This is the prime idea that lies at the foundation of the popular system

of education--to make children uniform. This very thing that God and

Nature have set themselves against--no two faces, or forms, or statures;

no two minds, or hearts, or souls being alike, as designed by the

Creator, and as fashioned by Nature's hand--to make all these alike was

the aim of the system under which Dodd began to be evolved, and with

which he began to clash at once.

But it is not the system only which is at fault. Hot with the

indignation bred from a discussion of its shortcomings, the author turns

suddenly upon the parents of the innumerable Dodds in the schools of the

country:

And for you, who send your six-year-olds to school with a single hook,

and grumble because you have to buy even so much of an outfit, what are

you going to do about it when your boy drains all the life out of the

little volume in a couple of weeks or a month? He knows the stories by

heart, and after that he says them over, day by day, because he must,

and not in the least because he cares to.

What are you going to do about this? It is largely your business. You

cannot shirk it and say that you send the boy to school, and it is the

teacher's business to take care of him.

The remedy for the wrongs and faults of the system is, in his opinion,

to recognize the individuality of children in the schoolroom to study

the mental peculiarities and needs of each, and to do away with the

system so far as it interferes with the liberty of the teacher to adapt

his means to the proper ends to be attained. It is demanded that

teachers be selected on the sole ground of fitness and adaptability, and

not because of favoritism or the mere fact that their book education is

sufficient, and it is further insisted that parents interest themselves

to see and demand that the best that can be done is done for their

children. These are the means suggested in the way of reform, and they

seem adequate in a large degree to accomplish what is desired. We

commend the book to teachers and parents.

MONEY IN POLITICS. By J.K. Upton. With an introduction by Edward

Atkinson. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. The author of this

comprehensive and valuable work was for several years Assistant

Secretary of the United States Treasury, and in that responsible

position had admirable facilities for studying the question of money as

affected by congressional acts from the earliest history of the republic

down to the present, and he has made good use of his opportunities in

this book which is a succinct narration of the numerous changes made in

American money beginning with the continental issues, in fact, earlier,

the colonial money. The work is, therefore, a history of American coin

and the numerous issues of paper that served as money. To the student

there is in this book a fund of information extremely interesting,

particularly at this time when the popular will is likely to compel

farther legislation. A topic of present interest, is the silver dollar,

to which the author devotes a chapter historical in its character, and

another chapter concerning circulation of this coin. In the former

chapter he begins with the Spanish milled dollar, "the Mexican pillar

piece," which was the first silver dollar known in American commerce,

and had, in colonial times, 386.7-8 grains of pure silver. In 1785 the

American standard was fixed at 375.64 grains of pure silver which became

the unit of account, the standard dollar. In 1792, after a Congress of

the States was organized, the standard dollar was required to contain

371.25 grains of pure silver, or, with the admixture of baser metal, the

standard of silver coin 416 grains, the pure silver rated by itself as

before. These facts are of interest as showing the origin of the

American dollar recognized as the standard down to 1873.

The chapters on "Circulation of the Silver Dollar" and "The Trade

Dollar" are interesting and timely, inasmuch as the questions considered

are now before Congress, or at least with the committees, and

legislation of some kind will be demanded within the next year. There

is, even now, a proposition embodied in a bill to suspend coinage of the

silver dollar, because it has been found impossible to put the great sum

coined directly in circulation. A great part of it has been made the

basis of silver certificates, a kind of currency that, by and by, will

bring distress to commercial interests if the issues are maintained, or

if they are materially increased. Mr. Upton treats all these matters

with very clear understanding of every question, and with certain

facility of expression that appeals directly to the reader who has only

common understanding of money affairs. From beginning to end the book is

a rich mine of facts, of historical matter, and of statements that have

undergone the scrutiny of the wisest financier during the critical

period between the appreciation of values, with the disturbing

influences of war, and the return of true values with resumption of

specie payment which was effected with gold. While the work must have

absorbing interest for that extended school of economists that has made

finance a special study in the past dozen years, it will prove very

useful to representatives in Congress, who may find here in compact form

facts of history with which they should have familiar acquaintance

before they attempt legislation intended to correct the errors

incorporated in our money system.

THE OLD STONE HOUSE. By Anne March (Constance Fenimore Woolson). Boston:

D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.50. This capital story, by one of the

brightest American writers of fiction, has been placed by the publishers

in their Young Folks' Library Series, where it ought to find a new lease

of popularity. The Old Stone House is the home of five young people,

representing three families. They are all orphans, and are living with a

widowed aunt, whose single and constant aim is to educate them into real

men and women. The young cousins, who dearly love each other, differ in

tastes and temperament, but not in such ways as to interfere with each

other's enjoyments. The younger ones are jolly and fun-loving, and no

occasion for having a good time is left unimproved. The main interest of

the story, however, lies with the eldest of the cousins, Sybil

Warrington, a girl of strong feelings but quiet exterior, whose ambition

to shine in society is held in check by a feeling that something higher

and better is required of her. The story of her struggles is quietly but

effectively told, and will have a peculiar interest for young girls.

Miss Woolson has written much, and her work has given her a very

enviable reputation both in this country and in Europe, but in all her

writings there is nothing more earnest.

HOW SUCCESS IS WON. By Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton. With Portraits. Boston: D.

Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. This handsome volume is made up of

biographies of twelve men who have achieved distinguished successes in

the various directions in which they turned their respective energies.

Mrs. Bolton not only rehearses the main incidents of their lives, but

shows that in every case the success and honors attained were the result

of industry, economy and high moral principle. Among those selected to

illustrate how success may be won under different circumstances are

Peter Cooper, John B. Gough, John G. Whittier, Henry M. Stanley and

Alexander H. Stephens. The several sketches are bright and pointed, and

the portraits which illustrate them add to their value.

The Rochester (N.Y.) _Herald_ speaks of this extremely interesting

book as "a singular collection of names, wide apart in many respects,

but they represent men whom it is interesting to read about."

ANNA MARIA'S HOUSEKEEPING. By Mrs. S.D. Power. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co.

Price $1.00. If we were asked to recommend any one single book to a

young housekeeper which should serve as a domestic guide, counsellor and

friend, we should unhesitatingly name _Anna Maria's Housekeeping_.

So far as our knowledge extends, there is no other book which so exactly

and thoroughly fulfils the needs implied in those titles. It is no mere

collection of receipts, but a complete and common-sense treatise on the

whole science of housekeeping, tersely and clearly written, with a

flavor of experience about it that makes one accept it as authoritative.

It is a staff upon which the young housekeeper may confidently lean, and

by the aid of which she may overcome obstacles which without it would

seem insurmountable. Mrs. Power does not believe in a house keeping

itself. It requires continual care and oversight, and a clear knowledge

of what is to be done. She believes, too, that a house can be well kept

as easily as badly kept, and that a bright, clean, well-ordered home has

a deal to do with molding the temper and even character of its members.

