Great purity, sustained reflection, wealth of illustration and allusion, vivid revelations of character and brilliant bursts of eloquence, mark the utterances of this great teacher and insure their immortality.—Frank Parsons.
The Crown of Wild Olive and Sesame and Lilies. By John Ruskin, LL.D. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.
As a great and fearless leader of thought and antagonistic to many features of our social order, he is naturally the object of much violent criticism, but is warmly admired and loved by a great part of the reading world, and coming ages will accord him his due. He has told the world new truth and the world will grow up to his majestic stature.—Robert Thorne.
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Translated by George Long, M.A., with a biographical sketch and a view of the philosophy of Antoninus by the translator. Including also an essay on Marcus Aurelius by Canon Farrar. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.
“The noblest book of antiquity” is Canon Farrar’s estimate of the “Meditations of Marcus Aurelius;” and his regard is shared by thousands who have been made better and truer men by the ennobling influence of the great soul and lofty character of this pagan emperor.—Robert Thorne.
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Faust. By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Complete in two parts. Translated by Anna Swanwick. Portrait. Cloth, gilt top, $1.00.
Deeper meanings are discovered with every reading, and familiarity does not cause it to grow trite, but ever the more strongly to lay hold on the soul with the irresistible fascination of an eternal problem and the charm of an endless variety.—Robert Thorne.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. By Washington Irving. With an introductory note by Frank Parsons. Portrait. Cloth, gilt top, $1.00.
The book is refined, poetical and picturesque, full of quaint humor, exquisite feeling, and a thorough knowledge of human nature.—Frank Parsons.