MARK TWAIN. New popular edition of this “classic” of American fiction.
It is a charming romance of the life and times of Edward VI., the boy
king of England, and is considered by many to be Mark Twain’s best
work. Pronounced by high authorities one of the best child’s stories
ever written. Uniform with the cheap edition of “Huckleberry Finn.”
Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo, $1.00.
=Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade.)=—By MARK TWAIN.
New cheap edition of the laughable adventures of Huck Finn and a runaway
slave in a raft journey along the Mississippi. Contains the famous
description of a Southern feud. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. Cloth, 12mo,
$1.00.
=Ivan the Fool, and Other Stories.=—By LEO TOLSTOI. Translated direct
from the Russian by Count Norraikow, with illustrations by the celebrated
Russian artist, Gribayédoff. Cloth, 12mo, $1.00.
“The stories in this volume are wonderfully simple and
pure.”—_Detroit Free Press._
“As creations of fancy they take high rank.”—_Boston
Transcript._
“‘Ivan the Fool’ is one of the most interesting and suggestive
of Tolstoi’s fables, and the work of translation is admirably
performed.”—_Chicago Standard._
=Life IS Worth Living, and Other Stories.=—By LEO TOLSTOI. Translated
direct from the Russian by Count Norraikow. This work, unlike some of
his later writings, shows the great writer at his best. The stories,
while entertaining in themselves, are written for a purpose, and contain
abundant food for reflection. Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo, $1.00.
=Merry Tales.=—By MARK TWAIN. The opening volume of the new “Fiction,
Fact, and Fancy Series.” Contains some of the author’s favorite sketches,
including his personal reminiscences of the war as given in “The Private
History of a Campaign that Failed.” Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
“Very readable and amusing tales they are.”—_New York Sun._
“Thousands will welcome in permanent form these delicious bits
of humor.”—_Boston Traveller._
“These tales are now brought together in an attractive and
convenient volume which all those who enjoy the author’s
inimitable humor will appreciate.”—_Public Opinion._
“Some of these stories are deep with pathos: others bubble over
with humor. All of them are intensely interesting and readable
from the opening sentence to the closing line.”—_New Orleans
States._
Poetry.
=Selected Poems by Walt Whitman.=—Chosen and edited by Arthur Stedman.
Shortly before Mr. Whitman’s death, the old poet for the first time
consented to the publication of a selection from “Leaves of Grass,”
embracing his most popular short poems and representative passages from
his longer lyrical efforts. Arranged for home and school use. With a
portrait of the author. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo,
75 cents.
“Mr. Stedman’s choice is skilfully made.”—_The Nation._
“The volume represents all that is best in Walt Whitman.”—_San
Francisco Chronicle._
“That in Walt Whitman which is virile and bardic, lyrically
fresh and sweet, or epically grand and elemental, will be
preserved to the edification of young men and maidens, as well
as of maturer folk.”—_Hartford Courant._
“The intention of the editor has been to offer those of
Whitman’s poems which are most truly representative of his
genius. The selections have been well made, and those who have
yet to make acquaintance with this most original of American
poets will have reason to thank the publishers for this little
volume.”—_Boston Transcript._
=Flower o’ the Vine: Romantic Ballads and Sospiri di Roma.=—By WILLIAM
SHARP, author of “A Fellowe and His Wife” (with Miss Howard), “Life
and Letters of Joseph Severn,” etc. With an introduction by Thomas A.
Janvier, and a portrait of the author. As one of the most popular of
the younger English poets, equal success is anticipated for this first
American edition of Mr. Sharp’s poems. Its welcome in the American press
has been most hearty. Tastefully bound, with appropriate decorative
design. Cloth, 8vo, $1.50.
“This volume of verse, by Mr. William Sharp, has a music like
that of the meeting of two winds, one blown down from the
Northern seas, keen and salty, the other carrying on its wings
the warm fragrance of Southern fields.”—_The Literary World._
“These old ballads, whether in Scottish dialect or not, are
transfused with the wild, uncanny, shivering character of all
the old myths of the North, a strange pungent chill, so to
speak, as if the breath that gave them voice were blown across
leagues of iceberg and glacier.”—_Chicago Times._
“When Mr. Sharp leaves the North with its wild stories of love
and fighting and death, and carries us away with him in the
‘Sospiri di Roma’ to the warmth and the splendor of the South,
he equally shows the creative faculty. He is a true lover of
Earth with her soothing-touch and soft caress: he lies in her
arms, he hears her whispered secret, and through the real
discovers the spiritual.”—_Philadelphia Record._
“The poems combine a gracefulness of rhythm and a subtle
sweetness.”—_Baltimore American._
Travel, Biography, and Essays.
=The German Emperor and His Eastern Neighbors.=—By POULTNEY BIGELOW.