"It is no small thing," she says, "to stand at the head of affairs, and

be the motive power on which depend the welfare and credit, the health,

temper and spirit of the whole family. When in midlife you come to find

how essential the comfort of a well-kept home is to the bodily strength

and good conditions, to a sound mind and spirit, and useful days, you

will reverence the good housekeeper as I do, above poet or artist,

beauty or genius." In the opening chapter of the book the author

instructs Anna Maria in the art of "How to Make Home-work Easier." In

the succeeding chapters she takes up the various kinds of work there is

to be done about the house, and describes the easiest methods of doing

it. "No attitudinizing," she remarks, "no fine lady affectations over

the griddles and saucepans; instead, cultivate the fine character which

acts up to the need of the hour swiftly, promptly, but with quiet and

certainty." Her definition of "good food" is to the point. "It is not,"

she says, "rich food, nor even the tolerable fare which is just

undercooked and flavorless enough to tax digestion more than it ought.

It is the best of everything cooked in the nicest possible way, and with

pleasant variety." Passing from the kitchen the care of the different

rooms of the house is taken up--the chambers, the sitting-room and the

storeroom; instructions are given for making "blue Monday" less blue;

the arts of starching and ironing are discussed; and a chapter is given

to the mending and darning basket. Other portions of the book are

devoted to "Company Days," "Shopping," "Sickness in the House," "Making

the best of Things," and "Helps that are Helps," the servant-girl

question forming the subject of the closing chapter. The volume is very

handsomely brought out, but even were it not, it would be worth its

weight in gold to the young and inexperienced housekeeper.

GERTRUDE'S DIARY. By Pansy. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price

60 cts. A new book by Pansy is always hailed with delight, and that

delight generally mingled with wonder can possibly write so much and yet

keep the freshness and brightness which runs through all her books.

Gertrude is a girl of fifteen, wide awake, full of life, generally good

tempered, and yet with as many faults as most girls of her age have;

faults which arise more from thoughtlessness than from intent. She is

one of four who agree to keep diaries, in accordance with a suggestion

made by their Sunday-school teacher, and she records with impartiality

all her good and bad times, her trials and her triumphs. Aside from its

interest, it contains suggestions which cannot fail to make an

impression upon the mind of any young girl who reads it, and to

strengthen her in like temptations and under the same conditions. A

pleasant story runs through the diary.

MANY COLORED THREADS. From the Writings of Goethe. Selected by Carrie

Adelaide Cooke. With an Introduction by Kev. Alexander McKenzie, D.D.

Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. No other volume of the Spare

Minute Series contains more real meat than this. Goethe was

epigrammatic, and his ideas took the concentrated form of bullets,

instead of scattering like shot. We doubt if there is another author,

always excepting Shakespeare, from whose books so many noble and

complete thoughts can be extracted. In the two hundred and fifty pages

of this volume are more than a thousand of these gems, each worth; its

setting. Dr. McKenzie says aptly of Goethe that he is able by virtue of

his own genius to set more than the common man and to put his visions

and his reflections in such form that others who would never have seen

the tilings for themselves or been able to think deeply upon them, can

have the benefit of his generous study and thought. He was many-sided.

His mind took a wide range and seemed almost equally at home in many

places. The real and the ideal both interested him and were cherished by

him. Science and art, philosophy and poetry, engaged his attention and

were enriched by his handiwork. In this versatility of his power and the

manifoldness of their application he was remarkable. Out of this breadth

of study came varied and large thoughts of the world and of human life.

He had the faculties with which nature and humanity and divine power

could breathe their inspiration for the world's instruction and delight,

and that they were fully employed no-one who turns over the pages of

this collection can doubt. A brief biography of Goethe takes the place

of a preface, and there is an index of subjects.

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MR. CHARLES LANMAN THE AUTHOR OF "THE LEADING MEN OF JAPAN."

MARY COLE BAKER writes in the Washington (D.C.) _Republic:_ "Mr.

Lanman is well known both in England and America as the writer of some

of the most delightful descriptive books in the English language. To the

facile wielding of his pen he adds an equally adroit and skilful use of

the pencil, and his admirable results in these combined pursuits won for

him from his friend and brother of the quill, Washington Irving, the apt

and deserved soubriquet of 'the picturesque explorer of America.' To the

pleasure which Mr. Lanman derived from these pursuits he added a

sportsman's love for the field and took genuine delight in the

'contemplative art' of angling. He was the first American to cast the

artificial fly in the Saguenay region and to describe for the angler the

charms of that since famous locality. He has followed this sport in

nearly every State in the Union, never without his sketching materials,

which he used unstintingly. The results of these labors are many

hundreds of sketches of American scenery, invaluable now that the march

of civilization has so completely changed the face of a large part of

the country. It is delightful to find a man who has been able to get so

much good from life as has Mr. Lanman. One would think that the writing

and illustrating of more than thirty books, some of which are in two

large octavo volumes, was the work of a lifetime. But this has been to

Mr. Lanman his recreation. The fact that his books have been successful

pecuniarily has not prevented him from following the duties of the

various governmental positions in which he has been placed. No sinecures

they either--librarian at different times of the House of

Representatives, the War Department, of copyrights in the State

Department and of the Interior Department, secretary to Daniel Webster,

at the head of the returns of office of the Interior Department, and for

the last ten years the American Secretary to the Japanese Legation at

Washington. A lover of social intercourse, Mr. Lanman has led the

typical busy life of the American, untouched by the direful and

disastrous ills it is supposed to bring. He is now engaged in editing

fourteen of his books for reproduction in uniform style, and a new book,

_The Leading Men of Japan_, is ready for issue." 12mo, $1.50.

Boston: D. Lothrop, & Co., Publishers.

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COULDN'T BE BOUGHT: AND OTHER STORIES. By Faye Huntington. Illustrated.

Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price 75 cts. A delightful collection of short

stories for boys and girls, adapted to the Sunday-school library. The

volume takes its name from the leading story. The author has a pleasant

and attractive style, and her stories have a large amount of "telling"

force in them.

CHINA. By Prof. R.K. Douglas, of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur

Gilman, M.A. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.50. This

volume comes just at a time when there is a strong demand for something

brief, exact and authoritative in the way of Chinese history. Current

events have brought China before the world as one of the really great

powers, and one which in time will be able not only to defend herself

against the aggressions of other nations but will be perfectly able to

take the offensive should occasion require. In the arts of diplomacy the

Chinese are a match for the keenest statesman of Europe, and since the

beginning of the present troubles with France they have developed a

military talent which is perfectly surprising. With the growth of the

military spirit it would not be strange if, in the course of the next

generation China should hold as distinct and important a place among the

warlike powers as France or England.

The author of the volume before us had exceptional advantages for making

such a book as just now the public demand and need. He was for several

years a resident of China in an official capacity, and studied the

people and their mode of life from actual observation. In preparing the

book he also freely availed himself of the labors of others where they

seemed capable of adding value to the narrative. In his preface he

acknowledges his indebtedness to Doctor Legge's "Chinese Classics,"

Archdeacon Gray's work on "China," Doolittle's "Social Life of the

Chinese," Denys's "Chinese Folklore," Mayers's "Chinese Reader's

Manual," Sir John Davis's "Poetry of the Chinese," as well as to the

important linguistic, religious and topographical writings of Doctor

Edkins of Peking, and particularly to the late Professor S. Wells

Williams, of Yale College, whose work on the _Middle Kingdom_

contains more information of value than any other single volume in our

language.

