An extremely valuable series. Volume I. covers the period from the creation of the world to the fall of Rome; Volume II. treats of the Middle Ages; Volume III. comes down to the present time, and Volume IV. forms a summary of the historical phase of the Science of Geology. Excellent for students and for general readers.
Washington!
By Washington Irving. Irving’s Complete Works.
Irving’s Life of Washington. Illustrated Library Edition, in 4 volumes, small octavo, Long Primer type, including 108 fine illustrations, cloth, gilt tops, $2.50 (6Oc); half Morocco, $3.00 (75c) Popular Edition. In two vols., 12mo, cloth, $1.25 (35c); half Morocco, $1.75 (60c) Irving’s Collected Works (complete except Washington), in 9 vols., half Morocco, marbled edges Price, $6.25 ($1.60). The same in 6 vols., cloth, $4.50 (90c)
“Irving is an author every American child should early become acquainted with and learn to love. His genial spirit, kindly humor, and pure style, fit him eminently to become the literary model of our young folks, and the worthy introduction to the further study of our literature.”—School Journal, Lancaster, Pa.
A Russian Historical Novel.
Gogol. Taras Bulba, By Nikolai Vassilievitch, translated by Jeremiah Curtin, cloth, 60c. (20c)
“The characters stand forth in bold relief against a dark and gloomy background; they are like the figures of a Greek frieze in their Titanic majesty. Pleasing, no one could call the novel; fascinating it must prove to all. The story of the wars of the Cossacks and of their desperate struggles to maintain their lawless freedom is among the romances of history.”—The Golden Rule, Boston, Mass.
The Woman’s Story,
By Twenty Famous Women.
Holloway. The Woman’s Story, as told by twenty famous American women, whose names are appended. Edited by Laura C. Holloway, with a biographical sketch and a fine portrait of each author. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.00 (30c). AGENTS WANTED.
Harriett Beecher Stowe. Harriett Prescott Spofford. Rebecca Harding Davis. Edna Dean Proctor. “Josiah Allen’s Wife.” Nora Perry. Augusta Evans Wilson. Louise Chandler Moulton. Celia Thaxter. “Grace Greenwood.” Abba Gould Woolson. Mary J. Holmes. Margaret E. Sangster. Oliver Thorne Miller. Elizabeth W. Champney. Julia C. R. Dorr. Marion Harland. Louisa May Alcott. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Rose Terry Cooke.