Self-Effort Series.
The Achievements of Youth. By the Rev. Robert Steel, D.D., Ph.D., Author of "Lives Made Sublime," "Doing Good," etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
Famous Artists. Michael Angelo—Leonardo da Vinci—Raphael—Titian—Murillo—Rubens—Rembrandt. By Sarah K. Bolton. Post 8vo, cloth extra. 3s. 6d.
Interesting biographies of Michael Angelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Murillo, Rubens, and Rembrandt, The book also contains critical and other notices by Vasari, Passavant, Taine, Crowe and Cavalcaselle, etc., which are both interesting and instructive.
Doing Good; or, The Christian in Walks of Usefulness. Illustrated by Examples. By the Rev. R. Steel, D.D. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
A series of short biographical sketches of Christians remarkable for various kinds of usefulness, for example and encouragement to others.
General Grant's Life. (From the Tannery to the White House.) Story of the Life of Ulysses S. Grant: his Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, Public and Private Life and Services. By William M. Thayer, Author of "From Log Cabin to White House," etc. With Portrait, Vignette, etc. Reprinted complete from the American Edition. 400 pages. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt side and edges. Price 3s. 6d. Cheaper Edition,2s. 6d.
Earnest Men: Their Life and Work. By the late Rev. W. K. Tweedie, D.D. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
Contains biographical sketches of eminent patriots, heroes for the truth, philanthropists, and men of science.
The Young Huguenots; or, The Soldiers of the Cross. A Story of the Seventeenth Century. By "Fleur de Lys." With Six Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
Heroes of the Desert. The Story of the Lives of Moffat and Livingstone. By the Author of "Mary Powell." New and Enlarged Edition, with numerous Illustrations and two Portraits. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
In this handsome new edition the story of Dr. Moffat is completed; a sketch being given of the principal incidents in the last twenty years of his life.
Lives Made Sublime by Faith and Works. By the Rev. R. Steel, D.D., Author of "Doing Good," etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
A volume of short biographical sketches of Christian men, eminent and useful in various walks of life,—as Hugh Miller, Sir Henry Havelock, Robert Flockhart, etc.
Noble Women of Our Time. By Joseph Johnson, Author of "Living in Earnest," etc. With Accounts of the Work of Misses De Broën, Whately, Carpenter, F. R. Havergal, Macpherson, Sister Dora, etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
A handsome volume, containing short biographies of many Christian women, whose lives have been devoted to missionary and philanthropic work—Sister Dora, Mrs. Tait, Frances Havergal, etc.
Self-Effort; or, The True Method of Attaining Success in Life. By Joseph Johnson, Author of "Living in Earnest," etc. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
This book of example and encouragement has been written to induce earnestness in life, the illustrations being drawn from recent books of biography.