HISTORICAL READINGS
YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
By Thomas Wentworth Higginson With over 100 illustrations $1.20
YOUNG FOLKS' BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS
By Thomas Wentworth Higginson Illustrated $1.20
HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH HISTORY
Based on Guest's "Lectures on English History," and brought down to the year 1880 With a Supplementary Chapter on the English Literature of the 19th Century By F. H. Underwood, LL.D. With maps, chronological tables etc. School edition 90 cents
YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
By George Makepeace Towle Illustrated School edition 60 cents
YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF IRELAND
By George Makepeace Towle With introduction by John Boyle O'Reilly Illustrated School edition 60 cents
HEROES OF HISTORY By George Makepeace Towle Illustrated
| Vasco de Gama: his Voyages and Adventures School edition 60 cents |
| Pizarro: his Adventures and Conquests School edition 60 cents |
| Magellan: or The First Voyage Round the World School edition 60 cents |
| Marco Polo: his Travels and Adventures School edition 60 cents |
| Raleigh: his Voyages and Adventures School edition 60 cents |
| Drake the Sea King of Devon School edition 60 cents |
THE STORY OF OUR COUNTRY By Mrs. L. B. Monroe 80 cents
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MISTAKES IN WRITING ENGLISH AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
For the use of all who teach, write, or speak the language. By Marshall T. Bigelow, author of "Punctuation and other Typographical Matters."
PUNCTUATION AND OTHER TYPOGRAPHICAL MATTERS
For the use of Printers, Authors, Teachers, and Scholars. By Marshall T. Bigelow, Corrector at the University Press, Cambridge.
1000 BLUNDERS IN ENGLISH
A Handbook of Suggestions in Reading and Speaking. By Harlan H. Ballard, A.M., Principal of Lenox Academy, Lenox, Mass.
HINTS AND HELPS
For those who write, print, or read. By Benjamin Drew.
ENGLISH SYNONYMES DISCRIMINATED
By Rev. Richard Whately, D.D., the Archbishop of Dublin. A new edition.
SOULE & CAMPBELL'S PRONOUNCING HANDBOOK
Of Words often mispronounced, and of words as to which a Choice of Pronunciation is allowed. 3,000 Mistakes in Pronunciation corrected.
CAMPBELL'S HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH SYNONYMES
With an Appendix showing the Correct Uses of Prepositions.
HINTS ON LANGUAGE
In connection with Sight Reading and Writing in Primary and Intermediate Schools. By S. Arthur Bent, A.M., Superintendent of Public Schools, Clinton, Mass.
FORGOTTEN MEANINGS
Or, An Hour with the Dictionary. By Alfred Waites, author of "Student's Historical Manual."
SHORT STUDIES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
By Thomas Wentworth Higginson, author of "Young Folks' History of the United States," "Young Folks' American Explorers," "Malbone," "Outdoor Papers," "Oldport Days," "Army Life in a Black Regiment," "Atlantic Essays," etc.
HINTS ON WRITING AND SPEECH-MAKING
By Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
UNIVERSAL PHONOGRAPHY
Or, Shorthand by the "Allen Method." A Self-instructor, whereby more Speed than Long-Hand Writing is gained at the First Lesson, and additional Speed at each Subsequent Lesson. By G. G. Allen, Principal of the Allen Stenographic Institute, Boston.
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ADVANCED READINGS AND RECITATIONS By Austin B. Fletcher A.M. LL.B. late professor of oratory Brown University and Boston University School of Law. This book has been already adopted in a large number of universities, colleges, post-graduate schools of law and theology, seminaries, etc. $1.50
"Professor Fletcher's noteworthy compilation has been made with rare rhetorical judgment, and evinces a sympathy for the best forms of literature, adapted to attract readers and speakers, and mould their literary taste."—Professor J. W. Churchill, Andover Theological Seminary.
THE BOOK OF ELOQUENCE A collection of extracts in prose and verse from the most famous orators and poets By Charles Dudley Warner $1.50
"What can be said that is more eloquent praise than that Charles Dudley Warner has carefully selected three hundred and sixty-four specimens of the choicest things from the world's literature? If there is any subject untouched, we fail to discover it. It is a compendium of the world's eloquence. It is useless to tell who is in here, for everybody is; and it is clear that Mr. Warner has made his extracts with great care. It has the most eloquence ever packed into twice as many pages."
VOCAL AND ACTION LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND EXPRESSION New edition By E. N. Kirby instructor in elocution in Boston University By mail 83 cents.
"This is a treatise, at once scientific and practical, on the theory and art of elocution. It treats of the structure of the vocal organs, of vocal culture and expression, of action-language, gesticulation, the use of the body and hands in oratory, etc. There is also a well-arranged collection of extracts for elocution. The work is well adapted for use as a text-book on elocution, and for study by professional students."—Indianapolis Journal.
FIVE-MINUTE READINGS Selected and adapted by Walter K. Fobes 50 cents
FIVE-MINUTE DECLAMATIONS Selected and adapted by Walter K. Fobes teacher of elocution and public reader 50 cents
FIVE-MINUTE DECLAMATIONS Second Part Selected and adapted by Walter K. Fobes Cloth 50 cents.
