Part 4

Alden’s “New” Ideal Revolving Book Case, above described, ready May 1, 1889, is a great improvement upon the styles heretofore sold. The new is supported from the top instead of at the base, as formerly, thus standing firmer and revolving more freely; the “knock-down” feature of No. 3 is a triumph of mechanical ingenuity; the workmanship and the material used, in both styles, are a great advance on those formerly sold—this is high praise, indeed, considering the delightful satisfaction the book cases have given in the past, but our patrons will find our estimate just; this, we think, comes very near to being a “perfect” book case!

A Grand Old Roman.

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius. The Thoughts of, translated by George Long, with a sketch of his Life and a view of his Philosophy. Ideal Edition, cloth. 30c. (7c)

“This is a wonderfully interesting book. The ancient stoical philosophy receives, in this great and gentle-minded Roman Emperor, its noblest expression.”—_Advance_, Chicago.

The Earth for 25 Cents!

Alden’s Handy Atlas of the World. 138 colored maps, diagrams, tables, etc. Price, 30c. (8c);

“I think so much intrinsically valuable information was never before compressed into so small a space. An Atlas and a Gazetteer for 25 cents!”—Benson J. Lossing, LL.D., Dover Plains, N. Y.

Great Oriental Poems.

Arnold. Light of Asia, by Edwin Arnold, cloth, 30c. (7c)

—Indian Song of Songs, by Edwin Arnold, cloth, 25c. (6c)

—Pearls of the Faith, by Edwin Arnold, cloth, 25c. (6c)

“No man, since the days of Sir William Jones, has so deeply drunk at the founts of Indian learning, or so well interpreted its meaning to the Occidental mind as has Edwin Arnold. The ‘Pearls of the Faith,’ contains some of the finest poetry, in thought and expression, of recent times.”—_Methodist Magazine_, Toronto.

Bacon and Locke.

Bacon’s Essays. With notes of Devey. Elzevir Ed., cloth, 30c. (10c)

Bacon’s Essays, and Locke on the Understanding, in one vol. half Russia, 45c. (15c)

“‘Bacon’s Essays’ are a part of the mental furniture of nearly all reading people. They can be read now with as much profit as when they were first written.”—_Observer_, New York.

“If Bacon first discovered the rules by which knowledge is improved, Locke has most contributed to make mankind at large observe them.”—Mackintosh.

A Poem that Ranks with the Iliad.

Crawford. The Kalevala. The National Epic Poem of the Finlanders. Translated into English Verse, by Dr. John Martin Crawford. In two volumes, small octavo, Small Pica type, leaded, cloth, gilt top, $2.25 (75c); half Morocco, $2.75 (85c); in one volume cl., gilt top, $1.70 (60c)

This is the estimate put upon the Kalevala by such an eminent authority as Max Müller.

“Certainly the ‘Kalevala’ as it stands, is one of the World’s great poems. * * Of its antiquity there is no doubt. It is thoroughly pagan from beginning to end. * * All the characteristics of a splendid antique civilization are mirrored in this marvelous poem, and Mr. Crawford’s admirable translation should make the wonderful heroes of Suomi song as familiar if not as dear to our people as the heroes of the great Ionian epics.”—_Evening Telegraphy_, Philadelphia, Pa.

Curious Myths and Legends,

Baring-Gould. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages. By S. Baring-Gould. Elzevir Ed., cloth, 40c. (15c)

—Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets. By S. Baring-Gould. Elzevir Ed., cloth, 50c. (15c)

“‘Curious Myths’ will be found of great assistance to intelligent persons generally who are often puzzled about the Wandering Jew, William Tell, and other distinguished characters who become the more unsubstantial the nearer we get to them.”—_Daily Eagle_, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Carlyle’s Popular Works.

Carlyle. Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History. By Thomas Carlyle. Ideal edition Brevier type; cloth, 30c. (11c)

—Popular Works French Revolution, Elzevir Edition. Brevier type, leaded, 2 volumes, cloth $1.00 (30c) Past and Present, 12mo, cloth, 40c. (10c)

“The works of Thomas Carlyle have become classic. A library would be scarcely complete without something from his pen.”—_Evangelist_, St. Louis.

Miracles Daily Wrought!

Carter. Divine Healing; or, The Atonement for Sin and Sickness. By Capt. R. Kelso Carter. Small quarto. Small Pica type, paper, _25c._ (10c), cloth, 60c. (20c)

The best exposition of the “Faith Cure.” The author claims that the atonement of Christ was designed to give health to the body as well as to the soul.

