This novel is the success of the year. It has been selling very rapidly ever since its publication. Everybody is reading it.
“Always bright, piquant, and entertaining, with an occasional touch of tenderness, strong because subtle, keen in sarcasm, full of womanly logic directed against unwomanly tendencies, Mrs. Stowe has achieved an unbounded success in this her latest effort.”—Boston Journal.
MATERNITY: A Popular Treatise for Wives and Mothers. By T. S. Verdi, A. M., M. D., of Washington, D. C. Handsomely printed on fine paper, bevelled boards, extra English cloth. 12mo. 450 pp. Price, $2.25. Fourth Edition.
“The author deserves great credit for his labor, and the book merits an extensive circulation.”—U. S. Medical and Surgical Journal (Chicago).
“There are few intelligent mothers who will not be benefited by reading and keeping by them for frequent counsel a volume so rich in valuable suggestions. With its tables, prescriptions, and indices at the end, this book ought to do much good.”—Hearth and Home.
“We hail the appearance of this work with true pleasure. It is dictated by a pure and liberal spirit, and will be a real boon to many a young mother.”—American Medical Observer (Detroit).
THE CHILDREN’S WEEK: Seven Stories for Seven Days. By R. W. Raymond. 16mo. Nine full page illustrations by H. L. Stephens and Miss M. L. Hallock. Price, extra cloth, $1.25; cloth, full gilt, $1.50.
“The book is bright enough to please any people of culture, and yet so simple that children will welcome it with glee. Mr. Raymond’s tales have won great popularity by their wit, delicate fancy, and, withal, admirable good sense. The illustrations—all new and made for the book—are particularly apt and pleasing, showing forth the comical element of the book and its pure and beautiful sentiment.”—Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser.
THE OVERTURE OF ANGELS. By Henry Ward Beecher. Illustrated by Harry Fenn. 12mo, tinted paper, extra cloth, gilt. Price, $2.00.
This exquisite gift book is an excerpt from Mr. Beecher’s great work, the “Life of Jesus the Christ.” It is a series of pictures, in the author’s happiest style, of the Angelic Appearances, giving a beautiful and characteristically interesting treatment of all the events recorded in the Gospels as occurring about the period of the nativity of our Lord.