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"They unfold and enforce wisely and winningly the fundamental truths of the gospel, and are direct and impressive in style."—The Congregationalist.
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EDENS OF ITALY. By the Rev. Joseph Cross, D.D., LL.D. With more than one hundred illustrations, map, and index. 1 vol. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. $5.00.
"He writes without exaggeration, and with a strong sense of enjoyment in a land that constantly surprises him by its varied beauty.... The work takes the reader along by its clearness, and there is no better test of a descriptive book."—Cincinnati Commercial.
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"Either because the subjects themselves are wondrously rich and varied in interest, or because the writer is most happily gifted in the treatment of these subjects, or for both reasons combined, this book abounds with very choice and delightful entertainment. It may be compared to a string of gems, all of the richest kinds, sparkling and flashing with radiant and ever-varying beauty, or to a garden filled with a great variety of the rarest flowers and fruits: while the descriptions and pen-pictures are transparently faithful to truth, they also seem to be the very essence of poetry. The reader is fascinated; he seems to be travelling upon enchanted ground....
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