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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE, by Charles and Mary Lamb, with 155 illustrations by famous artists.
PAUL AND VIRGINIA, by Bernardin de St. Pierre, with 125 engravings by Maurice Leloir.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE, by Lewis Carroll. Complete in one volume with 92 engravings by John Tenniel.
LUCILE, by Owen Meredith, with numerous illustrations by George Du Maurier.
BLACK BEAUTY, by Anna Sewell, with nearly 50 original engravings.
SCARLET LETTER, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, with numerous original full-page and text illustrations.
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, with numerous original full-page and text illustrations.
BATTLES OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, by Prescott Holmes, with 7 illustrations.
BATTLES OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION, by Prescott Holmes, with 80 illustrations.
ALTEMUS' YOUNG PEOPLES' LIBRARY
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ROBINSON CRUSOE: (Chiefly in words of one syllable). His life and strange, surprising adventures, with 70 beautiful illustrations by Walter Paget.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, with 49 illustrations by John Tenniel. "The most delightful of children's stories. Elegant and delicious nonsense."—Saturday Review.
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE, a companion to "Alice in Wonderland," with 50 illustrations by John Tenniel.
BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, with 50 full page and text illustrations.
A CHILD'S STORY OF THE BIBLE, with 72 full page illustrations.
A CHILD'S LIFE OF CHRIST, with 49 illustrations. God has implanted in the infant heart a desire to hear of Jesus, and children are early attracted and sweetly riveted by the wonderful Story of the Master from the Manger to the Throne.
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, with 50 illustrations. The father of the family tells the tale of the vicissitudes through which he and his wife and children pass, the wonderful discoveries made and dangers encountered. The book is full of interest and instruction.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, with 70 illustrations Every American boy and girl should be acquainted with the story of the life of the great discoverer, with its struggles, adventures, and trials.
THE STORY OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY IN AFRICA, with 80 illustrations. Records the experiences of adventures and discoveries in developing the "Dark Continent," from the early days of Bruce and Mungo Park down to Livingstone and Stanley, and the heroes of our own times. No present can be more acceptable than such a volume as this, where courage, intrepidity, resource, and devotion are so admirably mingled.
THE FABLES OF ÆSOP. Compiled from the best accepted sources. With 62 illustrations. The fables of Æsop are among the very earliest compositions of this kind, and probably have never been surpassed for point and brevity.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Adapted for young readers. With 50 illustrations.
MOTHER GOOSE'S RHYMES, JINGLES AND FAIRY TALES, with 234 illustrations.
LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, by Prescott Holmes. With portraits of the Presidents and also of the unsuccessful candidates for the office; as well as the ablest of the Cabinet officers. It is just the book for intelligent boys, and it will help to make them intelligent and patriotic citizens.
THE STORY OF ADVENTURE IN THE FROZEN SEAS, with 70 illustrations. By Prescott Holmes. We have here brought together the records of the attempts to reach the North Pole. The book shows how much can be accomplished by steady perseverance and indomitable pluck.
ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY, by the Rev. J.G. Wood, with 80 illustrations. This author has done more to popularize the study of natural history than any other writer. The illustrations are striking and life-like.
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, by Charles Dickens, with 50 illustrations. Tired of listening to his children memorize the twaddle of old fashioned English history the author covered the ground in his own peculiar and happy style for his own children's use. When the work was published its success was instantaneous.
BLACK BEAUTY, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE, by Anna Sewell, with 50 illustrations. A work sure to educate boys and girls to treat with kindness all members of the animal kingdom. Recognized as the greatest story of animal life extant.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, with 130 illustrations. Contains the most favorably known of the stories.
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1 KEPT FOR THE MASTER'S USE, by Frances Ridley Havergal. "Will perpetuate her name."
2 MY KING AND HIS SERVICE, OR DAILY THOUGHTS FOR THE KING'S CHILDREN, by Frances Ridley Havergal. "Simple, tender, gentle, and full of Christian love."
3 MY POINT OF VIEW. Selections from the works of Professor Henry Drummond.
4 OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas A'Kempis. "With the exception of the Bible it is probably the book most read in Christian literature."
5 ADDRESSES, by Professor Henry Drummond. "Intelligent sympathy with the Christian's need."
6 NATURAL LAW IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, by Professor Henry Drummond. "A most notable book which has earned for the author a world-wide reputation."
7 ADDRESSES, by the Rev. Phillips Brooks. "Has exerted a marked influence over the rising generation."
8 ABIDE IN CHRIST. Thoughts on the Blessed Life of Fellowship with the Son of God. By the Rev. Andrew Murray. It cannot fail to stimulate and cheer.—Spurgeon.
