Transcriber Note
- Obvious typos and punctuation errors corrected.
- Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation retained.
- The book catalog at the back uses a Unicode character “Asterism” (U+2042). If the font in use on the reader’s device does not support it, this character, ⁂, may not display correctly.
- Page numbers in the book catalog duplicated those already used in the main text and have not been retained.
By the same Author.
A TREASURY OF THOUGHT. An Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors. 8vo, full gilt, $4.00.
The most complete and exhaustive volume of the kind with which we are acquainted. The literature of all times has contributed to it, and the range of reading necessary to its compilation is the widest.—Hartford Courant.
NOTABLE THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. A Literary Mosaic. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
Full of delicious bits from nearly every writer of any celebrity, English, American, French, or German, early and modern, it is a fascinating medley. When one takes up the book it is difficult to lay it down, for one is led on from one brilliant or striking thought to another, in a way that is quite absorbing.—Portland Transcript.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Choice Sentences from the wisest Authors. 16mo, full gilt, $1.25.