FIVE-MINUTE RECITATIONS By Walter K. Fobes 50 cents
Pupils in public schools, on declamation days, are limited to five minutes each for the delivery of "pieces." There is a great complaint of the scarcity of material for such a purpose, while the injudicious pruning of eloquent extracts has often marred the desired effects. To obviate these difficulties new "Five-Minute" books have been prepared by a competent teacher.
"We have never before seen packed in so small a compass so much that may be considered really representative of the higher class of oratory."—Boston Transcript.
ELOCUTION SIMPLIFIED With an appendix on Lisping, Stammering and other Impediments of Speech By Walter K. Fobes graduate of the "Boston School of Oratory" Cloth 50 cents. Paper 30 cents
"The whole art of elocution is succinctly set forth in this small volume, which might be judiciously included among the text-books of schools."—New Orleans Picayune.
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DRIFTING ROUND THE WORLD; A Boy's Adventures by Sea and Land
By Capt. Charles W. Hall, author of "Adrift in the Ice-Fields," "The Great Bonanza," etc. With numerous full-page and letter-press illustrations. Royal 8vo. Handsome cover. $1.75. Cloth, gilt, $2.50.
"Out of the beaten track" in its course of travel, record of adventures, and descriptions of life in Greenland, Labrador, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Holland, Russia, Asia, Siberia, and Alaska. Its hero is young, bold, and adventurous; and the book is in every way interesting and attractive.
EDWARD GRÉEY'S JAPANESE SERIES
YOUNG AMERICANS IN JAPAN; or, The Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo
With 170 full-page and letter-press illustrations. Royal 8vo, 7 x 9½ inches. Handsomely illuminated cover. $1.75. Cloth, black and gold, $2.50.
This story, though essentially a work of fiction, is filled with interesting and truthful descriptions of the curious ways of living of the good people of the land of the rising sun.
THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO; or, The Further Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo
With 169 illustrations. Royal 8vo, 7 x 9½ inches. With cover in gold and colors, designed by the author. $1.75. Cloth, black and gold, $2.50.
"A book full of delightful information. The author has the happy gift of permitting the reader to view things as he saw them. The illustrations are mostly drawn by a Japanese artist, and are very unique."—Chicago Herald.
THE BEAR WORSHIPPERS OF YEZO AND THE ISLAND OF KARAFUTO; being the further Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo
180 illustrations. Boards, $1.75. Cloth, $2.50.
Graphic pen and pencil pictures of the remarkable bearded people who live in the north of Japan. The illustrations are by native Japanese artists, and give queer pictures of a queer people, who have been seldom visited.
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OUR BOYS IN INDIA
The wanderings of two young Americans in Hindustan, with their exciting adventures on the sacred rivers and wild mountains. With 145 illustrations. Royal 8vo, 7 x 9½ inches. Bound in emblematic covers of Oriental design, $1.75. Cloth, black and gold, $2.50.
While it has all the exciting interest of a romance, it is remarkably vivid in its pictures of manners and customs in the land of the Hindu. The illustrations are many and excellent.
OUR BOYS IN CHINA
The adventures of two young Americans, wrecked in the China Sea on their return from India, with their strange wanderings through the Chinese Empire. 188 illustrations. Boards, ornamental covers in colors and gold, $1.75. Cloth, $2.50.
This gives the further adventures of "Our Boys" of India fame in the land of Teas and Queues.
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Arranged for Young People by M. S. EMERY
Price, boards, 30 cents net. By mail, 35 cents.
AN accurate knowledge of how to attend to the every-day affairs of a business life is, indeed, a most valuable possession. The requirements of modern business life are manifold and exacting, demanding technical information, and, besides, quite a degree of what may justly be termed "cultivation." This valuable and indispensable book covers a wide range of information of much importance, and is designed as a text-book for schools, and for ready reference for young people and those who need such instruction as it contains. It treats in an attractive and clear manner subjects which bear on every-day callings, like "Letter-writing," by which so large a percentage of business is conducted; "Bills, Receipts, and Accounts;" "Post-Office Business," with instructions regarding late advantages and scope of accommodation; "Telegrams," "Express Business," "United States Money," "Savings Banks," "National Banks," "Bank Checks," "Notes and Drafts," "Mortgages," "Investment and Speculation," "Taxes," "Fire Insurance," and "Life Insurance." These are topics conveying a general idea of the worth of the book—topics about which business men must know, and covering that which they who would be business men must learn. Keeping relatively abreast of modern methods, the educators of our day see the necessity of imparting business knowledge, as well as that which is purely scientific, historical, or literary in its nature; hence, the adaptability of "Every-Day Business" to the necessities of American schools and our progressive ways of life.
