the main than are professed by any English gentlewoman
who is now creating literature in her native tongue, has
written nothing that is likely to live longer than 'Old
Lady Mary.' It is impossible to classify such a production,
for it is neither a reality nor a dream, an allegory nor a
parable, though it contains all these elements of literary
expression. It is simply what she calls it--A Story of
the Seen and the Unseen--and read as such, and judged by
its laws, it is very sweet, very sad and very beautiful,
and if a poem could be written in prose, it might well be
described as a prose poem."--_Mail Express._
ANTI-TOBACCO. By ABIEL ABBOT LIVERMORE and
others. 16mo. Cloth. Price, .50
"This volume contains three exceedingly well-written
essays, one by Mr. Livermore, entitled 'Anti-Tobacco,' 'A
Lecture on Tobacco,' by Rev. Russell L. Carpenter, and 'On
the Use of Tobacco,' by G.F. Witter, M.D. We recommend
it to every person who chews. Mr. Livermore says, with a
truthfulness that no one can deny: 'The use of tobacco
leads directly to drinking spirituous liquors. Tobacco is
prime minister to alcohol. The pipe is first-cousin to the
mug. To take away the cup which is in a man's right hand,
while he still holds his cigar in his left hand, is to
leave the work of reform half done.'
"Every word of this is true, and to those who have
any doubts of it, we earnestly recommend the present
volume. It cannot fail to make a strong impression upon
every sensible man. We believe that it will do a great
deal of good. It ought to be liberally distributed
everywhere."--_Philadelphia Item._
MARIA EDGEWORTH. Famous Women Series. By
HELEN ZIMMERN. One vol. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00
"If by the publication of this new 'Memoir of Maria
Edgeworth,' by Helen Zimmern, in the Famous Women Series,
by Roberts Brothers, the attention of people should be
newly awakened to the excellent quality of some of Miss
Edgeworth's books for children, especially the 'Parents'
Assistant,' 'The Early Lesson,' 'Frank,' 'Rosamond,' and
'Harry and Lucy,' and the young ones should set about
reading them, a great good would be accomplished."--_Book
Notes._
"Though many biographical sketches of Miss Edgeworth have
appeared from time to time, there has been no history of
her life until this attractive little volume which now
makes its first appearance. It is charmingly written,
evidently with much care, accuracy and interest on the
part of the author. She shows an exact knowledge of the
subject, of the literature, times, customs and manners
of Maria Edgeworth's day, and a power to sound the true
quality and depth of Miss Edgeworth's mental powers. She
analyzes critically and well, pointing out defects and
good qualities with keen judgment and impartial hand. One
feels that Miss Zimmern thoroughly understands what she is
writing about. Miss Edgeworth's life is worth the telling,
not alone for her literary career, but for her upright and
lovely moral character, which is not always combined with
literary ability,"--_Hartford Times._
IN NAZARETH TOWN: A Christmas Fantasy;
and other Poems. By JOHN W. CHADWICK. 16mo.
Cloth, gilt or red edges. Price, $1.00
"Mr. Chadwick has a preference for simple domestic and
religious themes; his thought is clear and natural; his
temperament is gentle and cheerful; his taste is refined;
his sense of beauty, both spiritual and physical, is acute;
and his expression is easy, fluent and graceful. These
qualities will make his verse welcome in many households.
All the pieces in the present collection are of recent
date. They are not ambitious. They touch only the chords
over which the poet's mastery is sure; but they appeal to
sympathies which are universal."--_N.Y. Tribune._
DONALD AND DOROTHY. By MARY MAPES DODGE.
Square 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $2.00
"One of the most delightful books of the year, and one
which will fascinate old readers as well as young, is Mary
Mapes Dodge's 'Donald and Dorothy.' Everybody knows what an
immense popularity Mrs. Dodge's first book, 'Hans Brinker,
or The Silver Skates,' attained, and how well deserved that
popularity was, but 'Hans Brinker' must of a necessity
take second place by the side of 'Donald and Dorothy.' And
the charm of the story itself is added to by the tasteful
and elegant manner in which the volume is brought out. The
clear print, the fine paper, the beautiful illustrations,
and the strong and handsome binding, make it a pleasure
even to look at it."--_Boston Transcript._
"A bright, fresh, wide awake story by Mary Mapes Dodge,
whose 'Hans Brinker' has made troops of readers eager to
see whatever new story comes from the charming pen which
wrote that. There are hundreds of thousands of girls and
boys who would be gladdened and helped by reading this
excellent story."--_Springfield Union._
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS OF
REV. ORVILLE DEWEY. Edited by his daughter,
MARY E. DEWEY. With a faithful likeness of Dr. Dewey.
