Maria Felicia. A Story of Bohemian Love. Translated from the Bohemian of Caroline Svetla by Antonie Krejsa.
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This series of volumes forms perhaps the choicest addition to the literature of the English language that has been made in recent years.
An attractive series of stories of love in different countries,—all gems of literature, full of local coloring.—Journal of Education, Boston.
The stories are attractive for their purity, sweetness, and pathos.... A rare collection of representative national classics. New York Telegram.
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THE BOOK-LOVER. A Guide to the Best Reading. By James Baldwin, Ph. D. Sixth edition, 16mo, cloth, gilt top, 201 pages. Price, $1.00.
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Of this book, on the best in English Literature, which has already been declared of the highest value by the testimony of the best critics in this country, an edition of one thousand copies has just been ordered for London, the home of English Literature,—a compliment of which its scholarly western author may justly be proud.
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Sound in theory and in a practical point of view. The courses of reading laid down are made of good books, and in general, of the best.—Independent, New York.
Mr. Baldwin has written in this monograph a delightful eulogium of books and their manifold influence, and has gained therein two classes of readers,—the scholarly class, to which he belongs, and the receptive class, which he has benefited.—Evening Mail and Express, New York.
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