Autobiographia.—By Walt Whitman. Edited by Arthur Stedman. The story of Whitman’s life, told in his own words. These selected passages from Whitman’s prose works, chosen with his approbation, are so arranged as to give a consecutive account of the old poet’s career in his own picturesque language. Uniform with the new edition of Walt Whitman’s “Selected Poems.” (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
Life of Jane Welsh Carlyle.—By Mrs. Alexander Ireland. A remarkable biography of a wonderful woman, written and compiled by one in thorough sympathy with her subject, from material made public for the first time. The powerful side-light it throws upon the life and character of Thomas Carlyle will make the volume indispensable to all who venerate the genius, or are interested in the personality, of the Sage of Chelsea. Vellum, cloth (half bound), 8vo, $1.75.
Essays in Miniature.—By Agnes Repplier, author of “Points of View,” etc. A new volume of this brilliant essayist’s writings, in which she discourses wittily and wisely on a number of pertinent topics. No new essayist of recent years has been received with such hearty commendation in this country or England. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents. (In Press.)
Miscellaneous.
Tariff Reform: The Paramount Issue.—Speeches and writings on the questions involved in the presidential contest of 1892. By William M. Springer, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, Fifty-second Congress. With portraits of the author and others. This book is endorsed by Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, Hon. Calvin S. Brice, and Hon. John G. Carlisle. Unquestionably the paramount issue of the Campaign is the Tariff. Cloth, library style, $1.50; Paper, $1.00.
Physical Beauty: How to Obtain and How to Preserve It.—By Annie Jenness Miller. A practical, sensible, helpful book that every woman should read: including chapters on Hygiene, Foods, Sleep, Bodily Expression, the Skin, the Eyes, the Teeth, the Hair, Dress, the Cultivation of Individuality, etc., etc. Fully illustrated, octavo, 300 pages. White Vellum, Gold and Silver Stamps, in Box, $2.00; Blue Vellum, $2.00.
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“Her arguments are sane, philosophical, and practical.”—New York World.
“Parents may well place it in the hands of their young daughters.”—Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
“Earnestly and gracefully written.”—New York Sun.