| NEW ENGLAND LEGENDS AND FOLK LORE. By Sam'l Adams Drake. With over 100 illustrations. One vol. Quarto. Cloth, plain. Price, | $3.50 |
| One vol. Quarto. Cloth, gilt edges. Price, | 4.00 |
| One vol. Quarto. Half morocco, marbled edges, Price, | 5.00 |
For the first time the old Romantic Legends, Weird Chronicles, Popular Superstitions and Vulgar Errors of our ancestors are collected by an authority thoroughly competent. Quaint and spirited illustrations of the topics, costumes or manners, lend a charm of their own and make this a book of great interest and value to every American, while to every New Englander, whether at home or located elsewhere, it is an heirloom absolutely indispensable.
| FIRELIGHT STORIES. A new book by Louise Chandler Moulton, author of "Bed-Time Stories," "Random Rambles," etc. Illustrated. Square 16mo. Cloth. Uniform with "Bed-Time Stories." Price, | $1.25 |
| THE POETRY OF THE ORIENT. By William R. Alger. One vol. 16mo. Cloth. Price, | $1.50 |
"The fifth edition of Rev. William R. Alger's 'Poetry of the Orient' is much enlarged by an appendix of selections from the poetry of Buddhism. The first edition appeared in 1856. It has been twice enlarged since then, and has become one of the permanent books in American literature. The late President Walker said of it: 'Those who would understand the whole of human nature and the whole of human experience will gain much by reading this book.' George McDonald said to the author, whom he happened to meet in Switzerland: 'This fascinating and inspiring volume has long been my constant companion, and I have to thank the writer of it for an invaluable benefaction.' Dr. Hedge called it 'a costly anthology, in which every specimen is either rich or rare.' Mr. Alger's 'Introduction to Oriental Poetry' is a valuable piece of writing, and has lost none of its sweetness in the lapse of years. For work of this sort Mr. Alger has few rivals."—Boston Sunday Herald.
| OLD LADY MARY. A Tale of the Seen and the Unseen. 16mo. Cloth. Price, | .75 |
"It is a ghost story, but different from all ghost stories we have read, and for combined pathos, tenderness, deep religious feeling, and let us add, subdued humor, may be characterized as unapproachable."—Bell's Life.
"Mrs. Oliphant with all her talents, which are larger in the main than are professed by any English gentlewoman who is now creating literature in her native tongue, has written nothing that is likely to live longer than 'Old Lady Mary.' It is impossible to classify such a production, for it is neither a reality nor a dream, an allegory nor a parable, though it contains all these elements of literary expression. It is simply what she calls it—A Story of the Seen and the Unseen—and read as such, and judged by its laws, it is very sweet, very sad and very beautiful, and if a poem could be written in prose, it might well be described as a prose poem."—Mail Express.
| ANTI-TOBACCO. By Abiel Abbot Livermore and others. 16mo. Cloth. Price, | .50 |
"This volume contains three exceedingly well-written essays, one by Mr. Livermore, entitled 'Anti-Tobacco,' 'A Lecture on Tobacco,' by Rev. Russell L. Carpenter, and 'On the Use of Tobacco,' by G.F. Witter, M.D. We recommend it to every person who chews. Mr. Livermore says, with a truthfulness that no one can deny: 'The use of tobacco leads directly to drinking spirituous liquors. Tobacco is prime minister to alcohol. The pipe is first-cousin to the mug. To take away the cup which is in a man's right hand, while he still holds his cigar in his left hand, is to leave the work of reform half done.'