“Whatsoever the reader may think of the subject discussed in the work, he will certainly find it the most readable, reasonable, and reliable compend of this interesting topic.”—_Friends’ Expositor_, Toronto, Ont.

A Literary Gold Mine.

Franklin Literary Nuggets, The. Size 4½ x 6 inches, about 200 pages each. Fine cloth binding, gilt tops. Per volume, 30c. (8c)

1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

2. The Castle of Otranto. By Horace Walpole.

3. My Ten Years’ Imprisonment. By Silvio Pellico.

4. Lessing’s Nathan the Wise.

5 and 6. White’s Natural History of Selborne, 2 vols.

7. Izaak Walton’s Complete Angler.

8. Addison and Steele’s Sir Roger de Coverley.

9. Herodotus’ Egypt and Scythia.

10. Marco Polo’s Voyages and Travels.

11. Sir Thomas Brown’s Religio Medici.

Beautiful little volumes which need only to be seen to be admired. Note the extremely low price. At these rates really choice literature is cheaper than the “trash” which in low-priced form is largely circulated.

The Dickens!—New Edition, $3.00 Post-paid!

Dickens. The Works of Charles Dickens’ “Boz” Edition, in six vols., small 8vo, good type, with numerous illus., well printed on fair paper, cl., $3.00 (75c)

List of the Vols.—Over 130 Illustrations.

1. Dombey and Son. Old Curiosity Shop. Hard Times.

2. Copperfield. Christmas Stories. Tale of Two Cities. Uncommercial Traveler.

3. Nicholas Nickleby. Martin Chuzzlewit. American Notes.

4. Mutual Friend. Little Dorrit. Reprinted. Edwin Drood.

5. Pickwick Papers. Barnaby Rudge. Sketches by Boz.

6. Oliver Twist. Great Expectations. Bleak House. Pictures from Italy.

So many thousands of our book buying patrons seem to want a _cheap_ Dickens that I concluded to produce this, incomparably the cheapest edition ever printed! And quite a respectable edition it is, too—printed from the _same plates_ as Appleton’s “Popular Library Edition,” which is still on their catalogue at $10.00! You may have a sample volume (name at least four, and your order of preference) for 45 cents, postpaid, to be returned if not wanted. Discounts to Club Agents liberal. Order a sample and sell a dozen—or a hundred—sets!

“The set of ‘Boz’ Dickens which I ordered from you came yesterday, and I assure you of my delight at possessing such a literary treasure for such a small expenditure of money.”—Mrs. J. T. Stephenson, Griffin, Ga.

The Immortal—_A Great Novel! A Scorching Satire!_

Daudet. The Immortal. By Alphonse Daudet. 12mo, cloth, 60c. (20c)

“Daudet is undoubtedly a genius. He knows the power of words, and uses it with skill. The simplest scenes fairly thrill with life. His noble characters move with that charm that is so attractive, and his ignoble characters with that meanness that is so detestable. When he touches with that genuine simplicity any bewitching look of nature, he makes it so powerful that it remains in the memory long afterwards. Whether this last novel of the great Frenchman is aimed or not at the individual members of the Academy, we do not know, but certainly he punctures the big bubble of the Academy itself and lets out a great deal of the gas; not in one place or two, but in a hundred. But we sincerely wish this literary French genius would employ his pen with less objection in some instances, or, in other words, that he would be more chaste and refined. If this is a study of social life, as he claims in his dedication, then evidently what Paris needs is not so much study, but reform.”—_Zion’s Herald_, Boston.

Delightful Stories for Young Folks.

*Church, Alfred J. Stories from the Classics, Each 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.50, reduced to 75c. (25c)

Stories from Homer,

Stories of Virgil,

Stories from the Greek Tragedians,

Roman Life in the Days of Cicero,

Stories from Livy,

Stories of the Persian War from Herodotus,

Two Thousand Years Ago; or the Adventures of a Roman Boy,

Stories from Herodotus,

Here are eight books one can commend most heartily, and with a good conscience. They are not only charming, but they are educating, in the truest sense. They delight the young folks, and parents and teachers are pleased to know the fact. It is a positive pleasure to be able to present these exquisite old tales in such excellent form, at a cost so greatly reduced.

Epictetus, Stoic Philosopher.

Epictetus, The Teachings of, translated with notes. Ideal edition. 210 pp., cloth, 30c. (10c)

The Emerson of the Ancients! No philosopher of antiquity, save possibly Plato and Aristotle, is more quoted, or more revered. It is really a good book for _every_ library. This pretty and convenient Ideal edition is just the dress for such a book.

Contains the Encheiridion, selections from the Dissertations and Fragments, an introduction and helpful notes. Deserves wide circulation.

