The increasing thousands of lovers of John Burroughs and his writings will welcome this intimate book about the man, his life, and his personality. A picturesque and vivid account of his youth, written by Mr. Burroughs himself, is a prominent and important feature.
Illustrated. $2.00 net. Postage extra.
Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking
By J. O. P. BLAND and EDMUND BACKHOUSE
“An extraordinarily vivid picture of life at the Court of Peking from the middle of the sixteenth century down to our day.”—London Truth.
“Of the importance to us today of understanding or endeavoring to understand the Chinese, no one will entertain a doubt, and therefore we heartily welcome a book like this in which the attempt is made, and made, we believe, successfully, to trace cause and effect back to the buried foundations of Chinese philosophy and civilization and to look at things from the Chinese point of view.”—London Globe.
Lavishly illustrated. $4.50 net. Postage extra.
In the Old Paths
By ARTHUR GRANT
A series of delightful essays, by a popular English writer, which recreate with charm and delicacy some of the great scenes of literature. Using as a starting-point some poet, Mr. Grant writes of the country in which he lived, or which lives in his work, and allows a sensitive fancy to draw pictures of the past.