Cable despatches state that Mr. Bigelow has been expelled from Russia for
writing this volume. Interesting personal notes of his old playmate’s
boyhood and education are given, together with a description of the
Emperor’s army, his course and policy since accession, and the condition
of affairs on the Russian and Roumanian frontiers. With fine portrait of
William II. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
“A book to attract immediate and close attention.”—_Chicago
Times._
“An interesting contribution to evidence concerning
Russia.”—_Springfield Republican._
“A much-needed correction to the avalanche of abuse heaped upon
the German Emperor.”—_Philadelphia Inquirer._
“The book should have a place in the library of every student
of politics.”—_Boston Pilot._
=Paddles and Politics Down the Danube.=—By _Poultney Bigelow_. Companion
volume to “The German Emperor.” A highly interesting journal of a
canoe-voyage down “the Mississippi of Europe” from its source to the
Black Sea, with descriptions of the resident nations, and casual
discussions of the political situation. Illustrated with numerous offhand
sketches made on the spot by Mr. Bigelow. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy
Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
=Writings of Christopher Columbus.=—Edited, with an introduction, by PAUL
LEICESTER FORD. Mr. Ford has for the first time collected in one handy
volume translations of those letters, etc., of Columbus which describe
his experiences in the discovery and occupation of the New World. With
frontispiece Portrait. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo,
75 cents.
=Under Summer Skies.=—By CLINTON SCOLLARD. A poet’s itinerary. Professor
Scollard relates, in his charming literary style, the episodes of a
rambling tour through Egypt, Palestine, Italy, and the Alps. The text
is interspersed with poetical interludes, suggested by passing events
and scenes. Coming nearer home, visits to Arizona and the Bermudas are
described in separate chapters. The volume is attractively illustrated by
Margaret Landers Randolph, and is most suitable as a traveling companion
or as a picture of lands beyond the reach of the reader. Cloth, 8vo,
$1.00. (In Preparation.)
=Autobiographia.=—By WALT WHITMAN. Edited by Arthur Stedman. The story
of Whitman’s life, told in his own words. These selected passages from
Whitman’s prose works, chosen with his approbation, are so arranged
as to give a consecutive account of the old poet’s career in his own
picturesque language. Uniform with the new edition of Walt Whitman’s
“Selected Poems.” (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75
cents.
=Life of Jane Welsh Carlyle.=—By MRS. ALEXANDER IRELAND. A remarkable
biography of a wonderful woman, written and compiled by one in thorough
sympathy with her subject, from material made public for the first time.
The powerful side-light it throws upon the life and character of Thomas
Carlyle will make the volume indispensable to all who venerate the
genius, or are interested in the personality, of the Sage of Chelsea.
Vellum, cloth (half bound), 8vo, $1.75.
=Essays in Miniature.=—By AGNES REPPLIER, author of “Points of View,”
etc. A new volume of this brilliant essayist’s writings, in which she
discourses wittily and wisely on a number of pertinent topics. No new
essayist of recent years has been received with such hearty commendation
in this country or England. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth,
12mo, 75 cents. (In Press.)
Miscellaneous.
=Tariff Reform: The Paramount Issue.=—Speeches and writings on the
questions involved in the presidential contest of 1892. By WILLIAM M.
SPRINGER, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, Fifty-second Congress. With portraits of the author and
others. This book is endorsed by Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, Hon. Calvin S.
Brice, and Hon. John G. Carlisle. Unquestionably the paramount issue of
the Campaign is the Tariff. Cloth, library style, $1.50; Paper, $1.00.
=Physical Beauty: How to Obtain and How to Preserve It.=—By ANNIE JENNESS
MILLER. A practical, sensible, helpful book that every woman should read:
including chapters on Hygiene, Foods, Sleep, Bodily Expression, the Skin,
the Eyes, the Teeth, the Hair, Dress, the Cultivation of Individuality,
etc., etc. Fully illustrated, octavo, 300 pages. White Vellum, Gold and
Silver Stamps, in Box, $2.00; Blue Vellum, $2.00.
“Every woman will be a more perfect woman for reading it; more
perfect in soul and body.”—_Philadelphia Inquirer._
“Her arguments are sane, philosophical, and practical.”—_New
York World._
“Parents may well place it in the hands of their young
daughters.”—_Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette._
“Earnestly and gracefully written.”—_New York Sun._
“The illustrations are pretty and suggestive.”—_The Critic._
=The Speech of Monkeys.=—By R. L. GARNER. Mr. Garner’s articles,
published in the leading periodicals and journals touching upon this
subject, have been widely read and favorably commented upon by scientific
men both here and abroad. “The Speech of Monkeys” embodies his researches
up to the present time. It is divided into two parts, the first being
a record of experiments with monkeys and other animals, and the second
part a treatise on the theory of speech. The work is written so as to
bring the subject within reach of the casual reader without impairing its
scientific value. Small 8vo, with Frontispiece, Cloth, $1.00.