“The book of Epictetus, the noblest of the Stoics.”—_St. Augustine._

Drummond’s Natural Law.

Drummond: Natural Law in the Spiritual World. New Edition, cloth, 12mo, 50c. (15c)

“Almost a revelation.”—_Christian Union._ “Grand reading for the clergy.”—Bishop Coxe. “A most original and ingenious book, instructive and suggestive in the highest degree.”—_Nonconformist._ “One of those rare books which find a new point of view from which old things themselves become new.”—_Chicago Standard._ “Too much cannot be said in praise of it, and those who fail to read it will suffer a serious loss.”—_The Churchman._ “In Drummond’s book we have none of the nonsense of the new theology, but the old theology splendidly illumined by the newest scientific knowledge.”—Dr. Henson, Chicago.

A Romance of Geology.

Dawson. The Story of the Earth and Man. By Sir John W. Dawson. Small quarto, cloth, illust., price reduced from $1.50 to 50c. (20c) Cheap edition in paper, without illust., _15c._ (4c)

“This veteran scientist is as enthusiastic and hard-working as a boy, and whatever he writes is stamped with the highest authority. It gives us pleasure to commend this book.”—_Morning Star_, Boston.

“This book has been universally commended as containing the substance of knowledge about the evolution of earth and man, though the author can hardly be called an evolutionist. This republication is in cheap form and places a very valuable work in the hands of any one who desires to read it.”—_World_, Omaha.

Peerless Old Boswell!

Boswell’s Life of Johnson. Croker’s Edition, in 4 volumes, large 12mo, cloth, $2.75 ($1.25)

“The richest dictionary of wit and wisdom any language can boast of. Enlarged and illuminated by the researches and sagacious running criticism of Mr. Croker, it is, without doubt—excepting a few immortal monuments of creative genius—that book which would be most prized in other days and countries by the students of ‘us and our history.’”—_London Quarterly Review._

“We cannot believe that any subsequent improvement will ever be made upon this edition; and we have no doubt that it will excite the curiosity and reward the attention of the reading world.”—_North Am. Review._

Evolution from a Christian Standpoint.

Hark. The Unity of the Truth, in Christianity and Evolution. By J. Max Hark D.D. 12 mo, 293 pages. Small Pica type, leaded, cloth, gilt top, 90c. (40c)

“A thoughtful and scholarly work, written in the interest of persons who are bewildered by the teaching of unbelieving evolutionists.”—_Christian Standard_, Cincinnati, O.

“No one can be more sure and clear than Dr. Hark, that whatever may hereafter come to be the final, clearly and indisputably settled results of scientific examination, they will be found to be in perfect accordance with the equally carefully ascertained teachings of the Christian revelation. In that firm faith we may all agree and encourage science to the most diligent examination, only bidding it not to be too sure of its conclusions until the evidence is complete.”—_The Lutheran_, Philadelphia, Pa.

Evolution Again. “_Rich, delicate, robust._” R. S. Storrs, D. D.

Parker. The Spirit of Beauty. Essays, scientific and æsthetic, by Prof. Henry W. Parker; large 12mo, cloth, gilt top, 85c. (25c)

“I have been delighted, instructed and morally animated by The Spirit of Beauty. It gives rich, delicate and robust expression to a various knowledge, as well as to fine, devout and far-reaching thought. I have not for long taken up a book which has interested me so immediately, or refreshed me so abundantly.”—Rev. R. S. Storrs, D.D.

“Every page shows the author’s warm sympathy alike with what is best in modern scientific and Christian thought—his enthusiasm for nature, for humanity and for God.”—_The Advance_, Chicago, Ill.

“It is not the ‘bigoted’ theologian who rises this time in the higher interests of humanity, but the trained and well-informed scientist. It is an arrow from within the fort, and its destructive power is all the greater because the bowman himself takes ‘some stock in Darwin’s Origin of Species.’ The fact that the bow has been bent not directly for the purpose of rescuing religion, but for the rescue of beauty and art and morality and civilization from the toils of a false science, will give the book a hearing where the argument from religious grounds would have none. We know of no better book to be placed into the hands of the college student or young doctor or lawyer whose casual reading or not wholly mature thinking has infected him with agnostic or Spencerian views.”—_The Lutheran_, Philadelphia, Pa.

Library of Universal History.

