THE PANSY BOOKS.

There are substantial reasons for the great popularity of the “Pansy Books,” and foremost among these is their truth to nature and to life. The genuineness of the types of character which they portray is indeed remarkable.

“Her stories move alternately to laughter and tears.”…
“Brimful of the sweetness of evangelical religion.”…
“Girl life and character portrayed with rare power.”…
“Too much cannot be said of the insight given into the true way of studying and using the word of God.”… These are a few quotations from words of praise everywhere spoken. The “Pansy Books” may be purchased by any Sunday-school without hesitation as to their character or acceptability.

Each volume 12mo, $1.50.

Classified List.—Poetry.

THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE POETS.—December, January, February, March, April, May. Arranged and compiled by Oscar Fay Adams. Each 75 cents.

The cream of English literature, past and current, has been skimmed with a judicious and appreciative hand.—Boston Transcript.

WAIFS AND THEIR AUTHORS. By A. A. Hopkins. A collection of poems many of which are now for the first time published with the names of the authors. Quarto, cloth, gilt, $2.00; quarto, full gilt, gilt edges, $2.50.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD. By Ernest W. Shurtleff. Illustrated, $1.00.

A simple, graceful poem, fresh with memories of school and vacation days, of games and sports in the country.—Chicago Advance.

WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT. Illustrated, $2.50.

Nothing more exquisite in the way of a presentation book.—B. B. Bulletin.

WOMAN IN SACRED SONG. Compiled and edited by Mrs. George Clinton Smith. With an introduction by Frances E. Willard. Illustrated. $3.50.

It gives a very full representation of the contributions of woman to sacred song, though of course the main bulk of this has been in modern times.—Illustrated Weekly.

YOUNG FOLKS’ POETRY. By A. P. and M. T. Folsom. A choice selection of poems. 16mo, $1.00.

YOUNG FOLKS’ SPEAKER. A collection of Prose and Poetry for Declamations, Recitations and Elocutionary Exercises. Selected and arranged by Carrie Adelaide Cooke. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, $1.00.

It deserves to become a standard in the schools of the country.—B. B. Bulletin.

Classified List.—Standard Micellaneous.

THE TRIPLE “E.” By Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 12mo, paper, illustrated, 25 cts. Cloth, $1.50.

It cannot fail to make a strong impression on the minds of those who read it.—B. B. Bulletin.

THUCYDIDES. Translated into English with marginal analysis and index. By B. Jowett, M. A., Master of Balliol College, Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford, Doctor of Theology in the University of Leyden. Edited with introduction to American edition by Andrew P. Peabody, D. D. LL. D. 8vo, $3.50. Half calf, $6.00.

WARLOCK O’ GLENWARLOCK. By George MacDonald. 12mo, fully illustrated, $1.50.

At his best, there are few contemporary novelists so well worth reading as MacDonald.—Boston Journal.

WEIGHED AND WANTING. By George MacDonald. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

WHAT’S MINE’S MINE. By George MacDonald. $1.50.

Let all who enjoy a book full of fire and life and purpose read this capital story.—Woman’s Journal.

WILD FLOWERS, AND WHERE THEY GROW. By Amanda B. Harris. 8vo, extra cloth, beautifully bound, gilt edges, $3.00.

It is a book in which all true lovers of nature will delight.—B. B. Bulletin,.

WONDER STORIES OF SCIENCE. Uniform with “Plucky Boys,” 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

To improve as well as to amuse young people is the object of these twenty-one sketches, and they fill this purpose wonderfully well.—Texas Siftings.

WITHIN THE SHADOW. By Dorothy Holroyd. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

“The author has skill in invention with the purest sentiment and good natural style.”—Boston Globe.

HOLD UP YOUR HEADS, GIRLS! By Annie H. Ryder. $1.00.

It is a book for study, for companionship, and the girl who reads it thoughtfully and with an intent to profit by it will get more real help and good from it than from a term at the best boarding-school in the country.—Boston Transcript.

HONOR BRIGHT (the story of). By Charles R. Talbot, author of Royal Lowrie. 12mo, illustrated, $1.25.

A charming story full of intense life.

HOW TO LEARN AND EARN. Half Hours in some Helpful Schools. By American authors. One hundred original illustrations, 12mo, extra cloth, $1.50.

The book treats largely of public institutions, training schools, etc., and shows what may be accomplished by patient concentrated effort.—Farm and Fireside.

HOW WE ARE GOVERNED. By Anna Laurens Dawes, 12mo, $1.50.

An explanation of the constitution and government of the United States, national, State, and local.

A concise, systematic, and complete study of the great principles which underlie the National existence.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.

IN LEISLER’S TIMES. A story-study of Knickerbocker New York. By E. S. Brooks. With twenty-four drawings by W. T. Smedley. $1.50.

Though designedly for young folks’ reading, this volume is a very careful and minute study of a hitherto half-obscured and neglected phase of American history, and will be given a permanent place in historical literature.—American Bookseller.

JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS, (the Works of). A new edition of William Whiston’s Famous Translations. 8vo, cloth, gilt, 100 illustrations, $3.00. Household Edition. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated, $2.00.

This edition is admirable and will make new friends for the easy and conceited old chronicler.—B. B. Bulletin.