12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.75
"This charming addition to the storehouse of biographical
literature is one of the most interesting publications of
the day. In its pages the memory of Dr. Dewey, one of the
greatest pulpit orators of his time, is pleasantly revived.
Miss Dewey, the daughter of the subject of the memoir,
has prepared the book for the press. It contains a brief
autobiography of the eloquent divine, a selection from his
letters to familiar friends, and a running commentary from
Miss Dewey's pen that connects the different portions into
a nearly complete biography, far more acceptable than one
carried out in the ordinary routine. The autobiography
is a model in its way. It was written at the request of
his family and for their special use, without a thought
of publication. It is a piece of literary composition
remarkable for its polished, transparent and unaffected
style. It is equally remarkable for the honesty, modesty
and purity of character it reveals in the man who tells
with _naïve_ unconsciousness the story of his youth, his
active life, and his occupation after his retirement from
the ministry.... To the present generation, who know him
only by printed sermons and lectures, from which the living
presence was wanting, the book will be a new revelation.
Readers who have a taste for biography will enjoy this
book for the refreshing absence of eulogy, and as the
interesting record of a life where eminent distinction was
won by unfaltering perseverance in the cultivation of great
natural gifts."--_Providence Journal._
THE HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE.
1571. By JEAN INGELOW. Embellished with
thirty-nine illustrations in the highest style of the art from
designs by F.S. Church, J.D. Woodward, Harry Fenn,
William St. John Harper, W.A. Rogers, J. Appleton
Brown, W.L. Taylor, J. Francis Murphy, F.B. Schell,
F. Childe Hassam, W.F. Halsall, and engraved under
the supervision of George T. Andrew. An appendix
contains some interesting facts descriptive of the ballad,
and elucidating obscure passages and words, with pictorial
representations of Miss Ingelow's home, Skirbeck church
and John Cotton's house. Royal 8vo. Beautifully bound
in cloth, bevelled boards, gilt and gilt edge. Price, $4.00
Antique morocco and tree calf. Price, 8.00
"But, after all, it is in the preparation of Jean Ingelow's
'High Tide' that the publishers, artists, engravers and
printers have shown what could be done in making an
illustrated book. The strikingly picturesque character
of the poem makes it one of the most suggestive for
illustration, and the many prominent artists who have been
engaged on the work have given their hearty coöperation
to Mr. Andrew in the preparation of this volume. The
liberality of the publishers has enabled him to engage the
highest talent among American artists, and here we have the
best work of such men as Church, Fenn, Woodward, Schell,
Rogers, Harper and others. We cannot give the illustrations
higher praise than to quote from a letter from Jean Ingelow
to the publishers: 'I hope it is a pardonable pride which
makes me feel delight in the most beautiful series of
illustrations I ever saw bestowed on a single poem. I
hardly know which to admire most. There has manifestly been
a world of care given to the book. There is not a failure
throughout.' Such praise from an author like Jean Ingelow
must be very gratifying to the publishers, and especially
to Mr. Andrew, to whose skill, judgment and good taste the
success of the book is largely due. Like the author we find
it difficult to determine which illustrations we admire
most, for after a careful examination of the book, from
the quaint title page by Mr. Hassam to the 'Old Vicarage'
by Mr. Schell, we must agree with her that 'there is not a
failure in it."--_Boston Transcript._
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL SHARPE, Egyptologist
and Translator of the Bible. By P.W. CLAYDEN.