Library of Universal History. 4 vols., 12 mo, cloth, gilt top. Each $1.50, reduced to $1.10 (40c) The set of 4 vols. $3.75 (85c)

1. Ancient History. By George Rawlinson, M.A.

2. Mediæval History. By George T. Stokes, D.D.

3. Modern History. By Arthur St. Geo. Patton.

4. Geological History. By Edw. Hull, LL.D.

An extremely valuable series. Volume I. covers the period from the creation of the world to the fall of Rome; Volume II. treats of the Middle Ages; Volume III. comes down to the present time, and Volume IV. forms a summary of the historical phase of the Science of Geology. Excellent for students and for general readers.

Washington! _By Washington Irving. Irving’s Complete Works._

Irving’s Life of Washington. Illustrated Library Edition, in 4 volumes, small octavo, Long Primer type, including 108 fine illustrations, cloth, gilt tops, $2.50 (6Oc); half Morocco, $3.00 (75c) Popular Edition. In two vols., 12mo, cloth, $1.25 (35c); half Morocco, $1.75 (60c)

Irving’s Collected Works (complete except Washington), in 9 vols., half Morocco, marbled edges Price, $6.25 ($1.60). The same in 6 vols., cloth, $4.50 (90c)

“Irving is an author every American child should early become acquainted with and learn to love. His genial spirit, kindly humor, and pure style, fit him eminently to become the literary model of our young folks, and the worthy introduction to the further study of our literature.”—_School Journal_, Lancaster, Pa.

A Russian Historical Novel.

Gogol. Taras Bulba, By Nikolai Vassilievitch, translated by Jeremiah Curtin, cloth, 60c. (20c)

“The characters stand forth in bold relief against a dark and gloomy background; they are like the figures of a Greek frieze in their Titanic majesty. Pleasing, no one could call the novel; fascinating it must prove to all. The story of the wars of the Cossacks and of their desperate struggles to maintain their lawless freedom is among the romances of history.”—The _Golden Rule_, Boston, Mass.

The Woman’s Story, _By Twenty Famous Women._

Holloway. The Woman’s Story, as told by twenty famous American women, whose names are appended. Edited by Laura C. Holloway, with a biographical sketch and a fine portrait of each author. Large 12mo, cloth, _$1.00_ (30c). AGENTS WANTED.

Harriett Beecher Stowe.

Harriett Prescott Spofford.

Rebecca Harding Davis.

Edna Dean Proctor.

“Josiah Allen’s Wife.”

Nora Perry.

Augusta Evans Wilson.

Louise Chandler Moulton.

Celia Thaxter.

“Grace Greenwood.”

Abba Gould Woolson.

Mary J. Holmes.

Margaret E. Sangster.

Oliver Thorne Miller.

Elizabeth W. Champney.

Julia C. R. Dorr.

Marion Harland.

Louisa May Alcott.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Rose Terry Cooke.

“The volume is a worthy tribute to our American women of letters, and a fair sample of our best fiction work. It is a book that will commend itself to our patriotism, and to all lovers of our national literature.”—_Christian Evangelist_, St. Louis, Mo.

“It ought to prove one of the most profitable volumes the publisher has made, for such a collection of admirable short stories seldom is found within the covers of a single book. * * * A galaxy indeed of lustrous stars. The book deserves to be printed with the highest art and to be bound in morocco and gilt; but it appears with propriety in a form which brings it within the reach of persons of moderate means. Such a dollar’s worth seldom can be secured by reading households.”—_Christian Intelligencer_, New York City.

The Koran in English.

Koran of Mohammed, The. Translated by George Sale. 12mo., cloth, 336 pages, 60c. (20c)

By far the best translation of a book which has exerted a wonderful influence in the past and which is now accepted as a sacred volume by more than two hundred million people.

Bayard Taylor’s Most Famous Book.

Taylor. Views Afoot; or Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff. By Bayard Taylor. With two portraits and an introduction by N. P. Willis. 12mo, 481 pages. Long Primer type, cloth, 60c. (20c)

“There are few smoother or more gracefully written books of travel than Bayard Taylor’s ‘Views Afoot.’ For two years he was a wayfaring pedestrian, often reduced to a plate of soup and a crust, trudging along in a dilapidated pair of shoes, but his spirits, health, and delightful resources as a correspondent never failed. He saw Europe thoroughly for $500 earned by the way, and came back to his country quite a famous young man. His letters are good reading to-day. They present Europe from the pedestrian side; and among many literary graces they have the poetic. ‘Views Afoot’ is one of the new publications of John B. Alden, the cheapness of whose books is a modern novelty. The volume is set in a large, peculiarly distinct type, and has in all respects an attractive, comfortable appearance.”—_Commercial Gazette_, Cincinnati, O.

