Part 8

FIGURES OF THE PAST. From the Leaves of Old Journals. By Josiah Quincy (Class of 1821, Harvard College). 16mo. Price $1.50

"There are chapters on life in the Academy at Andover, on Harvard Sixty Years Ago, on Commencement Day in 1821, the year of the author's graduation, and on visits to and talks with John Adams, with reminiscences of Lafayette, Judge Story, John Randolph, Jackson and other eminent persons, and sketches of old Washington and old Boston society. The kindly pen of the author is never dipped in gall--he remembers the pleasing aspects of character, and his stories and anecdotes are told in the best of humor and leave no sting. The book is of a kind which we are not likely to have again, for the men of Mr. Quincy's generation, those at least who had his social opportunities, are nearly all gone. These pictures of old social and political conditions are especially suggestive as reminding us that a single life, only lately closed, linked us with days, events and men that were a part of our early history and appear remote because of the multitude of changes that have transformed society in the interval."--_Boston Journal._

WHIST, OR BUMBLEPUPPY? By Pembridge. From the Second London Edition. 16mo. Cloth. Price .50

DEFINITION OF BUMBLEPUPPY.--Bumblepuppy is persisting to play whist, either in utter ignorance of all its known principles, or in defiance of them, or both.

"'Whist, or Bumblepuppy?' is one of the most entertaining, and at the same time one of the soundest books on whist ever written. Its drollery may blind some readers to the value of its advice; no man who knows anything about whist, however, will fail to read it with interest, and few will fail to read it with advantage. Upon the ordinary rules of whist, Pembridge supplies much sensible and thoroughly amusing comment. The best player in the world may gain from his observations, and a mediocre player can scarcely find a better counsellor. There is scarcely an opinion expressed with which we do not coincide."--_London Sunday Times._

RECOLLECTIONS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. By T. Hall Caine. With Portrait. One vol. 8vo. Cloth, gilt. Price $3.00

"Mr. Caine's 'Recollections of Rossetti' throws light upon many events in Rossetti's life over which there hung a veil of mystery.... A book that must survive."--_London Athenæum._

INDIAN IDYLLS. From the Sanskrit of the Mahâbhârata. By EDWIN ARNOLD, author of "The Light of Asia." One vol. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00

This volume appeals to thoughtful readers, and contains translations of great interest from the great Oriental epic. This mighty poem of 220,000 lines is thought to have an origin anterior to Homer, perhaps even before the time of Moses.

"Appreciative readers are enthusiastic over Edwin Arnold's 'Indian Idylls,' and it will no doubt attract about as much attention as his famous 'Light of Asia.' In this western world, remote from ancient civilizations, there has been scarcely any knowledge of Asia's wonderful literature among the mass of American people, who are too busy and practical to acquaint themselves with its beauties. Edwin Arnold has done a great service to the literary world by introducing through his remarkable poems and translations, the history, poetry, legends, profound thought and philosophy of ancient Asia, to people who would otherwise have remained ignorant of the sublime spiritual truths embodied in Buddhism, Brahminism and Hinduism. These Idylls, translated from the Sanskrit of the colossal epic, 'Mahâbhârata,' are beautifully clothed in the rythmic flow of musical verse, which brings the Oriental imagery, heroic acts and the deep philosophy of these wise people within the sympathy and easy comprehension of this far western world."--_Hartford Times._

NEW ENGLAND LEGENDS AND FOLK LORE. By SAM'L ADAMS DRAKE. With over 100 illustrations. One vol. Quarto. Cloth, plain. Price, $3.50 One vol. Quarto. Cloth, gilt edges. Price, 4.00 One vol. Quarto. Half morocco, marbled edges, Price, 5.00

For the first time the old Romantic Legends, Weird Chronicles, Popular Superstitions and Vulgar Errors of our ancestors are collected by an authority thoroughly competent. Quaint and spirited illustrations of the topics, costumes or manners, lend a charm of their own and make this a book of great interest and value to every American, while to every New Englander, whether at home or located elsewhere, it is an heirloom absolutely indispensable.

FIRELIGHT STORIES. A new book by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON, author of "Bed-Time Stories," "Random Rambles," etc. Illustrated. Square 16mo. Cloth. Uniform with "Bed-Time Stories." Price, $1.25

THE POETRY OF THE ORIENT. By WILLIAM R. ALGER. One vol. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.50

"The fifth edition of Rev. William R. Alger's 'Poetry of the Orient' is much enlarged by an appendix of selections from the poetry of Buddhism. The first edition appeared in 1856. It has been twice enlarged since then, and has become one of the permanent books in American literature. The late President Walker said of it: 'Those who would understand the whole of human nature and the whole of human experience will gain much by reading this book.' George McDonald said to the author, whom he happened to meet in Switzerland: 'This fascinating and inspiring volume has long been my constant companion, and I have to thank the writer of it for an invaluable benefaction.' Dr. Hedge called it 'a costly anthology, in which every specimen is either rich or rare.' Mr. Alger's 'Introduction to Oriental Poetry' is a valuable piece of writing, and has lost none of its sweetness in the lapse of years. For work of this sort Mr. Alger has few rivals."--_Boston Sunday Herald._

OLD LADY MARY. A Tale of the Seen and the Unseen. 16mo. Cloth. Price, .75

"It is a ghost story, but different from all ghost stories we have read, and for combined pathos, tenderness, deep religious feeling, and let us add, subdued humor, may be characterized as unapproachable."--_Bell's Life._

"Mrs. Oliphant with all her talents, which are larger in 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.