The various chapters of the work deal with the history of the empire in

brief, its government, religions, its educational system, the nurture of

the young, superstitions, funeral and wedding rites, the language, food

and dress, honors, architecture, music, medicine and other subjects. It

has been critically read by the young Chinese scholar, Mr. Yan Phou Lee,

of Yale College, who has suggested a few notes. Its completeness is

added to by an analytic table of contents and an index.

IN THE WOODS AND OUT. By Pansy. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co.

Price $1.00. In the score or more of short stories which make up this

volume Pansy is at her best. She never writes for the mere sake of

filling up, but always, in the briefest of her sketches, she has

something worth telling and worth remembering. There isn't a thing in

the book which will not be read twice, and certain of the stones will be

perennial favorites with the younger class of readers.

* * * * *

PHILOSOPHIÆ QUÆSTOR.

The seeker of philosophical truth, which is described as the shadowy

figure of a young girl, is, throughout, very expressive of desire and

appreciation. The impressions she receives are those to which such a

condition are most sensitive--the higher and more refined ones--and the

responsive thoughts concern the nature and character of what is heard or

felt. The elevation into classic importance of Concord, its

philosophers, and its School of Philosophy is due to the influence of

their history and teachings in American literature, and it is pleasant

to recognize in this work such reverence of their classicism. Mrs.

Anagnos has written a prose poem in which the last two sessions of the

Concord School of Philosophy, which include that in memory of Emerson,

and its lecturers excite her feeling and inspire her thought. It is sung

in lofty strains that resemble those of the sacred woods and fount, and

themselves are communicative of their spirit. It will be welcomed as an

appropriate souvenir.--_Boston Globe_.

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OUR NATIONAL FINANCES.

Mr. J.K. Upton used to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the

United States. Few men, therefore, have had better opportunities to

inform themselves about our national finances. His volume, _Money in

Politics_, published by D. Lothrop & Co., price $1.25, is a full

history of the financial policy and legislation of this country. It is

of the utmost value as a record, a book of reference, and an expression

of sound theories. The intelligent reader cannot repress a feeling of

shame that our national history in respect to finance should have been

characterized by such continual bungling. The saddest feature in the

case is the crass ignorance which Congress usually has displayed. Much

of our legislation about money matters has been the merest

experimenting, if not worse than this--the deliberate effort to enrich

some one class of business men at the expense of the nation.

He utters a solemn warning of the dangers to which we now are exposed

through our present acts of coinage and legal tender, whereby our gold

coin sooner or later must be driven from the country and our standard

must become a silver dollar of light weight and uncertain value. He also

shows conclusively the futility of legislation in causing two substances

to become and remain of the same value. Mr. Edward Atkinson has

furnished the introduction to the book, in which he commends it warmly.

While Congress continues to permit the coinage of $2,000,000 in silver a

month, for which there is no demand and the coinage of which merely

furnishes a market for the wares of a few owners of silver mines, it is

difficult to overstate the need that such books as this should be

circulated and studied attentively throughout the nation. Mr. Atkinson

makes an impressive comment, which we quote:

"The productions of the hen-yards of the United States, according to the

census statistics, was, in 1879, 456,910,916 dozen eggs, and, if hens

have now increased in the ratio of population, it is now 500,000,000

dozen, which at only ten cents a dozen, would exceed the value of the

products of the silver mines.

"It would be vastly more reasonable for Congress to order the compulsory

purchase of two million dollars' worth of eggs per month," in order to

sustain the hen products of the United States, "than it is to buy two

million dollars' worth of silver; because the eggs could be used, or

else would rot, while the silver cannot be used, and is expensive to

store and to watch (pp. xvi-xvii)."--_Congregationalist_.

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ILLITERACY AND MORMONISM.

Of _Illiteracy and Mormonism_, a brochure from the pen of Doctor

Henry Randall Waite, just published by D. Lothrop & Co., the _Boston

Daily Transcript_ in an advance notice, says:

"In view of the present great interest in the problems treated, and the

value of the material which it offers as an aid to their solution, the

book is especially timely. Doctor Waite, who was for some time editor of

the _International Review_, and whose work is well-known to readers

of the standard American periodicals, is one of the clearest-headed of

our younger writers on politico-economic subjects, and his views as here

set forth demand thoughtful consideration and respect. He brings to the

treatment of the subjects included in the title the special knowledge

gained in his important official position as statistician of the late

census, in charge of some of the most important branches, including

education, illiteracy and religious organizations."

The Dover (N.H.) _Star_, says:

"He makes the best argument for the Constitutionality of National Aid

[to education] which we have yet seen. It will bear careful

consideration by members of Congress."

The _Boston Daily Herald_ refers to the author's views as follows:

"One of the most original and valuable contributions yet made to the

discussion of the project of extending federal aid to common school

education in the States ... The moderation of its tone and the

conservatism of its suggestions will commend it to all thoughtful

students of this problem, while its statistics, many of which, in their

arrangement and application, are substantially new, should have a direct

influence in shaping the final action of Congress ... Mr. Waite has

given long and careful study to this subject in all its bearings, and he

writes with an equipment of information and reflection which has been

palpably lacking in much of the Senatorial discussion of it."

* * * * *

ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

The _New York Independent_, after referring to the various books on

Arctic explorations and adventure--the narratives of Kane and Hayes and

Gilder and De Long--says of Dr. Nourse's work: "The field of Arctic

authorship was not yet, however, covered by any of these works, and it

is to the credit of Professor Nourse that he saw what remained to be

done. In the work before us he comes into no competition with the

literary workers who have preceded him. No one will be the less disposed

to read Dr. Kane's chapters, or to peruse Mr. Gilder's, for having read

Professor Nourse; nor, on the other hand, will these works prejudice

Professor Nourse's chance to be read. His book stands on ground of its

own, as the one complete and competent survey of what American explorers

have done in the polar zones.... Professor Nourse's volume is embellished

with numerous good illustrations, and provided with an excellent and

indispensable circumpolar map. It deserves the successful sale we

understand it is already receiving."

The _Literary World_ in a review of the book says "it is an

encyclopaedic review of the whole subject of American enterprise in

Arctic seas," and adds: "Professor Nourse's book bears the credentials

of accuracy and authority, is well printed and bound, has numerous

engravings and useful maps, including some portraits on steel, has a

suitable index and table of contents, and furthermore is provided with a

bibliography of chief publications on Arctic research since 1818. In

every respect, then, it is a well-made book, a solid contribution to

popular reading."

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BACCALAUREATE SERMONS.

