Nothing has a greater interest for a youthful mind than a well-told story, and no medium of conveying moral instructions so attractive or so successful. The influence is far more powerful when the child is assured that they are true. We cannot too strongly recommend them to parents.—Western Continent, Baltimore.
VALUABLE WORKS.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: a View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society, and the Results of Labor, Capital, and Skill. By Charles Knight. American edition, with Additions, by David A. Wells, Editor “Annual of Scientific Discovery,” etc. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo, cloth. $1.25.
This work is eminently entitled to be ranked in that class styled “books for the people.” The author is one of the most popular writers of the day. His style is easy and racy, sufficiently polished for the most refined, while it is peculiarly fitted to captivate plain, unlettered, but thinking men. It is remarkable for its fullness and variety of information, and for the felicity and force with which the author applies his facts to his reasoning. The facts and illustrations are drawn from almost every branch of skilful industry. It is a work, in short, which the mechanic and artisan of every description will be sure to read with a RELISH.
MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS; or, The Story of my Education. By Hugh Miller, Author of “Footprints of the Creator,” etc. 12mo, cloth. $1.25.
“This autobiography is quite worthy of the renowned author. His first attempts at literature, and his career until he stood forth an acknowledged power among the philosophers and ecclesiastical leaders of his native land, are given without egotism, with a power and vivacity which are truthful and delightsome.”—Presbyterian.
“Hugh Miller is one of the most remarkable men of the age. Having risen from the humble walks of life, and from the employment of a stone-cutter, to the highest rank among scientific men, everything relating to his history possesses an interest which belongs to that of few living men. The book has all the ease and graphic power which is characteristic of his writings.”—New York Observer.
“This volume is a book for the ten thousand. It is embellished with an admirable likeness of Hugh Miller, the stone mason—his coat off and his sleeves rolled up—with the implements of labor in hand—his form erect, and his eye bright and piercing. The biography of such a man will interest every reader. It is a living thing—teaching a lesson of self-culture of immense value.”—Phila. Christian Obs.
“It is a portion of autobiography exquisitely told. He is a living proof that a single man may contain within himself something more than all the books in the world. This is one of the best books we have read.”—London Corresp. N. Y. Tribune.