| XXIV.— | Hints for Home Reading. A series of papers by Edward Everett Hale, F. B. Perkins, H. W. Beecher, Charles Dudley Warner, Joseph Cook, Lyman Abbott, M. J. Sweetser, Cyrus Hamlin, H. W. Mabie, and others. Edited by Lyman Abbott. Together with a new edition of "Suggestions for Libraries," with first, second, and third lists of 500, 1,000, and 2,000 volumes recommended as the most important and desirable. 8vo, cloth, $1 00; boards | 75 |
"We warmly commend the book for the guidance not only of bookbuyers but readers. Its suggestions are invaluable to both."—Boston Transcript.
| XXV.— | First Aid to the Injured. Prepared under the authority of the First Aid to the Injured Society. By Peter Shepherd, M.D., and Bowditch Morton, M.D. Square 16mo, cloth extra | 50 |
"It is a book which ought to have a place in every family, and its simple rules should be carefully studied and mastered by every one."—Providence Press.
| XXVI.— | How to Succeed, in Public Life, as a Minister, as a Physician, as a Musician, as an Engineer, as an Artist, in Mercantile Life, as a Farmer, as an Inventor, and in Literature. A series of essays by Senators Bayard and Edmunds; Doctors John Hall, Willard Parker, and Leopold Damrosch; Gen. Sooy Smith, Hamilton Gibson, Commissioner Geo. B. Loring, Lawson Valentine, Thomas Edison, and E. P. Roe. With an Introduction by Lyman Abbott. 16mo, boards | 50 |
"No book, we fancy, could more directly appeal to the mass of Americans than one with this title. * * * Will find solid help in these remarkable little essays that deal with great expectations."—N. Y. Herald.
| XXVII.— | Work for Women. Being hints to aid women in the selection of a vocation in life, and describing the several occupations of Short-Hand Writing, Industrial Designing, Photographing, Nursing, Telegraphing, Teaching, Dress-Making, Proof-Reading, Engraving, etc., etc., etc. By George J. Manson. 16mo, boards | 60 |
"Full of useful suggestions."—Philadelphia American.
| XXVIII.— | Health Notes for Students. By Prof. Burt G. Wilder, of Cornell University. Uniform with "Emergencies." 16mo, paper | 20 |