9 LIKE CHRIST. Thoughts on the Blessed Life of Conformity to the Son of God. By the Rev. Andrew Murray. A sequel to "Abide in Christ." "May be read with comfort an edification by all."
10 WITH CHRIST IN THE SCHOOL OF PRAYER, by the Rev. Andrew Murray. "The best work on prayer in the language."
11 HOLY IN CHRIST. Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be holy as He is Holy. By the Rev. Andrew Murray. "This sacred theme is treated Scripturally and robustly without spurious sentimentalism."
12 THE MANLINESS OF CHRIST, by Thomas Hughes, author of "Tom Brown's School Days," etc. "Evidences of the sublimest courage and manliness in the boyhood, ministry, and in the last acts of Christ's life."
13 ADDRESSES TO YOUNG MEN, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Seven Addresses on common vices and their results.
14 THE PATHWAY OF SAFETY, by the Rt. Rev. Ashton Oxenden, D.D. Sound words of advice and encouragement on the text "What must I do to be saved?"
15 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, by the Rt. Rev. Ashton Oxenden, D.D. A beautiful delineation of an ideal life from the conversion to the final reward.
16 THE THRONE OF GRACE. Before which the burdened soul may cast itself on the bosom of infinite love and enjoy in prayer "a peace which passeth all understanding."
17 THE PATHWAY OF PROMISE, by the author of "The Throne of Grace." Thoughts consolatory and encouraging to the Christian pilgrim as he journeys onward to his heavenly home.
18 THE IMPREGNABLE ROCK OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, by the Rt. Hon William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. The most masterly defence of the truths of the Bible extant. The author says: The Christian Faith and the Holy Scriptures arm us with the means of neutralizing and repelling the assaults of evil in and from ourselves.
19 STEPS INTO THE BLESSED LIFE, by the Rev. F.B. Meyer, B.A. A powerful help towards sanctification.
20 THE MESSAGE OF PEACE, by the Rev. Richard W. Church, D.D. Eight excellent sermons on the advent of the Babe of Bethlehem and his influence and effect on the world.
21 JOHN PLOUGHMAN'S TALK, by the Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon.
22 JOHN PLOUGHMAN'S PICTURES, by the Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon.
23 THE CHANGED CROSS; AND OTHER RELIGIOUS POEMS.
ALTEMUS' ETERNAL LIFE SERIES.
Selections from the writings of well-known religious authors, beautifully printed and daintily bound with original designs in silver and ink.
PRICE, 25 CENTS PER VOLUME.
1 ETERNAL LIFE, by Professor Henry Drummond.
2 LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, by Rev. Andrew Murray.
3 GOD'S WORD AND GOD'S WORK, by Martin Luther.
4 FAITH, by Thomas Arnold.
5 THE CREATION STORY, by Honorable William E. Gladstone.
6 THE MESSAGE OF COMFORT, by Rt. Rev. Ashton Oxenden.
7 THE MESSAGE OF PEACE, by Rev. R.W. Church.
8 THE LORD'S PRAYER AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, by Dean Stanley.
9 THE MEMOIRS OF JESUS, by Rev. Robert F. Horton.
10 HYMNS OF PRAISE AND GLADNESS, by Elisabeth R. Scovil.
11 DIFFICULTIES, by Hannah Whitall Smith.
12 GAMBLERS AND GAMBLING, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
13 HAVE FAITH IN GOD, by Rev. Andrew Murray.
14 TWELVE CAUSES OF DISHONESTY, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
15 THE CHRIST IN WHOM CHRISTIANS BELIEVE, by Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks.
16 IN MY NAME, by Rev. Andrew Murray.
17 SIX WARNINGS, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
18 THE DUTY OF THE CHRISTIAN BUSINESSMAN, by Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks.
19 POPULAR AMUSEMENTS, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
20 TRUE LIBERTY, by Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks.
21 INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
22 THE BEAUTY OF A LIFE OF SERVICE, by Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks.
23 THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD, by Rev. A.T. Pierson, D.D.
24 THOUGHT AND ACTION, by Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks.
25 THE HEAVENLY VISION, by Rev. F.B. Meyer.
26 MORNING STRENGTH, by Elisabeth R. Scovil.
27 FOR THE QUIET HOUR, by Edith V. Bradt.
28 EVENING COMFORT, by Elisabeth R. Scovil.
29 WORDS OF HELP FOR CHRISTIAN GIRLS, by Rev. F.B. Meyer.
30 HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE, by Rev. Dwight L. Moody.
31 EXPECTATION CORNER, by E.S. Elliot.
32 JESSICA'S FIRST PRAYER, by Hesba Stratton.
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A collection of Essays and Addresses by eminent English and American Authors, beautifully printed and daintily bound, with original designs in silver.