D. Lothrop & Co., of Boston, have published in book form nineteen

baccalaureate sermons preached at Harvard College, by Dr. A.P. Peabody,

the new Professor of Christian Morals. Dr. Peabody's reputation, as a

vigorous thinker and manly preacher, is as wide as this Republic; and

the volume of sermons before us is something more than a series of

homilies. It is a collection of addresses to young men--students just

ready to embark on the perilous sea of life--which may be profitably

read by every citizen of our country. The preacher does not address

himself to any single side of human life. He counsels the students in

their duties as men in all the relations of life. And in the selection

of themes he embraces a great variety of topics. In the discourse on

"Hebrew, Latin and Greek," for example, he takes the first-named tongue

as standing for religion, the second for beauty and the third for

strength. On this triad be formulates not only an intellectual cult but

a practical rule of life. Another notable sermon is on "The Sovereignty

of Law," an admirable disquisition on the supremacy of law in the

intellectual life, the physical existence, the domain of morals and in

every department of human activity. Dr. Peabody's style is forcible and

virile, and his compactness of statement, enables him to put "infinite

riches in a little room."--_Chicago Tribune._

* * * * *

A BOY'S WORKSHOP.

Every boy with a jack-knife in his pocket and his head full of plans

will fall to with delight on anything that gives him plenty to do in the

boyish line. This is the merit of a little manual just published by the

Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co., _A Boy's Workshop, with Plans and Designs

for Indoor and Outdoor Work_, by a "Boy and his Friends"; with an

introduction by Henry Randall Waite. The little manual goes to work

intelligibly, describing the shop, and the tools, giving hints and

accurate directions how to make a great variety of things whose uses

will be at once apparent to the boyish mind, and suggestions as to other

mysteries, the key to which makes any boy who possesses it a king among

his mates.

* * * * *

HOW SUCCESS IS WON.

"How Success is Won," by Sarah K. Bolton (D. Lothrop & Co.), is a

collection of twelve brief biographies intended to make clear to the

young the character and conduct that have resulted in the success of

Peter Cooper, John B. Gough, John G. Whittier, John Wanamaker, Henry M.

Stanley, Johns Hopkins, William M. Hunt, Elias Howe, Jr., Alexander H.

Stephens, Thomas A. Edison, Dr. W.T.G. Morton and the Rev. John H.

Vincent. The sketches are gracefully and interestingly written, and the

little volume is in every way to be commended.--_N.Y. Com. Adv._

* * * * *

THE GRAY MASQUE.

The Gray Masque of Mrs. Mary Barker Dodge (D. Lothrop & Co., Boston)

has won a series of splendid notices; yet, so far as we know, sufficient

stress has not been laid upon the keynote of the volume. _Love_,

in its varying phases, sounds through the majority of the verses like

the refrain of a song. Sometimes sad, sometimes solemn, oftener gay and

hopeful, the differing themes take up, one after another, the burden

of the initial poem; and answer, in separate ways, the question there

propounded, until the many-sided revelation is found to be fittingly

illustrated on the cover by the winged boy, who throws aside the masque

of mortality, and, soaring aloft, leaves behind him every earthly

doubt and care. The "Dedication" and the concluding poem, the first

emotional in its simplicity, the last intellectual in its subtlety,

mark the breadth as well as the limits of Mrs. Dodge's poetical

expression.--_Baldwin's Monthly._

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_75 cts. a year; 7 cts. a number._

This new periodical is intensely interesting to both old and young, as

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Beginning with the December issue, the CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS' JOURNAL

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exciting. It is written by Elbridge S. Brooks, and is entitled, "In

Leisler's Time." Send for a circular giving full information about the

C.Y.F.R.U. Reading Course.

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and in the peculiar fitness of the accompanying text. It is especially

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LOTHROP'S SPARE MINUTE SERIES.

"The significance of the name of this series is seen from the fact that

THOUGHTS THAT BREATHE, for instance, has 300 pages, and contains 273

separately numbered and independent extracts. Thus a person can read one

or more of these at a time, and put the book down without breaking the

train of thought." 6 vols, 12mo, $6.00. 6 vols, imitation half calf.

$7.50. 6 vols, full imitation calf. $9.00.

RIGHT TO THE POINT. From the writings of Theodore L. Cuyler,

D.D., selected by Mary Storrs Haynes. With an introduction by Rev.

Newman Hall.

Pithy paragraphs on a wide range of subjects, not one of which but will

be found to contain some terse, sparkling truth worthy of thought and

attention. A spare ten minutes devoted to such readings can never be

wasted.

THOUGHTS THAT BREATHE. From the writings of Dean Stanley.

Introduction by Rev. Phillips Brooks. The numerous admirers on this side

of the water of the late eloquent English churchman, will be grateful

for this volume, which contains some of his best utterances. 16mo,

cloth, $1.00.

CHEERFUL WORDS. From George MacDonald. Introduction by James T.

Fields.

THE MIGHT OF RIGHT. From Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone. Introduction

by John D. Long.

TRUE MANLINESS. From Thomas Hughes. Introduction by James

Russell Lowell.

LIVING TRUTHS. From Charles Kingsley. Introduction by W.D.

Howells.

LOTHROP'S CHOICE NEW EDITIONS OF FAMOUS S.S. BOOKS IN SETS.

"Bronckton Series." SO AS BY FIRE, by Margaret Sidney. A bright

story full of life and interest, as are all the writings by this popular

author.

HALF YEAR AT BRONCKTON, by the same author. Earnest, yet lively,

this is just the book for all boys old enough to be subjected to the

temptations of school life.

The other books of this series, "Tempter Behind," by John Saunders, "For

Mack's Sake," by S.J. Burke, and "Class of '70," by Helena V. Morrison,

are all worthy of a place in every Sunday-school library.

Amaranth Library. 4 vols., 12mo, illust. $6.00

Books by the author of Andy Luttrell. 6 vols., 12mo, illust. 7.50

Julia A. Eastman's Books. 6 vols., 12mo, illust 7.50

Ella Farman's Books. 9 vols., large 16mo, illust. 10.00

Pansy Series. 4 vols. 3.00

Mudge (Rev. Z.A.) Works. 3 vols. 3.75

Porter (Mrs. A.E.) Books. 5 vols. 6.25

Capron (M.J.) Books. 4 vols. 6.00

Mrs. E.D. Kendall's Books. 3 vols., 12mo, illust. 3.75

Our Boys' Library. 5 vols., illust. 6.25

Our Girls' Library. 5 vols., illust. 6.25

Mrs. A.E. Porter's Books. 5 vols., 12mo, illust. 6.25

Snow Family Library. 5 vols., illust. 5.00

Sturdy Jack Series. 6 vols., 12mo, illust. 4.50

To-day Series. New and of extraordinary excellence. 6 vols., illust. 7.50

Child Life Series. 26 vols., illust. Each 1.00

Hill Rest Series. 3 vols., 16mo, illust. 3.75

Uncle Max Series. 8 vols., illust. 6.00

Yensie Walton Books. 5 vols., 12mo, illust. 7.50

LOTHROP'S YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY.

