same District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "Tales from American History; containing the Principal Facts in the Life of Christopher Columbus. For the use of Young Persons, and Schools. By the Author of American Popular Lessons. The man I speak of cannot in the world Be singly counterpoised.-Shakspeare." In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.' FRED. J. BETTS, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York. |