PRICE, 25 CENTS PER VOLUME.
1 INDEPENDENCE DAY, by Rev. Edward E. Hale.
2 THE SCHOLAR IN POLITICS, by Hon. Richard Olney.
3 THE YOUNG MAN IN BUSINESS, by Edward W. Bok.
4 THE YOUNG MAN AND THE CHURCH, by Edward W. Bok.
5 THE SPOILS SYSTEM, by Hon. Carl Schurz.
6 CONVERSATION, by Thomas DeQuincey.
7 SWEETNESS AND LIGHT, by Matthew Arnold.
8 WORK, by John Ruskin.
9 NATURE AND ART, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
10 THE USE AND MISUSE OF BOOKS, by Frederic Harrison.
11 THE MONROE DOCTRINE: ITS ORIGIN, MEANING AND APPLICATION, by Prof. John Bach McMaster (University of Pennsylvania).
12 THE DESTINY OF MAN, by Sir John Lubbock.
13 LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
14 RIP VAN WINKLE, by Washington Irving.
15 ART, POETRY AND MUSIC, by Sir John Lubbock.
16 THE CHOICE OF BOOKS, by Sir John Lubbock.
17 MANNERS, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
18 CHARACTER, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
19 THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, by Washington Irving.
20 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE, by Sir John Lubbock.
21 SELF RELIANCE, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
22 THE DUTY OF HAPPINESS, by Sir John Lubbock.
23 SPIRITUAL LAWS, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
24 OLD CHRISTMAS, by Washington Irving.
25 HEALTH, WEALTH AND THE BLESSING OF FRIENDS, by Sir John Lubbock.
26 INTELLECT, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
27 WHY AMERICANS DISLIKE ENGLAND, by Prof. Geo. B. Adams (Yale).
28 THE HIGHER EDUCATION AS A TRAINING FOR BUSINESS, by Prof. Harry Pratt Judson (University of Chicago).
29 MISS TOOSEY'S MISSION.
30 LADDIE.
31 J. COLE, by Emma Gellibrand.
ALTEMUS' NEW ILLUSTRATED VADEMECUM SERIES.
Masterpieces of English and American literature, Handy Volume Size, Large Type Editions. Each Volume Contains Illuminated Title Pages, and Portrait of Author and Numerous Engravings
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1 CRANFORD, by Mrs. Gaskell.
2 A WINDOW IN THRUMS, by J.M. Barrie.
3 RAB AND HIS FRIENDS, MARJORIE FLEMING, ETC., by John Brown, M.D.
4 THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, by Oliver Goldsmith.
5 THE IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW, by Jerome K. Jerome. "A book for an idle holiday."
6 TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE, by Charles and Mary Lamb, with an introduction by the Rev. Alfred Ainger, M.D.
7 SESAME AND LILIES, by John Ruskin. Three Lectures—I. Of the King's Treasures. II. Of Queen's Garden. III. Of the Mystery of Life.
8 THE ETHICS OF THE DUST, by John Ruskin. Ten lectures to little housewives on the elements of crystalization.
9 THE PLEASURES OF LIFE, by Sir John Lubbock. Complete in one volume.
10 THE SCARLET LETTER, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
11 THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
12 MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
13 TWICE TOLD TALES, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
14 THE ESSAYS OF FRANCIS (LORD) BACON WITH MEMOIRS AND NOTES.
15 ESSAYS, First Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
16 ESSAYS, Second Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
17 REPRESENTATIVE MEN, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mental portraits each representing a class. 1. The Philosopher. 2. The Mystic. 3. The Skeptic. 4. The Poet. 5. The Man of the World. 6. The Writer.
18 THOUGHTS OF THE EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS, translated by George Long.
19 THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS WITH THE ENCHIRIDION, translated by George Long.
20 OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas À Kempis. Four books complete in one volume.
21 ADDRESSES, by Professor Henry Drummond. The Greatest Thing in the World; Pax Vobiscum; The Changed Life; How to Learn How; Dealing With Doubt; Preparation for Learning: What is a Christian; The Study of the Bible; A Talk on Books.