Nothing at once so good and cheap is anywhere to be found. These choice

16mo volumes of 300 to 500 pages, clear type, carefully printed, with

handsome and durable covers of manilla paper, and embracing some of the

best stories by popular American authors, are published at the low price

of 25 cents per volume, and mailed postpaid. One number issued each

month. No second edition will be printed in this style. The regular

edition is issued in cloth bindings at $1,25 to $1.75 per volume. Among

the numbers already published at 25 cents each as above are

1. Tip Lewis and his Lamp, by PANSY.

2. Margie's Mission, by MARIE OLIVER.

3. Kitty Kent's Troubles, by JULIA A. EASTMAN.

4. Mrs. Hurd's Niece, by ELLA FARMAN PRATT, Editor of WIDE AWAKE.

5. Evening Rest, by REV. J.L. PRATT.

Other equally charming stories will follow each month. The Library is

especially commended to Sunday-school superintendents or those

interested in securing choice Sunday-school books at lowest prices.

Attention is called to the necessity of early orders, as when the

present editions are exhausted, no more copies of the several volumes

can be had at the same price.

LOTHROP'S STANDARD BOOKS FOR YOUTHS.

Admirable books in history, biography and story.

Fern Glen Series. 31 vols., illust. Each 1.25

Young Folks' Series. 33 vols., illust. Each 1.50

Popular Biographies. 18 vols., illust. Each 1.50

Young Folks' Histories, by MISS YONGE and others.

10 vols., illust. Each 1.50

Yonge's Historical Stories. 4 vols., illust. Each 1.25

The $1000 Prize Books. A fresh edition in new style of binding.

16 vols., 12mo. 24.50

The new $500 Prize Series. A fresh edition in new style of

binding. 13 vols., 12mo. 16.75

The Original $500 Prize Series. A fresh edition in new style

of binding. 8 vols., 12mo. 12.00

LOTHROP'S TEMPERANCE LIBRARY.

No Sunday-school library is complete without some well-chosen volumes

showing the evils of intemperance, the great curse which good men and

women are everywhere endeavoring to remove.

D. Lothrop & Co. publish among others the following admirable temperance

books.

The only way Out. By J.W. Willing. $1.50

John Bremm. By A.A. Hopkins. 1.25

Sinner and Saint. By A.A. Hopkins. 1.25

The Tempter Behind. By John Saunders. 1.25

Good Work. By Mary D. Chellis. 1.50

Mystery of the Lodge. By Mary D. Chellis. 1.50

Finished or Not. By the author of "Fabrics." 1.50

Modern Prophets. By Pansy and Faye Huntington. 1.50

May Bell. By Hubert Newbury. 1.50

TEMPERANCE REFORMATION, The, and Its Claims upon the Christian

Church. By Rev. James Smith, of Scotland. 8vo. $2.50.

Sunday-school teachers and superintendents will find the above books

admirably adapted to the purpose of teaching great moral lessons, while

they are also full of pleasure and interest to young readers.

LOTHROP'S POPULAR LOW-PRICE LIBRARIES.

Among attractive and valuable Libraries issued in sets at prices which

place them not only beyond competition, but within the easy reach of

all, are

Best Way Series. 3 vols., illust. $1.50

Half Hour Library, by PANSY. 8 vols., illust. 3.20

Little People's Home Library. 12 vols., illust. 3.00

Little Pansy Series. 10 vols., illust. Cloth, $4.00; boards. 3.00

Little May's Picture Library. 12 vols., illust. 2.40

Mother's Boys and Girls, by PANSY. 12 vols., illust. 3.00

Rainy Day Library. 8 vols., illust 4.00

Spring Blossom. 12 vols., illust. 3.00

Stories from the Bible, 1st and 2d Series. Each .15

Twisty Clover Series. 6 vols., illust. 1.20

Happy Thought Library. 6 vols., large 18mo. illust. 3.00

Little Neighbor Series. 6 vols., large 18mo, illust. 1.50

May and Tom Library. 5 vols., 18mo, illust. 3.00

Sunny Dell Series. 6 vols., 18mo, illust. 3.60

Side by Side Library. 3 vols., 16mo, illust. 1.80

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LOTHROP'S POPULAR PANSY BOOKS.

The works of this popular author are universally acknowledged to be

among the very best of all books for Sunday-school reading. Earnest,

hopeful, practical, full of the spirit of Christian faith and courage,

they are also in the highest degree interesting.

COMPLETE LIST OF THE PANSY BOOKS.

_Each volume, 12mo,_ $1.50.

Chautauqua Girls at Home.

Divers Women.

Echoing and Re-echoing.

Endless Chain (An).

Ester Ried.

Ester Ried Yet Speaking.

Four Girls at Chautauqua.

From different Standpoints.

Hall in the Grove (The).

Household Puzzles.

Julia Ried.

King's Daughter (The).

Links in Rebecca's Life.

Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On.

Modern Prophets.

Man of the House (The).

New Graft on the Family Tree (A).

Pocket Measure (The).

Ruth Erskine's Crosses.

Randolphs (The).

Sidney Martin's Christmas.

Those Boys.

Three People.

Tip Lewis and his Lamp.

Wise and Otherwise.

_Each volume, 12mo_ $1.25.

Cunning Workmen.

Dr. Deane's Way.

Grandpa's Darlings.

Miss Priscilla Hunter and my Daughter Susan.

Mrs. Deane's Way.

What she Said.

_Each volume, 12mo,_ $1.25

Five Friends.

Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening.

Next Things.

Pansy's Scrap Book,

Some young Heroines.

_Each volume, 16mo._ 75 cents.

Getting Ahead.

Mary Burton Abroad.

Pansies.

Six little Girls

That Boy Bob.

Two Boys.

_Each volume 16mo,_ 75 cents.

Bernie's White Chicken.

Docia's Journal.

Helen Lester.

Jessie Wells.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hedge Fence (A)., 16mo, 60 c.

Side by Side, 16mo, 60 c.

Pansy's Picture Book. 4to, boards, 1.50; cloth 2.00

The little Pansy Series. 10 vols., boards, 3.00; cloth 4.00

Mother's Boys and Girls Library. 12 vols., quarto, boards. 3.00

PANSY'S NEW BOOKS.

Among the new books by this favorite author, which Sunday-school

Superintendents and all readers of her previous books will wish to

order, are

A HEDGE FENCE. A story that will be particularly pleasing to

boys, most of whom will find in its hero a fair representation of

themselves, 16mo, 60 cents.

AN ENDLESS CHAIN. From the introduction, on the first page, of

the new superintendent of the Packard Place Sabbath-school, to the end,

there is no flagging of interest in this bright, fresh, wholesome story.

Illustrated, 12mo, $1.50.

SIDE BY SIDE. Short illustrated stories from Bible texts for the

help of boys and girls in their everyday duties. 16mo, cloth, 60 c.

CHRISTIE'S CHRISTMAS. No more charming little heroine can be

found than the Christie of this volume, and the story of her journey to

spend Christmas, with the great variety of characters introduced, all of

them original and individual in their way, is perfectly novel and

interesting.

