Shortly after the publication of "Verses" Ralph Waldo Emerson walked into the office of the publishers and inquired for the "Poems of H. H." While he was looking at it the attendant ventured to remark that H. H. was called our greatest woman poet. "The 'woman' might well be omitted," was the only reply of the Concord philosopher. He was then engaged in compiling his poetical anthology (Parnassus), in the preface to which he says: "The poems of a lady who contents herself with the initials H. H. in her book, published in Boston (1874), have a rare merit of thought and expression, and will reward the reader for the careful attention which they require."
JUVENILES.
BITS OF TALK, in Verse and Prose. For Young Folks. Square 18mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00.
It is just such a book as children will enjoy, made up as it is of a variety of attractive reading, short stories, fairy tales, parables, and poems, with here and there a chapter of good advice, given in such a taking way without a bit of goody talk, that the children will find it pleasant to take, little as they like advice after the usual fashion.—Worcester Spy.
NELLY'S SILVER MINE. A Story of Colorado Life. With Illustrations. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.50.
"Nelly's Silver Mine" is one of those stories which, while having the noble simplicity and freshness whereby the young are captivated, is full of a thought and wisdom which command for it the attention of all.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
CAT STORIES. Containing "Letters from a Cat," "Mammy Tittleback and her Family," and "The Hunter Cats of Connorloa," bound in one volume. Small 4to. Cloth. Price, $2.00; or, each volume separately, $1.25.
The subject is attractive, for there is nothing children take a more real interest in than cats; and the writer has had the good sense to write neither above nor below her subject. The type is large, so that those for whom the book is intended may read it themselves.... For details we must refer all interested to the story itself, which seems to us written with admirable verisimilitude.—London Academy.
Sold by all booksellers. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of the price, by the publishers,
ROBERTS BROTHERS, Boston.