One vol. 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.50
"Samuel Sharpe's long life of more than eighty-two years
(1799-1881) was an uncommonly active and useful one. He is
one of the most pleasing examples of that tolerably large
class of Englishmen who, while mainly engaged in commerce
or politics, devote their leisure hours to questions of
science and literature.... His Egyptian studies were truly
remarkable. That a man who had left school at sixteen,
and was occupied all day with business affairs, should,
when he was over thirty, take up so difficult a subject
as Egyptology, master its literature, and make useful
contributions to the infant science in the shape of a
number of books, is a sufficiently rare phenomenon to
excite our wonder.... Mr. Clayden has made an uncommonly
interesting biography. Sharpe was concerned in important
affairs, and was brought into connection with some
noteworthy persons. There was his uncle, Samuel Rogers,
the banker-poet; Bonomi, Crabb Robinson, Bishop Colenso,
Chunder Sen, Miss Lucy Aiken, Alexander Dyce, Samuel Birch,
besides others less known, about whom there is a good deal
of pleasant talk."--_N.Y. Nation._
THE EXPANSION OF ENGLAND. By PROF. J.R.
SEELEY, author of "Ecce Homo," "Natural Religion,"
etc. Crown 8vo. Cloth. Price, $1.75
"Those who take even the slightest interest in historical
reading cannot fail to be absorbed and delighted by
Professor Seeley's book."--_Washington Herald._
"The Expansion of England, by J.R. Seeley, M.A., consists
of two courses of lectures delivered by the author at
Cambridge University, where he is Regius Professor of
Modern History. It is a brilliant volume, charming in
style, and of the highest interest in the method chosen
by the author for the marshalling and development of his
subject. There are eight lectures in all, and they show,
with rare skill in the management and condensation of a
vast amount of material, how and why England, from small
beginnings, had reached her present position, and left
the rest of Europe behind her in political and commercial
progress. Mr. Seeley believes that the empire is destined
to go on with the work it has begun, and to exercise on the
rest of the world an influence still greater than she has
yet had. Whether this view be right or wrong, Professor
Seeley's book is delightful reading, and deals with history
in the most fascinating manner."--_Saturday Evening
Gazette._
SEVEN SPANISH CITIES, AND THE WAY TO
THEM. By E.E. HALE. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.25
"Whatever else the Rev. Edward Everett Hale may or may
not be, he is, on paper, a most delightful travelling
companion; and in his new volume, 'Seven Spanish Cities,'
he is at his most genial, companionable, agreeable best.
He has the sharp perception, the quick, light touch,
which are the making of a book like this, while his
ready sympathy and the endless exuberance of his fancy
throw a glamour over the most common objects. The book
is thoughtful, entertaining, and, above all--for that is
the prime requisite in a volume of travels--eminently
readable."--_Boston Courier._
"There is more to be learned from Edward Everett Hale's
little book, 'Seven Spanish Cities and the Way to Them,'
than from several more elaborate and pretentious works on
the peninsula which have been issued this year. Mr. Hale
had only seven weeks to spend in Spain, but he is so good
an observer that he managed to see as much in this short
vacation jaunt as many men would discover in seven years.
It is needless to say that everything he saw is faithfully
shared with the reader, as well as his bright comment on
the people and the country. His style is his own, but it is
a great pity that he cannot share this with many writers.
It is one of the most attractive of styles--destitute
of all pretense, straightforward, never slovenly, never
involved; it is like the suggestive table-talk of a wise
man--full of all manner of surprises, delightful in its
absence of premeditation."--_San Francisco Chronicle._
SONGS UNSUNG. By LEWIS MORRIS, author of "The
Epic of Hades." 16mo. Price, $1.50
"Some of the more important pieces make almost equal and
very high demands alike on my sympathy and my admiration,
and I hope you may long be enabled to cherish the enviable
gift of finding utterance for truths so deep in forms of so
much power and beauty."--_Letter from Mr. Gladstone._
"Those readers of verse who need not only music for the
ear, but clear and satisfying thought for the intellect,
will find much in 'Songs Unsung' to interest and
stimulate."--_Christian Union._
MARY LAMB. Famous Women Series. By ANNE GILCHRIST.
One vol. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00
"'Mary Lamb,' by Anne Gilchrist, published by Roberts
Brothers, Boston, is decidedly the best of the four volumes
yet issued in the 'Famous Women' Series. Mrs. Gilchrist
has mastered her subject in spirit and in detail, and
the result is a book that cannot fail of affording acute
enjoyment to thousands of people.... There is a directness
of sight and utterance and a firmness of touch not common
in any recent biographical work.... There was a great deal
in the lives of Mary and Charles Lamb that was quietly
but finely heroic. And it is this in some shape or other
that all the world loves to read about. Mrs. Gilchrist
has not fastened herself to the working of an elaborate
picture of Mary Lamb. There is no perceptible attempt at
ambitious and weakish criticism, but a most felicitous
selection and placing of these single lines of letters and
conversations that are revelations of the soul and life
of the persons under consideration. It is a reversion to
charity and truth in literature and life, and as a piece
of clean, sweet and clear work is deserving of the highest
praise."--_Philadelphia Times._
VESTIGIA. By GEORGE FLEMING. One vol. 16mo.
