Worthy of rank with the best books of its kind. It is complete and exhaustive, its information is exact, and its maps are voluminous. It is not only a good thing for a satchel, but deserves a place in the library.—Outing (New York).
THE MARITIME PROVINCES. A Handbook for Travelers. A Guide to the Chief Cities, Coasts, and Islands of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and to their Scenery and Historic Attractions; with the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence to Quebec and Montreal; also, Newfoundland, and the Labrador Coast. With 4 Maps and 4 Plans. 9th Edition, revised and enlarged annually. 16mo, $1.50.
By its intrinsic value, copiousness of information, and impartiality it is likely to take the place of all other guides or hand-books of Canada which we know of.—Quebec Chronicle.
You should take a good guide-book (Sweetser's Maritime Provinces is by far the best—containing everything about the various parts of the Provinces).—British American Citizen.
DICTIONARY OF BOSTON. By Edwin M. Bacon. New Edition, revised. With Introduction by George E. Ellis, D. D., and Map. 12mo, flexible cloth, $1.50; boards, $1.00.
One cannot conceive of a more handy book of its kind. For a long time just such a compendious volume, with just such concisely and authoritatively written articles, has been needed.... It is a cyclopædia of the Boston of to-day, interesting and necessary to every Bostonian.—Boston Advertiser.
BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. An Artistic and Pictorial Description of Boston and its Surroundings. Containing full descriptions of the City and its immediate Suburbs, Harbor, and Islands, etc., with numerous Historical Allusions. New Edition, by Edward M. Bacon, revised to date, and containing additional Illustrations and Map. 12mo, paper, 50 cents.
The aim has been to present much information in small compass; to make a ready reference book as well as a handy pocket guide.
SATCHEL GUIDE. For the Vacation Tourist in Europe. Annual Edition, revised to date, with additions, and printed from new Plates. A compact Itinerary of the British Isles, Belgium, and Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy. With Maps of Great Britain and Ireland, Continental Europe, Switzerland, Street Plans of London and Paris, Tables of the Comparative Values of United States and European Moneys, a Traveler's Calendar of Ecclesiastical and Popular Festivals, Fairs, etc. 16mo, roan, flexible, $1.50, net.
The book is indeed a model of perspicacity and brevity; all the advice it gives will be found of immediate service. The "Satchel Guide" tells the reader how to travel cheaply without a sacrifice of comfort, and this feature of the book will recommend it to many tourists.—Pall Mall Gazette.