Invaluable _For Home and Sunday School._

Pittenger. The Interwoven Gospels. The four histories of Jesus Christ blended into a complete and continuous narrative in the words of the Gospels. According to the American Revised Version of 1881. Compiled by Rev. William Pittenger. 12mo, cloth, with maps, 90c. (30c)

“The Interwoven Gospels is an exceedingly helpful and convenient arrangement, based on a good plan, and well wrought.”—Rev. Richard G. Greene, East Orange, N. J.

“The advantage of such a book, both to a young reader and to a teacher of New Testament history, in bringing the gospel narratives into their proper relations, and in giving a clear mental view of the times and seasons to which events belong, must be apparent.”—_The Interior_, Chicago, Ill.

“The work is well done, and the little book will be welcome aid to many in the study of the New Testament.”—_The Examiner_, N. Y. City.

Shakespeare. _Ideal Form! Ideal Price! Ideal Type! Ideal Binding!_

Shakespeare. The Ideal Shakespeare. The text complete in 12 volumes, Long Primer type, fine heavy paper, bound in fine cloth, gilt tops, price $6.00 ($2.50); half Morocco, $7.20 ($2.50); The same, on lighter paper bound in 6 vols., cloth, $3.00 ($1.40) An extra vol., giving glossary, concordance, etc., cloth, 50c. (15c); half Morocco, 60c. (20c) See Elzevir Library for plays at _7 cts._ each, 20 for $1.00.

“For a handy-volume series, agreeable to the eye and convenient we commend Mr. Alden’s publication, and the reasonable price should certainly insure its success.”—_The Bookmart_, New York.

“Your books came duly to hand. I am very much pleased with all their make-up, binding and contents, and especially with their marvelously low price. Only they cheat a body out of work—for Bayard Taylor and Beecher kept me from sermonizing and the Woman’s Story kept my wife from sewing all the afternoon.”—Rev. P. C. Croll, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.

“I have books from a majority of the principal publishing firms in the U.S., and I can assure all, that your work is always _equal and generally superior_ to any of them, notwithstanding your marvelous prices.”—A. L. Campbell, Silver Creek, Ky.

Popular Medical Cyclopedia _For Use in The Home._

Lankester. Family Medical Guide. Edited by Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S., written by distinguished members of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, London. American edition, revised and enlarged; large 8vo, 500 pages; price in cloth $4.00, reduced to _$1.00._ (35c)

“In this large work is comprised all possible self-aid in the treatment of diseases, accidents, emergencies, etc.”—_Brooklyn Eagle._

“It is, in fine, the best book of the kind ever published. No family should be without it.”—_Charleston Daily News and Courier._

Literary Portraits. _Interesting Biography. Choice Select Readings._

Literary Portraits. Biographical and critical studies of contemporary and classic authors, with selections from their writings. 26 portraits and other illustrations. Reprinted from “Literature,” Alden’s illustrated weekly magazine. 464 pages, small quarto, cloth, 90c. (30c)

Literary Portraits. Second Series. Uniform in all respects with First Series in style and price.

“An interesting volume, containing sketches and portraits of General Lew Wallace and his wife, Mark Twain, Octave Thanet, Charles Reade, Maurice Thompson, Celia Thaxter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frances E. Willard, Paul H. Hayne, Emerson, Thackeray, Joel Chandler Harris, and other literary people. The book is well printed and bound, and, like all of Mr. Alden’s publications, is sold at an astonishingly low price. Writers will find it of special interest.”—_The Writer_, Boston, Mass.

400 Famous Americans.

Lossing. Eminent Americans. By Benson J. Lossing, LL.D. 12mo, cl., 90c. (25c); half Mco., $1.10 (35c)

“The work can hardly be overrated in importance. The faces of the most eminent men and women shine forth from its pages, and the events of their lives are illustrated by the author in the happiest possible manner. The American youth who owns the work may be justly envied.”—_Herald of Gospel Liberty_, Dayton, O.

Wonders of the Heavens.

Mitchel. Planetary and Stellar Worlds. By Gen. O. M. Mitchel. Small quarto, Small Pica type. Price reduced from $1.50; paper, _15c._, cloth, 35c. (7c)

“Whoever opens this book will be surprised to find how little of the technical there is in it, how popular it is in style, and plain in its statement of astronomical facts. It is one of the most brilliant and fascinating expositions of the science of the stars we have ever seen. While it cannot fail to interest the special student of the noble science of astronomy, its chief value, we judge, will consist in its charming adaptation to the tastes of the general reader.”—_Guardian_, Philadelphia.

“The Reader’s Pulse Tingles.”

Pittenger. A History of the great Raid and Locomotive Chase in Georgia in 1862. By William Pittenger. New edition, large 8vo, illustrated, cloth, _$1.50_ (60c)