HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. From the date of the Discovery and Settlements on Manhattan Island to the Present Time. A Text-Book for High Schools, Academies, and Colleges. By S. S. Randall, Superintendent of Public Education in New York City. 12mo vol, 396 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.75.

“This work contains so much valuable information that it should be found in every house in the State as a volume of reference. Its value for use in educational institutions is of a very high character.”—Northern Budget, Troy (N. Y.).

☞ Officially adopted by the Boards of Education in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City for use in the Public Schools, and also extensively used in Private Schools throughout the State, both as a text-book and alternate reader.


H. W. BEECHER’S WORKS. Uniform edition. This is a set of books long needed in the trade. It will include “Norwood,” “Lectures to Young Men,” “Eyes and Ears,” “Summer in the Soul,” the early “Star Papers,” a new edition of “Lecture-Room Talks,” and other works, embracing some which are now out of print, and for which there is constant call.

The first volumes issued in this new edition of Mr. Beecher’s minor works are

YALE LECTURES ON PREACHING,

Price, extra cloth, $1.25; half calf, $2.50; and a new edition of

LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN,

including several new lectures never before published, a new Introduction by the author, etc., etc. Price, extra cloth, $1.50; half calf, $3.00.