22 LETTERS, SENTENCES AND MAXIMS, by Lord Chesterfield. Masterpieces of good taste, good writing and good sense.
23 REVERIES OF A BACHELOR. A book of the heart. By Ik Marvel.
24 DREAM LIFE, by Ik Marvel. A companion to "Reveries of a Bachelor."
25 SARTOR RESARTUS, by Thomas Carlyle.
26 HEROES AND HERO WORSHIP, by Thomas Carlyle.
27 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
28 ESSAYS OF ELIA, by Charles Lamb.
29 MY POINT OF VIEW. Representative selections from the works of Professor Henry Drummond by William Shepard.
30 THE SKETCH BOOK, by Washington Irving. Complete.
31 KEPT FOR THE MASTER'S USE, by Frances Ridley Havergal.
32 LUCILE, by Owen Meredith.
33 LALLA ROOKH, by Thomas Moore.
34 THE LADY OF THE LAKE, by Sir Walter Scott.
35 MARMION, by Sir Walter Scott.
36 THE PRINCESS; AND MAUD, by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson.
37 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE, by Lord Byron.
38 IDYLLS OF THE KING, by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson.
39 EVANGELINE, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
40 VOICES OF THE NIGHT AND OTHER POEMS, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
41 THE QUEEN OF THE AIR, by John Ruskin. A study of the Greek myths of cloud and storm.
42 THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
43 POEMS, Volume I, by John Greenleaf Whittier.
44 POEMS, Volume II, by John Greenleaf Whittier.
45 THE RAVEN; AND OTHER POEMS, by Edgar Allan Poe.
46 THANATOPSIS; AND OTHER POEMS, by William Cullen Bryant.
47 THE LAST LEAF; AND OTHER POEMS, by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
48 THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES, by Charles Kingsley.
49 A WONDER BOOK, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
50 UNDINE, by de La Motte Fouque.
51 ADDRESSES, by the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks.
52 BALZAC'S SHORTER STORIES, by Honore de Balzac.
53 TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, by Richard H. Dana, Jr.
54 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. An Autobiography.
55 THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA, by Charles Lamb.
56 TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL-DAYS, by Thomas Hughes.
57 WEIRD TALES, by Edgar Allan Poe.
58 THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE, by John Ruskin. Three lectures on Work, Traffic and War.
59 NATURAL LAW IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, by Professor Henry Drummond.
60 ABBE CONSTANTIN, by Ludovic Halevy.
61 MANON LESCAUT, by Abbe Prevost.
62 THE ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN, by Octave Feuillet.
63 BLACK BEAUTY, by Anna Sewell.
64 CAMILLE, by Alexander Dumas, Jr.
65 THE LIGHT OF ASIA, by Sir Edwin Arnold.
66 THE LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
67 THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, by Thomas De Quincey.
68 TREASURE ISLAND, by Robert L. Stevenson.
69 CARMEN, by Prosper Merimee.
70 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, by Laurence Sterne.
71 THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
72 BAB BALLADS, AND SAVOY SONGS, by W.H. Gilbert.
73 FANCHON, THE CRICKET, by George Sand.
74 POEMS, by James Russell Lowell.
75 JOHN PLOUGHMAN'S TALK, by the Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon.
76 JOHN PLOUGHMAN'S PICTURES, by the Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon.
77 THE MANLINESS OF CHRIST, by Thomas Hughes.
78 ADDRESSES TO YOUNG MEN, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
79 THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE, by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
80 MULVANEY STORIES, by Rudyard Kipling.
81 BALLADS, by Rudyard Kipling.
82 MORNING THOUGHTS, by Frances Ridley Havergal.
83 TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM, by T.S. Arthur.
84 EVENING THOUGHTS, by Frances Ridley Havergal.
85 IN MEMORIAM, by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson.
86 COMING TO CHRIST, by Frances Ridley Havergal.
87 HOUSE OF THE WOLF, by Stanley Weyman.
AMERICAN POLITICS (non-Partisan), by Hon. Thomas V. Cooper. A history of all the Political Parties with their views and records on all important questions. All political platforms from the beginning to date. Great Speeches on Great issues. Parliamentary Practice and tabulated history of chronological events. A library without this work is deficient. 8vo., 750 pages. Cloth, $3.00. Full Sheep Library style, $4.00.
NAMES FOR CHILDREN, by Elisabeth Robinson Scovil, author of "The Care of Children," "Preparation for Motherhood." In family life there is no question of greater weight or importance than naming the baby. The author gives much good advice and many suggestions on the subject. Cloth, 12mo., $.40.
TRIF AND TRIXY, by John Habberton, author of "Helen's Babies." The story is replete with vivid and spirited scenes; and is incomparably the happiest and most delightful work Mr. Habberton has yet written. Cloth, 12mo., $.35.