Price, $1.25
"Vestigia" is the title of the new novel by the author
of "Kismet," "Mirage," and "The Head of Medusa." "George
Fleming," the _nom de plume_ of this well-known writer, has
given us in "Vestigia" a work of real power. The title is a
part of the Latin proverb, "_Vestigia nulla retrorsum_"--no
steps backward--which is the _motif_ of the story.
"The best work that Miss Julia Constance Fletcher, who
writes under the name of George Fleming, has done yet is
her new novel, 'Vestigia.' The scene is Leghorn, with one
important action in Rome. The hero is a fine young fellow,
urged by his friends, circumstances and his own sense of
honor into a political complication, where he becomes the
instrument of conspirators. Most of the characters are of
the lower class of Italians, artisans and sailors--simple,
honest, loyal people of keen intelligence and noble
natures. The heroine is very lovely, with great moral
strength that comes from her absolute purity and unwavering
faith in those whom she loves and in God. The simple,
laborious life of the people, with a touch of patrician
splendor introduced now and then for artistic effect, is an
attractive picture. The whole story is sweet, tender and
noble."--_Boston Advertiser._
A NEWPORT AQUARELLE. A novel. One vol.
12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00
"'A Newport Aquarelle' will be found the breeziest,
the brightest, and the cleverest of summer novels....
Charmingly true to nature and admirable as a bit of
highly-finished art, it cannot fail of achieving a wide
reading among people of taste and cultivation."--_Boston
Saturday Gazette._
"Is it a man's or a woman's book? is the first question,
and it must be said that it is not easy to find an answer."
"The most brilliant novelette of the season."
"An anonymous novel, the like of which we have not had for
a long while."--_Exchange._
MARGARET FULLER. Famous Women Series. By
JULIA WARD HOWE. One volume. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00
"Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's biography of Margaret Fuller, in
the Famous Women series of Messrs. Roberts Brothers, is
a work which has been looked for with curiosity. It will
not disappoint expectation. Mrs. Howe is of late years
too infrequent in authorship. She has a subject here on
which she writes _con amore_. For her material she is of
course largely indebted to the remarkable volumes published
by Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Freeman Clarke and William
Ellery Channing many years ago; but Mrs. Howe gives the
narrative in her own manner. She has made a brilliant
and an interesting book. Her study of Margaret Fuller's
character is thoroughly sympathetic; her relation of her
life is done in a graphic and at times a fascinating
manner. It is the case of one woman of strong individuality
depicting the points which made another one of the most
marked characters of her day. It is always agreeable to
follow Mrs. Howe in this; for while we see marks of her own
mind constantly, there is no inartistic protrusion of her
personality. The book is always readable, and the relation
of the death-scene is thrillingly impressive."--_Saturday
Evening Gazette._
THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS. By ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON, author of "Travels with a Donkey," "An
Inland Voyage," "Treasure Island," etc. With a frontispiece.
16mo. Price, $1.00
"The Silverado Squatters is the title of an exceedingly
pleasant little book by Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson, whose
'Travels with a Donkey' and 'An Inland Boat Voyage'
had given him an enviable reputation as a charming and
picturesque descriptive writer. Mr. Stevenson is an
invalid, and in search of health he went to Mount Saint
Helena, in California, and high up in its sides took
possession of a miner's cabin fast falling to ruin, one
of the few remnants of the abandoned mining village of
Silverado. There with his wife and a single servant
considerable time was spent.
The interest of the book centred in the graphic style
and keen observation of the author. He has the power of
describing places and characters with such vividness that
you seem to have made personal acquaintance with both....
Mr. Stevenson's racy narrative brings many phases of life
upon the western coast before one with striking power and
captivating grace."--_N.Y. World._
THE STORY OF MY HEART: My Autobiography.
