“At last we have a life of Luther which deserves the name.... The Herr Kostlin, in a single well-composed volume, has produced a picture which leaves little to be desired. A student who has read these six hundred pages attentively will have no question left to ask.”—James Anthony Froude in The Contemporary Review.
The Middle Kingdom. A survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants. With illustrations and a new map of the Empire. By S. Wells Williams, D.D., LL.D. 2 vols. royal 8vo, $9.00.
This new issue of Dr. S. Wells Williams’s standard and important work, “The Middle Kingdom,” is practically a new book. The text of the old edition has been largely rewritten, and the work has been expanded so as to include a vast amount of new material collected by Dr. Williams during the later years of his residence in China, as well as the most recent information regarding all the departments of the Empire.
The Story of Roland. By James Baldwin. With a series of illustrations by R. B. Birch. 1 vol. square 12mo, $2.00.
This volume is intended as a companion to “The Story of Siegfried.” As “Siegfried” was an adaptation of Northern myths and romances to the wants and understanding of young readers, so is this story a similar adaptation of the Middle Age romances relating to Charlemagne and his paladins.
The Hoosier School-Boy. By Edward Eggleston, author of “The Hoosier School-Master,” etc. With full-page illustrations. 1 vol. 12mo, $1.00.
“Those who have read ‘The Hoosier School-master’—and who has not?—will feel that they must have this companion volume. Mr. Eggleston is a writer of very charming stories of a peculiar character. His stories always mean something, and are pervaded by a Christian tone of thought and feeling.”—Christian Secretary, Hartford.
Mrs. Gilpin’s Frugalities. Remnants, and 200 Ways of Using Them. By Susan Anna Brown, author of “The Book of Forty Puddings.” 1 vol. illuminated, $1.
This little volume, which in the range of cook-book literature occupies a new and unoccupied field, aims to combat the spirit of wastefulness that is the besetting sin of American housekeeping. Miss Brown provides a multitude of receipts for transforming these remnants into savory and nutritious plats, side dishes, entrees, etc. Some of these receipts are from the French, but most of them are from the author’s own experiments.
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