As a guide to teachers, rich in suggestions and directions for methods

of teaching, etc., there is nothing better than PANSY'S SCRAP BOOK.

12mo. Cloth, Illustrated $1.00.

In fact all of Pansy's books have some special charm or attraction which

makes them a power for good whenever read.

LOTHROP'S SELECT SUNDAY-SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

_Every book in these marvellously cheap libraries will bear the

closest criticism_. Each is fresh and interesting in matter,

unexceptional in tone and excellent in literary style. These libraries

as a whole, considering their character and cost _have no

superiors_.

Select Sunday-school Library, No. 12, 20 vols., $5.00 net.

Select Sunday-school Library, No. 9, 50 vols., $25.00 net.

Select Sunday-school Library, No. 10, 12 vols., $5.00 net.

Select Sunday-school Library, No. 11, 20 vols., $10.00 net.

Pansy's Primary Library, 30 vols., 7.50 net.

Select Primary Sunday-school Library, 36 vols.,

in extra cloth binding, 5.50 net.

LOTHROP'S BOOKS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS.

BIBLE READER, THE. By Rev. H.V. Dexter, D. D. 16mo., .50

BIBLE LESSONS FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERTS AND ANNIVERSARIES. By

Edmund Clark, 18 numbers 5 cts. each. Bound in 16mo. vol, cloth, $1.00.

BIBLE PICTURES. By Rev. Geo. B. Ide, D.D. 12mo, $2.00.

FIFTY YEARS WITH THE SABBATH-SCHOOL. By Rev. Asa Bullard, D.D.

12mo, cloth, $1.25.

SELF-GIVING. A story of Christian missions. By Rev. W.F.

Bainbridge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, $1.50.

ROCK OF AGES. By Rev. S.F. Smith, D.D. A choice collection of

religious poems. 18mo, cloth, gilt edges, $1.25.

STUDY OF NAHUM (A). By Professor Thom. H. Rich. 16mo, $.40

STORY OF THE PRAYERS OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY (The). By Hezekiah

Butterworth. 12mo. illustrated $1.50.

WALK TO EMMAUS. By Rev. Nehemiah Adams. Charming specimens of

sermon literature. 12mo, $1.00.

WARS OF THE JEWS. By Flavine Josephus. Translated by William

Whiston, M.A. 8vo, cloth, plain, $1.00. Extra cloth, gilt top, fully

illustrated, $1.50.

WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT [The]; or, The New Birth. By Prof. Austin

Phelps, D.D. 16mo, $1.25.

LOTHROP'S BOOKS FOR ANNIVERSARIES AND CONCERTS.

It is often a difficult matter to determine what to use for

Sunday-school anniversaries, etc. To those in doubt, we would suggest

the use of the following capital aids:

BIBLE LESSONS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS, CONCERTS AND ANNIVERSARIES. By

Edmund Clark. 18 numbers, 5 cents each. Bound in one 16mo volume, cloth,

$1.00.

HELP FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERTS. By A.P. and M.T. Folsom. A

choice collection of poems. 16mo, $1.00.

ENTERTAINMENTS. By Lizzie W. Champney. For concerts, exhibitions,

church festivals, etc. 15mo, Illustrated. $1.00

A THOUSAND OTHER CHOICE BOOKS.

The above, and a thousand other choice books which cannot be mentioned

here, make up a list from which superintendents and teachers can easily

select a VALUABLE LIBRARY at a low price. Send for full catalogue,

mailed free, and for special terms to those ordering any number of

volumes. Any book sent postage paid on receipt of price.

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ELLA FARMAN'S BOOKS.

Ella Farman is the editor of WIDE AWAKE, and her books are full of

sympathy with girl-life, always sunshiny and hopeful, always pointing

out new ways to do things and unexpected causes for happiness and

gladness.

_9 vols. 12mo. Illust. $10.00._

Annie Maylie.

A Little Woman.

A Girl's Money.

A White Hand.

Grandma Crosby's Household.

Good-for-Nothing Polly.

How Two Girls Tried Farming.

Cooking Club of Tu-Whit Hollow.

Mrs. Hurd's Niece.

JULIA A. EASTMAN'S BOOKS.

Miss Eastman has a large circle of young admirers. She carries off the

palm as a writer of school-life stories, and teachers are always glad to

find their scholars reading her books. Miss Eastman's style is

characterized by quick movement, sparkling expression, and incisive

knowledge of human nature.

_6 vols. 12mo. Illust. $7.50_

Kitty Kent.

Young Rick.

Romneys of Ridgemont, Short Comings and Long Goings. (The).

Striking for the Right.

School Days of Beulah Romney.

REV. J.L. PRATT'S BOOKS.

This set of books is valuable for its fitness to the needs of young

people who have come to the age when they begin to examine for

themselves into religious beliefs and opinions. They are interesting as

stories, abounding with beautiful descriptions and delicate portraitures

of character, and are everywhere favorites with the thoughtful and

meditative.

_4 vols. 12mo. Illust. $6.00._

Evening Rest.

Bonnie Ærie.

Branches of Palm.

Broken Fetters.

MRS. A.E. PORTER'S BOOKS.

Mrs. Porter is a favorite author with adult readers, as well as with

children. Her stories, always dealing largely with home-life, are well

calculated to make truthfulness and steadfastness and Christian living

the subjects of youthful admiration and imitation.

_5 vols. 12mo. Illust. $6.25._

This One Thing I Do.

Millie Lee.

Sunset Mountain.

My Hero.

Glencoe Parsonage.

BY AUTHOR OF ANDY LUTTRELL

Powerful books, dealing with knotty problems, and positive in their

religious teaching. They are perennial favorites with all classes of

readers.

_6 vols. 12mo. Illust. $7.50._

Andy Luttrell.

Barbara.

Talbury Girls.

Strawberry Hill.

Silent Tom.

Hidden Treasure.

MRS. E.D. KENDALL'S WORKS.

Each full of earnestness of purpose, and impressing a life lesson on the

reader's mind. Excellent for boys.

_3 vols. 12mo. Illust. $3.75._

Judge's Sons.

The Stanifords of Staniford's Folly.

Master and Pupil.

MARY J. CAPRON'S BOOKS.

These books are thoroughly healthy and stimulating, and admirably

adapted to put into the hands of thoughtful young people to lead them to

right ideas on the fundamental truths of the religious life.

_4 vols. 12mo. Illust. $5.00._

Plus and Minus.

Gold and Gilt.

Maybee's Stepping Stones.

Mrs. Thorne's Guests.

REV. Z.A. MUDGE'S WORKS.

This well known author's works are among the most popular in the

Sunday-school library.

_3 vols. 12mo. Illust. $3.75._

Shell Cove.

Luck of Alden Farm.

Boat Builders.

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE'S HISTORIES.

Miss Yonge, while always boldly and continuously outlining the course of

historical events, has the knack of seizing upon incidents which reveal

the true character of historical personages. These histories are

attractive as romance and possess a peculiar power of impressing the

memory, being written from a Christian standpoint they are very

desirable books for Sunday-school libraries.