By RICHARD JEFFERIES. 16mo. Cloth. Price, .75
"The book is a contribution to the ideal in life. It is
composed of day dreams--dreams which haunt an earnest mind
as night follows day--a strong plea to hold communion with
nature," says the _London Academy_.
"Mr. Jefferies has won his way to the hearts of a large
circle of readers by his charming description of 'The
Gamekeeper at Home.' He now draws upon the rich stores of
his imagination for the material that will present a unique
form of autobiography. He tells 'The Story of My Heart.' He
lays open the history of that most important organ of the
human frame, wherein the emotions of the soul are supposed
to lie. The revelations are made with an exuberance
of fancy, a richness of diction and a vivid power of
description that calls forth wonder and admiration at the
skillful handling of the theme."--_Boston Journal._
LEAD KINDLY LIGHT. By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN.
With six full-page illustrative designs by Wm. St. John
Harper, and six full-page symbolical designs by George R.
Halm, the whole engraved by George T. Andrew. The
illustrative designs printed in black ink, the symbolical
designs printed in brown ink. The concluding page contains
the whole hymn with its familiar musical setting as
universally sung. Post 8vo. Beautifully bound in cloth,
bevelled boards, gilt and gilt edge. Price, $1.50
Illuminated covers with fringed borders. Price, 1.75
Tree calf and flexible morocco covers, gilt edge, 4.00
Royal 8vo. Beautifully bound in cloth. Price, 3.00
Antique morocco and tree calf. Price, 8.00
"John Henry Newman's beautiful and spiritual hymn, one
of the finest expressions of trusting faith which the
hymnology of the language affords, 'Lead, Kindly Light,'
has brought comfort and strength to so many hearts, that
a fine and beautiful edition of it is sure of being most
cordially welcomed. George R. Halm and William St. John
Harper are the artists to whom has been entrusted the
setting of the poem, and they have succeeded admirably. Mr.
Halm has provided for each stanza a setting in symbolical
and scroll work, while Mr. Harper has added to each a
full-page figure-piece illustrating the spirit and meaning
of the poet. The poem is beautifully printed, and the cuts
are carefully and spiritedly engraved, making of the work
a most beautiful and appropriate volume for Christmas
use."--_Boston Courier._
"This beautiful hymn is entirely free from dogmatic and
stereotyped phraseology and the literalism which defaces
so many popular hymns. It is a beautiful poem which came
from the heart of a deep experience, and repeats the accent
of the universal aspirations of humanity. It is with real
satisfaction that one takes up the exquisite little volume
just published by Roberts Brothers (Boston), in which
George R. Halm and William St. John Harper have combined
their skill and gifts as illustrators and George T. Andrews
his fine faculty of engraving. The frontispiece, 'Lead Thou
me on,' is the best contribution which Mr. Harper makes to
the joint work; the other illustrations from his hand are
suggestive. Mr. Halm's illustrations, which are printed
in light brown or sepia, are notably fine. The symbolism
which the artist employs suggest interpretations without
forcing them upon the eye, and is pervaded by a delicate
imaginative insight and beauty which delight one the more
the longer they are looked at; indeed, we doubt if anything
has been done of late in the way of illustration quite so
original and beautiful. Mr. Andrews' skill as an engraver
is illustrated again in this dainty little volume, in which
he has interpreted very clearly and satisfactorily the
thought of the artists."--_Christian Union._
A ROUND DOZEN OF STORIES. By SUSAN COOLIDGE,
author of "What Katy Did," "The New-Year's
Bargain," "A Guernsey Lily," etc. Illustrated. Square
16mo. Cloth, black and gold. Price, $1.50
WIND VOICES. A collection of PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON'S
later poems and sonnets. The author, who, it will
be remembered, is entirely blind, ranks, according to the
London _Examiner_, "alongside of Swinburne, Morris and
Rossetti." 16mo. Price, $1.50
"There are a number of poems in the volume which call for
especial mention, yet they must be left to the discovery
of the reader, it being sufficient to say that this volume
is sure to advance Mr. Marston's reputation as a genuine,
sweet and imaginative singer."--_Boston Courier._
DIANE CORYVAL. Diane Coryval, the pretty name of
the heroine, gives the title to a new "No Name" novel,
a very absorbingly interesting story of French domestic
life. 16mo. Price, $1.00