By Frances C. Sparhawk Boards 30 cts By mail 35 cts
"After making child-nature a special study, Miss Sparhawk offers this little book as its result. It is designed to be used as a supplementary reader for classes in geography, and in cases of very young children as preparatory to the definitions and statements of text-books, which to children so often mean nothing. Still, the author does not intend that because this book is used all verbal explanations should be done away with; and while it is designed to take the place of aimless and weary work, it is not at all intended to do away with work and substitute play in its stead. The subjects treated preclude that idea. Such topics as the following require study and work on the part of both teacher and pupil: 'The Horizon,' 'Trees,' 'Vegetation,' 'Heat and Moisture,' 'Water-sheds,' 'Sun and Rain,' 'Highways and Barriers,' 'From the Lakes to the Gulf,' 'Cities,' 'Mountains and Rivers,' and many more important topics, including the continents."—School Journal.
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GERMANY SEEN WITHOUT SPECTACLES; or, Random Sketches of Various Subjects, Penned from Different Standpoints in the Empire
By Henry Ruggles, late United States Consul at the Island of Malta, and at Barcelona, Spain. $1.50.
"Mr. Ruggles writes briskly: he chats and gossips, slashing right and left with stout American prejudices, and has made withal a most entertaining book."—New York Tribune.
TRAVELS AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE ORIENT, with a Hasty Flight in the Countries of Europe
By Walter Harriman (ex-Governor of New Hampshire). $1.50.
"The author, in his graphic description of these sacred localities, refers with great aptness to scenes and personages which history has made famous. It is a chatty narrative of travel."—Concord Monitor.
FORE AND AFT
A Story of Actual Sea-Life. By Robert B. Dixon, M.D. $1.25.
Travels in Mexico, with vivid descriptions of manners and customs, form a large part of this striking narrative of a fourteen-months' voyage.
VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE
A Geographical Journey of Twenty-five Hundred Miles from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico. By Nathaniel H. Bishop. With numerous illustrations and maps specially prepared for this work. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
"Mr. Bishop did a very bold thing, and has described it with a happy mixture of spirit, keen observation, and bonhomie."—London Graphic.
FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX
A Boat Voyage of Twenty-six Hundred Miles down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and along the Gulf of Mexico. By Nathaniel H. Bishop. With numerous maps and illustrations. $1.50.
"His glowing pen-pictures of 'shanty-boat' life on the great rivers are true to life. His descriptions of persons and places are graphic."—Zion's Herald.
A THOUSAND MILES' WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA, Over the Pampas and the Andes
By Nathaniel H. Bishop. Crown 8vo. New edition. Illustrated. $1.50.
"Mr. Bishop made this journey when a boy of sixteen, has never forgotten it, and tells it in such a way that the reader will always remember it, and wish there had been more."
CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES
Being the Adventures of a Naturalist Bird-hunting in the West-India Islands. By Fred A. Ober. New edition. With maps and illustrations. $1.50.
"During two years he visited mountains, forests, and people, that few, if any, tourists had ever reached before. He carried his camera with him, and photographed from nature the scenes by which the book is illustrated."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
ENGLAND FROM A BACK WINDOW; With Views of Scotland and Ireland
By J. M. Bailey, the "'Danbury News' Man." 12mo. $1.00.
"The peculiar humor of this writer is well known. The British Isles have never before been looked at in just the same way,—at least, not by any one who has notified us of the fact. Mr. Bailey's travels possess, accordingly, a value of their own for the reader, no matter how many previous records of journeys in the mother country he may have read."—Rochester Express.
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CONTAINING A COLLECTION OF THE BEST SHORT AND EASY
POEMS FOR READING AND RECITATION IN
SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
LOOMIS J. CAMPBELL
AUTHOR OF "PRONOUNCING HANDBOOK," "COLUMBIAN SPEAKER," ETC.
COMPRISING
| Part 1. Simple Poems and Easy Rhymes |
| Part 2. Select Poems for School and Home |
| Part 3. Classic Poems for School and Home |
| Complete in one volume, illustrated, 80 cents net. By mail 85 cents |
| Separate parts in paper covers, 20 cents each, net. By mail 22 cents |
| Separate parts in board covers, 30 cents each, net. By mail 35 cents |
CONTAINS upward of two hundred and seventy short poems, which are, or should be, favorites with children from seven or eight to fourteen or fifteen years of age. All the selections are well adapted for reading aloud and for paraphrasing; as an aid in practical composition, they may be made of great use.
By Ellen Ortensia Peck
Price, boards, 50 cents
THIS, in very truth, is a "rare gem of a book" of its character. In common phrase, it "fills the bill" for the exceedingly useful purpose for which it was designed. The book includes within its pages original recitations and dialogues, charades and entertainments for school exhibitions and home pleasure, with pieces for birthday and wedding anniversaries, Decoration Day, and other occasional celebrations. The foundation purpose of the book is grand,—the many varieties of composition, which include almost numberless methods of expressing beautiful and valuable thoughts and sentiments; the remarkable adaptability of the pieces to elevate the mind, attract the quick and abiding interest of the reader; the noble spirit; the persuasive and gentle rhythm; rich, yet plain language,—render this little volume one of substantial merit and permanent worth; and as the simple expression of great thoughts appeals to young and old alike, so "Speaking Pieces" will find admirers other than "little scholars and older pupils."
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