Catalogue of the private library of the late Mr. A.A. Smets, Savannah, Ga. : comprising one of the most valuable and extensive collections of books ever offered to the American public : containing very rare and elegant editions of early printed works, ranging from the XV. century : also, many early manuscripts and missals, with gorgeous illuminations : a large assortment of modern illustrated works, standard biographies, travels, histories, etc., etc., of the best editions : the whole to be sold by auction, at the Clinton Hall Book Salerooms and Art Galleries, Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., auctioneers, Monday, May 25th, and following days, commencing at 4 o'clock P.M. each day.

"A southern library. A statement read before the New England historical and genealogical society ... Oct. 5, 1859" (4 p., bound at end of copy 1) relates to the present library.

The encyclopædia of missions. Descriptive, historical, biographical, statistical. With a full assortment of maps, a complete bibliography, an lists of Bible versions ...

"A bibliography of foreign missions ... down to the close of 1890. Compiled by the Rev. Samuel Macauley Jackson ... assisted by the Rev. George William Gilmore": v. 1, p. 575-661.

What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking, soups, pickles, preserves, etc.

"Preface and apology" on p. [3] contains information on Mrs. Fisher's life and names of benefactors in San Francisco and Oakland who assisted her in writing the book.