Edited by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
1 Vol., 12mo. Price $1.25.
This book is the first volume of a series, which we are publishing under the general title of the library of
"STANDARD LETTER-WRITERS."
It is a work which should be read and studied by all. As a letter-writer, Madame de Sévigne's name ranks among the highest of those who have become famous for the beauty and conciseness of their epistolary correspondence. Her letters are models of excellence, and should be consulted, both as a text-book, and as a work of profound interest to the general reader. There is scarcely a subject worthy of notice but what her racy pen has dwelt upon, in a manner which at once instructs and entertains.
THE ELM-TREE TALES.
By F. Irene Burge Smith.
1 Vol. 12mo. Price $1.
Seated beneath a huge elm tree, a merry group listened to the beautiful stories which had been written for them. They were so well received by her little audience that the authoress concluded to present them to the great public, under the above title. The book contains three deeply interesting stories, entitled respectively, "Jenny Grig, the Street Sweeper;" "Nannie Bates, the Huckster's Daughter;" and "Archibald Mackie, the Little Cripple." Boys and girls will be delighted with it; and children of an older growth will find it a volume of deep interest.