“Mr. Cook writes with an easy finish, and much daintiness of touch, and his pages have a very fresh and pleasant flavor. The publishers have so manufactured the work that it might be called ‘The Book Beautiful.’ But the charm in it lies deeper than in paper surface and letter-press and graver’s lines; and wherever it goes it will educate, inspire and refine.”—The Literary World.
Woman’s Handiwork in Modern Homes.
By Constance Cary Harrison. One vol., 8vo, richly bound in illuminated cloth, with numerous illustrations and five colored plates from designs by Samuel Colman, Rosina Emmet, George Gibson, and others. Price, $2 00.
Mrs. Harrison’s book combines with a discussion of the principles of design and decoration, practical chapters on embroidery, painting on silk and china, etc., most helpful hints as to the domestic manufacture of many objects of use and beauty in house-furnishing, and also suggestions for the arrangement and decoration of rooms in the details of screens, portieres, the mantelpiece, etc.
THE LAND OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
Being Travels through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad. By William Perry Fogg. With an introduction by Bayard Taylor. A new edition, with nearly 100 illustrations. 1 vol., 8vo, $2 00.
“There are no long, dry discussions of scientific or antiquarian problems, but a lively and engaging picture of lands and people, which we in this country know little of, is presented by a man of quick, intelligent observation, with a genial but not obtrusive fund of humor, who evidently thoroughly enjoyed every hour of his journeyings.”—Chicago Times.