“In this large work is comprised all possible self-aid in the treatment of diseases, accidents, emergencies, etc.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
“It is, in fine, the best book of the kind ever published. No family should be without it.”—Charleston Daily News and Courier.
Literary Portraits. Interesting Biography. Choice Select Readings.
Literary Portraits. Biographical and critical studies of contemporary and classic authors, with selections from their writings. 26 portraits and other illustrations. Reprinted from “Literature,” Alden’s illustrated weekly magazine. 464 pages, small quarto, cloth, 90c. (30c) Literary Portraits. Second Series. Uniform in all respects with First Series in style and price.
“An interesting volume, containing sketches and portraits of General Lew Wallace and his wife, Mark Twain, Octave Thanet, Charles Reade, Maurice Thompson, Celia Thaxter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frances E. Willard, Paul H. Hayne, Emerson, Thackeray, Joel Chandler Harris, and other literary people. The book is well printed and bound, and, like all of Mr. Alden’s publications, is sold at an astonishingly low price. Writers will find it of special interest.”—The Writer, Boston, Mass.
400 Famous Americans.
Lossing. Eminent Americans. By Benson J. Lossing, LL.D. 12mo, cl., 90c. (25c); half Mco., $1.10 (35c)
“The work can hardly be overrated in importance. The faces of the most eminent men and women shine forth from its pages, and the events of their lives are illustrated by the author in the happiest possible manner. The American youth who owns the work may be justly envied.”—Herald of Gospel Liberty, Dayton, O.
Wonders of the Heavens.
Mitchel. Planetary and Stellar Worlds. By Gen. O. M. Mitchel. Small quarto, Small Pica type. Price reduced from $1.50; paper, 15c., cloth, 35c. (7c)