_6 vols. 12mo. Illust. $9.00._

Young Folks' History of Germany.

Young Folks' History of Greece.

Young Folks' History of Rome.

Young Folks' History of England.

Young Folks' History of France.

Young Folks' Bible History.

SPARE MINUTE SERIES

These are bright and pithy and soul-stirring volumes, quickening the

intellect of the reader and warming the heart.

_4 vols. 12mo. $4.00._

Thoughts that Breathe. _From_ Dean Stanley. Introduction by

Phillips Brooks.

Cheerful Words. _From_ George MacDonald. Introduction by James T.

Fields.

The Might of Right. _From_ Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone. Introduction

by John D. Long.

True Manliness. _From_ Thomas Hughes. Introduction by James Russell

Lowell.

W.H.G. KINGSTON'S BOOKS.

These stories are intensely interesting and graphic and enforce the

highest and most practical lessons.

_3 vols. 12mo. Illust. $8.00._

Voyage of the Steadfast.

Charley Laurel.

Virginia.

Little Ben Hadden.

Young Whaler.

Fisher Boy.

Peter the Ship Boy.

Ralph and Dick.

BUNGENER HISTORICAL SERIES.

From the French of L.L.F. Bungener. These works are of thrilling

interest, illustrating the religious struggles, heroism and social life

of the times of Louis XIV. and XV.

_4 Vols. 12mo. Illust. $5.00._

Bourdaloue and Louis XIV.

Louis XV. and his Times.

Rabaut and Bridaine.

The Tower of Constancy.

BANVARD'S AMERICAN HISTORY.

Every library should be furnished with this series of American

Histories.--_New England Farmer_.

No more interesting and instructive reading can be put into the hands of

youth.--_Portland Transcript_.

Every American should own these books.--_Scientific American_.

_5 vols. 12mo. Illust. $5.00._

Southern Explorers.

Soldiers and Patriots.

Pioneers of the New World.

Plymouth and the Pilgrims.

First Explorers of North America.

DR. NEHEMIAH ADAMS' WORKS.

_12 vols. 12mo. $12.00._

At Eventide.

Agnes; or, the Litte Key.

Bertha.

Broadcast.

Christ a Friend.

Communion Sabbath.

Catherine.

Cross in the Cell.

Endless Punishment.

Evenings wish the Doctrines.

Friends of Christ.

Under the Mizzen-Mast.

D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, 32 Franklin St., Boston.

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MARGARET SIDNEY'S BOOKS.

The brightness and versatility of this charming writer are well shown in

the following stories which cover a wide range, and are attractive to

all ages, from wide awake schoolboys and eager schoolgirls to thoughtful

readers of maturer years. As a delineator of character, especially that

of the New England type, she has few superiors, and her pictures of

child life are especially pleasing.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS, AND HOW THEY GREW.

Extra cloth binding, very elegant die in colors and gold.

12mo, illust. 1.50

PETTIBONE NAME (The). V.I.F. Series,

12mo, cloth. 1.25

SO AS BY FIRE.

12mo, illust. 1.25

WHO TOLD IT TO ME.

Double chromo cover, fully illustrated. 1.25; Extra cloth binding. 1.75

WHAT THE SEVEN DID.

Quarto, fully illustrated, board cover designed by J. Wells Champney,

1.75; extra cloth, very elegant side and back stamp. 2.25

HALF YEAR AT BRONCKTON.

16mo, illust. 1.25

HOW THEY WENT TO EUROPE.

16mo, illust. 1.00

GOLDEN WEST (The), as seen by the Ridgway Club.

Quarto, illustrated, boards, 1.75; extra cloth binding. 2.25

(Nearly ready).

EDWARD A. RAND'S BOOKS.

Mr. Rand's strong, helpful, interesting stories have made him such a

favorite among boys and among all other who read his books, as to make

comment upon them almost needless. The racy incidents and sparkling

style which characterize his stories, arouse interest at once, and there

is in them an under-current of earnestness, and an influence for good

which will remain after the stories are forgotten.

ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.

Chromo board cover, 1.75; extra cloth binding. 2.25

BARK CABIN ON KEARSARGE.

16mo, cloth, illust. 1.00

TENT IN THE NOTCH, THE.

16mo, cloth, gilt. 1.00

ROY'S DORY AT THE SEASHORE. A sequel to "Pushing Ahead."

Large 16mo, cloth, illust. 1.25

ALL ABOARD FOR THE LAKES AND MOUNTAINS.

Boards, 1.75; extra cloth. 2.25

PUSHING AHEAD; or, Big Brother Dave.

16mo. 1.25

LITTLE BROWN-TOP: and the People under It.

12mo, illust. 1.25

MARIE OLIVER'S STORIES.

As a writer of fascinating stories for girls, Marie Oliver has a host of

admirers who watch eagerly for any new book from her pen, and find in

her a friendly and wise helper.

MARIE OLIVER'S STORIES.

4 volumes, 12mo, cloth, illustrated. 6.00

Margie's Mission.

Old and New Friends.

Ruby Hamilton.

Seba's Discipline.

THE BAINBRIDGE BOOKS.

These books, written by the Rev. W.F. Bainbridge and his wife, are

the outcome of their experience in a trip around the world undertaken

because of their interest in Christian Missions. They not only abound

in interesting descriptions of the numerous places visited, but present

such a record of lofty purposes and noble endeavors as will furnish

inspiration to all readers.

AROUND THE WORLD TOUR OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. By W. F. BAINBRIDGE.

With maps of Prevailing Religions and all Leading Mission Stations.

8vo, cloth. 2.00

ROUND THE WORLD LETTERS. By LUCY SEAMAN BAINBRIDGE.

8vo, cloth, illustrated. 1.50

SELF-GIVING. A story of Christian Missions. By REV. W. F. BAINBRIDGE.

12mo, cloth, illust. 1.50

MRS. S.R. GRAHAM CLARK'S BOOKS.

There is not a book on the list of Mrs. Clark's delightfully

entertaining writings which is not thoroughly good from whatever

point of view considered.

YENSIE WALTON BOOKS.

12mo, cloth, illust $1.50 each. 5 volumes. 7.50

Yensie Walton.

Our Street.

Yensie Walton's Womanhood.

The Triple E.

Achor.

MISS YONGE'S HISTORICAL STORIES. There are very many, especially

among the young, who are not attracted to the study of history, as

presented in ordinary historical works, but who are attracted to it

through the reading of books in which it is interwoven with romance. All

such will be charmed with Miss Yonge's Historical Stories, which

instruct while they interest, and are written in the fascinating style

which has made her one of the most popular writers of the day.

YONGE'S HISTORICAL STORIES.

4 vols, 12mo. 5.00

The Little Duke.

The Prince and the Page.

Lances of Lynwood.

Golden Deeds.

THE FAMILY FLIGHTS.

By Rev. E.E. Hale and Miss Susan Hale.

