"A brainy little volume."—Providence Telegram.
MIDNIGHT TALKS
At the Club.
Reported by AMOS K. FISKE.
Contents: The "Owl Party;" Temperance; The Shepherdless Sheep; Sunday Observance; Religion; Political Immorality; Superstition and Worship; The Scriptures as a Fetich; Irish-Americans; Moses and the Prophets; Ancient Scriptures; Value of Human Evidence; Power of Personality; Discussions Applied; Usefulness of Delusion; The Faith Defended; Toleration and Enlightenment; Comfort in Essential Truths.
"A delightful book.... Covering a multitude of subjects with a kindly light of wit and wisdom."—Jno. Boyle O Reilly, Boston.
"The opinions are those of a broad-minded, earnest man of to-day, an optimist of the better sort, and they are written in crisp and cogent style."—Providence Journal.
"The 'Owl Party' of four who do most of the talking, are a bright and brainy quartette."—Buffalo Express.
"Full of suggestion to the thoughtful."—San Francisco Chronicle.
"Healthful, with humor and seriousness most happily blended for the making of a book that is at once pleasant and wise."—Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia.
"Oftentimes eloquent and at all times sincere, even when the playful humor lies beaming on the surface, it is a book that will carry light and consolation to many doubting minds."—New York Times.
"Although the subjects are not new, yet there is a freshness about their treatment which gives an impression of novelty, and one feels the inspiration of a certain breadth and liberality of thought which is uncommon in discussions of this sort."—Boston Post.
"This candor of mind, and a certain sweetness of temper are very alluring to the reader, who, whether he finds his own pet beliefs confirmed or gently taken apart, and their incongruities made clear, will enjoy every step of the process."—Brooklyn Times.
"Read with pleasure and laid aside with regret when the last page is reached."—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
"Keen insight, clear discernment, strong convictions, and distinct individuality of thought.... Attractive to those who wish to be nourished through their intelligence rather than through their prejudices."—The Christian Union, N. Y.
Works of Biography
PUBLISHED BY
FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT,
30 Lafayette Place, New York.
Sir Philip Sidney: His Life and Times. By Mrs. S. M. Henry Davis, Author of "Norway Nights and Russian Days." Steel portrait of Sidney.
"Compels the reader's attention, and leaves upon his mind impressions more distinct and lasting than the greatest historians are in the habit of making.... We long to see the story of Sidney's life take its proper place in the hearts of American youth."—Christian Union.
Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. By Wm. Osborne Stoddard, Secretary to President Lincoln.