Fresh, piquant, graphic, full of delicate humor, marked by grace in

diction and thorough scholarship, these books are not only unsurpassed,

but unequalled by any books of similar character. They treat of the

interesting features of the various countries named, including history,

geography, natural scenery, popular characteristics and customs, and

much else that will prove of real interest and value to the reader. The

authors have drawn their material from original sources, the countries

referred to having been actually visited, and the descriptions embody

the results of personal observation. The illustrations are not only

numerous and excellent, but in perfect harmony with the text. While

specially attractive to the young, adult readers who have themselves

visited the lands described, are among the most appreciative and

enthusiastic readers of these books.

A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME.

8vo, cloth, gilt. 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE, GERMANY, NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND.

8vo, illuminated board covers and linings, 2.00; extra cloth, gilt. 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT OVER EGYPT AND SYRIA.

8vo, illuminated board covers and linings, 2.00; extra cloth, gilt. 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT THROUGH SPAIN.

8vo, illuminated board covers and linings, 2.00; extra cloth, gilt, 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT TO MEXICO. Uniform with the above. In preparation.

ABBY MORTON DIAZ'S BOOK.

Bright and keen as steel, Mrs. Diaz invests all that she writes with a

peculiar charm, whether it be a fantastic story of kittens that will

make the little ones wild with glee, a series of "jolly" books for older

boys and girls, or a thoughtful treatise on the serious questions which

most interest the mothers in every home.

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_LACTART._

(MILK ACID.)

----FOR----

Sideboard, Dining Table, Soda Fountain.

_A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY._

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NO HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT. See descriptive circular with each

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The oldest Book and Job Printing Office in the United States.

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A Journal of Southern and Southwestern Progress.

_ESTABLISHED 1871._

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Published by the South Publishing Co., 85 Warren St., New York. Branch

offices: _Advertiser Building, Boston, Mass._, Ocala, Fla., Atlanta,

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NOTICE.--Your attention is called to this new bleach as seen on cotton

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NORWELL & CO., HOGG, BROWN & TAYLOR, CHANDLER & CO., R.H. WHITE & CO.,

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CANTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 160 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

EDWARD W. HOWE, Treas. JAS. L. LITTLE, JR., Pres.

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SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES.--French, German and Italian, under best

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SCHOOL OF GENERAL LITERATURE.--Common and higher English branches,

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THE NEW HOME is located in the heart of Boston, confessedly the Musical,

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Willard, the famous portrait painter; Mlle. Emilie Faller, artist from

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Fall Term Begins September 10, 1885.

Send for new and beautifully illustrated Calendar, free, to,

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[Illustration]

THE OLD CORNER BOOK STORE.

The above illustration, especially prepared by Harper and Brothers for

George P. Lathrop's article on "Literary and Social Life in Boston,"

that appeared in _Harper's Monthly Magazine_ for February, is a

good representation of the outward appearance of the quaint and

picturesque old building standing on the corner of Washington and School

Streets.

Famous as the "Corner Store" is as an old landmark, it is justly more

famous as the intellectual birthplace of many of the best known works in

American literature, the firm of Ticknor & Fields--whose publishing

foresight and enterprise have imperishably connected their names with

American authors--having occupied it during one of the most brilliant

chapters of American literary history.

Under the energetic auspices of Cupples, Upham & Co., it has become one

of the most complete retail book establishments in the country, and so

popular a resort that all Boston may with a little exaggeration be said

to pass through it in a day. To every stranger it is, from its present

literary attractiveness, a place not to be overlooked. The literary men

of Boston make it their lounging-place and chief rendezvous. To stroll

into the "Old Corner" for a chat, a glimpse at the last new book and

magazine, is with them a daily duty, as it is with the Bostonian

generally. It is a popular shopping-place with ladies, who patronize its

church department for works of devotion, prayer books, hymnals, and

Bibles. The reason of the extensive patronage which the establishment

receives from all classes of readers is due to its admirable department

system. It has a department for medical, scientific, and agricultural

works; another for maps, globes, and guide books; another for

theological literature; another for books in fine bindings, illustrated

works, etc; another for sporting and yachting books, and out-door

literature generally; one for juvenile books; another for English books,

as well as one for American miscellaneous works; and, lastly, special

counters for newspapers, periodicals, and novels. It is seldom without

the last "new thing" in English, French, or American literature.

The firm does an extensive importing business, and pays special

attention to the supplying of Town Libraries and Clubs.

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CARRINGTON'S BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

WITH 40 MAPS.

BY COL. HENRY B. CARRINGTON, U.S.A., A.M., LL.D.

Cloth, $6. Sheep, $7.50. Half Calf (various styles) or Half Mor., $9

Half Russia or Full Mor., $12.

A.S. Barnes & Co., Publishers, New York and Chicago. Author's

address, 32 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.

THE FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM MORE THAN 1,000 ENDORSEMENTS OF THIS

VOLUME:--

To me at least, it will be an authority. A book of permanent value, not

milk for babes but strong meat for men.--_Ex-Pres. T.D. Woolsey_.

Fills an important place in History, not before occupied.--_Wm. M.

Everts, N.Y._

The maps themselves are a History, invaluable, and never before

supplied.--_Henry Day, N.Y._

An entirely new field of Historical labor. A splendid volume, the result

of careful research, with the advantage of military experience.--_Geo.

Bancroft_.

It is an absolute necessity in our literature. No one can understand the

philosophy of the old War for Independence, until he has made a careful

and thoughtful perusal of this work.--_Benson J. Lossing_.

The maps are just splendid.--_Adj. Gen. W.L. Stryker, N.J._

The book is invaluable and should be in every library.--_Wm. L. Stone,

N.Y._

Of permanent standard authority.--_Gen. De Peister, N.Y._

Indicates such profound erudition and ability in the discussion as

leaves nothing to be desired.--_Sen. Oscar de La Fayette, Paris_.

I have read the volume with pleasure and profit.--_Z. Chandler_.

The volume is superb and will give the author enduring fame.--_B.

Gratz Brown, St. Louis_.

It should have a place in every gentleman's library, and is just the

book which young men of Great Britain and America should know by

heart.--_London Telegraph_.

The most impartial criticism on military affairs in this country which

the century has produced.--_Army and Navy Journal_.

Fills in a definite form that which has hitherto been a somewhat vague

period of military history.--_Col. Hamley, Pres., Queen's Staff

College, England_.

A valuable addition to my library at Knowlsy.--_Lord Derby, late Brit.

Sec. of State_.

A magnificent volume and a monument of national History.--_A. de

Rochambeau, Paris_.

A godsend after reading Washington Irving's not very satisfactory Life

of Washington.--_Sir Jos. Hooker, Pres., Royal Society, England_.

A book not only to be read, but to be studied.--_Harper's

Magazine_.

The author at all times maintains an attitude of judicial

impartiality.--_N.Y. Times_.

The record is accurate and impartial, and warrants the presumption that

the literature of the subject has been exhausted.--_The Nation_.

Will stand hereafter in the front rank of our most valuable historical

treasures.

The descriptions of battles are vivid. The actors seem to be alive, and

the actions real.--_Rev. Dr. Crane, N.J._